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Jan 10, 2025 | 
hindustantimes.com | Amrith Lal
Within the span of two weeks, Malayalam has lost two illustrious artists who were the finest representatives of the romantic tradition that greatly defined popular taste in the 20th century. MT Vasudevan Nair, who died on Christmas day at age of 91, was arguably the most popular fiction and scriptwriter in Malayalam in the last century.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
htsyndication.com | Amrith Lal
Posted On: 2025-01-10 Posted By: Amrith Lal Health & Lifestyle Politics Cities Hindustan Times India, Jan. 10 -- Within the span of two weeks, Malayalam has lost two illustrious artists who were the finest representatives of the romantic tradition that greatly defined popular taste in the 20th century.
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Apr 18, 2024 | 
hindustantimes.com | Amrith Lal
The BJP’s audacious campaign marks the first formidable ideological challenge to the Dravidian Movement and its multi-stranded politics that encompasses the legacies of the anti-caste social justice movements traceable to the early 20th century, pride in Tamil linguistic inheritance and identity that began in the 19th century, welfarist governance focussed on the redistribution of public resources, and an argument for a federal nation that is at peace with subnationalisms.
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Apr 17, 2024 | 
htsyndication.com | Amrith Lal
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Feb 8, 2024 | 
hindustantimes.com | Amrith Lal
NEW DELHI: The decision to honour former Prime Minister Chowdhury Charan Singh with the Bharat Ratna is politically significant. The announcement came amidst speculation that the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), the party headed by his grandson Jayant, was about to break its ties with the Samajwadi Party (SP) in Uttar Pradesh, where it has pockets of influence. Jayant Chowdhury’s first response, a tweet, to the news was, “Dil jeet liya” while tagging Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement on the honour.
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Sep 12, 2023 | 
hindustantimes.com | Amrith Lal
The diverse responses to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leader and Tamil Nadu minister Udhayanidhi Stalin’s comments on Sanatana Dharma reveal political fault lines that can have a bearing on election outcomes. Southern India has been relatively cool to Udhayanidhi’s criticism of Sanatana Dharma whereas he has been viciously attacked by the Hindutva parivar in the North.
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Sep 11, 2023 | 
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Aug 26, 2023 | 
indianexpress.com | Amrith Lal
His rendering of the Mahabharata from the perspective of Bhima, Randamoozham (1984), mopped up whatever awards he had not won until then. He won the National Award for screenplay four times and the Kerala State film award 11 times. Nirmalyam (1973), his directorial debut based on from his own story, Pallivalum Kalchilambum, won two National Awards — best film and best actor(PJ Anthony).
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Aug 20, 2023 | 
indianexpress.com | Amrith Lal
Astyuttarasyāṁ diśi devatātmā himālayo nāma nagādhirājaḥ/pūrvāparau toyanidhī vigāhya sthitaḥ pṛthivyā iva mānadaṇḍaḥ(On the northern frontier of this country that forms the heartland of gods, intercalating himself into eastern and western oceans like a measuring stick of earth, there stands the sovereign of snowy mountains renowned as Mt Himalaya)— Kumarasambhava, KalidasaDear Reader,Listen carefully, and you can hear the rumble in the northern frontier.
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Aug 18, 2023 | 
indianexpress.com | Amrith Lal
Hunger forced Kandanisseri Vattamparambil Velappan Ayyappan to join first the Royal Indian Navy, and later, the Indian Army. Until 1968, he wore the uniform. All through the years, he remained true to his identity as a writer. While serving in the Army, Ayyappan adopted the pen name, Kovilan, which in his words, reflected his Dravidian self. After retirement, Kovilan returned to his village, Kandanasseri, and continued writing. He died in 2010 at the age of 87.
