Vinod Mathew

Of predecessors, successors and the Union of the State

March 10, 2024

On Thursday, President Joe Biden went hammer and tongs against the man he succeeded in the White House four years later but refused to mention his name. Not once but over a dozen times. On Friday, in Philadelphia where he made his first pit stop in Pennsylvania as he hit...

Kerala watches political battles with a sense of déjà vu

August 8, 2020

They say politics is about swings and roundabouts. They also say what goes around, comes around. Both sayings hold good for what is happening in the Kerala political spectrum these days. In the run-up to the 2016 Assembly elections, the last Left front had gone all out with a barrage of...

Connecting the dots: Contraband gold and terror funding

July 31, 2020

Kerala has had a long history of gold smuggling, going back decades. Over the years, the carriers coming from all walks of life have improvised their skill sets, finding stunningly original ways to bring in the contraband, in all shapes and forms, hidden in the most intriguing places including various...

One India, One Wage, One Ration Card and Migrant Labour

May 25, 2020

In the early 1980s, when the aspirational vehicle of the middle class newbies was more the scooter and even the motorbike, there was always a waiting period. The enterprising folks as always found their way around the queue, either by procuring their vehicles faster through the NRE account or cheaper...

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