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An Ancient Kalari in South Kerala: Cheerappanchira

// June 26th, 2011 // 3 Comments » // Cultural Politics

Kalari is a traditional school of learning, martial arts and indigenous medicine in Kerala.  Though its dominant,  Sanskritized and violent  applications by the Savarna or upper castes are linked to the militarization and feudalization of Kerala during the middle ages that established the Savarna high culture and hegemony in Kerala; its popular and Avarna or [...]

Ode to Flight: A Poem in Photographic Images

// June 6th, 2011 // 1 Comment » // Eco Watch

 

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