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Friday, November 28, 2025
TopicThe Kerala Story

Topic: The Kerala Story

SubscriberWrites: The real Kerala Story is about choosing which narrative to engage with

The Kerala Story & 2018, both look at the state & its ‘truth.’ But one is propaganda while the other is about humanity, writes Harisundar K.

‘The Kerala Story’ — now playing in a communally sensitive Telangana town, after BJP protests

BJP, Hindutva groups say police had refused permission to screen the film, but Bhainsa ASP denies it, says theatre wanted to show other films. There will be 2 showings daily.

‘All interfaith marriages not love jihad, but can’t deny facts’ — Hindu Right press on The Kerala Story

ThePrint’s round-up of how pro-Hindutva media covered and commented on news and topical issues over the last couple of weeks.

‘First Kashmir Files, now The Kerala Story’: Films being used to fuel hate, writes Urdu press

ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

BJP can’t win over Kerala by giving it a bad image. Best to leave the state alone

The Kerala Story is far from the truth. There is politics in Kerala, there is trade unionism, but incidents of violence have been few and far between.

‘Why should you ban The Kerala Story when it is screening everywhere,’ SC to Bengal govt

The top court also issued a notice to the Tamil Nadu government where theatre-owners were not screening the film.

Hullabaloo over Karnataka elections & Go-First’s bankruptcy commotion

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

TV news won’t show you Manipur violence. But it has all the space for PM, The Kerala Story

PM Modi’s speech in Rajasthan’s Nathdwara was telecast on TV as voting progressed in Karnataka.

Tharoors and Shabana Azmis took a classic liberal stand on ‘Kerala Story’. They must rethink

I do think we should debate how to respond when popular culture is used to divide the Indian people. India is changing. Perhaps our responses should change too.

‘The Bengal Story’, a poll-special ‘Lacquer Shop’ & the ‘40% chair’ tumbling off a cliff

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

On Camera

No country built rare earths resilience alone. India must take lessons from Japan, Taiwan

Ventures by Japan, South Korea and Taiwan illustrate how the race for REE security is accelerating, powered by both geopolitical tension and industrial strategy.

Karnataka startups feel the chill as global funding winter sets in. Fintech emerges as sole bright spot

The state raises just $2.7 billion in first nine months of 2025 compared to $4.5 billion last year, with late-stage investments hit hardest.

What’s expected from Putin’s India visit in December—Defence Secretary explains

ThePrint had previously reported that India & Russia are talking about 5 more regiments of the S-400, but no contracts are to be signed during the Russian president's visit.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.