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Monday, July 21, 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

Can Syria’s tiny Druze minority survive West Asia’s new storms? There’s little hope

Indians see West Asia as one uninterrupted wash of Islam, but the reality is more complex. For the Druze, support from Israel—where they are a recognised minority—is now critical.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.