For anyone looking to understand Kerala beyond the Ayurvedic massages and the houseboat rides, skip the travel guide. Just watch Kumbalangi Nights followed by The Great Indian Kitchen . You’ll come away understanding our love, our rage, and our relentless pursuit of the "ordinary."
No cultural analysis of Kerala is complete without discussing its complicated history of matriliny (Marumakkathayam) and its eventual shift to patriarchy. Malayalam cinema has served as a running commentary on this transition. Indian Mallu Xxx Rape
As long as the coconut trees sway by the backwaters, as long as the Onam sadya is served on a banana leaf, and as long as the communist red flag flies next to the temple lamp, Malayalam cinema will have stories to tell. And those stories will, in turn, keep changing the state that told them first. For anyone looking to understand Kerala beyond the