Pinarayi Vijayan was recently elected as Chief Minister of Kerala for a second term. In addition to whether he is going to continue with the same PR model of governance that proved successful for him and if he is going to continue with the backdoor appointments and scams and scandals that Malayalis don’t seem to mind, another aspect that needs to be closely observed in the next 5 years is the developing power struggle within Kerala CPIM. People who follow Kerala politics know, Pinarayi is a master at political maneuvering and orchestrating power grab. The seeds of the current power politics playing out in the Kerala CPIM were laid ahead of the recent assembly elections when Pinarayi created an arbitrary rule and denied tickets to most senior party leaders and sidelined the few who got elected from inclusion in the state cabinet. In this vlog I examine this brewing game of thrones in Kerala politics.

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Letter 12: Partition horrors remembrance day, Periyarist government's assault on temples in Tamil Nadu, a deep-dive into Malabar Hindu Genocide – Letters from the basement

This podcast covers everything about being a Hindu in secular, socialist India. We publish a new episode here every week discussing the intersection of culture and politics in India from a Hindu perspective. If that’s something you are interested in, please subscribe to this podcast anywhere you listen to podcasts. In this episode, we discuss the partition horrors remembrance day, Taliban take over of Afghanistan, yet another assault on Hindus in Tamil Nadu by the Periyarist government in that state and a deep-dive into what happened during Malabar Hindu genocide exactly a 100 years ago. ====== Created with Audacity ====== Music by jorikbasov from Pixabay ====== Listen on: Anchor: https://anchor.fm/lftbmedia;  Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/letters-from-the-basement/id1579236606;  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0waGxrE5XLe4CzWQYXbcwt;  Google Podcasts: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy81NzY4MmFkNC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw==;  Breaker: https://www.breaker.audio/letters-from-the-basement;  Castbox: https://castbox.fm/channel/Letters-from-the-basement-id4129419?country=us;  Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/oc4ddp7s;  RadioPublic: https://radiopublic.com/letters-from-the-basement-WDgwXo;  JioSaavn: https://www.jiosaavn.com/shows/letters-from-the-basement/1/GAJZQCSuHj0_;  Gaana: https://gaana.com/podcast/letters-from-the-basement-season-1;  Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.in/podcasts/94340e67-2e7f-4c6a-92f7-a5352270b29d/letters-from-the-basement; 

1. Letter 12: Partition horrors remembrance day, Periyarist government's assault on temples in Tamil Nadu, a deep-dive into Malabar Hindu Genocide 34:35
2. Letter 11: August 15, is it really Independence Day for Hindus in India? 27:26
3. Letter 10: Right-wing, left-wing and Hindus in India 17:21
4. Letter 9: The Hindu rate of growth 13:59
5. Letter 8: Dear Hindus……………..a letter from Palghar 10:53