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India is a veritable #TowerofBabel, with more than two dozen official languages and hundreds of dialects.

This has caused lots of tension because everyone wants to preserve their culture. There's also the feeling that there should be some link language to connect the whole.
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For a long time, #English was the link language, but self-styled nationalists, especially from the ruling #BJP, felt this was a betrayal of "Indian" values.

So they kept pushing for the use of #Hindi as the #NationalLanguage.

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But Hindi is not even spoken by a majority (>50%) of Indians. It is merely spoken by the most Indians.

So people of other ethnicities worry that under Hindi domination, their languages would disappear.

A three-language formula was suggested as far back as the 1960s.

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1921 Malabar riots, Gandhi and a Malayalam Movie:
Malabar riots of 1921 often called the “Moplah rebellion” is a topic that was not discussed openly in Kerala until recently (“Moplah” is a term used to refer to Kerala Muslims)
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Moplah riots have always been whitewashed by the Congress and the left historians as freedom struggle against the British. However, the reality is something else!
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Any sensible society would know that reopening old wounds can only disturb the goodwill that exists in the society between various communities. Therefore, these riots were never a part of political discourse at least in the last 30-40 years.
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The opening of a new big- name #Bollywood film was once a national event across #India , greeted by weeks of fanfare, long queues outside cinemas and halls packed to the rafters with audiences cheering and singing along.
But this year, with 77% of releases flopping at (1/16)
the box office, #cinema halls have been left earily quiet and Bollywood’s once unshakeable domination of the Indian film industry has begun to look uncertain.
“This year has been extremely poor for the Hindi film industry as far as the box office is concerned,” ..... – (2/16)
a disaster for an industry that relies on at least 10 big box office smashes a year for survival.
The blame for Bollywood’s recent failures has been attributed partly to Covid, ...As India’s usually committed cinema-going crowds were confined to their homes, there was (3/16)
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The opening of a new big- name #Bollywood film was once a national event across #India , greeted by weeks of fanfare, long queues outside cinemas and halls packed to the rafters with audiences cheering and singing along.
But this year, with 77% of releases flopping at (1/16)
the box office, #cinema halls have been left earily quiet and Bollywood’s once unshakeable domination of the Indian film industry has begun to look uncertain.
“This year has been extremely poor for the Hindi film industry as far as the box office is concerned,” ..... – (2/16)
a disaster for an industry that relies on at least 10 big box office smashes a year for survival.
The blame for Bollywood’s recent failures has been attributed partly to Covid, ...As India’s usually committed cinema-going crowds were confined to their homes, there was (3/16)
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SS RAJAMOULI'S PROTEGE ASHWIN GANGARAJU TO DIRECT '1770'... V VIJAYENDRA PRASAD TO PEN SCREENPLAY... #AshwinGangaraju - who assisted #SSRajamouli in #Eega and #Baahubali [both series] - will direct the multi-lingual film #1770TheMovie.
Based on #BankimChandraChatterjee's #Bengali novel #Anandamath... #VVijayendraPrasad is writing the adapted story and screenplay of #1770TheMovie... Author and film-maker #RamKamalMukherjee is the creator.
#1770TheMovie will be produced by #ShhailendraKkumar, #SujayyKuttiy, #KrishnaKumarB and #SurajSharma... Will be made in #Hindi, #Telugu, #Tamil, #Malayalam, #Kannada and #Bengali... The team will lock the main lead before #Dussehra and will announce the cast by #Diwali.
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#Janamaithri2019 #PCMreview #Malayalam "அருமையான நகைச்சுவை திரைப்படம்".தமிழ் டப்பிங் இல்லை.ஆபாச காட்சிகள் இல்லை.OTT - அமேசான் பிரைம்.டெலிகிராம் - பயோ/DM. கதை சுருக்கம் : கேரள அரசாங்கம் மக்களுக்கும் காவல்துறைக்கும் நெருக்கம் ஏற்படுத்த ஒரு புதிய உத்தியை கையாள்கிறது.அதாவது இரவில் Image
கண்விழித்து வாகனம் ஓட்டுபவர்களை நிறுத்தி அவர்களுக்கு பிஸ்கட்,டீ தருவது தான்.இதற்காக காவல்துறை அதிகாரி இந்திரன் தலைமையில் ஒரு குழு சோதனைச்சாவடியில் நின்று இவ்வாறு செய்கிறது.அதே சமயத்தில் அந்த இரவில் ஒரு வீட்டில் மூன்று நபர்கள் ஒரு காரை திருட வருகிறார்கள்.அதற்கு பக்கத்து வீட்டில்
முகமூடி அணிந்த இரு நபர்கள் திருட வருகிறார்கள்.ஹீரோ சைஜு குருப் உடல் உபாதைகள் கழிக்க திருடர்கள் நுழைந்த வீட்டிற்க்கு செல்கிறார்.இவ்வாறு நான்கு கதைக்களம் ஒரே சமயம் நடக்க,இவர்கள் அனைவரும் என்ன ஆனார்கள் என்பதை காமெடி சரவெடியுடன் கூறியிருக்கிறார் இயக்குனர்.காமெடிக்கு பெயர் போன
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#AnugraheethanAntony #PCMreview #Malayalam IMDB - 8/10.தமிழ் டப்பிங் இல்லை.ஆபாச காட்சிகள் இல்லை."தவறவிடக்கூடாத ஒரு அருமையான படம்".OTT - அமேசான் பிரைம்(US). டெலிகிராம் - பயோ/DM.பொதுவாக மலையாள சினிமாவில் 95 சதவீத படங்கள் நன்றாக இருக்கும்.அதிலும் சில படங்கள் என்றும் அனைவரின்
மனதிலும் நிலைத்திருக்கும்.அப்படிப்பட்ட படங்களின் வரிசையில் இந்த படமும் இருக்கும் என்பதில் சந்தேகமில்லை.ஹீரோ சன்னி வெயின் ஜாலியாக ஊர்சுற்றும் வாலிபர்.ஹீரோயின் 96 படப்புகழ் கௌரி கிஷன்.இவர் ஓவியம் வரைபவர்.ஹீரோ தன் நண்பருடன் தவறுதலாக வேறு வீட்டிற்கு செல்ல அங்க ஹீரோயினை காண்கிறார்.
பார்த்ததும் காதல் தான்.அடுத்த நாள் ஹீரோயினின் அப்பாவிற்கு சொந்தமான மாவு அரைக்கும் மில்லிர்க்கு நண்பருடன் செல்கிறார்.அங்கு ஹீரோயினை பார்க்க நேர,தினமும் ஏதாவது அரைக்க எடுத்து சென்று அங்கு சென்று ஹீரோயினை பார்க்கிறார்.இப்படியே நாட்கள் செல்ல,ஒரு நாள் விபத்தில் அடிபட்டு ஹீரோ
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As Covid spread to rural India, can you help build awareness?

Here are #Covid19 awareness posters in 6 vernacular languages:

✅ Hindi, Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Odia and Tamil.

Awareness can save lives.
Share the word.
Help save lives!

#COVID #COVID19India ImageImageImageImage
#bengali
Stay aware about Corona.
Awareness can save lives. Help spread the word. Help save lives. ImageImageImageImage
#kannada
Stay aware about Corona.
Awareness can save lives. Help spread the word. Help save lives. ImageImageImageImage
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As SARS-Cov-2 cases in Kerala head for a new peak, a look at the hospitalization status versus the previous peak in active cases, when it reached over 97,000 cases on 24th October. Currently there are around 80,000 active cases in Kerala. Image
Hospital Bed Infra as per covid19jagratha.kerala.nic.in/home/addHospit… - First image beds set aside for Covid, second image for both Covid and non Covid ImageImage
2/3rds of the hospital beds in Thirssur vacant as per this, though mainly in the Covid First Line Treatment Centres. Image
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A #thread on our recent paper in @PLOSNTDs examining ecological #evidence-base for #DiseaseControl management practices for #KyasanurForestDisease #AcademicTwitter #Scicomm #OneHealth; paper led by @SarahBurthe from @MonkeyFever_ consortium
#Diseasecontrol strategies originate through endorsements by Governments/academia/authorities; they're often not field-tested robustly; even when they are, evidence is limited to one sector (cf. #OneHealth #Intersectoral approaches);
#publichealth approaches ought to be contextual & their effectiveness ought to be evaluated, yet strategies for disease control often spread through word of mouth and are sometimes untested;
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Really excited about the 17 authors who entered the Indian #publicdomain in 2021! Authors from all across India feature in this list, so look out languages of India... you just got richer this year! #linguisticdiversity Image
In India, the criteria for expiration of #copyright is 60 years since the death of the author, and that the work was published before their death. This year, books of authors who passed away in 1960 are coming into the public domain.
And here we go- some #Indianwriters featured in our #publicdomain post at the blog...
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"Halal Love Story" has a unique premise though it follows a "movie within a movie" theme that's been explored quite a bit in #malayalam #cinema The screenplay could've been tighter, but there's an innocence to it that's endearing. Indrajith Sukumaran 🙌 as I've said before!

Though I didn't like Lucifer the first time, I've to admit that it's the kind of masala movie that makes me watch its reruns on TV, despite its unintentional LOLs. And a few discoveries happen. Like Suresh Chandra Menon, Vineeth's voice #malayalam #movies
His Highness Abdullah (1990) on TV. Remember watching this on the big screen, the day we were shifting houses. Received an earful! 😬 A unique plot (and name) splendid acting, and amazing music, this was the debut of Mohanlal's production house Pranavam Arts. #malayalam #movies
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Over the past 4 months, we’ve conducted Mastermind Kerala 1.0 over Zoom.

One of the topics chosen in the final heat of the event was this: Movie Theatres in Kerala.

Here’s a thread on interesting info I found while setting these questions.

#Malayalamcinema #Malayalamfilms
1. The first permanent movie theatre in #Kerala was set up in #Thrissur by Kattookkaran Varunny Joseph (as Jos Bioscope Projections), following his bioscope shows at #ThrissurPooram. It exists today as Jos Theatre in the heart of the city in the Round. ImageImage
2. One of the projectors used by Joseph was exhibited for a long time at #Sapna in Thrissur, a theatre founded by his family. It was finally handed over to the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy in 2020. Sapna, incidentally, took life as Rama Varma theatre in the 1930s. ImageImage
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Just reading that some members of the #Malayalam film industry have gone back on statements given in the 2017 actor assault case. I understand that #Dileep is powerful but whatever happened to doing the right thing because it's the right thing to do? (H/T @rimakallingal) (Contd) Image
People ask so casually, "why don't you complain?" even when a woman highlights something comparatively less grievous like misogynistic trolling. Here is a survivor of physical assault who courageously filed a police complaint, & look what it has got her in almost 4 years. (Contd) Image
Standing #InSolidarity with a brave survivor. #MeToo #Avalkoppam Image
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Risk-taking #Malayalam cinema has got gr8 audience support in #Kerala in recent yrs. Streaming sites are taking it to audiences outside Kerala who were earlier deterred by poor show timings at theatres,theatres skipping subs etc. This is democratisation we must fight to preserve.
"The Kumbalangi Nights Phenomenon: One small step for Mollywood, a giant leap for Indian cinema" - I wrote this for @firstpost in 2019 on the confluence of changing circumstances that allowed a #KumbalangiNights to become a pan-India hit. Do read ICYMI

firstpost.com/entertainment/…
(Cont'd) The lesson: next time a producer/distributor/exhibitor/newspaper editor says, "only Mallus watch Malayalam cinema", "Hindi belt wallahs will not see Tamil/Telugu films", "Dalit/LGBT/women-centric films have a limited audience" etc, call them out on their bullshit.(Contd)
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Facebook live in #Malayalam at facebook.com/INDIA.CSIR on 28th August 2020 from 3.00PM to 4.00PM
Facebook live in #Malayalam at facebook.com/INDIA.CSIR on 28th August 2020 from 5.00PM to 6.30PM (please note the change in time)
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Chemmeen was released this day in 1966. Here’s a small thread. Source : an old Mathrubhumi Weekly. 1/n

#Chemmeen #Malayalam #Film #thread Image
An ad that appeared in Mathrubhumi weekly during release days. 54 years now. 2/n Image
Chemmeen the novel was the first to be honoured with a Sahithya Akademi Award in Malayalam.

Chemmeen the movie was the first from South India to bag the National Award for Best Feature Film. 3/n ImageImage
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What is a #virus? How #small or #big are they? Take a look at this colourful #infographic aimed at #kids here - indscicov.in/popularization…
The image can be downloaded nd printed from - indscicov.in/wp-content/upl… #SciComm #LockdownLessons #COVID19 #ScienceFightsFiction
What exactly is a #coronavirus? How do these viruses affect the #RespiratorySystem? Here is an explainer #FunToLearn #ScienceFromHome
How does #soap exactly work against the #coronavirus? Lean about all the #lipids that fight the #virus to keep us healthy. So don't forget to #WashYourHands and #StaySafeStayHealthy
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#coronaupdatesindia short #, Thread
Reasons are being manufactured for any future in #India - collapse of #economy or #Covid19 spread:
1) It's #CoronaJihad, #Hindi news #channels have it. I'm getting same from #malayalam forwards too. No marks for guessing who's working on this
2) Supreme Court has passed some orders on how news should be carried (official version etc). Now, @PIBFactCheck has been added. Knowing what @PIB_India has been doing since time immemorial, it does not need an Einstein to figure out what this means for #media in #India
3) Advanced nations have not been able to tackle: @narendramodi himself spoke about this in #Lockdown announcement telecast. Easily refutable. Countries, whose leaders were in denial, got screwed. Others didn't. Look at how admirable Korea handled it even with lack of information
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Day 1/21
#Parava #Malayalam
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#Contagion
Released on 2011.
இப்ப இருக்கிற உலக நிலவரத்தை அப்படியே எடுத்து வச்சிருக்காங்க..
அப்படியே தமிழ் டப் இருந்தா டிவில போடலாம். விழிப்புணர்வு மாதிரி இருக்கும். ImageImageImageImage
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This thread is documentation of #viral, #PseudoScience & #irrational information circulating around in the midst of #CoronavirusOutbreakindia.
Starting from @AltNews report debunking uniform latitudes of places where #Corona came.

altnews.in/places-most-af…

@ScienceMarchMum
Coronavirus: Is drinking cow urine any help?
By Reality Check team @BBCNEWSIndia1

bbc.com/news/amp/world…
China culled around 18,000 chickens in Shaoyang city in the southern province of Hunan as a result of a flu outbreak. Rumours in India started circulating, that broiler chicken has been infected with Coronavirus and people should avoid consuming it.

altnews.in/coronavirus-in…
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While *most* South Asian Muslims use #Persian terms for religious concepts, Muslims in #TamilNadu & #Kerala (who trace their roots to Arab trading communities) have distinct traditions also reflected in their terminology, which freely draws from #Tamil/#Malayalam & #Sanskrit.
Instead of rozā, the #Persian term for Islamic fasting (itself a translation of #Arabic ṣawm) used in #Urdu, #Bengali, #Gujarati etc, #Tamil & #Malayalam speaking Muslims use nōmpu, lit. ceremonial fasting. The word is from a proto #Dravidian root meaning to do penance. #Ramadan
Sanskrit is used too. #Malayalam speaking Muslims commonly refer to #Ramzan as puṇya māsam, #Sanskrit for month of good merit. Nimskāram, the Malayalam counterpart of the #Persian namāz (Islamic prayer), is from #Sanskrit namaskāra (lit. prostratration, here, to a god). #Ramadan
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A doubt:
Whether Union is sharing the "Additional Duty of Excise on Motor Spirit" collected with States since it is termed as "surcharge"
Major feature of CESS/SURCHARGES is that they need not be shared with the States by Union as they are not coming under divisible pool
So if any one knows, kindly enlighten me about this "Special Additional Duty on Excise on Motor Spirit" See this year budget proposal
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A doubt:
Whether Union is sharing the "Additional Duty of Excise on Motor Spirit" collected with States since it is termed as "surcharge"
Major feature of CESS/SURCHARGES is that they need not be shared with the States by Union as they are not coming under divisible pool
So if any one knows, kindly enlighten me about this "Special Additional Duty on Excise on Motor Spirit" See this year budget proposal
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