The Life of a Revolutionary Singer: At 88, P.K. Medini s Fire Still Burns
From the time she was a teenager, the singer has been a staple at Communist party events. She is still fighting for the cause she believes in: creating a just and equal society.
P.K. Medini. Photo: KannanSHANMUGAM/Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0
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In the 1950s, every Communist Party pamphlet in Kerala used to have an essential line: âThe meeting will have a mike and comrade Mediniâs revolutionary songs.â P.K. Medini was a singer even before loudspeakers became a staple at the public meetings. From the time she was a teenager, she had a voice that was captivating and loud enough to soar above the crowds assembled, as she sang poems tuned to popular songs about a world where men were free from their chains and humanity prevails. Her songs sold the dream of an equal and just society and in many ways a dream of a unified Kerala that came about in November 1956 â unifying the
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In Nedumangad, BJP’s vote share too has been on the rise
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In Nedumangad, BJP’s vote share too has been on the rise
A land known for its historical struggles against social oppression, Nedumangad has for time immemorial been a fertile ground for the Left movements.
While its past had been closely intertwined with the growing influence of the Left front in Kerala, the Assembly segment has been witnessing an erosion in the Left Democratic Front (LDF) vote base over the past three decades with its political opponents looking to seize opportunity.