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At a state backed film conclave in Kerala, Adoor Gopalakrishnan, a legendary director, criticised the state’s decision to fund SC/ST and women filmmakers. He said it would lead to corruption and SC/ST filmmakers should be given “intense training”.His remarks are not an isolated misstep, and it is not the first time he has landed in controversy. It comes from a long pattern of exclusion in Malayalam cinema - right from its first heroine Rosy being outcasted for her caste.In this week’s Let Me

On July 31, 2025, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) uncovered partial human remains from a site near the Nethravathi river in Dharmasthala. This location was among 13 identified by a former sanitation worker who alleged he had buried unidentified bodies there between 1995 and 2014. How many sites are being examined? What do official records show about unidentified deaths in the area? What have local authorities said about burial practices?In this episode of Let Me Explain, TNM’s Pooja Prasanna

Jagdeep Dhankhar's sudden resignation as Vice President leaves behind a polarising legacy.In this episode of Let Me Explain, Pooja Prasanna breaks down Dhankhar’s dramatic exitand how he turned what was supposed to be a neutral constitutional role into a highly polarising one.From defending the RSS and attacking the judiciary to shutting down Opposition demands, we look at his controversial tenure and the questions his resignation raises.Like Pooja’s LME ? Support the show:

This week on Let Me Explain, we’re in Dharmasthala—inside the chilling claims of mass burials, and missing women.This isn’t the first controversy involving the temple. In 2012, a teenager named Sowjanya was raped and murdered in Ujire, a village in Dakshina Kannada district. But each time media houses and activists raised their voices, they were silenced using gag orders and ex parte injunctions.In this special episode of Let Me Explain, Pooja Prasanna and Shivani Kava travel to Dharmasthala to

A former sanitation worker at Dharmasthala Manjunatha Swamy Temple in Karnataka, has alleged that he was forced to bury victims of rape and murder over nearly two decades. This isn’t the first controversy against the temple. In 2012, a teenager named Soujanya was raped and murdered in Ujire, a village in Dakshina Kannada district. Her family allege that one of the murderers worked for the temple. But each time media houses and activists raised their voice against this, they were silenced using gag

The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) halted the release of Malayalam film Janaki vs State of Kerala, insisting the character’s name be changed. Why? Because Janaki is another name for the Hindu goddess Sita and a survivor shouldn’t carry a divine name according to the board.But this is not an isolated incident. From Punjab 95, to Santosh, Nasir, and Sitaare Zameen Par, a disturbing pattern is emerging: films that challenge caste, state power, or religious ideas are being stalled or sliced

In this special episode of Let Me Explain, Pooja Prasanna travels to the Keezhadi excavation site near Madurai — a place that’s rewriting what we thought we knew about the origins of urban life in India. According to archaeologists, with artefacts dating back to the 6th century BCE, Keezhadi offers archaeological backing to the Sangam era, a period celebrated in Tamil literature but long denied material proof.But the excavation has also been caught in a political storm. Lead archaeologist K Amarnath