Context

AA Rahim Rajya Sabha MP along with all the detained activists from SFI has announced Jantar Mantar 2.0 at Nangloi Stadium. He has announced hunger strike with the demands of action and apology of Inspector Pawan Tomar who misbehaved with women students, and for the return of all the phones and bags snatched illegally by Delhi Police.

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ജനത്തിന്റെ കൂടെ നിൽക്കാൻ ഭാഷ പ്രാവിണ്യം ആവിശ്യമില്ല.അത് വീണ്ടും വീണ്ടും തെളിയിക്കുന്ന യഥാർത്ഥ നേതാവാണ് സഖാവ് റഹീം.

യഥാർത്ഥ നേതാവ് ഒരു ഉപേക്ഷയും കൂടാതെ ആദ്യം മുതൽ അവസാനം വരെ മുന്നിൽ നിരയിൽ കാണും.

രാജ്യം സമരമുഖത്ത് നിൽക്കുമ്പോൾ അതിൽ നിന്ന് അവധിയെടുത്തു സൽക്കാരം കൂടാൻ പോവുന്ന, പടു വാഴകൾ അണിനിരക്കുന്ന, Seat മോഹികൾ മാത്രമായ രാഷ്ട്രിയ പാർട്ടിയിലും അതിന്റെ രാഷ്ട്രിയക്കാരിൽ നിന്നും യഥാർത്ഥത്തിൽ ലഭിക്കേണ്ട നീതി ലഭിക്കില്ല. അവരുടെ ആവിശ്യം അവരുടെ പ്രസക്തി നഷ്ട്ടപെടാതിരിക്കുക എന്നതാണ് അതിനായി അവർക്ക് സൗകര്യമുള്ള സമയത്ത് മാത്രം പ്രത്യക്ഷപ്പെടും ശേഷം അപ്രത്യക്ഷമാവും.

ജനം എല്ലാം കാണുന്ന കൊണ്ട് പരിഭവം ഇല്ല. ജനം കാണട്ടെ. അനുഭവിക്കട്ടെ. പഠിക്കട്ടെ. തിരിച്ചറിവ് ഉണ്ടാവട്ടെ.

The Golden Incubator of Kerala’s Metal Scene

Before dedicated metal venues. Before Instagram discovered the scene. Before every gig had a digital posters and ticket links, there were College Fests. In the early-to-late 2000s, college festivals became one of the most important breeding grounds for Kerala’s emerging metal bands. Especially in Thiruvananthapuram & Kochi, these were the main local bands regularly playing engineering college cultural festivals and rock competitions. The proliferation of Private engineering colleges and their cultural festivals suddenly offered stages, competition prize money & ready audiences of students.

For many young musicians, a college fest wasn't just another performance. It was a proving ground. You could walk into a campus as an unknown band and walk out with a new audience, new contacts, and sometimes an invitation to the next gig. Slowly, scattered pockets began feeling like a scene.

Diversification

College Fests were about the people who used those stages to build a scene. The bands. The organizers. The photographers. The audiences. The friends who showed up. The scene traveled through word of mouth, Orkut, forums, CDs, photographs. After the mid-2000s boom, most of the original college era metal bands dissolved. Members graduated, took jobs in Bangalore, Gulf or other cities cause of shifted priorities. Instead of relying only on college fests, metalheads started creating their own platforms. The surviving and newer bands realized that endless covers of Metallica, Slayer or Pantera would not sustain a scene long term. They began prioritizing original songs and investing more seriously in recording quality. This laid the foundation for the more stable, though still niche Kerala metal scene of the late 2010s and 2020s.

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ഉദ്യോഗസ്ഥര്‍ക്ക് ഗുരുതരമായ വീഴ്ചയുണ്ടായി, ഒരു കാര്യവും അറിയിച്ചില്ല;

‘നോട്ടീസ് കണ്ടപ്പോഴാണ് ഞാനാണ് അധ്യക്ഷനെന്ന് അറിഞ്ഞത്, സംഘാടകർക്കെതിരെ കേസെടുക്കണം’; കായികമേള വിഷയത്തിൽ വിദ്യാഭ്യാസ വകുപ്പിനെതിരെ കോൺഗ്രസ് എംഎൽഎ രാജൻ ജെ പല്ലൻ

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മുഖ്യമന്ത്രിയുടെ പരിപാടികളിൽ ഇനി കൂടുതൽ കാവൽ..! മാധ്യമങ്ങൾക്കും നിയന്ത്രണം

You are not just attending another gig.

You are helping keep the underground alive for the people who are still here and honouring those who aren't.

Their legacy belongs to all of us.

Remember them.
Speak their names.
Play their music.

The underground remembers its own.🖤

Tickets

1.BLEEDING ROOT FEST - Kochi - Sep 26, 5:30 PM

Location - On Stage, Vysali, Bus Stop, Near, Mc Donalds, Chakkaraparambu, Vennala, Ernakulam, Keralam 682032

2. Underground Butcher Fest. - Trivandrum - Sep 27, 7 PM

Location - Joy's Musicals, TC 12, 1271, near Sun Elite Apartments, University of Kerala Senate House Campus, Kunnukuzhy, Thiruvananthapuram, Keralam 695035

Instagram Link - https://www.instagram.com/p/DdrEtt9j3nl/

Some concerts you watch. Some concerts you feel. 🤘

There’s something special about small venues. The sweat, the distortion, the voices screaming along and the energy of a crowd that came for the same reason: the love of music.

Here, bands aren't just performers on a distant stage. They're right there with you. Every riff hits harder. Every breakdown shakes the room. Every moment becomes a memory.

Because underground scenes aren't built in massive arenas. They're built in small rooms, by passionate bands, dedicated fan & the people who keep showing up.

The venue might be small. But the feeling is massive.

Kochi × Trivandrum. Let's show up, support the bands, and keep the underground alive. 🖤🤘

• In shot - Anchal Bhargava of Elemental, Death Metal Band from Bhopal
• Photo Credits - MELVIN JACOB

Passionate about extreme metal and capturing the raw energy of the underground? Join Infernal Fields for a creative collaboration at Bleeding Roots Extreme Metal Fest, Kochi.

Interested? Dm to - https://www.instagram.com/infernal_fields_kochi/

• Ticket - Bleeding Roots Fest 2026: A Night of Extreme Metal in Kochi
• Ticket - Book Your Underground Butcher Fest, Trivandrum Passes! Contact📞 9037240463 | Limited Capacity |Reserve Now!

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THE 80s ARE BACK.
BUT SOME OF THEM NEVER LEFT.

Before the algorithm rediscovered the aesthetic, there were riffs.
Before the filters, there were sweaty stages.
Before the nostalgia, there was the music.

Instagram Link - https://www.instagram.com/p/DdB64AyDynq/

• One Bullet | Skreen 6 [Official Music Video]
• Rest of the Days – Official Music Video | Lef II Riot

A music scene is not just its songs.

It is the people, venues, friendships, struggles, promoters, gigs and countless stories that exist only in the memories of those who lived through it.

That is why the work of Expedition Rock and Roll (EXRR) deserves to be remembered as an important part of Kerala's metal and rock history.

Through documentaries, interviews and journalism they documented a subculture that existed largely outside the mainstream.

Shadows on the Wall is one example of that effort - preserving voices and stories from Kerala's heavy metal community.

For an underground scene, documentation is preservation.

The bands made the history.
EXRR helped make sure it wasn't forgotten.

Youtube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@expeditionrockandroll6375

പിഎം ശ്രീയില്‍ കോണ്‍ഗ്രസില്‍ രണ്ടുപക്ഷം; നടപ്പാക്കരുതെന്ന് ദീപ ദാസ് മുൻഷി, പിന്മാറാനാകില്ലെന്ന് മുഖ്യമന്ത്രി വി.ഡി. സതീശന്‍