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There are three wrong points in this Article.
by Rohit on Jun 04, 2007 07:07 PM   Permalink | Hide replies

The first one is saying Nair and Namboodthiri, both aare matriarchal, which is not the case. Namboothiri, the Kerala Brahmin follows Patriarchism.



The second one is saying Guruvayoorappan is an avatar of Lord Krishna. He is not considered as avtar of Krishna, but Krishna himself, more specifically Krishna as an infant.



And the third is Ravi saying the whole issue is because he is of backward caste Ezhava. The issue was his wife being Christian and Hindu Temples in Kerala does'nt allow non hindus to enter temple premises.

So his son was not considered a Hindu because his mother was Christian.



Ravi has every right to feel aggrieved but being a responsibe citizen and a leader of status he should not distort facts ang give it a casteist colour. Especially in Kerala's background where casteism is not at all prevelant.

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  RE:There are three wrong points in this Article.
by Jairaj on Jun 04, 2007 07:32 PM   Permalink
Further Mr Ravi says that he is an untouchable but the truth is that the ezhava's them selves practice untouchability and Sri Narayana Guru him self had asked his followers to desist from it. In fact Kumaran Ashan has written a poem on this practice of untouchability. So Mr Ravi should get his facts right before converting this broad issue into a narrow ezhava vs brahamin issue.

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