Silence as Strategy? CPI(M) and the Normalisation Of Anti-Muslim Rhetoric

What explains the CPI(M)’s soft corner for Vellappally Natesan’s anti-Muslim rhetoric— electoral calculation or ideological ...
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‘It is an upper-caste protest’: Ezhava outfit in Kerala denounces RSS plans for Sabarimala stir

A protest march organised against the Supreme Court’s Sabarimala judgment by the Nair Service Society in Pala in Kerala’s Kottayam district on October 7. | Vineeth The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s ...
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Upper caste quota: CPI(M), BJP may face backlash from politically important Ezhavas in Kerala

Vellappally Natesan, leader of the Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam, the biggest non-political organisation of the Ezhava community in Kerala. | Vellappally Natesan/Facebook The ruling Communist ...
Business Line

CPI (M) shoots itself in the foot by ‘crucifying’ Ezhava icon

Trying to engage in one-upmanship with the BJP, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) seems to have shot itself in the foot. A float at a cultural rally organised by the party in Kannur district on ...
The Hindu

Koodalmanikyam temple row: Controversy over appointment of Ezhava youth for Kazhakam | Explained

The Koodalmanikyam Temple in Irinjalakuda, Kerala, dedicated to Lord Bharata and managed by the Cochin Devaswom Board, recently found itself at the centre of a caste-related controversy involving the ...
Indiatimes

Denial of job: Ezhava priest submits letter to Travancore Devaswom Board

ALAPPUZHA: S Sudhikumar, a priest belonging to the Ezhava community, who was not allowed to join duty as kizh shanti (sub-priest) at the Chettikulangara Devi temple, on Monday submitted a letter to ...
The Hindu

Priest cautions against Christian girls being lured by Ezhava boys

The raging controversy over ‘religious jihad’ took a new turn with a Christian priest cautioning the community against “Christian girls being systematically lured into love marriages by some Ezhava ...