Ayyankali :A Dalit Leader Of Organic Protest

M.Nisar, Meena Kandasamy

Paperback(OB) 103 Pages

Price RS 150.00

ISBN 8190388762

  pulayars, one of the many dalith communities in kerala, were ordered to keep at a distance of ninty-six steps away from a brahmin, not allowed to cover themselves above the waist or below the knees, denied admission to public roads and subjected to  endless oppression. besides,they were bought and sold as slaves even up to the middle of the ninteenth century. Ayyankali (1863-1941), one of the foremost dalith leaders, challenged these brutal castecodes. 

               This book chronicles his organic protest in travancore and provides a critical analysis of the social reform movements in kerala under the colonial rule.