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Sunday, 29 April 2012

Re: [www.keralites.net] Ezhavas are not Hindus

1. C-Grade IQ People are always live who discuss regarding Politics, Religion, Caste etc...

2. If you want to keep you away from all kinds of these Non-beneficial, Meaning-less things (like Politics, Caste etc...), first you should learn to be Financially Independent.

3. Guru has given the Great Mantra to Ezhava that "Vidya Dhanam Sarva Dhanal Pradhanam".

Best Wishes,

From: Abhiyya Abi <abhiyya@gmail.com>
To: Keralites <Keralites@YahooGroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, 29 April 2012 12:47 PM
Subject: Re: [www.keralites.net] Ezhavas are not Hindus

Dears

Here, the discussion is on CASTE, not on religion. Caste is a reality as sown by various social indicators. For example.. Marriage, land owning, political power etc....

Regards

On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 6:23 PM, John Thomas <joal0791@yahoo.com> wrote:

Hi,
This is from Wikipedia page on Ezhava:

"Legend
According to legend and some Malayalam folk songs, the Ezhavas were the progeny of four bachelors that the king of Ceylon sent to Kerala at the request of the Chera king Bhaskara Ravi Varma, in the 1st Century AD. These men were sent, ostensibly, to set up coconut farming in Kerala. Another version of the story says that the Sri Lankan King sent eight martial families to Kerala at the request of a Chera king to quell a civil war that had erupted in Kerala against him."

From: Masilela.J <Masilela.J@dhet.gov.za>
To: "'Keralites@yahoogroups.com'" <Keralites@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 8:22 PM
Subject: RE: [www.keralites.net] Ezhavas are not Hindus
Hi, E. Madhavan
It is very strange to find that there are people on this earth who could call others that they are not what they think they are. Your comment on the Ezhavas that they are not HINDUS, what come last they are people. Leave it to them to choose their Nationality. Take the example from South Africa . Our Nationality was dismantled just for simple reason that we were Blacks and inferior to others. We were viewed as immoral generation. Our hero, our soothsayer, the priah, the leader, the democrat, the statesman, the author, our politician, liberator, etc, Nelson Mandela, out rightly denied them opportunity to label us that we are not what they thought we were. Here we are today the renowned country of the millinium. "A short walk is so difficult when no one walks with you but the long walk is just a few steps when you walk with someone who cares for you" by J. Baldin. Read and learn those lessons!
Best regards
Masilela JM.

From: Keralites@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Keralites@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Narayanan Ramachandran
Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2012 4:50 PM
To: Keralites
Subject: Re: [www.keralites.net] Ezhavas are not Hindus
Hi, If they are not Hindus let them become anyone they like. Christians, Muslims, Budhist etc.
What Madhavan has written is not correct that only poor oppressed by the Hindus embraced Christianity or Islam. Does he know that even Upper Caste Brahmins have embraced Islam or Christianity in Kerala,Goa, Maharashtra ,Karnataka etc. I know of many cases.
Do you all know that Keralaites are the most Cosmopolitan of all Indians. I think in the 21st Century there should be no place for Religion. Religion is a private matter.
I think we should shun religious discussion in forums like KERALITES.
BST RGDS
RAMA NARAYAN

From: Abhiyya Abi <abhiyya@gmail.com>
To: Keralites <Keralites@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 4:43 PM
Subject: [www.keralites.net] Ezhavas are not Hindus
Ezhavas are not Hindus

E.Madhavan
To use the Ezhavas as scapegoats/foot soildiers of Hindutva is the main aim of the current SNDP General secretary Mr.Vellapallay Natesan. In an effort towards the formation of Hindu parliament or Hindu Aikyavedi; to ensure the participation from Nayadis to Namboothiris; these "Guru-worshipers" forget the sole of Sreenarayana Guru who was an anti-savarna caste and anti-Hindutva in his ideological leanings. This book written by former S.N.D.P secretary E.Madhavan reminds them of their own history. This is the detailed version of the speech he had delivered at the "Thiyya youth society" meeting at Pattanakkad in 1934. He contends that "Ezhavas are not Hindus; they were Budhists who were following their own indigenous religion." This book was a scathing critique of Hindutva and Brahmanical dominance that Sir C P Ramaswamy Iyer banned the book in the three southern states of Kochi , Travancore and Malabar. Independent community Kerala Sahitya Academy republished it in 2011.
The Ezhavas of Kerala are not Hindus. They were Budhist followers; a fact well recognised by the pundits. Due to cruel suppressing power of the Hindus and also because of the retreat of Buddhism from all over India , Ezhavas had to shift their faith from Buddhism to Hindusim. Sri Budha's opulence drew them towards India from Srilanka and later when they refused to assimilate into Hindusim ;they were relegated as untouchables. But due to the contact and interaction with hindus around them and succumbing to the pressures of the people around them, later for the sake of material gains ;we imbibed many qualities of the Hindu religion. Though we were drawn into this trap ; we have greater affinity to people of other religions than Hinduism. They(caste Hindus, upper castes) don't have any document/scripture to prove that we are Hindus. We have not been included in Chaturvarna nor can we physically approach the caste Hindus(savarnas). They have assigned us a despicable position in the Hindu fold as "untouchables". They have banishing us from their religion.
Our belief that we are Hindus or our attempts to become Hindu ourselves have been disproved or failed. Our presence doesn't affect the "purity" of a Christian or Muslim. They don't have any problems with our entry into their mosques or churches and moreover they are inviting us into their religions. But if we try to visit Hindu temples; the priests abandon their rituals midway fearing "pollution" due to our presence there. They don't mind their rituals getting cancelled or abandoned midway ; but our presence is detested! If we go to schools; the caste Hindus quit study and go home. If we travel in roads; they give up their journeys. They boycott everything that has anything to do with us. They use all their strength to prevent us from approaching them in anyway.
Do we need further proof that we are not Hindus? Aren't they forcing us to leave their religion?
Isn't it our foolishness to go to temples when we have been spit on our face for this. When we are ordered to keep within so many feet away from their temple of worship, why should we go to their temples uninvited like dogs? People like this who have been expelled from the Hindus religion have been accepted in Christianity and Islam. The Christians and Muslims of our land are people who embraced their faith due to the atrocities of caste Hindus and that these people have not emigrated from Palestine or Arabia is well known to us. Yes, the majority of Christians and Muslims of today in Kerala are the descendants of the less fortunate among the Hindus. We have this bond with them. We do not have any affinity with the caste Hindus. We were Hindus; this was their objective to enslave us for their benefit, we conceded it. The evil consequences of our consent to be labelled as Hindus is still haunting us today. Come what may; we are not interested to be followers of this alien faith of Hinduism.
(Translated from Malayalam to English by CHANDRAMOHAN .S)
http://utharakalam.com/english/?p=319

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[www.keralites.net] From waterdrops to a one-man band...

From waterdrops to a one-man band...stunning winners of the Sony World Photography Awards

A wide range of incredible imagery was recognised at the Sony World Photographic Awards,

which took place on Thursday night.

The competition saw more than 112,000 entries from 171 countries across the globe, the largest

number since its inception in 2007.

1:Overall winning photograph was a stop motion waterdrop image taken by Tobias Brauning.

Called 'Dancing Queen' it resembles a flower rising out of the ground. Brauning said that Inspiration

for his image came from pictures of simple water drops on a German DSLR internet forum.

2:An incredible stormy image claimed the Landscape category, snapped by American Mitch Dobrowner.

Dobrowner won the L'Iris d'Or photographer of the year award for his series of images titled 'Storms'.

3:'The Last Hero' depicts a Russian war veteran climbing steps to meet current troops.

It was taken by the overall Youth Winner, Sergey Kolyaskin of Russia.

4:Donald Weber won the Current Affairs category for this portrait of persisting tsunami damage in Japan.

He said: "Odaka lies on the north-eastern coast of Japan. It was once home to 13,000 people, but today it is

almost a ghost town. When the earthquake and tsunami of 11 March (2011) triggered blasts at the

Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, a 20km radius exclusion zone was imposed by the Japanese government."

5:"Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) is a full-contact combat sport and one of the fastest growing sports today,"

say PALMER+PAWEL, winners of the Sport category for this bloody shot.

6:Looking a bit out of place? British photographer Simon Norfolk won the People category with this image taken in Afghanistan.

"The Irish war photographer John Burke, of the Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-1880), documents a most extraordinary record -

and yet he is virtually unknown," said Norfolk."In 2011 I went back to Afghanistan to follow in John Burke's footsteps.

Loosely re-photographic, the new work is more of an Improvisation On A Theme By John Burke."

7:This unique time jump composite was created by Irina Werning, scooping the Architecture category.

"I love old photos," she said. "Most of us are fascinated by their retro look but to me, it's imagining how

people would feel and look like if they were to re-enact them today. I decided to actually do this.

So, with my camera, I started inviting people to go back to their future."

8:Travel winner Luis Henry Agudelo Cano took this eerie shot in New York to signify those lost in the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

"Ten years after the 11 September attacks on New York City, its people and streets are fragments of a melancholy memory

while the action of reconstruction continues."

9:Huge clouds engulf the earth in another of Mitch Dobowner's winning photographs.

10:Dutch snapper Rob Hornstra won the Arts and Culture category with this quirky shot of a rather lonely looking singer on stage.

"It's common for restaurants in the Russian tourist resort of Sochi to feature singers who, night after night, rely on a fixed repertoire

of Russian chansons," said Hornstra.

11:Cute but haunting: A monkey in Wroclaw Zoo, Poland, taken by Jacek Kusz.

12:"Working in a modelling agency, I have contacts with young girls for whom I am the first link on the road to the fashion industry,"

said Kasia Bieska, Contemporary Issues category winner with this image.

13:The last supper - British photographer Helen Thompson won the Still Life category with mocked-up pictures of death row

inmates' final meals. "The project was a collaboration with graphic designer Matt Prosser, who used the images to illustrate

a mock-up book on the subject. The crime committed by each prisoner was printed on one side of the book, the image on the other,

juxtaposing text with image," said Thompson.

14:The Campaign category winner by Peter Franck, Germany.

15:Manuel Geerinck's Conceptual category winning image. "In creating photographic images, I am building upon an environment

based on the behaviour of assemblages in motion," he said. "These photographs represent an extension of research that originally

was born in more static painting."

16:The Fashion category winner by Peter Franck.

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[www.keralites.net] People who carry out horrific crimes do not have to be mentally ill

People who carry out horrific crimes do not have to be mentally ill

Anders Breivik case highlights mental illness misconceptions, says expert

People who carry out horrific crimes such as Anders Breivik do not have to be insane,

a leading expert says.

In a commentary in today's Lancet medical journal, Professor Simon Wessely, of the Institute of Psychiatry,

King's College London, says the Breivik case highlights two widespread misconceptions about mental illness.

These are that "outrageous crimes must mean mental illness," and that a psychiatric diagnosis is seen as

some sort of soft option used to "get people off."

Professor Wessely said: "When people struggle to comprehend what lies behind the mass murder of adolescents

gathered for a weekend of discussions and campfires, the simplest response is that the killer 'must be mad.'

"The inexplicable can only be explained as an act of insanity, which by definition cannot be rationally explained.

The act was so monstrous, the consequences so grievous, that the perpetrator had to be insane."

He said that he and other psychiatrists were surprised when Breivik was diagnosed as suffering from schizophrenia.

"For schizophrenia to explain Breivik's actions, they would have to be the result of delusions," the professor said.

"The meticulous way in which he planned his attacks does not speak to the disorganisation of schizophrenia.

"My colleagues in forensic psychiatry struggle to think of anyone who has had the foresight to bring along a sign stating

'sewer cleaning in progress' to avoid drawing attention to the smell of sulphur from the home made explosives in the

back of his vehicle," he added.

As for the public perception that psychiatry helps people avoid punishment, the professor said: "In the UK, however,

if you commit murder and want to spend as little time in detention as you can, putting forward a mental illness defence

may mean that you will spend more—not fewer— years behind bars."

He also added that most of the prison population have the same prejudices towards mental illness as those outside prison,

and that offenders would rather take their chances in prison than be what they call being "nutted off."

Professor Wessely concluded: "The widespread anger when it seemed that Breivik was going to be sent to hospital

rather than prison reminds us that liberal attitudes to mental illness are still often only skin deep."

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