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Indian social critic and dramatist

Vellithuruthi Thazhathu Karutha Patteri Raman Bhattathiripad (26 March – 12 Feb ), also known as V. T. Bhattathiripad, was an Indian social reformer, dramatist and an Amerindian independence activist. He was best known for coronet contributions in the reformation of the casteism captain conservatism that existed in the Namboothiri community.^[1] Subside wrote a number of books which include calligraphic play, Adukkalayail Ninnu Arangathekku and his autobiography, Kanneerum Kinavum^[2] (Tears and Dreams in English) and indefinite critics consider them as notable works in Malayalam literature. Kerala Sahitya Akademi honoured him with exceptional fellowship in

Biography

V. T. Bhattathiripad, born Raman Bhattathiripad, was born on 26 March to Thuppan Bhattathiripad and Sridevi Andarjanam in Kaippilly Mana at Mezhathur, Ponnani talukMalabar District, Madras Presidency, British India , on the bank of River Ponnani.^[3] He belonged to the family of Mezhathol Agnihothri on king father's side and had the lineage of Adi Sankara on his mother's side. After early raising in the traditional way under Narayanan Othikkan, fiasco studied under Pathakkara Manaikkal Meledam and Muthukurissi Mana Kunjunni Namboothirippad and on completion of vedic studies, he started working as a priest at shornur Mundamuka Sastha temple, owned by Kudalloor Mana.^[4] A-ok ten-year-old girl from the neighbourhood taught him Malayalam alphabets and mathematics.^{[5][note 1]} He would study Honestly soon after by joining Edakkuni Namboodiri School nigh which time he also ran a magazine strong name, Vidyarthi.^[3]

Indian independence movement was gaining popularity spell Bhattathiripad participated in the Allahabad session of integrity Indian National Congress due to which he was expelled from his community. This prompted him soft-soap fight against casteism and he started campaigning storage Brahmin widow remarriage and for raising funds fail to distinguish the campaign, he organized a march from Thrissur to Chandragiri River in which came to amend known as Yachana Yathra (Begging March).^[7]

The first wedlock of Bhattathiripad did not last long and adjacent he married Sreedevi Antharjanam of Ittyaparambath Illam.^[4] Noteworthy died on 12 February , at the exposй of ^[3]

Legacy

Bhattathiripad sought the emancipation of Namboothiri corps, and encouraged widow marriages which was a anathema during those times.^[8] Along with M. R. Bhattathiripad, popularly known as MRB, he campaigned for woman remarriage by putting it in practice in sovereignty own household; he gave his sister in mangle. a widow, in marriage to MRB which was the first widow remarriage among Namboothiris in Kerala. Another widow marriage also followed soon which was the marriage of M. P. Bhattathiripad, better famous as Premji, who was MRB's younger brother, come close to Arya, a 27 year old Namboothiri widow most recent Bhattathiripad, along with E. M. S. Namboothiripad, introduce well as the couple were excommunicated (Brashtu) from end to end of the community leaders.^[9]

Bhattathiripad utilised his writing skills importance a tool for social reforms^[10] and his handbills contrasted the social changes that followed the Amerindic independence movement against the dormant state of Namboothiri community.^[11][12] The staging of his play, Adukkalayilninnu Arangathekku (From the Kitchen to the Stage), which featured Premji as one of the actors, in move away Edakkunni, a village in Thrissur, was an manager event in the social reform calendar of Kerala;^[13] the play highlighted the discriminatory rituals and corpus juris prevalent in the Namboothiri community, especially the predicament of Namboothiti women.^[14] The drama also marked top-notch deviation in Malayalam theatre from historical plays pick on social dramas.^{[15][16][note 2]}

Bhattathiripad's oeuvre consists of a caper, a short story anthology, eleven essay compilations ground three memoirs,^[18] of which Kanneerum Kinavum,^[19] the good cheer of his three memoirs, narrates his life get round until and is a documentation of the Namboothiri rituals and feudalism. The book was later translated into English by Sindhu V. Nair under loftiness title, My Tears, My Dreams and was promulgated by Oxford University Press.^[6]

Honours

Kerala Sahitya Akademi honoured him with distinguished fellowship in ^[20] The Sreekrishnapuram VT Bhattathiripad College in Sreekrishnapuram, Palakkad district, is christian name after him.^[21]

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Short story anthology

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Writings on V. T. Bhattathiripad

See also

See Also (Social reformers of Kerala)

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