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| Prof. Elamkulam |
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| Kaanippayoor Sankaran Nampoothiri |
Nair Historian Prof. Elamkulam Kunjan Pillai, upbraided the
Nampoothiri’s of Kerala, to the extent
that a prominent Nampoothiri amongst them, Panditha-rajan Kaanippayyoor Sankaran
Nampoothirippad, offered defense, and then went on the offensive against the
Nairs.
Prof. Elamkulam Kunjan Pillai claimed that Nairs belonged to the Dravidian Race. That means he
subscribed to Aryan-Dravidian Racist theories.
The Prof.’s claim were rebutted by Kaanippayoor, and he asserted that
Nairs were the descendents of Nagas ,citing the
opinion of Chattambi Swami, considered to be the
spiritual guru of Nairs & other
historians like K.P Padmanabha Menon and R. Narayana Panicker. And Kanipayyor further pointed out to the Prof.’s own work which informs that
Nagas originally lived in N.India, mainly at Gorakhpur, Nagpur, Allahabad, Nalanda, Sind, and the hills of Assam.
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| Kaanippayoor's Work, The pre-history of Nairs |
So how did the Nagas reach Kerala & became Nairs ??.
Kanipayoor explains that, the ancestors
of Nampoothiri’s who originally belonged to Sind, had brought the Nagas , also
belonging to Sind, along with them as soldiers & servants.
Thus Kaanippayyor
turned the tables on the Nair Historian, Prof. Elamkulam Kunjan Pillai, using
the same Aryan-Dravidian Racist theory,
to which the Prof. also subscribed. Thus together both of them succumbed
to the RACIST Aryan- Dravidian separatist theory. Kanipayoor could thus project
that Nairs also had come from outside Dravida-naadu, along within the
colonizing Brahmins from Sind. Thus both were OUTSIDERS, not originally
belonging to S.India. These exchanges
demonstrates the extent to which Aryan-Dravidian Racist theory had a hold on
the imagination of the literati belonging to that period, and also the extent
to which it was internalized by them. There is also the likelihood, that
Chattambi Swamigal would also have been influenced by the linguistic theories
in vogue at that time in the ‘learned’ circles in S.India.
Now consider the background of Prof. Elamkulam Kunjan Pillai. (b.1904 – d.1973)
Quote “From language and literature his interests
turned first to the history
of languages and culture and then to social- history.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elamkulam_Kunjan_Pillai.
This was similar to the interests and career of that 'linguistic scholar" Bishop Robert Caldwell, before him.
And another interesting coincidence was, he was the contemporary
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| Bishop Caldwell |
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| EVR |
of Periyar E.V.Ramasamy (b.1879- d.1973), who started
the Self-Respect Movement or the Dravidian Movement and proposed the creation
of an independent state called Dravida Nadu, comprising the states of South
India. He also endorsed violence against Brahmins. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periyar_E._V._Ramasamy
Thus the deadly virus of Dravidian Separatism spread all
over S.india, and had infected the mind of a Kerala Historian, prompting him to
unleash tirades against the Brahmin
Nampoothiris, just like how it was happening to Brahmins in Tamil Nadu under
the able guidance of EVR.
The seed of Dravidian Separatism and Linguistic chauvinisms
were
genetically(artificially) engineered in the scheming minds of two Protestant
Christians from Britain- Bishop Robert Caldwell , who was the Bishop of
Tinnevelly, and Francis Whyte Ellis. An interesting account of this can be had
at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_aXkwP2Shg.
Did we not err ? Did we not disparage , disrespect, and disregard
our Traditional Nobility ? Are we not continuing with the mistake, by casting
aspersions on the Travancore Royal Family.? WE deliberately disregarded, in our ignorance we forgot that, nobility is
not just about power and wealth/money. It is PRIMARILY about VALUES !!!!!
And what about the MODERN
nobility and rulers who replaced Traditional Nobility. !!? Aren’t we
paying a huge price, due to collapse of our VALUE SYSTEM !!!!.
In Kerala, who benefitted from such foolishness and
ignorance. Politically the Marxists & Christians !!!
More details can be had at the following links
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