Curing Caste by Sahodaran Ayyappan: READINGS ON KERALA

Curing CasteSahodaran Ayyappan
Paragraph questions:1.      Explain Sahodaran Ayyappan’s coinage “Caste Disease”.“Curing Caste” is a poem written by Sahodaran Ayyappan, translated by Dr Ajay Sekher and published in the book Sahodaran Ayyappan: Towards a Democratic Future. Sahodaran Ayyappan uses the phrase “Caste Disease” to denote the practice of discrimination based on caste that existed in Kerala society. He uses medical terms to symbolically phrase the harsh re...