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The Shobha Yatras started in the 1980s by right-wing cultural organisations continue to draw large crowds. Seen here, the Yatra at Thrissur city. Picture by author, 12 September 2017.
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Communism arrived in the south Indian state of Kerala in the early twentieth century at a time when the matrilineal systems that governed caste-Hindu relations were crumbling quickly. For a large part of the twentieth century, the Communist Party-specifically the Communist Party of India (Marxist)-played a major role in navigating Kerala society th...
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... instance, the celebration of "Krishna Jayanthi" (a religious festival celebrating the birth of Hindu god Krishna) in 2016 under the guise of Onam (secular harvest festival which, although with Hindu rituals and myths, is celebrated across the religions of the state) celebrations had drawn severe criticism to an extent where it "alienated true comrades from the party" 20 . The CPI(M)'s rallies on the day have attempted to rival the right-wing Hindu nationalist organisations' "Shobhayatra"s which continue to draw large crowds (see Figure 3) 21 . In another instance, one of the CPI(M) processions came under a row after it featured Thidambu Nritham, a temple ritual 22 . ...
