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Nidhin Nath K A
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Ajila PR
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O Ajith Kumar Nidhin Nath KA
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Anjali Krishna
Ansiya Rahiman
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Sabari Adeeb Salim Jazila Lulu
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Nidhin Nath KA
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Dr. S Arul Selvan
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From the editor
Theyyam is a politics. It is the politics of resistance against the caste and social oppression. Beyond all its aesthetics as an art form, it has relevance in the history of protests against the caste. The art form Theyyam has started, at the period where the feudal system was strong in the Kerala. Theyyam being an art form performed by marginalized Section, it is not allowed toenter the temple. Although the scenario is like this, when the performer becomes theyyam after makeup then the performer will be deity. The‘ savarna’ comes to seek the blessing from‘ avarnna’. Here this magazine says the politics of marginalized. We are living in a situation where the Dalit’ s are attacked day by day. Beef became a death certificate rather than a food. Kashmiri people being attacked by self-proclaimed nationalists every day. Media is standing for the majority who is powerful. It is biased. Media is neglecting the cry of common people for justice. These people are stamped as the‘ others’. We have to build a wall of resistance. We have to form the counter cultures of resistance. No more Dabolker, Pansare, Kulburgi and Mohemmad Akhlaq should be created. No more people should live with the holes of pellets in body and mind. We have to perform the Theyyam of resistance where the criticisms are considered as sedition and those who criticized will become anti-nationalists. We have to sing the songs of resistance ……… theyyamthemagazine. wordpress. com
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