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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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