KERALA PSC / RENAISSANCE LEADERS OF KERALA / V.T BHATTATHIRIPAD / NOTES

 

KERALA PSC / RENAISSANCE LEADERS OF KERALA / V.T BHATTATHIRIPAD / NOTES

KERALA PSC / RENAISSANCE LEADERS OF KERALA / V.T BHATTATHIRIPAD / NOTES

·       V.T Bhattathiripad (1896-1982) was an Indian social critic, well-known dramatist and a prominent freedom fighter

·       He encouraged widow marriage in the Brahmin society and tried to reform the conservative practices of the “Namboodiri community in particular and the society at large”

·       He conducted the first mixed-race marriage in the Brahmin society. He is credited with starting the progressive theater movement of Kerala during which “the stage and performance became a highly conscious social activity in the hands of social reformers and political activists”

·       His drama Adukkalayilninnum Arangathekku was a turning point in this context

 

KERALA PSC / RENAISSANCE LEADERS OF KERALA / V.T BHATTATHIRIPAD / NOTES