Kumaran Asan on caste prejudices

This well known poem by Kumaranasan

(Font Kerala or Manorma)

AG 
_  X

Z {VK c_
KA! K
W ib
B{ rNW

LK{I GJX,
LJ {W K ;
LVA VK
LK,  K.

b I dK W
cK 
cA I  BM_
{c E G.

K c_
KKK  VP;
KW A _
KVAW Tb NG.

 {_
KVK UNW
K KIZ
VAW _  ?

! B N , I
M VAW ;
 A , c_
MK NW.

c GVA_
c BGK,
c ! KGW
cVjw  zV.

L ! K? _
dLc A W,
LA, tN_
LM L bc.

 NZ N{z A
dVA{ yVKW,
! NK c!
'd___"cK V'"

bLJW  , bc_
L dA VMX
LCX
LX M MVMX.

http://www.oocities.org/guruforum/thiyyakkutty.htm

Caste Prejudices

Asan laments the sad plight of low-caste people and attacks the artifical division based on the caste. The ruling class uses their own vested arguments to justify their discrimination. People are forbidden schools and other job opportunities. Why should we Indians cry for freedom? One way, it is in our fate that we are in captivity all the time; when we think of our blind faith in the caste system.

Finally the poet sees a ray of hope in the formation of a new organization - SNDP Yogam. If we unite and work hard, we will be rewarded by the almighty.