Ur ananthamurthy autobiography meaning

Let us take my marriage to understand our yugadharma. A hundred years ago, if I had given up my caste and married outside, the maths would have boycotted me. This continues till date but not as often and is not as cruel as before.

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(However, the situation hasn’t changed for the Dalits: they still suffer in a pathetic manner.)

I remember a Brahmin in our village who had been cast out by the math in Bheemanakatte. I forget the reason. No one would invite them to a community lunch, or have any relationship with the family. He tried hard to rid himself of the stigma.

I remember my father speaking in his favour and arguing the boycott had no grounds.

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He conducted rituals and brought him back into the community. If widows become pregnant, they are ostracised. In my story “Ghatashraddha”, Yamunakka suffers because she is thrown out, and thereby cut off from all relatives and relationshi ur ananthamurthy autobiography meaning4 VIL