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A well-planned divisive misleading narrative is being circulated to divide people on the basis of caste. For past few years misinformation related to a fictional topic #Mulakaram or #BreastTax spreading with help of western media (1/11)
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Hate & Misinformation spreader "The Dalit Voice" said during the Travancore Kingdom, Dalit/OBC women were not "allowed" to cover their breasts unless they paid a tax. The fee was determined by the size of their breasts. This is absolute #Fake narrative and fictional .(2/11)
The News about "breast tax" is being circulated occasionally since 2016, when Anti-India BBC reporter Divya Arya reported on a series of paintings by artist Murali T on Nangeli. But magically original blogpost of his deleted after .(3/11)
Chithrakaran Murali who popularised the myth of breast tax and Nangeli is silent on the relase of movie #pathombathamnoottand which portrays Nangeli and her husband's committing of Sati.
Wondering what could be the reason. 1/n
Wondering what could be the reason. 1/n
artist Murli said in an interview that he happened to see the Kaviyur branch bulletin where the story of Nangeli was written. he was so rattled by the story that he decided to take this story of brave Ezhava women to the public through his paintings. From 2013 onwards he made 2/n
In 2013 he released his first paintings on Nangeli and in 2016 he conducted an exhibition of his paintings on Nangeli which was reported by Wagabomb ,Times now ans @BBC and the story of Nangeli travelled the world there after .Articles after articles were written followed by 3/n
