#Brahmanical patriarchy is so painful & violent. 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 was made to humiliate them and remind them of their low status 
The tax had been imposed by the Brahmin king of the erstwhile state of Travancore; one of the 550 princely states that existed in British ruled India in the year 1803.
Royal officials would travel door to door, collecting this heinous breast tax from lower caste women.....
Royal officials would travel door to door, collecting this heinous breast tax from lower caste women.....
There are thousands of women forced to follow such customs in the society but only a few of them have enough courage to stand up against such practices.
Nangeli, one such woman, who belonged to Cherthala in the central region of Kerala protested against the breast tax...
Nangeli, one such woman, who belonged to Cherthala in the central region of Kerala protested against the breast tax...
Nangeli belonged to the Ezhava caste in Kerala whose people were one of the victims of the heinous tax. Unlike other lower caste women, Nangeli rebelled and protested by cutting her breasts off against the practice of tax.
Nangeli died of excessive blood loss....
Nangeli died of excessive blood loss....
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