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Amritha Mohan
@AmrithaMohan_
PhD-ing @HydUniv • ex Media Fellow @NFI_India • studies sports, women, bodies, culture• words/visuals• life project: put memories in brine.
Nov 1, 2021 • 8 tweets • 6 min read
So, my story is finally out in @thecaravanindia!As part of @NFI_India's Media Fellowship, I report on the caste-ridden lives of #Theyyam practitioners in north Kerala—they perform daredevil acts in the name of worship and yet are threatened by caste norms+
caravanmagazine.in/caste/how-cast… face routine public humiliation, receive less financial remuneration, even pay for costumes/jewelry from their pockets. Little has been done to support those who bear the brunt of this spectacle in the name of tradition+
(Image: Kandanar Kelan #Theyyam, by Sreerag Kadannapally The Kandanar Kelan Theyyam runs through fire at Pilathara, K