amidst the general condemnation of the brahmin in south India,Marxism allowed the reinstatement of a role for the brahmins byputting them at the heart of crucial changes in the organisation of thefamily, a theme with major resonances for a society engaged in anattack on the legacy of matriliny. Contradictions remained: the use of Nambudiri myths along with a scientific approach to history; theputting of the working classes at the heart of the theoretical exercisebut in practice, exalting the high culture produced by the brahmins.D.D.Kosambi, in one of the earliest reviews of Nehru’s The Discovery of India, observed that it reflected the bourgeoisie coming of age in India.EMS’s work is a powerful example of the brahmin coming of age insouth India, emerging out of the critiques of the Dravidian movementas well as the soul searching within the Nambudiri community to forgea history that restored the brahmins to their rightful place
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