| Abstract: | Kerala Pulayar Maha sabha (KPMS) which was an offshoot of Sadhu Jana Paripalana
Sangham (SJPS) was engaged in the attempts of educational, social, economic and cultural
advancement of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes of the State. The mission of
KPMS is economic development of the community by giving importance to charity activities
along with continuing agitation for social justice and for protecting constitutional rights of the
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. Over the years KPMS has sustained itself as a space
of expression, agitation and identity of the pulaya community in Kerala .It was considered a
part of the other social uprisings in Kerala, during the last century and is a social movement
in its soul. In the present context of new uprisings, of once oppressed or under privileged in
the country, the researcher feels that a contemporary analysis of KPMS. Through this study
the researcher has made an effort to document the current dynamics of the KPMS.. The study
followed an ethnographic approach, covering the various units in the Venganoor region
Today the KPMS is considering by other as an organization which works at all spheres of the
life of pulaya community. But, at the end of this study, the researcher could understand that
the problems within this organization . The internal conflicts has weaken the whole structure
of KPMS and the lack of good leaders, youth-women participation, lack of initiatives in the
part of KPMS to the various needs of the community, lack of political will are factors which
cause the weak functioning of KPMS. |
