C. Kesavan: Difference between revisions

Kesavan was influenced by the work of [[Padmanabhan Palpu]], the social reform campaigner who was a member of the backward Ezhava community and a founder of the [[Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam (SNDP)]] association where he later rose to the general secretary post.<ref>{{cite book |title=Different Types of History |editor-first=Bharati |editor-last=Ray |chapter=Subjects of New Lives |first=Udaya |last=Kumar |publisher=Pearson Education India |year=2009 |isbn=9788131718186 |page=326 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9x5FX2RROZgC&pg=PA326}}</ref> He became an activist for the Ezhava caste, seeking an improved socio-economic position for them, and in the 1930s he suggested that they should abandon Hinduism. Thus he was an [[atheist]].<ref name="Ray322" /> C. Kesavan was influenced by the teachings of Sree Narayana Guru, Gandhiji and Karl Marx. He worked for temperance and eradication of social inequalities feomfrom the society and served as General Secretary of SNDP Yogam.