Destiny Changes
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Always struggles generate within a society as responses towards the existing social order and that struggles lead the community forwards. Social Renaissance in Kerala was prominent during the 19th and early 20th century. In the field of Kerala’s Social Renaissance, Mahathma Ayyankali employed his on method which created enormous influence on the Kerala society. Ayyankali was considered to be a courageous and an activist in the field of Social Reform Movements in India. Aggressive struggles of Ayyankali was compulsory for the downtrodden community of then Kerala society. He realized that the illiteracy among the Dalits is one of the main factor which makes them the downtrodden communities. Around the same period of time, the colonial government was making initiatives to develop a small group among the natives to go ahead with their diplomacies in that particular area. This article discuss about the struggles of Mahathma Ayyankali for the struggle for the Right to Education for the downtrodden community in Kerala.
Keywords: Social Renaissance, Ayyankali etc.