Today I wish to know what is the
population of Iyer’s (Kerala) emerging from the agraharams? Will a time come
when all have migrated to cities and no more Iyer’s will be left at agraharams?
With the Iyer’s moving out to
cities from agraharams and from cities to outside India, is that number
decreased in the last 20 years?
My wife from Kannambra mentioned
that the place is getting less and less of Iyer’s. Even my late father use to
say about it for Koduvayur (my native village).
Will this be the beginning
of the end for the specific culture trait of Iyer’s, who have unique tastes
with respect to eating habits and speaking styles?
I think it is an illusion of end
that is generated out of fear of losing the identity.
The particular nature of the Iyer’s
is their inability to be in a group but grow bigger and taller as an individual.
Whether data will be
available from census or an Iyer will come forward and start a website
with some base data to collect the information, no idea. The problem of non-availability
of the data is absent, since Iyers' by nature are inclined towards education and
an educated one will surely like to be part of universal loop and not like to
stand alone.
I had a thought, whether village or
agraharam tourism like settings can be initiated by selecting one agraharam and
maintaining all the essence of it. By essence, means the agraharam selected
will be adhering to the basic requirement like:
·
Clothes
·
Food
·
Speech
The agraharam will be a place to
relive or protect the charm of being an Iyer from Kerala.
This is random musings by a city
born but with a heart rooted in agraharam.
To know little more about agraharam
below link will serve that:
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