books.google.co.in - The Izhavas are an ex-untouchable community in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Politically and economically weak, stigmatised as 'toddy tappers' and 'devil dancers', and considered unapproachable by clean caste Hindus, a century ago Izhavas were associated with other manual-labouring untouchable...http://books.google.co.in/books/about/Social_Mobility_In_Kerala.html?id=rMRw0gTZSJwC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareSocial Mobility In Kerala