The Paniyas, an Ex-slave Tribe of South IndiaStudy on the social life of the Paniya tribe in Wayanad, Kerala. |
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Page 177
... Nanjan story shows the Kerala police at their crudest and worst . I have no reason whatever to doubt the varacity of Nanjan's statement about the torture . When he was about 28 years of age , Nanjan was working in his home town ...
... Nanjan story shows the Kerala police at their crudest and worst . I have no reason whatever to doubt the varacity of Nanjan's statement about the torture . When he was about 28 years of age , Nanjan was working in his home town ...
Page 178
... Nanjan simmered for some time , and then subsided , but never vanished . Now it re - appeared disastrously in a tragic story . When he narrated it , Nanjan was emotionally upset and shed tears . About the year 1941 , Nanjan was working ...
... Nanjan simmered for some time , and then subsided , but never vanished . Now it re - appeared disastrously in a tragic story . When he narrated it , Nanjan was emotionally upset and shed tears . About the year 1941 , Nanjan was working ...
Page 179
... Nanjan was let off with a warning . Penniless , Nanjan had great difficulty in reaching home . A kind police man got him a free ride in a truck up to Panamaram ; he begged to be ferried across the Panamaram river and then from Panamaram ...
... Nanjan was let off with a warning . Penniless , Nanjan had great difficulty in reaching home . A kind police man got him a free ride in a truck up to Panamaram ; he begged to be ferried across the Panamaram river and then from Panamaram ...
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