write an appreciation of the poem curing caste written by sahodaran ayyappan
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Sahodaran Ayyappan (1889–1968), a leading cultural activist, editor, and poet in the early and mid-20th century in Kerala, revolutionised the aesthetics and politics of the Malayalam language and poetry in an unprecedented way. Narayana Guru allowed only one disciple to change his motto—it was Sahodaran Ayyappan who said, ‘No caste, no religion and no god; but ethics, ethics and ethics; most appropriately and accordingly’ (Sahodaran 34; Sekher 2012: 195). Sahodaran was a socio-cultural revolutionary who practised and implemented his master’s philosophy and message. It is interesting to remember and reflect on his cultural and political interventions and writing as we celebrate the centenary of his 1917 Cherai inter-caste dining protest (panthibhojanam/misrabhojanam). Sahodaran also spearheaded other defiant acts to annihilate caste and untouchability in Kerala, using the ethical teachings of his master, Narayana Guru, the visionary of Kerala modernity.