Akkamma stalin pathrose gandhi biography

Abstract: N. Sasidharan’s “The Punnapra-Vayalar Revolt and the Freedom Movement” is a comprehensive article about the events that lead to the famous Punnapra-Vayalar Revolt. He quotes extensively from the official records, and declares that the Revolt “was the outcome of the general strike of 1938”. It places the general strike, the Revolt and the leaders of the time in an unusual perspective, and depicts this illustrious chapter in the history of Kerala as a sort of well-scripted drama that deserves closer scrutiny.

Keywords: social and political radicalism, working class struggle, trade union, secular politics, Civil Equality movement, Non-Cooperation Movement, Abstention Movement, Coir Factory Worker’s Association, feudal suppression, Non-Agro Labourers, Factories Act, Trade Union Act, Agro-Labour Union

The revolt which erupted during the ten days (22 Oct 1946 to 31 Oct. 1946) that shook the political history of Travancore through a general strike by the A.T.T.U.C. (All Travancore Trade Union Congress) is called the ‘Punnapra-Vayalar Revolt. There a spontaneous unrest of the agro-labourers and industrial workers was sponsored by the local Communist Party which culminated into the revolt. About it Robin Jeffrey writes:

Indian working classes, to be sure have conducted long bitter strikes,
and peasants have sustained revolts in the countryside. But only once,
it appears, have workers in an industry, fashioned weapons, set up
armed enclaves and fought the military in pitched, if one sided, battles.
The event, named for two of the places involved, was led by the C.P.I.
in October 1946 in the princely state of Travancore, southern part of
what is today the state of Kerala.

Two views prevail about the ‘Punnapra-Vayalar Revolt’ and the ‘Freedom Movement’ – the communist view and the non-communist view. To the communists, it was the finest flowering of the working class against the exploitative forces of the establishment. It is regarded as part of t

2015 Indian TV series or programme

Akkamma Stalinum Pathrose Gandhiyum is a 2015 Indian comedy television series that aired from 5 January 2015 and 3 July 2015 for 129 episodes on Asianet. Veena Nair and Shaju played the title characters. The series was telecast from Monday to Thursdays. The show ended after six months and was replaced by the horror series 7 Rathrikal. This is rebroadcast in Asianet Plus.

Plot

The story revolves around the journey of a married couple Akkamma Stalin and Pathros Gandhi who differ on their political views: Akkamma is a communist, Patros is a congressman. The story highlights different types of political parody happening in Kerala and the view of the characters on it.

Cast

• Veena Nair as Akkamma Stalin
• Kalabhavan Shaju as Pathrose Gandhi
• Aadil Mohammed as Nehru Lenin
• Vijayakumari as Mariyamma
• Azees Nedumangad as Appukuttan (Akkama's political man)
• Geetha Salam as OudhaKutty
• Solomon (not found)

Awards

Won-Asianet Television Award 2015

References

Akkamma Stalinum Pathrose Gandhiyum is a political comedy drama which is originally telecasted in Malayalam and released in January 2015 and running till now on Asianet TV. This will be on air at 10.30 PM from Monday to Friday. The director of the serial is Manu Sudhakar, and the writer is Krishna Das. The two leading roles of the serial are done by Veena Nair as Akkamma Stalin and Kalabhavan Shaju as Pathros Gandhi. This is produced by Lathika Sibi. The other characters of the serial are Nehru Lenin as their son and Vijayakumari as Mariyamma and Azeez as Appukuttan.

The serial is around the two characters Akkamma Stalin and Pathrose Gandhi. It reveals the actual political crisis between them; they are married to each other and have a son Nehru Lenin. But their views on the political parties are different, and the humor developed at their arguments about their different political view highlights the show. They belong to different parties, and Pathrose was the president of Kannanghatta panchayat whereas Veena was against that and belonged to other party. The core of the show is the comedy between their views which reveals the state's actual political condition and even though they fight each other on political views, they will be happy on personal life