Talk:Paraiyar
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[edit] Request
Please add information regarding the cast based marginalization that the paraiyar community had to endure. I am of the view that without that information, the article is handicapped.
[edit] Groupism i.e., Caste origin
The origin of groupism i.e., caste seems to have started with people trying to refer to themselves as one group. There was no divisions and sub divisions until different people started competing for the same resources and had to organize themselves into groups to improve their chances in competing.
Lathead 12:05, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Subdivision origin
Another reason for groupism came from the profession followed by the differnt groups. As people changed professions, they also had to change names to reflect those professions. However they needed to differentiate themselves from people who were already using those professional names. So as people took up farming they had to call themselves Vellala. However since other groups were using Vellala as title, different groups with additional names were created. Thus were created the various groups of Vellala.
Lathead 9:18, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] This article..
Goes into TOO MUCH DEPTH! It is not formatted properly, and it doesn't sound like soumething in an encyclopedia. It sounds like someone copied and pasted this from something. It is far too long, as well. 164.113.13.229 14:48, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
