{"id":12510,"date":"2017-10-16T11:00:46","date_gmt":"2017-10-16T05:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak?p=12510"},"modified":"2019-04-03T17:06:57","modified_gmt":"2019-04-03T11:36:57","slug":"love-caste-fury-tamil-nadu-small-time-crook-came-symbolise-gounder-pride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/love-caste-fury-tamil-nadu-small-time-crook-came-symbolise-gounder-pride\/","title":{"rendered":"Love, caste and fury in Tamil Nadu: How a small-time crook came to symbolise Gounder pride"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the sleepy village of Iveli in Namakkal district in western Tamil Nadu, at a roadside restaurant, a 30-something man, bare chested, chopped vegetables in a frenzy. When asked if he knows where Yuvaraj lives, he paused. A long, uneasy silence followed. \u201cNo, I don\u2019t know, please ask at the tea shop,\u201d he said finally.<\/p>\n

At the tea shop, a group of four men sipping tea were stone-faced. \u201cI don\u2019t know who Yuvaraj is or where he lives,\u201d came the answer from one.<\/p>\n

Read the full article where it was originally published in the Scroll<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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This article was originally published here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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