On 10/9/07, Binand Sethumadhavan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> In Kerala during the days when untouchability was prevalent,
> apparently kids born in lower castes would be taken to the local
> upper-caste overlord (usually the one from whom the dad would have
> leased land for farming) who would name the child as he fancied - boys
> could get named after farming tools and girls after kitchen utensils,
> for example.
>
> Binand
>
>

Er....having seen all those Smita Patil-type movies...would the
upper-caste overlord also often be the father of, say, Plough and
Frying Pan?

Deepa.

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