The Malabar Rebellion

The 1921 Anti British Uprising in Northern Kerala

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The Malabar Rebellion

Written by: Asiaville
Narrated by: Sashi Kumar
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The Malabar Rebellion, an Audible original produced by Asiaville, recaptures the dizzying six months from August 1921 when the Muslim peasants of the southern districts of the then Madras Presidency (now northern Kerala) rose up against their oppressive British colonial rulers and feudal landlords. The rollercoaster saga of their daunting struggle, sacrifice and martyrdom continues to fire the popular imagination and kindle keen debate. Scripted by K.P. Sethunath, narrated and directed by Sashi Kumar, the podcast rolls to the beat of the inspiring verse on the uprising penned by Kerala’s dear poet-lyricist, P. Bhaskaran.

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Episodes
  • 1921: The Year of the Great Divide

    1921: The Year of the Great Divide

     Episode 1
    Dec 1 2023

    The Malabar Rebellion in the Malabar province of the British India is a watershed event in the history of Kerala and the Indian subcontinent. '1921: The Year of the Great Divide', the first episode of a 25-part podcast, traces the genesis of the rebellion - the killing of Henry Valentine Connolly, the Collector of Malabar on September 11, 1855 becomes the flashpoint of the discontent simmering in the region for more than a century.

    Written by KP Sethunath and Narrated by Sashi Kumar.
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    25 mins
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  • Tirurangadi: The Fulcrum of a Rebellion

    Tirurangadi: The Fulcrum of a Rebellion

     Episode 2
    Dec 1 2023

    Tirurangadi, located 36 km towards the south of Calicut in northern Kerala, is famous for one of the most revered mosques of the Muslim Community in Malabar. A raid on the mosque, led by the then Malabar Collector C.F. Thomas and Police Chief Richard H Hitchcock, on the night of August 20, 1921 in search of Congress-Khilafat leaders triggers the mass revolt that came to be known as the Malabar Rebellion.

    Written by KP Sethunath and Narrated by Sashi Kumar
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    30 mins
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  • Ten Days that shook Tirurangadi

    Ten Days that shook Tirurangadi

     Episode 3
    Dec 1 2023

    The rebels take control of the region with systematic destruction of the civil and police administration of the British administration in Eranad and Valluvanad Taluks (in the present-day Malappuram district) after August 20 1921. Ali Musliyar, a highly regarded Muslim cleric, is chosen as the de facto ruler of the region.

    Written by KP Sethunath and Narrated by Sashi Kumar
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    26 mins
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Another masterpiece by AsiaVille and terrific narration by sashi kumar. An often maligned chapter in Indian history gets a much needed perspective, specially in a time where rewriting of history is in vogue. Really enjoy the India based content being produced by asiaville, be it Veerappan or nanda devi and now the Malabar rebellion. Kudos! Sashi kumar is the David Attenborough of India!

Excellent rendition of a contentious episode in Indian history

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The book provides a sequential and detailed blow by blow accounts of the events relating to the rebellian.
- it is sequential so it allows you to follow the thread
- Fairly detailed enough for you to understand the brutality and pain that India went through during this struggle
- The role of the Indian Congress, and other protagonists are not white-washed and spelled out in very unequivocal terms and leaves nothing to imagination on how callous various leaders had been

What I did not like:
- The opening music and the closing song takes up to 5-7 minutes in each episode and is repeated across all episodes. This gets irritating after the first few episodes
- Hindus are branded as supremist across the entire narrative. Their actions are all the time branded as negative
- The conversions, rapes and looting of the hindu's have been painted with a soft brush and attempts made to show these as "one-off" incidents and need not be highlighted much. This qualitative differentiations stands out starkly in the narrative.

A good descriptive narration of the events

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I thought Malabar kalapam essentially was a brutal bloodletting of Hindus by mappilas. However listening to this narrative it has been rewritten as a brutal bloodletting of the mappilas by the British, who were cowardly runners to boot! How about some balance by the detailing the “duravastha”of Hindus!I thought Amazon was against victim shaming?

Unrecognisable rewriting of history

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