“Why Do Film Actors Carry their Caste Name,” Asks Minsiter G Sudhakaran. This Facebook Post Gives a Fitting Reply

Minister of Public Works in Kerala, G Sudhakaran had opined that it is not right for Film stars to add their caste name to their name.

“Why do artists need an address of their caste? There is no such trend in Europe. But here, caste interferes in even art. Varier, Menon etc are added to their names by these artists,” he said.

Hours later, a Facebook post has surfaced on the Internet where a man questions the minister’s attitude and enumerates instances where communist leaders themselves have kept their caste tags.

EMS Namboothiripad
Sivadasa Menon
Achutha Menon
Ramachandra pillai
P K vasudevan nair

These are all names of communists leaders, there are plenty more.

Those who cannot fix their own issues are after other people. Will we have to put up with ministers poetry on the issue,?” he asks. Check out the original Fb post in Malayalam.