Manjunatha, you deleted it because your disguised vandalism in this page was exposed! It is clear what irked you, and why you are trying to poke holes in the article under the pretext of a discussion! On the 25th of August when I pointed you to relevant reading material on the subject in discussion, I was giving you leads to good books and research material referenced in the web and further in the long bibliography in those books. You chose to read only what is sparsely available in those websites and came back the very same day (25th of August) and flung personal accusations at me. When I fed you a dose of your own medicine, you have gone haywire, fuming and crying foul (personal tirade! personal tirade!!) and throwing up all over. Well you now know what it means to focus personally – good. 

 In you vain attempts to vandalize and malign, you were attempting to paint a communal slant to the statements about “selective conversion” – the term you wouldn’t have heard anyway, as you could not have done more than one day’s reading! You might not be aware that it was more than one community that were socially exploited in history by those that controlled the citadels of power – the temples. Speaking of that one community you referred to (again you are attempting to put unsaid words in my mouth) it is one that has contributed a good part of my larger family for three generations now. My regard for the women of that community go beyond words, so does my heart for their ancestors, and my respect for the social reformers who saved them from the appalling social exploitation that at least some of them endured in the hands of Brahmins in history. However, neither of these communities of today though should be blamed or disrespected for what transpired over time in the social evolution of man. History is there if for us learn from the rights and wrongs of the past. Blaming or slander of the current generations on that account would be as stupid as expecting Koizumi to apologize for past Japanese atrocities or your wife being ashamed of being the chimpanzee’s descendant. 

 Of course you will come back and post more blabber on this page. Please do so, because you should be leaving your muddy footprints on your CV in Wikipedia – where you might be looking to make career for yourself as a flamer! Good luck. My world is elsewhere in brick and mortar, with this being only an occasional visit and pastime. 

 And Manjunathan your short-sighted prophecy, that this article on Ezhavas is doomed, might actually become true for yourself. For if you fume at this rate man, this article, as it is, will soon outlive you! 

 Aaroamal, 13 Sept 2005