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hameed , on october 9 , 2009 . chennamangaloor delivering a speech in muscat , oman hameed chennamangaloor kerala , india 300px indian 1948 sabira kunnumpurath hameed chennamangaloor.jpg hameed chennamangaloor
 abdul hameed areepattamannil professor , writer , social critic , political analyst
hameed chennamangaloor

hameed chennamangaloor -lrb- `` abdul hameed areepattamannil '' ; born 1948 -rrb- is a prominent social critic in kerala , india .
he is a staunch critic of religious fundamentalism .
he was born to areepattamannil abdul salam of chennamangaloor and katheeshumma of perumanna .
he had his early education at chennamangaloor and mukkam .
after getting his ba and ma degrees , he began his career as a probationary officer in state bank of travancore .
later , he left the job and took up a job under the department of higher education , government of kerala , as a lecturer of english language and literature .
he became the head of the department of english at government arts and science college , kozhikode in 2002 , a position which he held until his retirement in 2003 .
