How will the civilization progress unless the institutional injustice within goes unchallenged? The history is prolific with examples of religious injustices and the struggle to overcome its shackles.

Christian religion condoned slavery and it may be seen in many epistles of Apostle Paul. God never intended it to be so. One of the bed-rock axioms that comes from Judeo-Christian background is ‘Love you neighbor as yourself’. Jesus Christ illustrated this principle by the parable of ‘Good Samaritan’. However, the organized religion, to keep themselves in the graces of the rulers, adopted the line to go with the flow and accepted the norms of the society at large.

If we take an unbiassed overview of the historical background of Kerala, we would be able to find a similar but more alarming spectacle. The caste system which touched the whole spectrum of the society like an octopus, had its vicious tentacles all around the lower castes sucking the blood out of them for centuries. During and after the British rule, however, the ‘status quo’ started changing. God knows how many millions of human beings went through literal hell on earth to ‘eke out a living’ in the caste system.

Even though some progress is being made, the overall picture of the ruling class is remaining the same. It is through bitter struggle every inch of progress is achieved. Sabarimala is not different in this context. We read between the lines and see the hypocrisy of those who oppose the Supreme Court verdict. The temple norms that is based on the ‘Caste System’ are slowly getting eroded. There are only a few more areas left to be exposed. It is making the so called ‘Believers’ very anxious and agitated. The coming days will tell how far they are prepared to go in order to cling to the vicious system of discrimination based on caste. Naïve observers look at this as matter of ‘women and their freedom to worship’. It is only the surface of the monster hiding underneath.