Chilakamarti lakshmi narasimham biography of michael jackson

This is an article on Andhra’s Great Reformers and Writers, who were remembered recently on their birth anniversaries, Part-1 focusing on  Chilakamarti.

Lakshmi Narasimham,Chilakamarti (26 September 1867- 17 June 1946) was a great writer and social reformer who defied and lampooned brahminical orthodoxy in his writings, set up in 1909 a school for dalits, hosted them, his wife cooked and served them.

He along with his four (brahmin-born)  friends carried  dead bodies, including those of dalits, on their shoulders, when they could not afford costly rituals, and performed their last rites. Post-modernists for the last few decades upheld post-truth by calling Kandukuri Veereshalingam   (1846-1919), also born Brahmin, and this great successor of his, as reformers who worked only for their community.

Together with Gurazada (1862-1915), they constituted a trio known to each other, who laid foundations for Renaissance