DIP: 18.02.086/20251003 
DOI: 10.25215/2455/1003086 
Abstract
Matriliny has been a forgotten social organization except of the academic discourses. The colonial modernity was ambiguously conceived by the colonized population. When it was approached as an optimistic opening, the same turned out to be a challenge that undermined the traditional customs and values. Worldwide, ‘modernisation’ was an undoing of ‘medievalism’. Malabar in nineteenth century witnessed the dwindling of matrilineal tarawads, which in turn led to the redefining of familial bonds. Reform that went along with modernity, was in an urge to induce a new conjugal family with in the community. However, the period of change created an ambiguous life condition for the children, as they found it strange to cope with.
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