Socio-cultural Processes and Livelihood Patterns at Tirurangadi - CDS

out that, the decline of the old chanthas like the one at Tirurangadi, was the result of the
growth of the highway through Kakkad, and also because, as one of the informants put it,
‘marketplaces came up everywhere, so that there was no need for a chantha”. This meant
that places, events and cultural forms which looked so far away are now at the doorstep
of a sizeable section of the people, and also the people will have the resources to
understand and use them. Thus the growth of the services has kept pace with the growth
of the communications, and basic education and some awareness of modern gadgetry is a
resource that every person is forced to acquire in order to keep abreast of the changing
livelihood patterns. It is not surprising for an autorikshaw driver to keep a mobile phone