Yehudi Mehta's video: Some customs are meant to be broken - Historic speech by Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan with subtitles

The final 20 minutes of Pinarayi Vijayan's historic October 16, 2018 speech at Thiruvananthapuram, with English subtitles. In his speech made in the context of women's entry in Sabarimala temple, Pinarayi Vijayan talks about the social reform movement in Kerala which broke many customs as part of the effort to end caste oppression and evil customs. He cites several examples of customs changing over time and under pressure from social reform movements. "Our renaissance leaders taught us that some customs are meant to be broken," he said. He literally schools the RSS-BJP, Congress and Muslim League which are opposing women's entry in Sabarimala. While communist leaders have often been adept at using speeches to impart political education to the masses, Pinarayi Vijayan has taken it to a new level in the age of social media. From the time of the floods in Kerala, he has been using his press conferences, live-streamed over the social media, to patiently explain important issues. This speech continues in the same vein, demolishing the arguments against progressive social change and exposing the hypocrisy of the RSS-BJP in particular.