The Indian Review June 1929 A Monthly Periodical Devoted to the Discussion of All Topics of Interest

2. No loan should be advanced for an unproductive or wasteful object ; the scrutiny of the purpose of the loan is an important function of the Panchayat or the managing comittee; 3. The repaying capacity of the borrower should be taken Into account in determining the amount of the loan and in fixing the period and instalments of repayment thereof: fair latitude is allowed in fixing the individu [...] The purpose of the loan and the repaying capacity of the debtor are attended to but the human touch ivolved in the mutual watch of members over each other in the utilisation of the loan and in its prompt and punctual repayments are relaxed by the very exigencies of the nature of the farm mortgage credit transaction. [...] They form 30% of the population in the District and about one-t)iird of the total Muhammadan population of OQ"894 THE INDIAN REVIEW f JUNE 1929 the Presidency and they are to be found most all along the Coast and in the interior of the Taluqs of Email and Walluvanad. [...] And further it is for the first time in the history of Kerala (omitting for the moment the tale of forced conversions of the Hindus and Mussalmans to Christianity by the Portuguese in the 17th century) we hear of the notprious conversions of the Hindus by force to Muhamadanism by Tippu Sultan. [...] The Moplahs of North Mal*r of the Laccadive and Minicoy Islands and some in the Kasargod Paluk of South Kanara as a rule follow matriarchy which in the r3rnacular is spoken of as Marrumakkathayam '. The more one proceeds towards the North in the District beyond the Korapuzha river the more strict is the observance of the rule of the matrilineal system of descent* It is sufficient for our