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property being stolen. She published an account of the incident, angering the police. Iyer spoke to the
Maharaja against her, alleging that Mascarene was making speeches defaming the government and encouraging non-payment of taxes. The police commissioner also reported that she was dangerous and fomenting discontent. Her activism led to numerous arrests and imprisonments for various periods from 1939-1947.
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report to Bhai Thanu Pillai. You can read it. Such indiscreet talk can do good neither to you nor to the poor people of
Travancore. Besides, by your act you put the whole fair sex to shame". Gandhi also wrote to a colleague in the state congress, Pillai hoping to relieve Mascarene of her ministerial role in the government.
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In a statewide propaganda tour undertaken with party president Pillai, Mascarene was outspoken in her criticism of the level of participation allowed in the legislature, of the dewan, and the government. Her statements led to assault by a police officer as well as her home being broken into and her
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