 However, even after she could exercise her authority she realized that it was too sudden and sweeping a change for the tradition bound people of Travancore to accept Temple entry for Dalits .Gandhiji appreciated this fact, for in his words "..the opening of the roads is not the final but the first step in the ladder of reform... We may not force the pace" ("Young India", April 2, 1925).Maharani Setu Lakshmi Bayi (stylized as Sethu) is the central figure of , the debut historical novel of Indian writer Manu S. Pillai.