Why Do Dravidian Intellectuals Admire a Man as Prickly as Periyar? Kerala However, he. But despite aging, EVRs habits and philistine life continued. The problem with Periyar was that he used his bludgeon only against the Brahmins while the oppressing classes belonged to a wider spectrum. Ambedkar, who was a prodigious scholar, Periyar was a street-fighter, and the things he said in anger are largely unprintable (though it is available in print in Tamil). At times, Periyar issued blood-curdling threats to Brahmins, but in action he did not believe in violence. , Fuller and Narasimhan, 2014, appendix). It is like asking whether you hate thievery or the thief. In his love for English, he attacked Tamil culture including Tamil language, the Temples of Tamilnadu, the beliefs of Hindus, and attacked both Brahmins and Dalits on vulgar terms. And this is definitely what the BJP in Tamil Nadu wants. What he said in cooler moments rare though they were are also available. A civilisation famous for love,openness and embrace of races was maimed openly under the name of revolution, by fast spinners of hate. But they weren't just garlanded with chappals, they were also beaten with them. EVR Periyar: A checkup on facts & propaganda January 20, 2019 destruction catalysed on a vibrant culture and so the Christian dominated UNESCO honoured EVR with an award in 1970 turning Nelsons eye to the fact that racism was banned by United Nations. There is a scene in the movie Periyar depicting what you are saying. They also urged the court to ask the CWC to fix the rule curve, instrumentation scheme and gate operation schedule of the dam. And in the end, it may not be his ideology, but his name on the ballot sheet that could swing votes. Supreme Court last week considered a public interest litigation petition filed by a Kerala physician and two former local body representatives on the Am aware that girl students in hostels run by the Dravidar Kazhagam trust in Tamilnadu provide nutritionless tastless food to girl students despite collecting huge fees. Concerns over the safety of the gravity dam built using lime-surkhi (burnt brick powder) mortar came to the fore in 1979. EVR soon realised that as long as he stayed in Congress he cannot divide the castes and religions. As long as the ones who follow Manu dharma exist, the nation will never have discipline, integrity, honesty and justice. Though it was Mahatma Gandhi talk to the Ranis that ensured entry for Ezhava community into Vaikom temple, chroniclers of EVR conveniently ignore this fact. The court will hear the case again on November 11. Let's begin with the obvious question. The price is this: he asked for 10% reservation and they gave him 15%. Baker, 1976, p. 46). In 1919, Sathyamurthy was selected by Congress Party as one of the representatives to the Joint Parliamentary Committee of the UK to protest against Rowlatt Act and Montagu Chelmsford reforms. The Tamil Brahmins started migrating to cities both within the Tamil land and without whereas an overwhelming majority of them had been living in villages at the dawn of the 20th century. Because of fundamental confusions in the logic of Dravidian politics, those anti Idol cries lead ironically to a huge spurt in grotesque statues across Tamilnadu which are seriously now believed to have lives, garlanded and worshipped proving existence of some recoil reverse effect to deliver what the opposite of rationalism that Dravidian politics claimed and propagated for decades. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. The Dravidian landscape, on the other hand, is an arid desert, and Periyar was the only cactus plant to have bloomed in it. As he played gross games with his wife and succeeded, so he preserved with them in public life too. Ramaswamy was a great social reformer. This number increased to around 14,000 in 1936. This number increased to around 14,000 in 1936. Leaks and leaching are also concerning, as the methods and materials used during construction are considered outdated, compared to the current building standards, it said. Overall, there were about 15,000 Brahmins out of about 80,000 government employees (Political Career of E.V. EVR hated communists to the core. B R Ambedkar mocked and called Aryan Invasion an invention. None will ever steal these worthless pieces of work. 1. Though EVR desired simple marriages which carried enormous good sense, what pompous Dravidian followers did in practice will make him hang his head in shame. Maybe that's where I saw it. Play boys were called minors in Tamilnadu those days probably because they continue to stay adolescent despite growing in age. Particularly when UNESCO is about to give out a prize in honor of an abusive, corrupt leader from West Africa whose record resembles that of Kim Jong-il. His first child, a daughter was afflicted by polio and he thou. However, he stated the opposite in an earlier meeting on August 31, 1959: Who do you hate? When someone says he hates thievery, it means he hates the thief, too, doesnt it? Here are 10 facts which every Indian should know about EVR. The Brahmin or Brahminism? As a result Dravidian politics became Statues driven resulting in Statues crazy Sychophantic anticulture. WebOn 9 July, 1949, a 70-year-old Periyar, E V Ramasamy, married the 32-year-old Maniammai. I have watched the movie. 4, 2017, p. 432), Another case in point followed in 1968, when, in Tanjore district, 44 Dalits were butchered by the goons of a landlord. Newcomer to the Congress, EVR tried to impress the Congress party about his eligibility but he was not accepted as his knowledge of English was almost zero. It did not ever occur to Periyar that independence would open the sluice gates of education and other opportunities. The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Wednesday directed the State government to consider a representation sent by a petitioner to remove a portion of The decision to marry a girl fifty years younger to him exposed the hypocrisy of Dravida Kazhagam and his supporters realised that a storm of fury was blowing within. Welcome! WebUNESCO Awards Awards tend to be of national or local scope and attributed to a new generation of scientists worldwide. What made him what he was. His so-called research on the. Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. The incident he mentions, implicating Periyar of Hindu-hatred, is common knowledge, and not something he would have chanced upon recently. Rajinikanth at the 50th anniversary function of Thuglak magazine. BR Ambedkar was the worst abused. Such spiteful caste politics filled with hate and revenge continues till today. Politicising of tamil language began with the unveiling of statues on the Marina beach. They somehow contrive to have the rulers in their pocket, participate in governance and conspire to torture and suck the lives out of other citizens in order that they live (in comfort). These blatantly anti-semitic lines were penned on March 20, 1938, when Hitlers flag was flying high. EVRs desire for instant stardom in Congress was not achieved because of Leaders like Sathyamurthy and some other Brahmins who ran the party. A series of tremors felt in the area in 2011 caused alarm. Periyar commented on the murders thus: So long as democracy exists, the honest will have no other option except to fade away, giving the dishonest room to dance around. It is hilarious that many Dalit parties and Communists claim that EVR toiled for them. He was miffed that the Constitution did not provide reservations for non-Brahmins. And prickly though he was, he did have a few beautiful flowers. However, this seems confused in hindsight. It was from this elitist Justice Party evolved Dravida Kazhagam. As long as the ones who follow Manu dharma exist, the nation will never have discipline, integrity, honesty and justice. Recently new interpretations are given to defend EVRs thoughts. Sometime before, I have read this about Periyar's funeral: Government of India / Chief secretary was against giving Periyar a state Funeral because he held no constitutional positions. Fact remains that while all the hate theories of EVR were meticulously followed by his blind followers, none of his good ideals were followed even as chutney. P.A. By the mid-1990s, Tamil Nadu started demanding restoration of the level. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle. The Dutch loot - Part Two of European colonialism, EVR Periyar: A checkup on facts & propaganda. The reason? They involve different types of recognition, such as I see Adi Sankara as the last great mind India saw as he could influence with his Advaitha concept and limit Buddhism in India. Thus, less than 1% of 1% of the population were graduating from these colleges. The reason is 90% of our population are fools and 97% of them are persons of low birth. The reason is simple. Periyar breaks Murthis of Ganesha (1953) Become a Member. They call me a subterfuger and that is ironic because such hiding, twisting, manipulative skills were the key characters of most of Congress claims on India since her formation in 1885 as an elitist club and as a joint venture with Colonial British to seek jobs from the rulers. This is Rajinikanth's first overtly political move, in over twenty years. Ramasamy writing in his magazine. For the first time ever, Rajinikanth spoke against EV Ramaswamy at a public function. I am not able to find any thing proving it. Fact remains that EVR married a teenager who was fifty years younger than him and threw to the dustbin his disdain for child marriages. He then did NOT enter electoral politics. Madurai: The The Madras high court on Wednesday directed the state government to consider a representation which sought to remove the false information in (Naan Sonnal Unakku Yen Kopam Vara Vendum, vol. Happens when UN agencies are filled with evangelists and fundamentalists trying to remove diversities in culture in the name of protection. Infuriated and disappointed that his dreams for power were vanishing, he pleaded with British not to give India independence and in case they had to, continue to govern India from London. He adds that in 1927, a Staff Selection Board had to select 467 persons. Honestly can't remember. His propagation for widow remarriage was not adhered to by his second wife Maniammai nor by any of the widows of any Dravidian leader. With the threat of floods looming large and the reservoirs filling up, the court asked both States to abide by the rule curve for the period set by the Supervisory Committee constituted at its instance. He felt he was deprived of his opportunities for stardom with Brahmin Sathyamurthy being proactive with integration of castes. Commissioned by the Kerala Government in the latter part of the 2000s, a study by IIT-Roorkee raised questions about the survival of the dam, located in seismic zone-3, in the event of an earthquake of a fairly high magnitude. Remember that the Congress party was not founded to demand independence and neither was the Justice party. Copyright 2023, THG PUBLISHING PVT LTD. or its affiliated companies. EVR advocated Nazi-style anti-Brahminism. They were arrogant, casteist and possessed a general contempt for the unwashed millions, and even the washed others. He called out EVR (aka Periyar) for organising a rally decades ago in Salem in which naked cutouts of Lord Rama and Sita were paraded with garlands made of sandals. / Given all this, why is he being heralded as a great thinker by the Dravidian intellectuals? Hope you will be inspired by this narration. In 1921, during the anti-liquor campaign he cut down 1000 coconut trees in his own farm. The effigies of Rama and Seetha were fully clothed. Some have repeatedly accused me of purposefully hiding the great achievements of the great Congress party of India to India. British ignored him as a non entity. Also, by the 1930s, the majority of students in both arts and professional colleges were not Brahmins. He was forcibly married to a very pious girl with that fond typical South Indian belief that marriage cures all kinds of vagabounds and eccentric young men. I must mention here that our family which was a great devotee of EVR has been following his self respect marriages (though as a rebel, I opted for a total Vedic wedding). He once said that the white people who lived in the temperate regions were less brainy than the ones who lived in Tamil Nadu. Though his love for science was childlike, he did not have the intellectual rigour to understand what the scientific enterprise was all about. Whatever came on the way to his promiscuous life was detested and he envied and admired the British in India living an ammoral life in India. Happens when UN agencies are filled with evangelists and fundamentalists (At The Quint, we are answerable only to our audience. So is the new twist to Brahmanism as opposed to Brahmins. Dark Mode. I am not able to remember where I read or heard that. If you find a snake and a brahmin kill the brahmin first Is quoted in verdict of india by Ms. Nicolas. Periyar quoted that Nicolas quoted like that. It is nobodys case that the Brahmins were angels. Tamilnadu is limited by the filmi world and is not in a state to work out the mind beyond Kollywood factory. 1. They knew that even if they gave him 25%, not even three or four percent of qualified people would be available [among the Dalits]. On an average, 22 thousand million cubic feet (tmc ft) of water is diverted, irrigating about 2.20 lakh acres and meeting the drinking water requirements of people in the region. Gowthaman). No political party in India was exception to this rule but dynastic, Sychophantic parties went top gear installing ugly, disproportionately formed insulting ugly specimens as life like statues which exposed the hypocrisy of their intentions and the poor skill of the sculptors. Refused schooling after elementary level. Ramaswamy Naicker, E. Sa. Our dharmic civilisation is important than any individual or any group. Having experienced His miracles first hand, I went about on a search to know the other common lives that were blessed by our Sage but hitherto were never revealed in public. Sathyamurthy led Congress to victory in the Provincial elections in 1937 & became Mayor of Madras in 1939. The reason? (Baker points out in his book that there were 10,237 students in first grade colleges in 1931; the number of available government posts carrying a salary of Rs 35 per month were 29,081. Similarly, while it is true that Periyar did agitate in 1951 when the Madras high court struck down the orders on reservation and the Government of Madras subsequently lost its appeal with the Supreme Court it was on the recommendations of the Congress Government of Madras and on consideration of the need for removing man-made equalities (in Granville Austins words) that the Nehru dispensation brought in the First Amendment to the Indian Constitution. MGR's hatred for the DMK and its ideology is legendary. It was forgotten in a minute. In a leaderless state that is currently seeing a drought in political news, this one statement has opened floodgates, and fanned fires. The population of the presidency of Madras (a.k.a. India has gone into the hands of scoundrels after the departure of the British., There is no doubt that Periyar genuinely wanted the Dalits to break out of the shackles of caste oppression but his approach was more paternalistic than what Gandhi was being accused of. Periyar was the only cactus plant to have bloomed in it. Some revolutionary, he was. Stalin, urging him to draw maximum quantum of water from the dam through the tunnel so that a large volume release would be avoided altogether. In 1927, the Justice Party had been in the opposition. WebErode Venkatappa Ramasamy (17 September 1879 24 December 1973), revered as Periyar [a] or Thanthai [b] Periyar, was an Indian social activist and politician who started Tamil Nadu However, without Tamil Nadu on board, this is not going to be a reality. Tamil film actor Rajinikanth has courted controversy with his remark that at a rally in Salem district in 1971, attended by Dravidar Kazhagam (DK) founder Periyar E.V. In 2001, about a hundred years later, around 4.3% of them resided in villages the figure would be 5.6% if the non-Tamil Brahmins were also added. A devotee of Mahaperiyava, he would visit him whenever work permitted but all his decisions centred on the grace of Mahaperiyava. Three shutters of the The reason is simple. WebAnswer (1 of 2): NO ! The Periyar that the non-Tamil intellectuals know is a sanitised version of his real personality, lovingly packaged and offered by his admirers. He once sent sent his close friends to ogle and tease his wife while she was on a visit to a temple and succeeded in impressing her later that going to temples was unsafe for her as temples are filled with rogues and mischief makers. Accordingly, the water level in the dam would be limited to 138 feet till October 31 and 139.5 feet till November 10. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. In February 2010, the court constituted an empowered committee to study the whole gamut of issues concerning the dam. Assuring Mr. Vijayan of all support, Mr. Stalin informed him that the level in the dam was being closely monitored and the current storage was well within the level permitted by the Supreme Court. On the employment front, the total number of Brahmin gazetted officers were 620 in 1928. Was the Brahmin the bogeyman, the Baba Yaga of the Tamil country? , C.J. He batted for the DMK in 1996, and won them an election. The material and information contained on these pages and on any pages linked from these pages are intended to provide general information only and not legal advice. EVR worked meticulously to break the moral shackles around him. Recently it has come to light that UNESCORTED did not give him any award but it was given by UNESCO MANRAM which was formed by ANBAZAGAN DMK brother .Please remove the relevant para. Thus, [my stand is] Brahminism grew out of the Brahmin and I am striving to annihilate the root. Either Rajinikanth spoke without thinking it through. They lost ability to discern under the rule of rationalists. He once said that the white people who lived in the temperate regions were less brainy than the ones who lived in Tamil Nadu. Or, he spoke knowing fully well that his comments on Periyar would blow up. A culture of a civilisation is judged by its contributions to sustaining a society. The water supplied from it through a tunnel to the water-scarce southern region of Tamil Nadu, especially the Vaigai basin, would be the lifeline for farmers of Theni, Dindigul, Madurai, Sivaganga and Ramanathapuram districts. At the same time, Periyar was also paranoid that democracy would result in Brahmins completely taking over the reins of the government. EV Ramaswamy's hatred towards the Hindu religion and his open slander of gods in his magazines Kudiarasu and Dravidan are well-known. Periyar, : So long as democracy exists, the honest will have no other option except to fade away, giving the dishonest room to dance around. We aim to provide a wide range of injection molding services and products ranging from complete molding project management customized to your needs. Of course, adept at manufacturing reasons for his objections to Sathyamurthy entering temple, Congressman EVR later staged a satyagraha on the streets leading to Vaikom temple in Kerala with his wife. Nations that have no trace of human rights yet this hypocrisy called United Nations continues to exist as the biggest Tamasha on the planet. It was constructed The dam became a reality nine years later. It seems you have Javascript turned off in your browser. He used cinema as a vehicle for propaganda and personal glorification so successfully that he won his final election while unconscious in the hospital. There is no doubt that in the late 19th century and early 20th century, Brahmins dominated the educational scene in the state. He has, with a single quote, isolated himself from the ruling party and all of the Opposition, and united them. Claims that he was friendly with Brahmins including Rajaji were eye wash. He accepted the Constitution written by the Brahmins and signed on the dotted lines. I predict that crazes will die naturally while excellence whether in art or culture will always prevail! Its height is 53.6m (176ft) and length 365.7m (1,200ft). Thank God none of them ever blessed the newly married couple that they should ever live life as they did. Karma hit back with mediocrity as excellence was mocked at. Even then it was clear that the trend was changing. Attorney Advertising. Clever twists that marked propagation that he loved the depraved castes are meant for optics. As a result, most of coveted government jobs went to the Brahmins. It was expanded in 1947 by the then-ruling Congress party, and when Periyar was busy demanding a separate Dravida Nadu. The story so far: Coinciding with an episode of erratic, cataclysmic rain in Keralas high-ranges, the They knew that even if they gave him 25%, not even three or four percent of qualified people would be available [among the Dalits]. BJP Posts Controversial Tweet on Periyar, Gets Slammed. dam were opened on October 30 to release water . Having been limited by Congress stalwarts who were Brahmins he remembered the tricks of the Anti brahmin Justice Party and decided to adopt their modus operandi. Thomas, decided that the level had to be brought down from the full reservoir level of 152 feet to 136 feet to enable Tamil Nadu, which owns and maintains it, to carry out dam strengthening works. The acts of sending email to this website or viewing information from this website do not create an attorney-client relationship. A clear example of sour grapes. Unfortunately, Periyar and his disciples could not look at the problem from this perspective. WebAnswer (1 of 5): The reason is politics cannot happen without taking his name for everything and blaming Brahmins for everything. He hated the concept of chaste women, thought children inessential for a married couple and assumed an agreement between couple was far better and brought in the idea of self respect marriage as rational. Overall, there were about 15,000 Brahmins out of about 80,000 government employees (, Political Career of E.V. When Darbar can rake in 200 crores in 11 days despite having no story to save its skin, the superstar's long-awaited entry to politics doesn't seem to be that much of a pipe dream. Long story short, Rajinikanth mixed up the gods who got beaten with chappals and the gods who were paraded naked. WebPeriyar E.V. A meeting between the Chief Ministers to discuss the issue is being planned in December. if Mullaperiyar dam gets destroyed, it will also damage its Idduki dam down the course. Tamilnadu challenged Keralas dam height law in Supreme court. Nowhere did EVR or EVRs protges condemned the upper castes of Chettiars, Nayakars, Reddiars, Mudaliars, Gounders, etc and their domination in social sphere. He was the angry man spewing vitriolic hate against society, blaming, abusing, mocking, vulgarising Tamils. Colleges swarmed with them. WebThe fake propaganda states, In 1970, he was honored by UNESCO with an award, the citation of which said: Periyar, the Prophet of a New Age, Socrates of South Asia, Father of the Social Reform Movement, Arch Enemy of ignorance, superstitions, meaningless customs and base manners. This award Continue Reading T.M. He accepted the Constitution written by the Brahmins and signed on the dotted lines. I was witness multiple times to Dravidian politicians who womanise, held multiple wives get on wedding dias to bless couple on PA system that the newly married should lead life like Lord Rama and Seetha. Is there any sources for this or is it a legend? Also, by the 1930s, the majority of students in both arts and professional colleges were not Brahmins. Now it is known plainly as Poondi reservoir. That he was not against God but was against misuse of Gods name. CN Annadurai walked away from EVR to form a political outfit called Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. The national intellectual landscape is verdant. It is because one is a thief, one indulges in thievery. What is the reality? History of 126-year-old Mullaperiyar dam: The Mullaperiyar Dam is on the River Periyar and its tributary, the Mullayar in the state of Kerala, hence the amalgamation Mulla-Periyar.It is located 881 m (2,890 ft) above mean sea level, on the Cardamom Hills of the Western Ghats in Thekkady, Idukki district of Kerala, India. Their piousness and personal discipline irritated problem child EVR and he revolted. Viswanathan, 1983, p. 126). There is a good chance that it is true. Soon, roads were renamed, portraits unveiled, housing colonies were to be named after politicians in Tamilnadu. A temple has been built for atheist Karunanidhi near Gudiyatham by DMK cadre. But he didn't lie. They demand submission as they are insecure. Periyar was clear that he was against Brahmins, not Brahminism. In all his agitations and he had many the lowest common denominator was the Brahmin. EVR can go to any extent to tarnish the name and credibility of anyone who came on his way and his wife too became a victim to his machinations. Rajinikanth's most famous filmy 'punch' dialogue, from the iconic movie Baasha, goes something like this: Politics and cinema in Tamil Nadu have historically blurry boundaries. Between 1949 and 1967, the former being the year his disciple Annadurai broke away from him and formed his own party and the latter being the year he formed the first non-Congress government, Periyars harshest abuses were reserved for his former disciples. So as namesake statues come up in every street corner of Tamilnadu and across India, apart from they being crude works of art its a fact that they have no value, culturally or politically. Credit to EVR that he succeeded largely in what he set out to achieve though he will be debated for a few more decades. Earlier Chief Minister CN Annadurai had unveiled statue of Film artist NS Krishnan. Speaking truth to power requires allies like you. You can also see statues marketed in open without fear of theft in Mamallapuram while State owned Poompuhar which trades in idols has high security. This politics has now amplified into construction of memorials across the state with tax payers money running into 100s of crores. Fewer than 1,000 students would have had to be passing out every year in the 1890s. For impactful stories you just cant miss, By subscribing you agree to our Privacy Policy. Then again, they were not alone. Thousands of statues for EVR dot Tamilnadu especially across famed temples to provoke and insult Hindu believers while none exist opposite churches or mosques. Deputy CM O Panneerselvam can never be seen without the holy ash and vermilion on his forehead. Ramasamy writing in his magazine Kudiyarasu, and he is being unusually mild here. There is also a National park which is known as the Periyar National Park in Thekkady located around the reservoir of dam. In the event of a dam failure, it would result in unfathomable human tragedy and submitted a case for decommissioning the dam, in whose place a new dam could be built to cater to Tamil Nadu's water needs. At Furnel, Inc. we understand that your projects deserve significant time and dedication to meet our highest standard of quality and commitment. However, Tamil Nadu, relying on the Supreme Courts two judgments, has been opposing any suggestion for lowering the level from 142 feet, apart from rejecting the idea of a new dam. Twentieth century India had a handful of many short influences but most of them derived a narrow, sectional idea for political purposes catering and serving some sections of society. He spent his long life tirelessly working in support of what he believed in and against what he detested. So much so, Tamilnadu practices hate as a philosophy today and have a contender for Chief Ministership of Tamilnadu wearing the proud name of tyrant Russian dictator Stalin.