That he was not against God but was against misuse of Gods name. The problem with Periyar was that he used his bludgeon only against the Brahmins while the oppressing classes belonged to a wider spectrum. His later joining the Congress party was because of his belief that political connections will further his fun life. In all his agitations and he had many the lowest common denominator was the Brahmin. In November that year, a tripartite meeting chaired by the then chairman of the Central Water Commission (CWC), K.C. Gradually, thanks to his off-screen mannerisms and accent, his hint at 'spiritual politics' and his pro-Centre anti-protests stance on the CAA, the media and public perception coloured him as being right-of-centre. He was a religious man and his songs often spoke of how he was chosen by god to lead the people to a better life. 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. dwelled on such grave issues as whether Sita slept with Valmiki. Ramaswamy Naicker, E. Sa. This would mean that around 4,500 students would have had to be passing out every year in the 1930s. Most of the hero entry songs in his films would mention how he follows the footsteps of 'Thanthai Periyar' (Father Periyar). Massive landslides had devastated the hilly regions in central Kerala and weather prediction was ominous when the courts attention was drawn to a report prepared by the United Nations University-Institute for Water, Environment and Health, which cited significant structural flaws in the dam and said it may be at risk of failure. All the stories are real life incidents and are verifiable. A three foot statue with a foot long head became common. More importantly, as a rationalist one can be argumentative thereby giving the impression of an intelligent person. 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 population of the presidency of Madras (a.k.a. As a result, most of coveted government jobs went to the Brahmins. He said, without so much as a pause, that Gandhi was killed by Brahmins because Gandhi was turning into a Periyar himself! 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. It seems you have Javascript turned off in your browser. On the employment front, the total number of Brahmin gazetted officers were 620 in 1928. How will their rule set right our country? (Periyars writings compiled by Pasu. Even the most advanced digital propagandist tools can never harm ideas that are rounded and complete. What he detested were caste discrimination, Gandhi, god, religion, Brahmins and the then-prevailing idea of India. What he believed in were self-respect, rationalism, gender equality and his own version of social justice. He once said that the white people who lived in the temperate regions were less brainy than the ones who lived in Tamil Nadu. The reaction from Dravidianists is perplexing as Periyar himself was renowned for his iconoclasm. Water woes: The 2018 floods in Kerala and the erratic monsoons have put the 126-year-old dam in the spotlight. He was the angry man spewing vitriolic hate against society, blaming, abusing, mocking, vulgarising Tamils. Kerala sought to restrict the level to 136 feet by way of an amendment to the Kerala Irrigation and Water Conservation Act, prompting the Tamil Nadu Government to move the Supreme Court. All one can say is that the wind is blowing his way now. Colleges swarmed with them. 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. Distory Buster. Had contempt for love marriages which he looked down as a mere attraction of sexes. I see Adi Sankara as the last great mind India saw as he could influence with his Advaitha concept and limit Buddhism in India. The Maharaja of Travancore signed a 999-year Periyar Lake lease agreement with the British government on October 29, 1886, for the Their piousness and personal discipline irritated problem child EVR and he revolted. On the employment front, the total number of Brahmin gazetted officers were 620 in 1928. Great post, thank you so much for sharing this here. To those foreign to Indian political system, lets clarify that Congress in India is a political party and not some representative or democratic parliament as it was elsewhere. He had married Nagammai, aged 13, earlier as a teenager. Congress were, Shri Chandrasekara Saraswathi of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam , the finest among sages of the last millennia, continues to touch and heal the lives of believers going beyond the limitations of caste, religion, linguistics and nations. His so-called research on the. Source: YouTube. So we have great minds that have stood the test of time. 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. Attorney Advertising. He used cinema as a vehicle for propaganda and personal glorification so successfully that he won his final election while unconscious in the hospital. It was expanded in 1947 by the then-ruling Congress party, and when Periyar was busy demanding a separate Dravida Nadu. The people of India are barbarians. Why did Dr B. R. Ambedkar resign from the cabinet in 1951? Asked to answer by Quora User Thanks. My thambi (younger brother) Quora User ( I really Nations that have no trace of human rights yet this hypocrisy called United Nations continues to exist as the biggest Tamasha on the planet. Which brings us to the real question. None will ever steal these worthless pieces of work. 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. A temple has been built for atheist Karunanidhi near Gudiyatham by DMK cadre. Tamil Nadu Subsequently, the floods of 2018 and the erratic nature of annual monsoons ever since brought the focus back on the 126-year-old dam. If you were ever revolted by the plethora of roadside statues in India, then credit for this ever rising craze should go to that one man tsunami that brought about that infamous Statue Culture to EV Ramasamy Naicker known as Periyar to his followers. It also asked the Central Government to set up a three-member Supervisory Committee to monitor dam safety. This is what the DMK and the AIADMK think. Since then, many pocket size influences had come and goneby. BJP Posts Controversial Tweet on Periyar, Gets Slammed. 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. A meeting between the Chief Ministers to discuss the issue is being planned in December. / The reason? Fact remains that EVR married a teenager who was fifty years younger than him and threw to the dustbin his disdain for child marriages. There is a scene in the movie Periyar depicting what you are saying. 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. Mickey Mouse size influences frequent and are limited by time. He did not think about others. (Periyar E.V.R. Remember that the Congress party was not founded to demand independence and neither was the Justice party. In this report, we shall briefly look at Periyars history with deliberate insults towards the Hindu faith and the legacy he has left behind. M. Karunanidhi (front row, third from left) and Periyar (fourth). EVR Naicker born very rich, ran a family temple of Lord Ganesha in Erode. Gowthaman, vol. There is a good chance that it is true. A series of tremors felt in the area in 2011 caused alarm. There is an undeniable political ramification to anything the superstar says. Hate had powers to attract mass attention and history shows hate can over throw powers and establishments as people mislead to misread it as revolution of love. Am aware that any effort to break the status quo about EVRs presumed greatness will be resisted byrationalists who admire him blindly as they are aware such questions on EVR will break the artificial halo built for political and monetary gains. Most of them were caused by feelings and thoughts of admiration for the white skin along with extreme desires of greed, Kama, jealousy, envy and ambition. Happens when UN agencies are filled with evangelists and fundamentalists trying to remove diversities in culture in the name of protection. Gautham He once said that the white people who lived in the temperate regions were less brainy than the ones who lived in Tamil Nadu. / WebAnswer (1 of 5): The reason is politics cannot happen without taking his name for everything and blaming Brahmins for everything. Meanwhile, in the backdrop of bad weather forecast, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan wrote to his Tamil Nadu counterpart M.K. Rajinikanth at the 50th anniversary function of Thuglak magazine. Clever twists that marked propagation that he loved the depraved castes are meant for optics. Is there any sources for this or is it a legend? The idols are considered worth every milligram or in millimetres. We offer full engineering support and work with the best and most updated software programs for design SolidWorks and Mastercam. But there was a report in The Hindu, the next day (25 January, 1971), by the Salem correspondent who wrote on the 'Superstition Eradication Conference', in which, 'a 10-foot long image of Lord Rama was carried on a vehicle and dozens of people kept beating it with chappals'. The British had no love lost for them because most of the intellectual leaders of the Brahmin community were with the Congress. It is almost axiomatic in Tamil Nadu, and constantly parroted by non-Tamils too, that it was thanks only to Periyar that reservations in jobs and education came into being in the state. Some have repeatedly accused me of purposefully hiding the great achievements of the great Congress party of India to India. 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. HOME; INTERIORS; EXTERIORS; OFFICE & PORTRAITS; PUBLICITY/EVENTS; CONSTRUCTION; INFO Periyar was the only cactus plant to have bloomed in it. He has, with a single quote, isolated himself from the ruling party and all of the Opposition, and united them. It did not ever occur to Periyar that independence would open the sluice gates of education and other opportunities. Many of his black-shirted followers were fine individuals personally. Period. Remember UNHRC has as its members China, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Cuba, etc. Ramaswamy Naicker, Even then it was clear that the trend was changing. There are both merits and demerits in this broad claim regarding women emancipation but we must understand EVRs mind from the back drop of his western way of living. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. Brahmins had successfully resisted foreign rule for a thousand years and were considered custodians of Hindu culture. Refused schooling after elementary level. But statistically they were not very significant. (, Tamil Brahmans: The Making of a Middle Class. He accused Ambedkar for selling himself to the Brahmins: The Brahmins had paid him a price. The movie was partly funded by the Tamil Nadu government according to Wikipedia. EVR hated communists to the core. 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. In his last ever speech, on December 19, 1973, he spoke that he had been striving for long to annihilate god, religion, the Congress, Gandhi and the Brahmin. And vote bank. His parents were pious, morally upright and hereditarily wealthy. None follow the few good things EVR propagated. He wanted the British to continue to remain in power while simultaneously complaining that they were succumbing to the machinations of the Brahmins. Such spiteful caste politics filled with hate and revenge continues till today. But as Granville Austin writes in his seminal book, (1999), After the Congress eclipsed the Justice party in the 1937 elections and later, it made compulsory discrimination very much its own policy even while led by Tamil Brahmins like [Chakravarti] Rajagopalachari., Periyar was clear that he was against Brahmins, not Brahminism. The Dutch loot - Part Two of European colonialism, EVR Periyar: A checkup on facts & propaganda. As he played gross games with his wife and succeeded, so he preserved with them in public life too. 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 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. What the whites aspired for was being done from within, 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. Effigies and posters of Vishnu, Shiva, Parvathi, Ayyappa and other smaller Gods were paraded naked, and shown having sexual communion. Joe Joseph, a doctor who was the candidate of the corporate-backed Twenty20 in the recent Kerala Assembly election from Kothamangalam, downstream of the Mullaperiyar and Idukki dams, moved the court, along with two others, last year contending that the Supervisory Committee had abdicated its responsibilities to a sub-committee constituted at the direction of the court for water management in the dam. Supreme Court last week considered a public interest litigation petition filed by a Kerala physician and two former local body representatives on the 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. Overall, there were about 15,000 Brahmins out of about 80,000 government employees (Political Career of E.V. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. What is the reality? Politicising of tamil language began with the unveiling of statues on the Marina beach. The Brahmin or Brahminism? Baker, 1976, p. 46). October 31, 2021 02:04 am | Updated 10:53 am IST. Because the truth is worth it.). Why Do Dravidian Intellectuals Admire a Man as Prickly as Periyar? UNESCO There are two ways to assess the impact of reservation in India on the general category people. 1: Immediate Effect When general category people ar Thousands of statues for EVR dot Tamilnadu especially across famed temples to provoke and insult Hindu believers while none exist opposite churches or mosques. We will see how and why EVR did what he did? 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 As long as the ones who follow Manu dharma exist, the nation will never have discipline, integrity, honesty and justice. 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. Tamilnadu challenged Keralas dam height law in Supreme court. He is yet to take BJP's the hand that they have been extending since 2014. He either ignored the prejudices of others or simply admonished them to behave well in the future. Some thoughts are kept alive by artificial resuscitation following propaganda theories and methods. When India became independence, he boycotted the celebrations and called 15th of August, 1947, a day of mourning. It is because one is a thief, one indulges in thievery. Periyar breaks Murthis of Ganesha (1953) When 44 Dalits were massacred by non brahmin upper castes in Keezhavenmeni, he chose to be tactfully remain quiet. However, he. Bear in mind that Periyar in the 1950s did not have the larger than life image that he has now. dam were opened on October 30 to release water . 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). , C.J. His so-called research on the Ramayana dwelled on such grave issues as whether Sita slept with Valmiki. Krishnan is an author in both English and Tamil. For impactful stories you just cant miss, By subscribing you agree to our Privacy Policy. This is Rajinikanth's first overtly political move, in over twenty years. The total number of students in both the arts and professional colleges was around 3,000 in 1890 (The Politics of South India, C.J. 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 committee recommended raising the level to 142 feet, which was endorsed by the Supreme Court in February 2006. The national intellectual landscape is verdant. This is a subreddit for the people of Tamilnadu, India. EVR was like a heavy road roller that crushed anything that came between his deep desires but was smart and cunning enough to mask them as social issues. 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. He mocked blouse wearing Dalit women as responsible for increase in the cost of clothes. Concerns over the safety of the gravity dam built using lime-surkhi (burnt brick powder) mortar came to the fore in 1979. In 1938 at Tamil Nadu Women's Conference appreciatin the noble service rendered by E.V.R. Skip to content Bringing science & development together through news & analysis 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. Baker, 1976, p. 46). The Kerala Government, a respondent, argued for lowering the full reservoir level to 139 feet as the ageing dam was in a deteriorating condition. The national intellectual landscape is verdant. But he didn't lie. The Hindu Explains Does someone have any link proving it or stating that it is a folklore. A mass campaign has started in Tamil Nadu to remove all fake news and claims related to Periyar from text No, UNESCO did not confer any award on Hinduphobic Periyar aka EVR; Fake image of EVR being a social reformer built by Dravida Kazhagam stands demolished He batted for the DMK in 1996, and won them an election. Speaking truth to power requires allies like you. This number increased to around 14,000 in 1936. The story so far: Coinciding with an episode of erratic, cataclysmic rain in Keralas high-ranges, the 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. Recently new interpretations are given to defend EVRs thoughts. Please enable Javascript and reload the page. He admired the British. One might think that by Brahmin he meant Brahminism. It is almost axiomatic in Tamil Nadu, and constantly parroted by non-Tamils too, that it was thanks only to Periyar that reservations in jobs and education came into being in the state. The most likely candidate for this would be army - many regiments have 100% reservations for specific castes, region or religion. * Army recruitmen He is so religious that late CM Jayalalithaa is now a part of his pantheon of gods. However, this seems confused in hindsight. And prickly though he was, he did have a few beautiful flowers. This hypocrisy is followed by his followers till today. 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. 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). 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. P.A. But they weren't just garlanded with chappals, they were also beaten with them. His first child, a daughter was afflicted by polio and he thou. Periyar was a anti-national personality. He campaigned the Aryan invasion theory and stated that Dravidians(south indians) are the real Indian and 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. She later stopped her temple visits. We aim to provide a wide range of injection molding services and products ranging from complete molding project management customized to your needs. 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 Nobody dare question the catastrophe that fell on people. Certain parts of this website require Javascript to work. 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. He began to imagine that Brahmins posed threats to every facet of his progress in life despite being in forward community which he flaunted. Whether he's ready to enter politics or not, whether or not he's even truly a politician, all that he says in public, is political. Fewer than 1,000 students would have had to be passing out every year in the 1890s. Unlike B.R. Most of EVRs statue carry his message of No God. What he spoke and what he did in real life were often contrary. I have watched the movie. We are told that he was not against Brahmins but against Brahmanism. When Brahmin Sathyamurthy led Congress entered the famous Madurai Meenakshi Temple with Dalits, EVR objected. This professionalism is the result of corporate leadership, teamwork, open communications, customer/supplier partnership, and state-of-the-art manufacturing. EVR desired a free, no holds barred, condition free exciting life. A clear example of sour grapes. A devotee of Mahaperiyava, he would visit him whenever work permitted but all his decisions centred on the grace of Mahaperiyava. In 1931, EVR exposed his fangs against democracy too: EVR admired British colonialism and believed it to be an example of political supremacy. No Tamil publication except the Thuglak published it. Tamil Nadu today) in 1931 was around 46 million. EVR went hammer and tongs on CNA for his decision as was usual with him. As Rajinikanth refuses to apologise or change his stance, more protests are announced by Dravidian outfits, security outside his Poes garden home is tightened, and political analysts' antennae tingle. 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. water rights. Either Rajinikanth spoke without thinking it through. -, Press J to jump to the feed. Only with this theory an attempt at ravaging Hinduism could be tried for projecting Brahmins as aliens to India and Hinduism. (At The Quint, we are answerable only to our audience. Kerala Unfortunately, Periyar and his disciples could not look at the problem from this perspective. The Maharaja of Travancore signed a 999-year Periyar Lake lease agreement with the British government on October 29, 1886, for the construction of the Mullaperiyar EVR was more a crude racist than a rationalist. As a result Dravidian politics became Statues driven resulting in Statues crazy Sychophantic anticulture. 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. EVR admired the Christian evangelist G U Pope for conceiving the Aryan theory of invasion. Other parties, independent of their loyalties, think the same. Periyar was a selfless and incorruptible man of considerable personal charm. Accordingly, the water level in the dam would be limited to 138 feet till October 31 and 139.5 feet till November 10. Nowhere did EVR or EVRs protges condemned the upper castes of Chettiars, Nayakars, Reddiars, Mudaliars, Gounders, etc and their domination in social sphere. He accepted the Constitution written by the Brahmins and signed on the dotted lines. However, without Tamil Nadu on board, this is not going to be a reality. The Curse of Congress & Why it is AntiIndian! The dravidian parties like DMK, DK, ADMK follow the idealogies of Periyar and that is why a lot of problems occur in TN for a long time. 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. 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. They also urged the court to ask the CWC to fix the rule curve, instrumentation scheme and gate operation schedule of the dam. He interpreted arranged marriage as prostitution wherein the girl is carried away for sex by strangers. This would mean that around 4,500 students would have had to be passing out every year in the 1930s. 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. No. Fraud fellows. They have nerve to do a forgery and include that in children text books. Height of hypocrisy. Irony is, they call themselves as 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. Gowthaman). Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle. He accepted the Constitution written by the Brahmins and signed on the dotted lines. Government money was misused by DMK party to carry imaginary claims as movies came to be considered real in the stunted brains of Tamils. The World Tamil Conference in Chennai ran by Chief Minister CN Annadurai focused on statues for tamil savants but their choice was filled with prejudices and controversies.

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