If that is what Rajinikanth has done, then it IS a big deal. Scholars like Christian Devaneya Pavanar helped further this with all kinds of defences and interpretations. Gowthaman, vol. The Justice Party came to power in 1920 and the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) in 1967. Periyar was at the forefront of the protests against Hindi imposition. , C.J. Karma hit back with mediocrity as excellence was mocked at. Well this image clearly says the Opinion about the reservation of B.R. Ambedkar. His idea for reservation was not but later the politicians for the The national intellectual landscape is verdant. construction of the Mullaperiyar dam across the Periyar in the present Idukki district. Refused schooling after elementary level. It did not ever occur to Periyar that independence would open the sluice gates of education and other opportunities. He then did NOT enter electoral politics. 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 accused Ambedkar for selling himself to the Brahmins: The Brahmins had paid him a price. 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. Furnel, Inc. has been successfully implementing this policy through honesty, integrity, and continuous improvement. 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. That was biggest bullshit by Dravida Sanghis of Tamilnadu! Thiru Brahmma [ https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2988850788016481&id=10000674 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. The proof of the pudding lies in the high standards of arts. The seeds of antibrahmanism were finding roots in EVRs mind because of the challenges posed by Brahmins in his personal and physical life. But he tried repeatedly to cure her of her religious life and repeatedly told her not to visit temples as he understood that visiting temples as the cause for her rigid moral culture, which was an impediment to his minor life. The incident he mentions, implicating Periyar of Hindu-hatred, is common knowledge, and not something he would have chanced upon recently. And in the end, it may not be his ideology, but his name on the ballot sheet that could swing votes. 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. Marwaris and Gujarathis were targeted too. As I had defined and amplified in an earlier article, a great mind is one that influences a period of time. Whenever rat sized opinions and ideas existed, huge euphoria erupts and few months or years later, the bubble bursts. And prickly though he was, he did have a few beautiful flowers. EVR was against higher education as he felt cheap labour would become unavailable then. A meeting between the Chief Ministers to discuss the issue is being planned in December. 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. The then CM, Karunanidhi, apparently was ready to stake his government to provide the state Funeral and said that Gandhiji was also provided accorded Funeral despite holding no constitutional positions. 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. Bear in mind that Periyar in the 1950s did not have the larger than life image that he has now. Periyar breaks Murthis of Ganesha (1953) Had contempt for love marriages which he looked down as a mere attraction of sexes. What he detested were caste discrimination, Gandhi, god, religion, Brahmins and the then-prevailing idea of India. Unfortunately, Periyar and his disciples could not look at the problem from this perspective. Viswanathan, 1983, p. 126). Such spiteful caste politics filled with hate and revenge continues till today. Fewer than 1,000 students would have had to be passing out every year in the 1890s. 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. There is a good chance that it is true. This politics has now amplified into construction of memorials across the state with tax payers money running into 100s of crores. He despised Indian languages whether it was Tamil or Sanskrit. EVR petitioned to the Raj to consider a separate South Indian Dravidian state if India was to be divided as a Hindu India and a Muslim nation. 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. His rationalism was hollow and lacked any useful content. They were arrogant, casteist and possessed a general contempt for the unwashed millions, and even the washed others. I have watched the movie. He accepted the Constitution written by the Brahmins and signed on the dotted lines. At Furnel, Inc. our goal is to find new ways to support our customers with innovative design concepts thus reducing costs and increasing product quality and reliability. He mocked blouse wearing Dalit women as responsible for increase in the cost of clothes. The Maharaja of Travancore signed a 999-year Periyar Lake lease agreement with the British government on October 29, 1886, for the BJP Posts Controversial Tweet on Periyar, Gets Slammed. The most likely candidate for this would be army - many regiments have 100% reservations for specific castes, region or religion. * Army recruitmen EVR went hammer and tongs on CNA for his decision as was usual with him. EVR hated communists to the core. 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. 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. In this report, we shall briefly look at Periyars history with deliberate insults towards the Hindu faith and the legacy he has left behind. Unlike B.R. 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. Nevertheless, this raises another pertinent question. Based on the committees finding that the dam was structurally and hydrologically safe, the court, in May 2014, struck down Keralas Act and allowed Tamil Nadu to maintain the level at 142 feet. 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. As long as the ones who follow Manu dharma exist, the nation will never have discipline, integrity, honesty and justice. He regularly contributes to various journals and magazines. He interpreted arranged marriage as prostitution wherein the girl is carried away for sex by strangers. What a profound way to build our daughters? In 1938 at Tamil Nadu Women's Conference appreciatin the noble service rendered by E.V.R. Which brings us to the real question. The reason is simple. But statistically they were not very significant. 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. 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. The movie was partly funded by the Tamil Nadu government according to Wikipedia. Many of his black-shirted followers were fine individuals personally. EVR advocated Nazi-style anti-Brahminism. When India became independence, he boycotted the celebrations and called 15th of August, 1947, a day of mourning. The problem with Periyar was that he used his bludgeon only against the Brahmins while the oppressing classes belonged to a wider spectrum. French Revolution was a singular example. Accordingly, the water level in the dam would be limited to 138 feet till October 31 and 139.5 feet till November 10. , UNESCO ie) United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization did not credit EV Ramasamy with any award titled The Socrates of South 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. Subscribe To Our Daily Newsletter And Get News Delivered Straight To Your Inbox. 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. I am not able to remember where I read or heard that. , Fuller and Narasimhan, 2014, appendix). Our dharmic civilisation is important than any individual or any group. 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. The court will hear the case again on November 11. Tamilnadu challenged Keralas dam height law in Supreme court. It seems you have Javascript turned off in your browser. His weapon was hate and like Adolf Hitler didnt think twice that he could hurt innocent people. Poet Bharathi demanded similar rights and conceived the concept of a brave woman who will look straight into the eyes of others and hold head high with clarity of thought, decades before EVR mouthed words like women emancipation but this poor poet who died in penury was cursed and born as a Brahmin. But as Granville Austin writes in his seminal book, Working a Democratic Constitution (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.. In all his agitations and he had many the lowest common denominator was the Brahmin. 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. Thus, less than 1% of 1% of the population were graduating from these colleges. / He began to imagine that Brahmins posed threats to every facet of his progress in life despite being in forward community which he flaunted. Thank God none of them ever blessed the newly married couple that they should ever live life as they did. The African Union would accept an application to consider taking on the controversial life sciences award, but a clear plan has yet to emerge. Remember, EVR did not rise against the British at any time during his long life. But equally astonishing is his work on eradication of caste, women's empowerment and social reform, which are globally acknowledged legacies. EVR called Idols as lifeless stones and called out those beliefs of honouring and worshipping them as crass and superstitious. His later joining the Congress party was because of his belief that political connections will further his fun life. Debating may be popular on prime time but Dravidian politicians and supporters hate it. Their snakes dont have venom but the Tamil snakes do. We have migrated to a new commenting platform. 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. B R Ambedkar mocked and called Aryan Invasion an invention. Krishnan is an author in both English and Tamil. If you had read them in isolation and if you were familiar with the history of the Nazis, it is likely that you would think they must have been fished out of some sordid pro-Nazi tabloid. The Mullaperiyar Dam is located 881m which means 2,890 ft above mean sea level on the Cardamom Hills of Western Ghats in Idukki District of Kerala. Mickey Mouse size influences frequent and are limited by time. In short, while Tamil Brahmins used the opportunities that the British Government provided, it was not that they arm-twisted anybody to get where they did. Dark Mode. In a leaderless state that is currently seeing a drought in political news, this one statement has opened floodgates, and fanned fires. So contemporary rationalism is more an after thought to defend actions that covered ones frustrations and hide personal ambitions. He quoted a report that appeared on Outlook in 2017, which had done the same thing. EVRs rationalism was limited by his experiences but refused to accept that marriage in a civilisation has been conceived not as some individual enterprise but as a social effort to ensure a lifelong commitment by couple. Speaking truth to power requires allies like you. The British had no love lost for them because most of the intellectual leaders of the Brahmin community were with the Congress. Nobody dare question the catastrophe that fell on people. Nor has he dwelt on Dravidian ideology in any of his public speeches or films. What made him what he was. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. He admired the British. EVR the Congressman left after a short period as he also faced strong leadership in the party in Sathyamurthy and opportunities for office missing and despite the Assembly honouring him as Vaikom Veerar in an effort to please him. The pinnacle of this hypocrisy was when a statue of EVR was unveiled by his disciples in the presence of EVR himself in Chennai. If you are already a registered user of The Hindu and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. Thousands of statues for EVR dot Tamilnadu especially across famed temples to provoke and insult Hindu believers while none exist opposite churches or mosques. Actor Rajinikanth said he refuses to apologise to those who are protesting his controversial remark on Periyar. EVR worked meticulously to break the moral shackles around him. However, he stated the opposite in an earlier meeting on August 31, 1959: Who do you hate? Concerns over the safety of the gravity dam built using lime-surkhi (burnt brick powder) mortar came to the fore in 1979. I am not able to find any thing proving it. The acts of sending email to this website or viewing information from this website do not create an attorney-client relationship. Please enable Javascript and reload the page. Also, by the 1930s, the majority of students in both arts and professional colleges were not Brahmins. Fact remains that EVR married a teenager who was fifty years younger than him and threw to the dustbin his disdain for child marriages. His pious wife objected. The only flowers. With a totally upper class bourgeois arrogance EVR had no compassion for the Dalits. Remember that the Congress party was not founded to demand independence and neither was the Justice party. In November that year, a tripartite meeting chaired by the then chairman of the Central Water Commission (CWC), K.C. Note: This article was corrected on September 22, 2017, to state that reservations were first introduced in Tamil Nadu in 1927 with the support of the Swarajya Party, not the Justice Party as was stated earlier. NO ! , UNESCO ie) United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization did not credit EV Ramasamy with any award titled The Socrates of 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. Now it is known plainly as Poondi reservoir. Despite EVR losing to Sathyamurthy within the Congress, EVRs followers many decades later had their last hateful laugh when surreptiously they removed his name from Sathyamurthy reservoir in Poondi which was conceived by Satyamurthy to supply water to Chennai city. The tweet was an apparent reference to 70-year-old Periyars marriage in 1949 to Maniammai. Overall, there were about 15,000 Brahmins out of about 80,000 government employees (, Political Career of E.V. Was he the profound reformer who transformed society as claimed by his followers and propagandists? When Brahmin Sathyamurthy led Congress entered the famous Madurai Meenakshi Temple with Dalits, EVR objected. Skip to content Bringing science & development together through news & analysis Though he was personally liked by almost all political leaders, almost all of them considered him to be maverick, unrestrained and irresponsible. 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. 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. Menu. EVR excercised selective hatred based on his personal experiences and remained and died as one. The Brahmin or Brahminism? The Jews are only interested in themselves, and nobody else. There is a scene in the movie Periyar depicting what you are saying. But statistically they were not very significant. 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. His first child, a daughter was afflicted by polio and he thou. Happens when UN agencies are filled with evangelists and fundamentalists trying to remove diversities in culture in the name of protection. (Tamil Brahmans: The Making of a Middle Class, Fuller and Narasimhan, 2014, appendix). Periyar was clear that he was against Brahmins, not Brahminism. Later, he declared that his organisation, Dravida Kazhagam will ever never aspire for power. Tokenism was the key mantra. A temple has been built for atheist Karunanidhi near Gudiyatham by DMK cadre. 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. 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WebUNESCO Awards Awards tend to be of national or local scope and attributed to a new generation of scientists worldwide. They cannot be abusive or personal. He did so because he considered all the upper caste non-brahmins, many of whom were landlords, money lenders, traders and merchants, to be victims when the reality was that they, too, were part of the machinery of oppression. This is a subreddit for the people of Tamilnadu, India. Tamil Nadu today) in 1931 was around 46 million. This then gives us two options. The Dravidian landscape, on the other hand, is an arid desert. As he played gross games with his wife and succeeded, so he preserved with them in public life too. Another claim was that EVR stood for womens emancipation. It was from this elitist Justice Party evolved Dravida Kazhagam. All rights reserved. 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. The dharma of India is the dharma of criminal tribes. As was usual with Dravidian politics, this focus and obsession of statues ironically began as an anti idol movement to reason out faith and beliefs of Hinduism to pamper to Islamic and Christian fundamentalists and as admiration of anything western. They also urged the court to ask the CWC to fix the rule curve, instrumentation scheme and gate operation schedule of the dam. A culture of a civilisation is judged by its contributions to sustaining a society. Copyright 2023, THG PUBLISHING PVT LTD. or its affiliated companies. On the employment front, the total number of Brahmin gazetted officers were 620 in 1928. Here are 10 facts which every Indian should know about EVR. Ideas that are inclusive of all of humanity are sustainable. The Dutch loot - Part Two of European colonialism, EVR Periyar: A checkup on facts & propaganda. At the same time, Periyar was also paranoid that democracy would result in Brahmins completely taking over the reins of the government. Even the Westerners gloat at EVR hitting at Tamil civilisation that had survived centuries of foreign rule. 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. At times, Periyar issued blood-curdling threats to Brahmins, but in action he did not believe in violence. EVR, Annadurai, MGR and Gandhi statues were not far behind. It has such giant trees as Gandhi, Nehru, Rabindranath Tagore, Ambedkar, Ram Manohar Lohia, Jaiprakash Narayan and a score others. Become a Member. Because the truth is worth it.). So we have great minds that have stood the test of time. The elements under this can be divided as contempt for arranged marriages, distrust in love marriages, belief in self respect marriages, stand against child marriages and support for widow remarriages, property rights of daughters in parental property, his contempt for extravagant pompous weddings and dowry, demand for educational rights and support for the concept of an independent woman. HOME; INTERIORS; EXTERIORS; OFFICE & PORTRAITS; PUBLICITY/EVENTS; CONSTRUCTION; INFO 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. He wanted the British to continue to remain in power while simultaneously complaining that they were succumbing to the machinations of the Brahmins. Even the most advanced digital propagandist tools can never harm ideas that are rounded and complete. 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. The price is this: he asked for 10% reservation and they gave him 15%. A series of tremors felt in the area in 2011 caused alarm. None follow the few good things EVR propagated. There is no doubt that in the late 19th century and early 20th century, Brahmins dominated the educational scene in the state. On the employment front, the total number of Brahmin gazetted officers were 620 in 1928. The Kerala Government, a respondent, argued for lowering the full reservoir level to 139 feet as the ageing dam was in a deteriorating condition. 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. He had married Nagammai, aged 13, earlier as a teenager. MGR's hatred for the DMK and its ideology is legendary. 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 Most of the hero entry songs in his films would mention how he follows the footsteps of 'Thanthai Periyar' (Father Periyar). When Dalits fought for higher wages, he condemned those who organised them in these fights for rights. 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 felt he was deprived of his opportunities for stardom with Brahmin Sathyamurthy being proactive with integration of castes. He has, with a single quote, isolated himself from the ruling party and all of the Opposition, and united them. 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. Unfortunate for him the Congress he joined in 1919 had many morally upright stalwarts like Sathyamurthy, a brahmin which deepened his despair. This would mean that around 4,500 students would have had to be passing out every year in the 1930s. He wanted people to give up their mother tongue and speak in English. 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.
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