Our dharmic civilisation is important than any individual or any group. They cannot be abusive or personal. The price is this: he asked for 10% reservation and they gave him 15%. Periyar was a anti-national personality. He campaigned the Aryan invasion theory and stated that Dravidians(south indians) are the real Indian and He adds that in 1927, a Staff Selection Board had to select 467 persons. 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. In the course of his life he divided races as Aryan and Dravidian, Tamils and non Tamils, Brahmins and non Brahmins, South Indians and North Indians, the elitist rich and the condemned labour, superstitious Hindus and Other religions. He is yet to take BJP's the hand that they have been extending since 2014. This would mean that around 4,500 students would have had to be passing out every year in the 1930s. BJP Posts Controversial Tweet on Periyar, Gets Slammed. However, without Tamil Nadu on board, this is not going to be a reality. 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. 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. Marwaris and Gujarathis were targeted too. 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. 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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. 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. Tamil Nadu today) in 1931 was around 46 million. EVR excercised selective hatred based on his personal experiences and remained and died as one. Happens when UN agencies are filled with evangelists and fundamentalists The only flowers. 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. 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. A culture of a civilisation is judged by its contributions to sustaining a society. Effigies and posters of Vishnu, Shiva, Parvathi, Ayyappa and other smaller Gods were paraded naked, and shown having sexual communion. 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 regularly contributes to various journals and magazines. 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. 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. (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. But Kerala passed a law the Kerala Irrigation and Water Conservation (Amendment) Act, 2006, to prevent the neighboring State (TN) from raising the water level beyond 136 feet. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments. If that is what Rajinikanth has done, then it IS a big deal. And that an image of Lord Rama cutout in wood was set afire at the end of the parade. Which is why, for a celebrity to speak against Periyar is to denounce him, and all of his work in toto. With a totally upper class bourgeois arrogance EVR had no compassion for the Dalits. 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. There is no doubt that in the late 19th century and early 20th century, Brahmins dominated the educational scene in the state. EVR, Annadurai, MGR and Gandhi statues were not far behind. Government money was misused by DMK party to carry imaginary claims as movies came to be considered real in the stunted brains of Tamils. None will ever steal these worthless pieces of work. Story #1 KBR worked in TVS group of companies at Madurai. The pinnacle of this hypocrisy was when a statue of EVR was unveiled by his disciples in the presence of EVR himself in Chennai. Politicising of tamil language began with the unveiling of statues on the Marina beach. It was expanded in 1947 by the then-ruling Congress party, and when Periyar was busy demanding a separate Dravida Nadu. They also urged the court to ask the CWC to fix the rule curve, instrumentation scheme and gate operation schedule of the dam. The dharma of India is the dharma of criminal tribes. When 44 Dalits were massacred by non brahmin upper castes in Keezhavenmeni, he chose to be tactfully remain quiet. The national intellectual landscape is verdant. Irony is that the superstitious idols of ancient temples of backward superstitious Hindus continue to be stolen and traded across the world for millions and possibly billions of dollars. EVR soon realised that as long as he stayed in Congress he cannot divide the castes and religions. Only with this theory an attempt at ravaging Hinduism could be tried for projecting Brahmins as aliens to India and Hinduism. The publicly read out marriage agreement became a superficial drama and in the melee, neither of the couple ever meant what they read out as an oath. NO ! , UNESCO ie) United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization did not credit EV Ramasamy with any award titled The Socrates of One might think that by Brahmin he meant Brahminism. Congress were Voluntary slaves of the British who crowned themselves as Saviours of India. WebAnswer (1 of 2): NO ! He despised Indian languages whether it was Tamil or Sanskrit. Periyar was the only cactus plant to have bloomed in it. WebOn 9 July, 1949, a 70-year-old Periyar, E V Ramasamy, married the 32-year-old Maniammai. , C.J. However, this seems confused in hindsight. This hypocrisy is followed by his followers till today. They expose the vacuum within our contemporary society like the books we buy for display. 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. Three shutters of the 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. Attorney Advertising. 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. 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. Its height is 53.6m (176ft) and length 365.7m (1,200ft). 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. Periyar breaks Murthis of Ganesha (1953) 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. Even while criticising non-Brahmin national leaders like Gandhi, Subhash Chandra Bose and Sardar Vallabhai Patel, Periyar said that they were all victims of a Brahmin conspiracy. He admired the British. 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. 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. He was miffed that the Constitution did not provide reservations for non-Brahmins. At the same time, Periyar was also paranoid that democracy would result in Brahmins completely taking over the reins of the government. This number increased to around 14,000 in 1936. No, but he mixed up the details. 1. By the mid-1990s, Tamil Nadu started demanding restoration of the level. CN Annadurai walked away from EVR to form a political outfit called Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. Become a Member. So ignored. 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. EVR worked meticulously to break the moral shackles around him. Concerns over the safety of the gravity dam built using lime-surkhi (burnt brick powder) mortar came to the fore in 1979. Breaking News: A statue has been unveiled for Karunanidhi in Chennai. 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. There is a good chance that it is true. What he detested were caste discrimination, Gandhi, god, religion, Brahmins and the then-prevailing idea of India. I had answered. His first child, a daughter was afflicted by polio and he thou. Let's begin with the obvious question. 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. 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. 4, p. 532, compiled by Pasu. The African Union would accept an application to consider taking on the controversial life sciences award, but a clear plan has yet to emerge. He interpreted arranged marriage as prostitution wherein the girl is carried away for sex by strangers. 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. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. 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. The Dravidian landscape, on the other hand, is an arid desert, and Periyar was the only cactus plant to have bloomed in it. What is the reality? His later joining the Congress party was because of his belief that political connections will further his fun life. It is because one is a thief, one indulges in thievery. For the first time ever, Rajinikanth spoke against EV Ramaswamy at a public function. He accepted the Constitution written by the Brahmins and signed on the dotted lines. 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. The dam became a reality nine years later. They knew that even if they gave him 25%, not even three or four percent of qualified people would be available [among the Dalits]. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. The Central Government set up an expert committee in 2000 to look into the dam's safety. He mocked blouse wearing Dalit women as responsible for increase in the cost of clothes. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. (Naan Sonnal Unakku Yen Kopam Vara Vendum, vol. 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. Congress was not launched to fight for Indias independence and an aura was later carefully created that the Party was launched to fight for India. Though his love for science was childlike, he did not have the intellectual rigour to understand what the scientific enterprise was all about. But despite aging, EVRs habits and philistine life continued. Remember, EVR did not rise against the British at any time during his long life. M. Karunanidhi (front row, third from left) and Periyar (fourth). Hope you will be inspired by this narration. The court will hear the case again on November 11. Play boys were called minors in Tamilnadu those days probably because they continue to stay adolescent despite growing in age. Skip to content Bringing science & development together through news & analysis British ignored him as a non entity. He used cinema as a vehicle for propaganda and personal glorification so successfully that he won his final election while unconscious in the hospital. EVR admired the Christian evangelist G U Pope for conceiving the Aryan theory of invasion. This politics has now amplified into construction of memorials across the state with tax payers money running into 100s of crores. Nor has he dwelt on Dravidian ideology in any of his public speeches or films. A meeting between the Chief Ministers to discuss the issue is being planned in December. Periyar, : So long as democracy exists, the honest will have no other option except to fade away, giving the dishonest room to dance around. He is so religious that late CM Jayalalithaa is now a part of his pantheon of gods. C. Rajagopalachari was another tall brahmin leader whom EVR envied. Remember UNHRC has as its members China, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Cuba, etc. 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. He batted for the DMK in 1996, and won them an election. EVR called Idols as lifeless stones and called out those beliefs of honouring and worshipping them as crass and superstitious. They hold a long list of achievements, beginning with the independence movement. And this brings us to the next question. He began to imagine that Brahmins posed threats to every facet of his progress in life despite being in forward community which he flaunted. 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. 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. operation of the Mullaperiyar dam over which Kerala and Tamil Nadu have been sparring for long. They attributed exactly like Hitler did with the German Jews grand conspiracies and clever manipulations by Brahmins for the plight of the non-Brahmins. 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. Unlike B.R. / He was the angry man spewing vitriolic hate against society, blaming, abusing, mocking, vulgarising Tamils. 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. 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. Gowthaman). Meanwhile, in the backdrop of bad weather forecast, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan wrote to his Tamil Nadu counterpart M.K. This marriage caused outrage and was said to have caused a split in the organisation and Such spiteful caste politics filled with hate and revenge continues till today. When Dalits fought for higher wages, he condemned those who organised them in these fights for rights. What is Brahminism? for questions such as these, my reply is Brahminism came from Brahmins and hence it is the Brahmins who should be annihilated. Claims that he was friendly with Brahmins including Rajaji were eye wash. There is also a National park which is known as the Periyar National Park in Thekkady located around the reservoir of dam. They lost ability to discern under the rule of rationalists. 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. 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 wanted the British to continue to remain in power while simultaneously complaining that they were succumbing to the machinations of the Brahmins. The reason? And prickly though he was, he did have a few beautiful flowers. Unfortunate for him the Congress he joined in 1919 had many morally upright stalwarts like Sathyamurthy, a brahmin which deepened his despair. He supported the Jallikattu protests, but was against the Sterlite protests. But without understanding the mind of EVR, its impossible to understand the Dravidian parties hypocritical contempt for idols and love for statues. This number increased to around 14,000 in 1936. The committee recommended raising the level to 142 feet, which was endorsed by the Supreme Court in February 2006. , Fuller and Narasimhan, 2014, appendix). Copyright 2023, THG PUBLISHING PVT LTD. or its affiliated companies. The reason? Rajinikanth at the 50th anniversary function of Thuglak magazine. His so-called research on the Ramayana dwelled on such grave issues as whether Sita slept with Valmiki. This is driving me low-key mad, not remembering where I read it. The population of the presidency of Madras (a.k.a. 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. Ramaswamy was a great social reformer. Double speak, double games, hypocrisy marked all of EVRs actions but he continue to bank on the time tested weapon of #hate. Most of EVRs statue carry his message of No God. No Tamil publication except the Thuglak published it. (Tamil Brahmans: The Making of a Middle Class, Fuller and Narasimhan, 2014, appendix). MGR's hatred for the DMK and its ideology is legendary. Their piousness and personal discipline irritated problem child EVR and he revolted. 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. 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). Bear in mind that Periyar in the 1950s did not have the larger than life image that he has now. However, he stated the opposite in an earlier meeting on August 31, 1959: Who do you hate? 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 listing of verdicts, settlements, and other case results is not a guarantee or prediction of the outcome of any other claims. Though he was personally liked by almost all political leaders, almost all of them considered him to be maverick, unrestrained and irresponsible. Periyar was clear that he was against Brahmins, not Brahminism. 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. French Revolution was a singular example. Little surprise, therefore, that this dialogue seems to have jumped out of the screen and taken to the streets. Furnel, Inc. is dedicated to providing our customers with the highest quality products and services in a timely manner at a competitive price. Compare it with the Vedas which stood for the whole humanity, whose authors unknown and survived the test of time through word of mouth. What he believed in were self-respect, rationalism, gender equality and his own version of social justice. The people of India are barbarians. EVR was more a crude racist than a rationalist. He had married Nagammai, aged 13, earlier as a teenager. if Mullaperiyar dam gets destroyed, it will also damage its Idduki dam down the course. We will see how and why EVR did what he did? He did not think about others. (Periyar E.V.R. The seeds were sown by the upper class elitist but anti brahmin Justice party which competed with Congress to solicit favours from the British. When India became independence, he boycotted the celebrations and called 15th of August, 1947, a day of mourning. 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 Brahmin or Brahminism? That he was not against God but was against misuse of Gods name. Yet, he was a die-hard devotee of Periyar. We offer full engineering support and work with the best and most updated software programs for design SolidWorks and Mastercam. It was forgotten in a minute. Mickey Mouse size influences frequent and are limited by time. They were arrogant, casteist and possessed a general contempt for the unwashed millions, and even the washed others. These are the next lines:Are they not comparable to the Brahmins who too have no responsibility but have the rulers in their pocket, have entered the ruling dispensation and been lording over (all of us)?, This is Periyar E.V. Many of his black-shirted followers were fine individuals personally. 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 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. But statistically they were not very significant. Or, he spoke knowing fully well that his comments on Periyar would blow up. Though his love for science was childlike, he did not have the intellectual rigour to understand what the scientific enterprise was all about. Subsequently, the floods of 2018 and the erratic nature of annual monsoons ever since brought the focus back on the 126-year-old dam. A devotee of Mahaperiyava, he would visit him whenever work permitted but all his decisions centred on the grace of Mahaperiyava. 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. Thus, [my stand is] Brahminism grew out of the Brahmin and I am striving to annihilate the root. It says it is taking steps to complete the remaining works to strengthen the dam, including those meant for the baby dam, situated alongside the main dam, for which clearances from the Kerala and Central Governments are required. Given all this, why is he being heralded as a great thinker by the Dravidian intellectuals? BR Ambedkar was the worst abused. Baker, 1976, p. 46). As a result, most of coveted government jobs went to the Brahmins. 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. Deputy CM O Panneerselvam can never be seen without the holy ash and vermilion on his forehead. A temple has been built for atheist Karunanidhi near Gudiyatham by DMK cadre. I predict that crazes will die naturally while excellence whether in art or culture will always prevail! The incident he mentions, implicating Periyar of Hindu-hatred, is common knowledge, and not something he would have chanced upon recently. He was miffed that the Constitution did not provide reservations for non-Brahmins. It has such giant trees as Gandhi, Nehru, Rabindranath Tagore, Ambedkar, Ram Manohar Lohia, Jaiprakash Narayan and a score others. Great post, thank you so much for sharing this here. To those who think that EVR created a self respect society in Tamilnadu. Some thoughts are kept alive by artificial resuscitation following propaganda theories and methods. It did not ever occur to Periyar that independence would open the sluice gates of education and other opportunities. The Jews are only interested in themselves, and nobody else. Ramaswamy Naicker, E. Sa. Their snakes dont have venom but the Tamil snakes do. She later stopped her temple visits. Long story short, Rajinikanth mixed up the gods who got beaten with chappals and the gods who were paraded naked. The Dravidian landscape, on the other hand, is an arid desert, and Periyar was the only cactus plant to have bloomed in it. A civilisation famous for love,openness and embrace of races was maimed openly under the name of revolution, by fast spinners of hate. The total number of students in both the arts and professional colleges was around 3,000 in 1890 (. The CM of the time K Karunanidhi first denied the incident, and then at a press conference held on 1 February the same year, said, "I am saddened to hear of the news that the procession at Salem in which idols were displayed obscenely have hurt the sentiments of the theists.". The longer the period of impact, the more conceptual the idea conceived is deemed to be of the impacting mind. Social media short term tiny influences last for a day in the name of trends. All rights reserved. It is nobodys case that the Brahmins were angels. Design of a new dam by Remember that the Congress party was not founded to demand independence and neither was the Justice party. In all his agitations and he had many the lowest common denominator was the Brahmin. How will their rule set right our country? (Periyars writings compiled by Pasu. EVRs desire for instant stardom in Congress was not achieved because of Leaders like Sathyamurthy and some other Brahmins who ran the party. 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.. 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. 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. Krishnan is an author in both English and Tamil. Follow me on @sttalkindia He objected to government favouring Muslims and it was only the Christians, he seems to have spared. And his statement has received more traction and attention than all of Kamal Haasan's tweets put together. They knew that even if they gave him 25%, not even three or four percent of qualified people would be available [among the Dalits].
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