Apart from occupying public spaces and wasting enormous money that bring in no returns, they are analogous to the posters and banners that get erected. The reaction from Dravidianists is perplexing as Periyar himself was renowned for his iconoclasm. As he played gross games with his wife and succeeded, so he preserved with them in public life too. 1. His rationalism was hollow and lacked any useful content. 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. Why Do Dravidian Intellectuals Admire a Man as Prickly as Periyar? So ignored. B R Ambedkar mocked and called Aryan Invasion an invention. He accused Ambedkar for selling himself to the Brahmins: The Brahmins had paid him a price. Nobody dare question the catastrophe that fell on people. Nor the suppression by the Thevar community of scheduled communities objected to. October 31, 2021 02:04 am | Updated 10:53 am IST. The Dravidian landscape, on the other hand, is an arid desert, and Periyar was the only cactus plant to have bloomed in it. Unfortunate for him the Congress he joined in 1919 had many morally upright stalwarts like Sathyamurthy, a brahmin which deepened his despair. 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. Periyar breaks Murthis of Ganesha (1953) 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. Clever twists that marked propagation that he loved the depraved castes are meant for optics. But no propaganda can ever overshadow the influence of great minds and their conceptual ideas. Even in 1943, he called Communists a sugar coated poison as he thought Communists were threat to his bourgeois life. 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. When 44 Dalits were massacred by non brahmin upper castes in Keezhavenmeni, he chose to be tactfully remain quiet. It was forgotten in a minute. Scholars like Christian Devaneya Pavanar helped further this with all kinds of defences and interpretations. 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. He said, without so much as a pause, that Gandhi was killed by Brahmins because Gandhi was turning into a Periyar himself! When India became independence, he boycotted the celebrations and called 15th of August, 1947, a day of mourning. What he spoke and what he did in real life were often contrary. For impactful stories you just cant miss, By subscribing you agree to our Privacy Policy. 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. The story so far: Coinciding with an episode of erratic, cataclysmic rain in Keralas high-ranges, the Subsequently, the floods of 2018 and the erratic nature of annual monsoons ever since brought the focus back on the 126-year-old dam. 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 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. Colleges swarmed with them. This number increased to around 14,000 in 1936. Claims that he was friendly with Brahmins including Rajaji were eye wash. Some revolutionary, he was. Many Brahmins too are taken to his ideas as it is easy and convenient to follow him instead of the rigours of discipline, practices and restraints which tradition demanded of them. Ramaswamy was a great social reformer. Effigies and posters of Vishnu, Shiva, Parvathi, Ayyappa and other smaller Gods were paraded naked, and shown having sexual communion. 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. 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. EVR worked meticulously to break the moral shackles around him. Please enable Javascript and reload the page. The Periyar that the non-Tamil intellectuals know is a sanitised version of his real personality, lovingly packaged and offered by his admirers. 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. EVR Naicker born very rich, ran a family temple of Lord Ganesha in Erode. 4, p. 532, compiled by Pasu. Another claim was that EVR stood for womens emancipation. He once said that the white people who lived in the temperate regions were less brainy than the ones who lived in Tamil Nadu. 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. Thank God none of them ever blessed the newly married couple that they should ever live life as they did. He batted for the DMK in 1996, and won them an election. All the stories are real life incidents and are verifiable. Their land holdings dwindled to almost nothing as they had to sell them off to get higher quality education. The price is this: he asked for 10% reservation and they gave him 15%. 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. Even the Westerners gloat at EVR hitting at Tamil civilisation that had survived centuries of foreign rule. We are told that he was not against Brahmins but against Brahmanism. This is driving me low-key mad, not remembering where I read it. 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 EVR excercised selective hatred based on his personal experiences and remained and died as one. I have watched the movie. This anticulture craze in Tamilnadu soon spread and tempted politicians across India, who also went over drive to erect statues for their leaders in different corners of India. Concerns over the safety of the gravity dam built using lime-surkhi (burnt brick powder) mortar came to the fore in 1979. But statistically they were not very significant. It is because one is a thief, one indulges in thievery. So contemporary rationalism is more an after thought to defend actions that covered ones frustrations and hide personal ambitions. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle. He did not think about others. (Periyar E.V.R. It is like asking whether you hate thievery or the thief. Another case in point followed in 1968, when, in Tanjore district, 44 Dalits were butchered by the goons of a landlord. He believed that Hindi was an Aryan language and making it compulsory in education was an in an earlier meeting on August 31, 1959: There is no doubt that in the late 19th century and early 20th century, Brahmins dominated the educational scene in the state. * Ram is very good at studies but his dad is poor. Somehow he managed to get his son into an IIT coaching. Ram gets admission in the IIT Coaching. 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. 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. That was biggest bullshit by Dravida Sanghis of Tamilnadu! Thiru Brahmma [ https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2988850788016481&id=10000674 I had answered. The price is this: he asked for 10% reservation and they gave him 15%. Kerala EVR admired the Christian evangelist G U Pope for conceiving the Aryan theory of invasion. They hold a long list of achievements, beginning with the independence movement. Webperiyar unesco award controversywhat happened to jv from the jv show 2021. Fewer than 1,000 students would have had to be passing out every year in the 1890s. We have migrated to a new commenting platform. The longer the period of impact, the more conceptual the idea conceived is deemed to be of the impacting mind. The Jews are only interested in themselves, and nobody else. 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. Either Rajinikanth spoke without thinking it through. Remember, EVR did not rise against the British at any time during his long life. 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. Even then it was clear that the trend was changing. 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). We will see how and why EVR did what he did? This is Rajinikanth's first overtly political move, in over twenty years. 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. WebPeriyar E.V. Gautham There is a scene in the movie Periyar depicting what you are saying. Play boys were called minors in Tamilnadu those days probably because they continue to stay adolescent despite growing in age. Mickey Mouse size influences frequent and are limited by time. Many of his black-shirted followers were fine individuals personally. (, Tamil Brahmans: The Making of a Middle Class. 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. What he detested were caste discrimination, Gandhi, god, religion, Brahmins and the then-prevailing idea of India. A culture of a civilisation is judged by its contributions to sustaining a society. 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. 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. 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. In all his agitations and he had many the lowest common denominator was the Brahmin. Marwaris and Gujarathis were targeted too. 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. None will ever steal these worthless pieces of work. Sathyamurthy led Congress to victory in the Provincial elections in 1937 & became Mayor of Madras in 1939. His weapon was hate and like Adolf Hitler didnt think twice that he could hurt innocent people. Even if it had chosen every non-Brahmin applicant who possessed the barest qualification, it could not have met the stated quota.). 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. Debating may be popular on prime time but Dravidian politicians and supporters hate it. He then did NOT enter electoral politics. The aftermath of hate based rebellions had left always conditions worse than it were. Politicising of tamil language began with the unveiling of statues on the Marina beach. 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. They involve different types of recognition, such as As a result, most of coveted government jobs went to the Brahmins. 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. Follow me on @sttalkindia Meanwhile, in the backdrop of bad weather forecast, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan wrote to his Tamil Nadu counterpart M.K. (Tamil Brahmans: The Making of a Middle Class, Fuller and Narasimhan, 2014, appendix). , UNESCO ie) United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization did not credit EV Ramasamy with any award titled The Socrates of South Periyar was at the forefront of the protests against Hindi imposition. His so-called research on the Ramayana dwelled on such grave issues as whether Sita slept with Valmiki. 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. In this report, we shall briefly look at Periyars history with deliberate insults towards the Hindu faith and the legacy he has left behind. Periyar, : So long as democracy exists, the honest will have no other option except to fade away, giving the dishonest room to dance around. Tamilnadu challenged Keralas dam height law in Supreme court. For the first time ever, Rajinikanth spoke against EV Ramaswamy at a public function. 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. He mocked blouse wearing Dalit women as responsible for increase in the cost of clothes. This professionalism is the result of corporate leadership, teamwork, open communications, customer/supplier partnership, and state-of-the-art manufacturing. Ramasamy writing in his magazine Kudiyarasu, and he is being unusually mild here. This hypocrisy is followed by his followers till today. EV Ramaswamy's hatred towards the Hindu religion and his open slander of gods in his magazines Kudiarasu and Dravidan are well-known. Such spiteful caste politics filled with hate and revenge continues till today. Earlier Chief Minister CN Annadurai had unveiled statue of Film artist NS Krishnan. This would mean that around 4,500 students would have had to be passing out every year in the 1930s. dam were opened on October 30 to release water . MGR's hatred for the DMK and its ideology is legendary. Great post, thank you so much for sharing this here. By the mid-1990s, Tamil Nadu started demanding restoration of the level. Deputy CM O Panneerselvam can never be seen without the holy ash and vermilion on his forehead. They also urged the court to ask the CWC to fix the rule curve, instrumentation scheme and gate operation schedule of the dam. EVR hated communists to the core. Breaking News: A statue has been unveiled for Karunanidhi in Chennai. 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. They knew that even if they gave him 25%, not even three or four percent of qualified people would be available [among the Dalits]. 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. Keralas Irrigation Design and Research Board is in the final stages . 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. In a leaderless state that is currently seeing a drought in political news, this one statement has opened floodgates, and fanned fires. EVR went hammer and tongs on CNA for his decision as was usual with him. Attorney Advertising. If you are already a registered user of The Hindu and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. 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. The proof of the pudding lies in the high standards of arts. 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 And that an image of Lord Rama cutout in wood was set afire at the end of the parade. 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. The people of India are barbarians. Periyars atheism was crude and obnoxious. He adds that in 1927, a Staff Selection Board had to select 467 persons. The African Union would accept an application to consider taking on the controversial life sciences award, but a clear plan has yet to emerge. 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. One might think that by Brahmin he meant Brahminism. The reason? Their land holdings dwindled to almost nothing as they had to sell them off to get higher quality education. Though his love for science was childlike, he did not have the intellectual rigour to understand what the scientific enterprise was all about. Nevertheless, this raises another pertinent question. In 1921, during the anti-liquor campaign he cut down 1000 coconut trees in his own farm. Breaking of idols of Lord Ganesha in Salem when Congress ruled Tamilnadu and India during early 1950s didnt elicit even murmurs of intolerance as Hindus were subdued for over a thousand years and Secular congress was a mere continuation of that colonial British rule that was indifferent and insensitive to majoritarian Hindu sentiments. The national landscape is verdant. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. 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. 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. Honestly can't remember. As a result, most of coveted government jobs went to the Brahmins. 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. Later, he declared that his organisation, Dravida Kazhagam will ever never aspire for power. Periyar was the only cactus plant to have bloomed in it. 21 Engel Injection Molding Machines (28 to 300 Ton Capacity), 9 new Rotary Engel Presses (85 Ton Capacity), Rotary and Horizontal Molding, Precision Insert Molding, Full Part Automation, Electric Testing, Hipot Testing, Welding. The British had no love lost for them because most of the intellectual leaders of the Brahmin community were with the Congress. So is the new twist to Brahmanism as opposed to Brahmins. Chintanaikal, Anaimuthu, 1974, p. 1,860). What he said in cooler moments rare though they were are also available. 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. His rationalism was hollow and lacked any useful content. No Tamil publication except the Thuglak published it. Compare it with the Vedas which stood for the whole humanity, whose authors unknown and survived the test of time through word of mouth. However, he stated the opposite in an earlier meeting on August 31, 1959: Who do you hate? He accepted the Constitution written by the Brahmins and signed on the dotted lines. I am not able to find any thing proving it. He once said that the white people who lived in the temperate regions were less brainy than the ones who lived in Tamil Nadu. There is a good chance that it is true. 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. BR Ambedkar was the worst abused. Furnel, Inc. is dedicated to providing our customers with the highest quality products and services in a timely manner at a competitive price. WebOn 9 July, 1949, a 70-year-old Periyar, E V Ramasamy, married the 32-year-old Maniammai. Thus, less than 1% of 1% of the population were graduating from these colleges. Gowthaman, vol. It did not ever occur to Periyar that independence would open the sluice gates of education and other opportunities. Double speak, double games, hypocrisy marked all of EVRs actions but he continue to bank on the time tested weapon of #hate. A clear example of sour grapes. The Brahmin or Brahminism? But he didn't lie. He has, with a single quote, isolated himself from the ruling party and all of the Opposition, and united them. 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. 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. Long story short, Rajinikanth mixed up the gods who got beaten with chappals and the gods who were paraded naked. 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. 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. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. Our dharmic civilisation is important than any individual or any group. Remember that the Congress party was not founded to demand independence and neither was the Justice party. EVR was more a crude racist than a rationalist. When Brahmin Sathyamurthy led Congress entered the famous Madurai Meenakshi Temple with Dalits, EVR objected. And this brings us to the next question.