What he spoke and what he did in real life were often contrary. 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. 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. But without understanding the mind of EVR, its impossible to understand the Dravidian parties hypocritical contempt for idols and love for statues. They also urged the court to ask the CWC to fix the rule curve, instrumentation scheme and gate operation schedule of the dam. Or, he spoke knowing fully well that his comments on Periyar would blow up. The listing of verdicts, settlements, and other case results is not a guarantee or prediction of the outcome of any other claims. Baker, 1976, p. 46). 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). 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. But no propaganda can ever overshadow the influence of great minds and their conceptual ideas. 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. HOME; INTERIORS; EXTERIORS; OFFICE & PORTRAITS; PUBLICITY/EVENTS; CONSTRUCTION; INFO He is yet to take BJP's the hand that they have been extending since 2014. Krishnan is an author in both English and Tamil. The Central Government set up an expert committee in 2000 to look into the dam's safety. 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. Their land holdings dwindled to almost nothing as they had to sell them off to get higher quality education. He objected to government favouring Muslims and it was only the Christians, he seems to have spared. As long as the ones who follow Manu dharma exist, the nation will never have discipline, integrity, honesty and justice. WebThe reason is simple. 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. The British had no love lost for them because most of the intellectual leaders of the Brahmin community were with the Congress. 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. Baker, 1976, p. 46). C. Rajagopalachari was another tall brahmin leader whom EVR envied. He then did NOT enter electoral politics. In 2017 he called supporting DMK (in 1996) a political accident. Happens when UN agencies are filled with evangelists and fundamentalists trying to remove diversities in culture in the name of protection. 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. Congress Party was and is a Colonial legacy and was not antithetical to it. 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. So is the new twist to Brahmanism as opposed to Brahmins. He once said that the white people who lived in the temperate regions were less brainy than the ones who lived in Tamil Nadu. She later stopped her temple visits. 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. As I had defined and amplified in an earlier article, a great mind is one that influences a period of time. 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 What he detested were caste discrimination, Gandhi, god, religion, Brahmins and the then-prevailing idea of India. His rationalism was hollow and lacked any useful content. Even the Westerners gloat at EVR hitting at Tamil civilisation that had survived centuries of foreign rule. 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. 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. 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. 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. Does someone have any link proving it or stating that it is a folklore. Effigies and posters of Vishnu, Shiva, Parvathi, Ayyappa and other smaller Gods were paraded naked, and shown having sexual communion. Given all this, why is he being heralded as a great thinker by the Dravidian intellectuals? This is Rajinikanth's first overtly political move, in over twenty years. 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. He was miffed that the Constitution did not provide reservations for non-Brahmins. 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. All rights reserved. Earlier Chief Minister CN Annadurai had unveiled statue of Film artist NS Krishnan. We offer full engineering support and work with the best and most updated software programs for design SolidWorks and Mastercam. Honestly can't remember. Nobody dare question the catastrophe that fell on people. Tamil Nadu today) in 1931 was around 46 million. 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, Annadurai, MGR and Gandhi statues were not far behind. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. He said, without so much as a pause, that Gandhi was killed by Brahmins because Gandhi was turning into a Periyar himself! 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.. Many of his black-shirted followers were fine individuals personally. On the employment front, the total number of Brahmin gazetted officers were 620 in 1928. What he believed in were self-respect, rationalism, gender equality and his own version of social justice. Though his love for science was childlike, he did not have the intellectual rigour to understand what the scientific enterprise was all about. Marwaris and Gujarathis were targeted too. Ramaswamy Naicker, E. Sa. Distory Buster. There is no doubt that in the late 19th century and early 20th century, Brahmins dominated the educational scene in the state. 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. At the same time, Periyar was also paranoid that democracy would result in Brahmins completely taking over the reins of the government. , UNESCO ie) United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization did not credit EV Ramasamy with any award titled The Socrates of South I express convictions! The acts of sending email to this website or viewing information from this website do not create an attorney-client relationship. The dharma of India is the dharma of criminal tribes. Also, by the 1930s, the majority of students in both arts and professional colleges were not Brahmins. Nevertheless, he has never spoken about, or against, Periyar thus far. Their piousness and personal discipline irritated problem child EVR and he revolted. The Hindu Explains 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. 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. Either Rajinikanth spoke without thinking it through. None follow the few good things EVR propagated. A devotee of Mahaperiyava, he would visit him whenever work permitted but all his decisions centred on the grace of Mahaperiyava. Refused schooling after elementary level. 1. The Periyar that the non-Tamil intellectuals know is a sanitised version of his real personality, lovingly packaged and offered by his admirers. We have migrated to a new commenting platform. WebOn 9 July, 1949, a 70-year-old Periyar, E V Ramasamy, married the 32-year-old Maniammai. He once said that the white people who lived in the temperate regions were less brainy than the ones who lived in Tamil Nadu. No Tamil publication except the Thuglak published it. One might think that by Brahmin he meant Brahminism. EVR called Idols as lifeless stones and called out those beliefs of honouring and worshipping them as crass and superstitious. 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. Nevertheless, this raises another pertinent question. The incident he mentions, implicating Periyar of Hindu-hatred, is common knowledge, and not something he would have chanced upon recently. 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. 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. Long story short, Rajinikanth mixed up the gods who got beaten with chappals and the gods who were paraded naked. Dark Mode. At times, Periyar issued blood-curdling threats to Brahmins, but in action he did not believe in violence. In the intervening years, Madras had a Brahmin chief minister for only four years (including the uncertain years between 1952 and 1954). This number increased to around 14,000 in 1936. This professionalism is the result of corporate leadership, teamwork, open communications, customer/supplier partnership, and state-of-the-art manufacturing. But despite aging, EVRs habits and philistine life continued. The reason? 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Periyar was a anti-national personality. He campaigned the Aryan invasion theory and stated that Dravidians(south indians) are the real Indian and Though his love for science was childlike, he did not have the intellectual rigour to understand what the scientific enterprise was all about. Nations that have no trace of human rights yet this hypocrisy called United Nations continues to exist as the biggest Tamasha on the planet. Periyars atheism was crude and obnoxious. 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. Such spiteful caste politics filled with hate and revenge continues till today. Play an active role in shaping our journalism by becoming a member. This is driving me low-key mad, not remembering where I read it. (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. Nor the suppression by the Thevar community of scheduled communities objected to. They lost ability to discern under the rule of rationalists. 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. He wanted the British to continue to remain in power while simultaneously complaining that they were succumbing to the machinations of the Brahmins. Fewer than 1,000 students would have had to be passing out every year in the 1890s. 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. 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 was the angry man spewing vitriolic hate against society, blaming, abusing, mocking, vulgarising Tamils. Though he was personally liked by almost all political leaders, almost all of them considered him to be maverick, unrestrained and irresponsible. 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. NO ! , UNESCO ie) United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization did not credit EV Ramasamy with any award titled The Socrates of But he didn't lie. 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. Periyar, : So long as democracy exists, the honest will have no other option except to fade away, giving the dishonest room to dance around. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. But a conditioned home surrounding with a religious wife further irked EVR who loved being a play boy. M. Karunanidhi (front row, third from left) and Periyar (fourth). To those who think that EVR created a self respect society in Tamilnadu. Furnel, Inc. is dedicated to providing our customers with the highest quality products and services in a timely manner at a competitive price. When Brahmin Sathyamurthy led Congress entered the famous Madurai Meenakshi Temple with Dalits, EVR objected. No, but he mixed up the details. 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. Remember, EVR did not rise against the British at any time during his long life. Devotees are struck in awe when incredible stories of His miracles are shared by Queens and Kings, Presidents and Prime Ministers as well by celebrities of many hue and colour. 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. BR Ambedkar was the worst abused. He was miffed that the Constitution did not provide reservations for non-Brahmins. Its height is 53.6m (176ft) and length 365.7m (1,200ft). However, he stated the opposite in an earlier meeting on August 31, 1959: Who do you hate? 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. 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.