Story #1 KBR worked in TVS group of companies at Madurai. That he was not against God but was against misuse of Gods name. 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 did not think about others. (Periyar E.V.R. There is no doubt that in the late 19th century and early 20th century, Brahmins dominated the educational scene in the state. Their land holdings dwindled to almost nothing as they had to sell them off to get higher quality education. Another case in point followed in 1968, when, in Tanjore district, 44 Dalits were butchered by the goons of a landlord. 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. 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. 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. Does someone have any link proving it or stating that it is a folklore. Little surprise, therefore, that this dialogue seems to have jumped out of the screen and taken to the streets. 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. The national landscape is verdant. He once said that the white people who lived in the temperate regions were less brainy than the ones who lived in Tamil Nadu. 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. Sometime before, I have read this about Periyar's funeral: Government of India / Chief secretary was against giving Periyar a state Funeral because he held no constitutional positions. And his statement has received more traction and attention than all of Kamal Haasan's tweets put together. Deputy CM O Panneerselvam can never be seen without the holy ash and vermilion on his forehead. He had married Nagammai, aged 13, earlier as a teenager. 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. Most of EVRs statue carry his message of No God. Their land holdings dwindled to almost nothing as they had to sell them off to get higher quality education. 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. This is what the DMK and the AIADMK think. Recently new interpretations are given to defend EVRs thoughts. Concerns over the safety of the gravity dam built using lime-surkhi (burnt brick powder) mortar came to the fore in 1979. 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. Welcome! As a result Dravidian politics became Statues driven resulting in Statues crazy Sychophantic anticulture. Ramaswamy Naicker, E. Sa. 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. 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. This marriage caused outrage and was said to have caused a split in the organisation and The committee recommended raising the level to 142 feet, which was endorsed by the Supreme Court in February 2006. 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. When someone says he hates thievery, it means he hates the thief, too, doesnt it? Was he the profound reformer who transformed society as claimed by his followers and propagandists? water rights. 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. The reason is 90% of our population are fools and 97% of them are persons of low birth. This would mean that around 4,500 students would have had to be passing out every year in the 1930s. At Furnel, Inc. we understand that your projects deserve significant time and dedication to meet our highest standard of quality and commitment. 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. Debating may be popular on prime time but Dravidian politicians and supporters hate it. 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. Claims that he was friendly with Brahmins including Rajaji were eye wash. Overall, there were about 15,000 Brahmins out of about 80,000 government employees (Political Career of E.V. Furnel, Inc. has been successfully implementing this policy through honesty, integrity, and continuous improvement. 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. Thus, [my stand is] Brahminism grew out of the Brahmin and I am striving to annihilate the root. 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. Some revolutionary, he was. In all his agitations and he had many the lowest common denominator was the Brahmin. EVR called Idols as lifeless stones and called out those beliefs of honouring and worshipping them as crass and superstitious. What he detested were caste discrimination, Gandhi, god, religion, Brahmins and the then-prevailing idea of India. Even if it had chosen every non-Brahmin applicant who possessed the barest qualification, it could not have met the stated quota.). It was from this elitist Justice Party evolved Dravida Kazhagam. he was given the title 'Periyar'. Long story short, Rajinikanth mixed up the gods who got beaten with chappals and the gods who were paraded naked. MGR's hatred for the DMK and its ideology is legendary. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Ramaswamy Naicker, Even then it was clear that the trend was changing. He admired the British. EVR excercised selective hatred based on his personal experiences and remained and died as one. When Dalits fought for higher wages, he condemned those who organised them in these fights for rights. The most likely candidate for this would be army - many regiments have 100% reservations for specific castes, region or religion. * Army recruitmen His words: India should never go anywhere near democratic principles. We are told that he was not against Brahmins but against Brahmanism. Politicising of tamil language began with the unveiling of statues on the Marina beach. EVR, Annadurai, MGR and Gandhi statues were not far behind. (Naan Sonnal Unakku Yen Kopam Vara Vendum, vol. He despised Indian languages whether it was Tamil or Sanskrit. 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.. The Periyar that the non-Tamil intellectuals know is a sanitised version of his real personality, lovingly packaged and offered by his admirers. The people of India are barbarians. Baker, 1976, p. 46). Then again, they were not alone. , UNESCO ie) United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization did not credit EV Ramasamy with any award titled The Socrates of South Krishnan is an author in both English and Tamil. Which brings us to the real question. / As he played gross games with his wife and succeeded, so he preserved with them in public life too. Honestly can't remember. 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. This then gives us two options. He did not think about others. (, Periyars atheism was crude and obnoxious. What is the reality? 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. Actor Rajinikanth said he refuses to apologise to those who are protesting his controversial remark on Periyar. October 31, 2021 02:04 am | Updated 10:53 am IST. water release from the Mullaperiyar dam did not alter the level in the much larger Idukki reservoir, at over 94% of its storage capacity, located 35 km downstream. Scholars like Christian Devaneya Pavanar helped further this with all kinds of defences and interpretations. I predict that crazes will die naturally while excellence whether in art or culture will always prevail! CN Annadurai walked away from EVR to form a political outfit called Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. Tamil Nadu today) in 1931 was, of the population were graduating from these colleges. Tamilnadu is limited by the filmi world and is not in a state to work out the mind beyond Kollywood factory. 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. He began to imagine that Brahmins posed threats to every facet of his progress in life despite being in forward community which he flaunted. In the intervening years, Madras had a Brahmin chief minister for only four years (including the uncertain years between 1952 and 1954). 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 Central Government set up an expert committee in 2000 to look into the dam's safety. Another claim was that EVR stood for womens emancipation. He said, without so much as a pause, that Gandhi was killed by Brahmins because Gandhi was turning into a Periyar himself! You can also see statues marketed in open without fear of theft in Mamallapuram while State owned Poompuhar which trades in idols has high security. 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. 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 aftermath of hate based rebellions had left always conditions worse than it were. The Chase Law Group, LLC | 1447 York Road, Suite 505 | Lutherville, MD 21093 | (410) 790-4003, Easements and Related Real Property Agreements. And prickly though he was, he did have a few beautiful flowers. In November that year, a tripartite meeting chaired by the then chairman of the Central Water Commission (CWC), K.C. With a totally upper class bourgeois arrogance EVR had no compassion for the Dalits. Copyright 2023, THG PUBLISHING PVT LTD. or its affiliated companies. My HINDU civilisation alone is my focus. For the first time ever, Rajinikanth spoke against EV Ramaswamy at a public function. 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. The acts of sending email to this website or viewing information from this website do not create an attorney-client relationship. Some non descriptive foreigners who supported these unproven theories were hailed as great scholars in the World Tamil Conferences organised by the Dravidian parties. He used cinema as a vehicle for propaganda and personal glorification so successfully that he won his final election while unconscious in the hospital. The Justice Party came to power in 1920 and the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) in 1967. So we have great minds that have stood the test of time. It is nobodys case that the Brahmins were angels. Their snakes dont have venom but the Tamil snakes do. Many of his black-shirted followers were fine individuals personally. Furnel, Inc. is dedicated to providing our customers with the highest quality products and services in a timely manner at a competitive price. 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. This is Rajinikanth's first overtly political move, in over twenty years. Webperiyar unesco award controversywhat happened to jv from the jv show 2021. His so-called research on the Ramayana dwelled on such grave issues as whether Sita slept with Valmiki. He accepted the Constitution written by the Brahmins and signed on the dotted lines. How will their rule set right our country? (Periyars writings compiled by Pasu. They also urged the court to ask the CWC to fix the rule curve, instrumentation scheme and gate operation schedule of the dam. 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. This is driving me low-key mad, not remembering where I read it. None will ever steal these worthless pieces of work. A culture of a civilisation is judged by its contributions to sustaining a society. 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. Play boys were called minors in Tamilnadu those days probably because they continue to stay adolescent despite growing in age. 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. Which is why, for a celebrity to speak against Periyar is to denounce him, and all of his work in toto. He was miffed that the Constitution did not provide reservations for non-Brahmins. , C.J. And in the end, it may not be his ideology, but his name on the ballot sheet that could swing votes. 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. EVR was against higher education as he felt cheap labour would become unavailable then. Chintanaikal, Anaimuthu, 1974, p. 1,860). 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. Accordingly, the water level in the dam would be limited to 138 feet till October 31 and 139.5 feet till November 10. 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. Fewer than 1,000 students would have had to be passing out every year in the 1890s. 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. But a conditioned home surrounding with a religious wife further irked EVR who loved being a play boy. The people of India are barbarians. Later, he declared that his organisation, Dravida Kazhagam will ever never aspire for power. On the employment front, the total number of Brahmin gazetted officers were 620 in 1928. He felt he was deprived of his opportunities for stardom with Brahmin Sathyamurthy being proactive with integration of castes. British ignored him as a non entity. 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. And this brings us to the next question. But he didn't lie. 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. construction of the Mullaperiyar dam across the Periyar in the present Idukki district. EVR went hammer and tongs on CNA for his decision as was usual with him. The tweet was an apparent reference to 70-year-old Periyars marriage in 1949 to Maniammai. 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 But equally astonishing is his work on eradication of caste, women's empowerment and social reform, which are globally acknowledged legacies. If that is what Rajinikanth has done, then it IS a big deal. Follow me on @sttalkindia Though his love for science was childlike, he did not have the intellectual rigour to understand what the scientific enterprise was all about. Water woes: The 2018 floods in Kerala and the erratic monsoons have put the 126-year-old dam in the spotlight. A temple has been built for atheist Karunanidhi near Gudiyatham by DMK cadre. This professionalism is the result of corporate leadership, teamwork, open communications, customer/supplier partnership, and state-of-the-art manufacturing. EVR soon realised that as long as he stayed in Congress he cannot divide the castes and religions. Refused schooling after elementary level. In 1921, during the anti-liquor campaign he cut down 1000 coconut trees in his own farm. Rajinikanth at the 50th anniversary function of Thuglak magazine. However, without Tamil Nadu on board, this is not going to be a reality. He either ignored the prejudices of others or simply admonished them to behave well in the future. French Revolution was a singular example. Soon, roads were renamed, portraits unveiled, housing colonies were to be named after politicians in Tamilnadu. Become a Member. This is a subreddit for the people of Tamilnadu, India. Is there any sources for this or is it a legend? Gautham 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). The Dutch loot - Part Two of European colonialism, EVR Periyar: A checkup on facts & propaganda. The national intellectual landscape is verdant. The British had no love lost for them because most of the intellectual leaders of the Brahmin community were with the Congress. The Maharaja of Travancore signed a 999-year Periyar Lake lease agreement with the British government on October 29, 1886, for the Colleges swarmed with them. The longer the period of impact, the more conceptual the idea conceived is deemed to be of the impacting mind. This is compilation of a series of first hand reports. Ramasamy writing in his magazine Kudiyarasu, and he is being unusually mild here. 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. (At The Quint, we are answerable only to our audience. Overall, there were about 15,000 Brahmins out of about 80,000 government employees (, Political Career of E.V. The dharma of India is the dharma of criminal tribes. The reason? When India became independence, he boycotted the celebrations and called 15th of August, 1947, a day of mourning. Credit to EVR that he succeeded largely in what he set out to achieve though he will be debated for a few more decades. Social media short term tiny influences last for a day in the name of trends. The story so far: Coinciding with an episode of erratic, cataclysmic rain in Keralas high-ranges, the Periyar was a anti-national personality. He campaigned the Aryan invasion theory and stated that Dravidians(south indians) are the real Indian and The problem with Periyar was that he used his bludgeon only against the Brahmins while the oppressing classes belonged to a wider spectrum. 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. Fewer than 1,000 students would have had to be passing out every year in the 1890s. I have watched the movie. In 2017 he called supporting DMK (in 1996) a political accident. The movie was partly funded by the Tamil Nadu government according to Wikipedia. He is so religious that late CM Jayalalithaa is now a part of his pantheon of gods. 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. 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. WebSometime before, I have read this about Periyar's funeral: Government of India / Chief secretary was against giving Periyar a state Funeral because And when a counter arrives, instantly it invites high decibel names and abuses. Congress Party was and is a Colonial legacy and was not antithetical to it. Thousands of statues for EVR dot Tamilnadu especially across famed temples to provoke and insult Hindu believers while none exist opposite churches or mosques. 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. 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. Some have repeatedly accused me of purposefully hiding the great achievements of the great Congress party of India to India. , Fuller and Narasimhan, 2014, appendix). Unfortunate for him the Congress he joined in 1919 had many morally upright stalwarts like Sathyamurthy, a brahmin which deepened his despair. Nevertheless, this raises another pertinent question. 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. Gowthaman). 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. Whenever rat sized opinions and ideas existed, huge euphoria erupts and few months or years later, the bubble bursts. There is a good chance that it is true. Periyar was a selfless and incorruptible man of considerable personal charm. 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. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. 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 The reason is simple. 1. More importantly, as a rationalist one can be argumentative thereby giving the impression of an intelligent person. All one can say is that the wind is blowing his way now. 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History of 126-year-old Mullaperiyar dam: The Mullaperiyar Dam is on the River Periyar and its tributary, the Mullayar in the state of Kerala, hence the amalgamation Mulla-Periyar.It is located 881 m (2,890 ft) above mean sea level, on the Cardamom Hills of the Western Ghats in Thekkady, Idukki district of Kerala, India. 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. / They knew that even if they gave him 25%, not even three or four percent of qualified people would be available [among the Dalits]. Periyar was at the forefront of the protests against Hindi imposition. However, he stated the opposite in an earlier meeting on August 31, 1959: Who do you hate? At times, Periyar issued blood-curdling threats to Brahmins, but in action he did not believe in violence.
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