So ignored. Become a Member. Scholars like Christian Devaneya Pavanar helped further this with all kinds of defences and interpretations. And that an image of Lord Rama cutout in wood was set afire at the end of the parade. Our dharmic civilisation is important than any individual or any group. Fewer than 1,000 students would have had to be passing out every year in the 1890s. He called out EVR (aka Periyar) for organising a rally decades ago in Salem in which naked cutouts of Lord Rama and Sita were paraded with garlands made of sandals. Was the Brahmin the bogeyman, the Baba Yaga of the Tamil country? Socrates, Confucius, the unknown authors of the Hindu Vedas, etc. You should consult with an attorney licensed to practice in your jurisdiction before relying upon any of the information presented here. And when a counter arrives, instantly it invites high decibel names and abuses. The national intellectual landscape is verdant. The effigies of Rama and Seetha were fully clothed. Nobody dare question the catastrophe that fell on people. Other parties, independent of their loyalties, think the same. Chintanaikal, Anaimuthu, 1974, p. 1,860). In 1931, EVR exposed his fangs against democracy too: EVR admired British colonialism and believed it to be an example of political supremacy. 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. 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. Thus, [my stand is] Brahminism grew out of the Brahmin and I am striving to annihilate the root. Why did Dr B. R. Ambedkar resign from the cabinet in 1951? Asked to answer by Quora User Thanks. My thambi (younger brother) Quora User ( I really Nations that have no trace of human rights yet this hypocrisy called United Nations continues to exist as the biggest Tamasha on the planet. So contemporary rationalism is more an after thought to defend actions that covered ones frustrations and hide personal ambitions. 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. They demand submission as they are insecure. EVR desired a free, no holds barred, condition free exciting life. WebAnswer (1 of 5): The reason is politics cannot happen without taking his name for everything and blaming Brahmins for everything. Overall, there were about 15,000 Brahmins out of about 80,000 government employees (, Political Career of E.V. 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. 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. Its height is 53.6m (176ft) and length 365.7m (1,200ft). I am not able to remember where I read or heard that. The dharma of India is the dharma of criminal tribes. He mocked blouse wearing Dalit women as responsible for increase in the cost of clothes. Tamil Nadu today) in 1931 was, of the population were graduating from these colleges. / Great post, thank you so much for sharing this here. Remember UNHRC has as its members China, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Cuba, etc. The seeds were sown by the upper class elitist but anti brahmin Justice party which competed with Congress to solicit favours from the British. (Tamil Brahmans: The Making of a Middle Class, Fuller and Narasimhan, 2014, appendix). Web+44 (0)7540 787812 [email protected]. His pious wife objected. 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. Only with this theory an attempt at ravaging Hinduism could be tried for projecting Brahmins as aliens to India and Hinduism. This is a subreddit for the people of Tamilnadu, India. Actor Rajinikanth said he refuses to apologise to those who are protesting his controversial remark on Periyar. , C.J. The national intellectual landscape is verdant. Unlike B.R. How will their rule set right our country? (Periyars writings compiled by Pasu. Sathyamurthy led Congress to victory in the Provincial elections in 1937 & became Mayor of Madras in 1939. Politicising of tamil language began with the unveiling of statues on the Marina beach. This is compilation of a series of first hand reports. A three foot statue with a foot long head became common. WebOn 9 July, 1949, a 70-year-old Periyar, E V Ramasamy, married the 32-year-old Maniammai. Story #1 KBR worked in TVS group of companies at Madurai. P.A. Welcome! He said, without so much as a pause, that Gandhi was killed by Brahmins because Gandhi was turning into a Periyar himself! 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. It was expanded in 1947 by the then-ruling Congress party, and when Periyar was busy demanding a separate Dravida Nadu. For the first time ever, Rajinikanth spoke against EV Ramaswamy at a public function. 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. UNESCO Though his love for science was childlike, he did not have the intellectual rigour to understand what the scientific enterprise was all about. This professionalism is the result of corporate leadership, teamwork, open communications, customer/supplier partnership, and state-of-the-art manufacturing. Thousands of statues for EVR dot Tamilnadu especially across famed temples to provoke and insult Hindu believers while none exist opposite churches or mosques. As a result Dravidian politics became Statues driven resulting in Statues crazy Sychophantic anticulture. Or, he spoke knowing fully well that his comments on Periyar would blow up. The dam became a reality nine years later. I must mention here that our family which was a great devotee of EVR has been following his self respect marriages (though as a rebel, I opted for a total Vedic wedding). He adds that in 1927, a Staff Selection Board had to select 467 persons. It seems you have Javascript turned off in your browser. If you had read them in isolation and if you were familiar with the history of the Nazis, it is likely that you would think they must have been fished out of some sordid pro-Nazi tabloid. The problem with Periyar was that he used his bludgeon only against the Brahmins while the oppressing classes belonged to a wider spectrum. He supported the Jallikattu protests, but was against the Sterlite protests. I have watched the movie. Some thoughts are kept alive by artificial resuscitation following propaganda theories and methods. This would mean that around 4,500 students would have had to be passing out every year in the 1930s. * 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. Also, by the 1930s, the majority of students in both arts and professional colleges were not Brahmins. Some have repeatedly accused me of purposefully hiding the great achievements of the great Congress party of India to India. Which brings us to the real question. But without understanding the mind of EVR, its impossible to understand the Dravidian parties hypocritical contempt for idols and love for statues. 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. Water woes: The 2018 floods in Kerala and the erratic monsoons have put the 126-year-old dam in the spotlight. Nor the suppression by the Thevar community of scheduled communities objected to. They knew that even if they gave him 25%, not even three or four percent of qualified people would be available [among the Dalits]. 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. 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 He accepted the Constitution written by the Brahmins and signed on the dotted lines. That was biggest bullshit by Dravida Sanghis of Tamilnadu! Thiru Brahmma [ https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2988850788016481&id=10000674 In all his agitations and he had many the lowest common denominator was the Brahmin. He felt he was deprived of his opportunities for stardom with Brahmin Sathyamurthy being proactive with integration of castes. 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. Recently new interpretations are given to defend EVRs thoughts. 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His rationalism was hollow and lacked any useful content. The longer the period of impact, the more conceptual the idea conceived is deemed to be of the impacting mind. 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. The only flowers. Government money was misused by DMK party to carry imaginary claims as movies came to be considered real in the stunted brains of Tamils. EVR went hammer and tongs on CNA for his decision as was usual with him. Periyar breaks Murthis of Ganesha (1953) 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. 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. Follow me on @sttalkindia He once said that the white people who lived in the temperate regions were less brainy than the ones who lived in Tamil Nadu. Thank God none of them ever blessed the newly married couple that they should ever live life as they did. 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. 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. Little surprise, therefore, that this dialogue seems to have jumped out of the screen and taken to the streets. The aftermath of hate based rebellions had left always conditions worse than it were. His rationalism was hollow and lacked any useful content. Unfortunate for him the Congress he joined in 1919 had many morally upright stalwarts like Sathyamurthy, a brahmin which deepened his despair. Why Do Dravidian Intellectuals Admire a Man as Prickly as Periyar? Their flowers were less fragrant than the flowers of Tamil Nadu. 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. Periyar was at the forefront of the protests against Hindi imposition. 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. But there was a report in The Hindu, the next day (25 January, 1971), by the Salem correspondent who wrote on the 'Superstition Eradication Conference', in which, 'a 10-foot long image of Lord Rama was carried on a vehicle and dozens of people kept beating it with chappals'. 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. The Maharaja of Travancore signed a 999-year Periyar Lake lease agreement with the British government on October 29, 1886, for the Periyar, : So long as democracy exists, the honest will have no other option except to fade away, giving the dishonest room to dance around. Ramasamy writing in his magazine. Poet Bharathi demanded similar rights and conceived the concept of a brave woman who will look straight into the eyes of others and hold head high with clarity of thought, decades before EVR mouthed words like women emancipation but this poor poet who died in penury was cursed and born as a Brahmin. 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. What is the reality? My HINDU civilisation alone is my focus. EVRs desire for instant stardom in Congress was not achieved because of Leaders like Sathyamurthy and some other Brahmins who ran the party. The price is this: he asked for 10% reservation and they gave him 15%. His propagation for widow remarriage was not adhered to by his second wife Maniammai nor by any of the widows of any Dravidian leader. The seeds of antibrahmanism were finding roots in EVRs mind because of the challenges posed by Brahmins in his personal and physical life. Three shutters of the A clear example of sour grapes. Particularly when UNESCO is about to give out a prize in honor of an abusive, corrupt leader from West Africa whose record resembles that of Kim Jong-il. British ignored him as a non entity. The Jews are only interested in themselves, and nobody else. B R Ambedkar mocked and called Aryan Invasion an invention. The Dravidian landscape, on the other hand, is an arid desert, and Periyar was the only cactus plant to have bloomed in it. Ideas that are inclusive of all of humanity are sustainable. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle. 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. 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. Furnel, Inc. is dedicated to providing our customers with the highest quality products and services in a timely manner at a competitive price. A temple has been built for atheist Karunanidhi near Gudiyatham by DMK cadre. Let's begin with the obvious question. The reason is simple. We will see how and why EVR did what he did? Periyar was a selfless and incorruptible man of considerable personal charm. Period. The population of the presidency of Madras (a.k.a. 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.". Nevertheless, this raises another pertinent question. They lost ability to discern under the rule of rationalists. They were arrogant, casteist and possessed a general contempt for the unwashed millions, and even the washed others. Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. He believed that Hindi was an Aryan language and making it compulsory in education was an He began to imagine that Brahmins posed threats to every facet of his progress in life despite being in forward community which he flaunted. The reason? Tamil Nadu I see Adi Sankara as the last great mind India saw as he could influence with his Advaitha concept and limit Buddhism in India. The price is this: he asked for 10% reservation and they gave him 15%. And vote bank. Tamilnadu challenged Keralas dam height law in Supreme court. Either Rajinikanth spoke without thinking it through. Honestly can't remember. UttarPradesh of Chief Minister Mayawati entered the fray and sure she did give competition. Remember, EVR did not rise against the British at any time during his long life. He is so religious that late CM Jayalalithaa is now a part of his pantheon of gods. / Marwaris and Gujarathis were targeted too. A devotee of Mahaperiyava, he would visit him whenever work permitted but all his decisions centred on the grace of Mahaperiyava. 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. 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 called Idols as lifeless stones and called out those beliefs of honouring and worshipping them as crass and superstitious. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. The total number of students in both the arts and professional colleges was around 3,000 in 1890 (. But statistically they were not very significant. Tokenism was the key mantra. Webperiyar unesco award controversywhat happened to jv from the jv show 2021. His first child, a daughter was afflicted by polio and he thou. This would mean that around 4,500 students would have had to be passing out every year in the 1930s. 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. 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 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. 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 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. Rajinikanth's most famous filmy 'punch' dialogue, from the iconic movie Baasha, goes something like this: Politics and cinema in Tamil Nadu have historically blurry boundaries. The national landscape is verdant. There is also a National park which is known as the Periyar National Park in Thekkady located around the reservoir of dam. 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. As a result, most of coveted government jobs went to the Brahmins. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments. Compare it with the Vedas which stood for the whole humanity, whose authors unknown and survived the test of time through word of mouth. 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 Double speak, double games, hypocrisy marked all of EVRs actions but he continue to bank on the time tested weapon of #hate. Distory Buster. Even if it had chosen every non-Brahmin applicant who possessed the barest qualification, it could not have met the stated quota.). 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. And prickly though he was, he did have a few beautiful flowers. 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. Clever twists that marked propagation that he loved the depraved castes are meant for optics. The incident he mentions, implicating Periyar of Hindu-hatred, is common knowledge, and not something he would have chanced upon recently. A culture of a civilisation is judged by its contributions to sustaining a society. It is nobodys case that the Brahmins were angels. The Hindu Explains Periyar was the only cactus plant to have bloomed in it. All one can say is that the wind is blowing his way now. Yet, he was a die-hard devotee of Periyar. 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. Fact remains that EVR married a teenager who was fifty years younger than him and threw to the dustbin his disdain for child marriages. Attorney Advertising. Though he was personally liked by almost all political leaders, almost all of them considered him to be maverick, unrestrained and irresponsible. 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. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. 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. Congress Party was and is a Colonial legacy and was not antithetical to it.