Written by Ardra NG |New Delhi |Updated: September 17, 2019 11:28:11 am
Periyar E V Ramasamy: Mapping his political and social legacy
As we commemorate the 140th birth anniversary of E V Ramasamy, popularly addressed as Periyar or ‘the Great One’, on September 17, Sahapedia focuses on his popular, yet complex legacy.
A rationalist Dravidian social reformer of the twentieth century, E V Ramasamy, popularly addressed as ‘Periyar’ or ‘the Great One’, was born on September 17, 1879. Even over a century after he argued in favour of equal rights for lower-caste communities and women, issues of ‘caste identities’ and its politics continue to be as relevant. This is especially true in the case of his home state, Tamil Nadu, which beckons us to study the popular yet complex legacy he has left behind.
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