althrough in the interview, though Rajasekharan boosts about Periyar's way of life and thinking etc. not even a single social achievement done by Periyar is mentined..May I know, what are all the achievements/social reforms Periyar could bring in Tamil Nadu..
If Periyar were such a great character/thinker/social reformer, then today's Politicians of Tamil Nadu do not know anything about the history of Periyar, except that Periyar was against upper casts, athiest and anti-Hindu and idiots like Karunanidhi is clinging on that to gain power...
And the Tamilians, being idiots of hero worship, goes by the speaches of Politicians...whichever politician talks ill/against upper casts and brahmin are leaders for them....Neither they are educated nor they who as to what these rascals/politicans can provide them or make any social reforms in Tamil Nadu.... that is the agony of Tamil Nadu, for ever.
RE:Periyar vs Tamil Nadu
by Gowri Shankar on Apr 30, 2007 10:04 AM Permalink
Woah, Woah .. It was never Periyar vs Tamil Nadu. It has always been Pariyar's Tamil Nadu. Keep that in Mind. If you are not from Tamil N adu I'll think of you as ignorant. But if you are, then I'd like to think of you as stupid.
As it was said in this interview, you only want to retain this stupid opinion about periyar. It is totally upto you though. This is what I would like to think as achievements by periyar.
1. Starting a movement for Social Justice 2. He fought against untouchablitiy 3. Started or Inspired Anti-Hindi Movement 4. A lot more that I don't know of..
Now lets see why the first three points make sense as of today
We have a more socailly equal society in Tamil nadu than elsewhere in the country. Look at all other states and compare the participation of people (people from all castes) from all castes in Schools, Colleges, Government Jobs, All professions, Politics, etc. You could see that it is very widely distributed. Of course it is not perfect, but it is the best in INDIA.
2. His contribution is more than Gandhi's in untouchability. Gandhi could not help those people enter temples. He Did. He is one of the first to support inter caste marriages and was vehemently against superstition. Of course many brahmimns made a living out of other people's superstition was not periyar's fault.
3. Without him Tamil as a language would not be what it is. When I look at Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, etc. I pity marathi, gujarathi and Kannada. More people want to speak hindi and english than their own mother tongues. Learning other languages is welcome but not at the cost of mother tongue. You should always know who you are.
So yeah, PERIYAR is a Great Hero in Tamil Nadu. And if Hero Worship took us this far, then it is not wrong to continue it. Just look at any other state in India where there is no Hero worship and compare that to Tamil Nadu and you could see that Tamil Nadu is lot better.
RE:Periyar vs Tamil Nadu
by parthasarathy sarathy on Apr 30, 2007 10:26 AM Permalink
I never knew that EVRN wanted to promote Tamil, a language he described many times as "barbaric" - this alone exposes his total hypocrisy on all other matters too
RE:Periyar vs Tamil Nadu
by biz Narayan on Apr 30, 2007 10:22 AM Permalink
The social justice include targeting philosophy/religion of tamilnadu, Brahmins, abusing his mother and giving a racial character to tamilbnadu.
The justice includes marrying a child when he was 60 ( asides abusing his mother), anf finding the cost of rising price of blouse because sudra women used more blouses ! Worship him please !
