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Ten Things About Periyar Dravidian Parties Don’t Want You To Know

E V Ramasamy (1879-1973), popularly known as EVR, is hailed as ‘Periyar’ by his followers. He was a demagogue who used the social evils which were then prevalent, or perceived, as a capital for his propaganda. He was neither a rationalist nor a humanist. He was anti-Hindu and pro-British. By equating him to Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, many are doing a great disservice to the memory of Ambedkar, who was a great nation builder and a patriot.

Here are 10 facts which every Indian should know about EVR.

1. EVR advocated Nazi-style anti-Brahminism.

EVR was more a crude racist than a rationalist.

Many EVR apologists today indulge in the propaganda that EVR never advocated racial hatred against Brahmins. However, EVR was explicit in his agenda. The magazine he edited, published articles praising the ascendancy of Adolf Hitler and warned Brahmins in Tamil Nadu that they should learn from the plight of Jews in Nazi Germany and opt for course correction. Even after the fall of the Nazi regime, the approach of EVR, particularly when he addressed his cadre, was the same.

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Anirudh Deshpande
Professor of Modern History,
Department of History,
Faculty of Social Sciences,
University of Delhi, Delhi.

In our opinion, any liberation movement created by men cannot give real liberation to women.
– Periyar, 1928

When the views of Periyar E.V.Ramasamy (1879-1973) were publicly expressed in the 1920s and 1930s, they were not only novel in the Madras Presidency but would have been considered deeply offensive by most men and women anywhere in the world, not to speak of a contemporary deeply religious and patriarchal India.
Are most employed or self-employed women subservient to men or has their ability to earn money become their condition of liberation from caste and religious patriarchy? These are troubling questions in our times and call for a serious introspection of our culture from the standpoint of revolutionary leaders like Periyar who would, we believe, be as critical of our society today as he was before 1973 when he passed away.
It would be apposite to begin this essay with two quotations from Periyar’s writings. In February 1928, he wrote the following words:
If a man has the right to kill women, a woman should also have the right to kill men. If there is a compulsion that women should fall at men’s feet, then men should al