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Debate: Periyar Offered No Real Solutions to the Caste Evils He Was Fighting
Other than making grand speeches, Periyar did nothing substantial towards the annihilation of castes.
Debate: Periyar's Followers Are Endowing Him With Attributes He Never Had
Periyar flourished his sword mostly in conferences and during grand speeches, rather than while he was forwarding his political agenda.
Periyar's Blinkers Made Him See Only the Brahmin Hegemon, None Else
Tamil Nadu’s public institutions have been exorcised of the Brahmin ghost and are now ruled by non-brahmins and non-Dalits. It is to hide this that a fake Brahmin-ghost is continuously being exorcised.
Why Do Dravidian Intellectuals Admire a Man as Prickly as Periyar?
The reason is simple. The national intellectual landscape is verdant. The Dravidian landscape, on the other hand, is an arid desert, and Periyar was the only cactus plant to have bloomed in it.
