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What Periyar Said on Dr Ambedkar’s Conversion to Buddhism
The Chairman of the Vellore Municipal Council has praised me in his welcome address read out today (28th October 1956). You have given me this warm reception in connection with my arrival to un…
जानिए कौन है पेरियार? जिनकी मूर्तियाँ तोड़ रहें है संघी, अगर वो जिंदा हो गये तो मर जायेंगे संघी!
जी हाँ, क्रांतिकारी और आधुनिक विचारक द ग्रेट पेरियार रामास्वामी नायकर की मूर्ति तोड़कर उन्हें जिंदा करने के लिए संघियो को बधाई …
इस देश के इतिहास के आधुनिक युग में विज्ञान बोध और तार्किकता के ए…
Quotes of Periyar E. V. Ramasamy
‘I, E.V. Ramaswamy, have taken upon myself the task of reforming Dravidian Society so that it shall be comparable to other societies of the world, in esteem and enlightenment, and I am solely devot…
International Conference on Periyar Self-Respect Movement in Germany
International Conference on Periyar Self – Respect Movement- 2017 will be held at the University of Cologne, Germany on July 27, 28, and 29, commemorating the 91st anniversary of Self – Respect Mov…
What Periyar Said about Buddha?
Periyar participated in a function to celebrate the 2501 st birth anniversary of the Buddha at Maha Bodhi Sangham at Egmore, Chennai, on 15th May 1957 and made the following observations –
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A Call For Bahujan Unity
Mahatma Jyotirao Phule and Krantijyoti Savitribai Phule founded the Satyashodhak Samaj in 1873 to unite all oppressed, Sthree-Shudra-Atishudra, Adivasis, Muslims and other minorities under one bann…
Dalit History Month – Remembering Veerammal, Founder of All India Ambedkar Mission
The Self-Respect Movement led by Thanthai Periyar was probably one of the most radically feminist movements to have ever taken place in the subcontinent. Way ahead of their time, Self-respecters ad…
Communism, as it is, is a sugar coated poisonous pill. Beware! – E. V. R. Periyar
The leader of the Congress party is a Brahmin. The leader of the socialists is a Brahmin. The leader of the communists is a Brahmin. The leader of the Hindu Maha Sabha is a Brahmin. The leader of R…
6th January (1940) in Dalit History: Periyar met Dr. Ambedkar at Mumbai
By 10.00 a.m, Periyar arrived at Dadar station with his colleagues (Justice T. A. V. Nathan, P. Balasubramaniam – Editor of Sunday observer, the mouth piece of Justice Party, C. A. Annadurai, the G…
26th December in Dalit History – B'day of Annai Menambal Shivaraj
Annai Meenambal Shivaraj was born 26 December at Rangoon in Burma. She completed her F.A in 1917 from Ranggon College, Ranggon. She returned to Madras and got married to N.Shivaraj in 1918, who was…
12th June (1927) in Dalit History – Periyar called M K Gandhi mad
12 June 1927: Periyar called M K Gandhi mad
Since madness is characteristic of all mahatmas, our one (Gandhi) is no exception to this general rule. Perhahps he still hopes he may alter the situati…
11th June in Dalit History – Periyar wrote about the importance of scientific outlook in his journal Kudi Arasu
11 June 1949: The great thinker Periyar wrote in his journal Kudi Arasu in detail about the importance of scientific outlook among the students and the public.
He pointed out in the journal, “the …
They tried to bury us but they didn’t know we were seeds!
After the ban on Ambedkar Periyar Study Circle IIT Madras, many other such study circles have come up at various colleges such as IIT Mumbai, TISS Bombay, IIT Delhi, JNU Delhi, and Jadavpur Univers…
IIT Madras – Ambedkar Periyar Student Circle banned for raising voice against caste based discrimination
Manuwadi Vivekananda and Vande Mataram Study Circle at IIT Madras are OK but Ambedkar Periyar Student Circle is Banned! Banned for speaking against superstitions and raising voice against caste bas…
Why wearing Thaali (Mangalsutra) is disgraceful
“The ritual of tying a “thaali” (or mangalsutra) around the woman’s neck at the marriage ceremony and considering her to be his slave is similar to buying a buffalo, tying a cord around its neck an…