Periyar : a political biography of E.V. Ramasamy

By: Bala JeyaramanMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: New Delhi Rainlight 2013Description: 124 pISBN: 9788129123855Subject(s): Social reformers | India--Tamil Nadu | Rāmacāmi, Ī. Ve., Tantai Periyār, 1878-1973 | Dravidian movementDDC classification: 303.484092 Summary: Visionary, rationalist, atheist, activist, social reformer, writer, doyen of Tamil politics, Father of the Dravidian Movement-E.V. Ramasamy, a.k.a. Periyar, was a man who donned many hats during his long and eventful political sojourn of nearly sixty years. Both intensely admired and hated, he fought, among other things, for abolishing the caste system and the emancipation of women. A political firebrand, he believed passionately and wholeheartedly in the ideals he upheld; through his actions, he won many supporters, as well as detractors. A depiction of the political, social and literary impact that this iconoclast's views had and continues to have on his followers, this book is a fresh look at an extraordinary life.
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Visionary, rationalist, atheist, activist, social reformer, writer, doyen of Tamil politics, Father of the Dravidian Movement-E.V. Ramasamy, a.k.a. Periyar, was a man who donned many hats during his long and eventful political sojourn of nearly sixty years. Both intensely admired and hated, he fought, among other things, for abolishing the caste system and the emancipation of women. A political firebrand, he believed passionately and wholeheartedly in the ideals he upheld; through his actions, he won many supporters, as well as detractors. A depiction of the political, social and literary impact that this iconoclast's views had and continues to have on his followers, this book is a fresh look at an extraordinary life.

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