Periyar and the Women’s Question
Thanthai Periyar’s revolutionary ideas forged the path for building the self-consciousness to attain equal freedoms and paved an equitable discourse towards social justice. Illustration by Ajinkya Dekhane Thanthai Periyar was a crusader, far ahead of his time. He fundamentally believed that India would not attain full freedom without women and the untouchable castes attaining freedom […]
Periyar and The Self Respect Movement
Periyar valued self respect as important as life and its protection a birthright, not swaraj. His movement changed the face of contemporary Tamil politics forever. Illustration by Ajinkya Dekhane Erode Venkatappa Ramasamy, revered as Thanthai Periyar, was one of the leading revolutionary leaders of the 20th century who rebelled against the Brahmanical hegemony in India […]