Ancient India On Exhumation

There are two typed copies of this Chapter. Both of them contain additions and corrections in the handwriting of Dr. Bahasaheb Ambedkar. After consideration, we decided that the latter version should be included here. This essay, consisting of three pages only, seems to be an introduction to a larger subject Dr. Ambedkar probably had in his mind. 

A Most Unnatural Alliance

Maarten Boudry Research Fellow, Ghent University, Department of Philosophy and Moral Sciences

Periyar And Socialism

In the early 1930s, Periyar spent about three months in the Soviet Union while on a trip to Europe.

An Atheist Interviews God

Douglas J. Whaley Emeritus Proffessor of Law, Ohio University, USA

In The Laboratory Of Life...

What is the original source of our stress? It is nothing but our frustration and the worry that we cannot achieve this or that.

Satyashodhak Samaj & RSS

After the end of Peshwa – Brahmin rule in today’s Western Maharashtra, English rule began and it was through a war in 1818 at a place near Pune – Bhima Koregaon, Peshwa army was defeated by English army unit the Mahar regiment. Thus Peshwa rule was defeated through Mahar Caste (Untouchables) regiment by the British. In a way it was revenge by Mahars – who were treated worse than animals during Peshwas rule. The Mahar battalion was under British army.

Historic Memories Of Ravana Lila, 1975

When Annai Maniammai was unanimously elected the President of Dravidar Kazhagam after Periyar’s demise, she willingly accepted it, deeming it her bounden duty to carry on his mission without any gap, and she proved herself amply worthy of Periyar’s trust and that of his followers, continuing that ‘tour programme of Periyar’ not only with meetings and functions but also with struggles, which had become a significant part of the organization’s agenda.

Hindutva Loaded Curriculum To Saffronise Student Mindset

In the Indian sub-continent education was mainly oriented on vedic religion with its mythical texts, scriptures, puranas and the like. Education was not wide spread, wherein everyone did not have the opportunity to learn, but was kept as the monopoly of ‘supreme’ brahminical coterie in the four fold division of Varnasrama dharma. Such supremacy of one sect, excluding the remaining was made to be believed as the dictum of ‘almighty’ god. So for the major sections of the society, education was an inaccessible subject that was not at all connected to them. Those toiling masses, some of whom tried to get educated were strictured with severe punishment for which legal codes were framed.

Gandhi's Assassination

Following Gandhi’s Assassination on 30th January 1948, ‘Kudi Arasu’, weekly under the Editorship of Periyar E.V. Ramasamy published two editorials. Excerpts from them are published below.

Gandhi Murder Diverting - Distorting Tactics Of Sangh Parivar

The father of the nation, M.K. Gandhi, affectionately called ‘Mahatma’ was assassinated on January 30, 1948 by a conspiracy, hatched out by a Hindutva fanatic team and administered by Nathuram Godse, an original R.S.S. activist who later became associated with Hindu Maha Sabha, under the leadership of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.

senior citizens sane or senile?

“crabbed age and youth cannot live together; youth is full of pleasance, age is full of care; youth like summer morn, age like winter weather; youth like summer brave, age like winter bare.”- shakespeare in “passionate pilgrim”

abolish neet

entrance tests, act as barricades for the historically deprived classes denying them admission to higher education. eligibility based on the marks secured in the time tested examinations, conducted by government/university for the pre requisite courses has proved ideal to uphold social justice. 

shivaji coronation

opposed hindutva installs statue.

Social Reformers' Conference 1928- Periyar's Presidential Address

Mr. E. V. Ramasami Naicker in the course of his presidential address at the South Indian Social Reformers’ Conference, held on the 26th of November 1928 at Madras, said:-

First Madras Provincial Self Respect Conference 1929

Dr. P. Subbarayan, Chief Minister and Zamindar of Kumaramangalam, while declaring the Conference open said:-