Thread by @zeneraalstuff

I don't think we've quite got the nature of what the likes of Pa Ranjith are coming up with. It is a logical next step in the evolution of Dravidianism. If the original movement had an imaginary past in Sangham age of Lemuria and the subsequent conquest by Aryan Invaders /1

And was led by the landed feudal elites, the next stage was that of middle class upper Castes who adopted the theory whole sale.
The third stage of evolution was the Tamil Nationalists who again have a narrative of a glorious past for themselves in Tamizhagam that was /2

appropriated by Aryan and Telugu Invaders. This is a movement driven by cultivator and small landholder Castes who gained political and economic power through land reforms and increased education/social mobility post Independence.
It is only logical that as SC jatis gain in /3

education, make themselves prominent in popular culture and politics, they will seek a narrative for themselves in the same mold. This time, they have Ambedkarite narrative of a glorious Buddhist past that was destroyed by subsequent Invaders. Note that this group does not /4

acknowledge any due to either the Dravidian nor the Tamil Nationalist movement. Just like in Abrahamisms, the subsequent iteration claims self evident truth based on inspiration/revelation without acknowledging what it borrows from the previous iteration.
I saw a glimpse of /5

this in (where else) a film called Pari Erum Perumal, where one of the characters says - We too were born with the sword and the plough. It won't be very long before they start referring to themselves as 'ANDa sAti'. Some things are a given
- They will claim a unsubstantiable /6

glorious past
- They will seek victimhood and create a demonology of oppressors
- They will continue the xenophobia against anything outside Tamizhagam
- They will continue to hate and abuse Hindu symbols

Looking at the current themes, my guess will be an immediate /7

agitation/demand for special reservations for converts from SC Communities.
That could be their launch pad politically. This is the future. /END