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31 Mar, 9 tweets, 3 min read
On DMK stages in the 50s, Rajaji was said to have used his daughter to make his political life, since his daughter was married to Gandhi's son. ஆச்சாரியார் கட்டியும் கொடுப்பார் ..... were the words on stage. The world is now seeing the depths of political discourse.
Dr Nair on Annie Besant. The Dravidian movement was always led by crass boors.
Slur words for people's origins were par for the course always. EVR on Bahadur Shah Zafar
Bharatidasan on Annadurai's female relatives. How quickly smears came to this 'Great Poet'
tamilhindu.com/2011/02/vulgar…

opindia.com/2020/08/dravid…
EVKS Elangovan said of Karunanidhi once - Avar oothi oothi perithu paduthuvar - to indicate Karunanidhi's family occupation as nadaswaram artistes
outlookindia.com/newswire/story…
Duraimurugan, now Gen Sec of DMK on Jayalalitha
When Rajinikanth became something of a threat to the DMK, his daughter's personal life became fair game.
Anbazhagan again - master of thinly veiled crudeness
Annadurai's Kamba Rasam. It was quite clear scholarly critique of Kamba Ramayanam was far from his mind.

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@Dharmi2020 Very, very important reason.
In British rule, the dubashes, zamindars and moneylenders made large amounts of money and enjoyed high status.
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Convergence of interests of dubash-zamindar-moneylender with British.
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The Emergence of Provincial Politics The Madras Presidency 1870-1920 by D. A. Washbrook
H.T @Sheks65
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