Thread by @TheCommuneMag

Busting the saintly halo created around EV Ramasamy Naicker, hailed as 'Periyar' by his followers.

A thread exposing the hidden side of EVR. (1/11)

#Periyar #EVR #PeriyarForever #periyarism

Many in Tamil Nadu, celebrate him as the leader of Tamils and protector of Tamil rights. But his entire life has been contradictory to these claims.

Read this article to know how ‘Periyar’ viewed Tamil And Tamil society. (2/11)

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The Dravidian Stockists claim that Tamil Nadu is “Periyar’s soil” which has no place for Hindi. If truth be told, the first ever Hindi teacher training college was started in EVR’s house at Erode. (3/11)

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A section of Dalit outfits and activists consider EVR as one of their ideologue. But in his entire career of activism, EVR has not worked or strived for a single Dalit rights movement. (4/11)

thecommunemag.com/evr-was-no-ant…

Congress, in its attempt to placate the DMK for a few seats, now finds itself adoring the very same man who had called for its annhilation including that of Mahatma Gandhi. (5/11)

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The Congress party and its leaders have co-opted EVR as one of their icons.

However, neither the Congress party nor EVR shared even a bit of animosity during their times. (6/11)

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EVR was someone who opposed the very idea of India marking Indian independence day as a 'black day'. (7/11)

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EVR had called for a Dravidistan along the lines of Pakistan and also tried to collude with Muhammad Ali Jinnah for the same. But Jinnah showed him the finger. (8/11)

thecommunemag.com/how-evr-prostr…

For long, it has been said, written and ingrained in the minds of people that EVR was conferred with the title of “Socrates of South-East Asia” by the UNESCO.

However it turned out to be a sham. (9/11)

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Dravidian Stockists also claimed that EVR was awarded Tamrapatra by then PM Indira Gandhi.

That too is false. (10/11)

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For long, EVR has been equated with ‘self-respect’, ‘social justice’, ‘rationalism’, and what not by the Dravidian Stockists.

But, to put it in the words of Nehru "Old and senile men like Periyar deserve a place more in a lunatic asylum than in public life." (11/11)

In the 6th tweet, it should've been "However, the Congress party and EVR shared a great deal of animosity during their times."

Regret the error.