Periyar: the political biography of E.V. Ramasamy

By:

Jeyaraman, Bala

Publication details: Rainlight, 2013. New Delhi:Description: ix, 124p.; hbk; 21cmISBN:

9788129123855

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

303.484092 JEY

Summary: Visionary, rationalist, atheist, activist, social reformer, writer, doyen of Tamil politics, Father of the Dravidian Movement—E.V. Ramasamy, a.k.a. Periyar, was a man who donned many hats during his long and eventful political sojourn of nearly sixty years. Both intensely admired and hated, he fought, among other things, for abolishing the caste system and the emancipation of women. A political firebrand, he believed passionately and wholeheartedly in the ideals he upheld; through his actions, he won many supporters, as well as detractors. A depiction of the political, social and literary impact that this iconoclast’s views had and continues to have on his followers, this book is a fresh look at an extraordinary life. https://www.amazon.in/Periyar-Political-Biography-V-Ramaswamy-ebook/dp/B015A9ZNFW

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	IIT Gandhinagar	303.484092 JEY (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		031905

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Visionary, rationalist, atheist, activist, social reformer, writer, doyen of Tamil politics, Father of the Dravidian Movement—E.V. Ramasamy, a.k.a. Periyar, was a man who donned many hats during his long and eventful political sojourn of nearly sixty years. Both intensely admired and hated, he fought, among other things, for abolishing the caste system and the emancipation of women. A political firebrand, he believed passionately and wholeheartedly in the ideals he upheld; through his actions, he won many supporters, as well as detractors.
A depiction of the political, social and literary impact that this iconoclast’s views had and continues to have on his followers, this book is a fresh look at an extraordinary life.

https://www.amazon.in/Periyar-Political-Biography-V-Ramaswamy-ebook/dp/B015A9ZNFW

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