TY - GEN AU - Jeyaraman, Bala TI - Periyar: the political biography of E.V. Ramasamy SN - 9788129123855 U1 - 303.484092 PY - 2013/// CY - New Delhi PB - Rainlight KW - Social reformers KW - India--Tamil Nadu KW - Ramasamy, E.V. 1878-1973 KW - Dravidian leader KW - Biography N1 - Includes notes, index and references N2 - 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 ER -