14-10-2012
THANTAI
PERIYAR
E. V. Ramaswamy Naicker popularly known as “Thantai
Periyar” (17-9-1879 – 24-12-1973) from
Erode, Tamil Nadu, was a great Nationalist and Revolutionist. He emphasized
‘Communal Representation’ in the Political power of India India
On 27-8-1944, Thantai Periyar
started his own Political Party called “DRAVIDA KAZHAHAM”. His basic Philosophy
was ALL MEN AND WOMEN SHOULD LIVE WITH DIGNITY AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES TO
DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL (MORAL) FACULTIES BY PUTTING AN
END TO ALL KINDS OF UNJUST DISCRIMINATIONS AND TO PROMOTE SOCIAL JUSTICE AND
RATIONAL OUTLOOK. For achieving this goal, he advocated ‘ Communal
Representation’ and demanded Reservation for non-Manuwadis and Minority communities as a sine qua non of
removing inequalities and injustices.
The firmly entrenched and deeply
rooted Social evils in India centre around the existence of the ‘Caste system’
– a Varna-Jaathi Vyavastha – which has been incorrectly perceived as a basic
and inseparable part of the Theory and Practice of Hindu religion as sanctifying
the stratified hierarchy or graded inequality.
The beneficiaries of this FEUDALISTIC SOCIAL STRUCTURE are the Creamy
layer of the upper caste Manuwadis WHO HAVE ENORMOUS MATERIAL RESOURCES AND
MENTAL CAPABILITIES OBTAINED THROUGH UNJUST PRIVILEGES AND EXCLUSIVE
TRADITIONAL ADVANTAGE.
Instead of abolishing ‘the Caste
system’ from the ruling of the Country, Parliamentary Politics has further
divided the Caste system into thousands and thousands of Castes and Sub-castes
based on the outdated principle that “A THORN HAS TO BE REMOVED BY THORN ONLY”.
It has also divided Dalits’ elite between different Political Parties dominated
by upper caste Manuwadis. How can the Leadership
of the Dalits be built when it is nipped in the very bud ?. The term “Dalit”
means the “crushed” and “broken” under the weight-age of different types of
inequalities, such as, ECONOMIC INEQUALITY.
The Dalits’ elite as the Creamy layer of the Aborigines of India often
aspire to Leadership positions in Politics but they have been systematically
financially strangulated and throttled down in varying ways.
ALL DALITS ARE NOT PAUPERS BUT THEY
ARE THE VICTIMS OF CENTURIES OF ‘PROTEIN DEFICIENCY’ AND ‘MALNUTRITION’ HAVE
MADE THEM DUDS AND DULLARDS, PHYSICALLY WEAK, MENTALLY RETARDED, SOCIALLY
SUPPRESSED, ECONOMICALLY IMPOVERISHED AND CUTLTURALLY DEGRADED.
JOSEPH
NADAR
