Freedom fighters · Rights & Constitution · 1879–1973
Periyar E. V. Ramasamy
Social reformer who attacked caste arrogance, superstition used as social control, and second-class status for women and oppressed communities.
Periyar's Self-Respect politics was loud and contested. Trishola lists the usable spine: no human is born to bow, and public life must not run on humiliation.
A republic that fears questions about caste hierarchy is not finished becoming free.
Why on this wall
Dignity politics against inherited hierarchy.