Periyar himself belonged to a landed classes i never heard him heaping abuse on his own caste LOL, once again you harp on temple entry. Not a single loss of life was lost because Periyar was influenced by Gandhi and Brahmins should thank god for that else Periyars and his followers would have butchered Brahmins. As far as I know Brahmins had very little power apart from being able to read and write Sanskrit and some mathematical knowledge. There are very few prominent Brahmins even in Mahabharata and Ramayana and they are penniless and beg to make a living. Periyar's ideology is as bad as Hitler,Sinhalese ideology, Hutu leaders ideology which led to massacre of Tutsis in Rwanda. The only thing diffrent was Periyar was influenced by Gandhi. The whole point of Periyars ideology was to find a scapegoat and blame them, their intention was not to rid Hinduism of casteism. Even today Hindus in TN marry among same caste and I heard even converted Christians look for match with those who have converted from the same caste. There are more inter-caste marriages in North India and that will rid Hinduism of casteism, not this brand of rationalism.
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by dinesh kumar on Sep 26, 2007 06:40 PM Permalink
hitler killed 60 lakh jews. the hutus killed 10 lakh tutsis. this pervert'tamil baiter' is engaging in malicious propaganda against periyar who helped hinduism rid itself from the scourges of casteism which had crept into the system by the connivance between the landed class and the brahmins. perverts like him will go to any lengths to defame a revolution which was achieved by the power of the pen.
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by Tamil Baiter on Sep 26, 2007 07:33 PM Permalink
was'nt periyar influenced by Gandhiji and wasn't periyars rationalism centered on brahmin bashing. Just one sample "if you see a brahmin and a snake, kill the brahmin first as a brahmin is more poisonous than the snake" so much for rationalism.
