Delayed, Yet Hindu must reclaim the legacy of Periyar.- Series 1
Born as Hindu, died as Hindu, Fought against empowered Hindu and for the Impoverished Hindu. Yes, Periyar life can be summed up in one sentence. Periyar remained within Sanatan Hindu fold, and it should be accorded deserving importance. Periyar stood for and fought for socially impoverished class and the rights of untouchable class. And it certainly needed invincible guts and self-belief in those days around 1900 to raise voice. Infect, had he not offered his voice and vent for the disfranchised group among Sanatan Hindu, Hinduism would not have had the numerical strength left today. The disfranchised section would have been a sitting duck for conversion for missionary deceit and jihadi intimidation. Let us examine one by One. 1) Caste Discrimination: Periyar fount relentlessly. Who on earth can support a caste which has been illegally smuggled and institutionalized in the Hindu fold? There is not a single religious scripture in Sanatan philosophy ...