Popularly known as Thanthai Periyar or Periyar, he is known for his self-respect movement and for founding Dravidar Kazhagam. Big protests erupted in Tamil Nadu after the statue of Dravidian icon E V ...

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Joseph C Vijay on Sunday visited Periyar Thidal to meet Dravida Kazhagam president K Veeramani, ...

We celebrate Periyar E.V. Ramasamy’s birth anniversary (September 17) as Social Justice Day. At a fundamental level, I consider this a day for recalibrating our vision for a world where social justice ...

The fight between New Atheism and religious extremism is futile, for both are rigid in their outlooks and blind to social injustices. Political atheism is a radical alternative rooted in a broader ...

In Alangudi near Vamban, a village 20km from Pudukkottai town, Periyar’s ‘Penn Yen Adimaiyaanal’ has become a talking point. The book is being discussed at tea stalls, workplaces and among friends, ...

There is no god. There is no god at all. He who created god is a fool. He who propagates god is a scoundrel. He who worships god is a barbarian.” I was reminded of this refreshingly blunt mantra of ...

Burning of Rama portraits took place in 1956, and continued even after 1971. It is more than 46 years since the passing of Erode Venkatappa Ramasamy, later known as EVR and Periyar, yet he continues ...

On December 13, 1931, Periyar set sail on the French ship, Amboise, from Madras on a voyage that would take him to the Soviet Union and other countries in Europe. As the Criminal Investigation ...

Periyar was one of the most underrated social revolutionaries and political philosophers of twentieth century. Indian political system and its north centric obsession placed him at the periphery more ...

Tamil superstar Rajinikanth continues to face political backlash for the second day in Tamil Nadu over his comments on rationalist social reformer and iconoclast ‘Periyar’ EV Ramasamy after his ...

Unveiling a portrait of the renowned social reformer at Oxford University’s St. Antony’s College, on September 4, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Self-Respect Movement, during his ongoing ...

Installing my statue, opening my portrait; all these are not done for boasting myself. It is just another means of propagating my ideals. For example, tomorrow, someone will ask whose statue is this ...