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Tamil Nadu: Thol Thirumavalavan’s VCK members stab an office-bearer of Hindu organisation Indu Makkal Katchi
Manikandan, who is critical after sustaining injuries, has been admitted to the Dindigul Government Hospital and is currently undergoing intensive treatment.
How Dravidian ideologues used ‘opposition to Hindi’ to build their ‘protector of Tamil culture’ image and retain power
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We will now look at how they used the plank of opposition to Hindi as a means of building their image as protectors of Tamil culture and native rights and to bring them to power.
Casteism and Government Schools: Behind the veils of the Dravidian Delusion
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Whenever the Dravidian movement, especially the DMK is challenged on account of corruption or their support for divisive Breaking India Forces or their Hinduphobia, an immediate shield they use is that of their position as defenders of lower castes against caste-based occupation and discrimination in education.
‘Dravidian politics’ in turmoil: All you need to know about Periyar’s grandson joining BJP and DMK facing heat over Skanda Sashit Kavasam row
DMK maintained silence over insult of a devotional song, while the BJP demanded the blocking of the Hinduphobic channel
Dravidian sabotage in education: Behind the veils of the Dravidian Delusion
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Tamils in Tamil Nadu have had the benefits of national integration, wider exposure to language among others, denied to them by the Dravidian agitation.
The ‘Revolutionary Poet’ and the ‘Great Scholar’: Behind the veils of the Dravidian Delusion
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One of the persistent pieces of given wisdom in Indian political discourse is that the Dravidian movement was a progressive one.
DMK Rajya Sabha MP RS Bharathi arrested under SC/ST Act for his controversial remark on appointment of Dalit judges, gets bail
DMK Rajya Sabha MP RS Bharathi was booked under section 3 of the Scheduled caste and Schedule tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
