Periyar The Political Biography (Pb)

Visionary rationalist atheist activist social reformer writer doyen of Tamil politics Father of the Dravidian Movement-E.V. Ramasamy a.k.a. Periyar was a man who donned many hats during his long and eventful political sojourn of nearly sixty years. Both intensely admired and hated he fought among other things for abolishing the caste system and the emancipation of women. A political firebrand he believed passionately and wholeheartedly in the ideals he upheld; through his actions he won many supporters as well as detractors. A depiction of the political social and literary impact that this iconoclast's views had and continues to have on his followers this book is a fresh look at an extraordinary life.