Ev Ramasamy

AIADMK renews demand for Bharat Ratna for Jayalalithaa, urges Centre to award Ramasamy, Annadurai too

AIADMK renewed its demand for conferring Bharat Ratna on Jayalalithaa even as it sought the country's highest civilian honour for late Dravidian stalwarts EV Ramasamy 'Periyar' and CN Annadurai

M Karunanidhi's health 'slightly declines': From writing to politics, DMK patriarch has always been a crafty strategist

DMK president M Karunanidhi is a five-time chief minister in Tamil Nadu. He contested a whopping 12 Assembly elections in his eight-decade political career and won all of them.

Tamil Nadu: CRPF jawan arrested for vandalising Periyar statue in Pudukkottai, claims he was drunk

A CRPF jawan was arrested by the police for vandalising the statue of social reformer and Dravidian ideologue ‘Periyar’ EV Ramasamy in Tamil Nadu’s Pudukkottai

Now, miscreants vandalise Periyar statue in Tamil Nadu's Pudukottai district; authorities carry out repairs, deploy police

A statue of social reformer and Dravidian movement icon EV Ramasamy, popularly know as "Periyar", was found damaged in a village on Tuesday, the latest in a series of similar incidents of vandalism.

By reviving Periyar, BJP has made latest misstep in Tamil Nadu: Party remains non-starter in southern state

It takes more than just foolishness to do what a BJP leader has done in 'Dravidian' Tamil Nadu

After Lenin, Periyar's statue targeted in Tamil Nadu; Syama Prasad Mukherjee's bust vandalised in Kolkata

In two separate incidents, statues of Periyar and Shyama Prasad Mookherjee was vandalised by miscreants in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal respectively drawing widespread condemnation from political leaders across party lines

BR Ambedkar, Periyar, Lenin idols razed: As statue politics peaks in nation, Amit Shah backs H Raja but distances BJP from vandalism

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday strongly condemned the vandalism of statues of Lenin, Periyar and BR Ambedkar and warned of stern action against those found guilty.

Equating Periyar with Lenin is BJP's political immaturity: It's suicidal to reject Dravidian principles in Tamil Nadu

The BJP's near-impossible task of finding traction with the people of Tamil Nadu could only be done within the framework of Dravidian politics

H Raja's remarks on EV Ramasamy statue have further damaged BJP's reputation in Tamil Nadu

Ramasamy alias Periyar was a rationalist, social reformer and an atheist who famously said, "There is no god, there is no god, there is no god at all.''

Pulling down of Lenin's statue not just an attack on Left, it's an assault on plurality of ideas and diversity of thought

The culture of intolerance shown in bringing down Lenin's statue is contrary to argumentative Indian tradition & tantamounts to society's Talibanisation.