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Periyar E. V. Ramasamy Biography

Erode Venkata Ramasamy (17 September 1879 – 24 December 1973), was commonly known as Periyar also referred to as Thanthai Periyar, was an Indian social activist, and politician who started the Self-Respect Movement and Dravidar Kazhagam.

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It is absurd to quote religion or God or religious doctrines to render the people as lowest castes.

Castes, Doctrine, Doctrines, People, Quote, Religious

There is no use of simply acquiring titles or amassing wealth if one has no self-respect and scientific knowledge.

Acquiring, Self, Titles, Use

Village reform is not merely cleaning the roads, constructing schools and worshipping monasteries. It is not mere celebration of festivals.

Festivals, Reform, School, Village, Worshipping

There's no god. He who created god was a fool; he who spreads his name is a scoundrel and he who worships him is a barbarian.

Barbarians, Fool, Name, Names, Scoundrel, Spreads

By helping the poor, we must be able to remove their poverty. But extending help to one here and one there in the form of providing food will not remove poverty.

Able, Help, Helping, Poverty

Capitalists control the machineries. They create difficulties to the workers. Consequently rationalism , which has to lead the way for peaceful life to all, has resulted in causing poverty and worries to the people because of dominating forces

Peaceful, People, Way, Worries, Worry

I want the Brahmins to realize that the Dravidian people today are very much hating those who cunningly cheated them with absurdities. They are now aware of the particular community making a living by spreading the foolishness. People have begun to hate god, religion, caste, mythologies (puranas) and so on".

Community, Hate, Hating, Making, People

As long as we give room for domination and the dominators, there will be worries and worried people. Poverty and |pestilence will live eternally in the country

Country, Eternally, Long, People, Room

Money lending is a horrible profession. If we are to call it otherwise it is lawful plundering.

Call, Horrible, Lending, Plundering, Profession

Wisdom lies in thinking. The spear-head of thinking is rationalism

Lies, Lying, Rationalism, Spears, Thinking, Wisdom

The number of those who do selfless public service and those who serve without expecting any return, should increase. Their sterling qualities should show the way to the people at large. Their life would be a model to show how man should conduct himself in public life.

Men, Model, Numbers, People, Service, Show

The word 'Sudra' which means 'Son of prostitute' should not find a place even in the history hereafter. We will not allow it to find a place in the dictionary or encycl

Encycl, Mean, Place, Should, Son

Marriages should culminate on account of the wishes of the couple. It is their knitting of the hearts that should lead to marriages

Account, Couple, Culminate, Heart, Hearts, Knitting

Because our ladies mostly attend Kalatshepams, (Religious discourses) they have fallen prey to the superstitions, blind beliefs, and immorality by the false and fictituous propaganda of the Brahmins

Blind Belief, Brahmins, Discourses, Ladies, Religious, Superstitions

Any opposition not based on rationalism or science or experience will one day or other, reveal the fraud, selfishness, lies and conspiracies.

Conspiracies, Lying, One Day, Rationalism, Selfishness

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