E.V.Ramasamy(Periyaar)

E.V Ramasamy (Periyaar) was not an avatar of god. He is just a normal human as each one of us and it is childish to expect him to be perfect in everything. 

He preached rationalism and self-respect. He attacked the widely held religious beliefs which is bound to hurt the sentiments of followers of many religions. He believed in Aryan-invasion theory and tried for a separate country "Dravidistan". 

People accuse him for offending the sentiments of hindus by burning (Lord) Ram's effigies. The very same people celebrate "hatred" every year in Ramaleela by burning huge effigies of Ravan and Kumbhakarna.

People accuse him for sowing seeds of secesssion. Yes, he did. Just like Jinnah tried for a separate pakistan, Periyar tried for a separate Dravidistan. Because he feared that Britishers would be replaced by north-Indians and the south-Indians would still remain without political and economic freedom. Ambedkar went to Britishers to ask for separate electorate for dalits. Ambedkar believed that Upper caste hindus would never give 'social justice' to dalits. Does that mean Ambedkar was a British Agent?? 

Periyar also organized protests against imposition of hindi way back in 1937.

People accuse periyar for spreading hatred against brahmins. He questioned why brahmins who constitute just 3% of the population occupy 70% of the government posts in madras presidency. He attacked the caste system, the benefits of which the upper castes were enjoying. He attacked the rituals and brought self-respect marriage which does not have brahmin priests and other hindu rituals.

Attacking a century old social-system is bound to create tensions. When social change happens, vested interests groups will try to resist the change and preserve the dominance. 

If you have problems with the ideology of periyaar, question the ideology and prove in what way it is wrong. Don't find faults in him like he married a young woman, attacked brahmins etc. As I said before, he is just a normal human and not a 'perfect' god.

P.S: I am not a follower of periyar and I dont subscribe to all his views. 

S.C.Bose, Ambedkar and RSS

There has been increased attempts to own up leaders who stood against congress. The leaders now are Subhash Chandra Bose and Ambedkar. 

Ambedkar's 125th birth anniversary falls on April 14th. His views are being distorted and quoted out of context to an extent that a RSS spokesperson claimed Ambedkar was the first supporter of "Ghar wapasi"!!!

Next is the sudden love for Subhash Chandra bose and the hue and cry being raised over Bose relatives being spied. 

What were the ideas these leaders stood for?? Do they have anything in common with RSS Ideology??

S.C. Bose was ready to forge alliance with Nazis and Japan during WW2 only to counter the british. He considered every human as equal and had no belief in racial policies (or even the aryan link theory between India and Germanic-Europe which even gandhi had once appealed to it). But M.S. Gowalkar admired hitler's ideology of Racial purity. Gowalkar considered hindu race and culture as superior in the Indian sub continent(Hindus-tan) and  asked the non-hindus to embrace hinduism or live as foreigners without any rights. 

Bose described himself as "left-wing nationalist" in his book 'The Indian struggle' while RSS is a right-wing nationalist orgn.

Ambedkar in his book 'annihilation of caste' attacked Hinduism directly and claimed that the very foundation of caste system has to be attacked to end it. He led mass conversion of dalits to Buddhism. When he met Gandhi in 1931 he criticised Gandhi's struggle for homeland by his famous remark "Gandhiji. I have no homeland. No untouchable worth the name will be proud of this land". 
He never considered Hinduism as a home(ghar) of dalits and his ideology is completely antagonistic to Ghar Wapasi...

In the efforts to trumpet support and own up leaders who stood up against Nehru and Gandhi, I think the RSS will next distort history and start supporting the Britishers.