DK remains relevant in the Dravidian firmament
The Dravidar Kazhagam (DK), founded by Periyar E.V. Ramasamy in 1944, turns 75 on August 27. The social movement, which suffered a split in September 1949, with Periyar’s protégé C.N. Annadurai launching the DMK, remains relevant in the Dravidian firmament, decades after its founder’s death in 1973.
“Even the organisations founded by other reformists like Narayana Guru in Kerala or Jyotirao Phule in Maharashtra or B.R. Ambedkar did not enjoy influence of the kind wielded by the DK, which is carrying forward the legacy of Periyar. What Periyar visualised during his lifetime were ideas that were implemented by many governments,” contended DK vice-president Kali Poongundran. It was after Periyar dropped his caste surname ‘Naicker’ in 1929 that the culture of dropping caste surnames spread among the people of Tamil Nadu, he said.
This story is from the August 26, 2019 edition of The Hindu.
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