Periyar

On Martian surface, a slice of Kerala: Periyar river, Varkala beach, ISRO birthplace

November 28, 2025 4:44 pm

International Astronomical Union list includes seven Indian names for geological features on Mars

Periyar, Tamil and ‘barbaric’ label: Reading between the lines

March 18, 2025 7:00 am

The rationalist and founder of the self-respect movement was critical of the language, but at other times, crucial to its evolution and growth. Can he be bracketed without context?

How Periyar binds together Kerala, Tamil Nadu: Significance of a recent meeting of two southern CMs

December 19, 2024 1:40 pm

The social reformer made major contributions to the Vaikom Satyagraha of 1924, the first organised temple entry movement for Dalits. In recent years, the efforts of the DMK and the Left to forge strong political ties have revolved around him.

5 reformers who have inspired actor Vijay: K Kamaraj, Periyar to B R Ambedkar

October 28, 2024 5:21 pm

In his first political speech, actor-turned-politician says his party won’t “separate Dravidian nationalism and Tamil nationalism”, calling them the “two eyes of this soil”

How Social Justice Movement transformed Tamil Nadu in the last 100 years

October 07, 2024 5:01 pm

Grounded in self-respect unlike, say, French Revolution, connected to the masses, and talking of women's reproductive rights before even the West did, the movement was far ahead of its time, though it is often now reduced to an anti-God, anti-North Indian image

Why T M Krishna gets under the skin of Carnatic music traditionalists

May 21, 2025 9:50 pm

While remaining grounded in the aesthetic of the art form, Krishna travels through a range of philosophies. His engagements with caste, gender and the ideas of equality and freedom reflect in his body of work, creating fans and haters alike

‘Pregnancy a cruel enemy to women's liberation': Remembering Periyar and his book 'Why Women were Enslaved?'

December 24, 2023 4:40 pm

Periyar’s ‘Penn Yaen Adimai Aanaal?’ translated as ‘Why Women were Enslaved’ is regarded as iconic for women's liberation; in it he urges women to give up pregnancy, fight masculinity, struggle for property rights, opt remarriage, and denounce chastity.

Will remove Periyar statues near Tamil Nadu temples once BJP assumes power, says Annamalai; DMK hits back

November 09, 2023 9:06 am

Annamalai calls DMK an ‘evil force’; DMK Minister P K Sekar Babu says the sun may rise in the west, but never can BJP rise to power in Tamil Nadu.

Row over Sanatan Dharma: The history of DMK's anti-religion, anti-caste origins

September 06, 2023 4:39 pm

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), Tamil Nadu’s ruling party, has its roots in the Self-Respect Movement begun by E V Ramaswamy 'Periyar'. The early 20th-century movement opposed caste and religion, positioning itself as a rationalist movement against social evils.

Read Ambedkar, Periyar; ask parents not to take money for casting votes: Thalapathy Vijay to TN toppers

June 17, 2023 5:07 pm

Calling the students the future stars of India, Vijay said: “I was not a bright student like you, I am an average student. My dream was to achieve in cinema and I took measures towards that.”

Kerala received a lot more rain than its dams could handle: News in Numbers

June 22, 2020 6:16 pm

Three days of intense rainfall, from August 15 to August 17 brought in more than what the dams could accommodate, making it necessary to release water. This is what the Central Water Commission (CWC) report on the Kerala floods observed.

Muthuvel Karunanidhi: Looking back at his life in active politics for over seven decades

June 22, 2020 6:19 pm

Muthuvel Karunanidhi, the man fondly called Kalaignar - the artist, breathes his last. A look back at his illustrious life and all that he achieved in over seven decades of being an active politician.

Importance Of Periyar In Tamil Nadu

June 22, 2020 6:27 pm