After reading the DV edit (Oct. 1-15) I sat with a heavy heart for over five minutes thinking about the scientific reply for the “fall of Dravidian movement in Tamil Nadu”, I read the editorial again. As pinpointed the cause for the fall of Dravidian movement is its sole pre-occupation with anti-Brahmin campaign. Had the Dravidian movement followed the correct principle, it would have been a deciding factor in TN politics and social movements.
It is the moral duty of Periyarists to reply word by word and sentence by sentence to this editorial. But I know they will not because they cannot reply. Because the leadership has become corrupt as pointed out in the editorial. Some Dravidian leaders and Periyarists are running educational institutions, collecting huge capitation fee. When they turn into a money-spinning business, these leaders cannot concentrate on ideology.
The editorial says that in DK no Untouchable is given any worthy post. This’s true. If the Periyarists are interested in social change they should have kept the Untouchables in the forefront of their movement. Instead of doing that they were busy indulging in Brahmin-baiting and job-hunting. Had they bothered about the social changes they would have encouraged the Dalit people to have better and important positions in the movement. Instead, they even collected capitation fees from the Dalit students. That is why no Dalit is interested in Periyarist movement because they find no wavelength with the Dravidian movement or Periyarism.
PMK & Dr. Ramadas only hope: The editorial has rightly warned the Dravidian masses not to fall into the Brahminical social order. As mentioned in one of the famous editorials, the mind of our youngsters is already controlled by the BSO. Creating social awareness among the youngsters is the only solution to realise and act against the dangers of BSO.
As for the unity of Tamil SC/BC/Muslims/Christians, the only hope is the newly-formed PMK. The cadre formation of PMK should be a principled one. Otherwise, we cannot achieve the desired goal. That is why I wrote long back to Dr. Ramadoss about the importance of brotherhood between the Vanniars and Dalits.
