Periyar E.V. Ramasamy, a prominent social reformer in India, was known for his critical views on Tamil language and rationalizing the language. Periyar played a significant role in the Dravidian movement and advocated for social equality and justice. He criticized certain aspects of Tamil culture and language that he believed promoted inequality and discrimination. Despite his criticisms, Periyar also rationalized Tamil by emphasizing the need for reforms to remove caste-based discrimination and promote equality. His efforts have had a lasting impact on Tamil Nadu’s society and politics. Periyar’s views on Tamil language and culture continue to be debated and studied by scholars and researchers. His legacy remains influential in shaping the social and political landscape of Tamil Nadu. To learn more about Periyar’s views on Tamil language and culture, you can read the full article on The Times of India.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Periyar E.V. Ramasamy, a prominent social reformer in India, was known for his critical views on Tamil language and rationalizing the language. Periyar played a significant role in the Dravidian movement and advocated for social equality and justice. He criticized certain aspects of Tamil culture and language that he believed promoted inequality and discrimination. Despite […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":67820,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/msid-117517374imgsize-95405-9.jpg",1280,720,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/msid-117517374imgsize-95405-9-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/msid-117517374imgsize-95405-9-300x169.jpg",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/msid-117517374imgsize-95405-9-768x432.jpg",640,360,true],"large":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/msid-117517374imgsize-95405-9-1024x576.jpg",640,360,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/msid-117517374imgsize-95405-9.jpg",1280,720,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/msid-117517374imgsize-95405-9.jpg",1280,720,false]},"author_info":{"display_name":"","author_link":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/author\/"},"category_info":"JUST IN<\/a>","tag_info":"JUST IN","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67819"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67819\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}