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Periyar explained that the caste system in south India is, due to Indo-Aryan influence, linked with the arrival of Brahmins from the north. Ancient Tamil Nadu (part of Tamilakkam ) had a different stratification of society in four or five regions ( Tinai ), determined by natural surroundings and adequate means of living. [ 2 ]
As long as these restrictions are imposed on women, we can be sure that women have to be subservient to men and depend on men for help. If women have to live on terms of equality with men, they must have the liberty, like men, to have the kind of education they like and also to do unhampered, any work suitable to their knowledge, ability and taste.
Her debut book, The Trauma of Caste, exposes caste oppression in the South Asian subcontinent and the United States.
Erode Venkatappa Ramasamy (17 September 1879 – 24 December 1973), commonly known as Periyar, [a] was an Indian social activist and politician. He was the organizer of the Self-Respect Movement and Dravidar Kazhagam and is considered the architect of Dravidian politics, as well as a leading figure of left-wing politics in India.
The decision, highly watched by the South Asian community, came on day 33 of a hunger strike by Dalit activists backing the civil rights legislation.
California's bill targeted the caste system in South Asian and Hindu immigrant communities by adding caste as a protected class to the state's existing anti-discrimination laws.
In its account of the past, Akilattirattu speaks of an age in which people lived as one family without the discrimination of caste. [8] It blames the kalineesan for dividing the people on the basis of caste. It speaks of a future when Vaikundar will rule all the people with equality. [9] Other verses from Akilathirattu, such as