Where we Critically Analyse what we live for
Enter C.N. Annadurai—a lecturer professor whose pen cut deeper than most political manifestos. As the Justice Party crumbled under the weight of zamindar egos and electoral defeats, Annadurai joined forces with the ever-radical Periyar to give the movement a dramatic makeover. Gone were the days of drawing-room debates; in came Dravidar Kazhagam—a fiery new front armed with anti-Hindi protests, temple-entry agitations, and dialogues sharp enough to belong in a movie script.
South India had its own league of extraordinary political gentlemen. Welcome to the turf war between Mylapore and Egmore—the OG political gangs of the Madras Presidency. What started as ideological and bureaucratic rivalries soon shaped the foundation of the Justice Party and the Dravidian movement.
In the third part of our series on Dravidian politics, we take you through the ideologies of key political personalities like Iyothee Thass and Periyar—reformers whose radical thoughts and actions laid the foundation for the Dravidian political movement.
The Critilizers 