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.
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Mona and Teja: Buddha & Periyar Who’s Woke, Who’s Cute?
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.