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Who was Periyar? Remembering the ‘atheist who profaned the gods’
E V Ramasamy (1879-1973), known as ‘Periyar’, believed that women’s liberation and the annihilation of caste could not be achieved by invoking religion or tradition. He saw self-respect, rationalism, and socialism as the way forward.