Periyar E. V. Ramasamy vs. Koenraad Elst
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Periyar E. V. Ramasamy
1879 – 1973
Erode Venkatappa Ramasamy, commonly known as Periyar, was an Indian social activist and politician. He was the organiser 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.
"Aryans made the Dravidians to celebrate the Deepavali festival, Rama’s birthday, Krishna’s birthday. Similarly the Northerners made the Dravidians celebrate Aug…"
Koenraad Elst
1959 – present
Koenraad Elst is a Belgian author, known primarily for his adherence to the Hindutva ideology and support of the Out of India theory, which is regarded as pseudohistorical by mainstream scholarship. Scholars accuse him of harboring Islamophobia.
"I have been disinvited at several conferences because, though my abstract was judged interesting enough, someone up there was briefed about my views and associa…"
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