"People are talking high of Thiruvalluvar. But in practice they do not respect his teachings. They act against him and disregard him”."

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“While all men are born as equals, to say that Brahmins alone are the highest and all others are low as Pariah or Panchama is sheer nonsense. It is roguish to say so. It is a big hoax played on us”

“We see morality in speeches and writings. We do not find it in practice. We are having different regulations for the males and the females. Our code of conduct is unfair to women. Child marriage is abolished. If there is right to divorce, right for widows to remarry and if women are now given certain rights, we will not see prostitution in the country. It will gradually disappear.”

“We do not need to explain how the Aryans entered and settled in the Dravidian country , and subjugated and oppressed the Dravidians. Nor do we need to explain how before the Aryans entered the Dravidian country, the Dravidian country had a civilization and arts of the highest rank.”

“Whomsoever I love or hate, my principle is the same. That is, the educated, the rich and the administrators should not suck the blood of the poor.”

“When Dravidanadu was a victim to Aryan deceit, Thirukkural was written by a great Dravidian Thiruvalluvar to free the Dravidians”.”

“You cannot expect any rational thought from a religious man. He is like a rocking log in water.”

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