Tamil Nadu politics is moving towards a new era of confusion and chaos with almost the same DNA and Gene of Periyar Dravidian-ism. The debate on the origin, meaning and tainted intention of introducing, imposing, converting and then establishing Tamil identity as Dravidian race is gaining steam and momentum with the arrival of Illuminati scientists in Tamil Nadu politics. The views of Illuminati scientists on Dravidian politics and how it has distorted the identity and culture of Tamils and amassed power with single narrative of hatred and negativism against Brahmins certainly has great merit.
According to the evidences provided by several scholars and scientists of Illuminati school, the term Dravidian has no connection with Tamil race or culture or literature and the term was referred in Sanskrit work – Manu smriti. Further evidence also shows that the great Tamil spiritual scholar of 12th centuary Thirigannan Sampantha Murthy Nair was referred as ‘Dravida Sisu’ by Adi Shankara. It shows that the Brahmins were referred as Dravidar. Further, the reference Dravidar is also used as surname by some sects of Brahmins. All the above evidences only cause greater confusion and pandemonium and not clarity on why and how the ‘Periyar ists’ chose the term Dravida to define entire Tamil people instead of calling them as Tamilar raise serious doubt.
It looks like to hide, cover up and whitewash some bigger truth, the term Dravidian might have been invented and intelligently the Tamil feelings and sentiments were retained but the identity was erased with another identity tag called Dravidian.
Some of the prominent political leaders who championed for the Tamil cause in Tamil Nadu politics including Periyar do not strictly belong to Tamil race by birth. Therefore defining and imposing a new nomenclature to the Tamil race might have been needed to the non- Tamil champions of Tamils because the straight reference – Tamilar may pose some uncomfortable situation to their non-Tamil identity. May be to avoid such situation, the champions of the so called Tamil cause in Tamil Nadu politics would have preferred to use the term Dravidian and not Tamilan theory appear logical and brilliant.
To unite people for power, the champions of Dravidian politics used repeatedly Dravidian identity and Aryan dominance, abused and propagated anti Brahmin venom and simultaneously also implanted inferiority complex and a sense weakness among people of the state by calling them repeatedly ‘Sudra’, barbarian, the Tamil language as the most obscurant and useless etc., by Periyar.
The disciple of Periyar although may intelligently set the contexts to justify the negative stand taken by Periyar towards Tamil culture, language and people but the absolute truth that he abused the language, people and culture cannot be absolved.
More than the alleged suppression of Tamil people by Brahmins, the insult and inferiority complex infused by Periyar among people is much more. The extent he abused and mocked Brahmin, he also did against Tamil people, culture and language.
The political landscape of the state has not changed much. The Tamil Desiya Iyakkam looks like today it is not yet even fertilized, let alone it can grow as a formidable alternative force to the farcical Tamil champions called Dravidian brigades but however the genes and DNA of Tamil Desiya Iyakkam also shares absolute homology with the DNA and genes of Dravidian politics.
The Tamil Desiya Iyakkam may oppose the term Dravidian and may progressively link the term more with Brahmins than with Dravidian politics so that both can merge later. It means anti-Brahmin, Brahmin hatred dominated politics, political narratives of how gullible and innocent were Tamil people to buy the political theory called Dravidian-ism promoted by Periyar along with Tamil chauvinism are only going to be the new narratives of Tamil Desiya Iyakkam.
Re-invent and preserve Tamil culture and progress should be the political philosophy of Tamil Desiya Iyakkam and not politics of hatred, negativism and anti-Brahmin venom.
Such hate politics is not going to harm Brahmin community because the biggest contribution of Periyar is reforming Brahmins in Tamil Nadu than any other community.
Brahmin community has produced several world renowned scientists who have won Nobel prize, heads several top corporates, top bureaucrats, top judges, top advocates and simultaneously the community also has poor priests, cooks, house hold workers and beggars etc. More than any other community, inter-caste, inter religion and inter- national marriages are also quite high among Brahmin community.
Therefore spitting venom against a particular community will do no good to the state or its people but instead how to develop the state; how to integrate the wisdom and intelligence of everyone to make the path for the progress of the state should be the intention and philosophy of all those who really want to make new Tamil Nadu.
Certainly Dravidian politics only fomented caste politics and it has not eliminated caste system. If the intention of Dravidian politics were true, as soon as they came to power, they should have declared that no caste system within Dravidians as Brahmins were already isolated and excluded as Aryan race.
Progressive, embracing and single identity political philosophy is the need of the hour and PM Narendra Modi is working hard to perpetuate the same political philosophy in Tamil Nadu as well. Hope progressive wisdom and not hatred and negativism shall be the fulcrum of our new politics.
