11-26-2006, 08:19 PM
Periyar's statue near Srirangam temple draws protest
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Guess what the secular has done now? Well, it has deemed it fit to instal the statue of E V Ramasamy Naicker - Periyar for the devotees of Dravidianism in front of the Rajagopuram of Srirangam temple.
    He was a man who made a life out mocking the Hindu sensibilities and sentiments. But he did that in his individual capacity. By installing his statue where Hindus congregate in large numbers, the government, seems to have given institutionalised legitimacy to his acts.
    This is perhaps the secularism of Dravidian vintage.
    The installation of the statue of a known Hindu-baiter near a hoary temple has obviously hurt the sentiments of many.
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Guess what the secular has done now? Well, it has deemed it fit to instal the statue of E V Ramasamy Naicker - Periyar for the devotees of Dravidianism in front of the Rajagopuram of Srirangam temple.
    He was a man who made a life out mocking the Hindu sensibilities and sentiments. But he did that in his individual capacity. By installing his statue where Hindus congregate in large numbers, the government, seems to have given institutionalised legitimacy to his acts.
    This is perhaps the secularism of Dravidian vintage.
    The installation of the statue of a known Hindu-baiter near a hoary temple has obviously hurt the sentiments of many.
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