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Volume : II, Issue : XII, January - 2013 IYOTHEE THASS AND DEPRESSED CLASS INTELLECTUALS'S PRINT AND PRESS MEDIA IN LIBERATION STRUGGLE IN TAMIL NADU K.VELMANGAI AND L .SELVAMUTHU KUMARASAMI DOI : 10.9780/22307850, Published By : Laxmi Book Publication Abstract : Iyothee Thass, a depressed class by birth and Buddhist by conviction , was an
outstanding figure in the role to emancipate the Depressed Classes and women in Tamil
Nadu. He initiated socio-cultural awakening which preceded the specular rise of the
Dravidian Movement in the second decade of the Twentieth Century Tamil Nadu. An
Idealogue and a cultural crusader, Iyothee Thass and a host of Depressed Class
intellectuals of Tamil Nadu initiated a dozen of Tamil journals and magazines and
ventilated novel ideas and their print and press activities opened a new ground in the
subaltern struggle for identity, human dignity, equality, justice and above all social
emancipation. Iyothee Thass and R.Srinivasan who started the journals, Tamilan and
Parayan respectively heralded the 'Age of Struggle for Social Justice and Social
Acceptance' in Tamil Nadu. Iyohtee Thass also spearheaded a campaign of press media
for the liberation of women from the age old suppositious customs of the Hindu
Society.He ran the popular Tamil Weekly, Tamilan, for years. Besides, he published
scores of pamphlets and tracts by him and his associates which were widely circulated
among Tamils everywhere. The articles and write- ups he contributed for Tamilan
provide an idea of the astounding range of his concerns: caste hegemony, untoucbability
and issues involved in census which are considered still great obstacles for the
emancipation of Depressed classes and women. Keywords : Article : Cite This Article : K.VELMANGAI AND L .SELVAMUTHU KUMARASAMI, (2013). IYOTHEE THASS AND DEPRESSED CLASS INTELLECTUALS'S PRINT AND PRESS MEDIA IN LIBERATION STRUGGLE IN TAMIL NADU. Indian Streams Research Journal, Vol. II, Issue. XII, DOI : 10.9780/22307850, http://oldisrj.lbp.world/UploadedData/1918.pdf References :
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