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The DMK’s 2021 campaign song reflects the longstanding Dravidian focus on resisting cultural imposition, promoting self-respect, and championing equal opportunity.

Over a century after the 1916 non-Brahmin manifesto, Tamil Nadu’s legislature remains one of India’s most caste-diverse, shaped by Periyar’s evolving anti-caste thought.

Scholars differ in their assessments, some highlight his central role in expanding the Dravidian-Tamil identity, others critique omissions or debate his linguistic nationalism.

The campaign song 1 of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) for the 2021 Legislative Assembly elections became the most-watched political campaign song in India. It goes like this: “Those who try to impose [the Hindi] language, and those who seek to politicise r

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