The Mainstreaming Of Hate Against Tamil Brahmins: A Walk Down The Dravidoid Alley
In an interview to ANI, Tamil Nadu BJP President K. Annamalai compared the plight of Tamil Brahmins to that of Jews under the Nazis. He said that some of the best talents of Tamil Nadu is living outside Tamil Nadu because of the anti-Brahmin socio-political climate that prevailed during the hey days of Dravidian movement. Immediately, many pounced on the BJP leader saying that he trivilaized the plight of Jews by comparing them to a privilege community on top of the caste hierarchy.
This article does not go into the merits of whether Tamil Brahmins were persecuted by Dravidian Stockists or not, like the Jews were driven out by Nazis. However, this article will show how Dravidian Stockists have been mainstreaming hate against the community through high octane propaganda just like the Nazis unleashed against the Jews.
The ‘Thread’ Jibe And Other Sly Jibes
A journalist from The News Minute (TNM) named Balakrishna Ganeshan spewed casteist venom against Tamil Brahmins. Alleged ‘neutral’ political commentator Dr. Sumanth Raman had said that while millions of genuinely disadvantaged need the benefits of reservation, the current reservation system was exploited by those who are socio-economically well off! He had put a series of tweets to one Soumitra Pathare supporting Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) quota.
Reacting to one tweet of Sumanth Raman, The News Minute journalist Balakrishna Ganeshan put out a pun intended tweet saying “This thread (andha thread ah thaan sonna)” referring to the poonool/janeu (sacred thread) worn by Brahmins.

Tamil Nadu Finance Minister PTR Palanivel Thiagarajan himself had abused a woman journalist by invoking her Tamil Brahmin identity.

Another journalist if The News Minute Bharathy Singaravel is known for peddling hate against Brahmins. She once used the word “Paarpaan” – a derogatory and genocidal term used against Tamil Brahmins – to call out the Brahmin identity of a defence policy analyst.
In another tweet, she wrote that Tamil freedom fighter Vanchinathan who is a Brahmin and killed British Collector Robert Ashe disgusts her.
Rangarajan Mohan Kumaramangalam, the President of Tamil Nadu unit of All Indian Professional Congress took a jibe at the Brahmin community stereotyping them as a ‘shy lot’.
First Komal Sharma and now Nupur Sharma . These Sharmas are a shy lot or Is RSS now Rescue Sharmas Sangh? pic.twitter.com/bgMTlH8q4X
— Mohan மோகன் (@MKumaramangalam) June 17, 2022
The Pastoral Community Jibe
A seminar was held recently by the Department of History at New College in Chennai under the name Dravidian Historical Research Center. Karunanandan, the alleged professor, spewed venom on the Brahmin caste and the Rig Veda throughout his speech to prove his claim that the Aryan Dravidam race exists in India.
He said, “You are a pastoral community that moves from place to place and does not practise idol worship, but we are not nomads and do practise idol worship. The enemies of the Rig Veda were those who lived inside a fort and did agriculture in India. I wonder who the people that lived in forts and practised agriculture when Aryans came to this land as mentioned in Rig Veda. It should be us, the Dravidians. Should we consider this uncultured, nomadic, pastoral people as the son of soils? Certainly not. Aryans wore animal skin clothing, whereas we wore wool clothing. They (Aryans) only eat Yava, which is barley. Only in the later Vedic period they came to know about rice, which was mentioned as Grihi in Rig Veda. But, people who originated in this land were familiar with rice and wheat because they learned the practise from the Indus Valley Civilization.”
He stated, “Our people believed the words of Brahmins who claimed that they could do anything we wanted with the Vedas. The Kings believed it first, then the common people. This is where we got caught in their web. According to Vaishnavam, doing trade and business is a bad profession; crossing borders and travelling across seas is a sin; and higher caste people are forbidden from doing agriculture. But these are the identities of Dravidians. Previously, they (Brahmins) were afraid of losing their caste if they crossed the sea. However, they are now doing it for monetary gain. If you give them money, they’ll do anything. Now, even their god has crossed the seas. We oppose Sanskrit because it considers working people’s profession to be disgusting work. They wrote all of the laws in Sanskrit but prohibited ordinary people from learning it. Sanskrit could only be studied by Brahmins. Only by understanding and becoming aware of this you will achieve true freedom.”
Another prominent Dravidian Stockist is Dr. K. Kantharaj who is known for his hate-speech against Brahmins. Calling Brahmins derogatarily as “Paapara Paya”, he goes on to say in an interview “Who are you? You are an Aryan. An immigrant. What is the connection between you and this country? You were rearing cows for a living in Central Asia. How did you come here? You and your religion do not belong here. It is there in history. You came into this country riding cows. You are today claiming this to be your country?”.
“You better go to your own country. Go there. There only you (Tamil Brahmins) were thrashed by Chengiz Khan and Taimur. You came here whimpering.”, he says in that interview.
Not just anyone : Dr K Kantharaj is a medical doctor , teacher of medical students, from political family, and from an elite #Dravidian nonbrahmin caste.
Why do they do this? If ideology is irrelevant then it is sooper weird someone would do this 🖤🖤😍 pic.twitter.com/xKQj6PcPBk
— Reality Check India (@realitycheckind) February 3, 2022
Calling For Genocide
DMK spokesperson Rajiv Gandhi posted on his Twitter advocating genocide against the Tamil Brahmin community.
A brazen call for genocide was given by ‘Periyar’ E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker in 1973 at Karikudi, Tamil Nadu.
Sharing this speech snippet on his Twitter, A-Z commentator Sumanth Raman drew the attention of the people living in the rest of India to understand the hate peddled against Tamil Brahmins in Tamil Nadu.
He also added that the genocide did not happen thanks to Indira Gandhi, and AIADMK supremos M.G. Ramachandran and Jayalalithaa.
Responding to this tweet, DMK spokesperson Rajiv Gandhi wrote “Had only the Shudras carried out Periyar’s instructions, they wouldn’t have to fight with people like you today to get justice, employment, rights, education, employment and equality. At 3% you are still encroaching a lot of the space.”
Earlier in December 2021, Savukku Shankar, a DMK sympathizer and a ‘Periyar’ist, who is known for being a motor mouth posted on his social media promoting genocide against Tamil Brahmins.
Taking to both Twitter and Facebook, he had written, “If it is justified to trouble Muslims today, because of how Muslim kings had troubled us in the past, then why haven’t we started troubling Brahmins for the troubles they have given us in the past?” The post was deleted from Facebook after it was reported, as it went against the platform’s community guidelines. However, it is still available on Savukku Shankar’s twitter.
https://twitter.com/savukku/status/1475724380982288385
Targeted Harassment
Mr. Arivumathi, a mainstream Dravidian Stockist lyricist while speaking in a literary event held in Chennai, said ”The name of my village starts with ”Su”. It means ”Sudethriya Gramam”. It was a grant of land, typically by a king or a landlord in India, particularly to Brahmins as Agraharam. That is my hometown, Su. Keenanoor near Vridhachalam in Cuddalore district. In that place Brahmins were the only rulers, they owned about 1500 acres. In those lands, we, the Most backward Caste and SC Caste whose only purpose was to serve them.
He further added ”They were toiling for them by Grazing Goats and Cows without slippers, they heaped goods for them. They were being crushed. Slowly due to Father Periyar who shone Light on our town, some enlightened youth went inside the Brahmin’s Agraharam. They threw dried fish heads, bones of goat inside via rooftops. The Brahmin women folk, who avoid seeing shudras faces, would go to Mannimuthar River for morning bath. There, our boys would dig holes, then put cactus inside those holes. When their Ladies went to bath, they would fall into the trap hole.”
He then concluded ”The Brahmins realised that ‘Tamils’ have awakened and under these circumstances, they can’t live in this town anymore. This is how we have driven out every single Brahmin. This is my Dravidian movement”.
Kannabiran Ravishankar who is known for distorting Hindu scriptures and fomenting hatred against Tamil Brahmin community with vile casteist abuses, has made several derogatroy and vulgar remarks with his tweets having foul language objectifying Tamil Brahmin women. He had even used private photos of Tamil brahmin families including that of children to spew the Dravidian ‘anti-Brahmin’ vitriol.
Cutting The Sacred Thread
Dravidian Stockist Suba Veerapandian, who runs a fringe outfit Dravida Iyakka Tamilar Peravai, hreatened to cut the poonool (sacred thread) of Badri Seshadri (publisher of Kizhakku Padhippagam) for his comments about DMK founder Annadurai. While addressing a crowd from stage adorned by DMK MPs and Ministers said, “Poonool (janeu) which was hiding so far has come out and given courage to Badri to call Anna an idiot. Remember that if the arrogance continues, the poonool will be cut.”
He said, “We were kind enough to continue allowing them (the Brahmins) to hold public office while we were in power. Do not test our patience.”
This is the definition of a hate speech, least bothered about such threats from this ideologically impotent guy, what am really worried about is that the CM of the state is so free to spend his time for such mundane issues… pic.twitter.com/DgTixm59DE
— Vishwatma 🇮🇳 ( மோடியின் குடும்பம் ) (@HLKodo) October 21, 2022
Vanni Arasu, the Deputy General Secretary of VCK warned that when Thirumavalavan becomes the leader of Tamil Nadu, a rule will be brought to ban the wearing of ‘poonool’ (sacred thread/ janeu).
All these speeches do not remain speeches. It spills over to the ground. In 2020, The temple priest of Varadaraja Perumal Temple of Arasar Kovil near Maduranthakam in Chengalpattu district was attacked and his poonool (sacred thread) was cut off by two Christian men.
In 2018, ten Bramhin men were attacked and their sacred threads cut off in Chennai’s Triplicane area (an area where Brahmin population is concentrated).
Chennai Police on a massive search for the eight member gang that cut off sacred threads of around 10 people today morning near Triplicane. Below is the pic of Two accused in the gang. @IndianExpress pic.twitter.com/wsu3v7BOcz
— Arun Janardhanan (@arunjei) March 7, 2018
Propaganda To Vilify
The DMK through its social media handles has been posting comic posts titled ‘Dravidathaal Vaazhgirom’ narrating the party’s origins and the so-called ‘Dravidian Movement’.
In one such post that was posted on 14 February 2023, the comic story board attacks the Tamil Brahmin community by stereotyping them and peddling propaganda against them.
This comic strip was shared by the DMK IT wing with the caption “The mob, sanctifying their birth and living in obscurity, conspired to destroy the unity among non-Brahmins!”.
தங்களின் பிறப்பை புனிதப்படுத்தி மூடத்தனத்தை மறைத்து வாழ்ந்துக் கொண்டிருந்த கும்பல், பார்ப்பனரல்லாத மக்களிடையே இருந்த ஒற்றுமையை சிதைக்க சூழ்ச்சி செய்தது! #திராவிடத்தால்வாழ்கிறோம் pic.twitter.com/7runk2YmMf
— DMK IT WING (@DMKITwing) February 14, 2023
Isai, the State Deputy Secretary of the DMK’s IT wing, had spread hatred against Brahmins and misinformation about EWS (Economically Weaker Section) reservation on his Twitter handle.
The image posted by the DMK IT Wing Deputy Secretary showed a person dressed as a Brahmin with sacred thread (Janeu) and having “Thirunamam” on his forehead, sucking juice from his own glass as well as the glass that belongs to OBCs. The tweet was intended to imply that Brahmins are taking the reservation meant for OBCs following the implementation of the Central government’s 10% EWS reservation.
Bitter Truth! #EWSQuota pic.twitter.com/P3RGUL45aV
— இசை (@isai_) November 8, 2022
In yet another rabid attack on Brahmins by the DMK, the party’s IT Cell members and sympathizers on social media have been putting out vitriolic posts against Brahmins with the hashtag #நூலிபான்கள் (‘Noolibangal’ – ‘Nool’ in Tamil means thread denoting the ‘poonool’ or ‘janeu’), equating Brahmins with Talibans.

In Jai Bhim, a film which seems to have been taken to coax the DMK, Suriya can be seen subtly spreading canards about Brahmins. Actor MS Bhaskar who is shown as a Brahmin lawyer (Sankaran) uttering ‘Sivaya Namaha’ quite often, approaches Suriya (Chandru) in the corridors of the court to apparently appreciate Suriya.
Here is how the interaction goes:
Sankaran: Chandru.. Very good ya. This haebus corpus case would’ve been dismissed in 2 minutes. You quoted the Rajan case! Sivaya Namaha! That was a wise move! The case has now come in your favour.
Chandru: No sir. I feel I’m handling this case wrong.
Sankaran: No no no. I’m telling you. You’re on the right path.
Chandru: No sir. If you’re being so positive, then there must be something wrong that I am doing.
In the above interaction, the character Chandru implies that Brahmins are nefarious and not to be trusted.
#தந்தை_பெரியார் அன்றே சொன்னார்!#பார்ப்பான் எதை ஆதரிக்கிறானோ!#நாம் அதை எதிர்க்க வேண்டும் என்று!
🔥🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/3PGkiIcLBw
— Saravanan Gandhi (@SaravananG4590) November 3, 2021
If in cinema, they are made objects of ridicule, the Dravidian Stockist literature is filled with Nazi-level propaganda that would wake Joseph Goebells from the dead.
Book: Aryan mAyai (Aryan mAyA, Aryan magic)
Note cover with an evil brAhmaNa smiling as he is about to unleash the black-magic of brahminism.
Author of this diatribe against brAhmaNas? C M Annadurai. The very first Chief Minister of TN in Independent India. pic.twitter.com/gfYNsSLMHJ— āṅgīrasaśreṣṭha (@GhorAngirasa) August 8, 2018
Senthilvel, who also runs his own Tamil YouTube channel called ‘Tamil Kelvi’ resorted to spreading fake news and caste hatred claiming that the teacher accused of sexual harassment at PSBB school was an ‘Iyer’.
“In social media, it is being said that the accused teacher is Rajagopalan. Rajagopalan Iyer. The person named Rajagopalan Iyer has behaved in this manner.”, he says in his video at 4:44. He keeps repeating that the teacher’s name is Rajagopalan Iyer again and again throughout the video. However, the truth is that the accused teacher did not belong to the Brahmin community.
Shalin Maria Lawrence who identifies herself as a ‘Dalit Christian’ had once alleged that her wifi connection stopped working becasuse her ‘Brahmin neighbour’ messed with the cables which was passing through the latter’s house. She said that since the ‘Brahmin neighbour’ did not want the WiFi connection running through her house she tampered with the cables because of which her internet stopped working.
Who Will Speak Up?
Despite all the vilification, harassment and venom spewed, the Tamil Brahmin community, especially those who are economically weaker have just gone about their work. They haven’t even been able to organize themselves and demand the implementation of EWS quota. Sometimes they have to put up with members of their own ilk from privileged urban background going woke like TM Krishna, who for the sake of self-aggrandizement go about virtue-signaling with lofty talks and intellectual gymnastics. Ironically, it is these privileged, rich, woke, champagne socialists who throw around their weight wherever they go while the Vedic Pandits, Soundis and Sivachariyars become the target of hate for no reason
The Tamil Brahmin community have been made the punching bag by the politically powerful elite non-Brahmin communities (Mudaliar, Naidu, Reddy, Pillai and Chettiar) despite purging them away from corridors of power. Yet these non-Brahmin elites (Dravidian Stock) whip up passions among Other Backward Class (OBC) and Scheduled Castes (SC) by othering the Tamil Brahmin in order to cover up their feudal history of oppressing the downtrodden.
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How Communist CM Pinarayi Vijayan Is Living A Bourgeoisie Life On Public Money
Kerala is going through a bleak phase aggravated by worsening social and financial conditions. The debt level of the state stands at record levels and the state is also witnessing stagnation in human development indices due to lack of investments in this sector. Turning to a pure consumeristic state without any major industries or agricultural activities, the state heavily relays on taxes on alcohol and petroleum products. But the ruling dispensation of Kerala seems unbothered. Like feudalistic landlords munching on the resources of poor serves, the Communist party is exploiting the common man of the state. While the state is suffering, the CM and his entourage is indulging in lavish wastage of public resources.
The Extravagant Foreign Trips
Pinarayi Vijayan had taken 19 foreign trips after assuming the office of the Chief Minister till 2023. But among these only details of 5 of them are available. As per the sources, ₹32.58 lakh was spent on his official trips to UAE in 2016, USA in 2018, Japan in 2019 and two trips to USA in 2022 for medical treatment. Expenditure on the other 14 trips is not revealed yet. In all together the Chief Minister and the Ministers of Kerala have made 85 foreign trips over the past 6.5 years of LDF governance.
Of these, while CM Vijayan tops the list with 15 foreign visits, Kadakampally Surendran is the second with 13 and E P Jayarajan third with 7 foreign visits. The CM and team travelled in Europe for 3 days each in Netherlands and Switzerland, and a day each in France and UK, in May 2019. The CM visited UAE 6 times. M Sivasankar, former principal secretary to the CM, had actively joined all these trips, leading to later controversies and allegations. M Sivasankar is currently under scanner regarding gold smuggling and corruption allegations during the time he worked as personnel secretary to CM. The CM visited the USA for 4 times. Other foreign places the CM visited include Bahrain, Japan and South Korea.
It is not about his visits in official capacity that has raised eyebrows but his visits in personal capacity and footing the bill on public. There is a writ petition pending in High Court that has put these trips under the scanner. The petitioner, in his writ petition, alleged the Vijayan had, for his trips which were ‘personal’ in nature – These trips were to USA and UAE in different time periods. The CM’s trips had also attracted criticism as his family members also were along with him-using money from public funds. Last year, Pinarayi visited several European countries with his wife, daughter and grandson. There were also criticisms over on a foreign trip amidst the state’s acute financial crunch. But the foreign trip saga of Pinarayi Vijayan is only tip of the iceberg of wastage of public money undertaken by CM and his entourage.
The Never-Ending Convoy And Security Cover
Last year the government bought a dozen new vehicles for use of CM and other ministers. The exchequer has already spent ₹4 crore on these purchases despite a blanket ban on purchase of new vehicles owing to financial crisis. CM tops the list in the purchase of new vehicles. Recently, the finance department had approved ₹88.7 lakh for buying a Kia Carnival (8AT Limousine plus 7) car and three Innova Crysta cars for CM’s use. The saga of never-ending convoy is aggravated by the fact that heightened security cover is provided to the CM which is largely hurting the common man. It is not only the purchases which hurts the public but also the heightened security. It is uncertain why the CM scares the public so much that he boosted his security. The boosted security is comparable to what India provides to visiting heads of states. The boosted security has resulted in violation of basic human rights, like the cops recently taking a man into preventive custody, leaving him with no means to take his mother for a cancer examination. School children stuck in traffic, cancer patient stranded and ban on buying medicines etc has become a common incident in Kerala.
Public Money For Political Purposes
Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan had come out against the Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Democratic Front government’s anti- Citizenship (Amendment) Act [CAA] advertisement on the front page of national dailies and said spending public money for political campaigning is “thoroughly undesirable.” “…public money is being used to campaign against a law which has been passed by Parliament. Sounds a bit strange to me.,” he stated at that time. The Kerala government had published in three national dailies that the State had taken “bold initiatives to address the apprehensions of the public” and had stayed the National Population Register drive that could lead to the NRC (National Register of Citizens). The State government had on August 7, 2017 published an advertisement in the national capital that the State had one of the lowest crime rates in the country, to counter a campaign by the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh against the CPI(M) in Kerala over political killings. The usage of public money for political purpose by the communist government is an unethical act considering vulnerable financial position of the state of Kerala.
Immoral Spending Spree Amidst Financial Crunch
Kerala is in an extremely bad financial situation. The debt of Kerala government has climbed to almost ₹4,00,000 crore and small Kerala has surpassed most of the Indian states in this debt situation. The Debt/GDP ratio is at 37% and is worsening dad by dad. The recent budget unveiled by Kerala also points to this bleak and precarious financial situation of the state. The steep hike in taxes including that on petrol, diesel and alcohol has hit the common man where it hurts the most. The state of Kerala and the ruling communist dispensation seems like an episode straight out of black mirror. In an Orwellian manner the government is running an ‘animal farm’ feasting on the resources of the common man. The Kerala is staring at bleak times ahead due to its precarious financial situation, the spending spree by CM amidst this only points to unethical model of governance which is harmful to citizens.
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