In yet another instance of DMK supporters and Dravidianists spewing venom against Brahmins, a prominent Dravidianist named “Dr Arvind Raja” on X (formerly Twitter) targeted Carnatic singer and performer Sivasri Skandaprasad by making casteist abuse and sharing pictures of her in western clothes.
Arvind Raja who claims to be a CEO and a “brain specialist” said “That Paapaara (casteist slur for Brahmins)… Sorry Sorry.. Bharathiya Traditional Maami (a sexist and derogatory reference to Tamil Brahmin women)“.
Sivasri Skandaprasad is a well established Carnatic singer and performer. She had also sung the Helhe Neenu number for the Kannada version of Ponniyin Selvan – Part 2.
Arvind Raja had targeted Sivasri for her speech in which she emphasized on the importance of wearing Indian clothes over western clothes.
She had said “We are going outside wearing pant-shirt for our convenience. It is not our dress code. In the name of formals, we wear coat-suit and go outside. It is not our dress code. We’ve had a certain dress code suitable to our climatic conditions for ages. We’ve to boldly come outside wearing Indian/Bharatiya dress saying this is our formals.”
மாமி மட்டும் சவுரியத்துக்கு பேண்ட் டிசர்ட் போட்டு சுத்துமாம்.. மத்தவன் மட்டும் யுகங்கள நொட்டணுமாம்.🤧
எத்தனை வருசமானாலும் இதுக வெஷம் மட்டும் மாறுறதே இல்ல.💦 pic.twitter.com/lufUI2bm6A
— Dr.Aravind Raja (@AravindRajaOff) November 7, 2023
Dravidianists and DMK men including several of their leaders have time and again targeted Tamil Brahmin women and spewed casteist and sexist venom against them.
Palanivel Thiagarajan
Former DMK IT wing chief and currently IT Minister in Stalin’s cabinet once invoked a caste identity of a woman journalist and abused her just because she posted on social media that a top leader’s son is involved in a mega land grab. He had also targeted another Brahmin woman journalist Sandhya Ravishankar several times.
Kannabiran Ravishankar (KRS)
A Dravidianist close to the DMK establishment, Kannabiran Ravishankar has made several derogatory and vulgar remarks against Tamil Brahmin women objectifying them. He had even used private photos of Tamil brahmin families including that of children to spew the Dravidian ‘anti-Brahmin’ vitriol. Read more about KRS and his anti-Hindu, anti-Brahmin tweets here. Kannabiran has been platformed and promoted for long by the top brass of the DMK.
Dayanidhi Maran
Dayanidhi Maran, has made several casteist remarks against Brahmins and in particular against Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
He said, “Anitha’s (the girl who died by suicide in 2017 after being unable to secure a medical seat) brother spoke here today and he said 2017, the year Anitha died, was an important year. Why do you think is it an important year? It is because in 2016, J Jayalalithaa passed away and BJP wanted to use every opportunity to come to power with the help of the “slaves” and that is why they sent “Nirmala Mami”. Ok, they sent Nirmala Sitharaman. What she does is (laughs, as someone points out why he mentioned the word Mami – he responds by saying, I said it inadvertently.)
Former Justice Chandru
A Dravidianist and a Communist, former Justice Chandru made casteist and misogynist comments on Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman calling here a “Oorga Ammaiyar” (pickle lady)
“Like Pickle Lady (a derogatory term targeting Tamil Brahmin women), he is attempting to become a Rajya Sabha member from Karnataka.”, he had said implying that BJP leader Annamalai’s aspirations mirror those of Nirmala Sitharaman, who he referred to as ‘Oorka Ammaiyaar.’.
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