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ReassessingPeriyarE.V.Ramasamystake on Tamil, which he called a barbarian language

TheDravidarKazhagamfounder believed that Tamil lacked sufficient literature that would pave the way for human development and cultivation of scientific temper. It is my anguish that Tamil could not become a language of science and rationalism like English, he wrote while defending his characterisation of the language

20 Feb 2026 12:29 pm