Periyar did not have faith in a gentle way of prodding people to come out of their superstitious ideas like Vallalar. His style was to shock, says historian A.R. Venkatachalapathy in a conversation with journalist Kavitha Muralidharan at the Hindu Lit for Life 2026.
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