Biography & True Stories
Ayyodidasar Thodanki Vaitha Arapporattam
by Prem
Ayyothidaasar Thodanki Vaittha Arapporaattam ( 2019) A book on the philosophy,politics and counter historiography of the pioneering ideologue Ayyothidaasa Pandithar who reconstructed the Radical Buddhism as a liberation movement in Tamil. The 19 articles of the collection are discussing the Dalit politics, ideology with reference to Ayyothidaasar and Ambedkar in postmodern context. Some of the articles are reevaluation of Dalit discourse anddeconstruction of Tamil and Indian Nationalism. This book has been playing a pivotal role in the domain of Dalit political debates and it provides a set of counter arguments against the Hindutva construction and Hindu revivalism in historical and philosophical context.
