The Cambridge Companion to Periyar (Cambridge University Press, 2025) is a timely academic intervention which brings together scholars working on different aspects of modern Tamil politics, taking diverse perspectives, to comment on Periyar E. V. Ramasamy. The chapters seek to demonstrate that Periyar’s thoughts can have a pan-Indian and a global significance, informing conversations on caste, culture, gender, religion, regionalism, nationalism, and social justice.
Co-editor: A. R. Venkatachalapathy, Madras Institute of Development Studies
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