August - 15: Periyar's Reading

Abstract

India's Independence Day was an important event in the history of world literature. At a time when India's allies and axis countries were at loggerheads during World War II, the Indian territory was actively engaged in its work for independence. The Indian War of Independence, led by Gandhi, had many turning points. The Congress movement, Subhash Chandra Bose's Indian National Army, and the non-Brahmin movement in the South have been at work with various internal contradictions in the history of Indian independence. Periyar was outraged by Congress's various initiatives and its leader, Gandhi, who was regarded as the sole representative of the Indian landscape in the worldview. Periyar declared August 15, 1947, to be a black day, claiming that the nation had not truly been liberated. This article takes shape through the reading experiences of Periyar: August 15, a transcript created by Comrade S.V.R. in 1998 in order to find an explanation for Periyar’s activities. Moreover, it can also be understood as the study of a man who had his eye on the matter without any compromise.