“Those who still believe the Brahmins should take a serious not of the changing times and start leading an awakened life.”
Veeramani, Collected Works of Periyar, pp. 518 & 519.
Brahminism
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has come upon them: rooted, they
grip down and begin to awaken.”
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"Spring and All"
Spring and All (1923)
Context: Lifeless in appearance, sluggish
dazed spring approaches —
They enter the new world naked,
cold, uncertain of all
save that they enter. All about them
The cold, familiar wind — Now the grass, tomorrow
the stiff curl of wildcarrot leaf
One by one objects are defined —
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“Honor to those who in the life they lead
define and guard a Thermopylae.”
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