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| Article Name : | | | SOCIO-POLITICAL IDENTITY OF THE DRAVIDIAN JOURNALS IN LATE COLONIAL TAMIL NADU | | Author Name : | | | K.VELMANGAI AND L .SELVAMUTHU KUMARASAMI | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | GRT-2041 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile View PDF In browser | | Abstract : | | | The Press and Print Media play an important role in the social transformation and political transition in every society and country. With the invention of the printing, the knowledge became spread widely. In the Tamil Society, the Depressed Classes like the Dalits and Nadars and non-Brahmin Caste –Hindus formed the Dravidian Stock. The Dravidian awakening began to crystallize in the second half of the Nineteenth century in which the role of Christian Missionaries was remarkable. Robert Caldwell contributed much in this regard. Due to this awakening, the Dalit and Nadar community intellectuals started many pioneer journal which aimed at social and political elevation of their people. The journals and print works of Periyar E.V.Ramasamy made worthy in this regard. On the whole, these journals worked to secure social and political rights which were denied for long in the name of caste and religion to the Dravidians | | Keywords : | | |
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