What was the argument of E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker about the untouchables?
E. V. Ramaswami Naicker (or Periyar) argued that the untouchables were in fact the true upholders of an original Tamil and Dravidian culture which had been subjugated by the Brahmin outsiders. Like Jyotirao Phule, he too saw the Brahmins as having no claims to the power which they used for oppressing the lower castes.
