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The Dravidian movement offers an excellent model to the rest of India to combat the barbarism of the caste system and establish a society where reason and democracy prevail over the dictatorial urges of a tiny minority of upper-caste Hindus

Mandal held the view that the country’s fortunes would not change if only a handful of people continued ruling it; there would be real democracy only when the Backwards, Dalits and women got their due representation in government. He sought 60 per cent representation of these classes, besides Backward Muslims and Christians, in government