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Trying to reclaim lost identities will not lead to any progress, says Thamarai Kannan, a Tamil Nadu-based Periyarist and publisher of ‘Kaattaru’, a Dravidian cultural weekly magazine. He says progress lies in heeding Periyar’s call to adopt an alternative culture

‘We need to liberate our great Dalitbahujan icons from their narrow community roots. This will include Jotiba Phule from his Maharashtrian Mali roots, Periyar from his Dravidian roots and Ambedkar from his Maharashtrian SC roots’