Did Periyar call for a genocide of Brahmins?

The Music Academy’s award of the Sangita Kalanidhi to the vocalist T.M. Krishna has opened up rifts within the Carnatic music community, which have escalated into a war of positions on social media, with prominent artists, writers, celebrities, and political figures stating their sides, along with their reasons for doing the same.

Critics of Krishna, irked as they are with his experimentation with Carnatic music and criticism of the community, were particularly aghast by a recent song he sang in praise of Periyar E.V. Ramasamy. Those shocked included many BJP supporters and leaders. Among other accusations, they said that it was not right for Krishna, a Brahmin himself, to endorse Periyar, who had allegedly called for “a genocide of Brahmins”.

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