"Whomsoever I love and hate, my principle is the same. That is, the educated, the rich and the administrators should not suck the blood of the poor.

Only education, self-respect and rational qualities will uplift the down-trodden.
~ Periyar E. V. Ramasamy ~












Only education, self-respect and rational qualities will uplift the down-trodden.
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