Context: This year marks the 100th year of the establishment of the Self-Respect Movement. Self-Respect Movement In 1925, E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker (commonly known as Periyar), a Balija Naidu, started the Self-Respect Movement. Naicker considered the brahmanical religion and culture as the main means of exploiting the lower castes; hence, the movement aimed to reject them. … Continue reading Self-Respect Movement, History, Objective and Significance