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Access Provisions: 

Available online:  http://catalog.crl.edu/record=b2913366~S1 [1]

Public Documents: 
PDF icon Proposal 19 - Kutiyaracu_public version.pdf [2]
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Ingesting at CRL of digitized images of the Tamil periodical Kutiyaracu and cataloging the digital resource.  The digital images are being provided by the University of Chicago Library.

Reasons for consideration: 

The following description is taken from the Wikipedia entry fo "Kudi Arasu" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kudi_Arasu [3]

A Tamil weekly magazine published by Periyar E. V. Ramasamy in Madras Presidency (present-day Tamil Nadu) in India. 

Periyar started Kudi Arasu on 2 May 1925 in Erode with K. M. Thangaperumal pillai as the editor. Its initial publications were issued weekly on Sunday with 16 pages at a cost of one anna. In November 1925, Periyar quit the Indian National Congress after his failed attempt to bring reservation for non-Brahmins in educational institutions and government jobs. He started the Self-Respect Movement to propagate self-respect among Indians, especially Tamils. The magazine became the mouthpiece of the movement. The magazine circulated in the Tamil diaspora, for which Thamizhavel G. Sarangapani played a prominent role. It had Periyar's wife Nagammai, his sister Kannammal and his brother E. V. Krishnasamy as the publisher for a period of time when he was on tour or arrested. It ceased publication on 5 November 1949.

Periyar wrote several articles on women's rights, on atheism and against the caste system. Others like M. Singaravelu wrote many articles on socialism.

The Madras government of the British Raj banned the magazine at several occasions for various reasons including sedition and for propagating communism.

Publisher(s): 
Published by several publishers from different cities in the Madras Presidency and Tamil Nadu over the life of the publication, beginning in 1925.
Source Format: 
Paper
Target Format: 
Digital
Program: 
SAMP
Resource Types: 
Serials
Regions: 
South Asia
Countries of Origin: 
India
Proposal Contributors: 

James Nye, University of Chicago

Posted: 
Mar 7, 2019 11:40am
Updated: 
Dec 18, 2020 10:53am
Source Details
Major Languages: 
Tamil
Activity
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VettednoThe proposal has been examined and vetted.
BallottednoThe proposal is currently on a committee ballot.
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ReformattedyesThe proposal has been reformatted and access information is now posted.
Inactive / DeclinednoNo longer under consideration for reformatting.

Source URL: https://gcollections.crl.edu/resources/kutiyaracu

Links
[1] http://catalog.crl.edu/record=b2913366~S1
[2] https://gcollections.crl.edu/sites/default/files/resource_docs/Proposal%2019%20-%20Kutiyaracu_public%20version.pdf
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kudi_Arasu