Kalaingar’s Plays Depict Dravidian Ideology

கலைஞரின் நாடகங்கள் சித்திரிக்கும் திராவிடக் கருத்தியல்

Abstract

Kalaingar’s plays, in their role as replicas, confront contradictions between the period in which they were published and the current social environment. The contemporary nature of the dramatic works written by the Kalaingar must be assessed due to a specific political need or social crisis. The important question is how the Kalaingar’s plays, in the form of imitations, are absorbed by the modern reader. Kalaingar’s plays, written against the ideological backdrop of the Dravidian movement, which questioned the Vedic Sanatana and Varunashrama doctrines that had been dominant for centuries, are still in demand today.