These were the castes that we today call Dalits, she writes. “By the 1890s, the caste name paraiyar was anglicised to pariah (whence the English term ‘pariah’) , and was used as an inclusive term by ...

Scores of residents of Jagjivan Ram Colony and Panikkanendal laid siege to Kariyapatti taluk office on Monday, demanding house site pattas to the original allottees of 1997 or their legal heirs ...

Similarly, conflicts between the Paraiyar and Saliyar communities—once neighbours before being separated by the wall—started in 2000 after a Dalit boy married a Saliyar girl.

The word ‘pariah’ originates from Paraiyar, a caste group from Tamil Nadu and Kerala. They were unfortunately considered as a ‘lower’ caste, and deemed untouchable.

In Paragraph 141, the court states, “In Tamil Nadu, when an Arunthathiyar man and a Paraiyar woman—both the castes find a place in the Scheduled Castes (SC) list—eloped, the woman’s family ...

It is said that the census contains 84 sub-divisions of the Paraiyar community and 'Tangalan Paraiyan' is listed as the 59th Tamil-speaking Paraiyar ethnic group.

Group of Paraiyar labourers in Madras Presidency, Colonial times in 1909. (Wikipedia). The derogatory usage of the term ' Pariah' should be stopped throughout the world.

Stating that VCK failed the paraiyar community from which it gained the political power, Moorthy alleged Thirumavalavan is being nurtured by the Dravidian parties for fulfilling their agenda and ...

VCK wants Paraiyar Rebellion in 1785 to be recognised as freedom struggle D. Ravikumar, MP, says it lasted for more than 10 years from 1785 to 1796 in Chennai and Chengalpattu districts.

CHENNAI: VCK general secretary and MP D Ravikumar on Tuesday urged Chief Minister MK Stalin to recognise the Paraiyar Insurrection against the British, which took place between 1785 and 1796, as ...

Claiming that people belonging to the paraiyar community were denied haircuts at barber shops in Pudupatti village in Pudukottai district, a man has moved the Madras high court, seeking to stop ...