MATERIALISM

This book by Prof. S.Thillainayagam is in two parts, the first part is the English translation of the eight chapters of the book Materialism (Porulmudhalvaadham) penned by Periyar in Tamil and the second a brief sketch on Periyar's life and times. The target reader is obviously the non-Tamil speaking common man in India and outside and hence the author has naturally come out with a simple but powerful language befitting Periyar's message to the world at large. As the book is mainly for the non-Tamils, Thillainayagam has found it imperative that a chapter on Periyar is appended.