In history
Periyar E.V. Ramasamy
1879–1973
Founder of the Self-Respect Movement and source of Dravidian politics. Anti-caste rationalism pushed to its limits — atheism, pioneering quotas in Madras, and open scepticism that a Delhi-centred union could be just.
Furthest from the middle on Culture, toward Personal autonomy.
Where they stand
Periyar E.V. Ramasamy on each of the seven scales, from one pole to the other.
Welfare
−5.0Expansive state provisionMinimal/targeted provisionMarkets
−3.0State-led developmentMarket-led developmentRecognition
+9.5Formal equalityGroup remediesNation
−9.0PluralistMajoritarianAuthority
−1.0Civil libertiesStrong stateCulture
−10.0Personal autonomyTraditional normsFederalism
+9.5CentreStates
The record, axis by axis
Every placement is scored on what was said and done — manifestos, legislation, the governing record — and calibrated against the same trade-offs the quiz asks about.
Ran a Samadharma socialist programme after his 1932 Soviet visit, then let it lapse to concentrate on social rather than fiscal transformation
His post-Soviet economic phase was brief and he left no developed position on ownership or planning
Led the campaign after Champakam Dorairajan (1950) that produced Article 15(4), and made proportional communal representation the Self-Respect movement's central demand
Rejected a Hindu religious nation outright, backed Pakistan's creation as a precedent for Dravida Nadu, and defended Muslims and Christians against Hindu nationalism
Burned the Constitution and the Manusmriti and was jailed repeatedly for agitation; his movement's stance on state power stayed instrumental rather than doctrinal
Self-respect marriages without priest or mantra, widow remarriage, women's divorce and property rights, contraception advocacy, 'Why Women Became Enslaved'
Dravida Nadu secession demand and the anti-Hindi agitations of 1937-39 and 1965; state autonomy was his founding grievance
And where do you stand?
Answer the same trade-offs yourself and get your seven readings, on the scales you just read.
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