Book details - Vairamuthu reference of Andal in his Dinamani speech Jan 2018
It is quite a shocking news to hear Tamil poet Vairamuthu mention Andal's Devadasi reference from a book, which was a totally unknown resource until referred by Vairamuthu. It is shocking because it comes from Vairamuthu, a litarati, atleast until this mention. Would you go to a gathering of believers and talk non-sense about their beliefs? He should have the basic common-sense to study the place and situation and address the gathering wisely. The news portal Dinamani is not his personal blog. Further more, what is the need to refer Andal from a Muslim author's book? Especially, when the content is questionable whether it is praising or derogatory. Vairamuthu does not even seem to have done a research on the validity of his source of reference. A very glaring mistake indeed for a public speech and essay. This is the book referred by Vairamuthu in his essay on Andal: https://books.google.com/books?id=LurSAAAAMAAJ&q=Indian+Movements:+Some+Aspects+of+Dissent+Protest+a