That day, Ponparappi witnessed a hate crime aimed at the dalits whose houses were ransacked and vehicles were stoned and people injured.
Kamal Haasan’s viral tweet on a song, which he and maestro Ilayaraja wrote for his jinxed period historical drama Marudhanayagam and which speaks about social discrimination 300 years ago, draws a reference to the violence that broke out at Ponparappi dalit settlement in Ariyalur district in Tamil Nadu on polling day (April 18).
That day, Ponparappi witnessed a hate crime aimed at the dalits whose houses were ransacked and vehicles were stoned and people injured.
Kamal has pointed out that it is a shame that the lyrics of the song, which start with the line Madhamkondu Vandhadhu Saadhi, remind us that caste still figures in our contemporary social scene.
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