New website to spread Periyar’s message across the world

Chennai:

In a bid to spread the thoughts and teachings of social reformer
Periyar among the youth across the world, a website was launched here
on Friday evening.

The website along with three books ‘Periyar 1,000 Questions and
Answers in Tamil was launched by secretary of The Periyar Self-Respect
Propaganda Institution K Veeramani.

Addressing reporters Veeramani said that Periyar was a visiuonary who
had predicted about the world in 21st century through his book
inivarum ulagam.

“As a tribute to the visionary, we are using the same technology which
he predicted in his book to spread his thoughts and teachings,”
Veeramani said.

He said that people in the state and other rationalists across the
world expressed their desire to take part in quiz competitions , which
is conducted to bring awareness among the children about Thanthai
Periyar.

As a result the new website (www.periyarquizster was launched. He said
now the Periyar 1000 competitions will hereafter be conducted to
enable people of any age to participate.

The website is created in such a manner that everytime different types
of questions will find place in competitions.

He said the programme was also created in using Apple operating system
and iphone apps. Questions from topics like philosophy of Thanthai
Periyar, his thoughts, his mission, his activities, the self-respect
movement created by him and other social movements, literature and
contemporarians will be asked in the competition.

He said this year Periyar 1,000 book is in French language also. “We
went for French as it is one of the largest spoken languages in the
world. We are also planning to have it in Spanish and Chinese,” said
Veeramani. The book is the collection of questions about the life
history of Periyar, his service to the society and the organizations
created by him. He said now Periyar books can be brought through
Amazon.com and also read through Kindle