'Periyar is the reason why Tamil Nadu has progressed so much!'

The Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil, one of the prestigious literary honours given for English and 20 Indian languages, has been awarded to historian A. R. Venkatachalapathy in 2024..

Dr A R Venkatachalapathy

Although Prof. A. R. Venkatachalapathy received the award for his research book Tirunelveli ezhuchiyum Va.Vu.Ci.yum 1908, he has authored several other works.

In an interview with Kulasegaram Sanchayan, Professor Venkatachalapathy discusses his extensive research on prominent figures such as V. O. Chidambaram, and Periyar.

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