Karunanidhi Quotes

“Everyone has three lives: a public life, a private life and a secret life.”
― A.S. Panneerselvan, Karunanidhi: A Life

“Periyar said we were independent of British Rule but had not gained freedom from hegemonic powers—north Indian business interests, caste and religious bigotry. Anna was quick to point out that the Dravidar Kazhagam had always resolved to fight not just north Indian domination and religious bigotry but to also oppose British colonialism.”
― A.S. Panneerselvan, Karunanidhi: A Life

“One of the best lessons he taught me was not to be a mere accumulator of information but a scholar who can contextualize any information within the larger sociopolitical canvas.”
― A.S. Panneerselvan, Karunanidhi: A Life

“It was not that there was no good human being among the elites of my place. But their ideas of correcting the mistakes were akin to applying perfume to cover up the smell of a deeply rotten wound. They could never understand the humiliation and social ostracism. Only a person subjected to humiliation can think of performing a surgery to get rid of the gangrene and not indulge in a cosmetic cover-up. This idea dawned on me during those three years of music class in Thirukkuvalai,’ says he.”
― A.S. Panneerselvan, Karunanidhi: A Life