Oru Paisa Tamilan
Oru Paisa Tamilan was a Tamil language weekly magazine, which was published and edited by Iyothee Thass, a Dalit activist. It started its publication on 9 June 1907 in Royapettah.{{cite book|author=Nalini Rajan|title=21st Century Journalism in India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZkKw0G46uHwC&pg=PA71|date=6 March 2007|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-0-7619-3561-2|pages=68–71}} It was later renamed simply as Tamilan (Thamizhan).{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/05/23/stories/2010052360510200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528010727/http://www.hindu.com/2010/05/23/stories/2010052360510200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 May 2010|title=Ayothidhasar and his Oru Paisa Tamilan|date=23 May 2010|work=The Hindu|accessdate=17 April 2014}} It ceased publication in 1934.
Publications
Thass revived Tamil Buddhism through his writing. He and others wrote several articles critical of Hinduism and Brahminism.{{cite book|author=Nalini Rajan|title=21st Century Journalism in India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZkKw0G46uHwC&pg=PA68|date=6 March 2007|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-0-7619-3561-2|pages=68}} The magazine had the dialogues of Tamil Nationalism{{cite news| url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/?pageNumber=1&parentId=61285&operation=comment|title=Remembering Dalit Murasu, a voice of Dalits, by Dalits, for Dalits|work=The New Indian Express|date=13 April 2013|access-date=17 April 2014}} and laid the foundation for the Dravidian politics.{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/remembering-the-precursor-of-dravidian-movement/article3438425.ece | title=Remembering the precursor of Dravidian movement|work=The Hindu|date=20 May 2012|accessdate=22 June 2014}}
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Category:Defunct magazines published in India
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