Key Points
When Thalaivar became the chief minister, he took part in a conference organized by the association of hairdressers..
It was a felicitation function to celebrate Thalaivars ascent to the seat of chief minister..
We collected money from party functionaries and kept a ledger of accounts to fund those events. on both occasions Pongal and Annas birthdaywe distributed sweets in the morning and held public meetings in the evening..
To the left of our Gopalapuram home is a Krishna temple. our family doctor, who was named Krishnan, complained to Thalaivar that I had erected a dais in such a way that it had hidden the front of the temple..
I think Inamaana Perasiriyar took all these factors into consideration when he wrote: As a young student, he was immersed in the rationalist policies of Thanthai Periyar and was trained in the politics of self-respect; as a college student he imbibed the thinking of Annas writings and internalized the salient features of the different genres of writing of Muthtamizh Arignar Kalaignar.*.
