This article discusses the construction of Adi-Dravida identity through print by the Indian migrant dalits in Colombo during the early twentieth century. The Adi-Dravidas started a monthly journal ‘Adi-Dravidan’ in 1919 to propagate the new identity of Adi-Dravida and consolidate the people for social emancipation. The article analyzes the politics of identity construction of the dalits through print media in the colonial period.
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