X-Sender: bala@...
X-Apparently-To: agathiyar@egroups.com
Received: (EGP: mail-8 0 1 3); 23 Dec 2001 01:03:39 -0000
Received: (qmail 36143 invoked from network); 23 Dec 2001 01:03:39 -0000
Received: from unknown (216.115.97.171) by m3.grp.snv.yahoo.com with QMQP; 23 Dec 2001 01:03:39 -0000
Received: from unknown (HELO sydneywerks.com.au) (203.22.101.2) by mta3.grp.snv.yahoo.com with SMTP; 23 Dec 2001 01:03:38 -0000
Received: from bala (nas1ppp20.sydneywerks.com.au [203.22.103.212]) by sydneywerks.com.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id MAA23871; Sun, 23 Dec 2001 12:03:31 +1100
Message-ID: <076001c18b4c$c23df420$6201a8c0@bala>
To:
Subject: Tamil Infighting Is the Cause of Tamil Decay?
Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 11:56:58 +1100
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Priority: 3
X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200
X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200
From: "Bala Pillai"
X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=1292804
X-Yahoo-Profile: gandhi mind
X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 14192
Anbulla Thamil Innaiya Nanbargale,
Re: below - would you agree that Tamil infighting is the top cause of Tamil
decay? That what we should focus on is *cooperation* (as in how various
enemies in Nature's ecosystem cooperate intentionally or systemically with
one another) NOT unity? That talking about unity is a waste of time, if we
cannot address cooperation, i.e. cooperation is a higher priority issue?
If we agree, we can then go on to identify the elements of that which causes
infighting. Rank the causes, prioritise and address them.
anbudan../bala
bala@...
http://www.geocities.com/tamiltribune/01/1201.html
(excerpt)
In the contest between DMK and AIADMK for power, whenever one lost in the
election, the loser tended to seek help from
the Indian Government to interfere on its behalf, over-riding even the very
limited state rights offered in the Indian
constitution. The total bankruptcy of principles and the utter selfishness
of Tamil Nadu political leaders came to forefront in
2001. The personal feud and hatred between DMK chief M. Karunanidhi and
AIADMK chief J. Jyalalithaa reached a
super critical state in June 2001. Having faired so poorly in the 2001 state
assembly elections, and unwilling to bear the
victorious Jayalalithaa's furious retaliation and wait for his turn in
future elections, Karunanidhi turned to his Hindian
friends in the Indian Government. He pleaded with them to virtually take
over all state rights thus allowing for and
accepting the total supremacy of the Hindian controlled Indian Government
over Tamil Nadu. This, coming from
Karunanidhi, who paid at least lip service to the rights of Tamil Nadu all
these years, was in fact very disappointing. The
Hindian politicians in the Indian Government refused to do what he wanted,
namely dismiss the AIADMK Government that
was elected by the people with an overwhelming majority. Instead, taking
this opportunity, the Hindian controlled Indian
Government boldly made further inroads into law enforcement, education and
culture in Tamil Nadu. In essence,
Karunanidhi unwittingly paved the way for more Hindian control of Tamil
Nadu, more control than ever before. Even the
very limited rights Tamil Nadu enjoyed have been curtailed thanks to
Karunanidhi's selfish pleading to the Indian
Government for help.
This current political scenario of Tamil chieftains quarrelling among
themselves, inviting outside powers for help, and the
outsider taking advantage of the situation and taking control of Tamil Nadu
are all starkly similar to past historical events
several hundred years ago. Those events resulted in the past in untold
sufferings to Tamil people, looting of the Tamil nation
by outsiders and the loss of sovereignty for Tamil Nadu. It would serve us
well to meditate on past mistakes and avoid
repeating them again and again.
