From: kat@doe.carleton.ca (Kathiravan Krishnamurthi)
Subject: Re: Hypocracy.....in..
Organization: Dept. of Electronics, Carleton University
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 13:15:34 GMT

In <ck.716026282@reading> ck@csug.cs.reading.ac.uk (Chandrasekhar Kambhampati) writes:


>>They are nothing
>>more than few religious zealots  with sights set on power who parade
>>themselves as semi-Gods!


>>entirety for its positive results.  Prabakaran, already a legend among
>>us,  will go down in history with other historic names of the Tamil
>>kings, from both sides of Palk Straits.  

Pirabaakaran, along with thanthai periyaar will become legends in
the history of tamizh culture and civilization. They have created
"puthiya naanooRu" after the "puRanaanooRu". Even amoung Indian
Tamizhs he has shown a determination and he has not become a toy
and puppet of vested politicians who offered him chief ministership.

>This I very much doubt. Perhaps amongst the Sri-Lankans, whose mother
>tongue is Tamil he may be one....but amongst the tamilians I doubt it!
 No! also amoung all the Tamizhs, wherever they are, South Africa,
Singapoor, Germany, Canada, India, Mauritius, Germany, Swiss etc

>>'intellectuals' from Tamil Nadu have studied little more history and lot
>>less castism,  I wouldn't be writing this.  Historically and culturally
>>we are related. With some effort, 

  The tamizhs in India, who know tamizh and feel for tamizh 
know that all the tamizhs are the same. Right from the Sangam times
there has been cultural and marital intercourse across the
straits. EelazhathupputhapOthanaar, I think has contributed
a poem in AkanaanooRu. India is an artificial
country created after the white man left. tamizhs in India
are not (yet) killed like in Srilanka. They enjoy equal
status in terms of college admission, jobs etc. We still have
grievances like the central govt. toppling our state govt.
at its will and pleasure. Hindi imposition was counteracted
without any arms, but lives were lost. But this kind of interfernce Andra,
Kashmir and everywhere. There is more sense of belonging
to the country than in Srilanka. Our freedom struggle has
laid a strong foundation for united India, but I am
only afraid that the politicians who came after Gandhi
have sacrificed unity and tolerance and supported
communalism and violence to make their ends meet.
 India will come out of this one day.

Kathiravan. 
>>anybody can suffice this.  Thanks to the short comings of the Indian
>>media(notably India Today) and overdose of 'speeches' vast majority of
>>TN Tamils still look at us through one-way looking glass.  We learned a
>>lot of the Tamil history and literature, esp that of India. I cannot say
>>the same for many in Tamil Nadu.  All these misunderstandings result
>>from this great gap of knowledge. 

>The gap, is apparent from your side only, dear Sir! WHat we see is an
>entirely different country, seperated from us by the sea - caught up in
>a bloody, and deadly, and mindless war. And please donot try to get us
>in again. India will not acquiese to doing your dirty work for you.
>And Sri-Lankans, whose mother tongue happens to be tamil, who have been
>given safe refuge should stay away from politics in India.