From: <EASWAR@PURCCVM.BITNET>
Subject:    South Indian<>Dravidian
Organization: Purdue University
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 20:03:40 GMT

NOT ALL SOUTH INDIANS GO WITH DRAVIDIAN THEORY.

Let me explain.

When Selvakumar started this thread a few months back, I sent a personal
mail to him requesting him not to continue. I told him that I thought
any discussion on the net could only degenerate and that it would
eventually hurt the sensibilities of a lot of people. We see the rot
now. And it is time someone told him to stop.

Another , and actually more important reason is the 'STEREOTYPING' of an
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average South Indian by the rest of India if this thread continues.

I THINK DRAVIDIAN SUPPORTERS NEED A REALITY CHECK. It is time these
people paused and took a stock of what they have achieved.


CLAIM 1 : A majority of Non-Tamil south Indians do not believe in the
Dravidian Stuff.

In my discussions with a lot of non-tamil southies, I found this to be
true.

A simple way to test this hypothesis is to conduct a poll on the nets
and I challenge the Pro-Dravidians to do so. Until then, you ask the
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next South Indian (Non-Tamil) you meet and verify for yourself.


CLAIM 2 : WE RESPECT AND WORSHIP LORD RAM.

This, I believe, is the acid test. An average South Indian does not
denigrate Ram. He does not condone those who burn Lord Ram's effigy on
Ramlila (in retaliation to burning of Ravan in the north).

IN FACT, HE SHUDDERS AT THE BLASPHEMY. Being the tolerant soul he is, he
ignores them.


Claim 3 : Dravidianism can only lead to further divisions in an already
fragmented society.


The caste system is based on the following propositions which apply
equally well to Dravidianism. For example;

1. A man is born in a Brahmin/Shudra (Aryan/Dravidian).
2. People belonging to different Brahmin and Shudra castes { read
Dravidian and Aryan races} are, SOMEHOW, different.
3. If two castes(races) are different, then they can be compared in
terms of value/worth, somehow defined.
4. Thus,one caste (race) will be superior to another.

{ No particular order is intended above}.

The rest of South India ( Non- Dravidians) can see this connection.
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Thus, they do not support Dravidianism, fully comprehending the
repurcussions.

CLAIM 4 : { This is STRONG stuff, with some unparlimentary language.
Sensitive Readers may avoid this}

CLAIM 4:PISSING INTO A TENT YOU DON'T LIVE IN IS WRONG.

You have no right to criticize my country in a destructive way from
outside. As long as you are a part of India, you will suffer from the
consequences, and hence that automatically forces you to be pragmatic.
In other words, you will not piss inside the tent when you are living in
it, because you too will have to live with the stink. Don't piss on my
country from outside, you may be raising an issue we can very well do
without.

CLAIM 6 : RIGHTING HISTORICAL WRONGS IS DANGEROUS.

This should be self-evident. This is what Hitler did and RSS says it is
doing. Let us not repeat the mistakes of the past.


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