From: sriram@tura.sps.mot.com (P. S. Sriram)
Subject: Re: Bramin-Controlled media? in TN? Come on Get REAL!!!!!
Followup-To: soc.culture.tamil
Organization: Motorola Inc., Austin, TX 78735
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 00:39:34 GMT

In article <SUNDARAM.92Dec15124923@me.uta.edu>, 
sundaram@me.uta.edu (Ravi 'Kity Bum' Sundaram) writes:
|> |> >    (MURALI PANDIAN) writes:
|> >   >In article <Bz9A3z.Az9@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca> mvishnu@bcr3.uwaterloo.ca
|> >   > (Meenan Vishnu) writes:
|> >   >>
|> >   >>>I think the middle class Tamils, who are fed with Bramin-controlled 
	media
|> >   >>(Tamil) India Today
|> >   >>Thina Thanthi
|> >   >>Doordharshan
|> >   >>Akashvani
|> >   >>Tamil Films
|> >   >"Thina Malar"(The worst)
|> >   >"Thuklak"
|> >   >"Ananda Vikadan"
|> >   >"Junior Vikadan"
|> >   Certainly not in Circulation figures. The top list are indeed those with
|> >   largest number of copies sold. Everyone knows that. 'Control' has to
|> >   go with 'circulation' , popularity.
|> 	All the CMs aNNa thurai, karunaanidi, MGR, jaanaki 
|> 	and now jayalalithaa are from movies..
|> 	
|> 
|> 	First recognise the REAL problem of TN greedy self serving
|> 	politicians and the populance that condones them.	
|> 	Ravi Sundaram

There we go again! Don't you people have anything better to do than incite
flame wars. For any problem in TN blame the brahmins. I didn't want to
get into this but this is getting off-hand. Why the Brahmins are to blamed 
for all ills in society.  The
only problem is that they are the one biggest community that values 
education over everything else, and hence find themselves in jobs serving
the public. This is not their fault. You may argue that they had undue 
advantage before India's Independence. That was forty years ago and as
a free un-oppressed society we don't seem to have done anything better.
( With a 68% reservation in education. )

Instead of blaming the poor brahmins if you get constipated why don't
you see where the real problem is? As Ravi pointed out it is the highly
corrupt political system. For a change give Brahmins a break and cut this
bullshit.

If this trend continues then you will find that India as a whole
suffers due to the fact that these Brahmins are going to find other
avenues to work and study. Just see the real figures I think in 1990
the %age of Brahmins who got into say for eg., Anna University was 
around 11%. Which is roughly = 10% Brahmin population. So a similar
trends in jobs continue. Still we find that we haven't been better off.
Why? Swindling Corrupt politicians is the answer. These people use
the Brahmin smoke-screen to further their own wealth. Periyar and Co.
being the most adept and successful at this. 

Back to the original point as to the Brahmin controlled media. Why support
it if you don't want to. The very fact that their circulation is high 
proves that the middle class wants to read what they have to say and not
because it comes from a Brahmin media. 

Next time you want to blame the Brahmins for anything just think.
Is it too much to ask for?

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