From: partha@mse.cse.ogi.edu (R. Parthasarathy)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.tamil
Subject: Re: enRRum anpudan!
Date: 12 Nov 92 18:42:37 GMT
Article-I.D.: ogicse.45769
Organization: Oregon Graduate Institute, Material Science & Engineering

In article <BxM1KC.Cvo@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca> mvishnu@bcr3.uwaterloo.ca (Meenan Vishnu) writes:
>In article <1992Nov12.045944.12951@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> ssankara@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Sornam Sankara) writes:
>>
	[stuff deleted..]
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>>There was one movie by John Abraham (MalayaLam director) "agraharaththil
>>Kazhuthai"  was never released in TN theaters thanks to the Brahmin lobby.  It
>                                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>This group is very adept in suppressing literature that speaks against their
>evil ways.
>
>  [stuff deleted..]

	Not just this group. There are several "groups" like this all over
India. Being a foreigner, though a Tamilian, you are not aware of it. When
Sujatha wrote a story in Kumudam, another "group" threatened to burn up
Kumudam magazines and even their offices. The story was withdrawn out of
fear. Other than the "brahmin group", all the other groups would resort to
violence if needed to show their protest on anything that criticizes them
or involves them. Try writing something that involves muslim characters
and see what happens. By saying this I am not initiating another net war
between muslims and others. 

>We (the Tamils)  may have inherited this fascination for unrealistic dream 
>world stories thru our contacts with the irrational Sanskritic literature.
>Here I am refering to the Sanskritic stories which are similar in spirit
>to the story of Satyavathi's birth ( A fish swallows semen and later when
>fishermen cut open the fish, they find two kids etc).
>
	Most mythical stories in the world are unrealistic, not just those
in Sanskrit. Even today there are movies made like Star wars, Superman,
Batman etc.. Looks like these stories too have tremendous influence of
Sanskritic literature as per your logic! Unrealistic themes come from human 
imagination.  Sanskrit is just a language. Ever heard of the story of Adam
and Eve, Mr. Meenan? Does it sound more logical than the one you have
described? Do not be too biased against one community. The whole world
has gone through "unrealistic stories" several times. 

	We (the Tamils) are human beings just like others. We sure must
have our own imagination too. We don't need Sanskritic influence to become
unrealistic. That reminds me of another point. When it comes to bad influences,
immediately people like you point a finger at one community or Sanskritic
influence. In the same vein, how come you fail to acknowledge "good influences"?
Sure there must be something good coming out when cultures clash. Or do you
prefer to ignore that because it doesn't suit you? The whole world has been
benefitting because of cultural clashes throughout history. You are trying
to paint it something like the holocaust. You sure have some imagination.
I know that it does not come from "Sanskritic influence". It come from hatred.

>>S. Sankarapandi
>>ssankara@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
>
>Meenan Vishnu

Partha sarathy
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