From: murali@uts.amdahl.com (K. Muralidharan)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian,soc.culture.sri-lanka
Subject: Re: soc.culture.tamil
Date: 14 Apr 92 22:44:14 GMT
Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA

In article <1992Apr14.164618.18819@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> raja@cps.msu.edu writes:
>
>In article <1992Apr14.023906.10281@cs>, (M.P. Krishna Raj) writes:
>
>< Since tamils are scattered throughout the world and many of them seems
>< to be neither citizens of india nor sri-lanka, 
>
>This is equally true of other emigrant
>groups of Indian origin (e.g. Gujaratis, 
>Punjabis, Telugus, or Hindi-speakers).
>Most countries with a sizeable Tamil
>population also have sizeable numbers 
>of other Indians.  Further, the experiences 
>and problems of all these emigrant groups
>are very similar.
>
>
>For example, Malaysia has mostly Tamils,
>but also many Gujaratis, Malayalis, and 
>Sikhs.  South Africa has many Gujaratis
>and Hindi-speakers, along with some Sikhs
>and Tamils.  East Africa has mostly Gujaratis
>but also a few Goans, Sikhs, and Tamils.  Fiji 
>has mostly Hindi-speakers, and a few Tamils.  
>The same is true of Mauritius, Guyana, and 
>Trinidad.  The U.K., U.S.A., and Canada have 
>people from every part of South Asia.
>
>
>
>< why not we create
>< soc.culture.tamil.international
>
>Many non-Tamils take interest in
>discussions about Tamil.  There have 
>been some excellent discussions about 
>Tamil/Dravidians on s.c.indian.  For
>example, the discussion on migrants
>from Saurashtra and Maharashtra
>settled in Tamil Nadu led on to many
>other aspects of Tamil history, such
>as Pallava dynasty of Northern T.N.
>
>In fact, s.c.indian gives us an
>excellent opportunity to spread 
>awareness of Tamil culture among 
>other Indians (and in turn, to learn
>about their culture).  
>
>If we are so proud of our Tamil culture, 
>we shouldn't throw away this opportunity 
>to make other people aware of this culture.
>
>
>For these reasons, I think that a 
>separate s.c.tamil is unnecessary.
>
>
>Narayan Sriranga Raja.
>
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I second Raja's opinion and we should feel free to discuss
Tamil issues in soc.culture.indian itself.

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