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**S.T.D.** · 08-24-2006, 08:00 AM

Thanks podalangai for your reaction.
For me Nadu does mean country and not a 'idam' or place.

Ningal solluvadhu sari daan, eezhavare! Nadu has the connotation of country, though it can also mean other things. The thing is, when people were interested in breaking away from India in the 1940s and 1950s, the independent Tamil country was to be called "Tamil Nadu". Permitting the renaming of Madras presidency to "Tamil Nadu" was a symbolic gesture on India's part, to say that we could have our ideal of a home for Tamils while still remaining part of India.

By chance Tamil's struggle in Sri lanka helped Tamils in India to get the respect of India, unfortunately it is still not the case for us..

The respect was not because of Sri Lanka, eezhavare! In the 1950s, there were some politicians who wanted India to become more uniform and less embracing of diversity. This was symbolised by the position of Hindi. But since the 1960s, the attitude has was abandoned, and now all Indians take pride in the culture of all parts of India, and no culture is seen as being "more" Indian. It is because of this that there is respect at the level of common man.

For Tamils in Tamil Nadu, the war with China also changed our attitude. During the war, even the most hardcore separatists of the DMK were collecting money and relief for the Indian army soldiers. It made us realise what a strong emotional bond we had with the rest of India.

I am going out of my character by writing a serious rather than a humorous post, but I am explaining this because I have met many Sri Lankan Tamils who do not understand how we feel about India and Tamil Nadu. Feeling Indian does not mean we have to feel any less Tamil, or that we have to give up anything (other than financial independence) which we would have had as a separate country. That is the wonderful thing about India, and that is the reason why we can easily have so much loyalty to the country. Like Krishna had both Yashoda and Devaki, we have both Tamil Nadu and India. Both are our mothers, and both treat us like mothers should.

Now Tamils of India must help Sri lankan tamil to obtain a federal system or a separate state if federalism is not possible with this chauvinist govt.

The people would do it, but God only knows what our various thalaivars and thalaivis have in mind.

08-24-2006, 08:00 AM	#32
S.T.D. Join Date May 2008 Age 42 Posts 5,220 Senior Member	Thanks podalangai for your reaction. For me Nadu does mean country and not a 'idam' or place. Ningal solluvadhu sari daan, eezhavare! Nadu has the connotation of country, though it can also mean other things. The thing is, when people were interested in breaking away from India in the 1940s and 1950s, the independent Tamil country was to be called "Tamil Nadu". Permitting the renaming of Madras presidency to "Tamil Nadu" was a symbolic gesture on India's part, to say that we could have our ideal of a home for Tamils while still remaining part of India. By chance Tamil's struggle in Sri lanka helped Tamils in India to get the respect of India, unfortunately it is still not the case for us.. The respect was not because of Sri Lanka, eezhavare! In the 1950s, there were some politicians who wanted India to become more uniform and less embracing of diversity. This was symbolised by the position of Hindi. But since the 1960s, the attitude has was abandoned, and now all Indians take pride in the culture of all parts of India, and no culture is seen as being "more" Indian. It is because of this that there is respect at the level of common man. For Tamils in Tamil Nadu, the war with China also changed our attitude. During the war, even the most hardcore separatists of the DMK were collecting money and relief for the Indian army soldiers. It made us realise what a strong emotional bond we had with the rest of India. I am going out of my character by writing a serious rather than a humorous post, but I am explaining this because I have met many Sri Lankan Tamils who do not understand how we feel about India and Tamil Nadu. Feeling Indian does not mean we have to feel any less Tamil, or that we have to give up anything (other than financial independence) which we would have had as a separate country. That is the wonderful thing about India, and that is the reason why we can easily have so much loyalty to the country. Like Krishna had both Yashoda and Devaki, we have both Tamil Nadu and India. Both are our mothers, and both treat us like mothers should. Now Tamils of India must help Sri lankan tamil to obtain a federal system or a separate state if federalism is not possible with this chauvinist govt. The people would do it, but God only knows what our various thalaivars and thalaivis have in mind.
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