Originally Posted by podalangai 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.