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Dear Goundamani:
Without going into the merits of the discussions between you and Kudumi (by the way, both of you are excellent writers!), I do agree with you that reforms must be carried out for the good of the community and it WILL have resistance and lead to conflicts.
Anyway, the reason for my posting is not for that. Now that I am in Chennai for the last two months, I have learnt about the political parties here. Your statement in Red above caught my attention. Is this true even today? If this is so, then how can Mr. Karunanidhi, the champion of dalits, associate with that party, PMK? Even the PMK founder beats his chest about how they are for the under-privileged and oppressed. The interesting thing is noone i spoke to don't know what this party stands for!

On another note, I was elated about Mr. Balakrishnan, a dalit, being made the Chief Justice of India, and that, too, not by reservation, mind you!!