Prior to India’s so called ” independence “, a MahaTapaswi had advised masochistic Gandhi to introduce Sanskrit as the main language to be learnt by all ( including English and the pursuit of one’s own mother tongue ) and not impose Hindi. Gandhi rejected His idea citing “political reasons”.

dmk /admk is not synonymous with Tamil.Whatever happened to concept of ” secularism, minority rights …” in the matter of language. Why impose Hindi/Urdu on people who are not exactly pining for it ?

Sanskrit language (and grammar) has scintillating merits of its own. Hence the Seer wanted ALL to have access to it. Precious Scriptures that would contribute to the welfare of the entire world are mostly couched in Sanskrit. Tamil also has equally precious compositions. Language is not creating the problem. It is what kind of material one is made to read and cogitate upon.

The Westerner (read White) is far more astute. No wonder embarked upon learning the language and translating Vivekachudamani and many other works( including Kalidasar’s compositions) into English and many other European languages too. The inventor of nuclear or atomic or whatever bomb ( starts with O) quotes Bhagavad Gita passionately as he was inspired by Bhagavan’s exhortations.

In contemporary India most people would passionately recall cricket scores or some jingoistic bilge from idiotic movies.

Btw, the less time we spend in listening to politicians’ harangues the better for us. As most of them are worthless burden on this Earth.

The timidness of the majority community was implanted by DMK in Tamil Nadu. Their rationalism and atheism are only applicable to Hindus. This has been effectively co-opted by Congress and Communists alike. I was startled when I reaslised how craftily these anti-national forces have ensured they kept the Tamilian minds enslaved although polictically they are supposed to be free. I also feel sorry for my fellow Tamilians because while I understand what national leaders speak and can be sensitive to an issue in North India many Tamilians cannot. This sort of detachement has ensured Tamilians forsaking Hinduism and taking Christianity. DMK promotes this because of their anti Hindu stance. Many do not understand the implications. There is no sense of belonging to India historically and culturally.

Nehru is solely responsible for promoting regionalism in India. His inaction in settling Cauvery dispute has ensured DMK had an instrument to distract the public as an when they choose. Take for instance the recent incidents relating to Chidambaram temple and FACT exhibition in Chennai where Police vandalised paintings because Prince of Arcot Muhamed Ali took exception to paintings that showed the destruction of temples at Mathura and Somnath.

DMK has passed a Goverment Order(GO) to make all Dikshidars to sing/chant in Tamil and not in Sanskrit. This reflects Mr. Karunanidhi’s love for Tamil. Great!!!. Why can’t he impose the same rule at Mosques and Churches. In mosques everyday they say “Allah Hu Akbar”. Why use Arabic? Use Tamil instead. So what did Karunanidhi do despite knowing that Hoganekal can’t go ahead as there is no Karnataka government in place? He wanted to take the glare away from Chidambaram and Chennai. So he chose to incited trouble for a week.

It is going to take a lot of time to undo Nehru’s damage to India.

Shanth…

Most Indians are deplorably besotted with cricket and asinine filmstars and films.

India pledged a substantial amount of dollars towards ” reconstruction of Afghanistan”.

Despite relentless attacks continues playing cricket with Pakis which tantamounts to sleeping with one’s most bestial abuser. Add to that biryani banquets etc.

Within our own country no Hindu can own or buy property in Kashmir. Kashmiri Pundits live as refugees.

Thigh slapping India voicing concern about Tibet is certainly not going to perturb any other country around. When your boat is full of holes it is ludicrous to imagine oars made of titanium would be of help. (Not my own analogy)