The British opened thousands of Opium shops in India so they come down
on Indian heritage and leave Indians without any depth of Culture.
Indian Governments are doing the same but TamilNadu Government takes the cake.
They have opened Government run Alcohol shops and now Tamils in Tamilnadu
are gulping alcohol like hell.
Just see the statistics provided by TamilNadu Government on beer consumption in Tamilnadu through the years..
Yearly Production Sales
(Crore Bulk Litres) (in LakhBoxes)
1996-1997 5.33 100.43
1997-1998 5.25 101.79
1998-1999 5.29 109.01
1999-2000 4.23 105.81
2000-2001 5.76 111.66
2001-2002 5.06 114.69
2002-2003 4.32 97.16
2003-2004 5.95 86.35
2004-2005 7.78 89.01
2005-2006 10.62 132.27
2006-2007 13.68 177.33
2007-2008 15.80 196.36
2008-2009 17.11 223.72
E V Ramasamy wanted his followers to be idiots. The Tamilnadu
Government that proudly claims to his thoughts as its Principles,
is doing its best so that People have no sense of their History,
heritage and Culture.
It is easy to misrule over such dump people. Am hurt coz am a Tamil.
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Monday, December 27, 2010
Kick OUT, the Nawab of Arcot
In Free India, honouring traitors who betrayed Indian Nationalist sentiments is a travesty. Yet many traitors are being honoured while patriots and freedom fighters are given pittance and lip sympathies.
The Nawabs of Arcot belong to the lineage of these traitors.Noe they have shifted track and pretending to be Patriotic.The Present Nawab ,Nawab Muhammed Abdul Ali, should not be given Government patronage but because he is a Muslim and a Poltical Muslim at that, he is kept high on Government Protocol. Let us have a glimpse of the history of this Nawab.
The thirteenth Nawab, Ghulam Muhammad Ghouse Khan (1825–1855), died without issue and the British annexed the Carnatic Nawabdom applying the doctrine of lapse. Ghouse Khan's uncle Azim Jah was created the first Prince of Arcot (Amir-E-Arcot) in 1867 by Queen Victoria, and was given a tax free pension in perpetuity. This privilege continues to be honoured by the Government of India. This status is protected by the Indian Constitution and the family continues to retain its privileges and titles. The warrant of Precedence needs to be cancelled as India as a Democracy can not recognize loyalty. It is ludicrous thet India calls herself the World's Largest democracy while recognising dead Monarchies as Monarchies.The current Prince of Arcot Abdul Ali came to the title in July 1994.
Pl read the Government order especially those in bold letters to understand the Nawabs. This was taken from their website:
Government's Gazette of April 1871:
Political Department,
Fort S1. George,
Madras.
Notification
Fort St. George April 18, 1871
At 5.30 p.m., on the 12th April 1871, His Excellency the Governor held a Durbar in the Banqueting Hall, for the purpose of presenting to His Highness Prince Azim Jah Bahadur, the Letters Patent issued by Command of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, investing His Highness and his successors with the title and dignity of Ameer-e-Arcot or Prince of Arcot, in India.
The Chief Justice of Madras, the Members of Council, the Provincial Commander-in-Chief, the principal Civil and Military officials of the Presidency, and a large number of residents of Madras were present on this occasion. One of the Governor's carriages, containing Aide-de-camp to His Excellency the Governor and the Under-Secretary started from Government House at 5 minutes to 5.00 p.m., for the purpose of conveying His Highness Prince Azim Jah from his residence, the Shadi Mahal, to the Durbar. A party of the Body Guard were in attendance. The sons and grandsons of His Highness and the gentleman of his suite followed in His Highness' own carriages in the rear of the Body Guard.
A Company from each of the corps in Garrison was present as a guard of honour.
On his Highness' arrival, a salute of 15 guns was fired and the guard of honour presented arms. On alighting, His Highness was received at the foot of the steps by the Chief Secretary to Government and by the Private Secretary to His Excellency who conducted him to the Hall. His Excellency the Governor met His Highness at the entrance of the Hall, and led him to a seat on the dais on His Excellency's right.
After His Highness' sons and grandson had been presented, His Excellency the Governor addressing Prince Azim Jah said:-
"Prince Azim Jah Bahadur,... I have the honour to deliver to your Highness the Letters Patent by which Her Majesty the Queen has been graciously pleased to invest you and your successors with the title of Prince of Arcot. In conferring this dignity upon your Highness, Her Majesty the Queen has borne in mind the ties which have united the fortunes of your family with the growth and ascendancy of British Power in the South of India. The name which you and your posterity will bear will serve to recall and commemorate the days when your ancestors and our predecessors cemented their alliance in triumphs over a common adversary, but Her Majesty the Queen blends with memory of the past gracious solicitude for the present and the future.
Her Majesty deshes to mark the esteem in which she holds your Highness personally as the representative of an ancient, friendly and loyal house. She desires to perpetuate her favour in your descendants, and to continue to them, in few forms of honour and with new guarantees of welfare, the means of serving their sovereign and their country. We are happy to see your Highness surrounded by two generations of your offspring, who will convey to after times the recollection of this auspicious day. Your Highness will know how to impress on them the duty of bearing themselves wisely and usefully in the high station in which they have been now confirmed.
Price of Arcot, - I deem myself fortunate in conveying to your Highness, in your venerable age these tokens of the goodwill of our august Sovereign. I trust that you may long live to enjoy the favour of the Queen, the regard of this Government, the affection of your family and the respect of the people of this Presidency."
The Common adversary the Government Order speaks is the Locals called Indians. This family which was hand in glove with the British and perpetuated atrocities on Indians should not be honoured, any further.
Will anyone hear Sense in India?
The Nawabs of Arcot belong to the lineage of these traitors.Noe they have shifted track and pretending to be Patriotic.The Present Nawab ,Nawab Muhammed Abdul Ali, should not be given Government patronage but because he is a Muslim and a Poltical Muslim at that, he is kept high on Government Protocol. Let us have a glimpse of the history of this Nawab.
The thirteenth Nawab, Ghulam Muhammad Ghouse Khan (1825–1855), died without issue and the British annexed the Carnatic Nawabdom applying the doctrine of lapse. Ghouse Khan's uncle Azim Jah was created the first Prince of Arcot (Amir-E-Arcot) in 1867 by Queen Victoria, and was given a tax free pension in perpetuity. This privilege continues to be honoured by the Government of India. This status is protected by the Indian Constitution and the family continues to retain its privileges and titles. The warrant of Precedence needs to be cancelled as India as a Democracy can not recognize loyalty. It is ludicrous thet India calls herself the World's Largest democracy while recognising dead Monarchies as Monarchies.The current Prince of Arcot Abdul Ali came to the title in July 1994.
Pl read the Government order especially those in bold letters to understand the Nawabs. This was taken from their website:
Government's Gazette of April 1871:
Political Department,
Fort S1. George,
Madras.
Notification
Fort St. George April 18, 1871
At 5.30 p.m., on the 12th April 1871, His Excellency the Governor held a Durbar in the Banqueting Hall, for the purpose of presenting to His Highness Prince Azim Jah Bahadur, the Letters Patent issued by Command of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, investing His Highness and his successors with the title and dignity of Ameer-e-Arcot or Prince of Arcot, in India.
The Chief Justice of Madras, the Members of Council, the Provincial Commander-in-Chief, the principal Civil and Military officials of the Presidency, and a large number of residents of Madras were present on this occasion. One of the Governor's carriages, containing Aide-de-camp to His Excellency the Governor and the Under-Secretary started from Government House at 5 minutes to 5.00 p.m., for the purpose of conveying His Highness Prince Azim Jah from his residence, the Shadi Mahal, to the Durbar. A party of the Body Guard were in attendance. The sons and grandsons of His Highness and the gentleman of his suite followed in His Highness' own carriages in the rear of the Body Guard.
A Company from each of the corps in Garrison was present as a guard of honour.
On his Highness' arrival, a salute of 15 guns was fired and the guard of honour presented arms. On alighting, His Highness was received at the foot of the steps by the Chief Secretary to Government and by the Private Secretary to His Excellency who conducted him to the Hall. His Excellency the Governor met His Highness at the entrance of the Hall, and led him to a seat on the dais on His Excellency's right.
After His Highness' sons and grandson had been presented, His Excellency the Governor addressing Prince Azim Jah said:-
"Prince Azim Jah Bahadur,... I have the honour to deliver to your Highness the Letters Patent by which Her Majesty the Queen has been graciously pleased to invest you and your successors with the title of Prince of Arcot. In conferring this dignity upon your Highness, Her Majesty the Queen has borne in mind the ties which have united the fortunes of your family with the growth and ascendancy of British Power in the South of India. The name which you and your posterity will bear will serve to recall and commemorate the days when your ancestors and our predecessors cemented their alliance in triumphs over a common adversary, but Her Majesty the Queen blends with memory of the past gracious solicitude for the present and the future.
Her Majesty deshes to mark the esteem in which she holds your Highness personally as the representative of an ancient, friendly and loyal house. She desires to perpetuate her favour in your descendants, and to continue to them, in few forms of honour and with new guarantees of welfare, the means of serving their sovereign and their country. We are happy to see your Highness surrounded by two generations of your offspring, who will convey to after times the recollection of this auspicious day. Your Highness will know how to impress on them the duty of bearing themselves wisely and usefully in the high station in which they have been now confirmed.
Price of Arcot, - I deem myself fortunate in conveying to your Highness, in your venerable age these tokens of the goodwill of our august Sovereign. I trust that you may long live to enjoy the favour of the Queen, the regard of this Government, the affection of your family and the respect of the people of this Presidency."
The Common adversary the Government Order speaks is the Locals called Indians. This family which was hand in glove with the British and perpetuated atrocities on Indians should not be honoured, any further.
Will anyone hear Sense in India?
Tata..a Different Story.
Jamshedji worked in his father's firm till the age of 29. In 1868, he started a trading company with a seed capital of Rs. 21,000. In 1869, he acquired a bankrupt oil mill in Chinchpokli, converted it into a cotton mill and renamed the mill to Alexandra Mill. He sold the mill two years later for a healthy profit. Thereafter he set up a cotton mill in Nagpur in 1874. He christened it Empress Mill on 1 January 1877 when Queen Victoria was proclaimed Empress of India.
"Empress Mills" how noble and patriotic!! and even till today the TATAs try and spin this yarn about their nationalist credentials.
Well where did he get this "seed capital of Rs. 21,000"? and what would be Rs. 21,000 worth today? when at the time cost of gold was roughly ONE RUPEE AN OUNCE - while today it is above Rs. 39,000 an ounce!!!
DRUGS!! The TATAs were drug dealers!!
Here are excerpts from the minutes to a Legislative Council meeting held on Friday, March 25, 1887 at Hongkong
During the meeting a group of Hong Kong-based merchants, among whom were included Shellim Ezekiel Shellim, “of the firm of David Sassoon,Sons & Co,” and Ruttonjee Dadabhoy Tata, “of the firm Tata & Co.,” presented a petition “for and on behalf of the Opium Importers and wholesale Opium Merchants of the said Colony.”
They had come to complain about a Bill before the council, titled “An Ordinance for the Regulation of the trade in Opium,” which they believed “would prejudicially affect their trade.”
That while fully recognizing the necessity of carrying out the object aimed at by the said Bill, namely, the prevention of Opium smuggling into China, and while sympathizing with its spirit, your petitioners submit that the means by which it is proposed to effectuate such object would inflict serious injury upon the Opium trade, and especially on the aforesaid Opium Importers and wholesale and retail Opium dealers, and prove a blow to the general commerce and prosperity of this Colony.
Dont forget that JAMSETH TATA also built Tatanagar on the blood of BIRSA MUNDA who fought heroic battles against the British and that Rattan Tata's grandfather- the founder of TATANAGAR was a DRUG DEALER. The TATA's supplied opium to the British for the Opium wars in China and was requested to come to Jharkhand after the British crushed one of India's greatest patriots!
Tatas are crooks like anyone else..otherwise there wont be any connection with Nira Radia and Rotten tata.
"Empress Mills" how noble and patriotic!! and even till today the TATAs try and spin this yarn about their nationalist credentials.
Well where did he get this "seed capital of Rs. 21,000"? and what would be Rs. 21,000 worth today? when at the time cost of gold was roughly ONE RUPEE AN OUNCE - while today it is above Rs. 39,000 an ounce!!!
DRUGS!! The TATAs were drug dealers!!
Here are excerpts from the minutes to a Legislative Council meeting held on Friday, March 25, 1887 at Hongkong
During the meeting a group of Hong Kong-based merchants, among whom were included Shellim Ezekiel Shellim, “of the firm of David Sassoon,Sons & Co,” and Ruttonjee Dadabhoy Tata, “of the firm Tata & Co.,” presented a petition “for and on behalf of the Opium Importers and wholesale Opium Merchants of the said Colony.”
They had come to complain about a Bill before the council, titled “An Ordinance for the Regulation of the trade in Opium,” which they believed “would prejudicially affect their trade.”
That while fully recognizing the necessity of carrying out the object aimed at by the said Bill, namely, the prevention of Opium smuggling into China, and while sympathizing with its spirit, your petitioners submit that the means by which it is proposed to effectuate such object would inflict serious injury upon the Opium trade, and especially on the aforesaid Opium Importers and wholesale and retail Opium dealers, and prove a blow to the general commerce and prosperity of this Colony.
Dont forget that JAMSETH TATA also built Tatanagar on the blood of BIRSA MUNDA who fought heroic battles against the British and that Rattan Tata's grandfather- the founder of TATANAGAR was a DRUG DEALER. The TATA's supplied opium to the British for the Opium wars in China and was requested to come to Jharkhand after the British crushed one of India's greatest patriots!
Tatas are crooks like anyone else..otherwise there wont be any connection with Nira Radia and Rotten tata.
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Indian Press and Cricketer Dhoni's wedding..
Atlast the hullaboo regarding India’s Cricket Hero Mahendra Singh Dhoni marriage came down.The Media covered his so called Love story in detail. Were they facts as portrayed?
Both Dhoni and Sakshi were supposedly known to each other from Childhood. They even studied together at the same school.Their Parents worked at the same PSU in Ranchi. Some Media, even called them as neighbours. The Great newspapers which gave these details include The Hindu, The Times of India and The Hindustan Times.
But the facts were different. Dhoni met Sakshi at the Hotel in Kolkata where she was an Intern, about 2 years ago. Everything else that appeared in the Media, the Pillars of Indian Democracy, was a figment of their fertile imagination. Speaks so much of our Media and our Democracy!
Interestingly, Dhoni didnt react to the stories..he may have to spend his lifetime doing so.Publicity is important and far more important was his advertising contracts that were on the increase as an outcome. Why care then when such stories bring money?
Both Dhoni and Sakshi were supposedly known to each other from Childhood. They even studied together at the same school.Their Parents worked at the same PSU in Ranchi. Some Media, even called them as neighbours. The Great newspapers which gave these details include The Hindu, The Times of India and The Hindustan Times.
But the facts were different. Dhoni met Sakshi at the Hotel in Kolkata where she was an Intern, about 2 years ago. Everything else that appeared in the Media, the Pillars of Indian Democracy, was a figment of their fertile imagination. Speaks so much of our Media and our Democracy!
Interestingly, Dhoni didnt react to the stories..he may have to spend his lifetime doing so.Publicity is important and far more important was his advertising contracts that were on the increase as an outcome. Why care then when such stories bring money?
Say NO CASTE when Census Knocks at your door..
British ruled India by dividing People. When Communal census was mooted by
them, the then Patriotic Indian Leaders opposed. They could understand the
mischievous intentions of the British.Pl read here to understand how British perpetuated Caste system in India.
http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/14523285/312880223/name/bhagat_GENUS.pdf
But, today, under pretensions of caste upliftment
(read Caste votes), Indian Leaders have decided on a Caste census.
Census is the BEST way to perpetuate caste in a society.They want caste to
exist even in other religions too. People are falling victim to the
pretensions of Politicians. But I see some at the end of the tunnel.
Pl read:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/11/world/asia/11caste.html?_r=1&hp
India will progress despite our Pathetic Politicians.I will say NO CASTE
when census knocks my door. How about you?
them, the then Patriotic Indian Leaders opposed. They could understand the
mischievous intentions of the British.Pl read here to understand how British perpetuated Caste system in India.
http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/14523285/312880223/name/bhagat_GENUS.pdf
But, today, under pretensions of caste upliftment
(read Caste votes), Indian Leaders have decided on a Caste census.
Census is the BEST way to perpetuate caste in a society.They want caste to
exist even in other religions too. People are falling victim to the
pretensions of Politicians. But I see some at the end of the tunnel.
Pl read:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/11/world/asia/11caste.html?_r=1&hp
India will progress despite our Pathetic Politicians.I will say NO CASTE
when census knocks my door. How about you?
Friday, June 25, 2010
Kill Bureaucracy...Teach Bureaucrats to think as Indians not as British
The British harmed India in many ways as Will Durrant eloquently says in his book" The case for India". But to me the biggest harm they inflicted on India is the creation of a religion and a caste called Babus meaning Bureaucrats.
Who is an average Bureaucrat? He thinks he has the powers to do what ever is under his control and no responsibilty and accountabilty. He thinks he is a wonderful human being, sent by the Gods to dispense favours, show contempt to the tax payer who supports him, has no qualm manipulating people and rules to his advantage but pretends to shiver in the presence of his bosses as well as political bosses.
There was this district collector who was in perennial need of money. He needed a VCR to see adult movies and he ordered that Rs 30000 may be drawn from an office account to serve a public purpose. His subordinate officer pocketed half of it and the rest went to the Collector. This is not an unusual activity with Bureaucrats as they evoke fear amonst the people, just the way the British did.
Have you seen a Reality show in India? The judges will often disqualify a participant saying that he was not good for something was missing in him. They can not explain that something and will pretend to be in a metaphysical plane. Inreality, this was a fraud to eliminate the participant and bring up the guy who would lose otherwise. Similarly, the Bureaucrats sit on Judgement of affairs of the Comman man and make their own living at the expense of the lesser powers.
Who is an average Bureaucrat? He thinks he has the powers to do what ever is under his control and no responsibilty and accountabilty. He thinks he is a wonderful human being, sent by the Gods to dispense favours, show contempt to the tax payer who supports him, has no qualm manipulating people and rules to his advantage but pretends to shiver in the presence of his bosses as well as political bosses.
There was this district collector who was in perennial need of money. He needed a VCR to see adult movies and he ordered that Rs 30000 may be drawn from an office account to serve a public purpose. His subordinate officer pocketed half of it and the rest went to the Collector. This is not an unusual activity with Bureaucrats as they evoke fear amonst the people, just the way the British did.
Have you seen a Reality show in India? The judges will often disqualify a participant saying that he was not good for something was missing in him. They can not explain that something and will pretend to be in a metaphysical plane. Inreality, this was a fraud to eliminate the participant and bring up the guy who would lose otherwise. Similarly, the Bureaucrats sit on Judgement of affairs of the Comman man and make their own living at the expense of the lesser powers.
Tamil Honoured as Classical by a Government Order?
It is funny and amusing. The Government of TamilNadu requests Government of India to provide classical status to Tamil Language. Government of India, apparently an expert Body on World Languages suddenlu understands the worth of Tamil or bows to Political pressure for political survival, agrees and this has supposedly added to the glory of Tamil. A Government order to honour a Language that has sustained itself through ages through individual efforts.? How far can a Government go? Have the Government gone crazy like the British of yesteryear's when they thought they have everything on earth under their command.
And a Conference at Coimbatore to celebrate the Classical Tamil while all the Participants will hail the Chief Minister who decided to spend 100s of crores of rupees belonging to the tax payer in the pretext for the sake of the language. So after the Conference, Tamil would have found a place among the great languages of the world thanks to a Government and its Leaders...till the next conference.
A Language grows not by the numbers of people who speak it, as is normally assumed, but by the great minds which use the language to think and write on. Of course a language dies if nobody is there to speak it. But it is not the numbers which determine a language but the quality of achievements in the Language. Hence, Sanskrit continues to be a classical language. So does Latin and Greek and Hebrew.Although often considered a dead language , in view of the fact that it has no native, fluent speakers, Latin continues to be taught in schools and has been, and currently is, used in the process of new word production in modern languages from many different families, including English. Greek is still spoken in Greece. Chinese and Arabic are also considered Classical languages because of their antiquity. Hebrew is spoken by Jews across the world and in Israel.
The inspiration for a Civilisation and a Language is the Great Minds that the language can be proud about.The history of a Language is the History of the Great works written on the language. For a language to flourish there has to be tolerance of criticism, appreciation of contrary convictions and opinions and a humility about oneself. We need substance in thinking and not just a style of great or grand nothings.There also ought to be freedom for creativity and standards for writing in a language, whose existence ought to be debated in TamilNadu. Anyone who questions and values the actions of the Government in TamilNadu and her Leaders were supposed to have hurt some weird sentiments.
How does a Government order issued by a Government run by mediocre people called politicians and bureaucrats help is debatable but Politicians in Tamil hardly debate this on the fear of being misunderstood as anti Tamils. Even the Media which has grown to thrive on Government advertisements and survives by claims to ideals has stopped even pretending to raise basic relevant questions.Iam a Tamil, a Proud Tamil proud of her Classical heritage but shocked at the Pretensions and dramatic acts to impress the people that these help the language grow.
What are the Purposes of this Classical Tamil Institute set up by the Government after Tamil claimed classical Status by a G.O??
•Preparation of definitive editions of forty-one Classical Tamil texts
•Translation of those works into English and other major European languages as well as into many leading Indian languages
•Making of visual episodes on classical Tamil language, literature, epigraphy and architecture
•Development of material for the online teaching of Tamil
•Writing of a historical grammar of Tamil
•Undertaking diachronic and synchronic studies of Tamil dialects
•Creation of a corpus of classical Tamil texts
•Establishment of a digital library
•Study of India as a linguistic area
•Promotion of multidisciplinary research in classical Tamil
These Purposes appear lofty but the major lacunae is support for creating standards in writing in Tamil , translation of masterpieces from other languages to Tamil is single important factor to help a language grow, in the absence of formed minds in Contemporary Tamilnadu.Most of the ideals are limited to documentation and documentation need not be factual knowing the poor standards of documentation and the desire to please higher ups(in journalistic parlance) by writing favourably to please the Powers. Merely scribbling in Tamil does not enable the language though the scribbler may be called a Poet or a Scholar today by the present pathetic language standards in TamilNadu. Remember how Chief Minister Karunanidhi is claimed to have been present on the dais when DMK party was launched? Remember how Jayalaltha removed Srilanka from the Thanjavur Conference Logo because if her anathema to the island nation?
What are the benefits of declaring Tamil as a Classical Language with G.O? A few of hundreds of people with academic degrees in Tamil Language will be provided jobs. What else? They will develop the language. How? By compiling and writing in Tamil. Compilation is a documentation work which the government agencies are famous for. How can Tamil flourish wherein sycophancy and political interests were of paramount importance over anything else? How can a language grow where dissent is crushed and suspected as a neurological disorder. Isn't language being used to further narrow political pretensions? Nobody wants to question because everyone has an axe to grind.
Tamil VazhghaIt is absurd many believe that this shout helps Tamil develop? TamilNadu is having Semmozhi Parks in Mahabalipuram and in Coimbatore. These are sculpture parks which is interesting as TamilNadu is famous today for her moulded sculptures which hold a remote resemblance on the person on which the sculpture was done.The standard of sculpting today is abysmal in TamilNadu as there was not much difference between Thiruvalluvar and EV Ramasamy except for the pair of glasses. But how can Semmozhi Parks further a language? By naming Parks and Buildings , how can one propagate or develop a Language? Luckily these parks were about semmozhi, some new language, as it would be discovered by archaeologists in a few hundreds of years.. Bureaucrats in India are not Public servants anymore but servants of their political bosses. They are hand in glove with Polticians and it is very interesting that many Tamils aspire to be bureaucrats and reap benefits. And to think that we have UPSC to chose these bureaucrats and an Academy at Mussourie to train them in total subservience of bosses and circumvention of Laws is a tragedy. By the way, is Semmozhi, some new language? This will also be the point of research 200 years from hence.
I believe,Tamil was and is a Classical language. The language can stand on its own as it has for many centuries.But the threat posed by so called proud Tamils Leaders is the biggest threat the language has faced since her birth.So far Tamils had great kick out of self affixed prefixes and sometimes suffixes that thoughtlessly claimed greatness of some sort(but without meaning,of course). Now the language of Tamil is being honoured with suffixes such as Semmozhi. Tamil Language doesn't deserve this abuse really. Leave Tamil alone and it will grow and no acts of any Government can eradicate or bring down the importance of the achievements of the Language despite the recent insults she has received..
Please tell me whether Tamil Language will really benefit by the poor standards of academic research in the Language. How students gain Doctorates in research in TamilNadu is better not revealed here though it was common knowledge on the methodology of securing it. We are also aware how the corrupt elements decide on the choice of Vice Chancellors. The present Governor of the state used to pretend that he was learning Tamil( Pl see his interviews in 1989 and 2005) as he thought that pretension will get him some respect. He also knew people have short memory and can not question him. Pl ask him to speak a proper sentence in Tamil? This is as important as Tamil becoming a Judicial language of the Chennai High Court as the HoS has no knowledge of the Tamil language.
To repeat the original question: what can a Government order do to a language? Just like the Vatican with their numerous cases of homo sexuality, child abuse and sexual abuses decides on the Saints of the Catholic Christian World, the Government decided to honour Tamil Language and help in development of Tamil. This order will supposedly help in the development of Classical Tamil with the establishment of a Central Institute of Classical Tamil in Chennai where Tamil is spoken the most chaste way(?). And 90 percent of Government orders can not be enforced in India just the way traffic rules are being enforced in Chennai( or the auto meters were being used?). Even the Tamil words on 100s of contracted ChennaiMetro water lorries can not spell in proper Tamil "Chennai water" as Chennai Kudineer". Whom are we deceiving?
To me these are pretensions that enable only the Politicians wallow in Self Importance and in the bargain gain Political one upmanship in the idea starved TamilNadu and of course make a few material crumps, as usual.E V Ramasamy called Tamil a barbaric language. He was wrong. Tamil is a language of the Barbarians now.Tamil should live despite the barbarians.
I was hoping I was wrong here. But Media informs us that 8 persons were arrested for propagating against the World Tamil Conference today. Looks Stalins and Mussolinis and Hitlers still rule TamilNadu under pretext of Democracy. Tamilnadu has become a Mockcracy indeed.
And a Conference at Coimbatore to celebrate the Classical Tamil while all the Participants will hail the Chief Minister who decided to spend 100s of crores of rupees belonging to the tax payer in the pretext for the sake of the language. So after the Conference, Tamil would have found a place among the great languages of the world thanks to a Government and its Leaders...till the next conference.
A Language grows not by the numbers of people who speak it, as is normally assumed, but by the great minds which use the language to think and write on. Of course a language dies if nobody is there to speak it. But it is not the numbers which determine a language but the quality of achievements in the Language. Hence, Sanskrit continues to be a classical language. So does Latin and Greek and Hebrew.Although often considered a dead language , in view of the fact that it has no native, fluent speakers, Latin continues to be taught in schools and has been, and currently is, used in the process of new word production in modern languages from many different families, including English. Greek is still spoken in Greece. Chinese and Arabic are also considered Classical languages because of their antiquity. Hebrew is spoken by Jews across the world and in Israel.
The inspiration for a Civilisation and a Language is the Great Minds that the language can be proud about.The history of a Language is the History of the Great works written on the language. For a language to flourish there has to be tolerance of criticism, appreciation of contrary convictions and opinions and a humility about oneself. We need substance in thinking and not just a style of great or grand nothings.There also ought to be freedom for creativity and standards for writing in a language, whose existence ought to be debated in TamilNadu. Anyone who questions and values the actions of the Government in TamilNadu and her Leaders were supposed to have hurt some weird sentiments.
How does a Government order issued by a Government run by mediocre people called politicians and bureaucrats help is debatable but Politicians in Tamil hardly debate this on the fear of being misunderstood as anti Tamils. Even the Media which has grown to thrive on Government advertisements and survives by claims to ideals has stopped even pretending to raise basic relevant questions.Iam a Tamil, a Proud Tamil proud of her Classical heritage but shocked at the Pretensions and dramatic acts to impress the people that these help the language grow.
What are the Purposes of this Classical Tamil Institute set up by the Government after Tamil claimed classical Status by a G.O??
•Preparation of definitive editions of forty-one Classical Tamil texts
•Translation of those works into English and other major European languages as well as into many leading Indian languages
•Making of visual episodes on classical Tamil language, literature, epigraphy and architecture
•Development of material for the online teaching of Tamil
•Writing of a historical grammar of Tamil
•Undertaking diachronic and synchronic studies of Tamil dialects
•Creation of a corpus of classical Tamil texts
•Establishment of a digital library
•Study of India as a linguistic area
•Promotion of multidisciplinary research in classical Tamil
These Purposes appear lofty but the major lacunae is support for creating standards in writing in Tamil , translation of masterpieces from other languages to Tamil is single important factor to help a language grow, in the absence of formed minds in Contemporary Tamilnadu.Most of the ideals are limited to documentation and documentation need not be factual knowing the poor standards of documentation and the desire to please higher ups(in journalistic parlance) by writing favourably to please the Powers. Merely scribbling in Tamil does not enable the language though the scribbler may be called a Poet or a Scholar today by the present pathetic language standards in TamilNadu. Remember how Chief Minister Karunanidhi is claimed to have been present on the dais when DMK party was launched? Remember how Jayalaltha removed Srilanka from the Thanjavur Conference Logo because if her anathema to the island nation?
What are the benefits of declaring Tamil as a Classical Language with G.O? A few of hundreds of people with academic degrees in Tamil Language will be provided jobs. What else? They will develop the language. How? By compiling and writing in Tamil. Compilation is a documentation work which the government agencies are famous for. How can Tamil flourish wherein sycophancy and political interests were of paramount importance over anything else? How can a language grow where dissent is crushed and suspected as a neurological disorder. Isn't language being used to further narrow political pretensions? Nobody wants to question because everyone has an axe to grind.
Tamil VazhghaIt is absurd many believe that this shout helps Tamil develop? TamilNadu is having Semmozhi Parks in Mahabalipuram and in Coimbatore. These are sculpture parks which is interesting as TamilNadu is famous today for her moulded sculptures which hold a remote resemblance on the person on which the sculpture was done.The standard of sculpting today is abysmal in TamilNadu as there was not much difference between Thiruvalluvar and EV Ramasamy except for the pair of glasses. But how can Semmozhi Parks further a language? By naming Parks and Buildings , how can one propagate or develop a Language? Luckily these parks were about semmozhi, some new language, as it would be discovered by archaeologists in a few hundreds of years.. Bureaucrats in India are not Public servants anymore but servants of their political bosses. They are hand in glove with Polticians and it is very interesting that many Tamils aspire to be bureaucrats and reap benefits. And to think that we have UPSC to chose these bureaucrats and an Academy at Mussourie to train them in total subservience of bosses and circumvention of Laws is a tragedy. By the way, is Semmozhi, some new language? This will also be the point of research 200 years from hence.
I believe,Tamil was and is a Classical language. The language can stand on its own as it has for many centuries.But the threat posed by so called proud Tamils Leaders is the biggest threat the language has faced since her birth.So far Tamils had great kick out of self affixed prefixes and sometimes suffixes that thoughtlessly claimed greatness of some sort(but without meaning,of course). Now the language of Tamil is being honoured with suffixes such as Semmozhi. Tamil Language doesn't deserve this abuse really. Leave Tamil alone and it will grow and no acts of any Government can eradicate or bring down the importance of the achievements of the Language despite the recent insults she has received..
Please tell me whether Tamil Language will really benefit by the poor standards of academic research in the Language. How students gain Doctorates in research in TamilNadu is better not revealed here though it was common knowledge on the methodology of securing it. We are also aware how the corrupt elements decide on the choice of Vice Chancellors. The present Governor of the state used to pretend that he was learning Tamil( Pl see his interviews in 1989 and 2005) as he thought that pretension will get him some respect. He also knew people have short memory and can not question him. Pl ask him to speak a proper sentence in Tamil? This is as important as Tamil becoming a Judicial language of the Chennai High Court as the HoS has no knowledge of the Tamil language.
To repeat the original question: what can a Government order do to a language? Just like the Vatican with their numerous cases of homo sexuality, child abuse and sexual abuses decides on the Saints of the Catholic Christian World, the Government decided to honour Tamil Language and help in development of Tamil. This order will supposedly help in the development of Classical Tamil with the establishment of a Central Institute of Classical Tamil in Chennai where Tamil is spoken the most chaste way(?). And 90 percent of Government orders can not be enforced in India just the way traffic rules are being enforced in Chennai( or the auto meters were being used?). Even the Tamil words on 100s of contracted ChennaiMetro water lorries can not spell in proper Tamil "Chennai water" as Chennai Kudineer". Whom are we deceiving?
To me these are pretensions that enable only the Politicians wallow in Self Importance and in the bargain gain Political one upmanship in the idea starved TamilNadu and of course make a few material crumps, as usual.E V Ramasamy called Tamil a barbaric language. He was wrong. Tamil is a language of the Barbarians now.Tamil should live despite the barbarians.
I was hoping I was wrong here. But Media informs us that 8 persons were arrested for propagating against the World Tamil Conference today. Looks Stalins and Mussolinis and Hitlers still rule TamilNadu under pretext of Democracy. Tamilnadu has become a Mockcracy indeed.
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