Moorkh
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try reading the section about DMK from the same book again then.I Hope Bipan Chandra's India Since Independence is good enough source ..see page 395 . For better details read Mj Akbar's Siege Within . Rest of your post is rhetorical flush which Indians on this forum indulge quite often .
you will see why your argument fails.
the secessionist movement was in 1950s, a time when india was consolidating itself as a young country. secondly as is mentioned in the same section, the other southern states did not support the DMK in its secessionist demands. a primary reason why the leaders moved away from secessionist demands to becoming part of the indian political arena.
also as has already been mentioned , it was non violent