DMK was a great proponent of Dravidistan.
LTTE India assassinated your Prime Minister!
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The Hindu : States / Tamil Nadu : Dravidian ideology will be strengthened: Karunanidhi
So you came across a fancy looking term on an indian website and decided to flaunt it on a public forum?! Please read up a bit on forums like the Justice Party, read up bit on guys like Periyar and CN Annadurai. Since the independence, though there have been instances of anti-hindi sentiments in TN (like during the riots of 1965), the late 50s and the 60s saw the infeasibility of such an idea dawn on the leaders and the claim for "Dravida Nadu" died a natural death. Meanwhile, parties like the DMK, which displayed muted advocacy, at best, for a separate state post independence, embraced the indian union and its federal structure and participated in the elections. Some extremists often surface, such as the TNLA, but they serve only to add colour to an already diverse discourse on society and culture.
But more importantly, the politicians and leaders may harp on a certain tune, but the people of TN have firmly been within the national fold since independence, backing the nation on the most critical of times like the wars against pak and china. And their level of patriotism is second to none. Can say so with personal experience, having lived in Chennai for nearly 3 years.
As for karunanidhi's remarks that you have provided the link for - i am presuming that you are not in touch with ground realities in TN. Let me add context to Karunanidhi's remarks, in the interest of those suffering from ignorance. The DMK is reeling from the aftershocks of 2G scam. The scam which caught the country's attention (which allegedly cost the exchequer about USD 37 billion) has seen senior party ministers A Raja (former telecom minister), Dayanidhi Maran (former union textiles minister) and even karunidhi's daughter - Kanimozhi feature on the radar of investigators. Meanwhile, the 2G PR disaster, lead to the party suffering an embarrassing defeat in the 2011 assembly polls, where the party could not even garner enough votes to form the principal opposition in TN. All of this, while his two sons - Stalin and Alagiri, have locked horns over who heads the party after Karunanidhi bows out, with the party's future at stake. And let's not forget the Jayalalitha, the current CM, seeking retribution by looking to have cops chase after DMK office bearers on charges of land grabbing - being termed by the local media as the "land grab offensive"
Given this context, these desperate cries by the former CM, are merely cheap theatrics to stay relevant to the electorate and to register on the public memory - Nothing more, nothing less.
Hence, your half baked theories and claims lack basis, reflect a lack of understanding of the politics of Tamil Nadu and are unwarranted.
Cheers.
DMK was a great proponent of Dravidistan.
LTTE India assassinated your Prime Minister!
Second Line:
The Hindu : States / Tamil Nadu : Dravidian ideology will be strengthened: Karunanidhi
So you came across a fancy looking term on an indian website and decided to flaunt it on a public forum?! Please read up a bit on forums like the Justice Party, read up bit on guys like Periyar and CN Annadurai. Since the independence, though there have been instances of anti-hindi sentiments in TN (like during the riots of 1965), the late 50s and the 60s saw the infeasibility of such an idea dawn on the leaders and the claim for "Dravida Nadu" died a natural death. Meanwhile, parties like the DMK, which displayed muted advocacy, at best, for a separate state post independence, embraced the indian union and its federal structure and participated in the elections. Some extremists often surface, such as the TNLA, but they serve only to add colour to an already diverse discourse on society and culture.
But more importantly, the politicians and leaders may harp on a certain tune, but the people of TN have firmly been within the national fold since independence, backing the nation on the most critical of times like the wars against pak and china. And their level of patriotism is second to none. Can say so with personal experience, having lived in Chennai for nearly 3 years.
As for karunanidhi's remarks that you have provided the link for - i am presuming that you are not in touch with ground realities in TN. Let me add context to Karunanidhi's remarks, in the interest of those suffering from ignorance. The DMK is reeling from the aftershocks of 2G scam. The scam which caught the country's attention (which allegedly cost the exchequer about USD 37 billion) has seen senior party ministers A Raja (former telecom minister), Dayanidhi Maran (former union textiles minister) and even karunidhi's daughter - Kanimozhi feature on the radar of investigators. Meanwhile, the 2G PR disaster, lead to the party suffering an embarrassing defeat in the 2011 assembly polls, where the party could not even garner enough votes to form the principal opposition in TN. All of this, while his two sons - Stalin and Alagiri, have locked horns over who heads the party after Karunanidhi bows out, with the party's future at stake. And let's not forget the Jayalalitha, the current CM, seeking retribution by looking to have cops chase after DMK office bearers on charges of land grabbing - being termed by the local media as the "land grab offensive"
Given this context, these desperate cries by the former CM, are merely cheap theatrics to stay relevant to the electorate and to register on the public memory - Nothing more, nothing less.
Hence, your half baked theories and claims lack basis, reflect a lack of understanding of the politics of Tamil Nadu and are unwarranted.
Cheers.