"Whatever may be said, whosoever may say it - to
determine the truth of it, is wisdom" -
Thirukural
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"..Leader presumes follower.
Follower presumes choice... In a very real sense, followers lead by choosing where to be led.
Where an organised community will be led is inseparable
from the shared values and beliefs of its members..." -
Dee Hock - The Art of Chaordic
Leadership
"I desire that I write for myself alone. It is when
that which is buried in me finds expression in words, that I myself come
to truly know what was buried in me. It may well be that the reason that I
write is because I feel that I may discover more and more and come to know what else may
be inside me. As I continue to write, and as more and more experiences
unfold from within me, and as I become subject to these experiences, it
seems to me that I may, in a way, make it possible for me to know who I
am.
There are those who find that the words that I write to
understand about myself, also help them to understand themselves. They are my
readers. When they hear that the key that I fashioned for my lock, may
also open their locks, they come in search of my house. When they come, it
appears to me that it is entirely appropriate that I should share my
understanding...
So that a writer may protect this nature, this way
of life, I value freedom of expression as the most important
freedom. I cannot say that at the present time I have sufficient courage
or awareness of truth to practice that which I have so easily
described. These are qualities that I will need to develop. I believe that it will
be possible for me to do so..." Sundara Ramasamy (translation by
Nadesan Satyendra from the Tamil
original)
Vannakam, Welcome... "...அரிய சாதனைகள் செய்யப்படுவது வலிமையினால் அல்ல
- விடா முயற்சியினால்தான்..."
Tamils
- a Trans State Nation: Tamil Nadu
Chief Minister Karunanidhi on the
Art of the Possible - and Living in Hope" ‘Tamil
Eelam’ was no more a realistic possibility says
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister..Karunanidhi
recalled that DMK founder C N Annadurai had shelved the
party’s core demand — creating a separate Dravidian state
(Dravida Nadu) — in 1962 to avoid proscription. " together
with Comment by tamilnation.org
"It should
not come too much as a surprise that Chief Minister Karunanidhi who was vociferous in his support for an
independent Tamil Eelam during the Indira Gandhi regime now tells his
'udan pirapukal' that they should follow in the foosteps of the DMK which
had shelved the demand for Dravida Nadu in 1962 to avoid proscription.
We are
reminded of the old story about the fox. வால் வெட்டின நரிக் கதை."
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tamilnation.org is concerned to tell a story...
It is a story about a
trans state nation
of people of more than 80 million Tamils living today
in many lands and across distant seas...
... But it is not a story simply about the past. It is a story
about the present and of a
trans state nation of
people who are committed to rid themselves of the divisions
amongst
them, be it rooted in race, caste, religion or gender ...
"...There are victims, there are executioners, and
there are bystanders... Unless we wrench free from being what we
like to call ‘objective’, we are closer psychologically, whether we
like to admit it or not, to the
executioner than to
the victim...”
It is a story about the
growing togetherness of a trans state nation of people
in a digital age which has rendered State boundaries
increasingly porous and where deep rooted kinship ties
are finding fresh avenues for expression...
"...when our words begin to coincide with
our deeds, principle emerges with power to influence. We
also begin to learn something about
our own ‘dharma’ or own ‘way of harmony’..."
"What is Truth?
said Pilate confronted with a mighty messenger of the
truth, not jesting surely, not in a spirit of shallow
lightness, but turning away from the Christ with the
impatience of the disillusioned soul for those who still
use high words that have lost their meaning and believe
in great ideals which the test of the event has proved
to be fallacious..."
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