01 October 2021
TAMIL NADU & Tamil Eelam
As per the latest feedback from Tamil Nadu, one wonders whether
Tamil Eelam is already a reality in the minds of LTTE supporters. If yes, one
needs to probe as to how that happened?
The current Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Mr Muthuvel
Karunanidhi Stalin is
the son and Political heir of Mr Muthuvel Karunanidhi. As
per Wikipedia report:
[In an April 2009
interview to NDTV, Karunanidhi made a controversial remark stating
that "Prabhakaran is my good friend" and also said,
"India could not forgive the LTTE for assassinating Rajiv Gandhi".
An interim report of Justice Jain Commission, which oversaw the investigation into Rajiv Gandhi's assassination, had indicted Karunanidhi for
abetting Rajiv Gandhi's murderers, who belonged to the Liberation Tigers of
Tamil Eelam (LTTE). But the final report
contained no such allegations.]
As per my knowledge – the LTTE leader consciously and
actively prevented religious influence within his group. Hence that was a
common factor that bound the two leaders. This was confirmed through the NDTV
in April 2009. Velupillai Prabhakaran’s journey as LTTE leader came to an end
in May 2009. One needs to ask the question as to whether Velupillai Prabhakaran
effectively committed suicide after the Tamil Nadu leader stated ‘India
could not forgive the LTTE’
When the mind
goes down one defeats oneself. As quoted recently:
[In
classical Freudian psychoanalytic theory,
the death drive is
the drive toward
death and destruction, often expressed through behaviors such as aggression, repetition compulsion,
and self-destructiveness.]
- Wikipedia
In Hindu
philosophy such folks are grouped as Asuras. Those who are driven by soul power
are effectively classified as Divine beings known as Thevar. In Tamil Hindu
philosophy – personified by Lord Muruga ,Soorapathman was a powerful Asuran.
When Muruga diffused his power – Soorapathman was added to Muruga as Seval
(Rooster) and Mayil (Peacock). They are both part of the animal world with
lesser common physical lifespan than Humans. The two cannot be measured by the
same yardstick. Likewise those groups that are driven by philosophy on the one
hand and by visible outcomes on the other.
The work of the
physically driven has short lifespan and hence loses value early and without heirs.
Death happens through the Equal other side which is not raised to the policy
level common to all in their home group. To the extent LTTE failed to raise
their work to policy level – they committed suicide. Chief Minister Muthuvel
Karunanidhi’s disapproval of the LTTE would have contributed
to the demise of the LTTE which demonstrated that it was driven more by physical
occupation to claim ownership than common philosophy.
In his
Sri Lanka Guardian article ‘Stressful Time for Hindus in Tamil Nadu
in India’ - N.S.Venkataraman states:
[Since the DMK party came to power in the month of April,2021,
the leadership of DMK party has been targeting Hindu religion with some
sort of venom and targeting to belittle the religion.]
[Stalin
handed over appointment orders of the HRCE (Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments) dept
to trained aspirants of all castes as temple priests on August 2021. Stalin
quoted the reformist leader Thanthai Periyar in
an official release which said Periyar fought for equal rights in worship for
all those who believe in God. ]
Periyar opposed high caste leadership
in temples and endured the resulting losses. To my mind, Priests leading in
temple is the parallel of Lawyers
leading the courts. In Australia, where a lay person by law is facilitated to
represent her/himself I chose to represent myself and endured the parallel of
Periyar’s pain. In Sri Lanka – especially in North – this is yet to be the
case.
As per the Print report of 14 August
- ‘Chief Minister M K Stalin handed over the appointment orders
of the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department to 75 persons here
marking appointments to 208 positions under various categories.]
His struggle against the Judiciary is
presented as follows by Wikipedia:
[He came to limelight when he was
jailed in Central Prison, Madras under the Maintenance of
Internal Security Act (MISA) for protesting against the Emergency in 1976. He was beaten up in
custody and a fellow DMK prisoner C. Chittibabu died of injuries and police torture while
protecting him. He wrote his final year BA exams while in prison. Stalin
formed the DMK youth wing. In 1982 Stalin became the youth wing secretary of
DMK, a post he held for more than four decades]
The parallel of the 14 August action in his own experience
would have been to represent himself in Courts. There is no report that this
happened. There are Hindu temples where lay folks do perform the poojas. At our
family temple in Northern Sri Lanka I perform the poojas as per our family
tradition. But other lay folks do not. Not that I have a rule against it but no
one has shown interest in it – especially due to the requirement of being vegetarian
and being teetotaller. Such abstinence contributes towards transcending the
physical. Likewise, in a court of law – one needs to be able to respect the
judges who occupy the seat of Truth which is the most reliable judge of all.
The parallel of Truth in Court is God in religious institutions. The parallel
of Human Judge is the Chief priest. In traditional temples the power of the priest
is derived strongly through belief. This would be lacking in new structures that
are more democratic. In a just system, one should not have to be suppressed to
make way for the other.
Of greater concern is the way Sri Lankan Tamils are being treated
as juniors. As per Wikipedia:
[In August 2021, Stalin ranked
first among all Chief ministers of India with 42% in favour, in the "Mood
of the Nation" survey done by the India Today magazine. Stalin
changed the name of Sri Lankan Tamil Refugee camps to ‘rehabilitation camps'
and said "They are not orphans, we are there for them". ]
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