tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320628892565328183.post2135354840974338769..comments2023-10-07T06:39:55.892-07:00Comments on Brown Pundits: The patron saint of the neo-HindusUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320628892565328183.post-57842558862605585172014-05-19T13:38:07.553-07:002014-05-19T13:38:07.553-07:00"There is no Dravidan party in this PART OF T..."There is no Dravidan party in this PART OF THE state;"Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13771011229045653906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320628892565328183.post-28830310130664999442014-05-19T08:04:03.107-07:002014-05-19T08:04:03.107-07:00Kanyakumari district is an exception to the rest o...Kanyakumari district is an exception to the rest of TN, because:<br /><br />1. For a long time, it was part of the Travancore kingom, not TN<br />2. It has a literacy of 83%.<br />3. Unlike the rest of the state, the district has a large minority population (44.5% Christian and 5% Muslim); hence, it resembles Kerala in being literate, communalistic and having a large number of workers in rubber, cooconut and in the miodddle east.<br /><br />A surprising part about the Vivekanada-Kanyakumari history was the people of the district were essentially unaware of the saint, and the saint himself stayed with some Brahmins near Kanyakumari. The rock statue came much later; during the period of the CM Bhaktavakchalam (1963), some people tried to install a statue, the catholic fishermen installed a cross; the tone deaf CM said he will give a 6X6' area there for Saint V. Some dude called Eknatha Ranade sent "a call to Hindu nation" demanding <br />a larger area there. The people of Kumari district had not heard of Vivekananda in the 70 year interregnum!<br /><br />There is no Dravidan party in this state; essentially Congress (through nadars and Christians) winning the LS constituency from 1951 through 1999.Then, a series of riots against Catholic Fishermen, muslim coconut growers transformed this constituency to a communalist place. During this time, some leaders like Helen Davidson switched to DMK, and DMK won for the first time ever in 2009. The current winner is Pon radhakrishnan who is the one BJP guy in the state who can actually win an election. This electoral success has not transferred to the assembly; BJP has not shown it can win any assembly constituencies.<br /><br />The whole Vivekananda character has had no impact on the district in any way.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13771011229045653906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320628892565328183.post-44014518970396823602014-05-19T01:21:04.508-07:002014-05-19T01:21:04.508-07:00Christian Nadars dominate Kanyakumari and are also...Christian Nadars dominate Kanyakumari and are also a decisive factor in Thiruvananthapuram. The left put up a Christian Nadar in Tvm, and this nearly cost Sashi Tharoor his seat. If you compare his 2009 vote share to this year, this difference can almost entirely be attributed to this.<br /><br />In Kkumari, the three major contenders were all Hindus. Unlike in some previous elections, the Church (CSI) did not come out in favor of any candidate. Pon Radhakrishnan, the state BJP president, is a Nadar (and thus fits PM's neo definition). He had been quite active in moderating Hindu-Christian tensions in the district in the past, and was thus acceptable to the Christians. I asked a Christian from there how come the BJP won and his answer was "Pon is a good guy."Asokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530742723547634193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320628892565328183.post-17078713613472439682014-05-19T01:15:36.398-07:002014-05-19T01:15:36.398-07:00I dont understand what is so objectionable about S...I dont understand what is so objectionable about Swami Vivekananda from the secular POV. He really didnt bash Islam or Christianity at their fundamentals like Sitaram Goel or Shriram Swarup did but just pointed out that their criticisms of Hinduism(polytheism vs monotheism) were clumsy and self serving. Indeed he praised Islam,Mohammad and Jesus. He was not a Hindu nationalist as is understood by even the mainstream members but a Hindu revivalist. Certainly he inspired a lot of Hindu nationalists such as Savarkar but you cant hold that against him.<br /><br />Jeez the problem with seculars is that like other fundamentalists is that they are a zero sum people. If there is Hindu pride, they assume it comes at the cost of Muslim, Christian or secular pride and since Hindu = retrogressive,reactionary,oppression therefore any Hindu pride has to be crushed.<br /><br />Hindus had enough so much so that even apolotical but religious Tamil Hindus with Dravidian leanings threw in their lot with the Hindu nationalists<br /><br />With every idiotic article by Pankaj Mishra, it shows that he has learnt nothing from the recent debacle . Indeed I would throw him and bigger shovel so he can keep digging a more spacious grave as will be required for his ideological ilk.<br />ysv_raohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06078517736366792665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320628892565328183.post-31472696688741986192014-05-18T23:47:21.531-07:002014-05-18T23:47:21.531-07:00http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanyakumari_%28Lok_Sa...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanyakumari_%28Lok_Sabha_constituency%29<br /><br />Apparently, Kanyakumari is a Congress stronghold. It has upwards of 50% Christians if I am not mistaken but their votes got divided among other parties while BJP won riding on the NaMo wave. Same thing happened in Muslim-dominated UP constituencies.<br /><br />BTW, It might interest you- another case of Christian extremist vandalism was the complete destruction and desecration of the Sabarimala temple in 1950 (in the off-season when it is abandoned) . The ensuing investigative report was so sensitive that the pseudo-seculars (Congress) buried it when it got finished after 7 years of investigation. The Communists then picked it up and vowed to release it as an election promise- which they did after they came to power.N(D)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04406905246490468403noreply@blogger.com