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<b>Tamil Nadu Lawyersâ mutiny â the Churchâs first big step</b>
Radha Rajan
13 Mar 2009
(BTW, it's not the church. It's christianism.)
Hindus who don't want TN to split off as part of the what Radha Rajan writes as "Christian Tamil state called Eelam" may want to read this.
Then again, <i>belief</i> in christian <i>myth</i>ology - Hamites and Japhetites - is the root cause of all of this. Good luck with that, by the way. Hindus will believe anything, particularly christian myths. And that is why christianism will win.
And on that matter, from one year ago:
http://pseudosecularism.blogspot.com/2008/...gn-against.html
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Tuesday, March 11, 2008
<b>DMK revives EVRâs hate campaign against Hindus</b>
By Malarmannan
One of the important resolutions passed by the working committee of DMK at its meeting held on February 16 under the presidentship of Shri M. <b>Karunanidhi urged the people of Tamil Nadu to literally âdrive outâ from the Tamil soil the three per cent of the population.</b> The resolution reminds the people of Tamil Nadu that they are 97 per cent of the total population whereas their traditional enemies are just three per cent. The resolution did not specify as to who were these three per cent but those who are used to the Tamil Nadu socio-political scenario know pretty well that it <b>refers to none other than Brahmins in the State.</b>
Since 1920s, Dravidian Movement has been spearheading a hate campaign against Brahmins branding them intruders from Khyber and Bolan passes into Tamil Nadu, corrupting the chaste Tamil culture and tradition. It may look ridiculous at the very first glance, fit to be thrown into the dustbin without a second look but strangely, EVR and his Dravidar Kazagam party could sell this concept to the gullible illiterate and semi literate people of Tamil Nadu. This concept was conveniently based on <b>Aryan-Dravidian</b> theory, cunningly constructed about two centuries ago by the wily Caldwell, a Christian missionary and proselytiser, who wanted to divide Hindu society so that he could easily convert the non-Brahmin communities calling them Dravidians, a separate entity. Despite Brahmins of Tamil Nadu speaking Tamil only at homes as their mother tongue and several of them had done great service for the development of the language and culture, they were described as aliens to Tamil language and culture.
[...]
(The writer is a senior journalist and can be contacted at Second Floor, 67/12, Bajanai Koil Street, Pallipattu Main Road, Chennai-600 113.)<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
- According to the following Bishop Caldwell was a <b>catholic</b>:
http://www.himalayanacademy.com/resources/...6_timeline.html
- According to wacky he's on a page of <b>protestant</b> missions in India:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Caldwell
Which has this bit on his Grand philological book that coined the idea of Dravidoidism:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Throughout his book Comparative Study of the South Indian or Dravidian family of Languages, Caldwell accuses Brahmins of spreading lies and of not practising what they preach</b>.[17]
17. ^ B. Dirks, Nicholas (2003). Castes of Mind: Colonialism and the Making of Modern India. Orient Blackswan. p. 137. ISBN 8178240726, ISBN 9788178240725.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
More on caldwell and his family of 3 generations of missionaries (in India):
http://www.britishempire.co.uk/article/f...family.htm
Which also states:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>"Dravidian" languages</b>
Caldwell's interest in and facility with languages spawned what many consider was his major contribution to the region in which he served. He succeeded in establishing the link between the languages of the various peoples of the area. Tamil, he found, was the most cultivated and a much older language than was thought as it could stand alone and flourish without its Sanskrit terms. This research combined with his historical work showed there was a common cultural heritage among those who spoke what he termed the "Dravidian" languages, thereafter also referred to as the 'South-Indian family of languages'. Caldwell then wrote the ground-breaking 'Comparative Grammar' of the Dravidian Group (1856 & revised 1875), which was at the time described as "a revelation" to Indian and Western scholars.
<b>All this literary effort</b> had unforeseen effects. It helped to give a linguistic and cultural identity to the lower castes and Tamils in particular which they were quick to embrace. It <b>brought thousands into the Christian church</b> giving them access to education, and has grown over the intervening years to raise the status of many lower caste Christians in South India. In effect, Caldwell launched a Dravidian movement, but it was much broader than he can ever have envisaged. Now widely known as "the Tamil Renaissance", it has had a profound effect across all faiths of this region. In this transformation, Caldwell's role as "a pioneer Dravidian linguist" was acknowledged in 1968 when his statue was among eight erected on the Marina Beach at Chennai (Madras). Today he is still discussed by many who were simply the beneficiaries of the Tamil revival and the Non-Brahmin movement as a whole to which he was an important stimulus.
('Unforeseen'. Tsss.)
One wonders how Caldwell found the time to pursue his literary studies. In his journal he describes a punishing schedule. The bulk of this work was done on the long voyages of four months round the Cape or when staying in the Ashambu Hills or at Kodaikanal in the Palanis where he went in the hot season or to regain his health. On these occasions he invariably worked for six hours a day (excepting Sunday). Even while doing missionary work around the villages he was generally but not always able to devote two hours a day to his books.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
http://www.vijayvaani.com/FrmPublicDisplay...cle.aspx?id=294
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Castes and Conversions: Is Christianity a solid monolith?</b>Â Â Â
G. Anil Kumar
19 Dec 2008
In India every debate on conversion to Christianity ends with Hindu society's caste-based "poison of divisions". Missionaries and their supporters present conversion as the only "antidote" available. And missionaries are "doctors," hell bent on administering that antidote! And our "secularists" have been repeating it.
"Caste" was an old weapon of missionaries who established the conversion business in India. Anti-Brahminism, "Dravidianism," conversion as "the solution" to caste and the Aryan-Dravidian divide were effectively introduced as stratagems for conversion by Bishop Robert Caldwell. In his book "Christianity explained to Hindus: Christianity and Hinduism compared" (1893), he wrote that caste first arose from difference of race; people with black skin were "original inhabitants of India" (p. 20).
"On the other hand", he wrote, "Christianity teaches that God gave us life and continually preserves us. He is therefore our Father in heaven⦠The Brotherhood of man follows Fatherhood of God⦠But Hinduism makes life a curse instead of a blessing" (p. 20-21). Caldwellâs arguments are well known. His "Dravidian Grammar" was a trend-setter. <b>But why did he painstakingly write so many books? If we read his lecture, "Progress of Christianity in India" we get the answer.</b>
He says, "an encouraging amount of interest in the progress of Christianity has now at last been awakened, and a demand for information has been excited: it is now felt that a great door and effectual has been opened to us in India, and that the conversion of India to Christ is one of the greatest works, if not the great work, to which the Church and nation of England are called" (Lectures on the Tinnevelly Missions, 1857, p. 4).
(Rather reminiscent of what his fellow christian Max Mueller wrote.)
For sheer audacity and bigotry, Caldwell could today be called a "cultural terrorist". Yet his views are endorsed by a section of India's "secular" intelligentsia! They were reiterated in Karnataka's recent public debate on conversion.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->(rest at link)
Christianism is on a winning spree in several states in India.
<b>Tamil Nadu Lawyersâ mutiny â the Churchâs first big step</b>
Radha Rajan
13 Mar 2009
(BTW, it's not the church. It's christianism.)
Hindus who don't want TN to split off as part of the what Radha Rajan writes as "Christian Tamil state called Eelam" may want to read this.
Then again, <i>belief</i> in christian <i>myth</i>ology - Hamites and Japhetites - is the root cause of all of this. Good luck with that, by the way. Hindus will believe anything, particularly christian myths. And that is why christianism will win.
And on that matter, from one year ago:
http://pseudosecularism.blogspot.com/2008/...gn-against.html
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Tuesday, March 11, 2008
<b>DMK revives EVRâs hate campaign against Hindus</b>
By Malarmannan
One of the important resolutions passed by the working committee of DMK at its meeting held on February 16 under the presidentship of Shri M. <b>Karunanidhi urged the people of Tamil Nadu to literally âdrive outâ from the Tamil soil the three per cent of the population.</b> The resolution reminds the people of Tamil Nadu that they are 97 per cent of the total population whereas their traditional enemies are just three per cent. The resolution did not specify as to who were these three per cent but those who are used to the Tamil Nadu socio-political scenario know pretty well that it <b>refers to none other than Brahmins in the State.</b>
Since 1920s, Dravidian Movement has been spearheading a hate campaign against Brahmins branding them intruders from Khyber and Bolan passes into Tamil Nadu, corrupting the chaste Tamil culture and tradition. It may look ridiculous at the very first glance, fit to be thrown into the dustbin without a second look but strangely, EVR and his Dravidar Kazagam party could sell this concept to the gullible illiterate and semi literate people of Tamil Nadu. This concept was conveniently based on <b>Aryan-Dravidian</b> theory, cunningly constructed about two centuries ago by the wily Caldwell, a Christian missionary and proselytiser, who wanted to divide Hindu society so that he could easily convert the non-Brahmin communities calling them Dravidians, a separate entity. Despite Brahmins of Tamil Nadu speaking Tamil only at homes as their mother tongue and several of them had done great service for the development of the language and culture, they were described as aliens to Tamil language and culture.
[...]
(The writer is a senior journalist and can be contacted at Second Floor, 67/12, Bajanai Koil Street, Pallipattu Main Road, Chennai-600 113.)<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
- According to the following Bishop Caldwell was a <b>catholic</b>:
http://www.himalayanacademy.com/resources/...6_timeline.html
- According to wacky he's on a page of <b>protestant</b> missions in India:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Caldwell
Which has this bit on his Grand philological book that coined the idea of Dravidoidism:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Throughout his book Comparative Study of the South Indian or Dravidian family of Languages, Caldwell accuses Brahmins of spreading lies and of not practising what they preach</b>.[17]
17. ^ B. Dirks, Nicholas (2003). Castes of Mind: Colonialism and the Making of Modern India. Orient Blackswan. p. 137. ISBN 8178240726, ISBN 9788178240725.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
More on caldwell and his family of 3 generations of missionaries (in India):
http://www.britishempire.co.uk/article/f...family.htm
Which also states:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>"Dravidian" languages</b>
Caldwell's interest in and facility with languages spawned what many consider was his major contribution to the region in which he served. He succeeded in establishing the link between the languages of the various peoples of the area. Tamil, he found, was the most cultivated and a much older language than was thought as it could stand alone and flourish without its Sanskrit terms. This research combined with his historical work showed there was a common cultural heritage among those who spoke what he termed the "Dravidian" languages, thereafter also referred to as the 'South-Indian family of languages'. Caldwell then wrote the ground-breaking 'Comparative Grammar' of the Dravidian Group (1856 & revised 1875), which was at the time described as "a revelation" to Indian and Western scholars.
<b>All this literary effort</b> had unforeseen effects. It helped to give a linguistic and cultural identity to the lower castes and Tamils in particular which they were quick to embrace. It <b>brought thousands into the Christian church</b> giving them access to education, and has grown over the intervening years to raise the status of many lower caste Christians in South India. In effect, Caldwell launched a Dravidian movement, but it was much broader than he can ever have envisaged. Now widely known as "the Tamil Renaissance", it has had a profound effect across all faiths of this region. In this transformation, Caldwell's role as "a pioneer Dravidian linguist" was acknowledged in 1968 when his statue was among eight erected on the Marina Beach at Chennai (Madras). Today he is still discussed by many who were simply the beneficiaries of the Tamil revival and the Non-Brahmin movement as a whole to which he was an important stimulus.
('Unforeseen'. Tsss.)
One wonders how Caldwell found the time to pursue his literary studies. In his journal he describes a punishing schedule. The bulk of this work was done on the long voyages of four months round the Cape or when staying in the Ashambu Hills or at Kodaikanal in the Palanis where he went in the hot season or to regain his health. On these occasions he invariably worked for six hours a day (excepting Sunday). Even while doing missionary work around the villages he was generally but not always able to devote two hours a day to his books.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
http://www.vijayvaani.com/FrmPublicDisplay...cle.aspx?id=294
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Castes and Conversions: Is Christianity a solid monolith?</b>Â Â Â
G. Anil Kumar
19 Dec 2008
In India every debate on conversion to Christianity ends with Hindu society's caste-based "poison of divisions". Missionaries and their supporters present conversion as the only "antidote" available. And missionaries are "doctors," hell bent on administering that antidote! And our "secularists" have been repeating it.
"Caste" was an old weapon of missionaries who established the conversion business in India. Anti-Brahminism, "Dravidianism," conversion as "the solution" to caste and the Aryan-Dravidian divide were effectively introduced as stratagems for conversion by Bishop Robert Caldwell. In his book "Christianity explained to Hindus: Christianity and Hinduism compared" (1893), he wrote that caste first arose from difference of race; people with black skin were "original inhabitants of India" (p. 20).
"On the other hand", he wrote, "Christianity teaches that God gave us life and continually preserves us. He is therefore our Father in heaven⦠The Brotherhood of man follows Fatherhood of God⦠But Hinduism makes life a curse instead of a blessing" (p. 20-21). Caldwellâs arguments are well known. His "Dravidian Grammar" was a trend-setter. <b>But why did he painstakingly write so many books? If we read his lecture, "Progress of Christianity in India" we get the answer.</b>
He says, "an encouraging amount of interest in the progress of Christianity has now at last been awakened, and a demand for information has been excited: it is now felt that a great door and effectual has been opened to us in India, and that the conversion of India to Christ is one of the greatest works, if not the great work, to which the Church and nation of England are called" (Lectures on the Tinnevelly Missions, 1857, p. 4).
(Rather reminiscent of what his fellow christian Max Mueller wrote.)
For sheer audacity and bigotry, Caldwell could today be called a "cultural terrorist". Yet his views are endorsed by a section of India's "secular" intelligentsia! They were reiterated in Karnataka's recent public debate on conversion.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->(rest at link)
Christianism is on a winning spree in several states in India.