Hello Tamils...What do you think about us & our opportunism?
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WHAT U R TAKING ABOUT????\n\nIf u r talking about the recent election result then thats nothing to do with money. \n\nThe result showed talent of a experienced politian kalaingar. During election campaign he started different way of canvassing. He made initiatives and started giving promises. Basically whatever statements or promises ADMK gave are only reactions.\n\nIf tamilians are money oriented then they should have voted for the MGR's mistress, because she was offering better by giving computers and rice freely compared to color TV and 2 rupee rice.\nSo it clearly shows that tamilans are not money oriented they  very clever, so they are choosing the government in rotation basis. \n\nSO WHATEVER HAS HAPPENED IS FOR GOOD.
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Well....This seems to be an interesting question.. Its too obvious that the Tamil LTTE is having a habit of killing the innocent, speacially sinhalese people, but what I don't understand is, you still can find some Tamil people who really support this TERRORIST group.. I've heard that this LTTE rebels are perceived as freedom fighters by some... Do freedom fighters kill thousands of innocent people including little children, women, monks, politicians etc.. for NO particular reason? If the answer is "YES", then we can call them freedom fighters.. The funniest part is, the LTTE is always trying to convince the international community that they represent Tamil people in Sri Lanka and their sole purpose is to protect Tamil peoples' rights. The bottom line is, Tamil LTTE is a terrorist group with a habit of killing innocent people, both sinhalese and Tamil. So, why would anybody want to protect them unless s/he too is a rebel? Sigh....!
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It is a habit which many South Indians have. I am a Tamil, though I don't do this, I have seen many people doing it.
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yaar sonnadu, tamil parents will not like love marraiges....? v are all humans with normal egos in life, depending upon ur designation in the family,ok....when u bcom a parent u may like love marraiges, but othrs will find ur negatives in something else....it all depends upon the society v live in and this is vital role in this.....and its not only tamil parents hate luv marraiges, everwhere its there....can the developed countries' guys deny this....???!!!! no they can't....
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It is coalition politics. Sonia Gandhi who accused them as killers of Rajiv Gandhi, in cllusion with LTTE has accpted them as bed fellows for cheap political gain. This is politics! Of course, of Indian style.
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Why do you complain about Pakistans terror attachments. You must be aware that India initially sponsored LTTE whcih is now the worlds most efficient terrorist groups. Welcome to national self-interest
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Hi..I'm Indian [Hindu]. I COMPLETELY agree with your irritation at missionaries who go to India and other such countries and do community projects with the agenda to convert the "savages" in mind. It drives me nuts when ignorant crazy people like Pat Robertson go to India, visit religious places and watch sacred ceremonies and then criticize everything, including the most obviously positive aspects of Hinduism, such as its tolerance and the belief that all life is sacred. It is sickening that rather than trying to do good in these underprivileged areas, they are trying to spread their religion like a commercialized gimmick. I think that you may be pleased to know that the VHP [Vishwa Hindu Parishad] has been off late arranging re-conversion drives where converts who are unhappy with Christianity may accept their native religions again. These events are peaceful and voluntary, and allow people to rejoin and become active in their religions again.\nBy the way, I like how the word convert sounds negative even to the people who are attempting to do it. \n\nWhile I have the greatest tolerance for Christianity and respect for some aspects, it sounds ridiculous to those of us who are supposedly on the wrong path to be told that all Christian missionaries are trying to do is spread Jesus' love to us, when we are already given the love and protection of what can be seen as hundreds of different Gods or one force of compassion, forgiveness, kindness, and wealth. \n\nHeron-by-the-sea, thanks for bringing up this issue.. there are other people who feel strongly on these topics as well.
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So. Do people in Sri Lanka care that we prefer American football to table tennis? No. Nor do we care what pansy sports they like to play in Asia because they are mostly too tiny to play real sports.\n\nI am not against Asia or Asian people. My fiance is Japanese and I have been to Asia many times. I love Asia and Asian culture. I wasn't meaning to bad mouth Asia, but just tired of being insulted just because I am American.
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Yes and no!\nThey should heed the voice of people. And increasingly, the whole of India is looking for a pragmatic and progressive govt at both local and national level. So I am glad that the congress will now need to sit up and take notice.\nAnd no, since of these two states, Bengal has always been a CPM bastion so Congress could only be kidding itself if it thought it had a chance there; and as for Kerala, they lost due to their infighting more than anything else. They might as well put their act together in that sense.\n\nMy real concern is, left front does an average job at state level but their vision when it comes to national politics is  way too stilted. They refuse ground realities when it comes to economics and are positively weird in their take on foriegn affairs. If they really get to dictate those issues, I might as well get myself a permanent visa to some other country
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I do not think that Greg Chappel did anything wrong.  First of all I was surprised at the M.Ps raising India's pathetic perfoprmance in South Africa as an issue and creating lot of furore as if they have no other better work to do.  It is a shame on their part to raise such issues instead of raising the issues concerning the welfare of the people.
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What corruption are you going to fight?  You can't fight anyone in religion, or who has caste, or a nationality, or a particular monitory status unless you are willing to fight any and all at all levels.  What if a whole religion was corrupt?  Or a nation?  What if one was more corrupt than another.  Would you support the nation that was less corrrupt?  By what standard do you judge corruption?\nI do think beyond such things, but often find that people who claim to be beyond such limited thinking as nationalism, religion, or monitory status still seem to think that they are owed something, that one political group the corrupt one, or that all nations are equal in ethics.\n\nI don't think you can find the person you want because I don't think you understand what you are really asking for.  Most people cannot handle a person with real ethics.\n\nMy wife and I know that from long experience.  Our friends are few.
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I'm sourthern Indian and I'm ashamed to say that the caste system stays alive and well here. (It's worse in the North with added problems.) Many of us throw all of these out and believe every human being is the same as the other. There is no 'low' and no 'high'. Consider this the same as racism. Most of them are not fortunate to break away from the caste system, because of the way they've been brought up -  to think that this is 'right'. It's going to take a very long time for India to turn around. Having said that, we've got lots of beauty in our people too and most of my friends have married people from other communities and inter-racially too :-) Of course, the whole bunch is judged by one bad apple. Pity, this opinion will stick, untill the entire problem goes away.
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Love it. Love the people most of all: their joy for living, their smiles, their passion, their intelligence, their sense of pride. Indians know who they are. I love the easy-going atmosphere of India. There is time in India, time to chat to friends, to have tea together, to take part in religious festivals, to prepare food for the entire family. People are more in tune with the nature and themselves. Material things matter less in India. You can get into a deep philosophical discussion with almost anyone. \nIs India in danger? I hope not. If there was a danger, then it could be the danger of wanting to emulate the Western lifestyle. But I'm sure the Indians are wiser than that. There are already so many things that function better in India than in other countries: for example, the stable prices of medicinal products and books. I'm sure it will be possible for India to avoid the pitfalls of the West and at the same time, make use of its positive experience. \nWe must not forget that Bharat is the cradle of civilization -- and not the West !!!
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i guess to stop these ltte's from placing mines and killing innocent women and children.  if the tigers are so f'ing hot, why dont they face the sri lankan army like men instead of lizards?  you should bite into that cyanide vial you probably carry around your neck too.  do the world a favor.  damn terrorists
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Hm mm. very interesting point of view.I feel the human race as a whole is closer to the stars than the jungle.However some would like to halt progress in the hopes they can dominate and control the masses.India is one of the more developed cultures in our time with knowledge and reason they dealt with the Taliban destroying 3,000 year old religious shrines.They dealt with the Islamic intrusion in Cashmere region.So I personally feel the odds of India becoming a welcome member of democracy is better than 50/50.Once the seed has been planted it will grow slow at times fast at others but you will never undo it's growth now that it has been tasted it will fight to survive.India's best days are yet to come.I can't say for sure if it is a true democracy however it is trying hard to be one,give it time and it shall be
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Thanks for the greetings for India's\nSpace programme initiatives.\n\nBut the actual problem is like that\nof North Korea, where people are living\nbelow the poverty line and dieing \nbecause of hunger and suicide of \nthousands of farmers every week.\n\nThe Government is only bothered\nabout share market index rising.\nThe Govt. has reduced interest\nrates on small savings by 33%.\n\nThe Govt. is only bothered for giving\njob reservations to such people\nwho get least of the marks in exams\nand promote them over the meritorius\npeers.\n\nThe Govt. is forcing the private sector\nto give jobs to such backward & illeterate\nclasses, who are otherwise unfit for\na job and not bothered to give them\na quality education.\n\nThere is corruption every where. Criminals\nare Ministers in the Country and the members\nof parliament (35%) have serious \ncharges of murders, bribery and kidnapping\nagainst them.\n\nRecently, several MPs were caught taking\nbribe on camera, but the Govt. ensured that\nthey are not sent to Jail and passed a\nLaw in the parliament. The MPs were from\nopposition parties. A Clear Criminal Nexus.\n\nNo jobs. Every day 6 bank robberies in the \ncountry. Courts are scared to convict any\ncriminal from the Parliament.\n\nNon qualified doctor(Quota pass), is the\nHealth Minister and is fighting to sack\nthe countrys' top most doctor, because\nhe is from  better/higher community.\n\nNon qualified and persons with less than\nIQ are manning Indias' Space centre,\none day, they will be responsible for\na serious disaster.\n\nThe PM (sikh) has been appointed, by \nthe President of Congress- an Italian by\nBirth, to ensure that old cases of Sikh\nkillings are not opened.\nThe Harvard educated Finance \nMinister is a crook of First order\n to identify himself as a backward \nclass for reservation of jobs for\n his community. He is from a money\n lender community and a Pawn Broker,\n who amassed huge wealth in the past. \n\nCriminals are having the best time.
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i think that our character is basically tolerant, humourous, religiously and democratically apathetic and yet, strangely, determined.  i think that if our status quo is threatened our innate ( as much as a hybrid race can have an innate character ) but well hidden belicosity emerges.  things that provoke us are political and religious extremism ( including that dumbass american evangelical christianity ), aggression of any sort by others and challenge to our common belief in freedom of speech.  we're alright really, doing fine.  some may hate us at the moment but we'll win them round .  i'm proud to be british.  proud to be english as much as that matters and, here's where i'll lose even some of my fellow english... proud to be european.