Follow-up to my previous message.....
Hello Mohan:
V S Naipaul, in his "India, A Million Mutinies Now", Viking, 1990; talks to a South Indian gentleman in chapter 4, begining page 207.
I quote, page 231,
"This Tamil civilization of ours is very old one. Say, about 5000 years old. The cities of M.. and H ... are Dravidian cities......Till about 2000 years back, the society was casteless society. What happened at that time was that this foreign civilization came from the north, and they started differentiating among classes......."
And page 232..
"..The DMK was founded by Mr Annadurai in 1949.....In (1967)18 years the DMK took power from Congress. From being a secessionist movement, the DMK had become a party looking for regional autonomy....."
Regards,
Satish |
