Sri.Sankara Sharma said:-
Sri.Suryakasyapa said:-
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Sri. Sankara Sharma, Greetings. With due respect to your opinions, I wish to differ from the quoted opinion. Honestly, when I came across this site, I came in out of curiosity only. After reading few posts, I almost concluded that this is one more Brahmin forum; then I read Sri.Nachinarkiniyan, Sri.Nara, Sri.Kunjuppu, Sow.Happy Hindu...I knew Sow.Renuka was not a caste brahmin (Where are you? we miss you). Then I joined. My point is, neither Brahmin tag nor Tamizh interested me about this forum. There are some members who do not identify themselves as caste Brahmins. However, The fact that there are a few social service activities take place from this forum; few scholarly discussions take place at any given time....In my opinion, these are the main reasons to keep this forum going strongly....What keeps most of the members here is the common Brahmin inheritance. Not Tamil. Again this site is for Tamil Brahmin community. Most of the members identify themselves with the Brahmin tag more than the Tamil....
Sri.Suryakasyapa said:-
Sri.Suryakasyapa, greetings. I beg to differ from your opinion, please. The customs and traditions amoung Christians from Tamil Nadu, Kerala are very different. Same deal with Muslims too. Actually, in my opinion, caste brahmins, excluding Namboodhiris may have similar customs and traditions between Tamil Nadu and Kerala (Don't know much about Andhra and Karnataka).The christians in Kerala speak Malayalam, Christians in Karnataka speak Kannada, in Tamil Nadu they speak Tamil. But everywhere they follow the same christian customs,with some adaptations from local culture and habits. Similarly , Muslims also. That means , it is not the language which is a broader binding force, but some deep rooted customs and traditions.
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