Why targetting us?

[V.Balasubramani]

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Pranams,

The action of the Tamil Nadu Brahmins Association is more timely. Both the Cinema and TV are mocking our practices, our slang, our traditional custome, etc There is a limit and one cannot cross the lakshman rekha.

Hats off to the observation of Madras High Court.

News: Court bars release of the film Madisaar Maami - Hindu dt:29.05.2013

 

[kunjuppu]

i think they just wanted to rename the movie. no other big change in the movie content is expected

enough to save face for tamil nadu brahmins association.

if these guys want to do some practical good, they can start funds and provide fees for our community, those that need it; help out with medical expenses. do some social good and earn a good name for the community, like the way the jains and sindhis of tamil nadu do. they have built up good will among the vast majority of folks.

i may have missed something, but i have not heard of anything worthwhile coming out of this organization, except their demand for quotas and reservations - which is way out of line with current politics, reality and justifcations.

 

[C RAVI]

Such Brahmin Associations or any community associations are not Government bodies, sponsored by GOI. These community organizations are strengthened by the same community people to help fellow community people.

Unless affluent Brahmin folks step forward and proactively contribute to the TB community associations instead of getting away from TB community, we can not expect such beneficial social activities for the end use of the community folks, like that of jains and sindhis.

At least, Tamil Nadu Brahmin Association is taking such possible steps and making objections when ever and from where ever there is such attacks on TB community.

If we can't be actively doing anything for the TB association for the well being of fellow community people, let us at least appreciate our TB association for the actions they are taking. If at all we value and respect our community!!

 

[kunjuppu]

dear ravi,

re post #3

point taken. i think it is better not to be represented, than by being represented by mediocres and people with hidden agendas.

there is no single brahmin association, i think, because most people have no need for it. if there was a need, we would have had one. individualism gradually takes over, once a community reaches a threshold of prosperity and education, i think. they find no relevance of an association to represent them.

this may be a bad policy in a democratic environment, where group pressure and money gets a lot of things done. but one does not need money to do many a good work. i think if money is the issue, these people can get them without any effort, as there are sufficient wealthy folks who wont hesitate to dole out a few bucks.

but the interest in doing charity work - helping out the rest of the communities, is something these guys wont bother - i think mainly because the bulk of them are more obsessed with quotas and what they can get out of the government. that is my take on this.

otherwise all they do is mass avani avittams and such. but really nothing of relevance to the world at large. if this does not make sense to you, so be it, for by that very situation, my point is proved. that we can improve our sense of social responsibility, and in the process improve our image and public relations.

personally, i have met a few, and i would not go near them, nor, if i were living in india, i would keep myself very far away from what they purport to represent - community, values or otherwise.

 

[V.Balasubramani]

i think they just wanted to rename the movie. no other big change in the movie content is expected

enough to save face for tamil nadu brahmins association.

if these guys want to do some practical good, they can start funds and provide fees for our community, those that need it; help out with medical expenses. do some social good and earn a good name for the community, like the way the jains and sindhis of tamil nadu do. they have built up good will among the vast majority of folks.

i may have missed something, but i have not heard of anything worthwhile coming out of this organization, except their demand for quotas and reservations - which is way out of line with current politics, reality and justifcations.

Sir,

I am not here for arguments. But going thro the annual magazine distributed to me by the Association of my area, specifically my area, the Association is reported to be doing service by (as you told ) organizing Samashti Upanayanam, giving scholarship by way of school fees for poor and needy, Vasthra dhanam to the poor and meeting the cost of APARAKARYAM of the helpless. IMHO I think the Association of my area, more specifically, deserves support.

 

[sangom]

Sir,

I am not here for arguments. But going thro the annual magazine distributed to me by the Association of my area, specifically my area, the Association is reported to be doing service by (as you told ) organizing Samashti Upanayanam, giving scholarship by way of school fees for poor and needy, Vasthra dhanam to the poor and meeting the cost of APARAKARYAM of the helpless. IMHO I think the Association of my area, more specifically, deserves support.

Dear Shri Balasubramani,

It is with some trepidation and after much consideration, that I am replying to your post. Hope you will not get offended as happened in some earlier instance.

Two things which I observe in our tabra community are —

1. We are extremely individualistic. It goes to the extent of making us very self-centred people and in most cases, very avaricious also (a feeling that is echoed in the refrain "cha mE" in the chamaka prasna, perhaps. Hence tabras' contribution to social/community/caste welfare is minimal to nil. But on the religious side we may spend fortunes even, but this mostly helps only some fake swami or guru or baba.
2. Our religion does not give much importance to community service; it emphasizes individual upliftment like mOksham, brahmajnAnam etc. In addition we have very popular slokas like bhAryA bibhyati tasmin kAye etc. So, the importance of community is not there in our belief structure.
3. In brahmin associations, there is generally a certain amount of marginal corruption despite all the great qualities spoken of regarding brahmins, etc. This marginal corruption grows with time and certain vested interests then get hold of the association and its funds; usually there is a tussle but whichever group comes to power, continues the corrupt ways and it does not want any transparency.

In short, we as a community, are weak in many respects. That is known to outsiders also and that is why they dare to make fun of us.

 

[sarang]

It is surprising that that they who have been writing anti brahmin posts and wishing traditions to be thrown in the bin and making fun of scriptures and worship suddenly claim kinship 'we brahmins'.

Brahmin values are like 'koil ther'; will get pulled and reach the goal with the support of all who pull the vadam irrespective of the hurdles. All vadam pullers are not brahmins.

If tamilnadu brahmins association is able to achieve even 10% of its aspired goals, it is still an achievement. These days one has to fight on all fronts - local elections, court, and what not.

 

[apsarathy]

I fully agree with the points mentioned by Mr.Sargom. He is very diplomatic while saying that there is a marginal corruption in the community; this 'marginal corruption' is nothing but individual egos, IMHO. We can not agree on anything as each educated TB will have something to say on any issue under the sun and he thinks he is more knowledgeable than the other when he can score a brownie point. Movies like Vishwaroopam and Madisar Mami make fun of TBs simply because the producers know that Brahmins will only talk and do nothing more. We are all quite happy sitting all over India and abroad in a cocoon like atmosphere with our children holding cushy jobs in IT sector, again in India and abroad. We simply cluck-cluck our dissatisfaction over such movies and move on. In this respect, even this small initiative by the Brahmin Association is a very welcome development.

 

[kunjuppu]

It is surprising that that they who have been writing anti brahmin posts and wishing traditions to be thrown in the bin and making fun of scriptures and worship suddenly claim kinship 'we brahmins'.

Brahmin values are like 'koil ther'; will get pulled and reach the goal with the support of all who pull the vadam irrespective of the hurdles. All vadam pullers are not brahmins.

If tamilnadu brahmins association is able to achieve even 10% of its aspired goals, it is still an achievement. These days one has to fight on all fronts - local elections, court, and what not.

sarang,

i think this is a mean post. not only is it not fair, but it so absolutist and self righteous - you and your two supporters, i guess, are the so calle d 'upkeepers' of the brahmin values. how much have you changed in the past 10 years? dont you use the cell phone? internet? computer? are these not against brahmin values?

instead of point blanking hating, why dont you come up with specific instances and points to present your cases. that way, you reinforce your arguemnts with fact and references, and along with, do not forget to include your own views.

let us not corner ourselves into narrow minded bigots which pretensions for glory. let us look at reality, and acknowledge mistakes were made in the past, and how we can learn from them. otherwise, if there were no mistakes, everything now would be hunky dory, no?

on the other hand, if no mistakes were made in the past, thent he present is a bed of roses. and no one should complain.

 

[kunjuppu]

Sir,

I am not here for arguments. But going thro the annual magazine distributed to me by the Association of my area, specifically my area, the Association is reported to be doing service by (as you told ) organizing Samashti Upanayanam, giving scholarship by way of school fees for poor and needy, Vasthra dhanam to the poor and meeting the cost of APARAKARYAM of the helpless. IMHO I think the Association of my area, more specifically, deserves support.

thank you v.bala.

it is good to know that your branch is doing good work and that you have a sense of satisfaction. personally, i think, for any group, the bigges raison d'etre should be community good.

best wishes.

 

[prasad1]

sarang,

i think this is a mean post. not only is it not fair, but it so absolutist and self righteous - you and your two supporters, i guess, are the so calle d 'upkeepers' of the brahmin values. how much have you changed in the past 10 years? dont you use the cell phone? internet? computer? are these not against brahmin values?

instead of point blanking hating, why dont you come up with specific instances and points to present your cases. that way, you reinforce your arguemnts with fact and references, and along with, do not forget to include your own views.

let us not corner ourselves into narrow minded bigots which pretensions for glory. let us look at reality, and acknowledge mistakes were made in the past, and how we can learn from them. otherwise, if there were no mistakes, everything now would be hunky dory, no?

on the other hand, if no mistakes were made in the past, thent he present is a bed of roses. and no one should complain.

I like the post and I want to make it clear that my liking is strictly content based, and I am not a jalara (a blind follower). LOL

 

[kunjuppu]

dear sangom,

re your post #6

i am not so sure, about corruption, especially monetary embezzlement kind, in our organizations.

there is a basic level of honesty and decency among our community. and barring n.srinivasan of ipl most of our community is straightforward and clean. i think so.

right from the lowly clerk to the ceo, as functionaries, take pride, as i have seen, in a very active ayyappa samajam, years ago. except, that the ceo, by virtue of his rank and position in society, automatically asssumes leadership and the clerk, takes orders

there is also a level of autocracy ie even though there may be formal bodies which resemble a democratic environment, a clique usually assumes control, and will wish everything done their way. or no way. my mother used to say, that the underhand politics of the said ayyappa samajam, would make indira gandhi's antcs pale into insignificance.. and all for the greater glory of god.

personally, i think there has been no need for an umbrella caste based organization for us - mainly because there is no desperate want. one only has to look at the original nadar sangam under nesamoni - the nadars were dirt poor as a community, low in rank like the vanniars of northern tamil nadu and with no hope of upward mobility.

part conversion of xtianity (esp from kanyakumari nagercoil), encouragement from kamaraj and above all willingness to work hard - in my days nadar provison and coffee Shops used to mushroom in every new corner of the then expanding madras. Today they are a very prosperous community (dowries are a norm, and run into eye raising crores for a well educated groom), politically powerful thanks to their numbers. And they have more than a dozen nadar sangams at loggerheads with each other.

Same goes for the gounder community though these were prosperous since the early 1900s.

Whereas the still poor and dirt poor vanniars, are still under a single flag of dr ramadoss only because they have not made much headway. In light of recent assault on dalits by vanniars, there has been a lot of analysis as to the poor status of the vanniars in tamil nadu and why they could/did not emulate the nadars en route to prosperity.

The consensus appears – dr ramadoss failed as a leader. His greed and family interest superseded his love of his community. He was doing good work – with a vanniar college etc. whereas the nadars pooled their money and started a bank to finance their small businesses, the vanniars entered politics, and with that came the downfall.

They simply cannot match up with the dalits, form whom, there is still collective guilt over the treatment meeted out to them, and thanks to govt help sections of dalits have moved up economically, and thus igniting jealousy among the vanniars, which has led to violence.

All this is irrelevant for the tambrams as even the poorest among us, has clothing, food and roof. Once upon a time we used to pity the cooks, but judging from this forum, a Brahmin cook if he/she so desires can make upto 1000 rupees a day.

The only good campaign, which Brahmins might find solidarity with the vanniars, is against love jihads whereas the vanniars have accused only the dalits of ‘spoiling’ their girls, we tambrams can carry on our fight against the whole NB crowd, for putting our bachelors in a marriageless plight. Any takers?

 

[sarang]

Nothing but mottaitalai muzhangal mudichu.

Who said, in the past, brahmins did not use the tools of the day or the scientific methods available. As sanatana dharma or hinduism is a way of life, brahminism, a subset of sanatana dharma, is also a way of life. The claim that internet, cell phones are against brahminical values is not only laughable, but sheer idiocy.

Brahminical values and traditions are preserved by those who follow; they have enough acharyas and gurus to advise them when in doubt.

Such broad minded people are free to practice what they think is right and suits them instead of calling others narrow minded bigots. Bad mouthing institutions is also condemnable.

It is the inferiority complex of some even to think that brahmins made mistakes in the past. They lived a life that suited the time. It is unfair to hoist the blame of untouchability, caste tensions, and like on brahmins alone.

Some members make and have made vile fun of simple brahmins and their way of life, their institutions, healthy differences in the various sub sects.

Let people who want to protect brahmin life and practices do their job; those who want to destroy are also free to ply their trade.

sarang,

i think this is a mean post. not only is it not fair, but it so absolutist and self righteous - you and your two supporters, i guess, are the so calle d 'upkeepers' of the brahmin values. how much have you changed in the past 10 years? dont you use the cell phone? internet? computer? are these not against brahmin values?

instead of point blanking hating, why dont you come up with specific instances and points to present your cases. that way, you reinforce your arguemnts with fact and references, and along with, do not forget to include your own views.

let us not corner ourselves into narrow minded bigots which pretensions for glory. let us look at reality, and acknowledge mistakes were made in the past, and how we can learn from them. otherwise, if there were no mistakes, everything now would be hunky dory, no?

on the other hand, if no mistakes were made in the past, thent he present is a bed of roses. and no one should complain.

 

[kunjuppu]

Nothing but mottaitalai muzhangal mudichu.

Who said, in the past, brahmins did not use the tools of the day or the scientific methods available. As sanatana dharma or hinduism is a way of life, brahminism, a subset of sanatana dharma, is also a way of life. The claim that internet, cell phones are against brahminical values is not only laughable, but sheer idiocy.

Brahminical values and traditions are preserved by those who follow; they have enough acharyas and gurus to advise them when in doubt.

Such broad minded people are free to practice what they think is right and suits them instead of calling others narrow minded bigots. Bad mouthing institutions is also condemnable.

It is the inferiority complex of some even to think that brahmins made mistakes in the past. They lived a life that suited the time. It is unfair to hoist the blame of untouchability, caste tensions, and like on brahmins alone.

Some members make and have made vile fun of simple brahmins and their way of life, their institutions, healthy differences in the various sub sects.

Let people who want to protect brahmin life and practices do their job; those who want to destroy are also free to ply their trade.

sarang,

once again you are into senseless vitriol and hatred. i do not think this is right.

you have your views. it is ok. i have mine, and just as i respect yours, you have an obligation to respect mine, and maintain the decorum.

i find it unacceptable that you cannot talk in a civilized manner and argue your points. instead you resort to abuse bordering on verbal diarrhea. where is your sense of decency? what type of a human are you?

you have not understood even an iota of my posts, and what it strives. i used to give people the benefit of the doubt, but to people like you, living of all the places maharashtra, to talk like this is an epitome of shame. i think, may you should dig a hole and insert your head, and cement it over. shame on you sir.

 

[sangom]

It is surprising that that they who have been writing anti brahmin posts and wishing traditions to be thrown in the bin and making fun of scriptures and worship suddenly claim kinship 'we brahmins'.

Brahmin values are like 'koil ther'; will get pulled and reach the goal with the support of all who pull the vadam irrespective of the hurdles. All vadam pullers are not brahmins.

If tamilnadu brahmins association is able to achieve even 10% of its aspired goals, it is still an achievement. These days one has to fight on all fronts - local elections, court, and what not.

Dear Shri sarang,

So long as you or anyone else cannot get me a caste certificate stating that I do not belong to the Brahmin caste/ I belong to some other caste (preferably one of the Scheduled castes of Kerala, according to the Depressed Classes Act of 1937), it will be legal and ethical on my part to call myself as a brahmin, I suppose. But as a Brahmin, there is no clear-cut rule anywhere today about what belief system I should follow, what daily routine I must observe, what kind of jobs I am allowed to do or prevented from doing etc. It is because of this complete lack of strict community/caste codes and its adherence, that you - Shri Sarang can claim to be a Brahmin (or are you not, in reality?) and participate in this Forum; I am also an equal beneficiary, that's all.

That said, and precisely because of the very lax caste code of conduct, I or any one else for that matter, has the freedom to criticize our brahmin customs, beliefs, scriptures, etc. These are personal views and need not be taken as anything more. But people like yourself seem to have a highly fragile sort of belief only in following the traditions, customs, etc., as also in the preachings of the scriptures; it is because of such a very fragile belief that you feel threatened by someone else's personal opinions which question your customs, traditions and interpretation of scriptures etc. The disease therefore lies inside yourself. Please don't search elsewhere for its cause.

It is unclear to me as to how the "Brahmin temple car" will be successfully pulled 90% by "all" including non-brahmins? Mystery to me - those who understand may kindly elucidate!!

 

[sangom]

dear sangom,

re your post #6

i am not so sure, about corruption, especially monetary embezzlement kind, in our organizations.

there is a basic level of honesty and decency among our community. and barring n.srinivasan of ipl most of our community is straightforward and clean. i think so.

Dear Kunjuppu,

You see, a brahmin official will very usually programme for himself an official tour in order to attend a poonal, or marriage or even visit to a temple for completing a vow (nErcchai), etc. In absolute terms of propriety and honesty this practice is questionable, though in comparison to the political class and their achievements in corruption, these are insignificant. I was referring to such sly acts of cost-cutting and subsequent bravado like "குன்னம்குளத்துக்கு ஒரு டூர் போட்டுண்டேன். அந்தவாக்கிலெ அப்பிடியே திருச்சூர்லெ ராஜா கல்யாணத்தெயும் அற்றெண்ட் பண்ணிட்டு, நேரெ குருவாயூருக்கும் போயி நேர்ச்சயெ நடத்திட்டு வந்தேன். எல்லாம் பகவானோடு அனுக்ரஹம் தான். வேறெ என்ன?".

N. Srinivasan has my vote as of now. And I will continue to back him till his complicity is proved in any betting or match-/spot-fixing.

right from the lowly clerk to the ceo, as functionaries, take pride, as i have seen, in a very active ayyappa samajam, years ago. except, that the ceo, by virtue of his rank and position in society, automatically asssumes leadership and the clerk, takes orders

there is also a level of autocracy ie even though there may be formal bodies which resemble a democratic environment, a clique usually assumes control, and will wish everything done their way. or no way. my mother used to say, that the underhand politics of the said ayyappa samajam, would make indira gandhi's antcs pale into insignificance.. and all for the greater glory of god.

Exactly, all in the name of and for the greater glory of god. That is the typical refrain. So, there is no self-analysis. Instead, after any and everything, it is only self-adulation which the jalra crowds know well to sing chorus to!

personally, i think there has been no need for an umbrella caste based organization for us - mainly because there is no desperate want. one only has to look at the original nadar sangam under nesamoni - the nadars were dirt poor as a community, low in rank like the vanniars of northern tamil nadu and with no hope of upward mobility.

part conversion of xtianity (esp from kanyakumari nagercoil), encouragement from kamaraj and above all willingness to work hard - in my days nadar provison and coffee Shops used to mushroom in every new corner of the then expanding madras. Today they are a very prosperous community (dowries are a norm, and run into eye raising crores for a well educated groom), politically powerful thanks to their numbers. And they have more than a dozen nadar sangams at loggerheads with each other.

Same goes for the gounder community though these were prosperous since the early 1900s.

Whereas the still poor and dirt poor vanniars, are still under a single flag of dr ramadoss only because they have not made much headway. In light of recent assault on dalits by vanniars, there has been a lot of analysis as to the poor status of the vanniars in tamil nadu and why they could/did not emulate the nadars en route to prosperity.

The consensus appears – dr ramadoss failed as a leader. His greed and family interest superseded his love of his community. He was doing good work – with a vanniar college etc. whereas the nadars pooled their money and started a bank to finance their small businesses, the vanniars entered politics, and with that came the downfall.

They simply cannot match up with the dalits, form whom, there is still collective guilt over the treatment meeted out to them, and thanks to govt help sections of dalits have moved up economically, and thus igniting jealousy among the vanniars, which has led to violence.

All this is irrelevant for the tambrams as even the poorest among us, has clothing, food and roof. Once upon a time we used to pity the cooks, but judging from this forum, a Brahmin cook if he/she so desires can make upto 1000 rupees a day.

The only good campaign, which Brahmins might find solidarity with the vanniars, is against love jihads whereas the vanniars have accused only the dalits of ‘spoiling’ their girls, we tambrams can carry on our fight against the whole NB crowd, for putting our bachelors in a marriageless plight. Any takers?

We tabras had a bank, the Dhanalakshmi Bank Ltc., Thrissur. I know how the predominantly tabra board ran the bank's affairs and how some of the directors made huge benefits. That was also one reason for my usage "marginal corruption" in my earlier post.

Since tabras who have prospered do not normally give much for tabra associations, there is a need to have some insurance or banking unit which will benefit the community. But I don't know in what way this can be done.

Our existing tabra associations all seem to be on an algorithm. Samashti upanayanams, bhagavata saptahams, laksha/koti archanais if possible, some pittance distributed to persons known to the office bearers (these beneficiaries usually do 'eDupidi' jobs in the office-bearers' house/office) in the name of scholarships/free note & text-books, and so on. In many of these activities the committees act as an exclusive club and there is usually the "marginal corruption" in all these things.

 

[sarang]

Who is talking? smooth tongued paragon of virtue.

sarang,

once again you are into senseless vitriol and hatred. i do not think this is right.

you have your views. it is ok. i have mine, and just as i respect yours, you have an obligation to respect mine, and maintain the decorum.

i find it unacceptable that you cannot talk in a civilized manner and argue your points. instead you resort to abuse bordering on verbal diarrhea. where is your sense of decency? what type of a human are you?

you have not understood even an iota of my posts, and what it strives. i used to give people the benefit of the doubt, but to people like you, living of all the places maharashtra, to talk like this is an epitome of shame. i think, may you should dig a hole and insert your head, and cement it over. shame on you sir.

 

[V.Balasubramani]

Dear Shri Balasubramani,

It is with some trepidation and after much consideration, that I am replying to your post. Hope you will not get offended as happened in some earlier instance.

Two things which I observe in our tabra community are —

1. We are extremely individualistic. It goes to the extent of making us very self-centred people and in most cases, very avaricious also (a feeling that is echoed in the refrain "cha mE" in the chamaka prasna, perhaps. Hence tabras' contribution to social/community/caste welfare is minimal to nil. But on the religious side we may spend fortunes even, but this mostly helps only some fake swami or guru or baba.
2. Our religion does not give much importance to community service; it emphasizes individual upliftment like mOksham, brahmajnAnam etc. In addition we have very popular slokas like bhAryA bibhyati tasmin kAye etc. So, the importance of community is not there in our belief structure.
3. In brahmin associations, there is generally a certain amount of marginal corruption despite all the great qualities spoken of regarding brahmins, etc. This marginal corruption grows with time and certain vested interests then get hold of the association and its funds; usually there is a tussle but whichever group comes to power, continues the corrupt ways and it does not want any transparency.

In short, we as a community, are weak in many respects. That is known to outsiders also and that is why they dare to make fun of us.

Sri Sanjom Ji,

Your points are well taken Sir,

The thread is about the degrading of our community by the powerful media of Cinema and TV. But going through the contents of postings, I believe the thread is misfired?


With regards

 

[கால பைரவன்]

The thread is about the degrading of our community by the powerful media of Cinema and TV. But going through the contents of postings, I believe the thread is misfired?

With regards

Dear Balasubramani,
It is not your fault. There are members here who blame our community for anything and everything -including matters where our community is at the receiving end. Even a casual reader can observe this pattern. Therefore, please do not worry yourself. Please continue to bring such matters to this forum's attention, if possible.

 

[palindrome]

Dear Shri sarang,

So long as you or anyone else cannot get me a caste certificate stating that I do not belong to the Brahmin caste/ I belong to some other caste (preferably one of the Scheduled castes of Kerala, according to the Depressed Classes Act of 1937), it will be legal and ethical on my part to call myself as a brahmin, I suppose. But as a Brahmin, there is no clear-cut rule anywhere today about what belief system I should follow, what daily routine I must observe, what kind of jobs I am allowed to do or prevented from doing etc. It is because of this complete lack of strict community/caste codes and its adherence, that you - Shri Sarang can claim to be a Brahmin (or are you not, in reality?) and participate in this Forum; I am also an equal beneficiary, that's all.

That said, and precisely because of the very lax caste code of conduct, I or any one else for that matter, has the freedom to criticize our brahmin customs, beliefs, scriptures, etc. These are personal views and need not be taken as anything more. But people like yourself seem to have a highly fragile sort of belief only in following the traditions, customs, etc., as also in the preachings of the scriptures; it is because of such a very fragile belief that you feel threatened by someone else's personal opinions which question your customs, traditions and interpretation of scriptures etc. The disease therefore lies inside yourself. Please don't search elsewhere for its cause.

It is unclear to me as to how the "Brahmin temple car" will be successfully pulled 90% by "all" including non-brahmins? Mystery to me - those who understand may kindly elucidate!!

Well put sir. Am sorry i did not read this post fully (visiting this thread just now). Based on just 2 paragraphs reproduced by Kunjuppu sir in an other thread i had posted a reply. After reading this post fully, i deleted my post to you in that thread.

 

[sangom]

Sri Sanjom Ji,

Your points are well taken Sir,

The thread is about the degrading of our community by the powerful media of Cinema and TV. But going through the contents of postings, I believe the thread is misfired?


With regards

You have given the title "Why targetting us?" to this thread. In the OP you have just given the news about that cinema. So, for a reader, what appears most prominently is "why the cinemas and other media are targetting us?" My response was, I think, relevant to this issue.