Back of a auto rickshaw, Chennai
I don’t know how to say this politely, but anyone who says Sri Lankan Tamils should go back to Tamil Nadu should go back to 1983. Sri Lankan Tamils are from here as much as anybody, as are Burghers and Muslims and, I think, anybody who chooses to settle here, including suddhas and kalu suddhas. Plus look at us. We’re an island 30km from Tamil Nadu and we’ve been able to sail or swim that far for thousands of years. You might as well ask Mahinda to go back to Tamil Nadu, or Malaysia, or China. We’re all mixed up on this island and everyone needs to chill.
Furthermore, it’s a fairly common joke to call Tamil Nadu ‘Toilet Nadu’. This is idiotic. I personally don’t trust the intelligence of anyone who writes off millions of people and a huge area of our earth. I can either accept that 66 million people are dumbasses, or one. Probability wise, it’s much more likely to be the one.
I am an idiot. But it is Toilet Nadu.
All the cities in India are unbelievably dirty and people have some obscene potty habits. The rural areas are a little different, the same goes for Tamil Nadu. I’ve been to a little bit of rural Tamil Nadu and it’s very much like rural Sri Lanka. Except there were sometimes that I felt like I wasn’t too welcome. I’m sure foreigners travelling around SL sometimes feel the same.
@Dodo,
That’s way too much of a generalization. About the cities, I mean. Some states are worse off than others, this is mainly due to those states being really poor (Agra for one) and having trouble maintaining their cities. Applying blanket coverage to all cities like that is absurd.
Actually I’ve noticed that the poorer cites are better off. Take Lucknow for example, it’s far cleaner than Mumbai or Delhi. I don’t think money has a lot to do with it.
Hey Lefroy,
I am not sure what you have against Tamil Nadu.
I assume your anger is a derivative of the perception that TN people are LTTE supporters.
Probably you are aware that most of the people here do not support tigers, or may be more appropriate would be to say “they don’t care.” You can see in the last May 2009 election, every one of the “Tiger Supporters” lost, including Vaiko.
Unfortunately your argument is orthogonal to the issue at hand, contributes nothing positive.
Yup. Tis Toilet Nadu.
“Furthermore, it’s a fairly common joke to call Tamil Nadu ‘Toilet Nadu’. This is idiotic. I personally don’t trust the intelligence of anyone who writes off millions of people and a huge area of our earth. I can either accept that 66 million people are dumbasses, or one. Probability wise, it’s much more likely to be the one.”
So I guess with at least me & Lefroy, that makes more than the One who can be a ‘dumbass’ according to the logic above. Also, 66 miilion is anyway more than 20 million. So what ur saying is that even if all Sri Lankans think Toilet nadu is shit, since they are in the minority, the people of Toilet nadu will be da peeps with the ‘intelligent/ correct perception’ whatever their views. Even if we follow that argument, it directly supports that the majority view should be taken as ‘intelligent’. But applying THAT is against the ‘respect minorities perceptions’ argument, because it is the majority opinon that is considered ‘intelligent’!
Mi dear Indi- It would be helpful first accepting ‘things as they are’. If u think everything about being Tamil is awesome, good for you. Not even Tamils feel that way about themselves, they’re more level headed than that.
Some chicks I have dated in the past are Tamil. So don’t call me a racist :) I just think Tamil Nadu is a dump. Tamils are kewl, except some peeps. Same can be for most races. Simple as that. What I’m actually against is trying to molly coddle issues by sugar coating shit.
Please explain what a kalu suddha is.