Debate - Independence for Tamil Nadu from Indian Rule
(MPR: "It is senile fanaticism"
Thanjai Nalankilli: "It is our birthright")

1. A Prosperous Tamil Nadu in the twenty-first century

MPR writes, "When the whole world is moving towards the twenty-first century with the realization that the world of tomorrow will be based on economic prosperity and not territorial acquisitions and also realize that the wars of tomorrow will be fought on stock exchanges and board rooms, we here have a senile man talking about breaking the federal structure of the union of states in India".

I agree with MPR that the whole world is moving towards the twenty-first century with economic prosperity as the primary goal. In fact, economic prosperity for Tamil Nadu is one of the basic reasons for the Tamil Nadu Freedom Movement. As a state in India, TamilNadu (as well as some other non-Hindi states) are economically discriminated by the Hindi-politicians-dominated Indian government. Indian government gives disproportionately large sums funds to Hindi heartland in the form of central government grants and aids. At the same time disproportionately smaller sums of grants and aid are given to many non-Hindi states [Reference 2].

This is economic discrimination. Our sweat and labor as well as our natural resources are steadily taken away to benefit the Hindi heartland. Every Tamilnadu chief minister during the past three decades has complained about this economic discrimination. Chief ministers of West Bengal, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh have also complained of this. So, Mr./Ms. MPR, an underlying reason for the liberation of Tamil Nadu from (H)indian rule is economic prosperity for Tamil Nadu in the twenty-first century. A free Tamil Nadu has the brainpower, technical skills and basic resources to be successful in international marketplace like Japan, Singapore and Malaysia. As for MPR's comments on "territorial acquisition", we are not acquiring anyone's territory, we simply want to liberate our territory - our Tamil Nadu - from the clutches of Hindian-dominated Indian government.

I see Tamil Nadu entering the twenty-first century as a slave nation discriminated and steadily impoverished by the Indian government. I also see Tamil Nadu breaking the chains of servitude, emerging as a free, independent nation and growing prosperous under self-rule during the twenty-first century.

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