The Day

The Day

A few days ago, there were 3-4 outsiders in my hostel. Barging in without official permission, they were ranting about 'Genocide' of Tamils (தமிழ் இன அழிவு). How our blood should boil and so on. A little more emotion, and they would consider swimming to Lanka to save their ' brothers ' . Or so it seemed. Great emotional talk.

The problem with us Indians, especially Tamils is that we are people 'with a heart'. We give top priority to matters that whip up emotion. You can all see that in a Rajni or M.G.R movie. On the screen and on the floor. The Hero always puts the lives of the poor above everything else, even himself. Snap back to reality.

These people were from a political party, staging a fast in front of our college campus, which unfortunately had no audience or support (Bad planning, our students are mostly Hindi). So these guys had come in to drag some of the Tamil Hostellers to their 'fast'. They were really BIG, so had to get the help of the warden to get them out. Good work,..

Or was it? Our juniors started following these guys to the shamiana. Hello?? 'Do you know what you are doing?' by me is met by 'Are you a Tamil?' by them. Had to say something authoritative to them to get them back in. Like the fact that these guys want just political gains, and if one cared enough, he should send aid through proper channels.

I should have told them more. I had little time then, couldn't elaborate. I choose to do so now in my next few blogs.