kalabhras களப்பிரர் - 2

* kaLabhras had been identifiied in various ways as kaLappirar, kaLappaazhar, kaLappaaLar, kaLambaazhar.

* thalavaaipuram(தளவாய்புரம்) copper plates (probably dated around 1020s and 30s) identify those rulers as kaLappaazhar/kaLappaaLar (களப்பாழர்/களப்பாளர்), while vElvikkudi (வேள்விக்குடி) copper plates identified them as kaLappirar (களப்பிரர்).

* in the addendum of that book, A. marx further summarises, kalabhras were from kaLapappu (shravanabelagola, in modern times. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shravanabelagola ); their realm stretched upto kOlaalapuram (kOlaar in modern time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolar ).

* so, kalabhras are of dravidian stock from current kannada, not outsiders as KANS and some others tried to project.

* during kalabhras rule, jainism and buddhism thrived; A. Marx says they themselves were followers or supporters of vaishnavism( because, achyuthan is a name associated with vaishnavism); while the author mr. seeni says they were supporters of jainism (because it flourished). former of these two arguments seems acceptable.

* at the end of last sangham period, continuous internal wars- -which were faught for war's own sake and for glory- among kings of various dynasties rendered their realms weak and defenseless, some times leaderless after protracted wars. these conditions attracted kalabhras from erumai naadu- buffalo country (current shravanabelagola) to wage war and rule ancient tamil lands.

* the absence of strong centralized regional powers and kings encouraged the fringe people to wage wars.

* though kalabhras were followers of vaishnavism and stood neutral towards other religions, people from other religions-esp jains- supported kalabhras; jains supported kalabhras simply because....kalabhras were neutral while other tamil kings were oppressive;

* these kalabhra rulers were loathed by the local chieftains and aggressive hindus- so there was less social support from people with settled-agriculture in plains. people with shifting-agriculture, those from dry lands, hillcountry and nomadic lifestyle were supporters of kalabhras. these are as observed by A. Marx. acceptable.

* people with clan based association and culture settled on hillcountries and drylands; they were more glorious during sangham periods but were declining during AD200 because of their uproductive shifting agriculture methods; while those settled in plains assisted in their more productive agriculture methods by good irrigation were slowly gaining grounds in political, social and religious fronts during the same period.

* while the chera, chozha, pandiya, pallava kings were more favourable towards hindu-high class people, kalabhras were neutral towards all people. hinduism was based on inequality while jainism & buddhism were neutral.

* most importantly...... it's only during kalabhras priod, tamil-brahmi script started metamorphosing into vatteluthu ( rounded script). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatteluttu_alphabet and tamil script.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/History_of_Tamil_script.jpg

* it's during this period....., four categories( ven-paa, aasiriyap-paa, kalip-paa & vanjip-paa of poetry-system diverged into 12 categories, as they were combined with thaazhisai, thurai and viruththam. 4 * 3 = 12 categories.

* it is during this period....,
         avinayam, kaakkaip paadiniyam, naththaththam,  pal kaappiyam, pal kaappiyap puranadai &                                 palkaayam in grammar;
         nari viruththam, eli viruththam and kili viruththam in philosophy;
         seevaha chinthaamani, perungathai in epics;
         mooththa thirup pathigam, thiruvirattai manimaalai, arputhath thiruvandhaadhi, kayilai paadhi                            kaalaththi paadhi thiruvandhaadhi in saivism
        and....many more works appeared.

....still dark age?

* it's during this period......, esteemed teachers - buddhadatta mahatherar, thanjai tharumapaalar, sangha mithrar, jothipaalar, sumathi, aacharya thiknaagar, kaanji tharumapaalar, buddha mithrar all appeared. still KANS called this a dark age! and so did the other parrots.

* it futher attempts to inform that after 200AD all religions from north- hinduism, jainism and buddhism- attempted to gain the support of majority; competed with each other; that struggle continued till 600AD. after 600AD, crooked devious designs of bakthism of hinduism ensnared jains and banished buddhism out of tamil land. ( never to forget kazhuvetram கழுவேற்றம்)

* in his addendum, prof A. Marx combines the points and aspects taken from kaarthikesu sivathambi and burton stein; and tries to resolve some questions left unanswered by mr.seeni.

* A. Marx refers to the works drama in ancient tamil society (of kaarthikesu sivathambi) and agriculture and agriculture based political developments in ancient tamil society (of burton stein).

the story behind velvikkudi copper plates shall follow next.......

kalabhras களப்பிரர் - 1

i had almost no knowledge of kalabhras despite their having ruled tamil land.

my knowledge about them was just..... sometime in history, kalabhras also ruled tamilnadu; and that period is known as dark age!

habit of non-stop reading introduces a lottttttt of surprises! esp when we dont limit ourselves to only one interest/subject/task/career/family; esp when our interest switches from one thing to another ...to...another..... to one more!

read a book on kalabhras, 

* titled, " களப்பிரர் ஆட்சியில் தமிழகம்" ; 

* in english, it translates to, " tamilnadu under kalabhra's rule ";

* written in Tamil language by thiru. mayilai seeni vEnkadasaamy; 

* published by vidiyal publishers, Coimbatore-641015.

* the book i read was the third print.

* first print was released by makkal publishers in 1975.

* sadly i noted thiru.seeni vEnkadasaamy has passed away on 1980 (born on 1900).

i consider myself very lucky to have stumbled upon this book in last year's (2015) bookexpo in chennai.

when mr.seeni presents reasons to support his claims, i could only think of a brave heart; this book took on the popular misunderstanding that IS prevailing among tamil people; in order to do that, against the already long established, majority convinced, (wrong) conception, it would have taken a lottttttttt of courage. 

a renowned historian(KAN Sashtri) of past had thrown a very bad light on kalabhras in the 1930s; later, all historians just parroted it; and everyone has bought that; this idea has been shouted from the roofs of classrooms, podiums of universities, temple halls; now to say something against this established idea.....is risky, some may dislike it, some may spit venom for exposing facts.

yet mr. seeni did it.

* at the end of last sangham period, there were these contemporary kings. 

         cheran- KO kOdhaimaarban; 

         chozhan- KO chenganaan;

         pandiyan- thalaiyaalangaanaththuch cheru vendra pandiyan nedunj chezhiyan ( not that nedunj                             chezhiyan of silappathikaaram); 

         poraiyan - kaNaikkaal irumporai.

* the period was around 250AD. these kings and kingdoms did not have any strong leadership after them.

* we dont get much info on the RULERS the parts of the then known tamil country. but as prof. A. MARX observes, we think, history is only limited to the list of kings and their battles!

* until almost 600AD there were not many inscriptions, coins, palm leaves, potteries and the like archaeological evidences to tell us about the rulers.

*in 1923 vElvikkudi copper plates were found; and it was revealed that during this intermediate period, there were kalabhra kings who ruled tamil country.

* in 1935 KANS publishes his chozhas book. simply terms kalabhras period THE DARK AGE. less so because, no names of kings were found convincingly. more so, because, during this period, some hindu-priest class fellows were stripped of their special privileges, gifts of lands and gold given to them by previous &/or parallel hindu kings.

* that was enough. immediately, KANS condemns kalabhras, calling them- interlopers, and their ruling period- interregnum. paints them in pitch black.

* though the political leadership/head neared stupor, there were social, cultural and economic activities that thrived during that period.

* there were tooo many good books that were written in this period. yet KAN says, it was interregnum.

rabbits, lions and hyenas!

elections are nearing and these rabbits remind me of few innocent people of tamilnadu!

what!? elections and rabbits? sounds strange, right?

yes, it is. it is. it is indeed strange!

to make it clear, i shall add the following!!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

                                                           

what if i tell you these carnivores remind me of politicians?

so, now you got the imagery!

but the problem is, politicians donot appear as frightening as these. rather they will make buddha and jesus feel ashamed!

they appear holier, more peaceful than buddha and jesus! remember, appearances deceive!

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ok.ok. straight to the point.

as the elections are closing in on, there have been calls for A CHANGE! wonderful, isn't it?

a change!

some people called for a change in the seat of power. i viewed their campaigns with more optimism when they accused dravidian parties of destroying tamilnadu by holding power bilaterally.

not that i agreed with their accusations completely; i have a opinion that, ADMK has nothing dravidian in its principle/practices, except that term 'dravidian' in its name! it never had any original vision for tamilnadu; ADMK was not born with clear motives and vision, but from the ego clash of two leaders-MK and MGR after perarignar ANNA's death. ADMK exploited arignar ANNA's legacy by including his name. so there was no principles at all; but it was necessary for MGR to safeguard himself from MK.

about DMK my opinions are positive, because it was started by arignar ANNA with perfect PRINCIPLES. it took birth as an offshoot of DK; i would simplify it, like...... 

initially.... 

DMK == DK + political front

so intially DMK had a clear vision, a road map; it understood the necessary to contest in elections and win political power (without which, principles and policies cannot be implemented actively); it knew it was necessary to hold political power, if it ever wanted to expedite changes in cultural, social, economic fronts of tamilnadu.

but.....as DMK aged, more appropriately as MK aged, slowly these principles were compromised; or watered down; diluted; blunted. DMK has become an old rabbit which cannot protect itself, let alone protecting other rabbits of TN.

later....

DMK == DK + political front - atheism/monotheism + compromises

as i thought it had lost its vigor to give shape to its principle, i thought there shall be a change in the seat of power; more so, since DMK and ADMK had been given chances a number of times!

i thought, mr.VAIKO floated MDMK realising these problems in DMK as well as in tamilnadu's situation. i thought he would champion the causes of OLD DMK stringently under the banner of MDMK; 

i stil think.....

MDMK == DK - ANNA - MK + VAIKO

MDMK seems almost SO-in principles, if not practically.

i was not sure, whether this equation was indeed accurate, because mr.VAIKO had never been given power till now; hence cannot be definitely and categorically declared to fit in this mathematical expression. ;-) until seen in action while in power.

even mr. MK was as aggressive as mr. VAIKO before coming to power; once on the seat of power, he may swing this or that side; nobody can definitely say which side.

yet i preferred to a change in that most powerful seat, having seen DMK and ADMK for years; thinking MDMK would be more vigorous in implementing ANNA's ideas than was DMK. so wanted a change.

early DMK's principles can be simplified as..... LIBERTY, EQUALITY and FRATERNITY.

expected mr. VAIKO would follow those principles STRONGER than DMK; hence wanted a CHANGE!

i wanted a change that, RABBITS shall get the POWER to realise their dreams better than under the leadership of those less dedicated lot; i thought mr. VAIKO was a younger and vigorous RABBIT, so would understand the problems and aspirations of these rabbits better than others.

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but there were others, they also wanted a change in power-seat! but that change was similar to....having hyenas/ wolves ruling TN. THEY(hyenas and wolves) paint a picture that, 'lion and tiger had enjoyed tasting the rabbits for quite longggggggg; now this must change'. now hyenas and wolves want their turn to HAVE MORE POWER TO HUNT authoritatively and taste those rabbits. sooooooooooooooooooooo they wanted a change!

they just wanted the change of power, to their own selfish advantage; they say they would bring in toooooooo many selfless service to the society, BUT...... their activities of recent past has been......HUNTING rabbits!

except in political power, they donot want any change in socio-politico-economic aspects. they could not watch lion/tiger enjoying power over rabbits; in stead wolves and hyenas wanted that power to themselves.

the motive was getting MORE AND MORE FRESH FLESH AND BLOOD OF RABBITS; the motive for asking for a change is NOT out of sympathy for the rabbits which are deliberately&deviously projected to be preyed upon by lion/tiger. 

in stead of letting lion/tiger drink the blood of the rabbit; these hyenas and wolves want to drink it. so they want a change!

oh!!! these guys want A CHANGE! how cunning! change they want! 

look at their nasty teeth and salivating tongue and mouth!

change! this word can take two rather opposite characters.

raw mango ripening....is a welcome change.but...,

that ripe mango rotting.... is an undesirable change!

anna puts it better.....,

if milk becomes curd, it's good; if that curd gets excessively fermented, it's bad.

young boy growing into a strong, matured man ...is a good change. but a young man, losing sights, bodily strength, losing hair, getting wrinkled face and becoming very old....is a sad change.

it's good to have a change that is progressive, not a regressive one. when there's no progress, even sustaining same standards is better than having a regression.

beware of those change seekers' motives; think and vote wisely!

(will the rabbits argue this way?!

hey idiots, just tell me how does it matter to us rabbits, if we were devoured by lions or hyenas?!

if we want a change, we would not want hyenas in place of lions. because, it is better to get killed honorably by lions in a single shot, than...being eaten half-alive by heynas, dying a protracted, painful death.)

(kindly forgive me, if this line sounds similar to the one whch argued against french revolution; forgot the name of the author; forgot the book also; else i may duly credit them)

'சமத்துவம் பேசும் திராவிடக் கட்சிகள் போய்,

தம் சாதிக் கட்சிகள் ஆட்சிக்கு வரவேண்டும்' என்பதே அந்தச் சாதி வெறியர்களின் எண்ணம். இவர்கள் தேடும் ஆட்சி மாற்றம் அந்த அளவோடு மட்டுமே; மக்களின் நல்வாழ்வோ, சமத்துவமோ, சகோதரத்துவமோ, ஒற்றுமையோ, முன்னேற்றமோ, அமைதியோ அல்ல.

india vs somalia !?

a classmate-friend forwarded this image to group and asked our opinion on it!

in world happiness report-2016, india stood at a dismal 118th place, while somalia ranked 76.

i tried to glean from some websites and attempted to understand how the study was done! sampling method, representative sampling to total ratio! method to rate that happiness! and the like.

responded in the group after skimming thro those sites.

Somalia vs india

Went thro a couple of websites for info.

Happiness index measured 6 factors-GDP, life expectancy....more imp FREEDOM, SOCIAL SUPPORT, CORRUPTION & GENEROSITY.

In last 4, india would've fared really rreally bad in general.

Somalia is raising itself from a lot of turmoil(qud giv a lot of hope) while india is slowly slipping into it(giving despair to many, but a few)

somalis seem happy to get three times porridge aftr toooo much of poverty n hunger

Indians still get chicken briyani,but doubtful n uncertain which religion/caste/party has laced thay briyani with poison

Truly telling ....never knew anything abt somalia....except in the movie- black hawk down.

and while writing this online, i found this in wiki.

as expected, countries with better distribution of happiness among individuals was taken into consideration.

in simple terms, it said, more than how much money/facilities one country has....,  how well/fair those are distributed among all mattered.

that is...people in a country with relatively lower GDP can be happier than those of higher-GDP-country! because, to have a happy life, money alone is not sufficient. there are other few essential factors, which were measured in that UNreport.

it conspicuously notices, people of those countries with less inequalities of happiness are happier.

money....is a necessary, but not a sufficient condition to make people happier.

it would be interesting to note.

india's regional neighbour-pakistan (whom majority brain-washed indians consider an enemy) scored better at 92nd position in the total of 157 countries.

it's remarkable that, in those 6factors measured.....

india scored least in level of corruption (that india is heavily corrupted),

second least in social support ( that the indian society is in general very negative and unsupportive; that individual indian gets only limited help from fellow indians), (how much others help you)

third least in generosity (that individual indians are generally selfish, dont help those needy indian people) (how much you help others)

matter of fact is..... indians are the worst enemies of indians. not pakistanis or chinese.

there's a good quote about problems....the first step in solving any problem, is recognizing there's one. (thanks to jeff daniels of newsroom; i stumbled upon this quote in youtube)

will indians ever realize what the problems are?

even more important. will majority indians ever take THE FIRST STEP? 

be happy if they dont hunt you down for saying that there are happier countries than india! you may get stamped ANTI-NATIONAL by that pan-indian saffron party, its fanatics AND by FELLOW PATRIOTS!!!!

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i have a curiosity...if any1 conducts an ONLINE-POLL asking people to vote for countries they consider the most happiest-online.

sure. india will probably stand 1st or 2nd ;)

perception of indians is such; projections on indian mass media is such; well-informed indians are but a few.

ஜாதி வேண்டாம்!

http://neidhal.blogspot.in/2016/03/blog-post_63.html

that whastapp post firmly stated that they wont come out of casteism! till  those points in question were implemented !

that forward......, 1. defended casteism; 

                            2. argued against quota system..

questions were raised. and it was our duty to answer.

attempted to reason ...1. why caste should be uprooted;

                                   2. why caste certificates and quota are necessary.

ஜாதி வேண்டாமா?

i used to be proud, that my schooldays, giving a lottttttt of freedom, helped us not to become one-dimensional in the pursuit of marks/career/money. i thought the freedom it permitted....the lesser focus/emphasis it placed on education and marks, probably allowed us to retain the neutral view/ undistorted perspective on everything we faced in life! i thought it let us be free to explore everything neutrally, undaunted, unbiased. it permitted us to approach everything critically; it asked us to analyze everything; taught us to evaluate everything whoever may say whatever.

but...seems i was wrong! seems....i can nomore be proud of it. because...........my school and its education had probably failed to live upto those above mentioned generalizations.

a classmate, who is toooo patriotic...., who shares a lot of trolls in whatsapp against politicians( more arrows to DMK leaders, of course... a few to others) forwarded this in school group! this followed the udumalaippettai murder related forwards! this protested against those who proposed to do away with casteism!

sure, we must read WHAT those arguments were....., also we must know WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY those arguments??!

against intercaste marriages!

உடுமலைக் கொலை-1

here was this news.

http://www.firstpost.com/india/caste-violence-in-tamil-nadu-dalit-man-murdered-in-full-public-view-for-marrying-upper-caste-girl-2673280.html

general news, of similar lines.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/81-honour-killings-in-3-years-0-conviction/articleshow/51420141.cms

though there are many groups- in which i am a member- there were only three groups in which this issue got mentioned just IN PASSING- only ONCE in each of those 3 groups.

first...., in a college group, my batchmate friend who posted the newslink is a native of the locality where the murder took place. his view was neutral towards the incident, and there was absolute silence!

second....., in a linguistic-related-out-of-state-group, there was only one man deplored the incident in his poetry. his view was...more sympathetic towards the murdered & appealed to the murderer's sense of love for his daughter(whom he had made a widow through the murder). and yes, the group with more than 70 people MAINTAINED SILENCE too!

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how cool?! and how humanist is the society i am living in!!!? what a morale! what a brotherhood!! what an indianism! what a patriotism!! shit.

a murder in daylight! because of casteism (exactly similar to racism) and in a sample of ~100 people..... only 3 reacted- 1 neutral, 1 sympathised and 1 justifying!!!!

rest 97? probably resting in peace!

why am i so much concerned? because, i too may meet the same fate! if not today....someday in future! though not for same reason, for the same root cause-casteism. if it were only about myself, i would easily convince myself that...'after all..., everyone dies.and so will i! only the nature of death differs!! i may get lynched or butchered, while others may face it- peacefully lying their heads in the hands of their loved ones,surrounded by friends that bemoan his death'

but...it's not about only myself!

my kid!

he's gonna live in this very society! and i fear for his life and...for millions of kids like him!

you may be good and peaceful, but if you are surrounded by a group of murderers!? what if you are denied a dignified life and reduced to live like a slave by those murderers? none...or...only a handful...are going to stand for justice, after you get killed! what a painful knowledge this is! you live in a society in which you need to lead the life of a slave; ask for equality and get murdered!

i am worried, how safe is the society for my kid and the next generation to live!?

kids, who will slowly but firmly get stratified as they grow, into in-equals! ready to hunt and kill each other!

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third...., in a school group with close to 40 guys, a friend posts this forward, which argued in favour of the murder; it attempted to justify!!

full post is here....

http://neidhal.blogspot.in/2016/03/blog-post.html

i had to respond.
http://neidhal.blogspot.in/2016/03/blog-post_29.html

it was unfortunate to note how the devil works even in educated minds.....in the name of honor!

i am inclined to think, education is not about just reading and writing! it's more about knowing WHAT'S RIGHT/WRONG, than about just reading/writing! it's more about WISDOM than knowledge.

and...when devil teaches in the guise of god, he is most successful in producing devilish followers!

உடுமலைக் கொலை-தவறு!

உடுமலைக் கொலை-தவறு!

Long one...with proportionately too many wrong and very bad, vicious arguments.

A man, a husband has been hacked in broad daylight to death.....right infront of her eyes.

Yet here's the society with men....substantiating that coldblooded, premeditated, vengeful murder

Mr.SK-karur argues, they take very good care of their female children. Good.very good.

In that recent udumalai case, when she married someone from another caste, she has been rendered a widow by her own family

Categorically implies, her father loved caste-honor more than his own daughter.

if these guys marry for only money, dont we hav dowry harassment laws?!

Guys who cheat in the name of love must certainly be brought to the books of law...but murder😨

These r the regressive incidents taking us back to 18/19th century europe

Can a person be murdered just like this in Europe as it happens here?!!!

matter is...there r still arguments are put forth to justify that murder 😨

That fellow has been killed, wherefore came the point of desertion of those girls by these guys?!

yet mr.sk says so.

A father murders the husband of his own daughter.....and...this is....wow culture👌come on guys.....this sort of culture has parallels in inkas mayans aztecs...fit for stone age

Mr.sk seems to give 198734 reasons to justify that murder. If none objects, that silence may be taken for consent to his arguments.

each argument,  if scrutinized thoroughly, betrays a pathological murderer in that mr.sk-VERBALLY though not physically.

..we cannot even respect a fellow from other caste....but we will shout " இந்தியர் யாவரும் என் உடன்பிறந்தோர்".....shit...fukc that hypocrisy......

More indians are murdered by fellow indians than.....by pakistanis or chinese....

Yet....jai hind...shit

To these patriotic cirizens, pakistanis are visceral enemies ....but some caste ppl(though indians) are not equal to those citizens...but equal to their slaves...

That patriotism is....a sham.

Some ppl become very easy targets because of their historical conditions.

 If they get any decent life, they would be grateful to those *kind-hearted, good Samaritans* from upper strata.unfortunately those good ppl are silent many a times😔

Some1 said....For evil to flourish, good ppl have to do NOTHING......, and evil shall flourish.

To curtail that evil.....just&kind hearted, civilized men from every strata of society must speak LOUD & CLEAR, that's if we want to have an ALL INCLUSIVE, PEACEFUL SOCIETY.

உடுமலைக் கொலை-நியாயம்!

உடுமலைக் கொலை-நியாயம்!