Topic started by Sandiren Reddi (@ m23-mp1.cvx2-c.pop.dial.ntli.net) on Wed Aug 20 11:45:10 .
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Hi Everyone,

I'm a politics postgrad student in the UK, and i'm writing my dissertation on secularism and nationalism in India, especially Hindu Nationalism.
There is something that intrigues me, during the 1950's right after independence, the main secessionist threats did not come from kashmir, punjab or other parts of north eastern india but actually in the south with parties like the DMK and the telugu desam party. I was wondering why the secessionist attitudes within those movements have lessened, if not totally disappeared, secessionist movements have appeared in the north.
Is it because in the south, these parties, whatever being said, shared the majority religion generally while such movements in the north are mainly non-hindu movements?

Responses:

• From: nanpan (@ ac968764.ipt.aol.com) on: Thu Aug 21 01:09:36 EDT 2003
  
  If you want to know more about what happened to independence movements in the South, please go to this site.
  
  http://www.geocities.com/tamiltribune/i/index.html
  
  This site contains more information on the topic than anywhere else.
  
  
• From: nanpan (@ aca98f8f.ipt.aol.com) on: Thu Aug 21 18:51:19 EDT 2003
  
  Sorry, Sandiren Reddi.
  
  The link I gave in the previous reply is not correct. Here is the correct link.
  
  http://www.geocities.com/tamiltribine/f/index.html
  
  This site contains more information about independence movements in Tamil Nadu after DMK. Independence movements are still alive. DMK talked and talked. These smnaller groups act now and then. Two of their top leaders Tamilarasan and Ramanathan were killed by security forces. You can find all this information in that site.
  
  
• From: Bob Swackhammer (@ netcache-2002.public.lawson.webtv.net) on: Sun Sep 7 23:58:49 EDT 2003
  
  Are you Apache or Navajo?
  
  
• From: Meredith (@ netcache-2002.public.lawson.webtv.net) on: Fri Sep 12 11:12:23 EDT 2003
  
  Bob--are you out of your mind? Don't you know the difference betweeen and Indian and a Native American? How ignorant can you be, Bob? Maybe your white-bread, WASP, upbringing doesn't allow you to think outside your privileged box. Indians were oppressed by the British, Native Americans were oppressed by the white settlers. I don't know much about Mr/s. Reddi's topic, but I just can't believe your ignorance Mr. Swakhammer! Read a book, for God's sake!
  
  

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