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Dear brothers and sisters,
In a nutshell I have given the historical background about
our Devendrakula Velalar community, which was betrayed and made farm labourers
who were once the landlords and rulers of Tamilnadu.The sheer irony of fate that the
sucessive invaders of Tamilnadu after 14th century continued to treat our people
as slaves and as elsewhere in the world during those days, our people were also
trapped in poverty and made us untouchables with the help of religious despotism
and a hidden agenda.
If we want to regain the glory of the past it is very
important that we should make our children to get higher education atleast
on par with other communities.The responsiibility of the youth and the
people who are supposed to be the creamy layer of this community
is immense in this score in creating awareness of education and to have a
consensus to have a common caste name as DEVENDRAKULA VELALAR instead
of names as pallars.
We have already suubmitted a memorandum signed
by about 4000 students and their parents before the Hon'ble Chief Minister
and we have not heard anything from him. The crux of our represenation
was to call us as DEVENDRAKULA VELALARS and the ADI DRAVIDAR
WELFARE DEPARTMENT should be changed as DEPARTMENT OF
OPPRESSED COMMUNITY ie THAALTHAPATTOR NALA THURAI like the
DEPARTMENT OF BACKWARD COMMUNITY.
We have a plan to emphasise the demand during
INDIRAVIZHA 2010 on 26th December 2010 at SNR COLLEGE AUDITORIUM
and we expect about 2000 students and parents will assemble for a day long
programmes. Apart from that we would like to conduct a meeting and a rally
witha strenth of about 5000 persons hailing from the 21 places of our branches
in and around Coimbatore either in the month of November or January 2011.
We expect your suggestions and support to conduct the meeting
pressing the Govt to issue G.O. calling us as DEVENDRAKULA VELALARS and
make our children to have self confidence and requesting CM to call Veeran
Sundralingam as above and should not call him as ADIDRAVIDAR whenever
occasion comes to him to refer that jewel of DEVENDRKULA VELALARS.
The responsibility of the youth is great and please come
out of the fetters and raise your voice for justice. The following text
published in DINAMALAR itself is self explanatory to understand how our
hearts and minds are wounded by such invisible weapons degrading our
community. When everybody is being called in their honrific caste names
it is not parochial and if we do not claim our rights then only we will be
losers.
Please write to us and this is being headed by the
Kasimyndhan a retired Deputy Commissioner of Commercial Taxes
successfully for the 12th year and guiding thousands of school and
college going students spending lakhs of rupees for their quality education
so as to be compatible with global standards. Join with us !
DEVENDRA ILAKKYA MANDRAM
COIMBATORE
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