Tamils and Their Achievements.

Tamils? Have you ever wonder why people regard you as a Tamizhan? Tamizhan are defined as people who speaks Tamil language and regard them as their mother tongue, therefore you don't have to be a Hindu to be a Thamizhan, anybody who has the love for Tamil language and its traditions are Thamizhans regardless of religion. At the present time, Tamil diaspora goes all the way from Asia up to Africa and many are doing well at the present time. However, Tamizhans have been subjected to much humiliation and to an extend looked down upon in certain countries such as Burma, Singapore, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and to an extend India. The causal link to Tamizhans situation in these countries are very much related to their economic status as well as their mentality.

Before proceeding to the facts and figures of Tamils, I would like to emphasis on a phrase that comes up to my mind on Tamils and Hinduism 'I don't believe that devils are stronger than me because I am a Hindu, and I am not scared of death because I am a Tamizhan.' (நான் ஒரு இந்து மதம் தான் காரணம் பிசாசுகள் என்னை விட வலுவானது என்று நம்பவில்லை, நான் ஒரு தமிழர் என்பதால் நான் இறந்த பயப்படமாட்டேன்). How many of you here knows the sunken land mass a.k.a continent Kumari Kandam? This is known as the birthplace of Tamizhans and to depict the size of land mass, a figure below shows the size of it.

The figure above shows that the landmass was stretches from India on the north, Madagascar on the east and to Australia on southwest of India at the present time. The location of Sri Lanka on Kumari Kandam shows that Sri Lanka as a whole is home to Tamils and not to the Sinhalese. The earliest Sinhalese kingdom was Kingdom of Tambapanni which dates around 543-505 BC but Kumari Kandam states that the earliest evolution of Tamizhans are dated 200000 BC to 50000 BC cited by, R. Mathivanan, then Chief Editor of the Tamil Etymological Dictionary Project of the Government of Tamil Nadu, in 1991. Buddhism scripts too mentioned about three Buddhists coming to encounter with Yakkhas, Nagas and Devas, where this three tribes are said to be the indigenous people of Sri Lanka. Yakkhas, Nagas and Devas are said to symbolics for the Tamils who worships in different ways. The great Naga Nadu king at that time was Valai Vannan (which is of a Tamil name) had a liking towards Buddhism as he found it to be very similar to Hinduism, thus incorporating their teachings into his kingdom. This in return causes a mix of tradition between the Tamils and Buddhism causing another distinct tradition and people to bloom. The Sinhalese were said to have arrived in Sri Lanka at around 500 BC in the form of Prince Vijaya and his 700 followers after being banished from his place in India and within 5 years from that year, he claimed himself as the King of Sri Lanka and the reign of Sinhalese started. During this time, let it be reminded that the Indians were one of the most sophisticated community present and the rest were still in their dark days. Overall there were 11 tamil kingdoms who ruled Sri Lanka notably Cholan Kingdom, and the Pandyan rule.


The Cholan Kingdom invasion was started by Raja raja Cholan where Alexander the Great has scriptures on his invasions, and himself as a great emperor of the Cholan Kingdom. His reign was continued by Rajendra Cholan I, where his territories extended to the coastals of Burma, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Maldives, conquered the kings of Srivijaya (Sumatra, Java and Malay Peninsula in South East Asia) and Pegu islands with his fleet of ships. He defeated Mahipala, the Pala king of Bengal and Bihar, and to commemorate his victory he built a new capital called Gangaikonda Cholapuram. The Cholas became one of the most powerful dynasties in Asia during his reign. The Tamil Chola armies exacted tribute from Thailand and the Khmer kingdom of Cambodia.The picture below shows the Tamil Raja who used to rule a wide area in South-east Asia.

Rajendra Cholan I

                

Raja-raja Cholan  

His ruling empire is shown below, where The blue colour represents the capital of Cholas kingdom and the pink colour shows the rest of the kingdoms which is under the Cholas rule. The blue line shows the trade route the Cholas take to exhange trades with other kingdoms. or to rule other kingdoms. This picture also shows that the areas where Cholans influence were there are the areas where Tamils are concentrated. If you are from any part of this vast place, then you are children of the Cholans and your country belongs to you and being a Tamil, you should be living in this countries as Kings and not as SLAVES! but are we living in a way that we are suppose to live?


The evidences of this picture is the various Tamil architecture that could be seen up to date at these areas. For example is the influence of Tamil scripts in the Khmer scripts (Scripts used in Cambodia), or Tamil language in the Malay language (A language spoken in Malaysia and Indonesia), or the Abudiga scripts used in Myanmar. The Borobudur Candi in Indonesia, or the candis in Lembah Bujang, Kedah are examples of the Hindu reign in these countries.



Tamil as a language is spoken by at least 70-80 million people across the globe. Yet, there are a few of us who are embarassed to speak in our own native tongue. An interesting fact about our language is that according to Tolkapiyyam, the earliest extand of Tamil literature states references on 'centamil nilam' (Land of refined Tamils) where Tamil was the language which was spoken from east to west. Moreover, Alex Colliers states that Tamil is the oldest language spoken till now, and that is the reason behind the phrase 'still surviving classical language'on the search of Tamil language in Wikipedia. Tamil scripts are also known to have existed before Sanskrit scripts, and the evidence to that is the beginning of Tamil language around 200000 BC to 100000 BC in Kumari Kandam, and Sanskrit being established at around 1500BC to 1200BC after the Aryan invasion in India, and that causes it to be called Indo-Aryan language. So there is nothing to be embarrassed in speaking Tamil language, this language has made a larger impact compared to English and I guess that is something that we, as Tamizhans have to be proud of.


Okay, since we have seen Kumari kandam and the medieval Tamil reign such as Chera, Chola and Pandyan, now lets go later than all this and that is the Tamilakam (Tamizhagam). As the word says 'Tamil' and 'Akam' means 'homeland of the Tamils.' Tamilakam has been described by King Ashoka of the Maurya empire stating that Tamilakam was ruled by three empire (Chola, Chera, and Pandya) and a few Velirs (independent cheiftains). The Pandyan empire has the longest ruling years in India where Kumari Kandam was said to be ruled by this empire, and the rising of the ocean pushed the kingdom to Korkai and later in times to Madurai. The Pandyan dynasty are known for its diplomatic relations where this relations were up to the Roman Empire at that time. The Chera empire on the other hand, is an ancient Tamil empire where this empire has two capitals namely Karuvur (Karur) and Makkotai (Kodungallur), besides the capitals another famous city here in the Chera kingdom was Venadu (Quilon). This empire is known to be the founder of Malayalam as a language and thus giving birth to another society the Malayalis, and these are the reasons behind the similarities that you find between Malayalam and Tamil. The rumours saying Malayalam came before Tamil is false, as Tamil could be traced back to the evolution of Kumari Kandam and where as, Malayalam could only be traced back to the Cheras Kingdom. Two of the three cities above are in Kerala namely Kodungallur and Quilon where as, Karur is located around 400km from Chennai. The three dynasties above are evidences on how sophisticated were we as Tamils during the Sangam age itself, with much organisation among our communities. Here there were high number of Aryan Brahmins settling in these territories, showing that the majority Malayali communities now could be from Brahmin families then. The author of Sillapathikaram on how Kanagi burnt down the whole of Madurai comes from this empire by the name of Illango Adigal, below is a figure of him.

Illango Adigal

 Moreover, the Velirs that was around during the Tamilakam periods are:
 (Personal thoughts on this are that Thevars (Mukkulathors) now could be the Vellalars back then
  who ruled this Velirs)

• Kongu Nadu
• Puzhi Nadu
• Venadu
•  Aruva Nadu 
• Aruva Vadathalai
• Pongar Nadu
• Punal Nadu
• Oli Nadu
• Kuttanadu
• Kudanadu
• Karkanadu
• Seethanadu
• Nanjilnadu
• Ay Nadu

Now, ever wonder why the statues of gods are often black in colour, and the devils are depicted to be fairer than the gods from the old statues from these Kingdoms?
Listen to what Marco Polo said in the 13th century about colour and Pandyan Kingdom.

'The darkest man is here the most highly esteemed and considered better than the others who are not so dark. Let me add that in very truth these people portray and depict their gods and their idols black and their devils white as snow. For they say that God and all the saints are black and the devils are all white. That is why they portray them as I have described.'

So if you are dark, be proud of yourself. You are from an ancestry who was respected highly back in the days of Sangam period.

And around the Nusantera region, there was kingdoms such as Srivijaya, Majapahit, Langkasuka, and Kandaram were Tamil Kingdoms. There are off shot from the Tamilakam and soon after was defeated by the Chola empire. An example of this is that the Sultans of Malacca at that time (descendants from Srivijaya, Parameswara) was of a Tamil descendant who later converted to Islam. It was noted that he was still practicing Tamil as a culture and this practice continued till Sultan Mahmud Syah. Merong Mahawangsa (Maran Mahavamsam) is another great Tamil emperor of the ancient Langkasuka Kingdom who is often potrayed as a hero.

In conclusion, Thamizhans are among the first humans inhibit the earth and among the first teachers that the world has ever seen. We were practicing medicine and preaching yoga when the rest were still barbaric. We taught the rest of the world how to live like a human and fight like a warrior, when the rest were still out there with not a single strand of thread on them and these are all the reasons that you should be proud of yourself being born as a Thamizhan.

I shall update now and then on the post on Thamizhans to relish back the moments when we were at our peak but for now, please do watch the youtube video below by Hiphop Thamizha where there are infos that are not added here.

Click on the link below to watch the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1dpkMIlbF4

To the people who has viewed the video, there is an info about the first city in Sumeria (now somewhere in Arabia) namely 'Ur', please google 'King Vikramaditya and Arabia' and you will see the causal link between Arabia, Indians, and Sumerians. Here you will be enlightened about the Indian reign in Arabia.

If there is any inquiry, please leave a comment below and I shall take time in answering it.

Hatred on Thaipusam 2014

As those who owns an account in facebook would have noticed, a man by the name of Man Namblast has insensitively remarked Thaipusam 2014 as shown below. 

Man Namblast remarking 2014 Thaipusam celebration

And today as I was going through my facebook account , I saw a post which is as viral as the post of Man Namblast on Thaipusam 2014. It is a post written in anger against Man Namblast and a few others who have insensitively insulted Thaipusam 2014, a festival celebrated to rejoice Lord Muruga. 

An Indian man by  his fb name of MC Macha Crew Full has poured his rage over the post done Man Namblast, Jama Kraf, and Mohamad Hidayat,.

Though I am a hindu, I couldn't agree with what Mc Macha has written here. What would the Malays think of us when we, ourselves are indulging in racism for the action of a few who had insulted Thaipusam? So yea, Macha you have done no good to the society by insulting them and you deserve to be ashamed of yourself.

We are Malaysians, which means we have fought equally with other races for the independence of this country and that, my friend doesn't make us immigrants. That makes us a rightful heir of this country, a rightful protector of everything in this country but you had portrait us as immigrantsin your post and that is a one of the main cause of all the insult what we have enduring in our own country lately ( BAM! I just answered your question) . Thus, to avoid this, we should claim ourself as a part of the independence of this country and that is the sole way for us achieving the true meaning of 1 Malaysia which would set us  Malaysians apart from other countries. You should understand this well enough before spitting anything in a social network like facebook.

You have also insulted the Malays in general and their belief in Islam, yet in the end you tend to apologise to them as what you said 'not intended to all Malays'. How could you expect them not to feel insulted if you have cursed a particular race and their belief in general? So yea, you have acted the same way as Man Namblast and a few others who had insulted Thaipusam.

The Malaysian Hindu Sangam to their part have wrote a letter to Ketua Polis Negara regarding the displeasure of many Hindus over the remarks of Man Namblast and a few others insulting the Hindu religion.

The letter written by MHS to Ketua Polis Negara.

Moreover, many had lodged complaints to the authorities in doing their part rightfully as a Malaysian and you on the other hand acted like an immigrant in your own country by spitting in facebook rather than doing something according to your rights as a Malaysian. 

Moreover, do you know that what you and a few others as Man Namblast and Mohd Hidayat have done is against the Perkara 11(Perlembagaan Malaysia menyatakan bahawa Islam merupakan Agama Persekutuan. Sungguh pun begitu agama-agama lain boleh diamalkan dengan AMAN dan DAMAI di mana-mana Bahagian Persekutuan) in our Malaysian Constitution which could bring you a serious sentence if you are caught?

The conclusion is,, your identity as an Indian in this country will always be hidden if you fail to take your responsibility as a true Malaysian by fighting for your rights and many others for equality.  So, act as a Malaysians and change whatever you can for a better Malaysia for our future children instead of sitting in one place and criticising it.

- A patriot who has no inclination to any party-

South Australian Matriculation

A year of South Australian Matriculation is over, spend some quality time with my friends at various places before heading back home. Never knew, a year of hard struggle made us so immobile that most of us remained strangers to each other even if we had spend a year together in the same class. So, in order to compensate the loss time that should have spent with friends instead of doing assignment for 24/7, my classmates made sure that we had more than one farewell party. which ended up to having as much as 3 farewell parties at the end of the day.

The first farewell party was held with my English As A Second Language teacher, Mrs. Betty. It was held before the exams, and despite of the fact that the difference in the type of curriculum that we had with her and back in school had caused a lot of unsatisfied talks among the students. She was surprisingly happy with us and even made us a few korean dishes ( which I don't dare to touch, maybe my Indian taste buds needs more of spices where korean dishes are lacking of it) and KFC. I had my share of fun to it. A lot of memories had been embedded in that day  I shall let my pictures to speak to you since it's voice is louder and has a much more interesting way of saying it than my boring long words here. :P

A group shot of us and yea, I am the only Indian guy in the photo. The matured lady who is sat beside the guy  (Joel) is Mrs. Betty.

How did I end up being Ravana again?
Owh look and they are colourful hands. :P

Damn! I was framed in this photo. They asked me for a pose, and I did a pose. but the camera man did not mention anything like 'RAJ! CHANGE YOUR FREAKING POSE'

This photo was actually shown during the prom night. D: owh and look at Neesha's face! epic!

Then a few days later, we had another farewell party for the same subject at an Old Town outlet in New World Park. Myself, Neesha, Eugene, Aedin and Dylan met up in Disted car park, we decided to start our journey at the same time while I was waiting for a a friend of mine Shawn to car pool with me. So, yea he arrived and we move out of Disted to NWP. As soon as the front tyre of those two cars infront of me touched the main road outside Disted, they sped of like hell. Me? yea I was speeding too but come on! So yea, I was an amateur back then and I was left behind alone in the concrete jungle of nowhere but I somehow found the way to New World Park. Parked my car, and met the lot. They were fucking laughing at me but sooner after that incident I learnt the art of speeding from a friend of mine which I am not going to say it here. The party gave me a card to sign which was meant for Miss Betty's retirement from Disted. I read the letter and it was freaking touching with all those pictures of us and stuff. I Didn't know I had a soft spot.

Can you spot me at the edge of the table? Yea I was on the phone like every other Penangites.

Owh its a candid shot with Shawn. :D

We had another farewell. It was held before and after our last Physics class. So, before our physics class, we had a small gathering with some photo sessions in front of the library which Felix Heah insisted me to come. Not much of a party and more like a photo session. :P

So yea, here I stand with Felix Heah (red shirt), Jolene (long hair girl) and Jeniffer (black shirt girl)

Whereas, here I was standing with Shir Hoay ( the girl where my hands were resting), Shivaani  (the shortest in the photo), Neesha Menon (red and white checkered shirt), Shalini (blue shirt), Felix Heah, and Yogesh. Owh,  look at how happy we were, NOT! we were just smilling for the sake of the camera. Nobody smiles a week when there is an exam around the corner.

There was another photo shot after the physics class, note my shirt changed? Yeah, I went back home for a short period of time. Owh and please don't mind the sweaty face of mine. It was a freaking long day. :P

There sweaty me with Jia Yen. (This was the last time I saw her, hope we meet up again Jia Yen)

The girls were not prepared for the shot and yea  I smiled because my sixth sense told me 'Hey Raj!, the camera is in your direction! Smile like an idiot NOW! and Andrew? why are you smilling like a little kid? :P

And the girls were prepared now and yea, look at the famous me! LOL!

Me and Lei Kuan. Still in touch with her, can't really meet up nowadays since she is in Launnie and I am in the other side of Malaysia. :/

And THIS is the most eligible bachelor in Disted, Mr. Eujin!

So, here I am talking to Andrew in the middle of a Physics lesson about the soon to come prom nite. We were discussing on which attire should we put on to look like a star! :P

GROUP PHOTO FOLKS! Wait a minute where are all the other guys? 

If you were reading quite cautiously, you would have seen the part I said something about Prom. Yes, folks Prom Nite or known as The SAM Masquerade Nite to us SAM-mates was held a month after our finals ended. We were all thrilled, looking for the best attire to look great on that occasion since it would be to most of us the last night we would be together as  classmates. We bound to make it the best and the most of it. It was held in Gurney Hotel at around 8 pm and ended around 12 am. I shall let the photo to speak on behalf of me. 

Yeah, these are the Indian community of South Australian Matriculation in Disted. Starting from left of the picture, me, Shatish ( One of my best mate), Yogesh, Shalini, and the glamorous Nanthini.

Another picture! 

The hoods of Disted! from right me, Ong Lin Eow, Yu Chow, Shatish (MACHA!) , Yonglin, Stefan, and Sean Koay. Just heard from them, and was very happy that everyone are doing great in the course of their choice.

Yup! another photo session with buddies of SAM

I was sitting with a group of my friends and they decided that it would be a great idea to capture a picture of mine unguarded. -.- Owh and that hand which contrast to mine belongs to Adeline. :P

So, this post depicts a year filled with pure awesomeness and fun which I had during my year in South Australian Matriculation at Disted. However a month after the prom, my ATAR was out and I received an offer from Curtin Sarawak for Applied Geology and DAMN! was I happy to be in my dream programme? YOU BET I WAS! So yup! my next post would be on my days in Miri, Sarawak folks! :D

P.S: You may wonder why did I write about four farewell parties when I told three farewell parties earlier. Well, I lied! :P