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 About Us & Visitor Comments
Visitor Comments: 2000 to
2001
From Bala Balasingham, 11
July 2001
Vanakkam. I am extremely sorry to learn about the
closure of your wonderful and very, very useful website.
It is a great loss to the Eelam Tamils. I am not aware
the reason for the closure and would like to know it if
you are prepared to share it. Speaking about me, it is a
great personal loss and therefore a matter of great pain
to know about the closure. Is there any chance of
revival? Please try. Thanks.
From Sinnathurai Srivas, UK
11 July 2001
I've also read about tamilnation.org being
off line. I could not bear such a loss to Tamils and
Humanity. I do not know what to do. Can I be of any help?
You can trust me at least to discuss this matters.
From Mani M.Manivannan, USA
11 July
2001
I am very concerned about your recent decisions to
close down the tamilnation.org site
and withdraw from Tamil organizations. While I understand
that your reasons are personal, you have been doing great
service to the Tamils with your tamilnation.org site. It very disheartening to
see that site come down. Do you plan to restore that site
in the future. If not, have you at least archived it?
When the history of Tamil computing is written,
tamilnation.org will have a prominent place in it. If
there is a way the contents of the tamilnation.org can be
hosted in some other site, I would love to help. Please
let me know.
From V.Thangavelu, Canada 9
July 2001
The closure of tamilnation.org, the rallying point of Tamil
nationalists comes as a rude shock. I was away in USA for
the FeTNA conference and learnt about the closure by
reading my e-mails. What exactly the reason for the
closure? Is it the new law (proscription of Terrorist
Organizations) the reason. The site contained a wealth of
information. If the law is the problem we can relocate
the site to some other country like Canada or USA.
From Mathini Sreetharan, USA
7 July 2001
How could you decide to take tamilnation.org
away from us without even a goodbye? You shared a portion
of your vast knowledge with all the Tamil community for
the past three years. We thank you for that. tamilnation.org
was the pride of our community; it showed what caliber of
people we have among us. Please let us know the
circumstances that made it necessary for tamilnation.org
to come to closure. Can we do anything to keep it
accessible to us. Thank you
From Ilanko, New Zealand, 7
July 2001
I tried to access tamilnation.org
and found it was indeed closed. I am deeply saddened by
this closure, and hope that it is only a temporary one.
This sadness comes through a sense of loss, that has been
evoked in the minds of thousands of Tamils. At the
moment, I cannot think of words to describe that you have
provided to the Tamils and the Tamil culture through
Tamilnation. tamilnation.org
has given us not only education and information but
feelings. It has given us a feeling of belonging to a
greater nation that has not geographical boundaries. It
reinforced the feeling in many of us that we are
Tamils.
I don't think you would have taken the decision to close
tamilnation.org without some serious reason(s). If
there is anything that I can do to change/ease the
situation that has caused the closure, either as an
individual, or through the various societies in New
Zealand as well as through Tamil circle friends, please
do let me know. Thank you is a small phrase to say for
what you have done to Tamils but that is the least we can
do. Therefore, please accept my sincere thanks for all
that you have done to the Tamils.
From: Nagalingam
Ethirveerasingham, USA 7 July 2001
I am sure you have received many telephone calls from
friends. I didn't want to add to it. Tamils have lost an
interactive library and your guidance of its development.
I miss the resources on all subjects related to Tamils. I
keep wondering why the site was closed down - a virtual
melt down! Will it rise again? For whatever reason you
closed tamilnation.org site, I wish
you peace and health. You have taught the Tamils one
great lesson - "Tamils should build institutions that
would not perish on the will of individuals and the wish
of other communities."
From: Shanmugalingam, USA
7 July
2001
My PC Monitor stared back at me on July 6 as I clicked
tamilnation.org
from my FAVORITES with THIS SITE IS CLOSED. I did not
think very much about it as it was Friday and assumed the
site was closed for updating or upgrading. Sangam Editors
reference to the Who moved the cheese story shook me to
the reality. The Tamil Digital Library in the making I
championed in the early days of tamilnation.org, is
closed. I would very much like to know the reason for the
closure and if there is any chance of reopening
tamilnation.org. I am sure there are thousands who will
put their shoulders to jack up the fallen tamilnation.org
back in cyberspace. Nadesan Satyendra needs no coaxing to
do his best to reopen the site if the closure was due to
any reason other than personal.
From: Sreetharan, USA, 7
July 2001
When tamilnation.org first appeared
I wrote to you saying that that was the happiest day in
my life. The unexpected announcement posted in
tamilnation.org
that it is closing down gives me exactly the opposite
feeling. Please let us know if the closure is
permanent.
From: Kumara Bharathy, New
Zealand, 7 July 2001
The message at the Site says, it is closed. I would
say this site is the most important site for the Tamils,
not only Eelam but across the world. It defined the state
of Tamil Nation and continued to delineate it by example.
I can understand the sweat behind it - both technical and
content wise. More than that it had a vision which gave
meaning to lot of things Tamil stands for. Having
associated with it from almost its beginning, my writings
too matured with it. From last year I had not contributed
but had watched it grow. I can understand, there may be
many reasons, but would appreciate to know why, if this
is not intruding.
From: Editor, Sangam.org,
USA, 7 July 2001
Who Moved My Cheese? - the Closure of
tamilnation.org
The caption for this article is borrowed from the current
bestseller with the same title authored by Spencer
Johnson M.D.
For those who don't know about this book, it is fable
with four characters - two mice named "Sniff" and
"Scurry" and two little people, the same size as the
mice, named "Hem" and "Haw". They lived in a maze, with
the daily routine of looking for cheese for their
sustenance. One day they found a bounty of cheese that
would last a lifetime, at Cheese Station C. Now that they
didn't have to go looking for cheese every day they
settled down into a comfortable routine.
One day when they arrived at Cheese Station C, they found
all the cheese gone. The parable is about how the four
characters dealt with the situation. Sniff and Scurry
quickly moved on and succeeded, but Hem and Haw continued
to hem and haw and failed.
We wish to report to our readers that
tamilnation.org
closed on 30 June 2001, after three spectacular years of
presence in the worldwide web. With this closure our
Cheese Station C too is gone.
For the seventy million Tamils scattered throughout the
world, who found a growing togetherness in
TamilNation.org, it was a sad day. The pleasure we
derived from visiting this site is indescribable. The
Ilankai Tamil Sangam, USA wishes to thank Mr. Nadesan
Satyendra who single-handedly gave us this delightful,
breathtaking, superb, spectacular, brilliant…
experience.
The parable "Who Moved My Cheese" is about change. Change
happens. The winners in the parable were the two mice who
quickly moved with change, and moved on.
We may never find our Cheese Station C again but we must
move on.
From:
N. Kumaran, Directions, Canada
24 June 2001
I would like to convey my heart-felt appreciation to
tamilnation.org for showcasing the
paintings of
Jayalakshmi Satyendra. Her paintings of village scenes is especially
evocative and even for those who left Tamil Eelam very
early in their lives, the paintings have captured the
beauty of our native Jaffna which some of us are not so
fortunate enough to vividly remember. I thank her for
that.
From:
Visu Varatheswaran, Canada
22 June 2001
Dear Tamil Nation, I have felt very knowledgeable as a
result of the time spent on your web site, and I was
really satisfied with the vast resources of information
in it. This is victory of wisdom.
From:
Ghalib Chohan, Zambia,
22 June 2001
Your mission statement is awe inspiring. In principal,
these are wonderful objectives. However, they will not be
easily achieved. Strive and aspire passionately towards
your goal and you will with God's
help reap the rewards. All the best.
From: Dr.S.Syed Mohideen,
Tamil Nadu, 20 June
2001
Marvelous! Your endeavours are well taken. Keep on
going the same path. Yours - A
Tamilian
From: Thiru Nellinathan 26 May
2001
Dear Tamil Nation, I
would like to thank you on your excellent website
tamilnation.org. This is absolutely the Thamil Kalangchiyam of
History, Culture, Literature ...and so on.
From: A
Friend in Australia,
26 May 2001
Having surfed tamilnation.org for the
nth time, I am astounded by the wealth of information,
the richness of our culture and the resultant
'togetherness' . tamilnation.org surely
serves to remind us that we are indeed a people
scattered as we are in all parts of the globe . I
thought I should let you know that your work is not only
greatly appreciated but serves as an inspiration to many
people in this part of the world.
From: Preman Rajadurai, Australia, 15 May
2001
Dear Tamil Nation, I happened to bump into the Tamil
Nation website a few months ago, and I sincerely thank
God for it. Ever since then, I have been enjoying reading
the numerous articles in the site. Vazha Thamil Inam
From: Nagalingam Ethirveerasingham, USA
4 May 2001
I admire the paintings of Jayalakshmi Satyendra and
others you present on the Sathyam Gallery each week. The
current one, "Green Fields" reminded me of our family
rice farm in Mankulam. The last time I saw it was in
January 2000. In October 1996 when I lived with my older
brother who was displaced from Jaffna, Palai and
Kilinochchi in turn, the Kfir circled Mankulam and dropped bombs
that killed a Ayurvedic physician in the area and
destroyed his house. I remember the shopkeepers, and
families running to the farms and staying in the open
field. The women and children were crying. Some lay flat
in the irrigation channels. It was a contrast to the
idylic green fields that I have helped farm before the
war. The poultry building and the house were flattened by
bombs in May1997. A friend of my brother who was visiting
the farm was killed by shrapnel from the bomb that fell
on the road. The mines have not been cleared after the
liberation of Mankulam in November
1999. I hope I will not be too old when it is safe to
step in and resuscitate the farm.
From: Steve
Scherer,19 April
2001
I would just like to thank the people who made
this site. I am a freshman in high school, and I am doing
my final report on the Dravidian civilization for my
world History class. I have found more than half of the
information that I needed on your website. It has made my
report much easier. Thanks again.
From: Kartik Ramachandran,
India 9 April 2001
I was just going through your Thirukural Page - found it very fantastic.
I just wish for some modifications which I feel would
enhance it further more. I would very much appreciate if
you incorporate the actual verse in Tamil along with the
translated verses. You can also provide downloadable
books after incorporating the above change. If you feel
my suggestion is worth, please give it a thought. And if
you are going to implement the second part, please
include the Tamil font also, which I find many websites
fail to do.
Response by tamilnation.org: Many thanks for your
comments. You are right to point out that the English translation of the Thirukural by
Subramuniyaswamy does not
contain the original Tamil. The Project Madurai release
of Suddhananda Bharathiar's Commentary on the Thirukural
does contain the couplets in Tamil and a direct link has
now been included in the Thirukural page.
From: Theyvendra S
Thuraisingham, USA. 14 March
2001
It is good to see that there is a worldwide forum for
Tamils which is an excellent way for us to find out about
our culture, people and history.
The "Hundred Tamils of the 20th Century" is a
very good source of information for the many achievements
of the people of our Nation and an inspiration to our
youth of today.
From: Toby
Rasiah Malaysia, 12 March
2001
Good work! Thank you for putting up
such a wonderful site about Tamils on the world wide web.
It is a goldmine of information on so many different
topics. What is most interesting is that it does not try
to hide the community's negative side for e.g. the caste
discrimination among Sri Lanka Tamils in the past -
"Vellalars kept Pallar slaves during the Dutch rule", and
"the so called untouchables were punished for having
umbrellas by the so called upper castes". Keep up the
good work of informing our community about us.
From: Dev
Mahadevan, USA 12
March 2001
Vanakkam, I am
overwhelmed by the good work that is done by
tamilnation.org
. Being away from Tamil Nadu for eighteen years (in
USA), such forums bring me closer to my
language and my culture. I also appreciate that I can
see at first hand what great
minds think and convey. Many Tamil brothers, whatever
may be their religion, caste, nationality, unite to come
together as a Tamil family. This is very good site to
visit again and again.
From: Raj D
Malaysia 11 Mar 2001
Through life's daily trials and tribulations and
all the suffering I see, it gives me great pleasure to
visit your site and feel a sense of belonging to a
community with such history. My forefathers came to
Malaysia a long long time ago. We have lost touch with
our homeland. If only I could turn back time and view the
journey of our Tamil brethren who risked the seas to seek
their future in a foreign land. Having lived in the
States for almost 11 years, I could imagine the risks
taken to settle down. No need to mention all the feelings
and experiences. I hope someone out there can relate to
my emotions!
Response by tamilnation.org Yes, we need both heart
and mind and yes, we can (and do) relate to your sense of
belonging, a sense of sharing, a feeling of togetherness,
rooted
in our past, moulded by the present and given
direction by our aspirations for the future, a
togetherness which cries out, sometimes in pain and
sometimes in joy - and, yes, we may live in
different lands and across distant seas, but we, too,
are a people. Mikka Nanri
From: MS Param, Malaysia,
6 March 2001
Hi there. Great contribution for Tamil! I'm visiting this
corner for the first time. It's really commendable and I
would like to congratulate the person in charge of this
corner for his effort and contribution to the Tamil world
- an effort and contribution which helps to highlight and
recognise the Tamil genius in various sectors. Keep
up the good job! You too will be in the list soon.
From: Your Brotherly Bhaig,
USA 26 February 2001
Namaste. It is late night 25th February 2001. I read your
webpage 'Reflections' I cannot believe that this
is a site linked to Hinduism or India. Hundreds of
webpages, including Government of India, Ghen, Mandirs or
even neo Hindu/Westerner's websites are not updated for
years. One could see pages updated in 2000... 1998 or
1997. In this age of the information superhighway, where
Indians worldwide claim to be leading computer minds it
is not quantity that matters but content.
Congratulations, greetings and best wishes for the
best web portal. Churches worldwide are supporting
struggles on humanitarian basis for people in Iraq,
Afganistan, Kosovo, Ruwanda and Zimbabwe. I support your
support for the suffering Tamils. Guyana, Uganda, Fiji,
Afghanistan, Bangaladesh, Pakistan Indians, when
discriminated, never opposed but suffered like the dead
in the name of ahimsa. We forgot that we all (whether
Hindu, Muslim, Christian) of Indian origin come from the
country of Shakti, Siva, Kali, Sudershanchakra, Maharana
Partap, Shivaji and Sikh Gurus. I do not want continued
fighting in Sri Lanka but still I support you people who
are concerned about your community. Wish you all the
best, great sons of Indian origin. May God bless you and
give you strength for your faith/struggle in dharma.
From: Baktha,
India, 7 February 2001
Hello! I cannot just go out of this site without leaving
a message because of its contents.. And I don't want to
go out by just saying 'congrats' or 'praisings'... I
would like to be a part of your mission.. I mean, I can do any help
to improve this site. ** Hearty wishes to the website
developers. Keep it up **
From: Puvana Chandra, UK, 4
February 2001
Vannakam, This web
site makes us feel proud to be Tamils. The quantity and
quality of the material made available is excellent and
the links created make it so helpful for us to know and
learn about our selves and our nation.
Thank you very much.
From: Vijayaratnarasa,
USA, 29 January 2001
One of the best Tamil websites. Nice work. Long
live tamilnation.org
From: Charles
Bryce, Australia, 24 January 2001
You have an intriguing site and it's easy to
navigate. Congratulations.
From: Girija,
India, 18 January 2001
I love the website
http://www.tamilnation.org/ with so much
information. Thanks
again.
From: Raja
Gopal, Malaysia, 8
January 2001
Just to say hello to all the Tamils in the
world. Vannakam. Nalam. Tamilar
otrumai uyaratum. Tamilanin taram valaratum. valga.
Nandri. Valthukal. Paaratukal.
Anbudan
From: Palani
Kumar, Madurai People Network, Tamil
Nadu, 2 January
2001
Vanakkam. Nice to see your site
with useful links to Tamil related
websites. Nice effort - and
Good Luck for your work.
From: B. Ramcharand,
Canada, 31 December 2000
Hi there, I have been away from Mauritius for the past 25 years. Thanks
for this very interesting piece of MY
history. It's a shame that I had to learn British
History in my college days. Why?... I sincerely hope
that one day we do introduce History of Mauritius at
the secondary level. Thanks again.
From: Ravishankar Dixit,
25
December 2000
Hello, The site has very good subject matter
which reflects the superior quality of the
intellectuals in Tamil society. But alas, I am an
Indian and I cannot see a part of India going off. I
cannot see why Tamilians need a separate Tamil Land....
Every language has its own self-respect, its own
greatness. I don't know why Tamilians are so touchy
when it comes to their language. Look at Kannada for
example (it is my mother tongue) or Marathi. Kannadigas
number some 50 million and Marathis a little over 90
million. Do you think we do not have enough number of
people to ask for our own Kannadanadu or Marathisthan?
Or do you think we do not have that right because our
cultures and languages are less supreme than Tamil, for
which reason we have to be a part of India?... So, just
learn how to live together and respect other languages
and cultures. Just learn to mingle peacefully with
other people. Uphold the dignity of India. Without the
name of India, Tamilians will be dirt cheap. It is
because of the greatness that is India, Tamilians also
are having a piece of the cake. If they want to opt
out, they will be eating pieces of shit..."
Response by tamilnation.org: please see Sathyam Commentary on Tamil Nation & the
Unity of India
From: Kumaran Moodley, South
Africa, 23 December
2000
I wish to thank you for a
wonderful and exciting website. I will definitely
encourage my other friends to visit this website. This
site will help to promote the culture
and the language of (our people). May Lord
Muruga bless you all .
From: R.Shanmuganathan, Australia,
15 December
2000
My heartiest congratulations to
you for developing this quality web site. Its unique
function as a reliable resource centre of matters
relating to the Tamil people was an important
development in the modern history of the Tamil people.
I wish further success and growth of this
centre.
Response by tamilnation.org: Mikka Nanri. Many thanks
for your encouragement and support. It is not that from
time to time we do not search within ourselves as to
whether our work is useful or necessary. Why do we do
what we do? If it is a case of simply identifying
oneself with the collective ego of a people, and giving
expression to it, we may not be able to sustain
ourselves in our work for long. As Arthur Deikman put it: "Even altruistic
goals can wear thin without a larger picture of the
human race." The words
of Victor E. Frankl in 'Man's Search for Ultimate
Meaning' had something to do with the lunching of this
website, more than two years ago, and it continues
to have something to do with our work today
-
"Don't aim at
success - the more you aim at it and make it a
target, the more you are going to miss it. For
success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must
ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side
effect of one's personal dedication to a cause
greater than oneself or as the by product of one's
surrender to a person other than oneself. Happiness
must happen, and the same holds for success: you have
to let it happen by not caring about it. I want you to listen to what your conscience
commands you to do and go on to carry it out to the
best of your knowledge. Then you will live to
see that in the long run - in the long run, I say! -
success will follow you precisely because you had
forgotten to think of it."
From: Varatharajah Ramanan, 15 December 2000
I am really moved by the contents of your website. Keep
up the good work. God bless you all. God bless my
beloved Thamizh Thai.
From: S. Mahalingam,
Canada, 11 December
2000
I wish to express my hearty congratulations for your
wonderful website. Really, you and your associates have
done a wonderful work. As a Tamil I feel proud of you
all. The highly commendable aspect of your website is
the comprehensive and balanced coverage of the matters
that affect the outer and inner life of the Tamils -
Tamil Nationalism and Spirituality at
the same time.
I want to make a special mention of Bhagawan Sri Ramana Maharshi. He gave
most of his talks and explanations in Tamil but
unfortunately they were not recorded in Tamil. Thus we
Tamils have not made the proper and full use of his
message. People who condemn Brahmanism and its rituals
and ceremonies must follow Sri Ramana Maharshi and his
path of self-knowledge. The real revolt against
Brahmanism and its Varnashramam was started in Tamil by
Saint Thirumoolar in his
Thirumanthiram and later by other Siddhars and
followed in our times by Saint Thayumanavar and Sri Ramana Maharshi. So, the Message was
given to us but we have not listened to it. Again, my
best wishes and sincere thanks to you all for the noble
service and dedication. Please keep it up.
Response by tamilnation.org: Mikka Nanri. As you rightly
point out, much of Ramana Maharshi's reflections were
in Tamil and hopefully, more of that will appear on the
web in the months ahead. His caution " what is the use
of knowing about everything else, when you do not yet
know who you are?" helps each one of us to further our
understanding of our own inner core. We cannot
understand our neighbour if we do not understand
ourselves. The outer and the inner go together - and in
the interplay, lies the elusive reality. We are
thankful for your comments and your good wishes.
From: Sheba,
Malaysia, 6 December
2000
Excellent website. Having
moved to Malaysia very recently, I was looking
for a site that would give me everything I need to know
about Tamils here. Your site is the ultimate in
presentation and it made me feel like I visited home
away from home! Kudos to the team!
Response by tamilnation.org: Many thanks for having
taken the trouble to write to us. We have said it
before - and we say it again - comments, such as yours,
encourage and sustain us in our mission to nurture the
growing togetherness of more than 70 million Tamil
people, living today in many lands and across
distant seas. Mikka Nanri.
From: Rajah,
USA 28 November
2000
For the first time I visited your Web site and
I am glad that we have a 'scholarly style' web site. I
was a successful farmer in the Visvamadhukulam Educated
Youth Scheme in Jaffna in the 1970s. I was very
frustrated because the Government treated us like step
children... In the Educated Youth Schemes in the
Sinhala areas - Rajankanai and Makiyakanai - the Sri
Lanka government gave free water pumps, tractors and
even free food. On the other hand, we, Tamils, had to
work for everything. In1974, I left Sri
Lanka and came to USA and completed my undergraduate
studies and later graduate studies, because I knew that
we, as a people, had no nation and we had no
rights. The only way to beat the
system was to find an alternate way to prove that
Tamils are not second class citizen...
tamilnation.org is a great
consolation for me and millions of Tamils like me. Our
souls journey to Tamilnation.
From: V. Gouthaman,
Bangalore, India, 27 November
2000
...Today only I got a chance to
browse through your site. It is very informative and
exhaustive. Kudos to all of you behind this
mission...
From: T.Wignesan,
26 November 2000
..Keep up the good work! I'm sure Tamils all over the
world who have a chance to go through your pages, must
be feeling an enormous sense of debt to you and your
colleagues. The least one can say - and might I say it
for all those unable to do so - is a big thank
you!...
From: M.P.Prakash R.Lewis, Australia,
23 November 2000
I am the webmaster for Pentalearn.com which seeks to
bring a rich multimedia content to elearning. I am
impressed by your site and its contents. It is amazing
to see the range of content devoted to Tamil. I am
proud to be a Tamilian and consider your site as the
ultimate in spreading our culture - barring a few minor
things. I wanted to add to the forum, but I could find
no means to do that...
Response by tamilnation.org: Many thanks for your
comments. At the present time, to contribute to the
Tamil National Forum, it will be necessary to use the
email feature.
From: Edhelper
Lesson Plans - Worksheets - Teacher's Lesson
Plans, USA, 15 November
2000
I am the webmaster at edhelper.com. I wanted to let you
know that I have chosen your site, as an edHelper Honor Roll Site. You really
have an excellent resource, and I wanted to thank you
for the opportunity to list your site.
From: Ramanathan
Lambotharan, New Zealand, 14
November 2000
Excellent work and dedication. Really delighted to see
such a wonderful site for Thamil. I could see it is
growing nicely. I am looking for Navaly
Somasuntharapulavar's work especially children poems.
Valarka Thamil.
From: Sara Ananthan
Australia, 12 November
2000
My sincere thanks for your invaluable service
to the Tamil community. tamilnation.org is a
comprehensive encyclopedia of Tamil related
information. We, the Tamil community are indebted to
all the wonderful people who maintain this web
site.
From:
C.Vijendran, 5 November
2000
Well, what can one say about your wonderful
site. There are so many sites of interest to the
worldwide Tamil community, but none as comprehensive
as tamilnation.org. Who are
these wonderful people who maintain this site? It must
take enormous dedication. In years to come this website
will be the prime resource for any Tamil living
anywhere in the world. Thank you, and God bless
you.
Response by tamilnation.org: We are truly humbled by
expressions of support such as yours - and they sustain
us in our commitment to furthering the mission of the
site.
From: Murugaiyan
Subramanian, 30 October 2000
Vannakam. Viva tamilnation.org En Uyir Thamizh
Makkale. Nice to see a website which is concentrating
on Thamizh. I wonder why people living in Thamizhar
Nadu (India) are not giving priority for Thamizh. Even
though I came from the same place, I always had a
feeling that we require a separate place where I should
see Thamizh. I hope our dreams will come true very
soon... A suggestion, you can add our oldest books like
Agananooru, Purananooru, and also add books of those
who lived only for Thamizh like Thamizh Thiru
Perunchitranar. Vazhga Thamizh, Valarga Thamizh
Response by tamilnation.org: Mikka Nanri.
You will find the links to Agananooru, Purananooru
here. Yes, there is a need to add books
of Thamizh Thiru Perunchitranar - and hopefully, this
will be done in the months to come.
From: Priya Sowrirajan
9 October 2000
Hi all, I got a chance to browse your site this
afternoon.. It's really loaded with "Tamil".. I'm
impressed... Congratulations... Good job, keep it
up...
From: Jawan Sita, 5
October 2000
Vannakkam! I am really happy to see your site,
tamilnation.org. I am a North Indian girl, but I
have a great respect for the Thamizh people and I have
even learnt to read and write Thamizh. I can say from
experience, that the Thamizh writing system seems a lot
more natural to the hand than Devangari...
From: Premalatha
Krishnakumar, USA, 3 October 2000
Vanakkam, I am Prema from USA. I like your site and I
have sent the site URL to almost all of my friends.
Vazhga Thamizh
From: Hely Chavan,
27 September 2000
I am an Indian (Bombayite) studying in the US.
I am so, so pleased to look at an accurate chronology of our Hindu
people. tamilnation.org is a very educational site that offers the
truth to counter hundreds of years of false propaganda
history. Bravo!
From: Saritha T, 23
September 2000
I am a great fan of Ramana Maharishi. I am trying my best to
walk in his foot steps. I am very glad that there is a
site for this great person who is always with us. Thank
you.
From: Kalyan Kidambi,
19 September 2000
Accept my kudos on a nice web site and great content.
Being a Tamilian myself and having lived in the West
for a long time, it was a pleasure to re-acquaint
myself with such valuable facts and information.
From: Nasir, Washington
DC, USA 10 September 2000
ASALAAM - As an American with a love of history and
religion, it was refreshing to have the myth of the "Aryan" sorted out so
clearly. It is said that the entire world has been
named and misled as to who and what they are due to the
colonial desire to justify the subversion of people of
darker hues. My group is currently investigating the
Mayan and Olmec civilizations of Central America, and
their relationship to outside influence, and in each
case we find European injections of a speculative
nature as to their fostering a civilization in America.
Thank you, sincerely.
From: Shrikanth Reddy
1
September 2000
...I am not a Tamilian but I was extremely happy to
see your site. It is a wonderful site and others would
do well to emulate you. The portion on Sri Aurobindo is a
magnificent collection of his articles with excellent
commentaries from you. As a South Indian, I am proud of
your site and everything on it. Best wishes.
Response by tamilnation: Many thanks for
your support and your kind words of encouragement -
they help to sustain us in our efforts - and the
life of Aurobindo continues to
inspire.
From: Madhav Sreedharan,
26 July
2000
Simply superb.. Kudos to you for maintaining the
site tamilnation.org. It
is such a big repository of all the great Tamil works
of literature...
From: Vijay Pillai UK
23 July 2000
May I congratulate
tamilnation.org
for creating and keeping active this
unique website. Who are the people behind it ? One
person or many ? I am curious. These people deserve
credit and continued support for this website of
immense importance to promote the just cause of
one
of the ancient languages of the world - Tamil - and
also of Tamils around the world and the realization of
Tamil Eelam in the immediate future in
particular.
Response by tamilnation: Mikka Nanri. The
togetherness of more than 70 million Tamil people will
continue to grow, month by month and year by year. It
is a river that is not about to flow backwards. The
work at tamilnation.org is
but a small contribution towards nurturing the growing
togetherness of the Tamil people living in many lands and
across distant seas.
From: Bhuvana Nandakumar,
New Delhi, 15 July 2000
I would like to applaud you on your website
tamilnation.org. As
a Tamil currently living away from Tamil Nadu, I find
in this site a treasure trove of resources for people
interested in art, language and literature. I found
your
section on Sri Aurobindo unique. There are several
sites devoted to Integral Yoga but this is one of the
few that deals with his political activism and his
writings from that era... A special note of
appreciation to the artist Jayalakshmi Satyendra who
did the different paintings of Sri Aurobindo, Subramania Bharathi etc.
Response by tamilnation: Many thanks for
your comments. - and encouragement. They help to
sustain us in our work to further the mission of the
site. Mikka Nanri
From: Sayone Arasaratnam,
Canada, 11 July 2000
I was fascinated by your site....
I am glad you finally got round to adding some info on
the Chola Empire. Hopefully with time you
could add more information on Tamil martial arts and
martial history (Madurai cillambam fighting, ancient
martial arts of Jaffna, Kalaripayat, Adi Varmam,
pictures/photos of Tamil military armour/weapons,
information on force structures and numbers of soldiers
for the Cholas, Pandyans, etc.). Unfortunately for many
Tamil youths like myself in the West, we have a strong
bond and love of our history/culture
but cannot read the Tamil language history books (can't
seem to find any Tamil history volumes on the Cholas or
Pandyans in English!).. .tamilnation.org
website is a wonderful service to
Tamil kind...
From: Sydney, Australia,
8 July 2000
...The content of the
tamilnation.org
website is very rich with a lot of
thoughtful articles. My daughter (15 years) used the
site extensively to write a paper on the conflict in
Sri Lanka and got 100%. Please keep up the good work
for the benefit of Tamils living all over the
world...
From: Ramalingam
Shanmugalingam US, 2 June 2000
From the several accolades it is clear that
many have benefited from the several pages in
tamilnation.org. It is
extremely difficult to give references to many of what
I remember from my school days. I have found
tamilnation.org to be
the library that has almost replaced the then famous
Jaffna College Library for me.
I needed information on the 5 Ishwarams and I
got it from "The Pancha (five) Ishwarams of Eelam" by
Shri S. Arumugam. ...(Today)... There is little time
devoted to discussion on matters for parents on child
care. Long before high sounding (psychology) terms were
known, Tamil literature had matters relating to child
care and I know Avvai has sung about how we should
treat children at ages from 0 -5, 5 -2X5, 10 - 3X5 and
so on and from 4X5 or thereabouts the youth must be
treated like friends. I wonder if anybody remembers or
direct me to a source I can get the exact words. Thank
you.
Response by tamilnation: Many thanks for your comments. Mikka nanri. You
may find Mu.Varadarajan's remarks in the Auvayyar's
Writings page of some interest: "...She (Auvayyar)
found great happiness in the life of small children.
Her works, the Athisoodi
and Konraiventhan
written for children (of primary classes), are even now
generally read and enjoyed by them. There is none among
the Tamils who does not know these two works, or at
least a few lines in them. Her two other works, the
Mooturai and
the Nalvazhi were
written for (secondary) school children..."
From: Sachi Sri
Kantha, Japan 17 May
2000
Vanakkam. Kindly accept my congratulations for
establishing and maintaining a very informative web
site for the past two years which serves a vital need
for the Tamils who are living in different states of
the world.
From: N.Nandhivarman Tamil Nadu, 17 May
2000
Our Party (the Dravida Peravai) applauds the efforts
you have taken to highlight to the world the just cause of
Tamil Eelam. In fact when in Pondicherry State, we
held an all party meet on May 14th titled An Open
Discussion on 'What India should do to resolve the
ethnic conflict' we brought out a white paper of 32
pages which was sent to the Prime Minister and other
Ministers. We are deeply indebted to your site as we
were able to draw a lot of information to highlight in
our white paper. Our party is an associate party of
Samata Party and a special invitee to its National
Executive.
From: [email protected] 15
May 2000
... I would like to thank you for
building such a wonderful web site with heaps of
documents. What I find most special about this web site
is that it provides relevant authority to support its
claim. Not many Tamil writers do that, except, perhaps
D. Sivaram (Taraki)...
Also I feel very thankful to you,
because many incidents happened in my life which I
never had first-hand knowledge about them before.
Particularly the '83 riots where it personally
affected me in the sense my father refused to buy me a
new dress for that Christmas saying it was a 'Black
Christmas' and one of my uncles was shot and killed by
the Sri Lanka Army. And in the future if my children
ask what happened, then I don't need to answer them,
but simply ask them to visit http://www.tamilnation.org. Many thanks for the tamilnation.
From::V. Thangavelu,
Canada, 30 April 2000
The presentation of additional features like the
Armed Struggle for Tamil Eelam
makes tamilnation web site a valuable
source of reference. I enjoyed reading the piece on
Ettuththokai and Paththupppaddu. Every
Tamil should strive to acquire at least a working
knowledge Cankam literature to know our history and the
rich heritage we inherited from the Tamil people and
poets of that period...
From:: Kumaran
Nadesalingam 5 March
2000
It is unfortunate that I did not
know that tamilnation.org existed for such a long
time. I have been visiting this site for about two
months now and I firmly believe your website is the
last word on anything even remotely Tamil. Keep up the
brilliant work! .... An impossible task, but...one
suggestion though: Why don't you redesign the website
so that there is some order? With so much information,
it is confusing for a new reader and it might
discourage him/her from exploring the website
further.
Response by tamilnation: Firstly, many
thanks for your comments and support. The website has
been designed around the mission statement and this is
amplified in the contents in the homepage. However, as more and
more information is added and cross
links inserted, there may arise some confusion
in the mind of a new reader, particularly, if he has accessed the site from a
page other than the homepage. We will try to
address this question so that useful cross links are
retained whilst at the same time the coherence of the
site is not lost - some steps in this regard have been
taken at this update. We found your feedback
helpful.
From: Kannan 3
March 2000
I saw MGR's homepage at tamilnation.org. It is nice. I am happy to
see it. I'm expecting you to launch such homepages of
our other Tamil leaders. Moreover, I am very interested
in a homepage for Dravidians which will start from
Harappa.
Response by tamilnation: Many thanks for
your comments. You will find some information re
Dravidians at The Tamil Heritage - History
& Geographyand also at The
Demand for Dravida Nadu. Admittedly, the
information provided is sketchy and there is a need to
put together the history of the Dravidian people in a
more comprehensive manner.
From: Anton Sinnarasa,
Norway 25 February 2000
Appreciate your wonderful and excellent
contribution.
From: Maria Jim, New
Delhi, 23 February 2000
First of all I would like to congratulate you for your
effort in creating this wonderful website which gives
lots of information about Tamil Nadu, its
people and culture. I was surfing the net to get
some information about Dr.Abdul Kalam. I happened to
reach your website. But unfortunately I could find only his name. No other detailed
information is given. For a few people like M.S.Swaminathan lots of information is
given. Please try to give a short biography of each
personality mentioned in the list which will be very
enlightening. Once again congratulations!!!!!
Response by tamilnation: Vannakam. Many
thanks for your comments and support. Yes, there is a
need to give a short biography of each person listed in
the Hundred Tamils page - and hopefully,
this will be progressed in the months ahead. Meanwhile,
a page on Abdul Kalam has now been
added.
From Jason Devadason,
Malaysia 21 February 2000
Nice site. My name is Jason and I am 16 years old. I
from Malaysia. I am a Indian Malaysian. It's a cool
site. Lots of information. I knew there were Tamil
cultural influences in South East Asia. Your site lacks
information about the histories of the kings who ruled
South India such as Chola, Pallavi and others. Keep up
the good work.
Response by tamilnation: Many thanks for
your comments. Yes, the site does lack detailed
information re the Chola and Pallavi periods - and it
is necessary to revise the Tamil
History section to this end. The sections on
Dravidian Temple Architecture and the
Chola Bronzes may give some useful
insights - but, admittedly, they are not
sufficient.
From: Nagaiah
Kandavel Canada 6 February
2000
Vannakam: Congratulations on a wonderful website. This is a
great service you are doing for the Tamil people. I
have only a small, but perhaps practical solution. I
find that it may be a nice idea or at least it would be
convenient for surfers who are Tamil and especially
non-Tamil, if your website were to network with other
Tamil sites (e.g. http://www.intamm.com , http://www.tamilcanadian.com , http://www.eelam.com , http://www.tamilsongs.net , etc.) Not
only will it bring about a sense of unity amongst
Tamils world-wide, but it will showcase the immense
work down by Eelam Tamil expatriates to show the world
the plight of our brethren back home.
From: Sydney, Australia
3 February 2000
Excellent site. Keep up the good work. I read with
much interest the "Pancha (Five) Ishwarams of Eelam" by
Shri S.Arumugam.
From: Kathir from Inayam,
US 21
January 2000
 I am a regular visitor of tamilnation.org. It is really a
commendable service you are doing. Best wishes for all
your efforts and wish you good luck.
From: Professor P.
Ramasamy, Dept
of Political Science, National University of Malaysia,
15 January 2000
Congratulations, tamilnation.org. ... I do visit
your site very often. It is packed with information. I
have recommended my graduate students to use it for
their research on Tamils and their culture.
From: Phillipa Carter,
Canada
Greetings from the Departments of Religion & Culture and Distance Education at Wilfrid Laurier
University in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
During the Winter term (January-April 2000) Wilfrid
Laurier University is offering a Distance Education
course on-line entitled "World Religions in Cultural
Perspective".
The students enrolled in this course are being
encouraged to explore several religious traditions from
a variety of perspectives. They will use a number of
resources including the World Wide Web.
We plan to suggest tamilnation.org as one of these
resources and give students a direct link to it
on-line.
From: Kalyanasubbu
Sundaravelu Cincinnati,US 3 January 2000
Thank you very much for building e-nation for
Tamilians. I visited two times in last two days.
Excellent and highly informative. Enjoyed your Thirukural, Cilapathikaram and article about
MaVeeran Pirabaharan. What all the old Tamil
literature teaches the world is to live a humble
and satisfying life and to learn and enjoy life while
living. Get more articles from people of other faiths
Tamil culture is truly secular it even accommodates non
believers] and life philosophy. I will check at
least once a day from now onwards. Thanks. And GOOD
LUCK.
From: R.Bala , Editor Thirumaraitheebam - Bible Lamp - a Tamil
Christian Quarterly, New Zealand, 31 December
1999
I enjoy visiting your site which
is a great site. I do commend you for your excellent
service.
 [see also
earlier Visitor
Comments: 1998 to 1999]
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