Monday 23 January 2012

manitha mirukangal - 4 வயது சிறுமி பாலியல் கொடுமை


4 வயது சிறுமி பாலியல் கொடுமை செய்யப்பட்ட வழக்கு:



4 வயது பள்ளிச் சிறுமி ஒருவர் பாலியல் துன்புறுத்தலுக்கு ஆளான வழக்கை சிபிஐ விசாரணைக்கு மாற்றி சென்னை உயர்நீதிமன்றம் உத்தரவிட்டுள்ளது.

விழுப்புரம் மாவட்டம் கள்ளக்குறிச்சியில் உள்ள தனியார் பள்ளியில் யுகேஜி படித்த 4 வயது சிறுமியை அப்பள்ளியின் முதல்வரும், ஆசிரியை ஒருவரும் பாலியல்ரீதியாக துன்புறுத்தியதாகக் கூறி அச்சிறுமியின் தாயார் அங்குள்ள காவல்நிலையத்தில் புகார் அளித்திருந்தார். எனினும் அந்த புகார் மீது போலீசார் நடவடிக்கை எடுக்காததால் கடலூரைச் சேர்ந்த மனித உரிமை பாதுகாப்பு இயக்கத்தைச் சேர்ந்த ராமலிங்கம், சென்னை உயர்நீதிமன்றத்தில் மனுத்தாக்கல் செய்தார்.

இதை விசாரித்த உயர்நீதிமன்றம் சம்பந்தப்பட்ட பள்ளியின் முதல்வர் மற்றும் ஆசிரியை மீது வழக்குப் பதிவுசெய்து விசாரணை நடத்துமாறு உத்தரவிட்டு வழக்கை சிபிசிஐடிக்கு மாற்றியது. எனினும் இந்த வழக்கில் எந்த முன்னேற்றமும் இல்லை என்று பெற்றோர் மற்றும் மனுதாரர் சார்பில் உயர்நீதிமன்றத்தில் தெரிவிக்கப்பட்டது. இதையடுத்து இந்த வழக்கை சிபிஐ விசாரணைக்கு மாற்றி தலைமை நீதிபதி எம்.ஒய்.இக்பால், டி.எஸ்.சிவஞானம் ஆகியோர் கொண்ட பெஞ்ச் உத்தரவிட்டது.

மேலும் இந்த வழக்கின் விசாரணையை முடித்துவிட்டு 60 நாட்களுக்குள் இறுதி அறிக்கை தாக்கல் செய்ய வேண்டும் என்றும் நீதிபதிகள் உத்தரவிட்டனர்.

ஹோமோ செக்ஸ்-மாணவர் படுகொலை

ஹோமோ செக்ஸ் விவகாரத்தில் மாணவர் படுகொலை: போலீஸ் விசாரணையில் பரபரப்பு தகவல்கள்


கொடைக்கானல், ஜன. 23-
திண்டுக்கல் மாவட்டம் கொடைக்கானல் அருகே உள்ள கீழானவயல் கிராமத்தை சேர்ந்தவர் முருகன், விவசாயி. இவரது மகன் சுரேஷ் பாண்டி (வயது16).

இவர் தேனி மாவட்டம் போடி லட்சுமிநாயக்கன்பட்டியில் உள்ள ஒரு பள்ளியில் பிளஸ்-1 படித்து வந்தார். கடந்த வாரம் பொங்கல் விடுமுறையில் சுரேஷ் பாண்டி வீட்டுக்கு வந்து இருந்தார். கடந்த வெள்ளிக்கிழமை வீட்டை விட்டு வெளியே சென்ற சுரேஷ் பாண்டி பின்னர் வீடு திரும்பவில்லை.

இதனால் அதிர்ச்சி அடைந்த அவரது பெற்றோர் அக்கம் பக்கம் மற்றும் உறவினர் வீடுகளில் தேடி பார்த்தனர். எங்கும் கிடைக்கவில்லை. இந்நிலையில் நேற்று மதியம் கீழானவயல் அருகே உள்ள ஒரு வாழைத் தோட்டத்தில் தலையில் கல்லை போட்டு தலை நசுங்கிய நிலையில் சுரேஷ் பாண்டி பிணமாக கிடந்தார்.

இதை பார்த்த அக்கம் பக்கத்தினர் கொடைக்கானல் போலீசுக்கு தகவல் கொடுத்தனர். போலீஸ் இன்ஸ்பெக்டர் இளஞ்செழியன் சம்பவ இடத்திற்கு விரைந்து வந்து உடலை மீட்டு பிரேத பரிசோதனைக்காக கொடைக்கானல் அரசு மருத்துவமனைக்கு அனுப்பி வைத்தார். மேலும் இச்சம்பவம் குறித்து போலீசார் வழக்குப்பதிவு செய்து விசாரணை நடத்தினர்.

kanyakumari

Location: 87 kms South East of Thiruvananthapuram, Tamil Nadu
Tourist attractions: Beach, Temples, Water Parks, Fort, Palaces
Best time to visit: All throughout the year.
Kanyakumari, situated in the southernmost tip of India is a revered destination for devout Hindus. Known as the meeting point of the Indian Ocean, the Arabian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal, thousand of tourist visit the sea-side, all the year round. The nearby Devi Kumari Templededicated to Devi Kanyakumari is a must visit destination. Besides, taking a holy dip and genuflecting before the Goddess, travelers can have great time with a number of tourist activities.
A favorite pass-time in Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu is to stroll alongside the beach and catch the spectacular sunrises and sunsets. One can also fill their kitty with conch-shells, sea-shells and small rocks, exclusively found in sea.
Tourist Activities in Kanyakumari
Visit to Baywatch Water Park:
Situated 2 Km away from the Kanyakumari beach, the park is equipped with a some quality rides like slides, roller coasters, artificial waterfalls and wave pools.
Shopping in Beach
Beach-side shops display some fine collections of Kashmiri shawls and clothes sequined in Kutch mirror work. Also, compulsive shoppers can enjoy shopping some antique decor items made up of sea-shells.
Traveling Valluvar Memorial
It treasures the 133-foot statue of Saint Thiruvalluvar (the author of the Thirukkural couplets), the 38-foot tall pedestal which symbolizes 'Virtue' and the 95-foot statue which represents 'Wealth' and 'Love'
Excursions
When enrolled with Tamilnadu Tour Package, do visit some popular places near Kanyakumari are Vattakottai(7 Km), Suchindram (11 Km), Udayagiri Fort (30 Km) and Padmanabhapuram Palace(35 Km). The 18th century Udaygiri Fort was built by King Marthanda Varma. It represents the true story of a faithful Dutch General De Lannoy. Also, Padmanabhapuram with 14 majestic palaces stands as a brilliant example for Kerala style of architecture
How to reach:
By Air:
Thiruvananthapuram International Airport(87 Km away) is the nearest airport.
By Rail:
Railway Station operating Kanyakumari Express to and from Chennai, connects major Indian cities.
By Road:
National Highway roads connects Kanyakumari with major South Indian cities. Both private and government-run vehicles ply over the road

kanyakumari

Location: 87 kms South East of Thiruvananthapuram, Tamil Nadu
Tourist attractions: Beach, Temples, Water Parks, Fort, Palaces
Best time to visit: All throughout the year.
Kanyakumari, situated in the southernmost tip of India is a revered destination for devout Hindus. Known as the meeting point of the Indian Ocean, the Arabian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal, thousand of tourist visit the sea-side, all the year round. The nearby Devi Kumari Templededicated to Devi Kanyakumari is a must visit destination. Besides, taking a holy dip and genuflecting before the Goddess, travelers can have great time with a number of tourist activities.
A favorite pass-time in Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu is to stroll alongside the beach and catch the spectacular sunrises and sunsets. One can also fill their kitty with conch-shells, sea-shells and small rocks, exclusively found in sea.
Tourist Activities in Kanyakumari
Visit to Baywatch Water Park:
Situated 2 Km away from the Kanyakumari beach, the park is equipped with a some quality rides like slides, roller coasters, artificial waterfalls and wave pools.
Shopping in Beach
Beach-side shops display some fine collections of Kashmiri shawls and clothes sequined in Kutch mirror work. Also, compulsive shoppers can enjoy shopping some antique decor items made up of sea-shells.
Traveling Valluvar Memorial
It treasures the 133-foot statue of Saint Thiruvalluvar (the author of the Thirukkural couplets), the 38-foot tall pedestal which symbolizes 'Virtue' and the 95-foot statue which represents 'Wealth' and 'Love'
Excursions
When enrolled with Tamilnadu Tour Package, do visit some popular places near Kanyakumari are Vattakottai(7 Km), Suchindram (11 Km), Udayagiri Fort (30 Km) and Padmanabhapuram Palace(35 Km). The 18th century Udaygiri Fort was built by King Marthanda Varma. It represents the true story of a faithful Dutch General De Lannoy. Also, Padmanabhapuram with 14 majestic palaces stands as a brilliant example for Kerala style of architecture
How to reach:
By Air:
Thiruvananthapuram International Airport(87 Km away) is the nearest airport.
By Rail:
Railway Station operating Kanyakumari Express to and from Chennai, connects major Indian cities.
By Road:
National Highway roads connects Kanyakumari with major South Indian cities. Both private and government-run vehicles ply over the road

DISCOVER KERALA

Drawing from such varied sources as folklore, anthropology and archaeology there are reasonable grounds to believe that the first citizens of Kerala were those bright little hunter-gatherers, the tiny Negrito people. Judging from the folk ways of the predominantly Negrito people who still inhabit the mountains of southern India today, this broad-headed race lived close to Nature, and in harmony with it. Consequently, they had a good knowledge of herbal medicine and were skilled in interpreting natural phenomena. Some of this knowledge could have been passed on to the race that superseded them in Kerala; the Austrics.
Austrics
The Austrics people of Kerala are of the same stock as the present-day Australian Aborigines. Many anthropologists believe that the Austrics laid the foundations of Indian civilization, and introduced the cultivation of rice and vegetables: activities which are still part of the Kerala scene. It is also more than likely that they introduced snake-worship into Kerala as well as emblems normally associated with fertility rites. Traces of such worship and ancient rites have been found among the Aboriginal tribes of Australia. Austric features can still be discerned, fairly clearly, among the people of present-day Kerala.
Dravidians
The Dravidians came in. These Mediterranean people had close racial affinities with the early people of Asia Minor, Crete, pre-Hellenic Aegeans of Greece and, possibly, even with the Pharaonic people of Egypt. There are increasingly strong grounds to believe that the first major wave of Dravidians could have come to India as traders, sailing their ships up navigable rivers from the Arabian Sea, and establishing the, so-called, Indus Valley city civilization. Earlier, sporadic, infiltrations of them could have been responsible for megalithic burial monuments such as urn burial under upright stones.
There is reason to believe that, though they had absorbed many of the beliefs of the earlier Negrito and Austric people, the Dravidians were strongly inclined to the worship of the Mother Goddess in all her myriad forms; Protector, Avenger, Bestower of Wealth, Wisdom and the Arts. The Dravidians occupied the western part of the Indian Peninsula and regarded Madurai as their capital. They built rock-cut tombs and megaliths in the coastal regions of Kerala.
Indo-Iranians
It is also likely that their urban civilization was overtaken by invading flocks of Indo-Iranians between 2000 and 1500 BC. The Dravidians migrated southwards, carrying their civilization with them, though they left a considerable cultural imprint on their successors the way the Greeks left their mark on the Romans. Kerala is still strongly influenced by Dravidian traditions;  cash-crop and trade-oriented, and with strong materialistic biases. The Indo-Iranians, erroneously referred to as the Aryans, appear to have made a deep impression on Kerala in late proto-historic times. The legend of the Indo-Iranian priestly families of Kerala contends that they were led to this land when their faith was threatened in their original home in the north. Here, they re-established their beliefs and, because they were astute and well-informed people, established almost a theocratic oligarchy over Kerala's many warring states. Their hold was challenged only after Arab and Jewish traders started exporting Kerala's spices to the west. These contacts, in turn, led to the growth of Christianity and Islam into Kerala. It was the first place in India to host these two faiths. The first Christians in Kerala soon filled the growing social need for bankers and professionals. Before Kerala's international trading links had been firmly established, its society had been roughly stratified into Warrior rulers, Priestly-teachers and Cultivators-Fishermen-Hunters. Now it needed financiers and organizers and the Christians assumed these jobs with quiet efficiency.
Later, when a new need arose, the Islamic people became Kerala's shipbuilders, seafarers and powerful merchant princes. In the 15th century, when the Semitic monopoly of the spice trade became too expensive for the European markets to bear, and Portugal financed Vasco da Gama to discover the sea route to the spice lands of Kerala, the Portuguese navigator made commercial contact with an Islamic ruler of northern Kerala; the Zamorin of Calicut. From these contacts flowed Europe's great Age of Discovery. The Dutch followed the Portuguese into Kerala, then by the French in a limited way and finally by the British who stayed on in India till 1947.
Nine years later, the Indian government merged the two surviving princely states of this southern region with a few other Indian territories and created the state of Kerala on the 1st November 1956.
The People of Kerala
Nurtured by its climate and terrain, fertilized by a rich variety of cultural streams, Kerala holds a fascinating mosaic of people. They all call themselves Malayalees and yet they have managed to retain many of the ethnic characteristics that make them rugged individuals within the complex pattern of Kerala.
Many anthropologists believe, however, that the basic culture of Kerala is Dravidian. All other cultures have grafted their mores on Dravidian rootstock, as it were. Of Dravidian stock are the Thiyyas and Ezhavas. There is a legend that says that these people either by-passed Kerala on their migration southwards, or they left Kerala, and settled in Sri Lanka and the off-shore island chain of Lakshadweep. From there, apparently, they returned bringing the coconut to Kerala. It's an interesting legend but as the coconut grows on virtually the entire 7,516.5km coastline of India; one does not have to rely on a specific group of coconut planters to explain the presence of this remarkable tree.
The prime Dravidian groups are the Nairs. Most of the kings of Kerala were Nair stock and so, too, were the warriors of this land. The Nairs could have brought their matrilineal system down with them form the Indus valley, and earlier from the Mediterranean; or it could have developed as a result of their way of life. A professional warrior's material needs are taken care of by his commanders. In return, he surrenders all right to a settled life. Consequently, the women of his community have to knit his society together, give security to his children, stability to his home. A Nair husband, traditionally, married into his wife's family, his children took her family name, property was inherited through the maternal line.
The Indo-Iranian Namboodris, too, had rigid inheritance laws. As traditional priests, with inherited rights to manage the temporal affairs of the temples in which they officiated as priests, Namboodris had to ensure that unseemly family squabbles would not bring odium on their high office. Consequently, only the eldest son of a Namboodri could marry a Namboodri girl and inherit his father's rights.
Thus neither the Nairs nor the Namboodris had the social sanction to become traders. This slot was filled by outsiders. First it was the Romans and the Greeks. Then, when those civilizations collapsed, it was the semitic Jews and Arabs who discovered the cyclic power of the monsoons to fill the sails of their ships, and soon set up trading stations in Kerala.
St. Thomas, one of the 12 apostles of Jesus, came to Kerala in AD52. He preached the gospel in the region and traveled to other parts. Many young Namboodris and Nair men accepted Thomas' path and formed the early Christian community in Kerala. Later they enjoyed special privileges from the rulers. In the third century, through the Jewish and Arab merchants, people in Syria learned about the Christian communities in Kerala and that they enjoyed privileges. In due course, there were several migration from Syria and they lived together with the St. Thomas Christians and eventually they called themselves.
Syrian Christians
Still later, in AD 643, a disciple of the Prophet Mohammed named Malik Ibn Dinar came to Kerala. Many of the Arab traders and their local associates became followers of this path and Islam established firm roots in the soil of Kerala. The enterprising and gracious community, often known as the Moplahs, was born.
When the semitic monopoly on the spice trade led to the arrival of the Portuguese, a new community came into being. The Iberians were surprised to find that there were people in Kerala who had been Christians for many centuries before Spain and Portugal had found the Christian path. And they were angry to discover that these Christians did not say their prayers in Latin, as the Iberians did, but in Syrian. Encouraged by the Portuguese, many of the underprivileged people of Kerala began to follow the Latin path of Christianity and have, ever since, been called Latin Catholics.
In the years that followed, intermarriages between the European colonials and local people produced the Anglo-Indian community of Kerala distinguished by their European surnames, western lifestyles which eschewed arranged marriages, and English as their mother tongue. Most of them were physically indistinguishable form the Jews, a later wave of whom had fled to Kerala to escape the Inquisition in Spain. The majority of these people, however, have migrated; the Anglo-Indians to Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand; the Jews to Israel. And then, largely after Independence, other communities including the artistic Bengalis and the ebullient Punjabis began to make their presence felt in Kerala. They, too, began to be merged in the great emulsifying process of this state. It is this ceaseless churning, this constant influx of new people, new influences, new systems that makes Kerala what it is. Nothing is static in Kerala.
(Source: Discovering Kerala, Published by the Kerala Tourism Department)
The Native Tribes (Adivasis)
As the Indo- Iranians or Aryans moved into the land and spread long and wide into the Peninsula, the earlier inhabitants were forced to leave their fields and lands and became subject to the four caste system introduced by them, accepting their menial jobs. The good looking and organized groups were given a higher division of jobs like warriors and business communities, while the darker poorer groups were given the sudra or untouchable status. These last groups today form the Scheduled castes and those who resisted and fled to the forests and hills are known as the tribals / adivasis. On the Western Ghat mountaions in South India  alone there are 35 tribal groups, distinct from one another in features, culture and language

Sunday 22 January 2012

koovagam

Koovagam is a southern village. Which is famous for Chittirai - Pournami festival, where thousands of devotees from as far away as New Delhi and Bombay pour into Koovagam to offer prayers to the presiding deity.
The vareity of this festival apart from hundreds of others is ,men dressed in saris, elaborate wigs, and bright plastic jewelry and act like woman. But this festival is mainly for Eunuch - third gender people who worship Aravan.
The origins of this festival can be traced to a Hindu tale in which Aravan, a man about to be sacrificed to the gods, asked to be married before dying. To fulfill this last wish, the god Krishna is said to have assumed the form of a beautiful woman and married Aravan.
Each April, on the night of the full moon, this ancient myth comes to life in Koovagam, where Aravan is still worshipped. Scores of make-shift stalls selling coconuts, flowers, and bangles spring up to cater to the nearly two thousand devotees from around the country who arrive on foot, or by train, truck, bus, or bullock cart.

Saturday 21 January 2012

KONGU VELLALA GOUNDER

The history of the Kongu Vellala Gounder caste is one of the most obscure along with the history of the Kongunadu region itself. The Gounders have been credited by many as unique among the other caste groups of the region and southern India as a whole. The Kongu Vellala Gounders are appreciated for their varied qualities like untiring hardwork, objective nature, high moderation, honesty, humanitarian spirit, commitment, philanthrophy, strong bonding, innovative mind and reliability. They have been instrumental in the welfare of the Kongunadu zone, which is predominantly rainfed but blest with a cooler tropical plateau climate. This region supports the Tamil Nadu state from economic collapse and single handedly manages its fame.
The secrets for such a developed region go back to the Gounder caste which mostly go unresearched partly due to the heavy stench of ideological biases of contemperory Tamil historians and partly due to the jelousey and the resulting fear of the caste itself. The author of this blog, himself a Gounder belongs to the Elumathur Panangadai clan, seeks to venture at the various facets of the inseperable Gounder and Kongu histories. The readers are advised to have a prior reading of the author's blog on Kongu history before going through this blog for easing their strain