Well, the sad part of that is the crowd is shrinkin... From hundreds afta the 25th incident, now it turned out to be 60...and half of that count is the HINDRAF comitee itself...
Sd to say the message they convey is not reaching the public...
If you weren't there that day, here are somethings which i felt was important on that days speech...
- Unity-the person speaking there stressed on UNITY as it is our only tool so far. If you have a problem in your place, your school, workplace, or anywhere...use unity to speak up... Elect a leader in your comitee. Use him or her to fight for you. If your childs school doesn't allow her to wear earings to school, call up all the indian parents there, elect one rep. and use him/her to question the admin...(that was an example by me). Other than that meet up at temples every (pick your own day) lessay Friday.. Afta all the prayers take bout 1/2 an hour to talk bout social issues related to Indians.
- Teenagers DONT FIGHT IN TEMPLES-it is common for us Indians to fight in the streets. i still duno where this tradition came from. Have you gone for a Hari Raya fest. or every friday in your place, are there cops standing by the mosque waiting for teenagers to fight and to be arrested. The ans. is no for sure. But during Thaipusam...how many Police do you see... Why is this happening. The man from HINDRAF(i think his name is Mr.Siva) said if you wanna fight, fight for Indians. Not among Indians. Fight for HINDRAF. Don't fight for a gal or any other useless and disgracing reasons.
- What do they thonk of us-go back a few weeks. Election day. what was broadcasted on TV2... Tamil movies back to back. This was in hope that we Indians would stay at home for the MOVIES and not go to vote. Do you get the idea..This is how low they keep us indians...(literal tamil translation).
- Teach our people our religion-How many of you teach your children bout our religion at home.(this question was asked there in the temple...only 6 hands were up in the air) The reason is even you dont know bout your religion. But look at the others... They know thoroughly bout their religion. In order for us to regain knowledge bout our religion, read... And share it in temples(as stated in Unity above). Gain knowledge and then share it. Its the best and fastest way to spread our religion (as in so everybody would be able to answer why if were to be asked).
- Be what an Indian should be-brave, veeram ulla tamizhan, maanam ulla tamizhan, roosam ulla tamizhan...and so on.
Basicly, be united... It is our only way... And teenagers, guys im like you to, but stop fightin with our people and fight for our people. Even if a guy is up to you, let him go... Its afta all our indian brother. And teach our people what Mahabharatha, Raamayana, Bhagavat Geetha and all the otha puranas teach us. Reeducate our indians. By that, we are sure to win this war... All of you who are reading this have already put your first foot into the battle field. I have did my part and my second feet is on it and im moving through it already. Im already fighting. Now its up to you Indians to move in. We indians have it in our blood. It wont be an easy sail for sure. But it will be a sail worth every sweat dropped.
HINDRAF...VAALGAA...!!!!
