Racism and south india

Having made the resolution i dont need to think a lot
to start off blogging. Just tune on to any one of the
countless 24/7 news channel in india and you will know
that the latest buzzwords in this part of the world are
"racism", "monkeygate" or is it "maa ki gate"!!, thanks
to the recent events at SCG.

In the past week every cricketer who has set foot on
the field was given a chance to air their opinion and
enjoyed their 5 secs of fame. What with india celebrating
(albeit in anger) bogey pongal by uruva erippu of the
"ugly aussies", bucknor, procter, benson and almost
every phirangh cricketer, i felt that as a law abiding,
patriotic citizen concerned abt the so called "nation's
integrity" at stake i am entitled to my 2 cents.

I for one feel we dont need to be aggrieved (esp the south
indians) by this so called thing of the pot calling the kettle
black as racist tendencies are subconsiously imbibed in us.

How often we have compared our colour with those north
of the vindhyas?
"Intha settu pasangallukkunne oru colour engenthu varadhunnu
theriyala".

In fact kollywood's import of "vellai thol" failed actresses from
bollywood has surpassed the trade deficit between U.S and china

Even the makers of "sivaji" went to a great extent in white
washing the movie's hero such that he appears more fairer than
the heroine.

Take the case of normal south indian household searching for
a bride or bridegroom. What will be the most common questions
for marriage in 9 out of 10 cases?

"Ponnu nalla colour a irukkanum." "Payyan seppa iruppana?"

"Ponnu nalla seppa kiliyattum iruppa"..this is bride's mother
"Payyan nalla seppa raja maathiri iruppan"..this is bridegroom's

Marriage fixed purely on the basis of the amount of pigmentation
in our body

In fact during this entire "monkeygate" episode all the south
indian channels esp the tamil channels were oblivious of the
whole issue and "etho eruma maattu mela mazha penjha maathiri"
went on about their usual businesses of maanada mayilada,
thillana thillana, kolangal, arasi, old melodies, new melodies,
etc etc

Do we need more proof that southies really dont care abt racism
and take the colour issue in their stride ?

Come on guys wake up, racism is here to stay and it is strong as
ever. Any attempt of making the world believe that we are
victims of racism...well who is the hypocrite here ..