I first met him in Murasoli office in Anna Salai, Thousand Lights, Chennai in a small room amidst bundles of books. Whole room was full of books and Maran was encircled by books. When he was in power frequently I used to be in Krishna Menon Marg residence of George Fernandes, who gave Dravida Peravai, national recognition as associate party and Special invitee to National Councils and Executive of Samata party. In same Krishna Menon Marg, Murasoli Maran lived just opposite but I never went to him seeking any favour. But when Murasoli Maran was hospitalized I wrote to him expressing solidarity in his troubled times and for all my mails he had replied.

 In Murasoli Selvam’s house this picture was taken in 1970 or so, actual year I don’t remember.

 But now whenever televisions write Maran, Maran and Maran it pains my heart. No one should use their parent’s name to catch nation’s attention. Kanimozhi Aravindan must only use her husband’s name and not her father’s name. Anbumani should not use his father’s name. Dayanithi should only be known as Dayanithi. Take cue from Jayalalithaa, she is not carrying her father Jayaram tagged to her name. There is a lesson for all of us in India. Mahathma Gandhi is father of the Nation but Ferzoze Gandhi’s name is used for Rajiv Feroze, Sanjay Feroze and Sonia Rajiv and Rahul Rajiv using Gandhi tag is creating an illusion and myth as if they are in the lineage of Mahathma Gandhi. My friend Rajmohan Gandhi can use Gandhi tag but not the above mentioned leaders. Every leader has a contribution of his own to the nation and society he lives in. By dragging and tagging his or her name the next generation in our corporate democracy sullies the image of their ancestors. The lesson of the day: Be known by your sacrifices don’t sacrifice your parents good image by tagging with you and inviting all mudslinging on the leaders who exist no more.

N.Nandhivarman General Secretary Dravida Peravai 8.07.2011

Dinamani Tamil daily in its editorial dated 20.5.2011 raises following questions for which nation awaits for answer.

1. The price of the crude oil imported from abroad after refining inclusive of the profits of the petroleum companies is only Rs 36.52 per litre. Then how come the retail prices are fixed at Rs 67.32 in Chennai ? The duties and cess of both Central and State Governments result in 43 percent hike in retail price. Is it justifiable Mr.Prime Minister and Mr.Pranab Mukerjee ?

2.In diesel and petrol prices per litre Rs 2 is collected as road maintenance tax since 1998 ? As per available statistics from 1998-2008, the Union Government collected as cess Rs 84,251.77 crores. If such being the case why there are toll gates collecting toll fee from people who use roads ? Where has this Rs 84,251.77 crores plus cess collected till date had gone ? For what purposes it went will the great economist reply ?

3. Why is it under Manmohanomics the crude excavated by ONGC is given to private players at 30 percent less than international rates ? If only graft is eliminated and if only we collect tax from oil companies on par with international rates, there is no necessity to hike the petrol and diesel prices. Why Manmohan Singji you are keen to tax consumers and favour corporates, is that what you learnt from your study of economics. You are a national curse if you prolong with this crime of killing the consumer with hikes and embracing corporates with looting national exchequer.

The 34 oil and gas blocks for which 9 times international bid had been bidden is the place where your OIL SCAM is executed, Manmohan JI, people are aware are the differential treatment corporates get under your corporate democracy.

The great economist Dr.Manmohan Singh will argue through his officials that “. But a rise in diesel price is inevitable in May or else companies’ under-recoveries (revenue loss) would touch 200,000 crore this year,” the official said. Diesel constitutes 60% of companies’ total revenue loss for selling fuel below market rates. Since 2005-2006 to 2010-2011 YOUR GOVERNMENT HAD FOREGONE Rs 3,74,937 CRORES in Corporate Income Tax. In same period you gave saved excise duty to the tune of Rs 74,9623 crores, and customs duty to the extent of Rs 10,00,463 croes to the corporate. MANMOHANOMICS WRITES OFF Rs 2125023 to corporate. YES EVERY SINGLE DAY only in corporate income tax Rs 240 crore is written off by Manmohanomics. THE MONEY MANMOHANOMICS HELPS CORPORATES TO SAVE IS THE MONEY THAT GOES TO TAX HAVENS. A Report by Global Financial Initiative will list out the Illegal Financial Flow from India since 1948 to 2008. If a patriotic Indian rules India he will not hike petrol diesel prices. Nor he will lament oil losses are 2 lakh crore and hence common man had to be taxed. If a spokesperson of the people is in Parliament he would have said throw the burden on corporates who have looted 21 lakh crore bonanza from national exchequer due to the wrong policies of Sonia-Manmohan-Pranab gang, instead of hiking petrol-diesel-kerosine prices and crushing the common man. Are you people’s representatives or corporate lobbyists sitting in Union Cabinet ?

 If Pakistan could sell per litre diesel for Rs 35.75 and Malaysia Rs 23.56 why should India sell beyond Rs 50 and that too going on hiking once elections are over. It is daylight cheating of the voters of India.Dravida Peravai, an experimental political party in India condemns the Corporate Agents in citadels of power.

 N.Nandhivarman

 www.dravidaperavai.org.in

53-b, Calve Subburaya Street, Puducherry 605001 www.dravidaperavai.org.in Tel: o413-2221025

 Hon’ble Prime Minister of India Thiru.Manmohan Singh

Hon’ble Ms.Sonia Gandhi Chairperson National Advisory Council

Hon’ble Thiru.P.Chidambaram Union Home Minister

Hon’ble Ms.Sushma Swaraj Leader of Opposition

Respected Leaders and Patriots

The Raj Niwas of Puducherry in past century had one illustrious occupant who was my friend and who later became Vice President of India Thiru.B.D.Jatti. In late night hours then Blitz correspondent and freedom fighter Vincent Rao will go in drunken state and will urge to meet the Lt.Governor. The ADC will be in a dilemma, and ask what can I say to the Lt.Governor ? The journalist-freedom fighter will say go and tell the Governor that a citizen had come. Lt.Governor B.D.Jatti will be come down on hearing a citizen wants him. Such noble democrats have illuminated the Raj Niwas by their presence.

Unfortunately the UPA Government had chosen a Hasan Ali’s friend to the gubernatorial post and whatever Enforcement Directorate unearths had already brought shame to the institution and the Raj Niwas of Puducherry.

Dravida Peravai a political party demands the recall of the Lt.Governor.

Dravida Peravai demands CBI inquiry into the South Indian Educational Trust wherein the son and daughter in law of Thiru Iqbal Singh and the daughter and son in law of the Officer on Special duty in Raj Niwas J.P.Singh are partners. Misusing power on assumption of office the Lt.Governor had patronized his kith and kin and friends and tried to float a Trust here, perhaps to pump in the laundered black money with the help of Hasan Ali.

1. NOC bypassing cabinet: Lt.Governor had used certain officials to by pass cabinet and obtain NOC to his son’s Trust to start Medical College in Karaikal. The Health Secretary Vijayan was refusing to oblige and present Health Secretary Raajiv Yaduvanshi had also not willing to give NOC. The Chief Secretary when present health secretary was on leave asked the Under Secretary to Health to give NOC. That Under Secretary wanted Chief Secretary to put his consent for Under Secretary to handle file.

This is how the Lt.Governor’s family Trust got NOC recently. We want CVC enquiry against Chief Secretary and CBI enquiry against Lt.Governors OSD and his Trust members. We have suspicion that this Trust intends to start Medical College with laundered black money which necessitates CBI inquiry.

2. The house address given for this Trust belongs to the wanted absconder Ravi Shah in Parvathi Shah Murder case. Since he is absconding Government said that property was attached. When someone tried to sell it, Puducherry Police pasted a notice that none can buy. How come that house address is shown as Trust address is for CBI to enquire.
3.  Karaikal region’s backwardness had triggered a separate UT status and I am the Honorary President of Karaikal Union Territory Struggle Group. There land had been declared to be bought for setting up of Special Economic zone, but yet that land had been bought for the Lt.Governor’s family trust from PIPDIC, a government corporation.

Prime Minister, President of Congress Party, Opposition Leader, Home Minister must all I hope will agree for a CBI probe into the Medical College Scam.

Why Lt.Governor brought as luggage such corrupt conclave and how UPA Government is careless in choosing good administrators for Puducherry is matter for their conscience to ponder.  To blow the whistle it is my duty.

With Regards

Yours sincerely

 N.Nandhivarman

General Secretary Dravida Peravai 18.04.2011.

Amended : The land bought by Iqbal Singh’s family Trust is not from Special Economic zone but in Thirunallar Road where Puducherry Government contemplated to acquire for TB Sanetorium cum Cancer Research Unit, a Central Project. It is in Nallambal Village near Ambakarathur.

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 In this 2011 assembly elections the great puzzle and unresolved mystery is why the wife of Puducherry Union Territory Revenue Minister and Yanam M.L.A Mr.Malladi Krishna Rao is contesting as independent MLA against her husband ?. Was there matrimonial discord debated retired IAS and IPS officers in faraway headquarters of Puducherry ?

But people of Yanam had earliar doubted whether Mr.Malladi will contest this time, and they thought he may field his wife and keep himself free to jump into the bandwagon of Jegan’s YSR Congress aiming a seat in Parliament. The gigantic statue of YSR at the entry point of Yanam fuelled such suspicions.

Few months ago Mr.Malladi declared that people of Yanam will elect him unanimously since he had made Yanam a mini-Paris by building Eiffel tower is a remotest village. But to utter surprise there are 10 independents pitted against him including his wife. At eleventh hour Mr.Malladi filed his nomination in the hope that Congress-DMK alliance will win Puducherry UT assembly polls.

But as election fast approaches there exists a chance of All India NR Congress-AIADMK-DMDK-CPI allaince faring better than Congress-DMK-PMK-VC combine. Hence the master manipulator cum chameleon Mr.Malladi Krishna Rao had started informing his followers to vote for his wife and not for him since 8th April 2011, sources from Yanam are indicating. This U-Turn is to get his wife elected and to make her a Minister in All India NR Congress ministry if at all it is voted to power.

 People and political observers may find this truth impossible to assimilate and may even think it is figment of my imagination. In next few days cat will be out of the bag and you can yourself know the game, said N.Nandhivarman General Secretary Dravida Peravai in Puducherry on 9 th April 2011 morning 9.30 AM.

If this happens then in future all alliances will become untrustworthy. If All India NR Congress Chief N.Rangasamy ditches his alliance party AIADMK’s candidate Mr.M.Sathya Saikumar even before polling and plays according to Malladi’s game plan, it is for J.Jayalalitha to ditch N.Rangasamy after polling is over. AIADMK in Puducherry does not have suitable candidates to contest hence out of 11 candidates three are from same family.AIADMK State Secretary A.Anbazhagan, his brother, his sister’s husband have garnered three seats for their family. J.Jayalalitha will allow one family to contest is many constituencies, and she had to face the music if her party’s candidate in Yanam is back stabbed by All India NR Congress even few days before polling. Haryana was called land of Ayarams and Gayarams once and Puducherry which saw people from different parties jumping from one party to other overnight seeking tickets and greener pastures will also see winning candidates put up on sale when horse trading starts as political analysts say none will get clear majority.

 Only in Indian democracy a ghost can aspire to become Chief Minister of a Union Territory that goes to poll in April 2011. Yes in the Samadhi of Appa Paithyam Swamy near Salem only all decisions will be taken if All India N.R.Congress Chief N.Rangasamy becomes by accident Chief Minister of this UT. You may find this as exaggeration and figment of imagination by a rationalist. Let me explain why I arrived at this conclusion. One day there were rumours that N.Rangasamy will tender his resignation as MLA to the Speaker of Puducherry Legislative Assembly and these followers gathered near old distillery building in Beach Road to take him by procession. His brother’s son waited near Speaker’s chamber and his current alliance partner AIADMK Legislators waited in their party office in assembly premises eagerly waiting for N.Rangasamy to reach the Speaker’s chamber, where Assembly Secretary waited in vain. After participating in a marriage in day time N.Rangasamy from outskirts of Puducherry on his way to the Assembly suddenly received a telepathic message from Appa Paithyam Swamy advising him to consult an astrologer before tendering his resignation as MLA. Taking a U-turn N.Rangasamy went to an astrologer’s house and from noon till evening closeted with him to find out what stars foretell. In assembly for waiting followers’ word was sent that he will tender his resignation only next day and they dispersed.

Next day after tendering his resignation as MLA, N.Rangasamy wanted to meet his alliance party leaders. He did not meet him in his house or office or assembly premises or in their houses. He sought the opinion of Appa Paithyam Swamy by mental telepathy. That ghost guru told he need not travel to his Samadhi to hold alliance talks but he will inform the ghost of Sidhananda Swamygal which rests in the Samadhi adjoining ECR Road in Puducherry to act as his agent and bless the alliance talks. Heaving sigh of relief that few hours travel to Salem is avoided, N.Rangasamy met AIADMK State Convener A.Anbazhgan M.L.A and CPI legislator Nara.Kalainathan in the Samadhi of Sidhananda Swamy.

I sarcastically told that the opponents of N.Rangasamy can convene alliance party meeting in the Pappamma Koil graveyard where lot of samadhis exist and it being regular burial ground lot of ghosts will bless the alliance.

Then when the question of designing the flag for the new party floated by N.Rangasamy arose he chose a lime blessed by Appa Paithyam Swamygal. Appa Paithyam Swamygal had blessed him to capture power in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala etc and advised from his Samadhi to name his party as All India N.R.Congress.  The egoism of N.Rangasamy came to light with the induction of two letters i.e. N.R in party’s name and to ward off criticism suddenly he explained N.R is shortened form of Namathu Rajyam.

Today N.Rangasamy had started his party’s election campaign from Puducherry.  Yesterday the election campaign vehicle in which he should travel was sent to the Samadhi of Appa Paithyam Swamygal and that ghost had blessed the vehicle in which N.Rangasamy kicks of his campaign.

Having observed every move of N.Rangasamy in recent past the following doubts arise.

1. In case All India N.R.Congress alliance wins power whether the swearing in ceremony will be in Rajniwas of Puducherry or before Appa Paithyam Swamygal Samadhi in Salem?

2. The cabinet meetings of N.Rangasamy will it be held in Puducherry Assembly buildings or in the Samadhi of Appa Paithyam Swamygal?

3. Under constitution of India the oath of secrecy does not permit N.Rangasamy to divulge official secrets to Appa Paithyam Swamy or his numerous astrologers. Then how can he function since he takes every decision only consulting either astrologers or Appa Paithyam Swamigal?

4. At this rate he may after every day bath go with wet towel in waist to Salem by car and consult Appa Paithyam Swamy whether he can wear dhoti/ shirt today or whether he can eat idly or chapatti today or whether he can attend cabinet or go to office today and will he discharge his duties only after ghost approves?

All these doubts apart, the major doubt before voters is will he spread his All India party to neighboring Tamilnadu and CNN-IBN, TIMES NOW, NDTV are going to seek the opinion of Appa Paithyam Swamigal who seems is upset that N.Rangasamy’s party did not contest in Tamilnadu polls’ Swamy’s ghost is likely to appear before these channels to say at least the All India N.R.Congress could have contested in Salem

Will N.Rangasamy consult his swamyji and clarify that he will not join Indian National Congress again and will not go for alliance with them in case he runs short of majority. ?

People of Puducherry where eager at least Actress Meena or Mumtaz will campaign for their friend N.Rangasamy but they are upset the unseen ghost of Appa Paithyam Swamygal is doing canvassing and ghosts cannot draw crowds.

We rationalists would advice the ghost of Appa Paithyam Swamigal that should not think of having their puppet in Chief Minister’s chair of this Union Territory nor the should try to sit in this Chair without contesting or having physical body ?

N.Nandhivarman

General Secretary Dravida Peravai

Puducherry

31.03.2011

In the twenty ninth year of its publication, New Times Observer dated 1.5.1995 carried one of my articles wherein I wrote “Revolutionary leaders have not traversed in the road of roses. Crown of thorns, cross, cudgels, cups of poison, cyanide capsules, deportation, deprivation, death sentences and heaps of humiliation have accosted them in their chosen path. But by their crucifixion, the conscience of mankind gets awakened. At the dawn of next century we are in search of a New Marx. We are in the look out of a new ideology, which will cater to the new times we live in. All the signs of evolving revolution are visible. It is time for us to learn the lessons of the past to march on towards a peaceful future where human species enjoy happiness”

Fifteen years had gone, my quest continues. As old age creeps in I am in a hurry. I felt I must activate those who can attain, instead of me waiting for myself attempting to attain the impossible. Today i.e. 22^nd January 2011, The Hindu carried an article by Professor K.S.Jacob in the faculty of Christian Medical College, Vellore titled: Capitalism: regulate, re-work and transform. May be he wants transplant of capitalism’s heart with socialism. Or may be he wanted to create Capitasocialism. Whatever may be his motive, it made me issue an open appeal to Dr.D.Sambandam of Puducherry University.

School of Social Sciences and International Studies

Dean: Dr. D.SAMBANDHAN (dean.ssc@pondiuni.edu.in) Phone: 2654373

1 Anthropology 2 History 3 Politics and International Studies 4 Social Work 5 Sociology 6 Centre for Women’s Studies 7 Madanjeet Singh Institute of South Asia Regional Cooperation – Centre for South Asian Studies 8 Centre for Study of Social Exclusion & Inclusive Policy  

In my mail to Dr.Sambandam’s daughter I wrote:  A Genius gets tired in teaching dull headed students, and psychological principle known as Peter’s Principle gets into operation making him believe he had scaled the height he is meant for. It is not so and seeing Professor K.S.Jacob’s article Capitalism: regulate, rework and transform in The Hindu today, I felt the throb to wake him from his intellectual slumber. World is at cross roads. American President Obama says there is no people’s democracy but corporate democracy that prevails in USA. Authors write that only 200 corporates rule the world. The Globalization tilt towards corporate’s brought this state of affair. A crude economist and street corner politician put forth logical economics into forefront and challenged capitalists that if they want one global market, they should accept one global currency, and end economy of speculation. Now Amartya Sen and men of his ilk have won awards, they won’t have the courage of conviction to write new ideas. Aringnar Anna moulded Professor Sambandam. He had to write innovative economics, and we are ready to carry forward his theories. Hope in The Hindu, Dr.Sambandam will be seen. His daughters must release their father from the bonds of family addiction. He should become the Economist of New Age.

A great Tamil Scholar from Eelam based in London had been doing immense good work for establishing the greatness of Tamil language on scientific basis. Tamil scholars never unite for common purpose as their giant sizes ego would not allow it to happen. Hence I thought Avarangal Sinnathurai Srivas needs few hands and brains to collaborate with him. Mr.Srivas had launched an e-group not to swell in number, but to unite brains in slumber.

SiSrivas avarangal@gmail.com has invited you to join the Scientific Tamil & Linguistics: (STL) group with this message: Welcome to Scientific Tamil Linguistics.

 Here is the group’s description: Tamil Grammar, Tamil Alphabet & Linguistics are scientific subjects. This group is working to address linguistic from a scientific perspective. I wish this group to succeed to usher in a New Age for Tamil Language by establishing it as the Primary Classical Language of the World as proudly proclaimed by Deveneya Paavanar. The Tamil Etymological Dictionary mooted by Deveneya Paavanar and carried forward by Dr.Ira.Mathivanan is complete with 31 volumes and readily available at Classical Tamil Etymological Dictionary Project of Government of Tamilnadu, c-48 First Floor, TNHB Complex, Anna Nagar, Chennai 600040 [ cell: 9962949787]. I would urge Tamils all over the world to buy these dictionaries and familiarize to our future generations. To continue this kind of research very rarely we get scholars. I found in internet, a young lawyer D.Ravi Rao, staunch Paavanar follower who had uploaded all Paavanars works. He too specializes in etymology. His services should be utilized by Tamil world. The link to his books:  http://www.scribd.com/dravivararo [Ravis cell: 9566177566     9080018565]

Also scholars must interact with: Puducherry Institute of Linguistics and Culture (PILC) Director Bhaktavatsala Bharathy: 9894383912

Puducherry Institute of Linguistics and Culture (PILC) is an autonomous research centre established with a view to promote advanced research in the fields of Linguistic and Culture in the Union Territory of Puducherry. PILC is the only research centre which has been established and is being financially supported by the Government of Puducherry. The institute is being managed by the Governing Body with the Education Minister as its Chairman, and the Education Secretary as the Vice-Chairman. PILC has been recognised as a research centre by the Tamil University, Thanjavur. Linguistics and Culture, combined together as thrust areas of research in PILC, are a rare combination of subjects which have not been taken care of by any of the institutions in and around Pondicherry. Perhaps, in the whole of India, Pondicherry was the only region until 1981 where linguistics was completely unknown as a discipline.

In 1981, the International School of Dravidian Linguistics (ISDL) came forward to start centre at Pondicherry with the grant-in-aid of the Pondicherry government. Later, in 1986, the Pondicherry government decided to take over the regional centre under its direct fold and rechristened it as the Pondicherry Institute of Linguistics and Culture

PILC has been developing as a centre of excellence as far as linguistics and Culture are concerned through its research publications and journal. PILC has brought out the following research titles which were well received by the professional scholars both from India and abroad:

•A Grammar of Modern Tamil by Dr. Thomas Lehmann,

1993, ISBN: 81-85452-03-2, Rs. 300/ US$ 40

•Tamil Syntax: New Perspectives by Dr. R. Kothandaraman,

1993 ISBN: 81-85452-00-8, Rs. 250 /US$ 35

•Dravidian Linguistics: An Introduction by Prof.Kamil V. Zvelebil,

1997 ISBN: 81-85452-01-6 Rs. 190 /US$ 28

•Roots of Tamil Religious Thought by Dr. Ganapathy Subbiah

1991, ISBN: 81-85452-01-4 Rs. 200 / US$ 30

•Intonation pattern in Tamil by Dr. G. Ravishankar

1994, ISBN: 81-85452-04-0, Rs. 500 /US$ 70

•Bharathidasan: Selected Poems (a comprehensive volume of English

renderings of Bharathidasan’s poems (ca. 200) translated by experts)

1996, ISBN: 81-85452-05-9, Rs. 300 /US$ 40

•Tamil as Administrative Language. (Proceedings of Seminars organized by PILC

L. Ramamoorthy, M. Soudarssane & T. Parasuraman (editors)

1997, ISBN: 81-85452-07-5 Rs 170 /US$ 28

•Literary Theories in Tamil by Indra Manuel

1998, ISBN: 81-85452-06-7, Rs 540 /US$ 71

•Irupataam nuRRaantu Tamil marapuk kavitai: yaappiyal marapum nekizhvum:

Modern Tamil Poems: Metre a survey of the studies on the subject already carried out by specialist, history of Tamil prosody a descriptive study of the metres of eight selected poets viz., Bharathi, Bharathidasan, Desiga Vinayagam Pillai, Ramalingam Pillai, Vanidasan, Kannadasan, Mudiyarasan and Surada.

1998, ISBN: 81-85452-08-3, Rs. 250 /US$ 35

•The Private Diary of SRI ANANDHA RANGAPPILLAI (1736 Ð 1761), vol. 1-8

An important contemporary source to any scholar interested in reconstructing the history of eighteenth century India. The diary which was written in Tamil has been an exceptional master piece of prose style of that period. The original diary contains 12 volumes out of which 8 volumes have been reprinted and published. Anandha Rangapillai as Dubash of the French Governor and agent for Indian merchants during French rule in Pondicherry recorded the daily events he had seen and heard.  Publication Date: 1999

Research Journal: PILC Journal of Dravidic Studies

PILC has been internationally well known research journal entitled ‘PILC Journal of Dravidic Studies’. It is a biannual research journal, published in English, which carries original research findings, both theoretical and empirical, on themes and problems which are of interest to professional scholars in linguistics and culture. Scholars of international repute contribute their research findings to the Journal in the form of articles.

So let Tamil Scholars headed join together in these initiatives, to see New Age for Tamil Renaissance, and let us hope the dawn is near…

“Hindu law was not uniform for all Hindus and as such codification was the only solution and necessity as it aimed at consolidation of Hindu society” felt Dr.B.R.Ambedkar. He strongly felt that the present Hindu law was inconsistent with the provisions of the article 15 of Constitution that birth shall not discriminate any citizen on ground of birth. Hence his futile attempt to introduce the Hindu Code Bill which was opposed by Rajendra Prasad. Speaking in clause by clause discussion in Parliament Ambedkar said “The fact is that in this country although religions have changed the law has remained one. As early as 1930 the Privy Council in its judgment had lain down that Sikhs were governed by Hindu Law. The application of the code to Sikhs, Buddhists and Jains was a historical development to which they could not give any answer. They could only change the law to make it equitable whenever it went wrong. Dr.Ambedkar would not agree to exclude Punjab from the purview of the Bill. “I would have the Code apply to whole of India or not at all “he thundered. Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru informed Ambedkar that there is opposition both inside and outside to the bill, and the Cabinet would discuss the matter in beginning of September 1951. Dr.Ambedkar was keen to pilot the bill before 1952 General Elections. After passing 4 clauses of the Bill further consideration of the Bill was dropped. So after 4 years I month and 26 days in Cabinet, Dr.B.R.Ambedkar submitted his resignation as Law Minister on 27th September of 1951. If Ambedkar’s vision of a Uniform Code had been realized different Courts interpreting laws in different manner and sympathizing with offenders of the modesty of a woman would not have have happened.

Point 1 : “ While North America [ USA and Canada] has new immigrants who came mainly from Europe over the last four or five centuries, India is a country of old immigrants in which people have been coming in over last ten thousand years or so. Probably 92 percent of the people living in India today are descendents of immigrants who came mainly from the North-West and to a lesser extent from North-East. Since this is a point of great importance for the understanding of our country, it is necessary to go into it in some detail, opines Justice Markandey Katju and Justice Gyan Sudha Mishra. The learned judges have based their opinion on wrong foundations. They say of migrations over last ten thousand years without extending their vision of human migrations from times beyond that. African origins: Genetic Studies by geneticists most prominent among them being Spencer Wells, author of Journey of Man claim to have uncovered evidence based on blood samples taken across the globe that all men who live today are descendents of a man who lived in Africa 60,000 years ago. How did he arrive at such a conclusion ? “ We started mapping the family tree of entire planet taking blood samples from every part of the world. We worked backwards through elimination and matching and it was the strain of Sangene that was most common across the planet. During the worst period of Ice Age 60,000 years ago when the worlds moisture was locked in giant glaciers causing intense draught in Africa the first batch of Africans moved out. www.bradshawfoundation.com website displays pictorial explanation of human migration from Africa. This theory says whole world migrated from Africa, and the claim by learned judges that India had aborigines before migrations took place stands demolished.

 Gene markers from Trans-Pacific Nations : A genetic-anthropological study by University of Madras jointly with Madurai Kamaraj University aims at identifying genetic polymorphisms among select populations to explain biological and cultural aspects of ancient human migration and establish the antecedents of communities in South India, the second continent to be populated by man next to Africa. Homo Floresiensis : Nature magazine in 2004 reported that on a tropical island between Asia and Australia a race of people with three and half foot height lived, and these new human species were named Homo-Floresiensis. Nicholas Wade in his report states: The little floresians lived on the island until at least 13,000 years ago, but they were not pygmy form of modern humans. They were a downsized version of homo-erectus the eastern cousin of Neanderthals of Europe who disappeared 33,000 thousand years ago. Their discovery means that archaic humans who left Africa 1.5 million years earlier than modern people survived for longer into recent times than was previously thought. The Indonesian island of Flores is isolated and before modern times was inhabited by a select group of animals that managed to reach it. These then became subject to unusual evolutionary forces that propelled some to giant size and reduced the size of others. The carnivorous lizards that reached Flores, perhaps on natural rafts became giant sized and still survive although now they are confined mostly to the nearby island of Komodo- they are called Komodo dragons. Elephants because of their buoyancy are surprisingly good swimmers and those that reached Flores evolved to dwarfs from the size of ox. Previous excavations by M.J.Morewood a member of the team that found little Floresians showed that homo erectus arrived on Flores about 8,40,000 years ago as was evident from crude stone tools. Presumably the descendents of the homo erectus became subject to the same evolutionary forces that reduced the size of elephants. The first little Floresian, an adult female was found in September 2003 buried under the 20 feet of silt that coats the floor of Liang Bua Cave in Flores. A team of experts identified the skeleton which was not fossilized as a very small but otherwise normal individual similar to homo erectus, reports New York Times drawing substance from Nature magazine. Neanderthals and Homo erectus disappeared just before modern humans arrived, and now findings point out to homo-floresiensis. Who is the immigrant who is not the immigrant, how can learned judges debate and decide, when evolutionary history is still shrouded in mystery. This makes us think why they chose to grant immigrant status to Dravidians ? It is not a hidden secret.

The book Hidden History of Human Race pushes back the horizons of our amnesia not just 12,000 or 20,000 years , but millions of years into the past and showing everything we have been taught to believe about the origins of evolution of our species rests on the shaky foundation of academic opinion and on a highly selective sampling of research results. Cremo and Thompson, the two authors of this book then set about putting the record straight by showing all other research results that have been edited out of record during the past two centuries not because there was anything wrong or bogus about the results themselves but simply because they did not fit with prevailing academic opinion. Anomalous and out of place discoveries reported by Cremo and Thompson in the Hidden history of Human Race include convincing evidence that anatomically modern humans may have been present on the Earth not just for 1,00,000 years or less [the orthodox view] but for millions of years and that metal objects of advance design may have been in use at equally early periods. Moreover although sensational claims have been made before about out of place artifacts, they have never been supported by such overwhelming and utterly convincing documentation as Cremo and Thompson, writes Graham Hancock in his preface.

So on a question of human evolution when accepted theories are shaken by new discoveries, when human spread due to continental drift had yet to be explained beyond an iota of doubt, learned judges want to restrict historical enquiry to 10,000 years only and confer immigrant status on Dravidians in order to hide the 1500 year old immigrants, so called Aryans. If all continents had once been a super continent of Pangaea, all of us should be immigrants. If Pangaea split into two super continents, we should be immigrants from Gondwanaland. This Tamil literature speaks as submerged continent of Kumari and in locating that continent confusing theories existed. Now it is crystal clear that submerged lands extend up to Pacific Ocean and gene markers establish the continuity from South India to Australia and Pacific ocean islands.

Point 2 : Learned Judges who learnt law , raised an unnecessary, irrelevant question to the case they were dealing with, and examined who were the original inhabitants of India ? as if it is vested upon them to deliver their judgment. “ At one time it was believed that the Dravidians were the original inhabitants. However this view has been considerably modified subsequently and now the generally accepted belief is that the original inhabitants of India were the pre-dravidian aborigines , that is ancestors of the present tribals or adivasis [ scheduled tribes]. “Blood samples from three South Indian populations , the Piranmalai Kallars, Yadhavas and Saurastrians all of whom live in Madurai, the Azhagiri land, have showed up genetic markers identical to those found in 10 percent of Malaysians, 15 percent of New Guineans, and 60 percent of Australian aborigines evidence which had not been obtained by archaeology so far” says Professor R.M.Pitchaiappan Head of the Department of Immunology , School of Biological Sciences. Madurai Kamaraj University. These blood samples were collected from hill, coastal and plain based communities like Piranmalai Kallars,Yadhavas, Saurastrians, Moolakurumbas, Kurumbas, Irulas, Paniyas, Kotas, Thodas, Kanikars, and Paravars. What has come as a surprise is nearly 50 percent of a 30,000 year old gene marker among Piranmalai Kallars. The Yadhavas and Saurastrians possessed a 10,000 year old gene marker. So instead of trying to look for immigrants from North West, wherefrom Aryans came, the learned judges must look for immigration from Pacific and Indian Ocean lands of submergence. The gene markers of South Indian Dravidian people proves to be 30,000 year old and disproves the theory propounded by learned judges that they are immigrants and not aborigines.

Now let us quote from passages of renowned scholars, which speak Dravidians migrated to Australia . Elkin [1938] : The available evidence points to Southern India as their [ Australian aboriginals] hiving off ground. Lockwood [ 1963] All Australian aborigines are supposed to be descended from Dravidians who migrated about 15000 years [ later research has pushed back this date to beyond 40,000 years ago from India and Ceylon. Aboriginal Australians have been in that continent for more than 40,000 years and though proto-australian language brought by them into Australia millennia ago has now diversified into more than 200 languages scholars like R.M.W.Dixon [ The languages of Australia , Cambridge University Press, 1980] agree that all of them still retain features of their original genetic unity. Dixon points out that as regards of affinity of Proto-Australian with other language families of the world only the Dravidian suggestion deserves to be taken seriously. P.Ramanathan in his research paper raises a pertinent question to which learned judges have to blink without proper reply. “ When the Australian aborigines entered Australian continent more than 40,000 years ago the sea level was 400 to 600 feet lower than now. The continental shelf now lying submerged under the sea was then part of the land mass and land areas of all continents were larger, Australia, New Guinea and Tasmania were all comprised in one big continent. Only a few miles of sea would have separated Timor from that big continent. It is considered the ancestors of all Australian aborigines entered Australia by catamarans and other mode from Timor and Indonesian islands after crossing the narrow sea in few hours. Once they entered Australia it is thought that they were able to spread throughout Australia and Tasmania within about 500 years as established by the archaeological records. By 15000 B.C sea level rose about 200 feet. It further rose and reached present levels by 6000 B.C. Thus Australia had been a separate island continent for about 8000 years whose inhabitants i.e aboriginals have had no contact with the peoples of anyother continent since then. This was the position till Europeans discovered the continent in 18th century.” “ If as assumed under the model of Dravidian Descent” the proto-Dravidians had left the near-east by 3000 B.C, and reached Tamilnadu by 1000 B.C how could there be such remarkable genetic similarities between Tamil on the one hand and the Australian aboriginal languages on the other hand spoken by people who were cut off from rest of mankind for 8000 years ? ”asks P.Ramanathan. So Dravidians migrated towards East, they are not immigrants from East.

If scholars establish that even Australian aboriginals have descended from Dravidians, how come learned judges adopt a policy to show Indian aboriginals as not belonging to Dravidian family. May be the Aryan mind is disturbed over the fact they are immigrants and wants to thrust that status on Dravidians and find sadistic satisfaction. I could see neither logic nor legal compulsion in judges choosing to interpret Indian history in a case which has no relevance to this question. Dravida Peravai condemns this portion of their judgment wherein they have tried to heap insult to Dravidian history, and we thank The Hindu dated January 12 of 2011 for having brought this fact to light, for whatever reasons, and provoked the Dravidian spirit.

 N.Nandhivarman General Secretary Dravida Peravai

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Indian Congress founded in 1886 was dilly dallying between Dominion status, which meant independence with a common king and independence with no such binding to a titular head. Only in 1930 it ended its vacillation and proclaimed independence as its goal. After independence the purpose for which Congress party came to the scene had successfully accomplished. Dr.Ambedkar said “Congress was like an army recruited not for the purpose of carrying on Parliamentary democracy, but for the purpose of carrying on political warfare against a foreign government. Seeing this Mr. Gandhi very wisely suggested that the Congress be dissolved and new political parties on party lines are formed for conducting the Government. But leaders of the party were ready in their tents with their clothes to take in their hands the reins of the Government. They refused to listen to Mr. Gandhi’s advice.

Q: Why Gandhi wanted the dissolution of the Congress once India obtained independence? What made Gandhi suggest the dissolution of the Congress party?

A: Andhra leader T.Prakasam went on collecting donations from people and in many meetings purse was handed over to him, which became a debatable topic in the media. Mahatma Gandhi without naming anyone in general wrote against the practice of receiving purses from people in his magazine Harijan. Sardar Vallababhai Patel wrote angrily to Mr.T.Prakasam and sought explanation. Patel wrote it will set a bad precedent. Mr.T.Prakasam replied that people willfully contributed to compensate his sacrifices during freedom movement. Since Mahatama Gandhi condemned strongly Mr.T.Prakasam handed over the money collected into the coffers of the Congress party. Mahatma Gandhi wanted to write calling for expulsion of Mr.T.Prakasam but was persuaded to drop that idea by Jawaharlal Nehru and Patel. Konda Subba Rao, the whistle blower who brought out this corrupt practice also wrote to Congress President Rajendra Prasad. Congress President asked Congress Secretary Shankar Rao Dev to probe the charges against Former Chief Minister T.Prakasam and then Chief Minister Kumarasamy Raja. Since he could not decide the matter it was handed over to a three member committee comprising Jawaharlal Nehru, Rajendra Prasad and Sardar Patel, who exonerated Mr.T.Prakasam and let off other Ministers since they were not in office and thus closed the chapter in February of 1950.

This one case itself justified the suggestion of Mahatma Gandhi that Congress should be disbanded. Corruption was a matter for party to decide and exonerate. This golden rule enunciated by Nehruvian years was sincerely followed till SG scam era. Sorry 2G scam era under Sonia Gandhi’s puppets governing India is what led to SG scam, Sonia Gandhi scams.

The Public Accounts Committee which unearthed the Jeep Scam of then Defense Minister Krishna Menon, in its 9^th report , told the matter must be handed over to a single or plural judge and the Nehru led Government of the day wrote on 1954 December 18 to the Public Accounts Committee and urged to reconsider its suggestion for judicial probe. When the Public Accounts Committee stood firm, the Government of the day closed that file.

Thus Congress set another bad precedent by throwing the Report of the Public Accounts Committee into dustbin and made mockery of Parliamentary democracy.

In the famous Mundra scam, the enquiry commission headed by Justice Chagla indicted Finance Minister Mr.T.T.Krishnamachariar and he had to resign, and while accepting his resignation Jawaharlal Nehru gave TTK a conduct certificate hailing his cleanliness, thus brushing aside a Report of an Enquiry Commission. Thus Congress set up a third precedent to throw enquiry commission reports into archives, which resulted in all political leaders inducted by subsequent enquiry commissions getting away without punishment.

Hence Mahatma Gandhi’s timely warning to disband Congress as soon as independence was attained assumes significance.

Q: Nira Radia is now famous, Win Chadha was lobbyist in Bofors deal, and the role of lobbyists wont end, Bofors story has lesions to recall how it was clinched. Tell what happened in Bofors era, keeping aside 2G era for few minutes away from your memory?

A: Let me quote with due thanks to legal luminary Ram Jethmalani {Deccan Chronicle 8^th June 2005]: “Defence Secretary Bhatnagar had several meetings, the first of which was on June 7, 1984. There were 4 competing suppliers in the field –Sweden, United Kingdom, France and Austria. Naturally all these suppliers could not be present in person to participate in the negotiations with the Government of India”. All of them acted through one or the other agent. Only the British Government was negotiating through its High Commission.

These countries had Consulate, Embassy or High Commission, then why did they engage agents, you need not break your head, Congress culture of governance needs greasing so many palms, and to do that dirty job agents were chosen, who are capable of exploiting all the weaknesses of our bureaucrats from lowest to the top echelons. It took a heroine like Nirra Radia to expose this kind of governance.

“Offers were invited in sealed covers by July 23 of 1984. After negotiating committee held 14 meetings only by February 28 of 1985, final decision could be arrived. On that day Army short listed French Sofma gun and Swedish Bofors gun. On May 1985 Defence Secretary Bhatnagar summoned the representatives of the 4 suppliers and told them that Government of India does not want any Indian agents to be involved in the negotiations, and whatever amounts are being paid to Indian agents by the supplier should be reflected in the reduced prices. Till that time Bofors was represented by their Indian agent Mr. Win Chadha, originally an accused, but who died during the proceedings. No decision was taken even up to the 18^th meeting of the negotiating committee which took place on December 1985. However the Army on February 18^th of 1986 informed the negotiating committee its technical opinion in favor of Bofors gun. At the 20^th meeting of the negotiating committee letter of intent was issued to Bofors on March 14 of 1986. Few days before that on March 10^th of 1986 in a confirmation letter stated “We hereby confirm that we do not have any representative / agent specially employed in India for this project.”  Indian Prime Minister Mr.Rajiv Gandhi who attended the funeral of Swedish Prime Minister Olaf Palme announced the decision to buy Bofors gun on that occasion.

Q:  Rajiv Gandhi cautiously avoided Indian agents but under Manmohan Singh’s rule lobbyists thrive, and his government taps conversation, makes selective leaks to gain bargaining power for electoral alliances, and works for corporate welfare, how do you substantiate?

A: The basic price of Petrol is only Rs 28.93, whereas excise duty of Rs 14.35, plus education tax of 0.43, dealer’s commission of Rs.1.05, customs duty for crude oil Rs 1.1, VAT Rs 5.5, and customs duty on petrol Rs.1.54, Transport Rs 6.00 makes up the figure of Rs 58.90 per litre in India.  In 2008 when petrol was sold at Rs 50.64, in Australia equivalent of Rs Rs.31.99, Canada Rs 31.42, Pakistan Rs 36.09, in USA Rs 17.57, Malaysia Rs 30.12, Saudi Arabia Rs 5.71, UAE Rs 15.95,New Zealand Rs 32.28, Qatar Rs 9.82, Bahrain Rs 9.57 were the prices of per litre of petrol.

In 2010 Malaysia reduces petrol price from Rs.30.12 per litre to Rs.20.99 and our neigbour Pakistan reduces from Rs 36.09 to Rs 31.43. The incompetent unintelligent Finance Ministers of these countries are reducing the burden on the consumer and Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukerjee in this year imposed import duty and excise duty, further thrown out petroleum prices from government control to the play of market prices. This had hiked petrol price, is one side of the story.

Comparing to other countries corporates in India pay less to government to plunder natural resources like gas whereas consumer, the citizen, so called Supreme power in a democracy is burdened. That is why Sunday Indian’s Editor Arindham Choudry says ours is not democracy but demonocracy. American President Obama had said what exists in America is not people’s democracy but corporate democracy.

After 2G scam of so called 1.76,000 crore unruly scenes were witnessed in Orissa Assembly over 3, 00,000 crore mining scam. Supreme Court raised the issue of how out of 341 mines 215 are without valid lease or rights are operating in Orissa. Union Government headed by Manmohan Singh and managed by Pranab Mukerjee cannot brush this 3, 00,000 crore mining scam as that happened under Biju Janata Dal rule.

 As per government estimates there are 15,000 mines operating illegally in various states of India with only 8700 legally functioning mines. The loot out of these mines yet to be computed, and in our country .By illegal mining corporates mint millions whereas consumers bear the brunt of price rise. If these looters were taxed and if those taxes are in proportion to their earning we need not hike petrol prices or other essentials.

The iron ore exported by the year 2000-2001 was around Rs 358 crores whereas by 2008-2009 it went up to 21,725 crores. One ton of iron ore was exported from 6000 to 7000 depending upon its grade. The Lok Ayuktha of Karnataka Justice Santhosh Hegde found out that government was getting royalty of Rs 16 to Rs 27 per ton. In 2004, low grade iron ore per ton royalty to Karnataka Government was Rs 4, high grade ore fetched Rs 27 per ton. As per Karnataka government estimates extraction of per ton iron ore costs Rs 150. Even if transport of Rs 250 is added plus royalty of Rs 27, at port the price per ton was Rs 427, whereas export price was equal to Rs 7000. Government was only getting Rs 27 per ton allowing Reddy brothers to pocket huge profits. Santhosh Hegde brought this out. The Planning Commission of India woke up to this loot in 2005 and suggested that at least 10 percent of export price should be taxed. The Manmohan Singh’s clean government waited for 3 years thinking how to subvert this suggestion of the Planning Commission. The Ministry accepted the proposal mooted by Planning Commission in 2009 August, but with a tactic. Government appointed Indian Bureau of Mines to fix the export price in order to calculate taxable royalty.  Those officials fixed for low/high grades export price at Rs 1760 and 1949, when actual exports were ranging between 6000 to 7000. To fix 10 percent of royalty for Rs 1760 and 1949 super brain of Pranab Mukerjee got immense satisfaction. Even a child knows that exports are made under Letters of Credit and once loaded in ship, the bill of lading is given and these documents are produced in banks to negotiate bills. If an idiot like me was Finance Minister, I would have ordered for 10 percent deduction for royalty when banks negotiate bills. Ordinary citizen’s taxes could be deducted, but how can corporate be deducted, this government may argue. There is no export duty for minerals but import duty for petroleum products. If this being the case petrol prices have to go up, onion prices should have wings to fly in sky, and our economist Manmohan Singh will be proud of his governance.

Gandhi a prophet wanted Congress to be dismantled, and we are paying the price since his own party had become a puppet of plunderers and profiteers in the corporate world.

N.Nandhivarman, General Secretary, Dravida Peravai

Dravida Peravai N.Nandhivarman went to Calcutta in 1999 and there presented a memorandum to then Chief Minister Jyothi Basu dated 3^rd June of 1999. Copies were marked to Comrade Budhadeb Bhattacharya, Home, Information and Cultural Affairs Minister, Hon’ble Comrade Indrajit Gupta M.P, Hon’ble Comrade Somnath Chatterjee and Hon’ble Comrade Debabrata Biswas M.P. The letter in verbatim follows:

You might be aware that Calcutta High Court on 10^th May 1999 has passed an interim injunction  in the writ petition No: 1035 of 1999 at the Court of Kalyan Jyothi Sengupta till next hearing in June in the writ petition filed by Dr.Barin De against Sri Aurobindo Bhavan.

Our party had the opportunity to go through the archival materials with regard to the documents in the life and found that the trustees of Aurobindo Ashram Pondicherry and their appointees in the Aurobindo Bhavan at Calcutta have all along misled the West Bengal Government and the followers of Aurobindo over the birth place of Aurobindo. Before seeking a Government probe we are reproducing from the Volume 1 of the Aurobindo Archives and Research published in 1977 by Aurobindo Ashram Trust, Pondicherry.

Documents in the Life of Aurobindo: Birth: 1.Aurobindo’s birth date and time

15^th August 1872, 24 minutes [ one danda= one ghatika] before sun rise at Calcutta, with sun rise calculated at 5.40 AM, the time of birth is 5.16 AM local time or 4.52 AM Indian Standard Time.

A note from the files of Nolini Kanta Gupta :

 Footnote: The exact time of Aurobindo’s birth is not known. He writes in “About Astrology” [Cent.Vol.17.page 288] of “inability to fix the precise moment of my birth. The above computations were apparently made on the basis of recollection of a member of Aurobindo’s family that he was born one danda before sunrise on 15^th August 1872.

The above statement of the Americans in charge of the archives department indicates that the Trustees are not aware of the exact time of his birth. Similarly the following letters and proceedings of the meeting of the sub-committee of the Aurobindo Centenary committee also clearly reveal that the Trustees are not aware of the exact birth place of Aurobindo. Let me quote all those letters and proceedings:

2.When attention was drawn to several press enquiries particularly in Bengal as to exact birth place of Aurobindo Srijut Nolinikanta Gupta , Secretary of Aurobindo Ghose told PTI “ Aurobindo was born in the house of Late Barrister Manmohan Ghose , a close friend of his father Dr.Krishna Dhan Ghose. The house was in the Theatre Road and the number being most probably 4, we are not aware whether that house still exists or not.

A press release dated 2^nd September 1949

Aurobindo Ghose was born in my father’s house at 237, Lower Circular Road. In about 1879 my father moved to 4 Theatre Road. Subsequently Mr.Byomkesh Chakraborti, Bar-at-Law occupied 237 Lower Circular Road and I believe it was purchased by him. Later on Late Nalini Ranjan Sirkar purchased the property and put up the new structure after demolishing the old. It is now occupied by the Chinese Consul General.

Letter of Showlata Das [Mrs.Banbihari Das] youngest daughter of Manmohan Ghose dated 11^th June 1956.

4. Proceedings of the Meeting of the Sub-Committee of the Aurobindo Centenary Committee held at 10.30 AM on Saturday January 30 of 1971 at National Library, Belvdere, Calcutta-27.

The following members were present: 1.Surendra Mohan Ghose, Chairman 2.Dr.Niharranjan Roy 3.Devi Prasad Bhaduri 4.K.N.Mukerjee 5.A.K.Ghose 6. Mrs. D.G.Keshwani 7.H.K.Niyogi 8.Kanti Chaudri, Member-Secretary

1. After long discussion on the various suggestions in regard to the house in which Aurobindo was supposed to have been born, it was decided as follows.

A] Arguments in favor of the present 237 Lower Circular Road could not be sustained since this was originally 12 Lower Circular Road, which came to be occupied by the Late Manmohan Ghose not earlier than 1876.

B] According to the Bengal Directory 0f 1871 and 1872 , Late Manmohan Ghose is shown as resident of 48, Chowringhee which was part of then Ballard Building facing Theatre Road. It was therefore; very likely that Aurobindo was born at this house which on August 15^th of 1872 was shown as the residence of the Late Manmohan Ghose.

C] In 1872, according to Bengal Directory [Street Directory] No: 14 Lower Circular Road is also shown against the Late Manmohan Ghose. But in the alphabetical list of residents of the same year Manmohan Ghose is shown as a resident of 48, Chowringhee.

D] According to the same directory of 1873, the Late Manmohan Ghose is shown as resident of 14.Lower Circular Road and not 12, Lower Circular Road which is now 237, Lower Circular Road.

2. The Ballard’s Building consisting of numbers 47, 48, 49 and 50 at the corner of Chowringhee and Theatre Road does no longer exist, in fact a multi-storied building is under construction at that place. The question of acquisition of this property does not, therefore arise.

3. But in 1879, the Late Manmohan Ghose rented No: 4 Theatre Road [now No: 8, Theatre Road and continued to live there for about fifteen years. It was in this house that Aurobindo passed a number of his boyhood years from time to time; indeed it is the only house on Theatre Road with which Aurobindo could be associated for a considerable period of time. The committee therefore requests the Government of India and the Government of West Bengal who are now owners of No: 8, Theatre Road to make over and dedicate this property to the nation in the name of Aurobindo.

It is needless to reproduce entire proceeding but we have chosen to reproduce in entirety because we want to establish that persons connected with the Bhavan and the Trust in Pondicherry are basing their claims on their assumption that from 1879 Aurobindo lived in that house. Unfortunately to the Trustees, Aurobindo himself in the book Aurobindo on himself and on the Mother published by Aurobindo Ashram in 1953 in page 9 under the title “Early Life in England “states “while in India they were sent for the beginning of their education to an Irish nun’s school in Darjeeling and in 1879 he took his three sons to England.”

It is thus crystal clear that Aurobindo had left to England on 1879 as per his own words and how come the sub-committee says that he lived in this house from 1879. Based on this untruth the committee and the trustees of the Bhavan and their parental trust in Pondicherry had misled the West Bengal Government and are responsible for waste of public money to proclaim a building as his birth place and are instrumental in getting Aurobindo Memorial Act 1972 passed. The same coterie propped up by the Pondicherry based Trust are aware of the truth and that may be the reason for these groups to offer Aurobindo Bhavan for construction of a commercial complex.

Our party urges the West Bengal Government to probe this matter further and fix responsibility on those who have misled the West Bengal Government and committed a fraud on the Government and followers of Aurobindo…… Yours sincerely N.Nandhivarman, General Secretary Dravida Peravai

THE TIMES OF India Calcutta in a report by Sudha G.Tilak dated 13.06.1999 carried this news under the title FRESH DISPUTE OVER AUROBINDO ABODE with due rebuttal by Himanshu Niyogi , a senior member of Aurobindo Samiti who said “ such controversies are raked by vested interests now and then.