This is my World

Among the many freedom fighters of South India who were written out of history by the historians of India, Theeran Chinnamalai is one of the most important. His dispute with the British began when he tried to help the farmers on whom heavy taxes were imposed by the British. The dispute grew over the years and it ended when he was put to death by the British. This article is a small biography of his life. Chapter 1: Early years Theeran Chinnamalai was born as Theerthagiri on April 17, 1756. He was the second of the six children of Rathina Sarkkarai and Periyaatha. He had an elder brother-Kulandhaisamy, three younger brothers-Thambi, Kilothar and Kuttisamy, and a younger sister-Parvatham. His grandfather, Kottravel  Sarkkarai  Mandraadiaar  ( மன்றாடியார்),  belonged to the Palayakottai pattakkaarar family that controlled large tracts of land around Paalayankottai.  Kottravel  Sarkkarai was still childless after two marriages and adopted two sons to take ...

Black July is the name used to refer to the anti-Tamil pogroms and riots in srilanka during July 1983. It left anywhere between 3000 - 6000 Tamils dead and over one and half million Tamils homeless and displaced.  Chapter 1: The time of the monarchs Long before the times of Christ, it is said that people from various parts of India migrated to the tiny island of srilanka. One such group travelled from Bengal with a prince who was exiled by his father and another left the southern parts of India to a new home, which they would have hope held a future of peace. It is believed that the men from Bengal were the first to reach the island around 500 B.C. The other group made there not longer after - sometime around 350 B.C. There are other scholars who claim that it was people from Southern India (all of whom then spoke various dialects of Tamil, which has now become Kannada, Telugu and Malayalam) who reached the island first. There is no way to ascertain who were the first immigra...