Stories of Tamils in Moreh town of Manipur is fascinating. Moreh is a multicultural town located on the Burma border. In 1962, Military Junta Ne Win, threw out Tamil's from Burma . Many Tamil's who came back to #TamilNadu, found it poor with no job, tried to go back to Burma 1/5
Rangoon Tamils who were born & brought up in the lush green field of Burma tried to re-enter Burma, but Burmese Army blocked them, so settled in the border jungles of Moreh in Manipur. In 1970 Moreh had >13000 Tamils, with their Burma connect, started dominating border trades 2/5
Tamil started dominating the border trade between India & Burma often it sis illegal. Tamil's domination in business led to 1992 Kuki tribe violence, they burnt the town business of Tamils, and many left the town and migrated to Tamil Nadu, now only ~3000 Tamils live there 3/5
Though Tamils in Moreh follow different religions but they are tight-knit community helping each other. They now do wood furniture business..etc. Chinese goods started dominating in Burma/Myanmar market meant trade between India-Burma is very low in the border towns 4/5
The struggle of Tamils who were forced to migrate across the world has two main reason 1. Water(drought killed many) 2. Infighting
Mettur dam..etc helped but even in 2000's we open Kanji Thotti during drought. We need to learn from our past struggle invest on water 5/5
As per me The great Madras famine of 1876 to 1878 killed >20% of Tamil Ethnicity, it changed lifestyle. Tamil's became coolies, migrated out in large numbers. But we hardly learn abt it in our history. We need to invest more in industry, reduce our water-intensive agri-farm 6/5
Moreh also has vibrant culture of Meitei, Sikhs, Bengali's..etc. Kuki's who form a majority in Moreh have the deep influence of the Tamil Catholic church (only Moreh Kuki's). Many shops burnt in Moreh in recent violence, situation is now under control 7/5
Meitei who converted into Hinduism in 1700 from their traditional Sanamahism, even now, they follow some custom of their old Sanamahism. Have close relation with Moreh Tamils. Lai Haraoba Festival for Umang Lai deity 8/5
Velankanni festival by Kuki and Tamil Catholics in Moreh. Though Kuki's follows Christianity for the last 150yrs, they keep their unique culture and dance alive. Lets hope for peace in the divided land of Manipur 9/5
Making Tamil Nadu prosperous is the only tribute we can pay for our ancestors who died in poverty, shifted in the coolie ship by British, French, Dutch. Agriculture uses >80% of our water, we need to make it efficient and reduce farmland in water-scarce areas, diversify TN.
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This map shows the population projection for the year 2036 by the National Commission on Population Report 2020. It projects #TamilNadu and Himachal will have the lowest population growth in this coming decade and TN will have the highest median age in #India at 40.5 yrs 1/4
I feel projections for Tamil Nadu and Karnataka are very conservative. I feel TN population will be better than the projection. Reports finding show TN population will stagnate at 7.8Cr for 4-5 yrs then will start to decline, TN fertility rate will decline to 1.51 2/4
The next 15yrs are crucial for #TamilNadu, we need to grow to be upper-middle-class economy with 8lakh per capita income in next 15yrs. TN has to achieve 1 Trillion economy in next 10yrs to reach USD 13000 per capita GDP. I wish the best for govt to achieve 1Trillion target 3/4
This long thread 🧵provides a partial list of architecturally great "ancient" temples in #TamilNadu.
Temples are listed in the format of "Place", "District" - "Temple Name"
(Photos are from the internet, source unknown)
Udayarpalayam, Ariyalur dt - Sri Payaraneeswarar Temple 1/n
Good morning, wish you have a great weekend.
Start your weekend with underrated beauty of Tenkasi-Nellai-Kanyakumari Podhigai malai foothills #PodhigaiHills#Tenkasi#Mekkarai
Tenkasi-Tirunelveli foothills has many ancient temples like Mannarkovil, Brahmadesam, Thirukkurunkudi, Kutralam, Papanasam, Ambasamudram Kailasanathar, Kalakkad, tenkasi, Sivasailam..etc. Hill temples like Thoranamalai, Thirumalai, Kolundhu malai..etc, 2/4
t has beautiful small dams like Sasha kovil, Adavinnainar, Pachaiyar, karuppanadhi, ramanadhi, Gundar, Manimuttar, Papanasam..etc. Agricultural land on the east...etc, its a heaven on earth. Thirukkurungudi is my fav temple on this foothills 3/4
Manimuttar dam is built across Manimuttar river in Tirunelveli dt, It has a capacity of 5.5TMC and a catchment area of 161.61sqkm. Manimuttar river drains the southern portion of KMTR, including Manjolai , Nalumukku estates, one of d heaviest winter rainfall regions in India 1/3
It is d largest dam in Nellai-Kanyakumari region. It provides direct irrigation to 26000acres. Manimuttar joins Tamirabarani at Vairavikulam, from here, popular Kannadian canal starts, providing lifeline to the Cheranmahadevi region. It provides drinking water & irrigation 2/3
Water from Tamirabarani not just provide drinking water to Nellai-Thoothukudi dt, it also provides drinking water to many districts like Virudhunagar, Sivagangai dt incl Sivakasi, Virudhunagar..etc. For full video refer 3/3
The Joshimath town at Chamoli Dt in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand is sinking. It is a gateway for Badrinath, Nanda Devi, & Valley of Flowers. Located near Vishnuprayag, on the confluence of majestic Alaknanda with the Muddy might of Dhauliganga river. Very fragile region 1/7
Himalayas are young fragile mountains not as hardy as the ancient Western Ghats. Himalayas are prone to landslides & mudflow. This region is also classified as a high earthquake-prone Zone-4. Increased developmental pressure, population growth is destroying the natural system 2/7
Retired IITK Prof GD Agarwal died after 100+ days of fasting to protest against many unnatural projects in the Upper Ganga basin. Sreevalsa Kolathayar, Student Chairman at IISc-Bangalore refused to accept his PhD degree, for work in Himalaya earthquake supporting Prof Agarwal 3/7
With #heartattack trending. Most cases, proper CPR is not performed. Majority of Indians doesn't know the basic first aid skills. Once, you ascertain the breathlessness, nopulse. Remember to do 2inches of chess compression. It can save heart attack patients
In india, there is a political lobbies to fight for teaching proud history, languages(3+), religious stuff but none want student to learn life skills like first aid, basic hardware, local governance/geography,.etc. last yr an 28yr old IISc student died, none around knows of CPR