Siddhartha Kumar
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 10:02:24 -0700
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/chennai/changes-repartees-aplenty-605
Changes, repartees aplenty March 13th, 2010 By DC Correspondent , DC Correspondent Chennai, March 12: The historic Assembly in Fort St. George saw the enactment of several landmark legislation, including the Hindu religious endowment Act, voting rights for women, child marriage restraint Act and abolishing the Devadasi system (dedicating girls to temples). Later, the state enacted legislation to change the name of Madras state into Tamil Nadu; that the state would have two official languages — Tamil and English; self-respect marriages Act; 33 per cent quota for women in local bodies; equal property rights for women; abolition of hand rickshaws; special reservation for MBCs, minorities and Arundathiyars. In the midst of all this legislative activity, there was room for a lot of repartees and witty exchanges. In one such exchange between the treasury benches and the opposition, the Justice Party’s towering leader Sir A.T. Panneerselvam locked horns with premier Rajaji. When the first anti-Hindi agitation led by Periyar was at its height in 1938, Rajaji sought to dismiss it as lacking popular support and said only two persons — Ramasamy Naicker (Periyar) and Pasumalai Somasundara Bharathi — were opposing Hindi in the state. But, Sir Panneerselvam rose to say: “At least two people are opposing Hindi. But how many are supporting it? Only you.” ------------------------------------ ---- INFORMATION OVERLOAD? Get all ZESTCaste mails sent out in a span of 24 hours in a single mail. Subscribe to the daily digest version by sending a blank mail to zestmedia-dig...@yahoogroups.com, OR, if you have a Yahoo! Id, change your settings at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/join/ PARTICIPATE:- On this list you can share caste news, discuss caste issues and network with like-minded anti-caste people from across India and the world. Just write to zestcaste@yahoogroups.com TELL FRIENDS TO SIGN UP:- If you got this mail as a forward, subscribe to ZESTCaste by sending a blank mail to zestcaste-subscr...@yahoogroups.com OR, if you have a Yahoo! ID, by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/join/ Also have a look at our sister list, ZESTMedia: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: zestcaste-dig...@yahoogroups.com zestcaste-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: zestcaste-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/