No wonder that resentment and jealousy builts upon a prosperous community. It's a natural thing. So, Tamilians need not give a darn about your opinion about them. If Tamils are the only people opposing another language being thrust upon them, its due to the pride on their language and heritage. And why not? why wouldn't they go all the way to protect the oldest living language? If this is irritating the minds of other states who were never even able to make an attempt to defend their language against an imposed third language, it's their problem.
I have nothing against any particular language. But those morons who are annoyed about Tamilians' unwillingness to learn other languages need to know this - You will never understand the pride, joy and fertility of the language unless you are born as a Tamilian, or learnt to read/write/speak Tamil. So, we'll leave it at that.
But, the hatred on Tamils is unwanted, because, the image about Tamilians was born after the anti-hindi agitation staged by Karunanidhi in the mid 80s. Now, who is to be hated for this? A leader trying to protect his language, or the then central leaders who tried to impose Hindi in Tamil Nadu? Mind you, Karunanidhi, then and now, never opposed Tamilians learning Hindi. It is the imposition of Hindi that he is/was against. Self-respecting leaders of any state should that this stand - Strongly protect your language & heritage, but let people learn other languages on their own will.
