திராவிட இயக்க அரசியலில், நாவரசர்களின் இடத்தைப் பிடித்துக் கொண்ட சினிமா நடிகர்கள்

பேரறிஞர் அண்ணாவும்,  நாவலர் நெடுஞ்செழியனும், ஈவிகே சம்பத்தும்,  நாவரசர் கா காளிமுத்துவும் தமது நாவன்மையால் தமிழ் மக்களிடம் செல்வாக்கு செலுத்தி, அரசியல் கருத்துக்களை எடுத்துரைத்து, வாக்குகளைச் சேகரித்தனர். அந்தப் பெரும்க்களின் இடத்தை இன்று திரையுல்க நடிகர்கள் பிடித்துக்கொண்டனர், என்று வாதிடுகின்றது  தி இந்து நாளிதழில் வெளிவந்துள்ள ஒரு கட்டுரை.
சில அரசியல் கட்சித் தலைவர்களின் கருத்தை மேற்கோள் காட்டி எழுதப்பட்டுள்ள கட்டுரை போல இன்னுமொரு கட்ட்ரையைத் தமிழ் நாளிதழ்கள் வட்டாரத்தில் தேடினாலும் கிடைப்பதில்ல.

தி இந்துவில் வெளிவந்த செய்தி

Actors replace orators

Karthik Madhavan COIMBATORE: Gone are the days when people would travel miles to listen to political leaders like C.N. Annadurai, E.V.K. Sampath, ‘Navalar' Nedunchezhian, K. Kalimuthu among others. They were orators with a very good command over Tamil.
In the course of their speech they would touch upon literature, international politics, political philosophers, etc. and place the issues in context. Through their speech the politicians, particularly those from the Dravidian parties, had inspired a number of students in the 1960s, 1970s and even 1980s and this led to their joining politics.
But, the ongoing electioneering shows that politicians have changed their campaign style. Barring a very few, most of them remain confined to their campaign vehicles.
Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi, an orator himself, has largely confined his speeches to the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam's achievements in the past five years and the good governance the DMK would usher in the next five years.
And actors have replaced orators. The two leading Dravidian parties – the DMK and AIADMK – are relying on the crowd-pulling power of the tinsel town heroes and heroines to the garner votes.
This is sad, says Nanjil Sampath, a Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader and a renowned orator. “The reliance on actors has damaged the political health of Tamil Nadu, which was known for having developed a culture of public speaking.”
The decline in campaign is regrettable, he says and adds that given the way the 2011 Assembly campaign has progressed thus far he is happy that his party is not contesting.
He blames the political parties for failing to encourage public speaking. “There are only a very few good speakers because political parties have stopped grooming youngsters in oratory. This is only a part of the picture. The other is that students and youth have turned selfish,” he reasons.
There are others who take a different view. Things change with time and so does the campaign style, says Tamizharuvi Manian, a speaker known for his mastery over Tamil.
“It is only natural that the campaign style has changed. It is in keeping with the modern age that we are living in. But there is no reduction in listeners for good public speech.”
Public speaking is a powerful tool to bring about a social change and it will never lose its social relevance, he says and adds that the Tamil society needs to have powerful speakers as they seem to be on a decline.
He attributes the reason to the decline in morality in politics and the growing consumerism. “Today's youth hardly care about what is happening around them. They are hooked onto television sets and shut themselves to the outside world.”
Tiruchi Siva (DMK), MP, says youth are not drawn towards politics and oratory because of the increase in number of private colleges that quell any kind of political activity on campus. “Today's top-rung leaders and orators were yesterday's student leaders. Show me such students today? Unless political parties make a genuine effort to draw or groom students, the decline will continue.”

Source : The Hindu.com