We Indians have a fixation, I would call it a disease. Everything of Indian origin is Indian and likewise everything of Tamil origin is Tamil. Our politicians over a period of time have conveniently fooled us into believing this wrong notion.

I am an Indian (passport holder) and my mother tongue is Tamil; Tamil has been our mother tongue for the last seven generations I am aware of. That should be at least 300 years. But still I don’t think the politicians of Tamil Nadu consider me a Tamil; they would take pride in calling me Aryan because I am a (Tamil) Brahmin. But they would consider someone settled in Malaysia some 100 years ago Tamils & Indians, because they speak Tamil.