we are not only holding on to something in the past but held by something in the past

Pongal is a Tamil festival.It begins with Bhogi and ends with celebration of cow and the bull assisting the farming community and thus the broader economy.A non Tamil can hardly understand the festivities and the sportive games which play a central part and expecting them to understand our culture and feelings is little better than nonsense.Everything is reduced to politics and nature will show the way one day and that day is not far off

we shall respect the sun, the wind and water-bodies and also the farmers.we will not allow any non Tamil to bulldoze and molest our culture and heritage .on this pongal day I fervently request Tamils living in this country to learn and speak Tamil and also write.when we abandon our language everything is lost.Pongal greetings to all Indians who treat others as Indian.No region or religion can be bypassed to show the misplaced arrogance of a particular creed or colour or language.nature will not allow it in the long run.

Let me conclude from a sentence of Alice Walker in his novel:(we) are not holding on to something from the past,but held by something in the past.