The students had a romantic idea of Tamil life in villages and felt the lifestyle needed to be protected. PeTA was their common object of hate although the NGO is only one of many animal rights organisations, albeit the most visible one, against jallilkattu.
Many felt Tamils had been dealt a wrong deal, and talked about how Karnataka flouted Supreme Court orders on Cauvery . “We are voicing our frustration and we expect the Supreme Court to listen. It is our Tamil culture which is at stake,” said S Sankar, who identified himself as a Madras University graduate.
