Am an AAP member, (No. 9000283198), and Proud of it.
Recently, a friend expressed his difficulties with regard to the 'hindi' name of the party. What I wrote to him would be useful for many more:
AAP stands for Aam Aadmi Party, which really means the Party of 'The Common Man.' Pothu Makkal Katchi would be the best translation, though some are proposing 'saamaanya makkal katchi.'
I disagree with the saamaanya, as it means 'Having no spl skills,' whereas Pothu means Common as Opposed to the 'spl' folks. AAP was started to counter the vip culture, and to fight Corruption.
...I suppose they did not think of the negative impact of a hindi name in Tamil Nadu. BUT, if we can accept english names, we should accept Hindi. english is foreign, and Hindi is at least Indian. Finally, if we want to remain with languages, problems! If we are ready to go with issues, AAP is the thing!
Recently, a friend expressed his difficulties with regard to the 'hindi' name of the party. What I wrote to him would be useful for many more:
AAP stands for Aam Aadmi Party, which really means the Party of 'The Common Man.' Pothu Makkal Katchi would be the best translation, though some are proposing 'saamaanya makkal katchi.'
I disagree with the saamaanya, as it means 'Having no spl skills,' whereas Pothu means Common as Opposed to the 'spl' folks. AAP was started to counter the vip culture, and to fight Corruption.
...I suppose they did not think of the negative impact of a hindi name in Tamil Nadu. BUT, if we can accept english names, we should accept Hindi. english is foreign, and Hindi is at least Indian. Finally, if we want to remain with languages, problems! If we are ready to go with issues, AAP is the thing!
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