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ABOUT US 
           

            The Rise 


             The Rise is the most expansive and embedded 
            global network of Tamil speaking entrepreneurs,  investors, professionals, academia, researchers, artists and public
            intellectuals who believe in the ideals of shared
            prosperity, impactful collaborations, empathy,
            environmental stewardship and peace. We seek
            the friendship and goodwill of all nations and
            people to lift ourselves as a globally 
            respectable people and meaningfully
            contribute towards creating a better future for everyone on earth.


        
 
          The Rise Purpose


          To inspire and unite Tamil entrepreneurs,
         professionals, public intellectuals and knowledge 
         resources all over the world; to work hard for the 
         peaceful emergence of Tamils in the 21st century; to 
         excel in all fields of knowledge, innovation, art, culture,
         media and public good. To change the way Tamils loo
         at the world, and the way world looks at Tamils. To rise
         as a 
         people worthyof global respect.

        
        
 The Rise Beliefs & Values

    

     All The Rise members are called upon
     to internalise and live the following Tamil
     civilizational values- defined in Tamil
     language as Aram – அறம். 



     1. That all women, men and of varied genders 
     are born equal, so are every being on earth.



     2. That every person on earth is a friend,
     every place is like my village and all of 
     us are part of a large family.



     3. That empathy is the best fruit of reason,
     knowledge and all human endeavors.



     4. That no belief can match the real
     transformative power of human creative 
     imaginations, hard work and unyielding 
     perseverance.



     5. That we will always be humble, dignified 
     and generous in success.



     6. That ethical wealth making is supremely
      noble,  but deploying it for common good 
      is an adorable spiritual trait and the
      very purpose  of the pursuit of wealth
       making.



     7. That love, kindness and such good virtues 
     are our best ornaments whereas hatred and 
     bigotry in the name of religion, caste, 
     language and nationality are cancer of the soul.

DECLARATIONS


1. We commit ourselves to abide, and be guided by the tenats and priorities defined by the community of nations represented by the UN and its organisations.

2. Wherever we exist and operate we absolutely commit to abide by the existing laws of the land.

3. We shall never support or associate ourselves with organisations and ideologies that promote violence, hatred, exclusion and bigotry in the name of religion, caste, ethnicity, language, gender and political beliefs.

4. We hold Tamil as a unifying civilisational identity that reconciles the internal divisions of caste, religion, politics and class. We deeply believe and cherish Tamil as an ancient Civilisation; we are more than 90 million Tamil speaking people spread around various parts of the world, that we are a cultural nation without a sovereign state and hence we seek the friendship, grace and support of all nations and people on earth to protect and advance our language and culture, and our collective existence as a cultural community.

5. We commit our collective knowledge, competencies and moral resources to be used by UN and such other common global agencies in any emergency or disaster situations in any part of the world.