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Tamil homeland fantasy By Bernard Goonetilleke February 17, 2008 The conflict in Sri Lanka is inextricably linked with the demand for secession, deceptively designed to wrench the sympathy of the international community. Last month, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), urged the United Nations to recognize "Tamil sovereignty" and end the conflict in Sri Lanka. The international community must be told that, beneath a plausible veneer, the demand for a separate state for Tamils of Sri Lanka is rooted in fiction. There never was at any time in Sri Lankan history "a traditional Tamil homeland" in the north and east of Sri Lanka, as claimed by the LTTE. …

Rudramoorthy Cheran, perhaps the most clairvoyant among the poets of the Eelam movement There can be two opinions about the politics and the tactics of the Eelam movement in Sri Lanka, but there cannot be two about the brutal massacre of Sri Lankan Tamils at Mullivaikkal which was the culmination of a series of smaller, indiscriminate attacks on the Tamils —including women and children—that had gone on for years since the beginning of the movement and had taken a bloodier course from the latter half of 2008 to May 18, 2009, when it was officially announced that the war on Eelam Tamils had finally been concluded. The atrocities have not gone unrecorded, thanks to…

A political grouping pushing for devolution of power to the provinces yesterday estimated the number of LTTE cadres killed during eelam war IV at 15,000. Dr. Wickremabahu Karunaratne, of the Nava Samasamaja Party (NSSP), claimed that they were among 150,000 persons that perished in the war (July 2006 to May 2009). Karunaratne was responding to a query by The Island, at a media briefing called by former Deputy Mayor of the CMC, Azath Sally at No 122, Barnes Place, Colombo 7. Sally was acting on behalf of recently formed Muslim-Tamil National Alliance. Karunaratne lambasted President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s government for subjecting Tamil speaking people to military op…

பொதுவாக நீங்கள் எத்தனை சொற்களைப் பயன்படுத்தினாலும், ஒரு குறிப்பிட்டளவு சதவீத தொடர்பாடல், சொற்களற்ற செயல்கள் உதாரணமாக - முகபாவங்கள் மற்றும் உடல் மொழி போன்றவற்றின் மூலம் வருகிறது. ஆனால் இதுவே ஒரு புற உலக சிந்தனைகுறைபாடுடையவர்/மன இறுக்கம் கொண்டவராக இருந்தால், இந்த சொற்கள் அல்லாத தகவல்தொடர்புகளின் பல அம்சங்களுடன் போராடவேண்டியிருக்கும்.. Being autistic may amount to a language difference — not an impairment For the neurodivergent, a study on autism and communication is reaffirming some lifelong feelings Matthew Rozsa Experts generally agree that, no matter how many words you use, a large percentage of communication comes via nonverbal actions — facial …

Royal Mail fined for missing post Royal Mail has 28 days to appeal against the fine Royal Mail is facing a record £11.4m fine for failing to adequately prevent mail being lost, damaged or stolen. Regulator Postcomm said Royal Mail was guilty of "serious breaches" of its licence in relation to mail security measures and staff vetting. Postcomm launched an investigation in 2004 after media reports claimed that some staff were tampering with mail. Royal Mail said it would appeal against the fine - the largest ever proposed by the regulator - calling it "unfair". Royal Mail could also be fined £270,000 for poor delivery performance in L…

On Nov. 27, the Tamil people of Sri Lanka celebrated Heroes Day. It is the day when the first fighter of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) lost his life in combat in 1982—a day dedicated to the memory of all Tamils who have died fighting for the right to self-determination. During his annual Heroes Day speech, Velupillai Prabhakaran, LTTE founder and leader, declared the Norway-mediated peace process between the Sri Lanka government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam “defunct.” For all intents and purposes, peace has been defunct ever since Sri Lanka’s president, Mahinda Rajapaksa, chose to intensify military action despite the ongoing peace talks. …

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Dr. Rajan Hoole Border Aggression and Civilian Massacres – Part 5 As for the Israeli engagement and what it entailed, much valuable information is ob- tainable from By Way of Deception by Viktor Ostrovsky and Claire Hoy, which was published in 1990, and the proceedings and report of the Mossad Commission in this country the following year, provoked by the same book. The book was written by the Canadian journalist Claire Hoy on the basis of information Ostrovsky had gathered while serving in the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad from 1983 to 1986, before quitting and flying off to Canada. It caused a sensation in Sri Lanka because of its references to purpo…

Newly sworn-in SL President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has denounced the existence of Eezham Tamils as a nation in the North and the East of the island. The wartime genocidaire Defense Secretary wants Tamils to become ‘Sri Lankans’ capitulating to the Sinhala Mahawansa doctrine, which possesses the requisite intent for Tamil genocide. The Tamils and their political leaders must unambiguously state now that there would be no engagement with genocidaire SL President and the SL State unless he openly and publicly declares Eezham Tamils as a nation entitled to the right of self-determination. The foreign state actors upholding the engagement paradigm are ultimately responsible for th…

China says will not allow outsiders to interfere in Sri Lanka’s internal matters Tuesday January 14, 2020 16:54:09 ECONOMYNEXT – China will not allow outside influences to interfere in Sri Lanka internal concerns, visiting foreign minister Wang Yi had said at a meeting with President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. “As Sri Lanka’s strategic partner China will continue to standby Sri Lanka’s interests,” Minister Yi was quoted as saying in a statement by President Rajapaksa’s office …

On February 26th, Conservative Shadow Minister for Multiculturalism and Canada-China relations Garnett Genuis challenged Prime Minister Trudeau to follow through on his promises to the Tamil community to address pressing human rights issues in Sri Lanka. Unfortunately the Prime Minister did not answer the question and has failed to take any concrete action to address the deteriorating human rights situation. During question period, Garnett Genuis asked the following question: “Mr. Speaker, it is interesting that the Prime Minister would talk about wanting to reopen the embassy in Iran, when he actually, personally, voted in favour of my motion not to do that a couple of…

In the Tigers' lair Nov 20th 2008 | COLOMBO From The Economist print edition The martial mood intensifies INDEPENDENCE DAY is not celebrated until February. But flags are flying from buildings and lamp posts in Colombo in a show of public support for the government’s military campaign against the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. On November 15th, as his government faced a crucial parliamentary vote on the budget, President Mahinda Rajapaksa announced on national television that troops had seized the Tiger-held town of Pooneryn for the first time in 15 years. His generals are calling this a “turning-point” in the 25-year war. It places the entire west…

I WOMEN OF IMPACT I For these women, an age-old way of life is ending in the Horn of Africa Droughts are killing livestock, forcing herders to move to camps for displaced people, where they face an uncertain, often violent, new world. So many died at once “it was like they were poisoned,” said Rahma Hassan Mahmoud, a herder in Somaliland, of the catastrophe that befell her 300 goats and sheep and 20 camels. After the last camel died, she and her family lived off milk from their neighbors, but with everyone else’s livestock dying, it wasn’t long before there wasn’t enough to go around. The people of Rahma’s village pooled money to rent a truck. Fifty …

Commenting that “[t]he promotion of Sanath Jayasuriya is a dark day in Sri Lanka’s cricket history,” following the appointment of Jayasuriya, a Government MP and close ally of Rajapaksa, to head the 5-member selection panel of the Sri Lanka cricket team, Australia’s most respected cricket author and journalist Gideon Haigh, said in his website that Colombo's "growing authoritarianism and hubris" will likely "buttress the case for a boycott of Sri Lankan cricket," the group Boycott Sri Lanka Campaign, headed by another well-known Australian journalist Trevor Grant, said in a press release. Full text of the press release from Boycott Sri Lanka Cricket Campaign issued…

Pakistan ‘guiding’ Sri Lanka’s war A group of Pakistan Air Force officers stationed in Colombo have been guiding the Sri Lankan military in carrying out air-mounted operations against the LTTE, a former counter-terrorism chief of India’s External intelligence says. The Pakistani officers have also been involved in drawing up plans for a decapitation airstrike with bunker-buster bombs to kill LTTE leader Vellupillai Pirapaharan, B. Raman says. The appointment of recently retired Deputy Chief of the Pakistani Air Force (PAF) as Islamabad’s representative to Sri Lanka is a deepening of Pakistan’s support, he says, adding the move is a concern for India’s national security…

கள உறவு அருவி கீழ்வரும் தகவலை எனக்கு மின்னஞ்சலில் அனுப்பி வைத்தார். அதை உங்கள் பார்வைக்கும் இணைக்கின்றேன். நன்றி! Monks of War The nationalist monks in Sri Lanka argue that Buddhism is about ‘confronting reality’ To many of us, Buddhism, with the sacred principle of non-violence, is the most peaceful religion of all. But in Sri Lanka a group of radical monks who say they represent the Singhalese majority are urging the government to take a hard-line, pro-war stance against the Tamil Tiger rebels. To make their voices heard in the political arena the monks have even set up their own political party - the JHU - which participated in the 2004 elections an…

The Buddhist Crusade Driving Sri Lankan Muslims Into Radicalism ( February 13, 2013, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) The nationalist chauvinist sections of the Sinhala polity suffer from the worst form of inferiority complex. They have to be constantly a party to the oppression of another race, society or religion to feel euphorically superior. The leaders who can afford this to them can continue to be in power notwithstanding any other shortcoming however grave. The Muslims, the majority of whom speak the Tamil language do not seek their collective identity in language or culture but in their religion----Islam. The early Muslim immigrants were mostly traders who mar…

Scientists Discover Oldest Known Nano-Structures In Ancient Artifacts In Tamil Nadu.! New Delhi: Scientists have discovered the oldest known human-made nano-materials in the "unique black coatings" of ancient pottery shards - dated to 600 BC - unearthed from an archeological site in Keeladi, Tamil Nadu. The research, published recently in the journal Scientific Reports, revealed that these coatings are made of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) which have enabled the layer to last more than 2600 years, raising questions on the tools used during those periods to achieve high temperatures for making earthenwares. According to the scientists, including…

Sunday 03 Nov 2013 Spin the clock forward. It’s 2018. You’re four-and-a-half years older and you’ve just woken up to the headlines: more than 50 world leaders are heading to the Syrian capital, Damascus, for a global summit, hosted by President Bashar al-Assad. Syria’s at peace, it’s economy, thriving. The tourists are back and the “terrorists”, vanquished. Mr Assad is basking in golden glow of total victory. And the terrible war crimes of which he was once accused? Swept under the carpet, in the spirit of looking forward, not back. Triumphant, magnanimous, his charming wife at his side, the dictator-turned-statesman grasps the hand of the British Prime Minister, an…

Sri Lanka talks start and stall, violence rages Thu Jun 8, 2006 1:17 PM BST Email This Article | Print This Article | RSS [-] Text [+] By Peter Apps COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's government said Tamil Tiger rebels had refused to meet them at talks in Oslo on Thursday, while at least three people were killed as the two sides blamed each other for new attacks. More than 400 people have been killed since early April and the island's north and east is now locked in a low-intensity conflict. But the Oslo meeting, the first between the two sides since February, was to only centre on the role of the Nordic mission monitoring what is left of a 2002 cease-fire. …

USA and Western Nations Wont Allow Former Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa Become President of Sri Lanka;Outgoing US Ambassador Atul Keshap Bluntly Tells Ex-President Mahinda Rajapaksa. United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka Atul Keshap has reportedly shattered the political ambition of former defence secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa to become the next President of Sri Lanka. The US envoy who is scheduled to leave Sri Lanka shortly after having completed his term of office in Sri Lanka is reported to have told Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa that the US and Other western nations do not welcome the prospects of Gotabhaya Rajapaksa contesting pol…

Sri Lanka's Defense Spending to Rise 20% to Record (Update3) By Anusha Ondaatjie Oct. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Sri Lanka's government will boost spending on defense and public security by 20 percent to a record next year as the South Asian nation experiences its worst fighting with Tamil Tiger rebels since a 2002 truce. Defense ministry outlays are forecast to rise to 166.4 billion rupees ($1.5 billion) in 2008 from 139 billion rupees a year earlier, according to the government's Appropriation Bill tabled in parliament today. The legislation gives expenditure estimates ahead of November's annual budget. Sri Lanka's economic growth will slow this year, Cen…

Let Christmas bring consolation to people in "tortured regions" - Pope [TamilNet, Tuesday, 25 December 2007, 14:10 GMT] Pope Benedict XVI, in his Christmas Day appeal to political leaders around the world asked them to draw on their "wisdom and courage" to end bloody conflicts in the world. The Pope said he hoped Christmas would bring consolation to all people "who live in the darkness of poverty, injustice and war," in particular those living in the "tortured regions" of the world including Sri Lanka. Pope Benedict XVI urges to seek humane, just and lasting solutions.The Pope mentioned Darfur, Somalia, northern Congo, the Eritrea-Ethiopia border, Iraq, Leban…

US Tamil group to take Gota, Basil and Fonseka to courts -Mendaka Abeysekera from New York- A United States based organisation called 'Tamils for Justice' has launched a massive fundraising project to de-proscribe the LTTE and to bring to justice the three US citizens holding power in Sri Lanka for allegedly committing gross violations of humanitarian laws, and crimes against Tamils. According to 'Tamils for Justice,' Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa's two brothers, Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, Presidential Advisor and Parliamentarian Basil Rajapaksa and Army Commander Gen. Sarath Fonseka are clearly subjected to US law and jurisdiction and …

#001: Black July 1983 Week - Remembering the Genocide of Tamils in Sri Lanka CONSEQUENCES OF BLACK JULY -USHA SRISKANTHARAJA- WRITER TAMIL ACTIVIST கடந்த ஈழ தமிழர் வரலாறு ஆயிரம் கால தமிழர் வரலாற்றை தொடர்ந்து பல நூறு ஆண்டுகள் தமிழருக்கே விளங்கவைக்கும். ஈழ தமிழர் போராட்ட வரலாற்றை ஆவணப்படுத்தும் மற்றும் அதை ஊக்குவிக்கும் பணி புலம்பெயர் தமிழர் கையில் தான் உள்ளது. யாரோ செய்வார்கள் என்பது சுயநலம், எதிர்காலத்தில் யாருக்கும் தெரியாமல் மறைந்து போகட்டும் என்பது இழிவு. தொழில்நுட்பம் இல்லாத போதே எதிர்கால சந்ததி அறிய பழம் தமிழர் ஆவணப்படுத்தினர். எதிரியுடன் இடைவிடாத போரின்போது கூட புலிகள் ஆவணப்படுத்தினர். ஆவணங்களை காக்கவென்றே பல தமிழர் துணிவ…