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யாழ்ப்பாணப் பல்கலைக்கழகத்தில் கல்வி பயின்ற சிங்கள மாணவி ஒருவர் சிங்களத் தொலைக்காட்சி நிகழ்ச்சியொன்றில் யாழ்ப்பாணத்தைப்பற்றி கூறிய விடயங்கள் பலரது கவனத்தையும் ஈர்த்துள்ளது. சிங்கள மொழியில் இடம்பெற்ற இந்த உரையாடலின் தமிழ் மொழிபெயர்ப்பினை இங்கு இணைக்கின்றோம். #யாழ்ப்பாணம் உள்ளிட்ட தமிழர் தாயக பிரதேசங்கள் குறித்து தென்னிலங்கை சிங்கள மக்கள் மத்தியில் இருக்கும் பல்வேறுபட்ட கருத்து முரண்பாடுகள் மத்தியில் இந்த மாணவியின் வெளிப்படையான கருத்துக்கள் இங்கு காண்பிக்கப்படவேண்டியதாகும். கேள்வி:- உங்களுக்கு கிட்ட உள்ள பல்கலைக்கழகம் எது? மாணவி:- சபரகமூவா பல்கலைக்கழகம் கேள்வி:- இரத்தினபுரி மாணவர்களுக்கு சபரகமூவா பல்கலைக்கழகம் கி…

LTTE digging in for big battle in Jaffna - Iqbal Athas [by Admin , Feb 18,2007] It happened when the National Security Council was in session in Colombo last Wednesday — the first since President Mahinda Rajapaksa returned to Sri Lanka after his three-day official visit to the Maldives. Tiger guerrillas directed a barrage of 130 mm artillery fire at the Army's 53 Division Headquarters in Kodikamam north. It came just minutes after senior officers of the Division lit the traditional oil lamp and when refreshments were being served. The occasion was the opening of the Regimental Headquarters of the newly-established Mechanised Infantry. It is made up of …

Military clears arms export to Lanka SUJAN DUTTA New Delhi, Oct. 10: The Indian armed forces have cleared military hardware for export to Sri Lanka, among other countries, after Colombo requested a number of items. The chief of naval staff, Admiral Arun Prakash, told The Telegraph in an interview here today that military items for export had been “cleared for security”. The clearance is not specifically for items requested by Sri Lanka but also covers them. “The policy so far has been not to give them (Sri Lanka) offensive weapons. But our instructions from the government are we must do everything to protect the sovereignty and integrity …

12.09.2014 The University of Sydney has withdrawn invitations for two Sri Lankan human rights organisations to an international conference at the request of the Sri Lankan military, angering campaigners. The university is due to host a two-day event in Bangkok from Monday along with the University of Colombo, which will see delegates from around the world discuss the enhancement of human rights in the Asia Pacific region. Delegations from the Sri Lankan military and the Sri Lankan police are expected to attend the conference. Leaked correspondence, seen by Guardian Australia, shows that these delegations had originally requested that all non-government organis…

Cdn Tamil Congress ‏@ctconline 1h We took part in TVO's #videoblog on @TheAgenda by @DanielKitts: #SriLanka and Canada's #Tamils. http://theagenda.tvo.org/blog/agenda-blogs/sri-lanka-and-canadas-tamils … #CHOGM #humanrights (twitter) 15 ஆம் திகதி செய்தியில் வந்திருந்தாலும் இன்றுதான் கண்ணில் பட்டது. இணைக்கிறேன். November 15, 2013 All this week The Agenda has been exploring the situation in Sri Lanka in the lead-up to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Colombo from November 15 to 17. Today's Sri Lanka is in large part defined by ethnic tensions between the country's Sinhalese majority and Tamil minority that resulted in ci…

One killed in RPG attack on paramilitary office in Kalmunai [TamilNet, Tuesday, 19 December 2006, 17:43 GMT] A paramilitary cadre of Karuna Group was killed and another wounded when unidentified gunmen armed with Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) launchers attacked the office of the group in Kalmunai town, located 36 km southeast of Batticaloa. The paramilitary office, located between a police post and the Sri Lankan Special Task Force (STF) camp in Kalmuani, was completely damaged in the attack that took place around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. Sri Lankan counter-insurgency Special Task Force (STF) officials identified the killed Karuna cadre as "Castro." The woun…

As battle intensifies once more, 150,000 are forced to live in ramshackle camps Randeep Ramesh in Batticaloa Friday March 30, 2007 Sitting beneath a palm tree, Loganathan points to his new "house": a brown tent with blankets for a floor just outside Batticaloa, a town on Sri Lanka's east coast straddling a blue lagoon. The 34-year-old Tamil labourer says his family have been sheltering under the tarpaulin since November when a mortar shell landed in his garden, which was about 62 miles away from the refugee camp he now calls home. His nine-year-old daughter lost her arm in the blast and his five-year-old son's back was scarred by the shrapnel. "The army…

Prime minister entreats Scotland to vote no to independence during televised statement that includes vow of austerity David Cameron says immigration, cutting the welfare bill, protecting the economy and raising school standards are also priorities in 2014. Photograph: Isopix/Rex Features David Cameron has used his new year's message to plead with the Scots to stay in the UK, while also warning there is still difficult work ahead when it comes to repairing the economy. In a televised statement, the prime minister said 2014 was a historic year because of the vote on Scottish independence, which could "change our country for ever". "Our family of nations is at…

விளம்பரங்களில் வேடிக்கையான முயற்சிகள் நாளாந்தம் விளம்பரங்களை நாம் பார்க்கின்றோம் அவை பல வடிவங்களிலும் வேடிக்கையாகவும் அதிசயிக்கத்தக்கவகைகளிலும் இருக்கும். அவற்றை இங்கு பகிர்ந்து கொள்வோம்.

Nadarajah Foundation Established by Mr. Siva Nadarajah in loving memory of his father is on the forefront of education in the upcountry areas of Sri Lanka. 15 graduate teachers subsidized with Rs. 15,000 a month by the foundation to improve the level of education. Mr. Krishnakumar Country director of IMHO Lanka is in conference with them. Feb. 2020. https://theimho.org/

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The island nation of Ceylon is in labor. Tamils ruled themselves before colonization and its time they reclaim what was lost in the past once again. Priya Raj, 26 March 2007. Since independence, the future for Sri Lankan Tamils was of uncertainty. When colonial rules took over the mother island, she had two children with their own states and marked territories, Sinhale and Tamil. They had their small differences but the mother island took care of them both with pride and love. She was a beautiful lady in the Indian Ocean. She was called fondly with so many names and even called the paradise on earth. She was full of resources and charm. She neve…

Are Tamils also not citizens of Sri Lanka? By Kishali Pinto Jayawardena In the year 1998, Joubert Gnanamuttu an engineer by profession (a slightly built, soft spoken and self effacing gentleman who had lived for more than twenty nine years in Colombo and who spoke with a slight stammer), was travelling in the bus to Borella when it was stopped at an Army check-point at Stanley Wijesundera Mawatha. Asked to show his identity, he produced his national identity card and a driving licence as well as a student identity card issued to him by the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies. Despite this proof of identification, he was asked to show a 'police regis…

Raising Tiger flag not illegal in US - Embassy [TamilNet, August 02, 2006 03:00 GMT] Staff at Sri Lanka state-run daily in Colombo, Daily News, were given a civic lesson when they confronted US Embassy's press officer, Evan Owen, on the legality of American Tamils hoisting the Tamileelam flag in a New York sports festival, and diaspora parents teaching their offsprings Tamil. The press officer responded that hoisting of the Tiger flag had not breached US law, and that "the right to assemble and freedom of speech is upheld," by their [uS] constitution, the Daily news reported. "Inquired about the Sunday Tamil schools and the matter that the curricular for these …

US to provide USD 50 000 water, sanitation assistance to Trinco victims [TamilNet, August 18, 2006 14:42 GMT] United States Embassy in Colombo in a press release issued on Friday said the US released Rs. 5,000,000 to provide water and sanitation services to immediate assistance to people affected by recent fighting in Trincomalee district. "We are providing this assistance to help the displaced from all communities in Sri Lanka," USAID Mission Director Dr. Carol Becker said. "We repeat that there is no possible military solution to this conflict. We urge both sides to cease hostilities immediately to alleviate a yet larger humanitarian crisis." Full text of the…

Govt. smuggled Karuna to London on forged DPL passport *Passport in the name of Kokila Gunawardena *Foreign Ministry sends third party note for visa *Karuna asks for asylum when arrested *Visa requested to attend climate change conference (LeN- 2007 Nov. 07, 4.00pm) Damning evidence has surfaced that the Government smuggled LTTE renegade commander Karuna to Great Britain on a forged diplomatic passport. An investigation revealed that the forged diplomatic passport was issued by the Immigration Department on the orders of higher authorities in the name of Kokila Gunawardena on August 30, 2007. It has been further revealed that Karuna was issued a …

Tamil Rebels Raise Cash by Movies, Temples, Meeting Hears By Jay Shankar Oct. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers, who are present in 44 countries, raise funds through drug trafficking, distribution of Tamil movies, retailing international phone cards and managing Hindu temples, a conference on terrorism heard. ``The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam has developed the most sophisticated infrastructure for fundraising and money transfer operations in comparison to any other terrorist group,'' Shanaka Jayasekara, of the Centre for Policing, Intelligence & Counter Terrorism at Australia's Macquarie University, told the conference in the Sri Lankan …

Karuna group well protected by authorities – SLMM As ‘insecurity’ in East intensifies The Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) has warned of growing insecurity in the Eastern Province owing to the atrocities of the Karuna faction—also known as the Tamileela Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMVP)—which included killing, abductions, and the extortion of money from local businesses in the province. The SLMM, however, noted that despite the growing insecurity in these areas, “The TMVP/Karuna group was well protected by the authorities and thus even the police are reluctant to pursue them in certain areas.” The mission, in its weekly report, disclosed that for the last…

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By The Associated Press 2 hours, 15 minutes ago Associated Press Correspondent Matthew Rosenberg is covering the new outburst of violence in Sri Lanka, where the government is facing off against rebels and many fear the country has slid back into war after four years of a shaky cease-fire. ADVERTISEMENT ___ MONDAY, June 19, 5 p.m. local KILINOCHCHI, Sri Lanka I've checked into the 1-9, one of the two places to stay (for my take on the other one, check the previous post) in Kilinochchi, the main city in Tamileelam, the de-facto mini-state set up the Tamil Tiger rebels in the swaths of territory they control in Sri Lanka's north and…

THE FUTURE OF TAMIL PARLIAMENTARIANS IN SRI LANKA - The murder of Parliamentarian Raviraj Sunday, 12 November 2006 Brian Senewiratne M.D,Physician, Brisbane , Australia On 10 November 2006, yet another leading Tamil Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament was gunned down in Colombo by a supposedly ‘unknown’ gunman. This is a new Sri Lankan term which is synonymous with ‘The Armed Forces and their Paramilitaries who do their dirty work’. There are no ‘unknown gunmen’ as such. Nadarajah Raviraj (44), Tamil National Alliance (TNA) parliamentarian for Jaffna district, one of only a few Tamil MPs who could voice, in English, the suffering of the Tamil people in the…

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Majority in TN supports LTTE’ N Ravikumar Chennai, Aug. 11: Majority of the people in Tamil Nadu are supporting the LTTE, despite accepting that the organisation was behind the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, according to a survey conducted by a leading Tamil weekly here. The shocking results of the survey published in this week's Ananda Vikadan, which tops the circulation among weeklies in Tamil Nadu said that 54.25 per cent of the respondents said that they have always supported the Tigers and their goal of a separate Tamil homeland in Sri Lanka. Although it is known that support for the Tigers is rising in Tamil Nadu, as seen from the la…

Claymore attack in Trinco, 2 SLAF personnel killed [TamilNet, April 15, 2006 14:42 GMT] Two Sri Lanka Air Force personnel were killed and one was wounded when a Claymore mine hit their Jeep in Kappalthurai, located about 10 km from east port town along Trincomalee-Colombo trunk road, military sources in Colombo said. The attack was reported around 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Further details are not available at the moment. The entire Kappalthurai village was displaced in 1990 when Sri Lanka Army launched a military operation in the area and the villagers began to resettle in 1996.