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The boy who gives a truer picture of 'Periyar' V SUNDARAM I recently interviewed M Venkatesan, a 'Dalit', whose family has been living in a slum area called Hanumanthapuram in Triplicane during the last 25 years. I am specifically mentioning the fact that he belongs to the Dalit community only to take the wind from the sails of self-styled, castiest and communalist Dravidian leaders who often pride themselves as saviours, champions, protectors and upholders of the backward and suppressed communities in Tamilnadu under the political umbrella of 'self-respect' and 'social justice'. Venkatesan is a bright, hardworking and precocious young man who has taken his MA…

டொராண்டோவில் உள்ள பல முக்கிய இடங்களை பார்வையிடுவதற்கு ஒரு அரிய வாய்ப்பு. மே 26, 27 திகதிகளில் டொராண்டோவில் உள்ள வரலாற்று பிரசித்தமான பழைய கட்டடங்களை பார்வையிட அனைவருக்கும் அனுமதி வழங்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. City Hall 40ம் அடுக்கு உச்சி வரை சென்று பார்வையிடுவதற்கும், இரகசிய உயர்த்தியை பயன்படுத்துவதற்கும் (24வது அடுக்கு தொடக்கம்) அனுமதி உள்ளது. இந்த காலப்பகுதியில் CityTv கலையகத்தில் நுழைவதற்கும் அனுமதி கொடுக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. By Christopher Hume Urban Issues, Architecture In 1812, people around here were more likely closing doors than opening them. Toronto, such as it was, and Canada, such as it was, were caught up in yet another European conflict, this one between…

New DNA evidence is solving the most fought-over question in Indian history. And you will be surprised at how sure-footed the answer is, writes Tony Joseph The thorniest, most fought-over question in Indian history is slowly but surely getting answered: did Indo-European language speakers, who called themselves Aryans, stream into India sometime around 2,000 BC – 1,500 BC when the Indus Valley civilisation came to an end, bringing with them Sanskrit and a distinctive set of cultural practices? Genetic research based on an avalanche of new DNA evidence is making scientists around the world converge on an unambiguous answer: yes, they did. This may com…

Sri Lanka's main opposition party, the United National Party (UNP), once again reiterated their unwillingness to co-operate with an international inquiry into war crimes, on Monday. Stating that the government's LLRC was adequate enough to deal with the allegatios, the UNP general secretary, Tissa Attanayake stated, "We are opposed to any international inquiry. That has been our position". UNP united with government against foreign intervention – Premadasa (17 November 2013) http://www.tamilguardian.com/article.asp?articleid=9278&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

The air was thick with emotion. Crowds of Tamil protesters had swelled along University Ave., throughout the cool spring day, chanting slogans and beating drums to bring attention to the plight of their families and friends in Sri Lanka. Leading the chorus of pleas was Lavanya Nithiyanantharasan, 21, a Durham College student whose strong voice and stamina roused the crowd for a marathon 24 hours. "Everybody was taking turns. We couldn't have just sat there. I had the voice and the strength to yell for a long time and so I did," she said. She became, at least for a day, the symbol of the Tamil movement: young, Canadian, yet impassioned enough to flock to t…

by Mel Gunasekera Tue Nov 7, 11:22 PM ET COLOMBO (AFP) - C. Sathishkumar was one of thousands of Sri Lankan youngsters who invested in an Internet promotion to evaluate products online in return for quick cash -- and like the others, he lost all his money. ADVERTISEMENT Police said this week that the scam, allegedly run by two Indians from a firm named Seagull Softwares, netted more than five million dollars in the past year, making it the biggest Internet fraud case in the country's history. Seagull promised that anyone who paid 6,500 rupees (65 dollars) for a "slot" on their website would be able to earn 60 percent a month on their invest…

Donors warn on Sri Lanka violence International donors have urged Sri Lanka's government and Tamil Tiger rebels to halt worsening violence. At an aid meeting in the city of Galle, World Bank vice president Praful Patel said the bloodshed was "at the centre of any discussion" about the country. US ambassador Robert Blake told delegates there was no military solution to the conflict, which has claimed 65,000 lives since the 1970s. Most of about $4.5bn in foreign aid pledges is contingent on peace moves. 'Obstacle' Mr Patel said there was no way "to politely skirt" the issue of renewed and deepening conflict in the island. World Ba…

Sri Lanka asking Pakistan for swift military assistance: Jane’s LONDON: Sri Lanka is looking to Pakistan for help to bolster its military capabilities as the ceasefire between the government and rebels appears increasingly fragile, specialist publication Jane’s Defence Weekly said on Thursday. Sri Lanka has asked Pakistan to facilitate the purchase of military equipment worth around 60 million dollars, according to high-level discussions detailed in documents seen by the defence magazine. Jane’s Defence Weekly said Sri Lanka had asked that their requests be treated with the “utmost priority” given the deteriorating security situation. The report was pu…

The Commonwealth Secretary-General opened talks with Sri Lanka on Sunday by pushing for judicial independence on the island, as Canada renewed calls to boycott the bloc's summit in Colombo later this year. Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma is holding talks with Sri Lankan leaders in Colombo on the rule of law and the separation of powers after the island defied international appeals and sacked its chief justice in January, the bloc said. Commonwealth Secretary-General, Kamalesh Sharma, opened talks with Sri Lanka on Sunday by pushing for judicial independence on the island. (Credit: ABC) Mr Sharma's four-day visit to Sri Lanka came as Ottawa urged others in the 54-m…

கனடாவில் உங்கள் குழந்தையின் எதிர்கால வெற்றிக்கு கல்வி முக்கியம் என்பது உங்களுக்குத் தெரிந்திருந்தும், அதற்கு எப்படி பணம் செலுத்துவது என்பது தெரியவில்லையா. அதற்கான சிறந்த வழி பதிவுசெய்யப்பட்ட கல்வி சேமிப்புகள் திட்டத்தின் (RESP) மூலம் அரசின் பண உதவியைப் பெறுவதாகும். கனடா தேசத்து கற்றல் பத்திரத்தை குடும்பங்களுக்கு அரசாங்கம் வழங்குகிறது. உங்களால் பணம் கொடுக்க முடியாவிட்டாலும் அது உங்கள் குழந்தையின் RESPஇல் சேர்ந்து விடும். உங்களால் எவ்வளவு சேமிக்க முடியுமோ அவ்வளவு பணத்தை அரசாங்கம் வழங்கும். SmartSAVER RESPகள் அல்லது முதலீட்டுகளை விற்பனை செய்வதில்லை. SmartSAVER என்பது டொரண்டோவை மையமாகக் கொண்ட இலாபம்-ஈட்டாத சமுதாய நலத்திட்டமாகும், அது குடும்பங்கள் தங்கள் குழந்தைகளின்…

A possible "lorry bomb" nabbed- Colombo Police Special Crime Investigation Division at Mirihana has arrested a person who allegedly purchased a deep- freezer lorry and modified it to carry explosives, arms and ammunition. The suspect is believed to have spent Rs 2.5 million to acquire the lorry. The money has been credited to the suspect's bank account by two banks in Kilinochchi and Vavuniya. The arrest was made at Mirihana on Monday the 4th of December as the lorry had been driven towards the Colombo city. When questioned the suspect told the police that the lorry would be taken to Trincomalee for transporting fish between Colombo and Trincomalee. O…

CANADA PARTICIPATES IN OVERSEEING SRI LANKAN PROCESS TO INVESTIGATE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS http://w01.international.gc.ca/minpub/Publ...mp;docnumber=12 The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, today announced the nomination of Professor Bruce Matthews to join the International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP), which will monitor the Sri Lankan Commission of Inquiry into recent human rights violations in that country. “I am encouraged by the Sri Lankan President’s initiative to invite foreign experts to participate as observers of the inquiry into allegations of huma…

Marginalisation of CFA compells Tamils to resume freedom struggle - LTTE [TamilNet, Thursday, 22 February 2007, 16:54 GMT] The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, in a statement marking five years since the signing of 22 February 2002 Cease Fire Agreement (CFA) with the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL), said the CFA formulated with the full support of the international community, had transcended the parameters of Sri Lanka’s majoritarian constitution, recognizing Tamil Eelam’s de facto existence and the balance of power between the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) and the LTTE. However, the international community’s insistence on a solution that does not infringe on the…

HAVANA TIMES — An unprecedented move by internationalists and activists for human rights and justice, one that could inspire controversy among left oriented governments and peoples’ solidarity committees, will take place next spring. “In April 2013, a panel of international experts will be convened as Judges of the ‘Permanent People’s Tribunal’ to examine reports submitted by many specialized working groups on the accusation of the crime of Genocide against the Government of Sri Lanka and on the accusations against various international actors who had supported and prepared the conditions for the Sri Lankan Government to implement this alleged crime,” stated the Rome-…

Controversial article on Sri Lankan defence website removed after it kicked up a storm in India [Friday 2014-08-01 15:00] An article on the frequent detentions of Tamil Nadu fishermen by the Sri Lankan navy was removed from the Sri Lankan defence website on Friday, hours after its headline and an illustration that accompanied it kicked up a storm in India. The headline and the illustration raised a furore among political leaders in Tamil Nadu. However, hours after the "objectionable" content, that centred around Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa's many letters to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking his intervention in the fishermen issue, was posted o…

[size=3] [size=5]To a packed room of London university students, panellists Thusiyan Nandakumar of the Tamil Youth Organisation UK (TYOUK), Fred Carver of Sri Lanka Campaign, Madurika Rasaratnam of Tamils Against Genocide (TAG) and Alan Keenan of the International Crisis Group (ICG) discussed the question - 'Sri Lanka: Genocide?'.[/size][/size] [size=3] [size=5]The event held on 13th November was chaired by Professor Neil Mitchell (International Relations, UCL) and hosted by the Amnesty International society at University of College London University (UCLU).[/size][/size] [size=3] [size=5]Criticising the conduct of the Sri Lankan state over the past three years,…

"If Jayewardene was a true Buddhist, I would not be carrying a gun" Velupillai Pirabakaran, leader of the Liberation Tigesr for Tamil Eelam, tells Anita Pratap. Q: What made you opt out of a conventional system and spearhead a liberation movement which you knew would be outlawed? A: The democratic parliamentary system, or what you refer to as the conventional political system in Sri Lanka, has always tried to impose the will of the majority on the minority. This system not only failed to solve the basic problems of our people but, in fact, aggravated our plight. For decades, the repression by the state has made the li…

யூலை கலவரத்தின் சூத்திரதாரி?? Sumanadasa Wijayapala 1 day ago There is an oblique ref- erence to him (p.16) as the monk who had come uninvited to the cemetery, who, that same evening, led a mob down Cotta Road, Borella, with a list in hand. He was subsequently re- ported being seen at the Cinnamon Gardens Police station, having come in a jeep with a pis- tol tucked under his robes, demanding curfew passes. Reply · Sumanadasa Wijayapala 1 day ago Black July: Alle Gunawanse – A Missing Link? Ratnatunga ascribes to Gunawanse an im- portant role in the events of July 1983. He first appears (p.12) trying to whip up the emotions of the crowd at Kanatte …

Responding to the bombing outside Iran's embassy in Beirut, former foreign secretary David Miliband tells Channel 4 News: "We have seen the overt export of the Syrian civil war into Lebanon." http://www.channel4.com/news/syria-lebanon-bomb-civil-war-david-miliband-interview-video

Tamil National Alliance enters critical third phase-1 March 26th, 2010 by D.B.S. Jeyaraj The single –largest Sri Lankan Tamil political group in the dissolved Parliament was the conglomerate known as the Tamil National Alliance (TNA). The TNA which contested the April 2004 general elections under the “Veedu”(House) symbol of the Ilankai Thamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK) obtained twenty-two seats including two nominated under the national list. The TNA led by Rajavarothayam Sambandan the veteran politician from Trincomalee is once again contesting the 2010 Parliamentary elections under the House symbol of the ITAK. It has fielded candidates in the Northern and E…

Tamils stage peace vigil TAMILS in Harrow staged a peaceful vigil outside the Civic Centre yesterday (Thursday) to highlight the plight of Tamils in their native Sri Lanka. Similar protests were held in every London borough. Councillor Thaya Idaikaddar (Labour, Roxeth ward), who staged a five-day fast for peace outside the Houses of Parliament in June, said: "We collected something like 380 signatures and I reckon we had about 700 people throughout the day. continued... "I made a simple speech asking people not to forget those who are suffering in our country just because we have moved here." The event was organised by the North Harrow-based Britis…

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) -- The Sri Lankan government decided Wednesday not to ban the separatist Tamil Tiger rebels at a crucial Cabinet meeting, officials close to the Cabinet said. A formal announcement is likely to be made later Wednesday. Supporters of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam had warned that a ban would effectively scupper the peace process. "...The State is compelled to make some hard choices. Prime among these issues is whether the government should reclamp the ban on the Tigers. Another is whether the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) should be rigorously reinforced," Daily News said in an editorial. "There are arguments for and aga…

PK Balachandran Colombo, February 4, 2007|20:31 IST sri Lanka President, Mahinda Rajapaksa announced on Sunday that the 500 MW power coal fired power project to be set up in collaboration with the National Thermal Power Project (NTPC) of India would be located in Sampur, an area in eastern Sri Lanka captured by the Sri Lankan forces from the LTTE in September last. Rajapaksa referred to this venture in his Independence Day speech. "The Norochcholai and Upper Kotmale Power Plants, the Sampur Coal Power Plant, the Moragahakanda Maha Samudra, the New Airport at Weerawila, expanding the Port of Colombo to twice its capacity, new railways and expr…

English proficiency vital for success in global world: LTTE Political Head [TamilNet, Monday, 17 December 2007, 20:52 GMT] "Eelam Tamils have excelled in military science and geo-political affairs at an International level. For our people to acquire skills and knowlege to succeed at the global level, opportunity and facilities to attain high levels of proficiency in English is critical," said B. Nadesan, the political head of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in his commencement address at the English Language College (ELC) in Ki'linochchi, on Saturday. The ELC, a Tamils' Rehabilitation Organization (TRO)-funded college, was established on September 13, …

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