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Mr Chidambaram’s War A math question: How many soldiers will it take to contain the mounting rage of hundreds of millions of people? ARUNDHATI ROY The low, flat-topped hills of south Orissa have been home to the Dongria Kondh long before there was a country called India or a state called Orissa. The hills watched over the Kondh. The Kondh watched over the hills and worshipped them as living deities. Now these hills have been sold for the bauxite they contain. For the Kondh it’s as though god has been sold. They ask how much god would go for if the god were Ram or Allah or Jesus Christ? Perhaps the Kondh are supposed to be gratef…

Mr. A Amirthalingam | 1987 Mylapore Academy Speech about Indo Sri Lankan Accord.

Mr. Ban Ki Moon – Why Sri Lanka? Why not Gaza Nihad Issa - Ramallah, Palestine, www.Asiantribune.com) As friends of Sri Lanka, Palestinians find it extremely difficult to keep silent when we hear of the sinister manipulations and arm bending tactics practiced by the heads of influential organizations like UNO and Human Rights Commission and also by some leaders of UK and the European Community to destabilize Sri Lanka and reverse the newly gained victories and freedom after defeating the terrorists. We are compelled to come to the conclusion that these organizations are fostering terrorism so that they can sell arms and ammunition to all parties. Palestinia…

Haukland's parting salvo draws Rajapaksa ire Situation Report - by Iqbal Athas The outgoing Head of Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM), retired Norwegian Brigadier Hagrup Haukland, who leads the team of Nordic citizens tasked to monitor the Ceasefire Agreement between the Government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) had some parting words of wisdom to Sri Lankans. Just a week ago, he told Defence Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa that the Sri Lanka Army cannot win the war with Tiger guerrillas. He opined that unlike Al Qaeda, the LTTE was not a terrorist organisation. They were freedom fighters, he declared. Those words ca…

March 8, 1992 "Our women are seeking liberation from the structures of oppression deeply embedded in our society. This oppressive cultural system and practices have emanated from age old ideologies and superstitions. Tamil women are subjected to intolerable suffering as a consequence of male chauvinistic oppression, violence and from the social evils of casteism and dowry." Today is International Women’s day, a day of awakening, resurgence and political action by women who constitute half the population of the world, a day the marks the revolutionary struggle of women for equal rights and social justice. I am happy to see that this day of women’s resurgence is celeb…

Muhamalai debacle: The shocking story President, NSC and JOH were not aware of Wednesday's ill-planned operation Hundreds of soldiers trapped in the killing fields of the LTTE Disastrous operation reverses military successes of recent weeks and embarrasses Govt. By Iqbal Athas A photograph in a Tamil website shows Tiger guerrillas in the process of retrieving one of Army's Main Battle Tanks that was stuck in a soggy ditch. Norwegian Ambassador Hans Brattskar's telephone rang on Wednesday morning. It was a senior member of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) complaining that the Security Forces had launched a major military offensive…

Muhamalai overrun, battle on Mandaithivu [TamilNet, August 12, 2006 07:11 GMT] Heavy fighting is reported at different locations in the southern Jaffna peninsula between Sri Lanka Army (SLA) troops and the Liberation Tigers. The Voice of Tigers (VoT) radio confirmed that LTTE forces repelling SLA offensive towards Elephant Pass have now broken through SLA forward defence lines (FDLs) at Muhamalai. But Jaffna correspondents quoted military sources as saying that FDLs had been "breached in several locations." SLA artillery and Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) jets are bombarding Mandathivu island, which LTTE officials say had been prepared as a launch pad for another offe…

Mullivaikkal Tragedy - The Growing List of Complicity By: Sridas Sivasambo Ban Ki Moon’s emissary Vijay Nambiar who was dispatched to Sri Lanka, apparently to stop the predictable blood bath in the final days of the conflict met with his brother Satish Nambiar, the Sri Lankan Government’s Military Consultant and, of course, the Rajapakses, Narayanans and Menons directing the Tamil Genocide. The fate of those unfortunate civilians in Mullivaikkal and environs were decided and sealed. Having ‘failed’ in his mission Vijay Nambiar returned to his boss in New York and personally apprised him of the ‘success’ of his mission. Yes, in hind sight that would be the character…

137 dead, 230 wounded as series of blasts rock Mumbai trains Mumbai, Jul 11 (PTI) At least 137 people were killed and 230 injured in a string of seven terror blasts thar tore through first class compartmenets of suburban trains around 6PM during the peak hour traffic here today. http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/00020...00607112201.htm

Murugan Worship in Sri Lanka: New Archaeological Evidence Recent archaeological findings underscore the fact that the traditional history of the Sri Lankan Tamils should be reviewed. I consider that these archaeological findings and the pertaining new perspective on them are of significance in two respects. Firstly, though the tradition of employing archaeological evidences in historical studies is in effect for a long time in Sri Lanka, there has been a tendency to associate the archaeological emblems pertaining to Tamils with the Tamils from Tamil Nadu who used visit Sri Lanka then and on rather than relating them with the Tamils living in Sri Lanka. Th…

PK Balachandran Colombo, August 4, 2006 The Sri Lankan Muslim Congress (SLMC), the island's premier Muslim political party, has blamed the Sri Lankan government primarily, for the shelling of the Muslim town of Mutur which has killed more than 30 civilians in the past three days. "We may seem to be making an anti-government statement. But we have to go by what the local people tell us, and they say, that most of the shells had come from the direction of the army camps in the vicinity," the Leader of the SLMC, Rauff Hakeem, told newspersons here on Friday. He said that he had brought this to the notice of the Sri Lankan top brass, Presidential Advisor Ba…

Muslims challenge extremist preachers

(l-to-r) 'Arrowsmith,' 'Camille,' 'Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet' and 'Jezebel' (Photofest) Must-See Classic Movies About Pandemics From 'Jezebel' to 'Arrowsmith,' a comprehensive list of Golden Age films that deal with outbreaks. As a result of the current coronavirus pandemic, most people have more discretionary time than they did a month ago. Large numbers have wound up in front of their television sets seeking not escapism, but rather pandemic-related films. The two most widely seen, thus far, have been relatively recent: Wolfgang Petersen's Outbreak (1995), in which Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo and Morgan Freeman confront an Ebola-like disease; and Ste…

With all these; there is also another player which seems more dangerous than the others. That is the RAW-backed former militant group ENDLF, which is to here to create problems. Two incidents reported relate to their 'power' in Mutur. In one incident close to a SLA camp, the army captain of the camp approached them not to do anything in the presence of military. In reply they have said 'we will do whatever we want to do, nobody can question us, even, we can transfer you within 24 hours.' In another incident , some cadres have crossed the premises of a Muslim family where a lady was taking bath. The husband has said, "Don't behave like this." They replied in the sam…

The beautiness of your shy Resembles the evening sky! The sparkling in your eyes Reminisces the rainy days! The sweetness of your lips Pours the honey drops! The swiftness of your hip Makes my heart ample slip!

I was born in Tamil Nadu and moved to America after my 1st birthday. Needless to say, I was your average American Tamil girl caught between two cultures. My parents, on one side, pressuring me into marriage. On the other side, I was trying to find myself, let alone somebody that I actually wanted to spend the rest of my life with). The older I got, the more I realized that marriage was not for me. “What?! A Tamil girl not getting married – what a ludicrous idea!” I could already hear my parents, uncles, and aunties losing their minds. My entire life goal was to make my parents proud, but I just couldn’t be tied down by marriage. I started living alone at the age of…

A popular Myanmar news website was blocked Thursday by hackers angry at its description of hardline Buddhist monks as “radical”, as the publication said it had received threats of violence over its coverage, the AFP news agency reported. The Irrawaddy saw its main English-language website briefly replaced with a black screen and notice accusing it of being pro-Muslim and slamming a blog it ran in Burmese about Myanmar nationalist cleric Wirathu’s weekend meeting with controversial Buddhist monks in Sri Lanka. The Buddhist-majority countries have seen rising religious hate speech and attacks on minority Muslims, with some hardline monks accused of fann…

Source: Reuters By Rob Taylor COLOMBO, March 27 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka has launched a mystery poster campaign inviting would-be Tamil Tiger suicide bombers to phone a government helpline in exchange for 10 million rupees ($92,000) and a new life overseas. "Why should you die with a scattered body?" the red-and-yellow posters, placed in Tamil-dominated areas of the capital, Colombo, asked readers contemplating becoming members of what the rebels call elite "Black Tiger" suicide squads. "You also were born to live. Why should you carry bombs?" the posters said alongside a fuzzy black-and-white photograph of a suicide bomber's severed head. Sri Lanka's …

Narayanasamy urges Centre to ban parties supporting LTTE மேலும் வாசிக்க ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, http://www.yarl.com/forum4/viewtopic.php?p=61#61

NASA Gives 'Go' for Shuttle Endeavour Launch on Aug - 7. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - On Thursday, NASA managers set Aug. 7 as the official launch date for space shuttle Endeavour's STS-118 mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., is scheduled for 7:02 p.m. EDT. Endeavour's launch date was announced following the traditional Flight Readiness Review at Kennedy. During the two-day meeting, top NASA and contractor managers assessed any risks associated with the mission and determined that the shuttle's equipment, support systems and procedures are ready for flight. Commander Scott Kelly and his six crewmates are sch…

The success of the Aam Aadmi Party at Delhi Legislative assembly elections has spread the hope for honest politics throughout the country. Lakhs of people want to be a member of the party and work for change. Therefore the party has decided to run a special membership drive without fee,“Main Bhi Aam Aadmi”, from 10th to 26th January. You can become a member or help others become a member in the following ways: 1) You can fill out the form at Aam Aadmi Party website aamaadmiparty.org/join-us 2) You can directly SMS your Name, STD code, Assembly constituency, from your mobile to 07798220033. Your membership number will be sent to your mobile through SMS. 3)…

Native gangs spreading across Canada, targeting at-risk youth, says RCMP Module body Mon Mar 15, 6:03 PM By Susanna Kelley, The Canadian Press Aboriginal gangs are proliferating across Canada as criminal organizations exploit the intense poverty and squalid conditions that many First Nations youth live in, says a top officer with the RCMP's aboriginal police division. The gangs' stock-in-trade includes drug distribution, prostitution and theft, and they're only growing more sophisticated, said the RCMP. "The gangs are brought on by poverty," said RCMP Sgt. Merle Carpenter, who holds the aboriginal gangs file with the National Aborig…

Naval vessels of the Sea Tigers of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) By: Nane Chozhan The Sea Tigers, the naval wing of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), functioned as a conventional maritime force rather than a guerrilla naval unit. At the outset of the Fourth Eelam War, the LTTE began officially referring to this formation as the “Tamil Eelam Navy” (தமிழீழக் கடற்படை / Tamiḻīḻak Kaṭaṟpaṭai), adopting a nomenclature parallel to that of their Tamil Eelam Air Force (TEAF). Emerging in 1984, the Sea Tigers initially focused on maritime trade, troop transfers, and naval mine operations, operating like a naval guerrilla unit while avoiding direct confrontat…

Navaneetham Pillai, Former HC for UNHRC sends us a kind robust message for Tamil Remembrance Day.

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…