சோனியா காந்தி மருத்துவமனையில் அனுமதி : தீவிர கண்காணிப்பில் இருப்பதாக தகவல்

06 January 2026

காங்கிரஸின் மூத்த தலைவரும், அக்கட்சியின் முன்னாள் தலைவருமான சோனியா காந்தி, திடீர் உடல் நலக்குறைவு காரணமாக டெல்லியில் உள்ள கங்கா ராம் மருத்துவமனையில் இன்று (06) அனுமதிக்கப்பட்டார். 

இன்று காலை சோனியா காந்தி வழக்கமான மருத்துவப் பரிசோதனைகளுக்காகவே கங்கா ராம் மருத்துவமனைக்கு அழைத்துச் செல்லப்பட்டார். 

எனினும், அவரைப் பரிசோதித்த மருத்துவர்கள், அவரது தற்போதைய உடல்நிலையைக் கருத்தில் கொண்டு மருத்துவமனையில் தங்கி சிகிச்சை பெறுமாறு அறிவுறுத்தினர். 

இதனைத் தொடர்ந்து, அவர் மருத்துவமனையில் அனுமதிக்கப்பட்டு, தற்போது தீவிர மருத்துவக் கண்காணிப்பில் வைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளார். 

மேலும், "அவருக்குத் தேவையான மருத்துவப் பரிசோதனைகள் மேற்கொள்ளப்பட்டு வருவதாகவும், தற்சமயம் அவர் மருத்துவர்களின் தீவிர கண்காணிப்பில் இருக்கிறார்" எனவும் சோனியா காந்தியின் உடல்நிலை குறித்து மருத்துவமனை வட்டாரங்கள் தெரிவித்துள்ளன. 

அத்துடன், "அவரது உடல்நிலையில் பெரிய அளவிலான பாதிப்புகள் ஏதுமில்லை. சிகிச்சைக்குப் பின் அவர் விரைவில் நலமுடன் மருத்துவமனையிலிருந்து வெளியேறுவார்" எனவும் தெரிவிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளதாக இந்திய ஊடகங்கள் செய்தி வெளியிட்டுள்ளன.

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அன்னை அவர்கள் பஸ்டா, பிசா சாப்பிட்டார்..,

நலமாக உள்ளார்..,

விரைவில் வீடு வருவார்…

#சின்ன சின்ன ஆசை😂

23 hours ago, goshan_che said:

அன்னை அவர்கள் பஸ்டா, பிசா சாப்பிட்டார்..,

நலமாக உள்ளார்..,

விரைவில் வீடு வருவார்…

#சின்ன சின்ன ஆசை😂

அழுந்திச் சாக வேண்டும்

2 hours ago, ரஞ்சித் said:

அழுந்திச் சாக வேண்டும்

ஆமேன்.

இறுதி யுத்தத்தில் இந்தியா எவ்வாறு நடந்துகொண்டது என்பதை அன்றைய சோனியாவின் பாதுகாப்பு ஆலோசகர் சிவசங்கர் மேனன் தனது புத்தகத்தில் இவ்வாறு குறிப்பிட்டுள்ளான்.

What Menon Actually Says in Choices

1. India made a strategic choice to support Colombo’s campaign.
Menon describes the 2009 war as one of India’s critical “choices” in foreign policy — choosing between humanitarian concerns/demands from Tamil Nadu and the strategic imperative of maintaining influence with Sri Lanka’s government and keeping other powers (notably China) at bay. India ultimately chose to support the Sri Lankan government’s military effort rather than push for a ceasefire that could undermine Colombo’s position. puradsimedia.com+1

2. India engaged closely with Sri Lanka’s leadership.
He recounts regular, discreet visits by Indian officials — including himself and then-Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee — to Colombo during the war for direct briefing and coordination. World Socialist Web Site

3. Menon argues that standing aside would have politically ceded Sri Lanka to other powers.
Menon justifies India’s support to Colombo on geopolitical grounds — that refusing support to the Sri Lankan government would have weakened Indian influence in its immediate neighborhood and allowed China or others to fill the vacuum. He frames it as a choice dictated by realpolitik, not altruism. World Socialist Web Site

4. Menon notes that the war ended with the military defeat of the LTTE rather than a negotiated settlement.
He characterizes the war’s conclusion as a military end to terrorism and argues that this was one of the rare occasions where military force produced such an outcome, even though brutality was inevitable. puradsimedia.com

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🛰️ India’s Practical Help to Sri Lanka (Context from Other Sources)

While Menon’s book describes the rationale, other sources document how that support was operationalized — though some of these details are reported outside the Choices book itself:

✔️ Intelligence and Naval Support

• India’s navy and naval intelligence helped locate and destroy supply vessels and “floating warehouses” used by the LTTE, disrupting their logistics at sea. The New Indian Express

• Indian reconnaissance aircraft provided real-time tracking of Tiger maritime movements to the Sri Lankan Navy. The New Indian Express+1

✔️ Military Hardware Transfers

• India quietly gifted Mi-17 transport helicopters that were used in combat support roles by Sri Lankan forces, despite publicly denying offensive weapons supply. The New Indian Express

• Indian Coast Guard gifted an offshore patrol vessel and patrolled jointly with Sri Lankan forces to help deter Sea Tiger movements. The New Indian Express

✔️ Strategic and Diplomatic Backing

• India discouraged international pressure for a ceasefire during the final offensive, arguing that this would prolong the conflict and strengthen the LTTE. (Menon suggests the international community was generally restrained and India did not push a ceasefire hard.) SBS Australia

• According to reporting about his book, Menon recalls that Tamil Nadu politicians privately supported opposing efforts by other countries (e.g., the US and Norway) to intervene or “rescue” LTTE leadership. The New Indian Express

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🛥️ On Allegations like Blocking a US Naval Rescue

There are claims circulating online and in some commentary that India worked to prevent the US Navy from attempting to rescue LTTE leaders or arms suppliers, but these are not substantiated in Menon’s own text. Menon does note rationales for opposing outside military missions that could complicate India’s strategic posture, but he does not explicitly describe blocking a specific US rescue operation in Choices. SBS Australia

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✨ Summary — What Menon’s Book Really Says

🔹 Menon portrays India’s role as strategic support rather than strict neutrality. puradsimedia.com
🔹 India prioritized keeping Sri Lanka aligned with India and away from China over pressuring Colombo. World Socialist Web Site
🔹 India engaged with Sri Lanka’s leadership behind the scenes during the war. World Socialist Web Site
🔹 He argues that India’s actions, even if politically hard, were aimed at preserving India’s influence and regional stability. SBS Australia

மேனனின் சொந்த கருத்துக்கள் அவன் எழுதிய "தெரிவுகள்" எனும் புத்தகத்தில் இவ்வாறு பதியப்பட்டுள்ளன.

1. Title and Opening Framing

The chapter on Sri Lanka is explicitly titled:

“Force Works: Sri Lanka Eliminates the Tamil Tigers, 2009.”
This sets the tone — Menon frames the final months of the war in terms of the use of force to end the conflict. puradsimedia.com

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2. India’s Role in Cutting Off LTTE Supplies

Menon describes how the LTTE had been “starved of supplies by sea” by early 2009 and notes that this was achieved through effective intelligence and interdiction by the Sri Lankan armed forces with the help of others. puradsimedia.com
He writes (verbatim from the chapter text available):

“…for over a year and a half the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam… had been starved of supplies by sea, thanks to effective intelligence and interdiction by the Sri Lankans and the Indian Navy…” puradsimedia.com

This line makes clear that Indian naval intelligence and interdiction efforts were part of the campaign that cut the LTTE’s maritime lifelines — a major operational factor in the rebels’ defeat. puradsimedia.com

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3. Structure of the Chapter Text

The chapter opens with two epigraphs that reflect its theme:

“Conciliation failing, force remains. Force failing, no further hope of reconciliation is left.” — Edmund Burke
“Do not feel safe. … You can kill me but another is born.” — Czesław Miłosz puradsimedia.com

These quotations underwrite Menon’s framing of the end of the Sri Lankan war as ultimately a case where force – not diplomacy – resolved an entrenched 26-year conflict, even if at great human cost. puradsimedia.com

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📌 What Choices Does and Does Not Include

✔️ What the Book Explicitly Says

• Menon’s chapter confirms India’s role in intelligence and maritime interdiction efforts against LTTE supply lines. puradsimedia.com

• He presents the outcome — defeat of the LTTE — as the result of sustained military pressure, not negotiated settlement. puradsimedia.com

• India is described as weighing strategic, domestic political, and humanitarian interests in determining what it did and did not do. icsin.org

❌ What Choices Does Not Contain (As Far as Public Excerpts Show)

• The publicly available chapter (and summaries) do not include direct extended quotations where Menon lists items like “naval blockade,” or “prevented US rescue operations” verbatim. These themes are reported by commentators and some newspaper coverage summarising Menon’s account — not verbatim text from the book itself. The New Indian Express

• The book does not print out all operational details in literal quotes beyond the introduction passage available on PDFs, so scholars normally obtain full text through the book itself. Penguin Random House India

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📌 Contextual Observations from Reporting on Menon’s Account

While not direct quotations, other reporting on Menon’s chapter highlights additional content reflected in his narrative:

🟦 India’s strategic rationale — Menon notes ― had India “stood aside” and pressed for a halt, it risked “defending the killers of an Indian Prime Minister” and ceding influence to other powers — an argument expressed as part of his assessment of India’s choices. The New Indian Express

🟦 Tamil Nadu political nuance — He discusses how Tamil Nadu political leaders privately supported the Indian government’s stance against external rescue efforts for LTTE leadership, despite public posturing — a nuance about domestic politics influencing foreign policy. The New Indian Express
(Note: This is reflected in detailed reporting based on the book, not the PDF excerpt itself.)

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🧠 Summary of Key Direct Text from Choices

Here are the verified direct lines / paraphrased text from Choices based on available excerpts:

🔹 The LTTE was starved of supplies by sea due to intelligence and interdiction involving the Indian Navy. puradsimedia.com
🔹 The chapter is built around the idea that force ultimately worked where diplomacy had failed. puradsimedia.com
🔹 Menon titles the chapter to reflect that “Force Works” in the Sri Lankan context — a deliberately chosen framing. puradsimedia.com

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Overall Interpretation

Shivshankar Menon’s Choices doesn’t deny India’s strategic involvement in the Sri Lankan war’s final phase. It explicitly frames India as part of efforts that cut off LTTE supply lines and worked with Colombo’s military strategy while weighing geopolitical and domestic pressures. What Menon doesn’t provide in the publicly available excerpts are extended direct quotations detailing every military assistance action — researchers generally access the full book (in print or e-book) for those exact lines, as publisher sites only preview parts. Penguin Random House India

இறுதி யுத்தத்தில் இந்திய இலங்கைக்கு எந்தெந்த வகையில் உதவியது?

1. புலநாய்வுத்தகவல்களைப் பரிமாறிக்கொண்டதுடன், புலிகளின் கப்பல்களைத் தொடர்ந்து கண்காணித்து இலங்கை இராணுவத்திற்கு அறியத் தந்தது.

1. Intelligence Sharing and Maritime Tracking

India’s intelligence agencies (including RAW and naval intelligence) worked with Sri Lanka’s military to track LTTE movements, especially maritime logistics routes:

• India shared radar data, satellite imagery and naval intelligence on LTTE ship movements with the Sri Lankan Navy, significantly aiding the interdiction of arms and supplies. Grokipedia

• Sri Lankan naval commanders credited intelligence support in tracking and destroying LTTE “warehouse” vessels — large supply ships that brought arms and materiel from abroad — far out at sea (up to 1,600 + nautical miles from Sri Lanka). sangam.org

Impact: These intelligence inputs reportedly helped cut the LTTE off from resupply, degrading its ability to fight in the final phase of the war. sangam.org

2. இலங்கைக் கடற்படையுடன் இணைந்து ரோந்துக்களில் ஈடுபட்டதுடன், புலிகளின் கப்பல்களைத் தடுத்து அழிப்பதில் பங்குகொண்டது

Naval Cooperation and Patrols

India’s naval forces and Coast Guard engaged in joint maritime operations with Sri Lanka to pressure LTTE supply and Sea Tiger (LTTE naval) activities:

• Indian Navy and Coast Guard ships patrolled strategic sea lanes (e.g., Palk Strait, Gulf of Mannar) to deter Sea Tiger operations and monitor suspect vessels. Rediff

• Coordination between Indian and Sri Lankan naval forces helped identify and interdict LTTE supplies approaching Sri Lanka’s territorial waters. Rediff

These patrols — while not a “formal blockade” in the legal sense — acted as a de facto maritime pressure mechanism on LTTE logistics. Rediff

3. ஆயுதங்களை வழங்கி, இலங்கை இராணுவத்தைப் பயிற்றுவித்து, தொழிநுட்ப உதவிகளை வழங்கியது

Military Hardware, Training, and Technical Support

India provided various forms of material and technical support to Sri Lanka’s armed forces which indirectly affected the operational context of the final war:

• India supplied surveillance radars to Sri Lanka and has a longstanding program of training Sri Lankan military personnel at Indian defense institutions. Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)+1

• Although formal export of lethal weapons was limited due to domestic politics, technical and tactical expertise (e.g., training, radar data) helped Sri Lanka’s forces operate more effectively in tracking LTTE Naval units. Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)

4. இலங்கையின் அரச, இராணுவ அதிகாரிகளுடன் இறுதி யுத்தம் நடைபெறவேண்டிய விதம் தொடர்பாகத் தொடர்ச்சியான கலந்துரையாடல்களில் ஈடுபட்டதுடன் போரின் போக்கினைத் தீர்மானித்தது

Joint Condition Monitoring and Strategic Counseling

Beyond hardware and intelligence:

• Indian and Sri Lankan military/intelligence officials regularly met and exchanged information during the years leading up to and including the final war, reflecting deeper cooperation than just high-level diplomacy. South Asia Journal

• This included informal high-level exchanges between strategic officials on both sides (national security advisors, defense secretaries, etc.) from about 2007–2009. South Asia Journal

5. வெளியுலகில் இருந்து வந்த போர்நிறுத்தத்திற்கான அழுத்தங்களை முறியடிப்பதில் தனது இராஜதந்திரச் செல்வாக்கினைப் பாவித்து போர் தொய்விஒன்றி நடந்து, புலிகள் முற்றாக‌ அழிக்கப்படுவதை உறுதி செய்தது.

Diplomatic Positioning — Shaping External Pressure

India’s government took strategic positions that affected international pressure on Sri Lanka:

• India worked to ensure the LTTE remained widely designated as a terrorist organization, which undercut external pressure for a ceasefire that could have weakened Colombo’s military campaign. South Asia Journal

• At the United Nations and in international diplomatic fora, India supported Sri Lanka’s sovereignty and repeatedly opposed calls for a ceasefire during the final months, emphasizing civilian protection via safe zones rather than a complete stop to operations. South Asia Journal

6 hours ago, ரஞ்சித் said:

அழுந்திச் சாக வேண்டும்

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