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TTE has been strangling not only Tamil people but whole of Sri Lanka for sometime now. Agreed that the movement started with some genuine concern for linguistic minorities and so on (I guess most of us are aware of these) but soon was held ransom by self serving coterie in the name of Tamil people. The recent pictures of LTTE holing up few thousand Tamils in last ditch attempt to save themselves is symbolic statement on what is plaguing this island nation. LTTE is reduced to nothing but bunch of thugs who are causing immense hardship to common people (in particular Tamils) for their power struggle. They have consistently avoided peace overtures and used these opportunities to arm themselves. The indulgent west with high moral ground help them grow militarily and diplomatically till chicken came to roost (ditto for Indians), so after 9/11 LTTE found itself with no takers, correctly so. These terrorists wouldn’t have grown so much and carried blatant attacks without support from outside powers. Few kicks on the butt and everybody seem to have got their lesson. LTTE doesn’t understand the language of peace. Sri Lankan government has taken the right steps to end the tyranny of these thugs. If LTTE has any concern for tamilians they should surrender at the earliest. Thousands of civilians are dying in the crossfire, this has to stop immediately.
Sri Lankan Tam
ils are facing untold misery; this blogger hopes this to end early into lasting peace. Also despite fluttering by Tamil politicians in India (Tamil nadu) for this emotive issue for votes, Tamil people have started to see the difference between LTTE and common tamilians. As the ground realities of LTTE becomes clear in coming days we will know more on what heinous crimes they have committed on Tamil people. Also Prabakaran is no Porus; he is no hero but a sucker living on the blood of common tamilians. He should be prosecuted for the crimes he has committed over the decades.
At one point this blogger was so concerned about Sri Lanka (don’t know why but it reminded me of Kerala, and I find Sinhalese culturally closer to Keralites) that I spent almost 6months reading everything I could come across on this island nation. Fiction, non fiction, poetry, movies…it was agonizing. From
Indian perspective I found JN Dixit (I was aghast by his untimely death, he was a brilliant man. Once during a lecture he started singing a old Hindi song!!. He had that old world subtle charm which is so rare these days) and Anita Pratap (intrepid is the word for her). I did know few artists from Sri Lanka- some of them I found over the top, prone to anglicized sensibilities. Sri Lanka if you observe carefully is a classicist society and the problems of Sri Lanka can be traced to arrogance of this section. The main reason for Tamil problem exploding into a civil war has more to do with nature srilankan elite in the last few decades. Mahinda Rajapakse is basically an outsider, the reason why this blogger expects him to be considerate in his dealing post LTTE. Further I have great respect for Buddhist monks and yes it is expected that they too come forward in integrating Tamil populations into mainstream for long lasting peace. What Sri Lanka need at this stage is someone like Desmond Tutu otherwise LTTE will be manipulated as martyrs by vested interests and keep the divisive agenda alive for personal gains.
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is blogger at the moment is staying in a locality that has predominant Tamil population, mostly very poor. Few months back there were posters protesting the “atrocities” in Sri Lanka, now nobody is bothered-probably they too have seen the real face of LTTE through media. Most Tamilians I found are peculiarly emotional people prone to outbursts, extreme actions and charming exaggerations. It is fun traveling across Tamil Nadu and yes I am a big fan of cuisines from south part of TN.
This snap I took very close to where I stay.
TTE has been strangling not only Tamil people but whole of Sri Lanka for sometime now. Agreed that the movement started with some genuine concern for linguistic minorities and so on (I guess most of us are aware of these) but soon was held ransom by self serving coterie in the name of Tamil people. The recent pictures of LTTE holing up few thousand Tamils in last ditch attempt to save themselves is symbolic statement on what is plaguing this island nation. LTTE is reduced to nothing but bunch of thugs who are causing immense hardship to common people (in particular Tamils) for their power struggle. They have consistently avoided peace overtures and used these opportunities to arm themselves. The indulgent west with high moral ground help them grow militarily and diplomatically till chicken came to roost (ditto for Indians), so after 9/11 LTTE found itself with no takers, correctly so. These terrorists wouldn’t have grown so much and carried blatant attacks without support from outside powers. Few kicks on the butt and everybody seem to have got their lesson. LTTE doesn’t understand the language of peace. Sri Lankan government has taken the right steps to end the tyranny of these thugs. If LTTE has any concern for tamilians they should surrender at the earliest. Thousands of civilians are dying in the crossfire, this has to stop immediately. Sri Lankan Tam
ils are facing untold misery; this blogger hopes this to end early into lasting peace. Also despite fluttering by Tamil politicians in India (Tamil nadu) for this emotive issue for votes, Tamil people have started to see the difference between LTTE and common tamilians. As the ground realities of LTTE becomes clear in coming days we will know more on what heinous crimes they have committed on Tamil people. Also Prabakaran is no Porus; he is no hero but a sucker living on the blood of common tamilians. He should be prosecuted for the crimes he has committed over the decades. At one point this blogger was so concerned about Sri Lanka (don’t know why but it reminded me of Kerala, and I find Sinhalese culturally closer to Keralites) that I spent almost 6months reading everything I could come across on this island nation. Fiction, non fiction, poetry, movies…it was agonizing. From
Indian perspective I found JN Dixit (I was aghast by his untimely death, he was a brilliant man. Once during a lecture he started singing a old Hindi song!!. He had that old world subtle charm which is so rare these days) and Anita Pratap (intrepid is the word for her). I did know few artists from Sri Lanka- some of them I found over the top, prone to anglicized sensibilities. Sri Lanka if you observe carefully is a classicist society and the problems of Sri Lanka can be traced to arrogance of this section. The main reason for Tamil problem exploding into a civil war has more to do with nature srilankan elite in the last few decades. Mahinda Rajapakse is basically an outsider, the reason why this blogger expects him to be considerate in his dealing post LTTE. Further I have great respect for Buddhist monks and yes it is expected that they too come forward in integrating Tamil populations into mainstream for long lasting peace. What Sri Lanka need at this stage is someone like Desmond Tutu otherwise LTTE will be manipulated as martyrs by vested interests and keep the divisive agenda alive for personal gains. Post Script: Th
is blogger at the moment is staying in a locality that has predominant Tamil population, mostly very poor. Few months back there were posters protesting the “atrocities” in Sri Lanka, now nobody is bothered-probably they too have seen the real face of LTTE through media. Most Tamilians I found are peculiarly emotional people prone to outbursts, extreme actions and charming exaggerations. It is fun traveling across Tamil Nadu and yes I am a big fan of cuisines from south part of TN. This snap I took very close to where I stay.
