Tamils - a Trans State Nation..

"To us all towns are one, all men our kin.
Life's good comes not from others' gift, nor ill
Man's pains and pains' relief are from within.
Thus have we seen in visions of the wise !."
- Tamil Poem in Purananuru, circa 500 B.C 

• Tharmarasan Tharmaseelan shot dead in Kayts by Sri Lanka Para Military
  [TamilNet, 15 January  2006]

Tharmarasan Tharmaseelan, 37, who was abducted by unidentified men Saturday night, was found shot dead with his hands tied behind near a Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) check post in Kayts town, north-west of Jaffna, Sunday morning. The body of Tharmarasan, a motorbike mechanic was found on Suruvil road, about 500 metres from a Sri Lanka Navy check post, and Kayts court, residents in the area said. Tharmarasan was visiting his friend when four men, allegedly members of the paramilitary group, EPDP and Sri Lanka Navy entered the house and took him away, according to the residents.  Tharmarasan, father of five, is from Pandaitharippu.