28 October 2004 Reflections

"The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you are still a rat " New Internationalist November 2004

27 October 2004 Struggle for Tamil Eelam to include link to Tamil Research & News [suggested by Professor Murugesu Sivapalan from Australia]

25 October 2004 The International Frame & the Tamil Struggle to include Eelamnation Editorial International Community & Glass Houses "The Thamils had to face bloody violence, murder, rape and looting in 1956, 1958, 1977, 1979, 1981 and 1983 engineered and sponsored by the governments in power. Is asking for ones rights an act of war? The fact, however brutal, it may seem is that it is only after the Thamil youth in their frustration took up arms that we have now talks of peace and at least an ostensible desire to offer the Thamils their rights. ..The moment the Thamil leadership drops its arms we will go back to status quo ante as in 1983...The International Community will not take responsibility for this. Are members of the International Community prepared to give up their arms and pursue peaceful means to achieve their own goals? " more

24 October 2004 Tamil National Library - Nations & Nationalism to include Shan Ranjit's Review of Ponnambalam Sangarapillai - நாம் தமிழர்: We Tamils English Translation by Dr.Manoharan

"The English translation of the Tamil book நாம் தமிழர் by Ponnambalam Sangarapillai is an excellent book on the history of the Tamils. The original Tamil book was first published in 1979 by the Tamil Colombo Sangam... In Tamil Nadu there arose in the 60's and may be before that too, the so called Dravidian movement to protect the Tamil heritage, culture and the Tamil people from the take over by the Hindi speaking North Indians... (But) even though that movement used the word "Dravidian", they used it on the basis of caste only. The Dravidian movement spoke of Aryan and Dravidian in a caste based divisive manner. They refused to accept the Tamil Brahmin as a Tamilian...The Dravidian movement was also an atheistic movement, which did not find acceptance among the Tamil people..." more more

23 October 2004 Awards, Reviews & Listings to include Thinakaran Tamil Daily, Chennai, Tamil Nadu on tamilnation.org -

"...உலகத் தமிழர்களை ஒன்றிணைக்கவும், உலகோடு அவர்களை ஒட்டி உரவாட வைக்கவும் ஒரு இணைப்பு பாலமாக விளங்கும் இந்த தளம் - தமிழர்களின் கலை என்ற வகையில் பிரமிப்பூட்டும் ஏராளமான விஷயங்கள் அடங்கி இருக்கின்றன. தமிழர்கள் அனைவரும் பார்க்கவேண்டிய முக்கிய தளம்.." more

22 October 2004 The Tamil Heritage - the Tamils are an Ancient People to include link to

22 October 2004 Tamil Language & Literature to include Singai Krishnan from Singapore on Auvaiyar's Athisoodi and Bharathy's Puthiya Athisoodi

21 October 2004 Remembering the Diwali Day Massacre by the Indian 'Peace Keeping Force' in the Jaffna Hospital 17 years a ago...

21 October 2004 Reflections

21 October 2004 Spirituality & the Tamil Nation The Twelve Thirumurai - பன்னிரண்டு திருமுறைகள் extensively revised in unicode

"என்னை நன்றாக இறைவன் படைத்தனன்
தன்னை நன்றாகத் தமிழ்செய்யு மாறே" --- திருமூலர் [quoted by Rev.Father Xavier Thaninayagam at First International Tamil Conference Seminar, Kuala Lumpur, 1966] more

20 October 2004 International Relations in the Age of Empire to include Power & Interest News Report (PINR) on An Era of Instability in World Politics "...More than anything else, Operation Iraqi Freedom has exposed the limitations of American military power at the same time that it has severely impaired the country's diplomatic resources...The suspicion that the United States will find it difficult to undertake another pre emptive war and will be hesitant to play its military card in regional trouble spots - yet might still do so - creates a general climate of uncertainty across the globe.. Although it is impossible to predict with accuracy the future configuration of world politics, it is reasonable to expect that a stable pattern will not crystallize in the short term and that the coming decade will be a period of testing by state and non-state actors to determine how much of their agendas they can achieve..." more

20 October 2004 Tamil Language & Literature to include 'jAzhan' R. Shanmugalingam on Tamil - the Classical Language Extra Ordinaire

18 October 2004 The Struggle for Tamil Eelam to include Meeting Velupillai Pirabaharan - a Consultant Doctor and his Wife visit the Vanni from UK - My wife and I visited Vavuniya and Killinochchi an year ago to do some voluntary work, treating people with eye ailments. We ran some eye camps for civilians as well as ex militant cadres. When we were coming to the end of our visit, we were told that an 'important person' would like to meet with us. It was only when we arrived at the place of meeting that we realised to our pleasant surprise that the person who greeted us was Velupillai Pirabaharan..."

18 October 2004 Tamil Digital Renaissance - Tamil Fonts, Keyboards & Software to include revised Stepwise Instructions to view Unicode Tamil Text in Windows "உன் கோடு, என் கோடு என்று போட்டியிட்டு பல 'கோடு' (கள்) தாண்டி இப்போது "யுனிகோடி"ற்கு வந்திருக்கிறோம்..." more

17 October 2004 Tamil Nation Library to include

1.Anton Balasingham - War and Peace: Armed Struggle and Peace Efforts of Liberation Tigers, 2004 "The significance of this voluminous study, running into more than five hundred pages, lies in its exposition of a new realm of material, hitherto unknown and the new insights it provides into the dynamics of the Tamil liberation struggle. The book provides a penetrating study of the complex evolutionary history of the Tamil struggle for self-determination." more

2. Book Release in Chennai 'jAzhan' Shanmugalingam - ciRpi cetukkAta cintany' - Unsculptured Thought

15 October 2004 International Tamil Conferences to include Tamil Studies: Current Trends and Perspectives at 17th European Conference on Modern South Asian Studies, Heidelberg, 2002 Abstract of paper by A.R. Venkatachalapathy, Associate Professor, Madras Institute of Development Studies titled 'In Print and On the Net: Tamil Literary Canon and Identity in the Colonial and Post-Colonial Worlds' - "...The state-sponsored anti-Tamil riots of July 1983 and the subsequent armed struggle in Sri Lanka created a huge Tamil Diaspora which is now spread across Europe Canada and Australia. The migration of Tamils from India is also not insignificant. The Net has made possible communication within and across this Diaspora, Tamil being one of the most widely used languages on the Net, with thousands of active Tamil sites. Many of them host Tamil literary texts... the Tamil literary canon and Tamil identity is being refashioned in this process..." more

14 October 2004 Comments to include Dr.T.Wignesan from Paris, France "...You're providing a service that many all over the world cannot but feel is wholly instructive. And not just Tamils but researchers and others who chance upon your site will recognise how you have answered their needs - handsomely..." more

14 October 2004 Tamil National Forum Sachi Sri Kantha writes from Japan on Tamil Genocide, as the Hindu reported - 20 years ago 'The 100 percent Sinhala army behaving like an occupation army in a 100 percent Tamil country creates a situation motivating ethnic genocide - an ideal setting for a slow and noiseless genocide'. more

11 October 2004 Reflections "... the phenomenology of enjoyment has eight major components. When people reflect on how it feels when their experience is most positive, they mention at least one, and often all, of the following. First, the experience usually occurs when we confront tasks we have a chance of completing. Second, we must be able to concentrate on what we are doing. Third and fourth, the concentration is usually possible because the task undertaken has clear goals and provides immediate feedback. Fifth..." more

9 October 2004 Tamil Digital Renaissance Revisited

1. Nadesan Satyendra on the Tamil Digital Renaissance, May 1998 "..The print revolution brought Tamil from the ola leaves to paper, from the select few literati to the many. The digital revolution is bringing Tamil from paper to the computer and the internet. Swaminathatha Iyer and Thamotherampillai heralded the Tamil renaissance in the 19th century. Today, a Tamil digital renaissance is taking place - and is helping to bring Tamil people together not simply culturally but also in political and economic terms..."

2. Murasoli Maran on 'From Muthamizh to the Fourth Tamil', February 1999 "..பனை ஓலையில் இருந்து கணிப்பொறித் திரை வரை... நான்காவது தமிழ் உதயமாகிறது.. கன்னியாகுமரியில் வாழும் தமிழன் காஷ்மீரில் வாழும் தமிழனோடு மட்டுமின்றி, கலிபோர்னியாவில் வாழும் தமிழனோடும், மூவாயிரம் ஆண்டுகளுக்கு முன்பு வாழ்ந்த தொல்காப்பியனோடும் தொடர்பு கொள்ள முடியும்...இயல் - இசை - நாடகம் - என்று வகுத்து தமிழை முத்தமிழ் என்பார்கள். இப்போது "நான்காவது தமிழ்" உருவாகிறது. அதன் பெயர்தான் கணிப்பொறித்தமிழ்..." more

7 October 2004 Reflections Velupillai Pirabakaran on Peace, People & Governance

"...சமாதானத்தை நான் ஆத்மபூர்வமாக விரும்புகின்றேன். எனது மக்கள் நிம்மதியாக, சமாதானமாக, கௌரவமாக வாழ வேண்டும் என்பதே எனது ஆன்மீக இலட்சியம். ..விடுதலைப் புலிகள் மக்களிலிருந்து வேறுபட்டவர்கள் அல்ல. விடுதலைப் புலிகள் ஒரு மக்கள் இயக்கம்... இலைமறை காய்யாக இருந்து விடுதலைப் போராட்டத்திற்குத் தோள் கொடுத்துவரும் எமது எண்ணற்ற ஆதரவாளர்களையும் அனுதாபிகளையும் மன உறுதி படைத்த மாமனிதர்கள் என்றுதான் அழைக்கவேண்டும். .." more

7 October 2004 Indictment Against Sri Lanka to include Amnesty International calls on on Sri Lankan Government to Prosecute Security Forces Responsible for Disappearances in Sri Lanka "'Disappearance' appeared to be used for two purposes: it facilitated torture without accountability and it concealed the killing of prisoners. In the overwhelming majority of these cases, there have been virtually no reported prosecutions or convictions. Impunity for these crimes continues...As part of our observance of the Day of the Disappeared, AI has updated our online action on "disappearances" in Sri Lanka..." more

7 October 2004 Tamils - a Trans State Nation to include V.Sivasupramaniam writes to Sangam.org on the Tamil Diaspora

2 October 2004 Tamil National Forum to include Sachi Sri Kantha - Remembering Mahatma Gandhi on his 135th Birth Anniversary

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