"There are reports that the UPFA government is preparing to hold a non-binding referendum to obtain consent of the people to take forward the process of changing the constitution. The question/s to be put before the people will decide: (a) their willingness to be governed by a presidency in the future and  (b) whether they would accept federalism...How will the referendum affect the Tamils of the northeast? The history of independent Sri Lanka has demonstrated that institutions of the central government � in whatever form � have failed to uphold the rights and liberties of the Tamil people. If there indeed were to be a majority in the Tamil areas for �federalism� at the referendum, the government would use it as a popular mandate not to implement devolution power, but as a verdict against separation. That is the trap in the referendum..."more

" Tamil nation is a political community, a grand solidarity. To maintain its solidarity, the Tamil nation has to remove all sorts of divisions that causes dissension and discord among its members. The Caste System is such a pernicious division that has plagued our society for thousands of years... The Hindu Brahmins have created theoretical explanations, Puranic stories and religious myths to support and justify their conduct... Since all of these arguments are purported to be based on Hinduism, it is proper that we examine the ideals of real Hinduism and its basic tenets...To interpret and explain those subtle and deep matters let us get the help of an appropriate authority like Swami Vivekananda.." more

"..Trying to consign "Sri Lanka: A Witness to History" to a particular genre is not easy. It is a historical account, a memoir and an autobiography rolled into one. Whereas Balasingam's "War and Peace" is an insider's account of the Tamil national struggle, Sivanayagam's book is what one may call a ringside account of the same struggle. Told in his inimitable style where the most intense situations are described dramatically but at the same time punctuated with an impish humor, the book is an easy read..." more

"(the) defence of the new imperialism is based on a view that the west is always best. Those who insist that the US should take on a yet more assertive global role don't believe that Asians, Africans or Arabs can create prosperity and order on their own behalf. Without western imperial order, so this argument goes, the world would be a nasty, brutish place... Far from being backward and uncivilised, Mughal India exported high quality manufactured goods to Britain's fashionable society. Aristocrats had Indian chintz on their walls and Indian cloth on their tables. British manufacturers often labelled poorer quality British imitations as "Indian" to dupe customers into buying their own shoddy goods. After all, why were the British interested in trading with Asia at all? It was to make money out of a wealthy society - not to invest and civilise..." more

3. Sachi Sri Kantha from Japan on Gossip-mining Gods of Mass Media  

2. புத்தி உள்ள மனிதனெல்லாம்... Lyric - Kannadasan, Song - J.B.Chandrababu

3. There comes a time when an individual becomes irresistible and his action becomes all pervasive in it�s effect. This comes when he reduces himself to zero. - Mahatma Gandhi

"இப்சனின் அரங்கம் ஆத்மாவின் அரங்கம் என்பர்....1905இல் நோர்வே தன்னிச்சையாக சுவீடனில் இருந்து தனது தொடர்பை துண்டித்தது. பிரித்தானியரின் தலையீட்டாலும் சுவிடன் மன்னனின் நிலைப்பாட்டாலும் யுத்தமின்றி நோர்வே பிரிந்தது... பலாத்காரமான ஒரு இணைப்பால் அல்லல் உறும் ஈழத்தமிழ் மக்களும் பல வேதனைகளைப்பட்டு களைத்துப் போய்விட்டார்கள். இப்சனின் நோர்வேயைப் போல் கதவை அடித்து அவர்கள் வெளியேறும்போது நோர்வே அதை ஏற்று உலகின் மனச்சாட்சியை உலுப்பும் என தமிழ் மக்கள் எதிர்பார்கின்றனர்..." more