"அச்சம் என்பது மடமையடா
அஞ்சாமை திராவிடர் உரிமையடா
ஆறிலும் சாவு நூறிலும் சாவு
தாயகம் காப்பது கடமையடா

Sivaram had proved in life and in his courageous death that he had lived up to emulate the words penned by poet Kannadasan. This is no mean achievement."

2. " He (Sivaram) was targeted because of uncompromising coverage of the political and military situation, particularly since the emergence of the pro-government Tamil militia headed by Colonel Karuna. Reporters Without Borders said Sri Lanka's authorities were guilty of failing to combat impunity in past cases of murders of journalists. In several reports, it had shown that the government, headed by Chandrika Kumaratunga, has protected killers of journalists, particularly Tamil militia of the EPDP, elements in the presidential guard and members of Col. Karuna's Tamil militia..."Reporters Without Borders

2.Microsoft India launches Tamil interface "Microsoft India has launched Office Tamil 2003, a Tamil language interface that provides users a complete range of applications. The product was officially launched by M Karunanidhi, former chief minister of Tamil Nadu, and Dayanidhi Maran, Union minister of communication and information technology..."

2. "..Much of the revolutionaries' money came from rich progressives... But ... factional backbiting began to discourage these devotees... It was at this time, then, that Lenin resorted to 'expropriations'... the most effective of these were organised by the hitherto obscure Georgian Bolshevik Stalin and his half crazed agent Kamo..." Robert Conquest in  Lenin

"..சித்திரை மாதத்தில் �பிறப்பதாகச்� சொல்லப்படும் இந்த ஆண்டுப் பிறப்புத்தான் தமிழர்களின் புத்தாண்டா?... பண்டைத் தமிழரின் �காலக் கணக்கு முறை� குறித்துப் புரிந்து கொள்ளுதல் இவ்வேளையில் பொருத்தமானதாக இருக்கக் கூடும்..." more

"Last month, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice paid a visit to India where she discussed Washington's desire to help India become a "major world power." Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao followed suit with Beijing's most recent wooing of New Delhi by announcing a "strategic partnership" between the world's two most populous countries. India has clearly become an object of desire for the major powers in Asian politics; how this courtship plays out will have global ramifications.."  more

2.  Gorbachev hits out at US over nuclear weapon arsenals

"I think the United States is sick. It suffers from sickness, disease of being the victor and it needs to cure itself.. They say other people don't need nuclear weapons, but what kind of law is this that they are advocating? It's the law of the jungle..."

"...For the first time in their fierce armed uprising for an autonomous homeland, the Tamil Tigers see themselves as being within striking distance of their goal. This is so because Sri Lanka needs international aid for post-tsunami reconstruction and rehabilitation and governments across the world want Sri Lanka to share the aid with LTTE. Colombo is caught in a Catch-22 situation; if it shirks away from sharing the aid, all the promised money will slink away and if it does, it will give legitimacy to an enemy with which it is in a reluctant ceasefire. Ironically, it is by doing neither that the government has endorsed the fact that LTTE does govern an area of the country that falls out of the realm of Sri Lanka�s sovereignty..."

2. The Death of Tamil Eelam - Sinhala Commentator, Dayan Jayatilleka in Asian Tribune

"..Sure the Tigers can get an audience in Europe and South Africa, and a sympathetic hearing from some UN agencies, but how many divisions do these players have? Sri Lanka finds itself under an unstructured, overlapping �umbrella� of the United States, India and China.. This being the reality, the Chandrika administration must not sell-out on the joint mechanism. A joint mechanism incorporating the Tigers is a good thing, even unavoidable, but this proposed one, with a Tiger monopoly of Tamil representation, is not. "

 "...I am conducting a case study of the conflict in Sri Lanka to examine the interactions between Tamil youth agency and LTTE norms of childhood. The following five questions comprise my study�s Delphi technique, measuring my study�s findings against the opinions of experts. I hope you will take the time to respond to this brief survey..." and Response by tamilnation.org:

 "Food can be a means of defining a group identity.."...Food can be a means of defining a group identity: other people stereotype the �Madrassi� by what and how she eats... while someone from Tirunelveli defines himself as much by regional landscape as by local foods... On the other hand, where a protagonist perceives her �self� as fluid and changing, tastes and smells of food still feature prominently among the ragbag of memories, sense impressions including music, and emotions that make up her particular history.." more

"It is with much sadness that I have begun saying goodbye to the wonderful people I have met during my stay here in Vanni...This is my final update before I return home in a week.People have been very warm and gracious in sharing their stories with me. Every person I met had a story � they had lost at least one (usually more) family member either in the war or as a result of the Tsunami. Displacement has thrust them into poverty...." more

"...சரியாக மூன்று ஆண்டுகளுக்கு முன்னால் நடைபெற்ற இந்த மிகமுக்கியமான நிகழ்ச்சியை மீண்டும் விபரிப்பது அல்ல, இந்தக் கட்டுரையின் நோக்கம். மாறாக அன்றைய தினம் கொடுக்கப்பட்ட கொள்கை விளக்கங்கள், கருத்துக்கள் ஆகியவை இன்று மூன்று ஆண்டுகள் ஆகின்ற இந்த வேளையில் எவ்வளவு தீர்க்கமாகவும், தெளிவாகவும் இருக்கின்றன என்பதையும் தர்க்கிப்பதுவேயாகும்..." more

"...the Sethusamudram Ship Canal Project (SSCP), will undoubtedly change the face of the earth in two countries and might exacerbate the possibility of sudden natural disasters such as Tsunamis, Tidal waves or Cyclones..."

2. Sanmugam Sabesan from Australia on வரலாற்றின் தீர்ப்பு  "...எந்தச் சிங்களக்கட்சிகள் மாறி, மாறி ஆட்சிக்கு வந்தாலும், தமிழ் மக்களின் தேசியப் பிரச்சனைகளுக்கு ஒரு நியாயமான-நிரந்தரமான-நீதியான-கௌரவமான தீர்வு கிடைக்கப் போவதில்லை என்ற கசப்பான உண்மையை, கடந்த ஐம்பது ஆண்டுகால வரலாறும் சேர்ந்து உணர்த்தி நிற்கின்றது..."more

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