2. Sanmugam Sabesan from Australia - சமாதானத்திற்கு எதிரான முரண்நிலைகள்

Tamils demonstrate in Durban, South Africa against murder of their brothers and sisters by Sinhala Sri Lanka armed forces

2. Sanmugam Sabesan from Melbourne, Australia - அன்று சிங்கள பொலிஸ்காரன்: இன்று உலகப் பொலிஸ்காரன்  "...தமிழ் மக்களின் உரிமைகளைப் பெறுவதற்கான அகிம்சை வழியிலான சாத்வீகப் போராட்டங்களைப் பிரயோகித்து அடக்க முயன்றதன் விளைவாகவே, தமிழ் மக்கள் ஆயுதப் போராட்டத்தை ஆரம்பிக்க வேண்டி வந்தது...அன்றைய தினம் பொல்லுகளோடும், துப்பாக்கிகளோடும் திரிந்து சண்டித்தனம் செய்துகொண்டிருந்த சிங்களப் பொலிஸ்காரர்களைக் கண்டாலே அச்சம் எளுகின்ற நிலையில் தான் சாதாரண தமிழ் பொதுமக்கள் இருந்தார்கள்." more

Sri Lanka Navy murders Tamil civilians in Pesalai Church Bishop of Mannar, Rt Rev.Dr.Rayappu Joseph writes to the Vatican

" Today we buried the six (Tamil)  civilians murdered by the (Sri Lanka)  Navy at Pesalai yesterday by shooting them through their mouths and blowing off their heads and I spoke of Jesus Christ cruelly crucified and his Eternal words �Father forgive them for they do not know what they do�. It is this power of forgiveness, I said, that made Him rise again and reminded the people of this hope that enlightens us even at this hour of darkness. We are not convinced that any inquiry worthy of its name will be held on these crimes and the culprits be prevented from further savage onslaught on the innocent civilians and those taking refuge in the sanctuary of their religion, the Church." more

to include திருவாவடுதுறை ஆதீனத்து
ஸ்ரீ அம்பலவாணதேசிகர் கலம்பகம and
கச்சியப்ப சிவாச்சாரியார் அருளிய கந்த புராணம்

"..I have been struggling in my mind against the conclusion that the Sri Lanka government is trying to kill or terrorize as many Tamil people as possible; that the government is trying to keep the conditions of the war unreported internationally, because if those conditions were reported, the actions of the military would be perceived as so deplorable that foreign nations would have no choice but to condemn them. And this would be embarrassing to everybody. But it seems now that no other conclusion is possible..." Professor Margaret Trawick from New Zealand, 10 years ago in 1996

Tamil civilians in Tamil Eelam murdered in hundreds by Sri Lanka President Rajapakse's armed forces: December 2005 to June 2006...

 Manaval Claramma Leela (75), Jesuthasan Jude Nixon (23), Cyrilappar St.Jude (22)  Turairaja Vijekumar (39), Kodalingham Linganathan (20), Abdul Raheem Latheep (28), Mary Medaline (27), Moorthy Martin (35), Ann Nilxon (7), Ann Luxica(9), Ketheeswaran Yathursan (4 months), Ketheeswaran Thanushkanth (4), Palachamy Ketheeswaran (25), Ketheeswaran Anex Ester (23), Abraham Robinson (28), Sellathurai Amalathas (28), Kanesh Navaratnam (50) , Joseph Anthonymuttu ,(64) Sinnathurai Sivanesan (46, Murugesu Shanmugalingam(72), S Kantharoopan (29), Shanmugalingam Parameswari (65), Ratnam Senthuran (38), Somasuntharam Maheswary, Vanniasingham Vigneswaran, Thanuskodi  Premini,  Kasinather Ganesalingam, Thangarasa,  Shanmuganathan Sujendram, Thambiraja Vasantharajan, Kailayapillai Ravindran, Arunesarasa ,  Satheesharan, .Ramanathan Ratheeskumar, Thanuskodi  Premini, Kasinather Ganesalingam, Thangarasa, Shanmuganathan Sujendram,Thambiraja Vasantharajan, Kailayapillai Ravindran, Arunesarasa  Satheesharan, Thambiah Jeyarajah, Major Kapilan, Thambipillai Selvarajah, Ramalingam Suntheralingam, Kandasamy Vaikunthan, Anthonippillai Soosainather, Thevasahayampillai Jeyakumar Soosainather,  Subramaniam Sugirtharajan, Chandrakanthan Vijayatharson. Chandragajan Krishnagobi, Illayathamby Ramakrishnan, Thurairajah Ravichandran, Kanapathy Murugesu, Mariyanayagam Maruthanayagam, Suppiah Murugan, Sithambari Ganesaratnam, Visuvar Krishnan,  Bojan Renuka, Bojan Shanuka, Bojan Arthanageswary, Tharmarasan Tharmaseelan,  N Kandeepan ,T Tharmasri, Soosaithas K Marinthiran,  Sebastiampillai P Ruban,  Selvarajah Uthayarajah, S. Thanabalasingham, Balakrishnan Rajeevmohan, Parimalarajah Robinson, Iyathurai Baskaran, Thangathurai Sivanantha,  Logithasan Rohanth,  Shanmugarajah Sajeenthiran,  Manoharan Rajeehar, Yogarajah Hemachandran, Thambirajah Arulajanthan, Joseph Pararajasingham, Jude Sugathy (Theresa) Croos , Jude Arokiyathass Fernando, Emmani Croos, Emmani Anthonikkam Croos and more

1. Fr. Chandiravarman Sinnathurai  from Tamil Eelam  on Satya-Lobby: Prophetic Praxis and Imagination  "I have received numerous e-mails from various and varied corners of this global village since I wrote Satya-Lobby ��Take up the white man�s burden�. All e-mails were positive except a few with a negative tinge. Some have asked me questions... Some priests, a few Sinhala Reverend Fathers ...have raised some issues. I shall attempt to answer some of those queries in this short piece. A few questions could be answered by simply quoting a few lines from Ben Okri�s poem � An African Elegy:

We are the miracles that God made
To taste the bitter fruit of Time.
We are precious.
And one day our suffering
Will turn into the wonders of the earth�
Do you see the mystery of our pain?
That we bear poverty
And are able to sing and dream sweet things...
We bless things even in our pain
We bless them in silence.
And there is surprise
In every thing the unseen moves.
The ocean is full of songs.
The sky is not an enemy
Destiny is our friend. more

2. Sachi Sri Kantha writes from Japan: Remembering Nandhi (1928-2005) - the foremost physician-literateur of Eelam) with one of his classic short stories.  "..In my perception, the first death anniversary of Prof.Chellathurai Sivagnanasundaram passed quietly on June 4th. For Eelam Tamils, he was better known for over four decades, with his nom de plume �Nandhi�. He was �our� Anton Chekhov (1860-1904), the rare combination of a physician-litterateur. While Chekhov succumbed to illness at the age of 44, Nandhi lived with us for 77 years..." more

3. Arugan writes from Italy: உலகுக்கு உயிர்தந்த உத்தமர்

2. Switzerland Young Tamils Commemorate 32nd Death Anniversary of First Tamil Martyr, Urumpirai Sivakumaran

Sivakumaran Statute in Urumpirai, Tamil Eelam 2004

1. Jahawir Iqbal, Kattankudi, Batticaloa, Tamil Eelam  "The stand that tamilnation.org has taken on the issue of caste is highly commendable ..... I'm told that in Jaffna conservative society - no matter whether you are Hindu or Christian (Catholic or Protestant) you are bound by this straight-jacket. If they bump into a new person the first question to ask: "Thambi neengal avedum?" They ask from which village they have come from...the next question is: Are you related to so and so...then the "cat" is out of the bag! A human being is treated as to where he finds himself in this system of Varna..." more

2.Comment by Dr.S.Ranganathan and Response by tamilnation.org " ...We do not seek to found Tamil nationalism on the basis of the Aryan invasion theory - nor for that matter, on notions of race. A nation is not a race.. the page �Caste & the Tamil Nation - Brahmins, Non Brahmins & Dalits� contains articles written by many different authors and expressing different points of view. We felt that an open forum which gave expression to the different points of view on the caste issue which has divided the Tamil people for so long and which has worked against the growth of an over riding Tamil togetherness, would further our mission. At the same time, our own view on Periyar appears in the Tamil Heritage page and we quote..." more

1. Fr. Chandiravarman Sinnathurai  from Tamil Eelam - Need for a Satya-Lobby

2. Sachi Sri Kantha from Japan  'Quo Vadis Karunanidhi?  

3. Arugan from Italy -  வழுக்கி விட்டவாழ்க்கைகளின் வார்த்தைகள்

2. Norway sends 5 point questionaire to Sri Lanka, and LTTE - 'profoundly concerned with grave situation in Sri Lanka'

3. Undue emphasis on direct talks sidelined key issues - Thamilchelvan 

4.Sri Lanka Talks With Rebels Collapse  - a Spin by Associated Press?

5. Comment by Mariam Manuel Pillai, Matottam, Tamil Eelam together with  Response by tamilnation.org  "..It is understandable that the Norwegian Development Minister Erik Solheim has sought to smooth over the problem created by the EU ban and has suggested that the 'individual monitors represent the international mission, not their home countries'. But the fact is that individual monitors, though members of an 'international mission' continue to be citizens of the countries to which they belong and are bound to obey the laws of their countries and the international obligations that each of their countries has signed up to. And indeed, the monitors are themselves chosen after consultations with the countries concerned and with their acceptance. The question therefore is not simply one of who the monitors represent, but also one of securing neutrality in action. And here the track record of the SLMM even before the EU ban was by no means exemplary...

...It was because Norway foresaw the difficulties that a EU ban will cause to the peace process, that Norway itself  made a public announcement in January 2006 that it will no longer align itself with EU List of Banned Individuals & Organisations. If it had not done so, Norway would have had no option but to give up its facilitator role. It is perhaps important for all concerned to recognise that it is not only facilitators but also monitors (or 'truce observers') who must be both neutral and be clearly seen as being neutral. As the old adage goes - justice must not only be done but must also be seen to be done.. It would be simplistic to assume that this can be achieved by guarantees by the Norwegian government, however well intentioned such guarantees may be. After all if it was a question of guarantees, there would have been no need for Norway to have made the public announcement that it did on 4 January 2006. "...more

2. Tamil Nadu: New Delhi's Policy on Sri Lanka will be Tamil Nadu's Policy says Karunanidhi together with comment by tamilnation.org "...Mr.Karunanidhi  has not been slow to  reinstate the Kannagi statute in the Chennai Marina but he is unwilling to give voice - குரல்  (leave alone act)  in support of the struggle of the people of Tamil Eelam to be free from alien Sinhala rule.  It was after all, about Cilapathikaram and Kannagi that Professor A.L. Basham wrote many years ago that it has '' a grim force and splendour unparalleled elsewhere in Indian literature -  imbued with both the ferocity of the early Tamils and their stern respect for justice, and incidentally, it throws light on early Tamil political ideas.''  It appears, however, that Mr.Karunanidhi is ready and willing to sacrifice the justice of the struggle for Tamil Eelam in the altar of New Delhi's strategic interests in the Indian region...(and) is content to be silent whilst those he often describes, from public platforms, as his 'udanpirapukal' are raped,  murdered,  executed, abducted, attacked in their homes and shops, bombed,  massacred, and displaced in their thousands  from their homes." " more

2. "...The creeping intellectual/political barrenness (amongst Tamils) should be stopped without further delay. LTTE officials too should stop making pedestrian, boringly predictable utterances on public forums and, instead, make every endeavour to stir the people's reason, intellectual curiosity, their sense of community, their imagination and their intellectual fervour. This is the only way forward to decisively break the vicious circle of political obfuscation by which our people are deeply but blissfully afflicted today. America may be the mightiest nation on the earth today but that cannot detract an iota from our right to live with honour, dignity and freedom in the land of our fore bears. It cannot for a moment make us give up an inch of our lands to help India or the US Bloc stabilise the Sri Lankan state for the sole purpose of furthering their strategic and economic interests." Mamanithar Dharmeretnam Sivaram, 2003

2. Sachi Sri Kantha writes from Jaffna on Perversity of Pyromaniacs Part 4: Thoughts of a Bibliophile

10,000 Tamils graduate from self-defense training in Tamil Eelam

in response to Sri Lanka's War Crimes...
....including rape of Tamil women, murder of Tamil Parliamentarians, extra judicial killing of  Tamil journalists, execution of  Tamil students, abduction of Tamil refugee workers, attacks on Tamil civilians and Tamil shops, bombing of Tamil civilian population centres,  massacre of  Tamil children,and displacing thousands of Tamils from their homes...

1. Father Chandiravarman Sinnathurai on Tamil Struggle: Poesy and Points of View  Part A, Part B & Part C "One discards the truthfulness of calling a spade a spade in order to be �sophisticated�. Truth is reality � Nijam - ground reality if you prefer. In order to obfuscate reality, you then acquire skills to garnish a lie as truth. You learn to beat about the bush and loose precision and sharpness and call it diplomacy. There is nothing wrong with being diplomatic; being polite, courteous; but for heaven�s sake be honest. Don�t pawn the goal and loose the aim, put your foot in your mouth and dare to call it diplomatic victory!" more

2. Pallavi Aiyer on From "China fear" to "China fever"  "Sri Lanka is also being treated to a Chinese charm offensive...  China has offered a preferential buyers' credit scheme for development projects. Currently several such projects are under way in Sri Lanka with Chinese financing and assistance, including the Hambantota Bunkering System, the Puttalam Coal Power Project, and the rail link between Katunayake and Ratmalana...That China was able to gain observer status at the SAARC summit in Dhaka in November 2005 as a result of pressure from Nepal, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, despite Indian reluctance, shows how far its influence is spreading in the region. " more

3. B. Raman, Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India, New Delhi on Implications of EU Ban on LTTE  "..The reported decision of the Europen Union (EU) countries to declare the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) as a terrorist organisation and ban its activities in their respective territories would be unimpeachable legally and on merits, but ill-timed, unwise and ill-considered politically..."[Comment by tamilnation.org:  "The question that may arise in many minds is whether  Mr.Raman is reflecting New Delhi's concern for Eelam Tamils or simply New Delhi's concern that on the one hand the 'International Community' (i.e. the trilaterals - US, EU and Japan) may seek to resolve the conflict on their own terms and cast New Delhi in a permanent subsidiary role, and that on the other hand concern at the increasing threat of a China role a la Hambantota?] more

4.. Indian General Raghavan on EU Ban on LTTE �Money cannot buy Prabhakaran�, said the general with conviction, having held one - on- one talks with the LTTE chief as an official on behalf of New Delhi on a number of occasions prior to India�s fighting the rebels. �Today, Prabhakaran finds that he is the only bad guy. Terrorism doesn�t work, but he is making it work by striking where it hurts- through attacks and ambushes on the Sri Lankan troops�. �So what you have now is a military stalemate.  more

5. Declaration by the European Union concerning listing of the LTTE as a terrorist organisation

2. Sanmugam Sabesan from Australia - போர்க்காலத்தின் போதுள்ள தெளிவும், சமாதானக்காலத்தின் போதுள்ள தெளிவின்மையும்.

3. Sachi Sri Kantha from Japan -  Perversity of Pyromaniacs  Part 3: V.Yogeswaran�s Speech on the Torching of Jaffna in May-June 1981

4. Father Chandi Sinnathurai from Tamil Eelam - In Protest to Satyam

5. Adhiyamaan Aadhikkan on the Mathematics of Reservations in Tamil Nadu

6. N.Muthu Kumar on Burma Tamils