"ஆற்றிலும் குளித்தேன்
சேற்றிலும் குளித்தேன்
காற்றில் பறந்தேன், கல்லில் நடந்தேன்
ஊற்றுப் புனலில் ஒளியினைக் கண்டேன்
மாற்றுப் பொன்னிலும் மாசினைப் பார்த்தேன்
பார்த்தது கோடி, பட்டது கோடி
சேர்ந்தது என்ன? சிறந்த அனுபவம்"
- Kaviarasu Kannadasan quoted by P.Nedumaran

1. பழ. நெடுமாறன் - கவியரசருக்கு எண்பது "..வள்ளுவனுக்கும், இளங்கோவுக்கும், கம்பனுக்கும், பாரதிக்கும், பாரதிதாசனுக்கும், இறப்பு என்பது இல்லை. அவர்கள் சாகாவரம் பெற்றவர்கள். அவர்களைப் போலவே கவியரசர் கண்ணதாசனும் அமரத்துவம் பெற்றவர். கன்னித் தமிழ் இருக்கும்வரை கண்ணதாசனின் பெயரும் நிலைத்திருக்கும்..."more

2.Arugan writes from Italy - தத்தளிக்குது தமிழ்மொழி "கடந்த சில நாட்களில் எமது TNGA அமைப்பின் பிரதிநிதிகளாக இலங்கை வெளிநாட்டுத் தூதராலயத்துக்குச் சென்றிருந்தோம்...

...அறிமுகப்பலகையின் பெருப்பிக்கப்பட்ட அண்மைத்தோற்றத்தின் ஒரு பகுதியைப் படம் காட்டுகிறது. இங்கு � சனநாயக சோசலிச குபுயரசின் தூதராலயம்� என்ற வசனத்தின் �சோசலிச குபுயரசின் தூத� என்ற பக்கம் எமது கண்களுக்குப் புலப்படுகிறது " more

1. Brian Senewiratne - Adrian Wijemanne � an appreciation by a fellow Sinhalese  "This is not an obituary. There are more informed people who can write one.  This is just a �Thank You� to a fellow Sinhalese who has risen above the ethnic chauvinism that has consumed my people. A �Thank you� for being a shining light in the darkness of Sinhalese ignorance, and for the example and encouragement to those of us who have supported the struggle of the Tamil people to live with equality, dignity and safety in the country of their birth. A �Thank you� for trying to save Sri Lanka from physical and economic destruction. I once wrote, �It makes me proud to be a Sinhalese because it is the ethnic group to which Adrian Wijemanne belongs�." more

2. Fr. Chandiravarman Sinnathurai - In Gratitude: Adrian Wijemanne

You stood. You spoke
Lion of a man...
You spoke against the
horrors perpetrated by the Sinhala Regimes
Against the Tamils...

That was not an easy task
Yet,
You stood. You spoke
Lion of a man... more

3. Sachi Sri Kantha -  Botched JVP Hit on Rajiv Gandhi on 30 July 1987 - Revisited, 19 years later

4. Dr. Alvappillai Velupillai on Pandya Rule at the Beginning of Ancient Lankan History "The last four kings in the Mahavamsa from 1739 to 1815 were Nayakkar princes who were referred to as Vaduka Tamils in Sinhala records. They claimed descent from Telugus (Telugu is another Dravidian language) but spoke Tamil language when they were ruling southern Tamilnadu from Mathurai. Some Sinhala chiefs wanted to dislodge the Nayakkar and become kings themselves but they could neither agree among themselves nor get sufficient popular support. The British who established their domination over the maritime provinces of the island by 1798 exploited the ambition of the Sinhala chiefs to make them traitors to their king. Wikrema Rajasinghe alias Kannusamy, the last Lankan/Tamil king, was made a prisoner and exiled to India. The treacherous Sinhala chiefs gained nothing. The whole of the island of Lanka became a British colony for 133 years. Could modern day Sinhala politicians learn any lesson from this history?" more

 Interview with நா. கதிர்வேலன், குமுதம்  "...�ராணுவம் எங்கள் நாட்டில் இளம்பெண்களைக் கற்பழித்தது. அப்படிக் கேவலப்படுத்தியதைவிட, தமிழ் சினிமா பெண்களை இழிவுபடுத்துகிறது� என்று வருத்தத்தோடு பேசினார். �கன்னத்தில் முத்தமிட்டால்� எங்களைச் சரியாக முன்னெடுத்து வைக்கவில்லை என்று சுட்டிக்காட்டினார். பாரதிராஜா �ஆய்த எழுத்து� படத்தில் நடித்திருக்க வேண்டியது அவசியம்தானா? என்று கேள்வி எழுப்பினார்." more

1. Black July in Switzerland - சுவிசில் நடைபெற்ற கறுப்பு யூலை - 2006 நிகழ்வின் படத்தொகுப்பு

2. M.Thanapalasingham from Australia 'சாவிலும் வாழ்வோம்'  [சிட்னியல் கறுப்பு யுலை நினைவு நிகழ்வில் ஆற்றிய உரை] "கறுப்பு யுலை இல்லாவிடின் எம்மில் பலர் ஒருவரையொருவர் சந்தித்திருக்கமாட்டோம். எமக்கென்ற தனி வழிகளில் சென்றிருப்போம். கால ஓட்டத்தில் கரைந்திருப்போம். மாறாக வரலாற்றை படைப்போராக எம்மை ஆக்கியது கறுப்பு யுலை."...more

3. Ana Pararajasingham -Remembering Black July 1983  - Address at a public meeting in Sydney attended by Australian Parliamentarians

4. Esan Satkunarajah on the Precursor to 1983 Black July  "...I did not realize that the precursor to the 1983 July pogrom would take place in a leading educational institution like Peradeniya University(on 11 May 1983)... I had a feeling of shock and numbness as I witnessed the educated Sinhalese students� violence against their fellow Tamil students first hand. . Weapons like steel rods, cycle chains, wooden rods from broken chairs and tables, knives and ropes were gathered and well hidden in many surrounding places where they could easily be accessed for the attack which was about to take place against their fellow Tamil colleagues..." more

2. Prof John Neelsen on the Proscription of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) by the EU "...While the EU declaration expresses in the following its desire to maintain a dialogue with the LTTE, thus recognizing that the organization is an indispensable institution in any peace process, it sets out to not only materially weaken one party in an the armed conflict, but squarely denies its political and ideological credentials as a liberation movement thus undermining its legitimacy as a dialogue partner..." more

"One of the first lessons we learn at Law School is the following: If you have the law on your side, argue the law; if you have the facts on your side, argue the facts; if you have neither the law nor the facts on your side, pound the table."

With  neither the facts nor the law on its side, the Kasturi Ranga Iyengar family owned  Frontline has taken to pounding the table. Words such as 'legalese' and 'hair splitting' befuddle and do not illuminate. Hopefully  Frontline may be persuaded to agree that the weaknesses in the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child that were high lighted by the International Red Cross were neither 'legalese' nor 'hair splitting'... " more

A Londoner writes on the All Party Conference (APC) on Constitutional Reforms  together with response by tamilnation.org

உயிர்வாழ விரும்பினால் - நீ
உனக்கென ஒருதேசம்
சமைத்திடு என்று
உறைப்பாக உணர்த்தியது
எண்பத்து முன்று.. more

.2. Former Sri Lanka President J.R. Jayawardene's liability - Statement by  Asian Human Rights Commission together with comment by tamilnation.org  "The attempt by Sirisena Cooray (a life long supporter of then Prime Minister Premadasa) to blame President Jayawardene for his "error" and 'mistake" in bringing the bodies of the 13 soldiers to Colombo may be understandable. After all, this absolves Prime Minister Premadasa from the 'error' and 'mistake' of his President.  But the reality is more sinister. The New Statesman reported on  28 August 1983 -  'In Mount Lavinia, a suburb of Colombo, thugs were led by (a) UNP Councillor... In the Maradana area of Colombo, thugs brought in from upto 100 miles away and loyal to Prime Minister R. Premadasa.... and Industries Minister Cyril Mathew were identified by eye witnesses.''

The 1983 pogrom was not a 'spontaneous riot' caused by 13 dead bodies being brought to Colombo. Nor was it a case of an 'army mutiny'.  To suggest that it was is to confuse and obfuscate. Paul Sieghart in his  Report of a Mission to Sri Lanka on behalf of the International Commission of Jurists and its British Section, Justice, March1984, concluded:    "Clearly this was not a spontaneous upsurge of communal hatred among the Sinhala people.. It was a series of deliberate acts, executed in accordance with a concerted plan, conceived and organised well in advance. But who were the planners?... "  more

2. Sanmugam Sabesan writes from Australia - தடைகளுக்கு நன்றி  " இன்று இந்த உலக நாடுகள் தமிழீழ விடுதலைப் போராட்டத்தை நசுக்க வேண்டும் என்று நினைத்து போடுகின்ற தடைகள் ஈற்றில் போராட்டத்தை உசுப்பி விடுவதற்கான பணிகளைத்தான் செய்து வருகின்றன. அதற்காக தடைகளே உங்களுக்கு எமது நன்றி..." more

 "The key objective of ARMY Magazine is to encourage teenage boys and girls under the recruitment age of 16 to move from a simple 'interest' in the Army to a position where they actively consider a career...The judges felt that 'the magazine is clearly on brand and appropriate; it has very high production values and the back-up research results were impressive.'" UK Association of Publishers 2004 Award for  Most effective public sector title - Army Magazine, British Army Recruiting Group - Haymarket Customer Publishing

2. Sanmugam Sabesan asks இந்தியாவின் சமஷ்டி ஆட்சி முறை, இலங்கைக்கு உகந்ததா?

1.Oru Paper - Duplicity, Indifference and Cruelty "..The Tamil community may only have warriors, doctors, teachers and artisans and no international diplomats and Nobel prize winning economists. But this does not mean they are stupid. They know well that without the donors� Dollars Sri Lanka would go bankrupt within few months, that means the Sri Lankan state is controlled and dependent on external players such as the Japanese, the Europeans, the Americans and so on. Without the financial back up from these foreign powers the Sri Lankan government would not have the means to continue this war on Tamils. While the international community lectures Tamils about diplomacy, the Sri Lankan state is carrying on with its main preoccupation: that is how to destroy what is left and what is being built in Tamil land...  more

2. Sachi Sri Kantha on What Narasimhan Ram Should Understand

3. Introduction: அறிமுகம் Tamil Resurgence Forum
An English Language forum in the honour of the Eelam Tamil's resilience and the Tamil Eelam Nation's resurgence.

NDTV கேள்வி: "...ஏன் அன்ரன் பாலசிங்கம் கவலை தெரிவித்து மன்னிப்பு தெரிவித்து எங்களை ஒளிபரப்புச் செய்யும் நிலைக்குத் தள்ளியிருந்தார்? "

NDTV Question: "... why did Anton Balasingham express regret and suggest 'forgiveness' and push us to the position of  broadcasting?"

சு.ப.தமிழ்ச்செல்வன் பதில்: "என்னைப் பொறுத்தவரையில் அது பற்றி கருத்துச் சொல்ல முடியாமல் உள்ளது. ஏனெனில் பல வருடங்களுக்கு முன்னாக எமது தேசியத் தலைமை தெளிவான தன்னுடைய நிலைப்பாட்டைச் சொல்லியுள்ளது. இதற்குப் புது வியாக்கியானங்கள் கொடுத்து உரிய பதில்களை சோடிக்க விரும்பவில்லை. அன்ரன் பாலசிங்கம் அவர்கள் உங்களுக்கு கூறியிருக்கின்றார் என்றால் அவரைத் தான் நீங்கள் கேட்கவேண்டும்...." 

S.P.Thamilchelvan Answer: "As far as I am concerned I am unable to express a view on that matter.  That is because, many years ago our national leadership has very clearly stated its position. There is no wish to embellish that statement with new interpretations. If Anton Balasingham has told you, then it is he who you should ask..." more

1.Dr. Alvappillai Veluppillai reflects on the Buddha and the Myth of the Sinhala Buddhist origin  "...The third noble teaching of the Buddha regarding nirvana/nibbana, �cessation�, also seems to have been misunderstood. They seem to understand that killing Tamils mean some kind of cessation of the Tamils and so this is acceptable behavior for them. A considerable section of the Tamils have run away and are continuing to run away to escape the Sinhala Buddhist militancy. A second section of the Tamils are fighting to establish a separate homeland for the Tamils in Lanka so that they could live normal lives as free human beings in a secure environment. But many Tamils in Lanka continue to live in dread that they might face death and destruction at any moment from Sinhala armed forces and para-militaries. Of course, there are quislings like Devananda, Anandasangary, Karuna, Rajan Hoole and some others who hate the LTTE for different reasons. They join the devil to crush the LTTE. They refuse to look beyond to what happens to the Tamils, if the LTTE were defeated..." more

2. Sanmugam Sabesan from Australia: ஜூலை 1983ம், தொடர்கின்ற தமிழின அழிப்பும்

2.Earned Sovereignty: Juridical Underpinnings - Michael P.Scharf  "...It has often been said that 'the defining issue in international law for the 21st century is finding compromises between the principles of self-determination and the sanctity of borders.' Today. there are some 140 self-determination movements world-wide. .. Most of the groups on the United States (U.S.) Department of State's list of terrorist organizations are self-determination movements... This article sets forth the legal underpinnings for the (earned sovereignty) doctrine....."

3 . Earned Sovereignty: Bridging the Gap Between Sovereignty and Self-Determination - Paul R. Williams and Francesa Jannotti Pecci " ... the involvement of the international community in institution building benefits the state and substate entity by enabling the creation of institutions necessary to ensure the stable operation of the substate entity, either as a new state or as a province with heightened autonomy. The creation of domestic institutions also provides the state and the international community with an additional point of contact to pressure the substate entity, which facilitates the protection of legitimate interests, such as .. responsible regional behavior..." more

2. T. Wignesan from Paris, France responds to V.C.Vijayaraghavan  "...All languages keep adding to their vocabulary through coining new words or by borrowing from other languages. It�s a dynamic process, for language is a product of collective creative activity going on all the time..." more

3. V.C.Vijayaraghavan from London on Who is a Tamil "..Dravidian as a western academic term refers to a linguistic family. To read it a as a racial group is a logical fallacy of monumental proportions. After all, none of the classical and pre-British colonial Tamil writers talk of of a 'Dravidian' race; so why should we?.." more

2.  Father Chandiravarman Sinnathurai  - Satya-Lobby: Prophetic Praxis and Imagination (2) together with comment by tamilnation.org

3. Rev B.J.Alexander from London on Charging Sri Lanka in the International Court  "..I have read with much interest the articles on "Monumental Historical Tragedy" and the accompanying pieces on "The Verdict" along with Rajiv Gandhi's War Crimes. Having reflected on that, I wondered as to why the Tamil legal intelligentsia are still waiting to press charges against the Sri Lanka failed state at the Hague for all the crimes unleashed on its principal minority in the past and currently..." together with response by tamilnation.org

4. V.Siva Subramaniam from Singapore on Saivaite Teachings for the 21st Century

1. Father Chandiravarman Sinnathurai on Palacingham Pragmatism  "...Now the UN and the Western Human Rights industry has realised, later than sooner; less overtly perhaps, that Sri Lanka indeed is a Bull in a China shop [putting it mildly] � especially in regard to human rights... The rationale of the global prime players now is �how to fish� in calmer waters. In order for that miracle to happen, India should not only be seen to be the master of the region but she should be �doing the Norway thing� in the region. In this new orchestral overture, Norway as a global peace-broker might play a second-fiddle... When the time is ripe EU-rope is also expected to align itself to the new Indian initiative.... So, it is in this backdrop one must have a cautionary reading of the much-publicised �apology for the ill fate� of Rajiv Gandhi by A.S. Balasingham..." more

2. Sachi Sri Kantha writes from Japan On Suicide Bombers & Educating Professor Robert Pape of University of Chicago

3. Swaminathan Palendira on Quo Vadis Karunanidhi? "I was somewhat annoyed after reading the article by Sachi Srikantha...." together with Response by tamilnation.org

நெற்றிக்கண் திறப்பினும் குற்றம் குற்றமே... "..the Indian Army came here, massacred innocent Tamil civilians, raped our women and plundered our valuables. The acronym IPKF will always stand for Indian People Killing Force where we are concerned. We will one day erect a memorial in the heart of Jaffna town, in the centre of Hospital Road, in memory of all the innocent civilians � ranging in age from the very old past 80 to young children massacred by the IPKF and to the women who were raped." IPKF - Innocent People Killing Force,  Dr. T. Somasekaram 

"...as an Indian I feel ashamed that under the Indo Sri Lanka agreement, our forces are fighting with Tamils whom they went to protect. Speaking of blaming the Indian soldiers, soldiers are meant to carry out commands, but I do believe that in our own Indian ethics, soldiers are not merely meant to carry out commands because if you look at the history and the mythology and the culture which is Indian...We are supposed to fight only for Dharma. Only if the war is righteous shall you fight it....  I believe that the Indian Government had betrayed its own culture and ethics. For the first time, it has sent out soldiers to fight when there was no cause for us to fight. There was no purpose for us to fight. When I speak to the Indian army officers, whom I know and who have come back after serving in Sri Lanka, they are the most puzzled and most unhappy people because they do not know the cause for which they are fighting. The guilt, therefore, rests entirely on those who sent them to do this dastardly business of fighting in Sri Lanka against our Tamil brothers and sisters..." India's former Foreign Secretary, A.P.Venkateshwaran,  speaking in London in April 1988