Sanmugam Sabesan writes from Australia - கள நிலையில் மாற்றம் வருகின்றபோது..... "..கள நிலையில் மாற்றம் வருகின்றவரை மேற்குலகம் இவ்வாறு சும்மா பேசிக்கொண்டுதான் இருக்கப் போகின்றது..." more

29 August 2007 Sri Lanka's Undeclared War on Eelam Tamils - in the Shadow of a Ceasefire

A Letter from a Tamil expatriate on life in Colombo and Batticoloa after a visit in July 2007 "....When I landed in Colombo in July 2007, a lot of changes were noticeable..." more

அறிமுகம் மலேசியத் தமிழ் எழுத்துலக இணையத்தளம் "தமிழ் மொழியை சுவாசிக்கும் மலேசியப் படைப்பாளர்களே, பன்மொழியும் பல்லின மக்களும் வாழும் மலேசிய நாட்டில், தமிழ் மொழிக்காக தொண்டாற்றிய பேரருளார்களை இளைய தலைமுறையினர் மட்டுமல்லாது உலகமெங்கும் வாழும் தமிழ் மக்கள் அறிந்து கொள்ள இந்த அகப்பக்கம் நீண்ட யாத்திரை மேற்கொண்டுள்ளது."

1. "...All oppressed nations want independence. Everything is subject to change.. In the past, Britain made war on us many times. Britain, the United States...were all very interested in this land of ours... Now, U.S. imperialism is quite powerful, but in reality it isn't. It is very weak politically because it is divorced from the masses of the people and is disliked by everybody and by the American people too. In appearance it is very powerful but in reality it is nothing to be afraid of, it is a paper tiger... Strategically, we must utterly despise U.S. imperialism. Tactically, we must take it seriously...."

2. " Imperialism is an institution under which one nation asserts the right to seize the land or at least to control the government or resources of another people."- John T. Flynn

3. "As the country that benefits most from global economic integration, we have the responsibility of making sure that this new system is sustainable.. The hidden hand of the market will never work without a hidden fist - McDonald's cannot flourish without McDonnell-Douglas, the designer of the F-15. And the hidden fist that keeps the world safe for Silicon Valley's technologies is called the US Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps....The global system cannot hold together without an activist and generous American foreign and defense policy. Without America on duty, there will be no America Online... " Thomas Friedman, "A Manifesto for the Fast World", New York Times Magazine, March 28, 1999

1. Informing Ourselves To Death - Neil Postman "..As things stand now, the geniuses of computer technology.. will give us artificial intelligence, and tell us that this is the way to self-knowledge. .. But that is only the way of the technician, the fact-mongerer, the information junkie, and the technological idiot. .. All our inventions are but improved means to an unimproved end. .. There is no escaping from ourselves. The human dilemma is as it has always been, and we solve nothing fundamental by cloaking ourselves in technological glory..." more

2. Revisited Self Determination & the 'Multi Ethnic Plural Society' - Nadesan Satyendra, 15 September 1993 "...In certain circles where a search is on for a solution to the armed conflict in the island, the oft repeated mantra is that Sri Lanka is a 'multi ethnic plural society'. It is a mantra which the Sri Lanka government has also found useful to chant from time to time. The mantra has a nice meditative ring to it. It conjures up the soothing vision of a society where all ethnic groups are equal and a plurality of view points is encouraged and secured. But mantras intended to resolve an armed political conflict, must fit the political reality on the ground..." more

3. Revisited The Parliamentary Select Committee Farce, November 1993 "The Sri Lanka Parliamentary Select Committee after labouring for more than two years, has not simply produced a mouse. It has also produced a structure to further Sinhala chauvinism's long held desire to divide the Tamil homeland..." more

4. Revisited Thirteenth Amendment to Sri Lanka Constitution: - Devolution or Comic Opera, March 1988 "..It is difficult to discuss the provisions of the 13th Amendment to the Sri Lanka Constitution seriously - they are so impossibly burlesque and farcical. Yet, they have a serious aspect. They show that Sinhala chauvinism, like all chauvinisms in the same predicament, has made the time honoured, ineffectual effort to evade a settlement of the real question by throwing belated and unacceptable sops to Demogorgon..." more

5. Revisited Joint Response by Tamil Delegation At Thimphu Talks 17 August 1985 "..More than 50 years have passed since 1928 and we have moved from Provincial Councils to Regional Councils and from Regional Councils to District Councils and now from District Councils back to District/Provincial Councils. We have had the 'early consideration' of Mrs. Srimavo Bandaranaike and the 'earnest consideration' of the late Dudley Senanayake. There has been no shortage of Committees and Commissions, of reports and recommendations but that which was lacking was the political will to recognise the existence of the Tamil nation. And simultaneous with this process of broken pacts and dishonoured agreements, the Tamil people were subjected to an ever widening and deepening national oppression aimed at undermining the integrity of the Tamil nation..." more

2.United Kingdom: Full Text of Judgment in R v F "..Countries other than the United Kingdom, even if which were governed by tyrants and dictators, were protected by the provisions of the UK Terrorism Act 2000 from terrorist activities organised and planned in the United Kingdom. There was no exemption from criminal liability for terrorist activities which were motivated or said to be morally justified by the alleged nobility of the terrorist cause." more

2. Sachi Sri Kantha writes from Japan Prelude to the Indo-LTTE War (1987-90) - An Anthology

"Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too." - Marcus Aurelius A.D.169

2. "Life accepts only partners, not bosses, because self determination is its very root of being." - Margaret Wheatley

"The DD173 Kongo is equipped with prodigious area-wide surveillance and tracking capacities"

2. Sanmugam Sabesan writes from Australia

சுதுமலைப் பிரகடனம் - இருபது ஆண்டுகள் சுட்டும் நிதர்சனம் "1987ம் ஆண்டு, ஆகஸ்ட் மாதம, நான்காம் திகதியன்று, அதாவது, இருபது ஆண்டுகளுக்கு முன்பு, தமிழீழத் தேசியத் தலைவர் மேதகு வேலுப்பிள்ளை பிரபாகரன் அவர்கள் யாழ்ப்பாணத்தில் சுதுமலை என்ற ஊரில், முதன் முறையாகப் பகிரங்கக் கூட்டம் ஒன்றில் உரையாற்றினார்..." more

together with Comment by tamilnation.org Mr.Sanmugam Sabesan is right to point out a closeness/ dependence in the relations between India and the US. Said that, we may also need to recognise the reality of the uneasy balance of power in the Indian Ocean region...Some 15 years ago, Indian Foreign Secretary Dixit spoke of �a calibrated interaction� between India and the US. We ourselves believe that that remains the case even today. India will always try to march to the beat of its own drummer - but whether it will succeed, only time will tell..." more