Whats New Archive
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November 2007 -
Week Ending:
Sunday, 2 December 2007
Reflections
Tamil
National Forum to
include
| K. Puvirajen writes from
Malaysia "I read Annan Pirapaharan's Heroes' Day
Speech, Mr Pazha Nedumaran's speech in
Africa ...My dear bothers and sisters, if
the people of Tamil Eelam can be subjugated
by chauvinist Sinhala colonisers, then
every other race will bully, suppress and
subjugate every Tamil in every other part
of the world..." more |
Tamils: A
Trans State Nation
Comments
& About Us to include
Revisited
 The
Martyrdom of Thangathurai & Kuttimuni
- Maveeran Nadarajah
Thangathurai's Statement from the Dock, 1
March 1983
"Allegations are made that we are asking
for separation, that we are trying to
divide the country. When were we undivided
after all? Our traditional land captured by
the European invaders has never been
restored to us. We have not even mortgaged
our land at any time to anyone in the name
of one country. What we ask for is not
division but freedom... Truth has its own
glory. No power on earth can suppress it
forever. We are not lovers of violence nor
victims of mental disorders. We are honest
fighters belonging to an organization that
is struggling to liberate a people.We are
firm believers in the saying that what one
sows one reaps. That is why our minds are
calm. The seeds we sowed were not seeds of
poison, our arrow heads were not dipped in
venom. We will not flinch from embracing
death - content as we are that we have done
our duty. All these are merely commonplace
incidents in the history of a nation's
struggle for freedom. Long Live Tamil Eelam
" more |
Tamil National
Forum
Week Ending:
Sunday, 25 November 2007
International Frame of Struggle for
Tamil Eelam to include
| M.
Thirunavukarasu writes in Jaffna Uthayan
Daily |
|
 தமிழீழ
பிரச்சினையின்
தீர்வுக்கான
சர்வதேசப்
பாதை
திறப்பு
"தமிழக"த்தில்
தான்
உள்ளது
...
தமிழீழ
பிரச்சனையின்
தீர்வுக்கான
சர்வதேசப்
பாதை
சென்னை
-
புதுடில்லி-
உலகம்
என
மட்டுமே
அமைய
முடியும்.
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| Comment by tamilnation.org "We find ourselves in
agreement with much of
Mr.Thirunavaukarasu's well thought out and
perceptive analysis. We entirely agree with
his conclusion that the road to international recognition
of Tamil Eelam starts in Tamil Nadu - the
road is from Chennai to New Delhi to the
World.That Mr.Thirunavaukarasu writes
from Jaffna in Tamil Eelam
reflects the depth of understanding that
those on the ground in Tamil Eelam have of
the international frame of the struggle for
Tamil Eelam - ironically, an understanding
which sometimes escapes those outside...
more |
Tamil National
Forum:
Tamils - a
Trans State Nation to include
Reflections
 �The key to success
in a counterinsurgency environment is not
to create more insurgents than you capture
or kill. A stray tank round that kills a
family could create dozens of insurgents
for a generation. Thus, it is essential to
use force as carefully and with as much
discrimination as is
possible�. Always consider
the long-term effects of operations in a
counterinsurgency environment. Killing an
insurgent today may be satisfying, but if
in doing so you convince all the members of
his clan to fight you to the death,
you�ve actually taken
three steps backwards.�
Interview with Lt.Col.
Professor John Nagl, January
2007 |
Tamil
Nation Library: War & Armed Conflict to
include
International Relations in an Emerging
Multi Lateral World: War & Armed
Conflict to include
 On Counter Insurgency: Draining
the Swamp -The British Strategy of
Population Control - Lt.Col. Wade Markel,
US Army Strategist "...Instead of
concentrating immediately upon the areas
where the insurgency was strongest, Sir
Gerald Templer... focused on building
support for the government where the
insurgency was weak. Such a policy had the
advantages of gradually accreting strength
to the government through enhanced economic
activity. It also created the appearance of
momentum, and it created a favorable
contrast with conditions in areas troubled
by insurgents...the vital element in...
counterinsurgency efforts was the effective
internment of the subject populations, and
not efforts at social amelioration.
While we would like to believe that
"winning hearts and minds" is both
important and effective, these examples
suggest that the effort is neither
essential nor decisive. Instead, what
will determine success in counterinsurgency
is how effectively the insurgent may be
denied access to his base of support... "
together with Comment by
tamilnation.org
"The short question that will arise in many
minds (not only Tamil minds) is whether US
foreign policy is directed to draining the
swamp or creating new ones.." more |
Democracy
Continues Sri Lanka Style
Reflections
| "...Our people are
used to remembering only those who held
high posts and who lived comfortable lives.
We have decided that leaders should not be
given special treatment. We consider all
combatants who sacrificed their lives in
this sacred struggle equal. By remembering
all those who sacrificed their lives for
the struggle on the same day, we will be
able to give the credit for the
achievements of the struggle to every
combatant. Otherwise, with the passage of
time, credit would be given to only a few
persons and the sacrifice of others would
be neglected and ignored. Any nation that
fails to honour heroes, wise men and wise
women would be a nation of barbarians..."
Velupillai Pirabakaran in
First Maveerar Naal Address, 27 November
1989 |
Nations & Nationalism:
Nations in Cyberspace to
include
 Maya Ranganathan on
Nurturing the Nation on the
Net
"...Contrary to general projections that
the Internet will lead to a larger
integration of people, it is now seen that
the medium tends to bind people into
smaller and smaller communities by
reiterating national identities. Thus, the
Net with some of its unique technological
features like the ability to transgress
boundaries, to provide extensive
information through hyperlinks and provide
instant interactivity has ironically
contributed significantly to the resurgence
of nationalism. Nationalism incorporates
within itself cultural identities. The
common social and cultural identities that
people share have implicit political
potential..." more |
Week Ending:
Sunday, 18 November 2007
Reflections
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"...Nobody blames the
Americans for throwing British tea into
Boston harbour, nor can anybody blame a
similar action in India on moral grounds.
It is reprehensible from the point of view
of law, of social peace and order, not of
political morality. It has been eschewed
by us because it is unwise and because it
carried the battle on to a ground where we
are comparatively weak, from a ground where
we are strong.
Under other
circumstances we might have followed the
American precedent,
and if we had done so, historians and
moralists would have applauded, not
censured..." Sri Aurobindo on The Morality of
Boycott, May 1908 |
Tamil
National Frame
International
Frame of Tamil Eelam Freedom
Struggle
| Dr.Vickramabahu
Karunaratne - Sinhala regime playing role
similar to Israel "...Under
Mahinda, the Sinhala regime is playing a
role similar to that of Israel in the
Middle East...Though critical, the western
powers, in particular the US, support every
action of Israel against the Palestinian
liberation struggle... Mahinda has
convinced those powers that a Sinhala
authoritarian regime is the only viable
state that can take their economic agenda
forward, suppressing opposition from trade
unions and plebian organisations... "
more |
Tamils - a
Trans State Nation
Comments & About
Us to include
|
1. Manohari Velamati, New
Delhi, India
"I�m pursuing my
PhD on Sri Lankan Tamil Diaspora in the
School of International Studies,
Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New
Delhi. Your website is of great use for
my research as it helps me have a broader
understanding of various perceptions of
Tamils across the world."... more
2. Jey Raj,
Canada "I am really overwhelmed by the
content on your site. This by far the
best reference we Thamizh people have in
reach. Although I used your site before,
I did not realize how much of content it
is made up of and the depth of the
content..." more
3. Jiang Huazhi,
People�s Republic of
China. "I know that Sri Lanka is
a small but very beautiful country. But
the island has had very cruel war between
the government and Tamils for nearly 30
years. Many people, young and old, men
and women have been killed, which is a
national tragedy. Some Tamils want to
establish a separate Tamil Eelam, which
is understandable but impractical..."
together with response by
tamilnation.org
more
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Week Ending:
Sunday, 11 November 2007
Reflection
"And I see a whole
army of my countrymen here in defiance of
tyranny. You have come to fight as free
men, and free men you are. What will you
do with that freedom? Will you fight?...
Aye, fight and you may die, run and
you'll live - at least a while. And dying
in your beds many years from now, would
you be willing to trade all the days from
this day to that for one chance, just one
chance to come back here and tell our
enemies that they may take our lives, but
they'll never take our freedom! Alba gu
bra! (Scotland forever!)" - William Wallace in
Braveheart Tamil
Nation Library:
Eelam
 Sinhala Buddhist
Nationalist Ideology: Implications
for Politics and Conflict Resolution
in Sri Lanka - Neil
Devotta, East West Centre, Washington
Publication, 2007 "...The
institutionalization of the Sinhalese
Buddhist nationalist ideology means
that a political solution to Sri
Lanka's ethnic conflict is
unlikely...The study recommends that
the international community advocate
and foster the development of a
plural state and society in Sri Lanka
that can be home to all ethnic and
religious communities..."
together with comment by Nadesan
Satyendra "
...The
mantra of a 'multi ethnic plural
society' 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 directed to
resolve an armed political conflict,
must fit the political reality on the
ground - and not the other way
round.We need to recognise
that multi
ethnic plural societies cannot be
created by dictat." - more |
International Frame & the Tamil
Eelam Struggle for Freedom
| No Choice:
International Community has made
Tamil rights depend entirely on the
battlefield outcome - Tamil
Guardian "The military has for
two years blasted villages, driven
hundreds of thousands Tamils from
their homes and continues to abduct,
torture and
murder�For all the
noise about human rights (and much of
that has dissipated now), the Sri
Lankan state actually wants for
nothing. Ironically, the more the
international community is convinced
the LTTE can be defeated, the freer
the hand that Sri Lanka will
have....Let there be no mistake:
irrespective of the extent of the
casualties or suffering the Sinhala
military inflicts on Tamil civilians,
the international community will not
restrain the state. Not, that is,
until the Sri Lanka military is
checked on the battlefield by the
LTTE's counter-violence...If the
state fails to defeat the LTTE then
it will be compelled to negotiate
with the Tamils. If it wins, we are
lost. But, then, it was ever
thus. " more |
Democracy
Continues, Sri Lanka Style
to
include
| The Karuna Affair - Sonali
Samarasinghe in the Sunday
Leader
"I
suggest let the government get rid of
Karuna, a liability and work with
Pillayan and his men who are more
popular in the east than Karuna,"
Rajasingham had proposed. The
President according to the minutes
then makes a damning comment. States
the minutes sent by Rajasingham on
Rajapakse's response; "HE said that
he will take up the matter with his
defence people and do the needful."
more |
Tamil
National Forum
 1.
Sanmugam Sabesan writes from
Australia - நினைவு
தினம்
- Remembrance
Day
"நவம்பர்
மாதம்
11ம்
திகதியானது
அவுஸ்திரேலிய
மக்களுக்கு
ஒரு
மிக
முக்கியமான
தினமாகும்.
பதினொராம்
மாதம்,
பதினொராம்
திகதியின்
பகல்
பதினொரு
மணிக்கு
அவுஸ்திரேலிய
மக்கள்
கடந்த
நூறு
ஆண்டு
காலத்தில்
போரினால்
மடிந்த
தமது
மாவீரர்களையும்,
கடமையாற்றிய
அனைத்துப்
போர்வீரர்களையும்,
மடிந்த
மக்களையும்,
போரினால்
பாதிக்கப்பட்டவர்களையும்
நினைத்து
அக
வணக்கம்
செலுத்துவார்கள்."
more |
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| 2. Sachi Sri Kantha writes
from Japan - Some
Thoughts on the deaths of Dudayev and
Thamilselvan |
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|
 "Chechen leader
Dudayev�s killing in
1996 and
Thamilselvan�s
assassination appear to have many
parallels, in the manner of
execution... Here is the AFP news
report of 1996 from Moscow, which
announced the targeted assassination
of Dzhokhar Dudayev (1944-1996), the
Chechen rebel leader. 'Mobile
phone betrayed
Dudayev� was the
caption of the news report...
" more |
3.R.Cholan
writes from USA - We Send Them the
Money: So don�t
complain - Part
3
"We gained a
lot from the stupidity of the GoSL,
which helped create the strong Tamil
Diaspora. The achievements of the
Tamil Diaspora in the cause of
Thamileelam so far have been
impressive, and I am proud to have
been part of it. But we cannot go
forward, if we keep on sending our
grocery-money to the GoSL, to help it
kill our people..." more |
Revisited: On Violence & Integrity -
Nadesan Satyendra
 "...tamilnation.org together with many Tamils, will
continue to grapple with (and agonise
over) the question of moral laws and
ethical ideals in the context of an
armed struggle for
freedom. The question troubled
Arujna in the
battlefield of Kurushetra. In
Pondicherry, Aurobindo grappled
with the broader moral issues in
'The Evolution of
Man'. Kannagi in Cilapathikaram,
took the law into her own hands and
burnt down Madurai in her search for
justice. The response to the Tamil
Eelam armed struggle from those who
are not members of the Liberation
Tigers of Tamil Eelam, must spring
from a coincidence of what they
themselves say, with what they do,
and in this way reflect their own
integrity... " more |
International
Frame of Tamil Eelam Struggle for
Freedom: United States
to
include
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U.S.
Military Assistance to Sri Lanka
Continues - "Radar-based
maritime surveillance system and
several Rigid Hull Inflatable Boats
(RHIBs) were donated to Sri Lanka
Navy by U.S. Ambassador to Sri
Lanka Robert O. Blake in a
ceremonial function at Trincomalee
on 8 November 2007" more
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Reflections
Tamil
National Forum
Thamizh Literature Through the
Ages
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".... probably
the most significant contribution (of
the Tamils) is that of Tamil
literature, which still remains to be
'discovered' and enjoyed by the non
Tamilians and adopted as an essential
and remarkable part of universal
heritage. If it is true that liberal
education should 'liberate' by
demonstrating the cultural values and
norms foreign to us, by revealing the
relativity of our own values, then
the 'discovery' and enjoyment of
Tamil literature, and even its
teaching ... should find its place in
the systems of Western training and
instruction in the humanities.."
Kamil Zvelebil in The Smile of
Murugan : On Tamil Literature of
South India more
|
Learning & Teaching
Tamil to include
 Google:
English - Tamil Online
Transliteration with Tamil Keyboard
- " A
language is more than just a means of
communication. It is a repository of
a community�s
collective history and heritage. It
also provides an identity and a focus
that binds together a community for
social togetherness, that makes
individual accomplishments that much
easier.." Kumar Kumarappan on the
Endowment of the Tamil Chair at
University of California, Berkeley,
2001 |
Week
Ending: Sunday, 4 November
2007
Liberation
Tigers of Tamil Eelam
to
include
|
Brigadier S P
Tamilselvan: to
include
 நித்தியப்
புன்னகை
அழகன்
இங்கே
மீள்துயில்
கொள்கிறான்....
இயற்றியவர்:
புதுவை
இரத்தினதுரை
பாடியவர்:
எஸ்.ஜி.சாந்தன்
வெளியீடு:
தமிழீழ
தேசியத்
தொலைக்காட்சி
Tribute by
Velupillai Pirabakaran, Leader of
Tamil Eelam
"தமிழுலகமே
ஆழமாக
நேசித்த
ஒரு
அரசியல்
தலைவனைச்
சிங்கள
தேசம்
இன்று
சாகடித்திருக்கிறது.
தமிழீழ
மக்களின்
மனங்களை
வென்ற
ஒரு
தன்னிகரற்ற
தலைவனைச்
சிங்களம்
பலிகொண்டிருக்கிறது."
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Tribute by
M.Karunanidhi, Chief Minister,
Tamil Nadu
"Always a smiling
face -
A heart and mind that burnt
obtacles
A young, young, heart
But Himalayan strength,
strength!
In the footsteps of the old
singham, Balasingham
But, a ripened and seasoned army
commander
An 'Uthama Valipan' who with
stern determination,
offered himself to help in an
'Urimai Por' -
You are not extinguished
You have not gone brotherless
Selva, you who have carved a
place for yourself
In every Tamil heart and in every
Tamil home
- where have you gone?
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International Federation of Tamils,
Geneva -
பலபரிமாணம்
கொண்ட
தமிழ்ச்
செல்வனை
இழந்து
தவிக்கின்றோம்!
"நமது
பணிமனைக்குப்
பலதடவை
வருகை
தந்தும்,
நம்மோடு
தொடர்பு
கொண்டும்
அனைத்துத்
தமிழ்
கல்வியாளர்கள்,
சிந்தனையாளர்களை
நாம்
இணைத்து,
தமிழ்
தேசியத்தை
ஒன்றுதிரண்ட
சக்தியாக்கும்
முயற்சியில்,
ஒன்றுபட்டுழைக்க
வேண்டும்
என
அவர்
அறிவுறுத்தியும்,
உற்சாகப்படுத்தியும்
வந்தார்."
more
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Tamil
National Forum
| 1.
M.Thanapalasingham writes from
Australia |
|
தமிழ்ச்செல்வனின்
சிரிப்பு
மலர்ந்து
கொண்டிருக்கும்
தமிழீழத்தின்
சிரிப்பு
"...இவன்
இழப்பிற்கு
ஈடில்லை.
நாம்
அழுவதை
அவன்
தடுக்கமாட்டான்
ஆனால்
தளம்பினால்
அவன்
சகிக்கமாட்டான்.
எந்த
உன்னதமான
இலட்சியத்திற்காக
தன்
உயிரையும்
காதலையும்
ஈய்வதற்கு
அவன்
என்றுமே
முன்னின்றானோ
அந்த
இலட்சியத்திற்காக
நாம்
பன்மடங்கான
உறுதியோடு
செயல்படுவதே
நாம்
தமிழ்ச்செல்வனுக்கு
செலுத்தக்கூடிய
வீர
வணக்கமாகும்..."
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2. R.Cholan
writes from USA We send them the
money - so don�t
complain "The only thing more
grotesque, uglier, than the
Sinhalese leadership currently
celebrating the murder of Thamil
Selvan is the fact that we the
expatriate Tamils send them the
money for it....The next time you
buy a bottle of MD Brand
Seeni-Sambol or Katta-Sambol, think
about it. Every dollar we give them
buys them at least one bullet!"
more
3. Sachi Sri Kantha writes from
Japan: Tribute to
Thamilselvan
"Thamilselvan has bid us
adieu unexpectedly. Many will be
gloating. Many will be grieving.
Some will be smiling. Some will be
weeping. Those who hated his guts
will gloat and smile. Those who
loved his dedication to the cause
of Tamil liberation will grieve and
weep. ...The heroic deaths of
brothers and sisters younger than I
in the service of Eelam liberation,
invigorates me. Though Thamilselvan
will be physically missing when I
visit our homeland next time, I
look forward to meeting him in
spirit, in the appropriate
venue..."
"..There is sobbing of
the strong,
And a pall upon the land;
But the People in their
weeping
Bare the iron hand:
Beware the People weeping
When they bare the iron
hand..." The Martyr
by Herman Melville
more
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Reflection
Tamil
Nation & the Unity of
India
|
 Interrogating
'India' - a Dravidian
Viewpoint
V.Geetha and
S.V.Rajadurai "Ethnicity has been
characterized as the 'new spectre
haunting the power elites of our
times'... It seems to us that this
phenomenon of 'ethnicity' is the
most visible symptom of an organic
crisis of that most sacrosanct of
all political institutions - the
nation-state. ...Endless platitudes
abound about 'national unity' and
the catholicity and durability of
'Indian culture'... (but) our
national identity has not been
forged through a definitive
articulation of a national-popular
collective will as has been
claimed... It seems urgent, then,
that we pose certain crucial and
important questions about
ourselves: How are we a 'nation'?
What are the historical and
cultural markers of our
'nation-hood'? Is our national
identity the product of a `national
popular will'?... The Indian state
is of course determined to prevent
these questions from being asked.
In this context it seems logical
that we ask: What is the 'Indian'
nation we seek to preserve?"
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Tamil National
Forum to
include Sanmugam Sabesan on எல்லாளன்
நடவடிக்கையும்,
புலம்
பெயர்
தமிழர்களும்
One
Hundred Tamils of 20th Century
 Birth Centenary of U.
Muthuramalingam Thevar -
Thevar hailed from the Maravar
community. Thevar became the leader
of the All India Forward Bloc in
Tamil Nadu, and was national deputy
chairman of the party from 1952
onwards. He worked with Subhas
Chandra Bose. He was elected thrice
to Parliament. //
U. Muthuralingam Thevar is revered as a hero and has become an
icon in the political life of Tamil Nadu.
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Tamil Nation
Library:Politics to include
 1.Profits of War : Inside
the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms
Network -Menashe
"Israeli
intelligence agent Ari Ben-Menashe
who claims he worked for former
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak
Shamir says that he visited Sri
Lanka and met President Premadasa,
a minister, top officials and the
PLO representative in an attempt to
sell US C-130 planes to Iran which
was forbidden by the United States.
He also states that he went to
Jaffna on an $8 million arms deal
involving the PLO." more
2. Men
and Memories: Autobiographical
Recollections and Reflections -
J.R. Jayawardene "
In the
course of my speech at the Bank of
Ceylon's new headquarters building
opening on 27 May 1987, I dwelt at
some length on the Vadamarachchi
operation, and the government's
intention to proceed with that till
the LTTE forces were defeated. In
the evening, Dixit called on me at
my home in Ward Place and conveyed
a message from Rajiv. The gist of
it was written by Dixit on an
envelope! It read as follows: 1.
Deeply disappointed and distressed.
2. Thousands of civilians killed
since 1983 has aroused tremendous
indignation. 3. Your latest
offensive in Jaffna peninsula has
altered the entire basis of our
understanding. 4. We cannot
accept genocide. 5. Please do not
force us to review our policies."
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Democracy Continues, Sri Lanka
Style
Reflection
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build a ship, don't herd people
together to collect wood and don't
assign them tasks and work, but
rather teach them to long for the
endless immensity of the sea." -
Antoine de
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International Relations in a
Multi Lateral World: to
include
 1. United States
"You
Can't Lump All Terrorists Together" -
Hillary Clinton Speaks Out
"Well, I
believe that terrorism is a tool that
has been utilized throughout history
to achieve certain objectives. Some
have been ideological, others
territorial. There are
personality-driven terroristic
objectives. The bottom line is, you
can't lump all terrorists together.
And I think we've got to do a much
better job of clarifying what are the
motivations, the raisons
d'�tre of
terrorists. I mean, what the
Tamil Tigers are fighting for in Sri
Lanka, or the Basque separatists
in Spain, or the insurgents in
al-Anbar
province may only be connected by
tactics. They may not share all that
much in terms of what is the
philosophical or ideological
underpinning. And I think one of our
mistakes has been painting with such
a broad brush, which has not been
particularly helpful in understanding
what it is we were up against when it
comes to those who pursue terrorism
for whichever ends they're
seeking." together with comment
by tamilnation.org "Hillary
Clinton's remarks are welcome - and
given the culture encouraged by the
present US administration, her
remarks are courageous and
opportune..." more
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India & China China hails
Sonia's 'milestone' visit, for
better ties
"..China hailed the visit of
India's ruling coalition chief
Sonia Gandhi as a "milestone" in
the history of Sino-Indian
relations, with President Hu Jintao
saying his country attached great
importance to developing friendly
ties with New Delhi..." more
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Tamil Nation Library:
Politics to include
Reports
on Armed Conflict in Tamil
Eelam
Week
Ending: Sunday, 28 October
2007
Tamil
National Forum
| Sachi Sri Kantha writes from
Japan - Tears of a Kind to
the Heroic Twenty One
"...In the hearts and minds of
Tamils and those who sympathize
with the Tamil cause, the twenty one
heroic souls who demonstrated their
valor and self sacrifice will live,
while the names and deeds of warped
Oracles, editorial scribblers and
contemptible political turncoats
would be dumped into the dustbin of
history..." more |
Reflections
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The
Heroic Twenty One
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"...நீங்கள்
வீழ்ந்ததனால்
நாங்கள்
வாழ்ந்து
கொண்டிருக்கிறோம்..
உங்கள்
உடல்கள்
சாய்ந்ததால்
எங்கள்
தலைகள்
நிமிர்ந்தன..
இன்று..
நாங்கள்
வெறும்
கவிதை
பாடிக்
கொண்டிருக்கிறோம்..
நீங்களோ..
காவியமாகி
விட்டீர்கள்..
காலம்
வரும்..
உங்கள்
கனவுகள்
நனவாகும்..."
ManNin
Maintharkal, Raj Swarnan
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"Because you gave
your lives
We continue to live...
Because your bodies have fallen
We stand perpendicular...
Today...
We...
We are simply singing poems
You...
You have become the song
itself...
The time will come...
When your dreams,
Your dreams for the freedom of your
people,
Will become an enduring
reality...
The time will come..."
Children of Our
Soil - English Version by Nadesan
Satyendra |
 "வாழ்க
ஈழத்
தமிழகம்,
தலை
நிமிர்ந்து
வாழ்கவே..."
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"...A feeling
or a thought, the aspiration
towards liberty, cannot be
estimated in the terms of concrete
power...The idea or sentiment is at
first confined to a few men. The
attempt to work brings them into
conflict with the established power
which the idea threatens and there
is persecution. The idea creates
its martyrs. And in martyrdom there
is an incalculable spiritual
magnetism which works miracles...
It is at this moment that the idea
begins to create its heroes and
fighters, whose numbers and courage
defeat only multiplies and confirms
until the idea militant has become
the idea triumphant. Such is the
history of the idea, so invariable
in its broad lines that it is
evidently the working of a natural
law. But the despot will not
recognise this superiority, the
teachings of history have no
meaning for him... " Sri Aurobindo,
1907
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Reports on Armed Conflict in Tamil
Eelam
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 LTTE's
Anuradhapura Raid: Determination,
Bravery &
Precision
- B. Raman, South
Asia Analysis Group, New Delhi, 23
October 2007 " Reliable details of
the combined air and land attack
launched by the Liberation Tigers
of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) on the
Anuradhapura air base of the Sri
Lankan Air Force early in the
morning of October 22, 2007,
indicate that it was neither an act
of desperation as projected by the
embarrassed Sri Lankan military
spokesmen nor an act of needless
dramatics as suggested by others.
It was an act of unbelievable
determination, bravery and
precision successfully carried out
by a 21-member suicide commando
group of the Black
Tigers---significantly led by a
Tamil from the Eastern Province---
with the back-up support of two
planes of the so-called Tamil Eelam
Air Force." more together
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Comment by tamilnation.org
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Talking
Point
Nations &
Nationalism to include
Tamil National
Forum to include
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Rajaji
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1.
Srinivasan
Varadarajan writes from
Chennai on Rajaji & One
Hundred Tamils of 20th
Century"...It is easy to
call anyone especially a Brahmin a
casteist in the present times and
accuse him of having 'Sathi Veri'.
If Rajaji was one such person, he
would not have done so many things
that he did in his life... I don't
want to enter into any debate. I am
not here to prove any point. I am
concerned with 'Thamizharin
otrumaiyum, uyarvum'... If Tamils
unite, not against anybody, but
per se, they can produce miracles
which will heal all their wounds
and end all their woes; may be they
can become the nucleus of the world
community. Then the world will be
Tamilnadu, whether identified or
not, whether recognised or not..."
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with response by
tamilnation.org
 2.
Sachi Sri
Kantha writes from Japan
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Sixty Cheers for
the Central Intelligence Agency
"Even though
I�m not an
American, I have nothing but
admiration for some of the spunk
and spirit of the Central
Intelligence Agency (aka CIA), the
American institution which many
non-Americans love to hate. Who
(other than those in the league of
some iron-willed
�Lefties�
like Fidel Castro) cannot wilt to
the dramatics, spunk and the
�never give-up
spirit� promoted
by the CIA, in its 60 years of
existence? Yes, CIA celebrates its
60th birthday this year." more
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