"The other day, a migrant crane from Chundikulam bird sanctuary landed in my apartment balcony. Pleasantly surprised by this visitor, I fed him with some berries and grains to gather the latest gossip..." more

2. Tim Marshall on Sri Gaza and the Tamil Hamas "Sorry, got my tragic-something-must-be-done-we-are-outraged outrages mixed up. I was thinking of the crisis in which, according to the UN, 'many civilians are being killed', thousands made homeless, hundreds of thousands trapped, and to which, as food shortages grow, the government refuses to allow access to journalists. Yes indeed, the British student movement is stirring, galvanising itself into action to be joined by countless others of citizens who are shocked, shocked I tell you about the slaughter of the innocent. Already I can hear the chanting in the streets - 'From The River To the Sea, The Tamil Home Land Must be Free!' " more

2. Stephen Covey in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People "...First Habit :..You can decide within yourself how circumstances will affect you. Between what happens to you, or the stimulus, and your response to it, is your freedom or power to choose that response... Borrowing strength builds weakness. It builds weakness in the borrower because it reinforces dependence on external factors to get things done. It builds weakness in the person forced to acquiesce, stunting the development of independent reasoning, growth and internal discipline. And finally it builds weakness in the relationship. Fear replaces cooperation, and both people involved become more arbitrary and defensive... Fifth Habit: If I were to summarise in one sentence the single most important principle I have learned in inter personal relations, it would be this: 'Seek first to understand, then to be understood.'..." Comment by tamilnation.org That which Stephen Covey has said about highly effective people may have equal applicability to a highly effective nation of people.

manthiramavathu neeru

"Dear Sinhalese: I understand that you are upset by us. Indeed, it appears that you are quite upset, even angry..."

Tamil National Forum: One Tamil in Tamil Eelam "Dear Sinhalese: I understand that you are upset by us. Indeed, it appears that you are quite upset, even angry. Today, it is the "barbarism of LTTE terrorism", yesterday it was the Federal party, before that it was the "favouritism of the British". It appears that Tamils, who could achieve equality and who, therefore, could live, upset you. Indeed, every few years you seem to become upset by us. You were upset in 1956, in 1958, in 1961 and in 1977 and went on acts of arson, rape, pillage, murder and plain barbarity and we were scornfully asked to go to the Federal party for help... And it is because we became so upset over upsetting you, dear Sinhalese, that we decided to leave you - in a manner of speaking - and establish a Tamil state... And since we know that the Sinhalese dream daily of our extinction, we will do everything possible to remain alive in our own homeland. If that bothers you, dear Sinhalese, well ? - think of how many times in the past you bothered us. In any event, dear Sinhalese, if you are bothered by us, here is one Tamil in Eelam who could not care less and, frankly doesn't give a damn..." more

Remembering Subhas Chandra Bose on his 112th Birth Anniversary , 23 January 2009 - 'Unity (Ittefaq), Faith (Etmad) and Sacrifice (Kurbani)' ஒற்றுமை, நம்பிக்கை, தியாகம்

'�.. Freedom is not given, it is taken.. One individual may die for an idea; but that idea will, after his death, incarnate itself in a thousand lives. That is how the wheel of evolution moves on and the ideas and dreams of one nation are bequeathed to the next...' Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose'

"...Subhash Chandra Bose's life was a beacon to me, lighting up the path I should follow. His disciplined life and his total commitment and dedication to the cause of his country's freedom deeply impressed me and served as my guiding light..." Velupillai Pirabakaran, 'How I Became a Freedom Fighter', April 1994

" The blunt reality is that those who proclaim that the 13th Amendment is intended to share power between the Tamil people and the Sinhala people, are, to use a colloquialism, 'trying to pull a fast one' on the Tamil people. Under the 13th Amendment power will continue to reside in a Sinhala dominated Central government, within the frame of an unitary constitution. The 13th Amendment is intended to secure a constitutional frame which will enable a Sinhala majority to manage the Tamil people more effectively than before. It has created Provincial Ministers who will not exercise executive power but who will have executive power exercised 'through' them!. At the same time it has created a Provincial Governor appointed by the Sinhala President who will exercise executive power in respect of provincial matters - a Provincial Governor who is also the administrative head of the provincial public service and who has control of the Provincial Finance Fund. And the 13th Amendment has created a Provincial Council without control of planning, without control of the provincial budget, without control of police and public order within the province, without control of disposition of state land within the province, without control of higher education and whose remaining meagre legislative powers are subject to the over riding will of the Central Parliament. Finally, the provisions of the Provincial Councils Act itself may be amended from time to time by a simple majority of members present and voting in Parliament" 13th Amendment to Sri Lanka Constitution - Devolution or Comic Opera? - Nadesan Satyendra

"கிட்டு ஒரு தனிமனித சரித்திரம், நீண்ட ஓய்வில்லாத புயலாக வீசும் எமது விடுதலை வரலாற்றின் ஒரு காலத்தின் பதிவு"

2. தமிழர் பேரவை சுவிஸ் On Thai Pongal 2009
"...ஒரு இனம் தன்னை அடையாளப் படுத்திக்கொள்ள வேண்டும் என்றால் அந்த இனம் தனது மொழி , தனது பண்பாடு . தனது நாகரீகம் போன்றவற்றை பேணிக்கொள்ளுதல் அவசியமாகின்றது. இந்த காப்பாற்றும் தன்மையே அந்த இனத்தின் தொடக்கத்தையும் வாழ்வாதாரத்தின் முதன்மையையும் அறிமுகம் செய்து வைக்கும் காரணியாகின்றது..." more

Awakening - Painting in Oils by Jayalakshmi Satyendra

I'm doing my thing yo, Can't stereotype my thing yo - "bongo with my lingo - And beat it like a wing yo - To Congo To Colombo - Can't stereotype my thing yo - I salt and pepper my mango - Shoot spit Out the window Bingo I got em in the thing yo - Now what? - I'm doing my thing yo - Quit bending all my fingo - Quit beating me like you're Ringo You wanna go? You wanna win a war? - Like P.L.O don't surrendo..." M.I.A.- Maya Arulpragasam in Sunshowers...