Philosophic contemplation does not, in its widest survey, divide the universe into two hostile camps -- friends and foes, helpful and hostile, good and bad -- it views the whole impartially. Philosophic contemplation, when it is unalloyed, does not aim at proving that the rest of the universe is akin to man. All acquisition of knowledge is an enlargement of the Self, but this enlargement is best attained when it is not directly sought. It is obtained when the desire for knowledge is alone operative, by a study which does not wish in advance that its objects should have this or that character, but adapts the Self to the characters which it finds in its objects.
Part IV
Reporting to the world on Tamil Affairs
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Genocide Remembrance evolves into logical uprising embracing emotions of people[Fri, 18 May 2018, 23:09 GMT] Eezham Tamils in the island and the Tamil Diaspora marked 9th Mu'l'livaaykkaal Tamil Genocide Day with an ever-increasing emotional and logical uprising on Friday. While the people on the ground paid tribute, expressed their collective trauma, the younger generation contributed to safeguarding the collective memorialisation from the electoral politics of genocidal Sri Lanka paving the way for logical thinking taking precedence over rhetorics. Justice C. V. Wigneswaran has come with a diplomatically well-crafted speech, raising pertinent questions to the world humanity as well as to the Tamils. His message to the so-called International Community was finding ways without delay for direct engagement with Eezham Tamils cutting the Colombo red tape imposed on Tamils through the so-called ‘Sri Lankan’ State sovereignty. Full story >>
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Educational Mu'l'livaaykkaal targets Vavuniyaa campus of Jaffna University[Thu, 17 May 2018, 19:10 GMT] The occupying unitary State of genocidal Sri Lanka is scheming to separate the campus of Vavuniyaa, which is currently under the administration of Jaffna University through a so-called ‘upgrading’ to full-fledged university status in the near future. At the same time, a planned move is also underway to use the ethnic sentiments of the Sinhala students to speed up the process of Sinhalicisaton of the administration of the campus. The sinister move is said to be the motive behind the latest controversy over a handful of students from the South attempting to forcefully erect a Buddha temple within the premises of Vavuniyaa campus. In the meantime, the diplomatic missions based in Colombo are actively involved in a systematic ‘pacification’ programme targeting Tamil academics and students to indirectly abet the Sinhalicisation of Tamil educational institutions. Full story >>Colombo resorts to TID-threats against mothers of enforced disappeared[Tue, 15 May 2018, 19:23 GMT] The Terrorist Investigation Division of the police of the occupying Colombo has re-introduced interrogation threats against the mothers of enforced disappeared Tamils in the recent days, informed rights activists in Vavuniyaa told TamilNet on Tuesday. A mother from Vavuniyaa, who has been at the forefront in mobilising protests, which also criticised the so-called ‘Office for Missing Persons’ (OMP) as an eyewash, was recently summoned to the so-called 4th floor. The mother has been reluctant to talk to media about the threat, the source further said. Full story >>Mining firm facing resistance in Thirukkoayil shifts exploitation area with fresh tactics[Sun, 13 May 2018, 16:18 GMT] Damsila Exports Pvt Ltd., a big company exporting phlogopite mica and other minerals from the island, has shifted its plan of excavating Ilmenite resources in Thirukkoayil North of Ampaa'rai district after the people mobilised against the move in December 2017. The company is now trying to deceive the people along the southern sector of the same division, Tamil activists in Thirukkoayil said. Damsila Exports is the premier mica mining and export company headquartered in Colombo. It is exporting phlogopite mica from the island under semi-processed and powder form to Japan, China, Germany and India. At present, about 65% of phlogopite mica product is sent to Japan according to the website of the company. Full story >>No jobs, no compensation for lands seized by CEB in Champoor[Fri, 11 May 2018, 20:46 GMT] The Ceylon Electricity Board has failed to compensate for agricultural and residential lands it had seized from Eezham Tamils in Champoor of Moothoor East in the district of Trincomalee. The company owned by the unitary state of genocidal Sri Lanka has also discriminated Tamils in providing jobs during the construction phase despite its earlier promise to give preference to the people of the area in employment during the construction of the plant and after. Nothing seems to materialise, but the construction work of the plant is almost 40% complete, said Rural Development Society representatives in Champoor. Full story >>Staggering 10% of lands in Mullaiththeevu militarised[Wed, 09 May 2018, 23:57 GMT] The ratio of the occupying Sinhala military personnel per Tamil civilians in the district of Mullaiththeevu is at one Sinhala soldier per two civilians as revealed earlier by Tamil politicians in the area. But, the extent of lands transformed into ‘Sinhala Military Zones’ have been systematically underreported, and the real size stands at 10% of the total land-area of the district, a highly placed source at the District Secretariat of Mullaiththeevu told TamilNet this week. Full story >>Occupying SL military dreams about assimilating Tamils: civil society activist in Jaffna[Mon, 07 May 2018, 21:09 GMT] Major General Darshana Hettiarachchi, the Jaffna commander of the occupying Sinhala military, recently went on record stating that the Tamil people in Jaffna attended the Vesak exhibition organised by his troops in multiple times higher numbers than what the Tamil national parties and movements in Jaffna were able to draw towards their meetings. Tamil activists in Jaffna have rebuked the SL Jaffna commander blaming him for politicising the curiosity of Tamil visitors to a circus-like event with that of their cultural and political belongingness. The SL military commander in Jaffna could only assimilate Tamils from their national struggle in his dreams, commented 39-year old grassroots activist Parthipan Varatharajan on Monday. Full story >>Ploy of ‘development’ by powers abetting Colombo aggravates ethnic discrimination[Sat, 05 May 2018, 22:28 GMT] SL Minister for Housing and Construction Sajith Premadasa has allocated new housing schemes with modern infrastructure facilities for two ‘model villages’ for Sinhala settlers in Trincomalee while ignoring the housing needs of the war-affected and resettled Tamils in Moothoor East division of the same district, Rural Development Society activists in Champoor complain. The mainstream political parties from South are competing in winning the hearts and minds of Sinhala settlers and the foreign powers locked in a ‘development’ race in their greed for geopolitical space in the strategically located island in the Indian Ocean. As a result, all the SL ministries, departments of the SL State and the occupying SL military are deployed in a coordinated and accelerated demographic genocide in the East. Full story >>SL Army's 574 Brigade faces stiff resistance from Tamil landowners in Vanni[Thu, 03 May 2018, 17:09 GMT] The landowners and the people of Maangku'lam in Vanni on Thursday successfully blocked SL Survey Department officials from surveying their lands where the occupying SL Army's 574 Infantry Brigade has camped with its ‘headquarters’. The SL Survey Department has not issued a prior notice to the landowners about the surveying of their land. Protesters complained that the SLA was keeping their lands seized over a long time disregarding their objections. They vowed to step up their protests. Full story >>SL President's secretary threatens Jaffna University against May 18 Remembrance statue[Tue, 01 May 2018, 23:15 GMT] Kalupage Austin Fernando, the secretary to SL President Maithiripala Sirisena, has threatened the Jaffna University administration and the student community not to embarrass the SL President by proceeding with their plan of launching a memorial statue within the premises of the University of Jaffna in remembrance of Eezham Tamils who perished in the genocidal war in 2009. A highly placed source at the administration of the University of Jaffna told TamilNet that Mr Fernando as threatening the university community in a teleconference meeting at the presence of Vice-Chancellor Professor R. Vigneswaran. Austin Fernando, who maintains a close rapport with the Sinhala Buddhist Establishment and Dayaka of several Buddhist temples, is also well connected to foreign Powers influencing the affairs of the genocidal State in Colombo. Full story >>Army of Sinhala traders desecrate Ko'neasvaram temple in Trincomalee[Sun, 29 Apr 2018, 21:40 GMT] More than 65 shops have been put up in the vicinity of Thiruk-koa'neasvaram temple by an army of invading Sinhala traders causing several problems to the physical and spiritual environment of the historic temple of Eezham Tamils, K. Arulsubramaniam, the chairman of temple trustees told TamilNet this week. Full story >>SL Judiciary drags on lawsuits for years when Buddhist monks grabbing lands are respondents[Fri, 27 Apr 2018, 19:13 GMT] Four Tamils, whose lands were encroached by the former soldiers of the occupying Sinhala military with the backing of two extremist Buddhist monks in Batticaloa district, approached the SL courts four years ago in 2014 seeking the SL judiciary to free their lands. The Tamil landowners chose the legal option as the police of the occupying unitary State genocidal Sri Lanka was reluctant to even file a case against the encroachers for more than two years at that time. So far, the legal suit has seen nine hearings over four years. Still, the simple case is not resolved by the District Court, legal sources in Batticaloa said. The judiciary of genocidal Sri Lanka is long known for dragging essential cases over many years, especially when those seeking justice are Tamils and those committing injustices are the occupiers. Full story >>SL Army continues to rob material remains of houses before releasing Valikaamam lands[Wed, 25 Apr 2018, 22:13 GMT] The occupying Army of genocidal Sri Lanka makes it a routine to rob the remaining roof tiles, wooden door and window frames off of their houses every time it releases a pocket of land to the uprooted people of Valikaamam in Jaffna. The stolen material is transported into the military zones fenced away for civilian access. Also this time, a widespread pattern of robbing of structures has been witnessed by the people, who are preparing to resettle near the coast of Mayiliddi. In the meantime, the SL Resettlement Ministry is set to channel 830 millions of rupees of foreign aid to the SL military for further consolidation of military bases in the name of releasing lands. The people who get their lands are also left with the burden of cleaning the jungles. The SL authorities have no concern for the infrastructure of the resettlement. Full story >>Militarisation of housing contract frustrates storm affected Tamils in Ampaa'rai North[Mon, 23 Apr 2018, 18:49 GMT] Tamil residents have expressed serious concerns over the occupying Sinhala military of genocidal Sri Lanka emerging as the contractor of reconstructing the roofs of a housing scheme with 684 apartments, which come under two village (GS) divisions in Periya-neelaava'nai of Kalmunai administrative division in the Ampaa'rai district, along the border of the Batticaloa district. The residents are in shock after learning that the apartments, initially constructed by the SL Foreign Ministry exploiting international funds in the aftermath of the 2004 Tsunami catastrophe, are not strong enough to bear roofs of traditional tiles. The SL military contractors are now going to put up lighter roofing sheets, which are prone to wind suction during extreme weather, informed civil sources in the division told TamilNet. Full story >>SL Attorney General continues to protect genocidaire commander[Wed, 16 May 2018, 22:49 GMT] A Deputy Solicitor General representing the SL Attorney Department was urging the High Court in Jaffna on Wednesday to suspend the investigation on the writ of habeas corpus, which was seeking a high-ranking commander of the occupying SL Army to produce Tamil youth who were detained 22 years ago in Jaffna during the regime of Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga. Former SL Commander and present minister, Sarath Fonseka, has been protecting Major General Duminda Keppettiwalana, who commanded the Sinhala soldiers of the military camp at Naavatkuzhi in 1996. Full story >>Ira'nai-theevu residents have all rights to resettle in their islet: NPC CM[Mon, 14 May 2018, 21:57 GMT] The Chief Minister of the Northern Provincial Council on Monday visited the twin-islet of Ira'nai-theevu giving recognition to the courageous move of the uprooted people, who had reached their twin-islet last month after waging a continuous protest for almost one year. The people, staying at the church and the school, were encouraged by the visit of Justice C.V. Wigneswaran, who proclaimed that no one could deny the people their right to resettle in their native islet. The SL Navy seems to be having its base in an area of 3 acres, and it should not restrict the people to access the residential lands. The coastal stretch which is essential for their livelihood should also be free from naval restrictions, the members of NPC delegation who accompanied Justice Wigneswaran told TamilNet. Full story >>Colombo released lands with one hand to take away more with the other[Sat, 12 May 2018, 10:07 GMT] On the one hand, the SL Government is waging propaganda claiming it is releasing pockets of lands in Valikaamam North in Jaffna. But, on the other hand, it is seizing more lands citing a war-time Gazette notification from 07 August 1987, complained A. Gunabalasingham, the president of Valikaamam North Rehabilitation Society. Gunabalasingham's reaction comes on Saturday as the Divisional Secretary of Valikaamam North, S. Sivasri, issued a fresh notice to report those whose lands (in the former High-Security Zone) were coming under the Gazette Notification 465/14, to his office at Thellippazhai. Full story >>Indian, U.S. Establishments compete to influence modus operandi of Mu'l'livaaykkaal Remembrance[Thu, 10 May 2018, 13:45 GMT] The grassroots sentiment of Eezham Tamils, which originates from the opposition to ITAK politicians such as R. Sampanthan addressing Mu'l'livaaykkaal Remembrance, is being tactically deployed by an ITAK circle closely working with the Western Establishment against NPC Chief Minister Justice C.V. Wigneswaran. At the same time, a group of personalities operating from the overseas, allegedly trapped into the sphere of the Indian Intelligence, is also trying to influence the discourse countering the ITAK circle, an informed political source in Jaffna told TamilNet on Thursday. Commenting, Tamil political observers in Jaffna said both the Indian and the Western Establishments want Eezham Tamils to mark Mu'l'livaaykkaal Remembrance as a mourning ritual akin to that of 2004 Tsunami victims, bereft of any struggle-centric message. Full story >>Mu'l'livaaykkaal Remembrance in Vanni evolves beyond sphere of electoral parties[Tue, 08 May 2018, 22:05 GMT] Eezham Tamil journalists and a large section of the people were outraged about Tamil politician R. Sampanthan making the main venue of Mu'l'livaaykkaal Tamil Genocide Remembrance held last year in Mullaiththeevu as a platform deliver a speech. The Opposition Leader who is also a long-time parliamentary group leader of Tamil National Alliance was delivering a message from the so-called international community. This year, the public outrage has evolved into a political movement against all Tamil parties and politicians, who are locked in the electoral politics and particularly those who were not physically present in Vanni in May 2009, using the memorial event as a platform to deliver their ‘messages’. Full story >>TID harasses disability activists in Batticaloa with increased surveillance[Sun, 06 May 2018, 21:22 GMT] The much-feared ‘Terrorist Investigation Division’ officers attached to various police stations in the district of Batticaloa have increased their surveillance on the activists of Disabled Peoples’ Organisations (DPOs) in ten of the fourteen administrative divisions in the district in recent days. The majority of 8,600 beneficiaries organised through the DPOs are disabled ex-LTTE members, according to the civil sources at Batticaloa District Secretariat. Already, one-third of disabled LTTE members are reluctant to be associated with the DPO. For example, there are 530 disabled persons in Koa'ra'laip-pattu South (Kiraan) division. But, only 300 of them have registered themselves with the DPO in the division, the sources further said.
Full story >>With unchecked militarisation, North will end up like East in ten years: CM[Fri, 04 May 2018, 20:48 GMT] If militarisation is allowed to proceed unchecked at the current phase, the entire Northern Province will be demographically transformed [Sinhala colonisation] like the Eastern Province, warned the Chief Minister of Northern Provincial Council Justice C.V. Wigneswaran after returning to Jaffna from a trip to South India. In a fact-packed Q&A media release to Tamil media on Friday, the chief minister said Tamils do not need to be afraid as they were during the times of war in demanding demilitarisation of North. Full story >>NPC Chief Minister urged to witness Ira'nai-theevu peoples’ plight in-person[Wed, 02 May 2018, 22:47 GMT] The uprooted people from Ira'nai-theevu, who courageously landed on their native twin-islet on 23rd April after almost one year of continuous protest, said they were anticipating a much-awaited visit by Northern Provincial Council Chief Minister Justice C.V. Wigneswaran to witness their plight, especially at this juncture. They further complained that the SL authorities and Tamil politicians have failed to secure their basic needs so far. Around 200 people are staying there, and the families have put up temporary huts along the coast and started to cook food in their shelters during the daytime, and they flock to the school and the church for sleep during the nights, said Mr Michael, a community leader of the uprooted people. Full story >>Shifting of May Day is fundamental rights violation - CTU[Mon, 30 Apr 2018, 22:40 GMT]  The vice president of Ceylon Teachers Union Mr Theepan Thileeshan Arokianathan said the Sri Lankan State shifting the May Day from May 1st to May 7th this year was a fundamental rights violation. The CTU is joining hands with the Jaffna University Union of Non-Academic Staff, and other grassroots organisations, is marking May Day at the University of Jaffna on May 01st, he said adding that the union has flagged it as a rights violation with the Geneva office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights. The Buddhist Vesak day was on April 29th. The following day on Monday was also a public holiday. Denying the right to mark May Day on May 01st, just because it is the third day after the Buddhist Vesak Day, cannot be justified, he said. Full story >>Don't deviate from agreed venue for memorial statue, JUSU warns VC of Jaffna University[Sat, 28 Apr 2018, 23:16 GMT] The Jaffna University Student Union (JUSU) has conveyed an ultimatum to Prof Ratnam Vignswaran, the vice chancellor of Jaffna University and the administration under him, to respect what they had previously agreed with the student leaders on launching a statue in remembrance of those who sacrificed themselves confronting the genocidal onslaught on Vanni in 2009. The University administration and the JUSU came to an understanding in a meeting on 19 April that the students could proceed with their plan of launching Mu'l'livaaykkaal memorial monument. The only dispute they had was on the venue, and it was the university administration that proposed the site to be alongside the Maaveerar memorial statue. But, now the University administration has come under pressure from the University Grant Commission and the SL Ministry of Higher Education, the student leaders said. Full story >>Eezham Tamils differ with SL State on shifting 2018 May Day[Thu, 26 Apr 2018, 20:33 GMT] The May Day is universally observed on May 01. It cannot be changed according to the whims and fancies of non-secular Establishments and States, opined Eezham Tamil trade unionists and political activists in the North-East. They were responding to the move by the Colombo government to mark the day on May 7th instead of on May 01st following the advice coming from the Mahahanayake Theras of the Sinhala Buddhist Theravada Establishment in the South. Full story >>Uprooted Tamils embark on courageous sea landing, SL navy restrained at Ira'nai-theevu[Tue, 24 Apr 2018, 21:35 GMT]  Illegal logging accompanying SL militarisation threatens agricultural ecosystem in Moothoor East[Sun, 22 Apr 2018, 16:52 GMT] Colombo's military and police are functioning as brokers for intruding woodcutters coming from other areas to collect timber by logging the trees in SL military occupied Tamil villages in Moothoor East of Trincomalee. The farmer's associations representing the resettling uprooted Eezham Tamils in Champoor, who are struggling to resume their lost agricultural livelihood, complain that recent deforestation has become one of the most severe problems on par with the militarisation of Moothoor East. Full story >>
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2013: 2013 May 21 23:53 Indian housing aid to be used for demographic g... 2013 May 21 22:11 Colombo brings 1500 Sinhalese from South to Man... 2012: 2012 May 21 23:11 General of genocide released in Colombo 2012 May 21 06:36 LJP President Paswan backs call for UN referendum 2012 May 21 05:50 Mu’l’livaaykkaal remembered as symbol of protes... 2011: 2011 May 21 22:08 Shanmugaratnam in short list of possible IMF su... 2011 May 21 19:47 Jewish Conservative MPs in UK voice against Tam... 2010: 2010 May 21 23:30 Peiris US bound amid war crime calls in US Cong... 2010 May 21 17:05 Jaffna SLA blocks efforts to reopen schools, go... 2010 May 21 16:47 SLA demolishes Valvai Monument for victims mass... 2010 May 21 14:57 Jaffna Mayor, her husband tender apology in Jaf... 2010 May 21 11:06 Tamil Nadu Film society to shun IIFA Festival i... 2010 May 21 10:26 Death toll rises to 26 in flood fury 2010 May 21 08:13 106 schools closed, 60000 students deprived of ... 2009: 2009 May 21 15:17 Jaffna court denies appeal by person seeking pr... 2009 May 21 10:41 South Africa calls for investigations into viol... 2009 May 21 10:25 US to block financial support until Sri Lanka a... 2009 May 21 10:02 ICRC suspends operations, UN calls for access 2009 May 21 10:00 Blake leaves Sri Lanka pondering war crimes 2009 May 21 09:58 Boycott Sri Lanka – Times newspaper 2009 May 21 09:04 Sinhala hoodlums harass Tamil civilians in the ... 2009 May 21 07:08 TNA parliamentarian Kanagasabai passes away 2008: 2008 May 21 17:05 Sri Lanka loses race for HRC seat 2008 May 21 14:50 Asian rights offenders fight for UN seats 2008 May 21 14:23 Justice Ministry Secretary visits Jaffna 2008 May 21 06:20 Explosion disrupts Kandy-Matale train service 2008 May 21 00:05 Police officer shot dead in Batticaloa 2007: 2007 May 21 21:56 Two youths from Karaveddi reported missing 2007 May 21 21:53 Jaffna undergrads temporarily suspend boycott 2007 May 21 19:58 Sri Lanka missed the richness of plurality – Am... 2007 May 21 18:08 Postal services resume in Vellaaveli, Schools r... 2007 May 21 18:05 Abducted IDPs released in Batticaloa 2007 May 21 16:34 EPDP member killed in Kayts 2007 May 21 16:31 Mass job loss for Batticaloa cellular employees 2007 May 21 11:11 Tamil youth arrested in Colombo 2007 May 21 11:03 11 Tamil civilians arrested in Galle 2007 May 21 02:28 Oamanthai check point to be re-opened Monday 2007 May 21 00:55 STF arrests two IDPs from Batticaloa 2006: 2006 May 21 17:18 ITAK wins six seats in Kalmunai MC 2006 May 21 17:15 Tamil civilian shot dead in Trincomalee 2006 May 21 17:13 TRO provides facilities to Allaipiddy refugees ... 2006 May 21 17:04 LTTE Senior Commander Ramanan assassinated 2006 May 21 12:56 More families flee from SLN controlled Jaffna i... 2006 May 21 12:09 SLA forces attack LTTE camp- Elilan 2006 May 21 12:01 Grenade attack on INGO offices in Muttur 2006 May 21 11:45 12 year old student shot dead in Batticaloa 2006 May 21 10:45 Local election results strengthen SLMC- Rauff H... 2006 May 21 09:29 Claymore explosion kills a SLA soldier in Serun... 2006 May 21 08:18 SLA soldier killed, one wounded in pressure min... 2006 May 21 05:59 UPFA wins 5 councils, UNP 4 in local polls 2006 May 21 05:55 SLMC captures Kalmunai MC, ITAK one PS in Ampar... 2006 May 21 02:42 UNP-backed group wins Colombo Municipal Council 2005: 2005 May 21 18:28 Woman's skeleton found in Kudathanai 2005 May 21 18:17 Methodist Church donates boats to tsunami-hit f... 2005 May 21 18:09 SLA to hold Vesak celebration in Jaffna 2005 May 21 17:11 Woman killed in Grenade attack on LTTE Battical... 2005 May 21 13:51 Trinco hartal suspended pending President's dec... 2005 May 21 13:32 Sri Lanka's future in peril, Jaffna editorials say 2004: 2004 May 21 18:10 JVP holds discussions on peace process with allies 2004 May 21 17:48 Balasingham's "Viduthalai" to be introduced to ... 2004 May 21 17:41 JHU protests 'malicious propaganda' by State media 2004 May 21 17:36 Research book on King Ravaneswaran released in ... 2004 May 21 15:14 Sri Lanka's BOI seeks investors for North-East 2004 May 21 14:22 Vavuniya Police commended for action against cr... 2004 May 21 14:20 SL President urged not to stop relief to IDPs i... 2004 May 21 06:44 Explosion kills LTTE cadre in east 2003: 2003 May 21 18:58 Special Act to call fresh nominations for NE lo... 2003 May 21 18:52 LTTE-Muslim leaders meet in Mutur 2003 May 21 16:41 Batticaloa tense amid killing and grenade attacks 2003 May 21 15:59 North to supply relief to flood victims in south 2003 May 21 06:53 LTTE seeks premier's response on interim admini... 2003 May 21 06:39 Canadian High Commissioner concludes Trincomale... 2003 May 21 00:05 SLA agrees to compensate Ketpali victims 2002: 2002 May 21 23:21 Sri Lanka govt. peace team meets Thamilchelvan 2002 May 21 15:51 Pandemonium in Sri Lanka Parliament over local ... 2000: 2000 May 21 18:06 Tigers train guns beyond harbour 2000 May 21 17:51 Shelling kills fifteen at home for aged 2000 May 21 11:46 Tiger manoeuvres pressure SLA 1998:
1998 May 21 23:59 Six missing in Jaffna 1998 May 21 23:59 Fifteen killled in Vanni fighting 1998 May 21 23:59 'Last chance' amnesty - again 1998 May 21 23:59 Shelling kills two civilians 1998 May 21 23:59 Navy says LTTE boats sunk  
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Know the Etymology: 332 Place Name of the Day: (332 of 500 revised) Koyilā-maṉai/ Kōyilā-maṉai  The temple house; or the house of the temple servants  [05.03.18] FIU of CBSL emerges as networked Intel outfit against Tamils in homeland, Diaspora: The so-called Financial Investigative Unit (FIU) of the Central Bank of the unitary State of genocidal Sri Lanka (CBSL), which is led by a Colombo-based ‘Sri Lankan’ Tamil, Indrajith Coomaraswamy, is scheming rigid controls on Community-Based Organisations (CBOs) in the North-East with a ‘counter-insurgency’ role. Related Story >>  [15.02.18] Wives of enforced disappeared exposed to nightmare on Valentine's Day: At a stage event organised by the so-called Families of Disappeared (FoD) operated by Colombo based NGO and diplomatic community, Tamil women from the East were exposed to the traumatic experience of narrating their love stories with their husbands. Related Story >>  [20.01.18] STF, SL departments harass resettled Tamils in Madu: The guards and officials of various SL departments as well as the notorious commandos of the StF are repeatedly harassing the 300 resettled and poverty-stricken Eezham Tamils of Ira'ndaam-kaddai (2nd Mile Post), which is located between Madu Shrine and Sinhala militarised Madu Road Junction in Mannaar district. Related Story >>  [15.01.18] Sinhala Buddhicisation stepped up in Trincomalee North: SL Presidential Secretariat in Colombo is exerting pressure on Tamil Divisional Secretary not to interfere in the affairs of extreme Sinhala Buddhist monks, who are engaged in cultural genocide in Kumpu'rup-piddi in Trincomalee North. Related Story >>  [01.01.18] Colombo demonstrates ‘foremost place’ to Buddhism at Champoor: The SL Archaeology Department, extremist Sinhala Buddhist monks, Sinhala governor and his wife are all jointly working for Sinhala Buddhicisation of Champoor, where SL Navy, groomed by the U.S. Pacific Command under the notion of 'military-to-military' engagement, is having its training base for the marines of genocidal Sri Lanka. Related Story >>  [25.12.17] SL Army wages Sinhala-Buddhicisaton of Baron's Cap in Batticaloa Northwest: With the collaboration of ministries of Fisheries and Tourism, 232 Brigade of the Army of occupying Sri Lanka is Sinhalicising the Kudumpi-malai area of Batticaloa district. Related Story >>  [17.12.17] Enduring psychological disaster of families of enforced disappeared conveyed through film: The story writer and director of the award winning short-film, Uru (Trance), 49-year-old Gnanadas Kasinathar, narrates the depth of psychological disaster as witnessed by him on the ground. The film, shot in Batticaloa, is inspired by the stories of long enduring sufferings of the enforced disappeared families. Related Story >>  [13.11.17] Factoring political solution more important than addressing human rights: Not only did the Sri Lankan regime won the war against the Tamil liberation force, it might even win the propaganda war if the problems of Tamils in the island are exclusively focused on human rights to the neglect of the fundamental question of a long lasting political solution, commented Deputy Chief Minister of Penang state in Malaysia, Professor P. Ramasamy, told TamilNet on Monday. Related Story >>  [08.10.17] SL constitutional discourse seen coupled with ‘Vision 2025’ policy of genocidal Sri Lanka: The World Bank, the IMF and the WTO are behind the agenda that seeks to permanently lock Eezham Tamils into a Colombo-centric single-unit of genocidal Sri Lanka. The interim report on the constitutional discourse should be seen coupled with ‘Vision 2025’, launched by the Agent State in Colombo in September 2017. Related Story >>  [20.09.17] Sathasivam papers on Sumerian-Tamil connections see the light of day: Four pioneering research papers on the Dravidian connections between ancient Sumerian and Tamil, written between 1964 and 1987 by Eezham Tamil scholar, the late Prof A Sathasivam, gain new significance today because of the current advancements in coupling linguistics with DNA studies. Related Story >>  [04.07.17] Understanding ‘Quisling politics’ and facing it with ‘Navaratnam School of Thought’: Eezham Tamils should grasp the synthesis of the Colombo-centric Quisling politics, which is being brought into them by the global powers and regain their strength to address it through the school of thought embraced by enlightened leaders of Eezham Tamils in the past. Related Story >>  [08.06.17] Netherlands-funded CEPA project wages political ‘counter-insurgency’ on Tamils: Colombo-based NGO outfit, Centre for Poverty Analysis (CEPA), is tasked to recruit gullible and opportunistic sections of the diaspora expanding Rajapaksa-time ‘KP-Diaspora’ programme. The programme is funded by the foreign ministries of the USA, The Netherlands, United Kingdom, Norway, Germany, Switzerland and Australia. Related Story >>  [20.02.16] The Tamil Genocide by Sri LankaThe second edition with over 150 new pages traces the ongoing engagement in the Sri Lankan conflict of Professor Francis A. Boyle, an eminent American expert in international law, from the conflict’s last years to the present pursuit of UN recognition of the Tamil genocide and call for reparations. It is the first book to develop an authoritative case for genocide against the Government of Sri Lanka under international law. The book is available from Clarity Press, Amazon in soft cover or in Kindle version.  [11.11.15] South Africa to Singapore: global Tamils grasping geopolitics to act: The South African conference held in Durban has come out with many demands that are dear to the heart of Tamils, such as demilitarisation, stopping Sinhala colonisation, repeal of the 6th Amendment to facilitate free negotiation etc. But the slip was still showing when the conference avoided the term genocide. What was more ironical that betrayed the deception was the slogan of the conference organizers that called the country they want to salvage as ‘Sri Lanka’, boldly written in Tamil. Related Story >>  [04.11.15] Tamil leadership need not shy away or react to unfair challenge coming from Sumanthiran: Eezham Tamil polity seeking pardon from Tamil-speaking Muslims should be unassuming, but it should come in an enlightening way to the edification of the Colombo-centric agenda or the powers-guided agenda, pursued in the past as well as in the present. Otherwise, it may only amount to conferring impunity to the State in Colombo and its abettors. Related Story >>  [06.05.15] Retired land commissioner of Eastern Province on Structural Genocide against Eezham Tamils: The systematic seizure of traditional lands belonging to the Tamil speaking people of the North-East have been widespread under the guise of archaeological, forest and wild-life conservations and subsequently carried out through the acts of demarcating these lands under the purview of the state apparatuses such as the Archaeological Department, Forest Department and the Wild-life Conservation Department, says retired Land Commissioner of the Eastern Province Karthirgamathamby Kurunathan, in an in-depth video interview to TamilNet. Related Story >>  [05.05.15] TNPF rejects ‘domestic investigations’ upheld by USA: The fact that the United States and the US Secretary of State John Kerry would consider the post January 08th 2015 situation in Sri Lanka, with the new government favourable, is understandable. But, for him to suggest that there is a favourable condition for the Tamils, is stretching too far, said Tamil National Peoples Front (TNPF) Leader Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam, responding to a question from TamilNet. Related Story >>  [02.05.15] Sivaram, Wigneswaran saw futility in convincing Sinhala polity: senior editor: The failure of Sivaram and his transfer into a staunch Tamil nationalist is analogical to the political course and current stand of the NPC Chief Minister, Mr C.V. Wigneswaran, said veteran Tamil journalist and editor, Mr. V. Thevaraj, addressing the 10th assassination anniversary meet of Sivaram held in Batticaloa on Wednesday. Related Story >> |
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