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Sinhala leftists need careful perusal of Lenin’s definition of Right to Self-Determination

[Wed, 18 Sep 2024, 21:30 GMT]

Russian revolutionary leader and theoretician Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924) was highly critical of the interpretation of the Right of Self-Determination by his contemporary Marxist thinker Rosa Luxemburg (1871-1919). While Luxemburg argued that national self-determination was a dangerous distraction from the desired system change towards a socialist state, Lenin defended the right to self-determination, including secession. Most Sinhala leftists have been opportunists who peddle Marxism like a pimp, especially concerning the national question. They are divergent from Lenin’s extremely well-articulated definition and clarification of the national right of self-determination.

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JVP always denied Eezham Tamils’ inalienable self-determination: Anthropology scholar

[Sat, 21 Sep 2024, 16:12 GMT]

The JVP has recently lent itself to US efforts to consolidate the unitary state and realise its long-held ambition to capture state power in Colombo. In this regard, they have also engaged with a range of actors, from the IMF, Washington, and New Delhi, as well as attempted to woo Eezham Tamils and other Tamil-speaking people to opt for the NPP in the 2024 SL Presidential Elections. Norway-based Eezham Tamil anthropology scholar Dr Athithan Jayapalan writes that the NPP and Lionel Bopage speak of equality without addressing the right of an oppressed nation to secession in the face of national oppression and genocide. Instead, the NPP, aligned with the US position, vows to neutralise the Eezham Tamil political struggle for self-determination. Full story >>

‘பொதுச்சபை’ நகர்வை ‘சிவில் சமூக அமையம்’ தரும் படிப்பினைகளின் கண்கொண்டு நோக்குதல்

[Fri, 30 Aug 2024, 09:08 GMT]

இந்தியத் தேசிய பாதுகாப்பு ஆலோசகர்களாயிருந்த எம். கே. நாராயணன் (2005-2010), சீவ்சங்கர் மேனன் (2010-2014) இருவரின் கட்டளையேற்றுத் தடம்புரண்டிருந்த தமிழ்த் தேசியக் கூட்டமைப்பின் மூத்த தலைவரான காலஞ்சென்ற இரா. சம்பந்தனின் மூலோபாய அச்சுத் தவறிய அரசியலின் விளைவாக 2010 ஆம் ஆண்டில் தமிழ்த் தேசிய மக்கள் முன்னணி தோன்றியது. மறுபுறம், தேர்தல் அரசியலுக்கு அப்பாற்பட்ட சமூக முன்னெடுப்புகளாக ‘தமிழ் சிவில் சமூக அமையம்’, ‘தமிழ் மக்கள் பேரவை’ என்பவை 2013-2014 காலகட்டத்தில் தோன்றின. நாளடைவில், கட்சி அரசியல் உள்ளிட்ட பல காரணிகளால் அந்தச் சமூக முன்னெடுப்புகள் தேக்கமுற்றன. 2024 ஆம் ஆண்டு ஜனாதிபதித் தேர்தலில் ‘பொது வேட்பாளர்’ என்ற கருத்தை முன்வைத்து ‘தமிழ் மக்கள் பொதுச் சபை’ தொடக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. ‘எல்லாவற்றுக்கும் இந்தியாவை எதிர்பார்க்கவேண்டும்’ என்று சிந்திக்கும் இயக்குநர்கள் பின்னணியில் ‘ரிமோட் கொன்ரோல்’களாக மறைந்திருந்து முன்னெடுக்கும் பரிசோதனை என்ற விமர்சனத்தோடு இது ஆரம்பமாகியுள்ளது. Full story >>

Tribute by Krisna

Viraj exposed West’s criminalization of Tamil struggle

[Fri, 30 Aug 2024, 15:27 GMT]

Even though I first met Viraj Mendis in Geneva, his reputation as a fearless advocate for Tamil liberation preceded him. The movement respected Viraj, and many of our leaders in the diaspora and the homeland sought his clarity and insight. I consider myself fortunate to have worked with him and learned from him. Full story >>

After four years of arduous service, marked by unsurpassed courage and fortitude, the Army of Northern Virginia has been compelled to yield to overwhelming numbers and resources. I need not tell the brave survivors of so many hard fought battles, who have remained steadfast to the last, that I have consented to the result from no distrust of them.

-General Robert E. Lee
Lee papers, Virginia Historical Society, Richmond
Best known for commanding the Confederate Army of
..Northern Virginia in the American Civil War.
Greatest victories: the Seven Days Battles,
..the Second Battle of Bull Run, the Battle of Fredericksburg,
..and the Battle of Chancellorsville.
Surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865.
After the war, Lee supported President Johnson's
..program of Reconstruction and inter-sectional friendship.

[28.04.25]
Taraki Sivaram remembered: TamilNet remembers with pride the service rendered to the media by Maamanithar Dharmeratnam Sivaram (Taraki), the well-known political analyst and senior editor of TamilNet, on the 20th anniversary of his assassination.
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[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.
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[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.
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SL harassment against resettled Tamils in Madu, Mannaar

[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.
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[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.
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[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.
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[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.
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[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.
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[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.
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[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.
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[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.
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Quisling politics from the horse's mouth

[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.
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[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.
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[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.
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[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.
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[06.05.15]
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[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.
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While Luxemburg argued that national self-determination was a dangerous distraction from the desired system change towards a socialist state, Lenin defended the right to self-determination, including secession. Most Sinhala leftists have been opportunists who peddle Marxism like a pimp, especially concerning the national question. They are divergent from Lenin’s extremely well-articulated definition and clarification of the national right of self-determination. Full story >> Latest Reports: Sep 21 16:12 JVP always denied Eezham Tamils’ inalienable self-.. Sep 18 21:30 Sinhala leftists need careful perusal of Lenin’s d.. Aug 30 15:27 Viraj exposed West’s criminalization of Tamil stru.. Aug 30 09:08 ‘பொதுச்ச.. << Flashback More Reports >> 2ND LEAD (Adds eBook PDF format) JVP always denied Eezham Tamils’ inalienable self-determination: Anthropology scholar [Sat, 21 Sep 2024, 16:12 GMT] The JVP has recently lent itself to US efforts to consolidate the unitary state and realise its long-held ambition to capture state power in Colombo. In this regard, they have also engaged with a range of actors, from the IMF, Washington, and New Delhi, as well as attempted to woo Eezham Tamils and other Tamil-speaking people to opt for the NPP in the 2024 SL Presidential Elections. Norway-based Eezham Tamil anthropology scholar Dr Athithan Jayapalan writes that the NPP and Lionel Bopage speak of equality without addressing the right of an oppressed nation to secession in the face of national oppression and genocide. Instead, the NPP, aligned with the US position, vows to neutralise the Eezham Tamil political struggle for self-determination. Full story >> ‘பொதுச்சபை’ நகர்வை ‘சிவில் சமூக அமையம்’ தரும் படிப்பினைகளின் கண்கொண்டு நோக்குதல் [Fri, 30 Aug 2024, 09:08 GMT] இந்தியத் தேசிய பாதுகாப்பு ஆலோசகர்களாயிருந்த எம். கே. நாராயணன் (2005-2010), சீவ்சங்கர் மேனன் (2010-2014) இருவரின் கட்டளையேற்றுத் தடம்புரண்டிருந்த தமிழ்த் தேசியக் கூட்டமைப்பின் மூத்த தலைவரான காலஞ்சென்ற இரா. சம்பந்தனின் மூலோபாய அச்சுத் தவறிய அரசியலின் விளைவாக 2010 ஆம் ஆண்டில் தமிழ்த் தேசிய மக்கள் முன்னணி தோன்றியது. மறுபுறம், தேர்தல் அரசியலுக்கு அப்பாற்பட்ட சமூக முன்னெடுப்புகளாக ‘தமிழ் சிவில் சமூக அமையம்’, ‘தமிழ் மக்கள் பேரவை’ என்பவை 2013-2014 காலகட்டத்தில் தோன்றின. நாளடைவில், கட்சி அரசியல் உள்ளிட்ட பல காரணிகளால் அந்தச் சமூக முன்னெடுப்புகள் தேக்கமுற்றன. 2024 ஆம் ஆண்டு ஜனாதிபதித் தேர்தலில் ‘பொது வேட்பாளர்’ என்ற கருத்தை முன்வைத்து ‘தமிழ் மக்கள் பொதுச் சபை’ தொடக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. ‘எல்லாவற்றுக்கும் இந்தியாவை எதிர்பார்க்கவேண்டும்’ என்று சிந்திக்கும் இயக்குநர்கள் பின்னணியில் ‘ரிமோட் கொன்ரோல்’களாக மறைந்திருந்து முன்னெடுக்கும் பரிசோதனை என்ற விமர்சனத்தோடு இது ஆரம்பமாகியுள்ளது. Full story >> Tribute by Krisna Viraj exposed West’s criminalization of Tamil struggle [Fri, 30 Aug 2024, 15:27 GMT] Even though I first met Viraj Mendis in Geneva, his reputation as a fearless advocate for Tamil liberation preceded him. The movement respected Viraj, and many of our leaders in the diaspora and the homeland sought his clarity and insight. I consider myself fortunate to have worked with him and learned from him. 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SLMC 2002 May 16 18:55 Sinhala opposition to peace deal gathers momentum 2002 May 16 16:38 Prisons check disappoints missing youths' parents 2002 May 16 09:25 TULF urges govt. to lift LTTE ban immediately 2002 May 16 09:24 Jaffna fishermen complain continuous navy haras... 2002 May 16 09:20 Maruthankerni, Pallai AGA offices in LTTE held ... 2002 May 16 09:17 Displaced fast demanding immediate resettlement 2002 May 16 05:08 Linganagar Tamils complain army harassment 2001: 2001 May 16 13:31 Two killed, Muslim town tense 2001 May 16 13:28 Batticaloa villages shelled 2001 May 16 08:53 Thamil Chelvan's convoy hit by SLA claymore 2000: 2000 May 16 21:41 Tigers advance on twin fronts 2000 May 16 20:41 Kadirgamar says paying dearly for arms 2000 May 16 11:38 Tigers ask civilians to move 2000 May 16 09:30 Tigers overrun SLA defences in Chavakachcheri 1999: 1999 May 16 19:29 Staff shortage affects Tamil medium schools 1999 May 16 19:02 Election campaign brings new promises 1999 May 16 18:45 PLOTE denies involvement in Colombo killings 1999 May 16 16:21 Blast destroys transformer 1999 May 16 10:21 Four shot dead in Vavuniya 1999 May 16 10:14 Eastern Villagers face terror again 1999 May 16 10:05 News in Brief: 1998: 1998 May 16 23:59 Chavakachcheri mine kills two 1998 May 16 23:59 Jaffna mail slower than usual 1998 May 16 23:59 Traffic from Vadamaradchi East restricted 1998 May 16 23:59 Jaffna hospitals said critical After four years of arduous service, marked by unsurpassed courage and fortitude, the Army of Northern Virginia has been compelled to yield to overwhelming numbers and resources. I need not tell the brave survivors of so many hard fought battles, who have remained steadfast to the last, that I have consented to the result from no distrust of them. -General Robert E. Lee Lee papers, Virginia Historical Society, Richmond Best known for commanding the Confederate Army of ..Northern Virginia in the American Civil War. Greatest victories: the Seven Days Battles, ..the Second Battle of Bull Run, the Battle of Fredericksburg, ..and the Battle of Chancellorsville. Surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865. After the war, Lee supported President Johnson's ..program of Reconstruction and inter-sectional friendship.	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 Read more >> [28.04.25] Taraki Sivaram remembered: TamilNet remembers with pride the service rendered to the media by Maamanithar Dharmeratnam Sivaram (Taraki), the well-known political analyst and senior editor of TamilNet, on the 20th anniversary of his assassination. Related Story >> [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 >>
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