Why donot they have hanged Rajiv Killers so far? Who is Karunanidhi or Sonia to forgive the killers while others also had been killed?why politicians supporting Killers and killer's supporters?? I dont understand Mrs.Gandhi...If your relative is getting killed will you get their support to come to power. Not a single statement made by her against LTTE and others so far by her. We need a strong leadership irrespective of which party rules like US or Israel.Then only we fight terror.If one leader goes and puppets follow we can never win over terrorism
RE:why is soft corner towards ltte
by Chelvarajan Sethukavalar on Jan 03, 2008 04:40 AM Permalink
Rajiv's assasin is already in Jail. So who is going to be responsible and called to account for the kiloings of thousands of innocent Tamils in the North and East by the IPKF the burning looting dstruction of Tamil homes and the raping of Tamil women by the IPKF. This ws done under the command of Rajiv Ghandhi . Yo seem to be only concerned of Rajiv Ghandhi's life, why the lifes of these Tamils does not matter to you and the Sri Lankan giovernment and it is so cheap is it
RE:why is soft corner towards ltte
by Manoj M on Jan 03, 2008 10:05 AM Permalink
You seem to have forgotten that it was the same Rajiv Gandhi who had sent planeloads of relief material accompanied with a Mirage fighterjet into the Srilankan airspace to protect the Tamils. IPKF had gone there to protect the Tamils, not the Srilankans. 2000 soldiers of IPKF died because the LTTE went back on their word, apparently emboldened by the Indian support, they wanted more. Rajiv Gandhi had tried to help the Srilankan Tamils & see what he got back. We should leave them alone in the mess they have created for themselves. Indira Gandhi tried to help them, Rajiv Gandhi tried, it's only after 91 that India finally realized the monster LTTE is & washed India's hands off LTTE.
RE:RE:why is soft corner towards ltte
by Sivaprasad on Jan 03, 2008 11:02 AM Permalink
Rajiv was played by sinhalese. Accept that fact. Even Rajiv admitted that before his death. But the fact remains that a number of women and children and innocent men lost their lives due to IPKF.ipkf ULTIMATELY BECAME SRILANKAN B-team.
RE:why is soft corner towards ltte
by Chandra Prakash on Jan 03, 2008 12:01 AM Permalink
Sonia has taken the sirname Gandhi and she is justifying that verry well.
As patriots do not support violence but at the same time look into the plight of the srilankan tamils.How many innocents hace been maccared and women raped over the past two decades.The low morales of the lankan army has prompted the creation of such a violent group like the LTTE.The tamils in cylone at one time were desperately trying to escpe from physical and sexual abuses and resorted to violence as a final stroke. I think LTTE can be tamed if lankan army resorts to a softer approach.My sincere condolences to the IPKF presonals,former PM Rajiv Gandhi,Premadasa,Ranjan wijayarathane and all the slain victims of LTTE.
RE:Do not support violence
by Sivaraman Srinivasan on Jan 03, 2008 12:37 AM Permalink
Yes. The sinhala government unleashed terror on Innocent Tamils and killed many thousand tamils. But that does not mean that Tamils still have to ask for separate land. The war in Srilanka has been happening for more than 2 decades and yet there does not seem to be a solution. One of the reason is that LTTE wants to project themselves as the only representative of Tamils by killing all the Tamil leaders who have different views including Amirthalingam. Now LTTE is losing ground with defeat at every quarter. In the process of projecting their goal of separate home land LTTE ended up losing all the opportunities of peace process. The tamils does not have access to any other source of information about the war except what LTTE gives. Through this process they were successful in brain washing the people to think that war is the only solution.
Of course there exists genuine problem in terms of Job reservation, education and business opportunities for Tamils through official and unofficial means.
But somepoint of time the LTTE have to say let bygones be bygones and think about the future of all the Tamils who survived the war. Instead they can work for higher autonomy for Tamil provinces through negotiation instead of a separate homeland. With strategic location of various ports, abundant natural wealth, proven hard work and skill of Tamils, they can show that they are better than Sinhala people.
Time is running. If they don't act now it will be never.
RE:Do not support violence
by Edwin Navaratnam on Jan 03, 2008 02:49 AM Permalink
Very soon there will not be any Tamil Provinces, as the Sinhalas are hell bent on making the idegenous Tamils are powerless minority in the North and East. Immediatley after independence all Tamils in the Chilaw and Puttalam districts were forecibly assimilated as Sinhalas. Only a few Hindu villagers around the Historic Munneswaram temple have withstood this forcible assimilation and now they are Tamil Hindu Island surrounded by their Catholic and Buddhist Sinhla Buddhist cousins. In the East the Tamil HIndus were 70% up to the mid 60's to early 70s now they have bben reduced to around 33% by large scale ethnice cleansing. The Sinhalas wereless than 1% in the east when independence came now due to large scale government sponsored colonisation schemes and large scale ethnic cleansing they are around 33% and are increasing . A new USA trained SInhla general has been appointed by th eSriLankan government to the so called liberated East/. He has been firmly told to make th eEast of Sri Lanka a firm Sinhla majority province. There were plans in the late 80's and early 90's to make the Vanni in the NOrth ( the districts of Vavuniya Mannar and Muulaitivu and parts of Killinochi) a Sinhla majority area by flooding these aras with Sinhlala colonists. BUt the LTTE control of these areas thawrted these plans. You and do not realise ho wmuchthe Tamils have suffered under succesive racist Sinhla governments. The support for LTte amongst eh Tamils is strong and it is the moderates who
RE:RE:Do not support violence
by Edwin Navaratnam on Jan 03, 2008 03:00 AM Permalink
like Amirthalingam etc of the TULF who wanted the Seperate state by any means.They won handsomely in the Tamil electorates in the NOrth and East in the 1970s SriLanka was never one country until the British united its Sinhla and Tamil speaking parts in 1833. Prior to the arrival of the Portuguese, The Sinhla and Tamils in the island ruled themselves. The Portuguses and the Dutch ruled the Sinhla and Tamil parts of the countries as seperate colonies. It is much better for the country to be united under a federal set up with genuine equal rights for its minorities that was what the Tamil and other minorities have been asking for the past 60 years, but the Sinhala majority only want the land to be a Sinhla Buddhist country an ddo not want to and still do not want to grant any rights ot the Tamil speaking minority with whom they have shared the land for thousands of years. All peaceful means of protests were ment with violence and laughter and scorn. Many agreements gave beem broken and torn. Even the 1987 Indo Sriolankan Greement has been broken by the Rajapkse government. Yo can see what is in store for the Tamils in what you see in the so called liberated east. Insted of allaying the fears of the Tamils and starting genuine reconciliatin. Around 300000 Tamils have been rendered homeless and are refugees. their lands to be distributed to Sinhala settlers. Place names being changed from Tamil to Sinhala. The Tamil population terrrorrised. This what a enemy victor does to a vanq
RE:Do not support violence
by senthil kumar on Jan 03, 2008 07:40 AM Permalink
Hey, comeon Sivaraman, Don't be jokking, see no one come up in Srilanka, see the yesterday news, the only Tamil MP killed by lankan extr.
LTTE could be true inspiration for all Indians settled abroad for protecting their rights. Government of India is too feeble to safeguard or protect interests of NRIs in other countries except begging investment or remmitence from them. Let us be positive and support LTTE types of movements all over the world for the very pride of India. Jai Hind.
RE:LTTE & NRIs
by prem nath on Jan 02, 2008 11:45 PM Permalink
I totally agree with u But LTTE are fighting for the rights to live, Fighting for the rights to be treated as human being. Please read the history and make your comments.
RE:LTTE & NRIs
by Vikas Arora on Jan 03, 2008 10:03 AM Permalink
India is the only nation which talks about truth and non violence and we have proved in the past that these two can also be used as tools to get liberated and get the required rights. We can never take pride of a terrorist outfit.
RE:LTTE may die.
by umesh bajpai on Jan 03, 2008 01:56 AM Permalink
friends, I lived in Sri Lanka for 3 years, its a very nice country with nice people wheather they are hindus,sinhalis or muslims, they live with very good harmony amongst all of them,and they respect india as well, we have to think for our progress and not for causing problems in neighbouring countries,we have bigger problems such as corrupt politicians,big population,religious differences,once those inside problems are vanished,india will sure be super power and then we will be respected more worldover.india anyway has very good image and recognition worldover." the good thing for a poor man to be rich than wishing all other to be poor" should be our goal.
We respect America because of their better economy,we should be having the best and the strongest economy in the world and then the things will fall on our way.
We should be spreading the message of tolerence and harmony to the world and not of violence,at the same time any kind of terroist activity has to be answered with violence if those terroist do not understand language of love.
RE:LTTE may die.
by Chandra Prakash on Jan 02, 2008 11:42 PM Permalink
India should support and help LTTE soon after Mr. Prabhakaran's death is confirmed. LTTE without Mr. Prabhakaran should not be any problem for India. Sri Lanka without LTTE will be a great headech. We already have Pakistan, Bangladesh, Burma, China all around us.
RE:it sad
by G S on Jan 02, 2008 11:32 PM Permalink
LTTE is not terrorist. And they are just asking for a state (not freedom) and that is very reasonable. Get that in your mind.
RE:it sad
by Konga on Jan 03, 2008 08:34 AM Permalink
LTTE should be eliminated. There is no room for cruelty in this world. And LTTE supporter in India is a shame...
RE:Why No Ban?
by patriot on Jan 02, 2008 11:08 PM Permalink
i also cant understand. they have banned Tamils in sri Lanka so i guess effectively it means ltte too.
RE:Why No Ban?
by umesh bajpai on Jan 03, 2008 02:01 AM Permalink
yaar patriot, where did u learn that tamils are ban in sri Lanka, they are the 2nd biggest business community of Sri Lanka,Please dont misguide yourself and others.
RE:Why No Ban?
by Chandra Prakash on Jan 02, 2008 11:44 PM Permalink
Mr. Bird and Mr. Patriot are fools. Hence talking unknowingly against Indian interest.
RE:Why No Ban?
by Sivaraman Srinivasan on Jan 03, 2008 12:44 AM Permalink
If a country put a ban on an organisation, they cannot invite them for negotiation. Though LTTE asks for separate homeland Srilankan government does not want to close the opportunity for a negotiation. Remember we have banned Lashkar but not hurriyat though hurriyat sometimes blabber about separate Kashmir.
