The article while reflecting the plight of Tamils creates the impression that it is the Sri Lankan government that is responsible for the Sri Lankan crisis. Also the individuals & families interviewed do not reflect the real sufferers.
The LTTE is a terrorist organisation and equally if not more to contribute to the situation. If recent events & developments are any indication then it is clear they dont want to even resolve this issue.
RE:Misleading
by Arun Govindan on Jun 17, 2006 04:48 PM Permalink
LTTE is responsible?? Its so easy to say that. Unless the wounds of 1983 is healed, there can't be any solution to this issue. Punjab is what today because Indian leaders were forthcoming and resolved to heal the wounds of Sikhs. (Remember Rajiv made Congress to lose election to give power to Akali Dal). What happened is Srilanka (to tamils) is of millions of magnitude higher than what happened to Sikhs in India. Anyway now India, for its own geographical advantage may not do much in Srilanka. Srilanka will try to use China/Pak against India to get more leverage in going for a kill against LTTE. I heard that they used US to gain mileage then to make India to step in and send the infamous IPKF. LTTE is the only thing that keeps the voices of tamils atleast audible to ears of people like you. If not for them, they could be much worse than the POIs in Mouritius. Some time I think, if these tamils were Muslims or Christians they would have been better off than now (like people of Kashmir or one of the latest RC dominated country that was created recently). Who knows? They might have gotten world support as well as support of our Indian "secular" politicians!!
RE:Misleading
by vv on Jun 21, 2006 04:39 PM Permalink
Dear Arun,
Just change the SL Tamils with Tamil Brahmins in your post and you will see some similarities in what is happening. (The brahmins weren't solely responsible for the caste system,but were made the scape goats, while others have been pardoned). There are only two differences, one, no major riots against brahmins, two, brahmins still are leaving the state, but not as refugees. The next time you or any of the "dravidian" leaders tell a brahmin to leave the state as they came from elsewhere, think twice.
RE:Misleading
by vaempuli on Jun 18, 2006 12:45 PM Permalink
It is not that LTTE alone is responsible, but they have a fair share of blame too. The "Tamil Cause" has long become "LTTE cause". Prabhakaran somehow cannot stop fighting, i don't think he will stop even if eelam is achieved, he will start fighting others. I wonder if he has sent his children to the battle field at all, while he has no qualms in arming other children and sending them to their death. On the other hand, SL govt. has showed much less maturity in handling the issue. They can learn a lesson or two from Indian government in this regard. They just seem interested in forcing Indian government to clean up the mess they created. Traces of the SL Tamils are from India, so take them back rhetoric seems visible here. One does feel sorry for SL Tamils but while India provides them refuge, they, in countries like Canada, Australia, routinely bully us in to funding LTTE. The near vertical split in Canada Tamil Sangam between Indian Tamils & SL Tamils,being the best example.
RE:Misleading
by srinivas on Jun 18, 2006 12:56 PM Permalink
Hey Arun,
Tamils or no tamils do we have the right to go to a foreign land and fight against them for a TAMIL LAND ?? Look my friend , I dont beleive the singalese would keep hammering the so called tamils for now reason, I am a tamilian and if somebody walks into my house claiming to be a tamilian and so needs a part of my house what will I do ? Blow him away and the same thign you will do.
its nice and easy to say things but we have to respect the law of the land. How come we as indians get angry if somebody wants to divide Kashmir but are supposed to support a regional cause in Sri Lanka ??? what trash of a logic is that ?
RE:Misleading
by Arun Govindan on Jun 21, 2006 03:48 AM Permalink
...Continuing from my last post.. In India, there is a rule that if someone takes care of a land for certain period of time, that land becomes his. Just think why we have that kind of law.
RE:Misleading
by siraj on Jun 19, 2006 03:14 PM Permalink
Mr Arun Govindanan may say what so ever he wants to in defence of LTTE. I just want to remind him that it was LTTE which had assasinated Shri Rajiv Gandhi, former prime minister of India in addition to assasinations of both Sinhalese as well as Tamil politicians in Sri Lanka. If these things doesnt make LTTE a terorist organisation, I wondor what else will be enough. May sense prevail in the leadership of LTTE and they stop making innocent Tamilians pay for the foolish and misplaced ideas of theirs.
RE:Misleading
by Arun Govindan on Jun 21, 2006 03:45 AM Permalink
First of all, my apologies as I wanted to say "POIs of Fiji" but wrote "Mauritius"(May be distracted by Indian stock market crash:-). I love Rajeev Gandhi more than LTTE and I strongly believe, if not for him, I wouldn't be in US especially being from a remote village of Tamilnadu. I hate LTTE more than anything. But hey, how long one can keep a hatred that stays in the heart to rule over your concern for the plight of fellow race. Even now I support LTTE because like many other SL Tamil sympathizers, there is no other alternative. Also Tamils in Srilanka cannot be equated blindly to someone enters your house and ask for a share of it. With roots of Dravidian race being here for such a long time and Tamilnadu being just 20Kms away from Srilanka, how can you say for sure they entered the house of Srilanka. The tamils we are talking about are different from the "tea estate workers" who got in there during british rule. Even otherwise, take for example, we tamilian whole heartedly welcomed MGR, who was a malayali, Rajinikanth who was a kannadiga. If you blame those just on love for movies, think of Vaiko whose forefathers were not tamils but from Andhra. <continued..my last words>
