Mr Mukherjee should understand the feelings of Tamil people. Making unnecessary comments will spur only hatred. You can not blindly support Sri Lanka. LTTE cannot be removed from the ethnic conflict. It also represents major people of Tamil. Don't try to play with their emotional feelings. If India do not help Tamil, keep away from taking any side which would not augur well.
RE:Respect feelings of Tamil
by Arrow on Jan 12, 2008 01:11 PM Permalink
Congress after Indira doesnt do that. Infact Indira gandhi nurtured LTTE, MGR and all other leaders supported their cause. LTTE screwed themselves by killing rajiv. Prabhakaran realised that very late and accepted it, its too late and he is now paying the price for that.
RE:Respect feelings of Tamil
by Samosachat on Jan 13, 2008 03:12 AM Permalink
I nSri lanka there is a peaceful group and fighting for their rights in a peaceful way. If they had united the singalese could have been put in their place. But the LTTE was so arrogant and Mrs Gandhi made a mistake in nurturing them. The only solution to this problem is LTTE should drop their weapons and join the main stream and fight for their rights with the help of valid international organization. I request all the non Tamilians to understand their problem because there does exist a problem in their country with the GOVT. Kindly dont abuse the Tamilians.
RE:Respect feelings of Tamil
by on Jan 12, 2008 01:12 PM Permalink
Has the LTTE stood for elections? How can it taken as an authentic representative of anyone by any democratic country, let alone the largest democratic country in the world?
RE:Respect feelings of Tamil
by SP on Jan 12, 2008 01:29 PM Permalink
Whatever you people say, LTTE is a terrorit group like Al-qaida or Taliban, which is responsible for the brutal assassination of Rajiv Gandhi. LTTE should be removed from the earth.
RE:Respect feelings of Tamil
by ravdeepak cheema on Jan 12, 2008 01:52 PM Permalink
Even there is conflict between east side tamil group and north side group. Instiualization of organisation and selfish motive, internal bickering weaken them.
RE:Respect feelings of Tamil
by Rajeev on Jan 12, 2008 01:20 PM Permalink
AT ANY COST WE MUST NOT SUPPORT THE TERRORIST GROUP LIKE LTTE. IT IS NOT THE WELL EDUCATED TAMIL WHO SUPPORT THE LTTE ITS THE POLITICIANS JUST TRYING TO DIVIDE INDIAN BETWEEN TAMILIANS AND NORTH INDIANS OR KANNADIGAS. TAMILS ALSO MUST UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ARE INDIAN 1ST AND THEY SHOULD BEHAVE LIKE A TRUE INDIAN. IF THEY TRY TO VIOLATE INDIANNESS THEN THEY SHOULD BE PUNISHED.
RE:RE:Respect feelings of Tamil
by ravdeepak cheema on Jan 12, 2008 02:00 PM Permalink
Rajeev u r talking like dictator. Tamil r indian and true indian.
When Kashmiri Pandit community was inhumanly thrown out of kashmir. no tamil leader shown any sympathy towards them but in fact supporting dirty barbaric islamic terrorist and opposing pundits call in the name of secularism. How they hope to get sypathy or any type of support from north indian hindu community. More the italian lady currently ruling india, whose husband was killed by LTTE. how any one hope, she will suport ltte. she silently finishing this organisation. and tamil parties supporting her in centre. Another. I read in newspaper a commander from ltte (one Karuna) is splitted from prabhakarn. he can be measure cause to ltte debacles resently. he can be giving about ltte infrastructure to shrilankan govt. So it better ltte look their internal problem first. then blame others for its debacle
RE:Jihad
by Mr INNOCENT on Jan 12, 2008 01:52 PM Permalink
Kashmiri pandits were thrown out by nobody, instead it was the then governer, Jagmohan who engineered their exodus so that genuine freedom movement is given a communal color, thatz it! Get ur facts cleared. India has no moral point to stand in support of SriLanka when it is itself involved in worst kind of barbaric terrorism in Kashmir, having occupied it with ONLY 8 lac terrorists in uniform, whom u call as "security" forces!
RE:Jihad
by Arrow on Jan 12, 2008 01:04 PM Permalink
forget abt politicians, what about women and children being killed. Dont you think they should be saved? Forget LTTE and everything else for a moment. Dont you feel on a humanitarian basis that the problem should be addressed by India?
RE:Jihad
by Arrow on Jan 12, 2008 01:13 PM Permalink
The present government definitely wont encourage LTTE. Look at this in a different scenario. Lets say tomorrow chinese are brought in by lankans for peace negotiations and they get to play a bigger role in south asia, then india will jump in too. Which they shouldnt allow. Whereever there is a problem (in particular where people of indian origin are suffering) they should try to address and use their good relations with the lankan government to defuse the crisis.
RE:Jihad
by Pulsar on Jan 12, 2008 01:10 PM Permalink
By that logic, each time anything happens in the world where innocent women and children are killed, it becomes India's responsibility to save them. And talking of killing of innocent women and children, I can think of Darfur. If UN, along with countries like India want to send troops to Darfur under UN command, then I actually support that move. It will save many lives. But it is UN that must act. Indian troops can only go under the command of UN.
RE:RE:Jihad
by Arrow on Jan 12, 2008 01:15 PM Permalink
Yes, that is if UN works like UN and authoritatively! They can undertake such missions. Imagine yourself in such a group and your people are massacred in front of you, wouldnt you expect someone to help you? I am talking in the humanitarian angle.
RE:Jihad
by Pulsar on Jan 12, 2008 01:21 PM Permalink
Wait, if Tamils are being killed in India, then I want Indian Government to take action. But what is happening here is Sri Lanka's issue. So India should not send troops unless the UN decides to do so. Anyway, it is not as if LTTE people are saints. They are extremely brutal too.
Please do not send any army in sri lanka.We have lost an excellent and good person ie Your Husband Mr.Rajiv Gandhi.If he would have been alive our country would have definitely achieve much more than what it is today.Indian citizens cannot forget his handsome personality.Once again am requesting you and govt not to involve
RE:Sonia Gandhi request
by Patrick on Jan 12, 2008 01:03 PM Permalink
Never to dishonor a dead man ! ! ! . but it was PVN that brought about this economic confidence. I dont think the indian army would ever venture back to the jungles of jaffna.
The LTTE is a terrorist organisation. But the srilankan is equally terrorist. In all this hulabaloo, eelam continues to be oppressed.
It would be a strategic blunder to let the chinese and the pakistanis get foot 18 kms away from our prosperous southern shores filled with critical national research institutes.
Say what you may. I am an indian tamil and i do not like the congress very much. But what rajiv did back then was right because the sinhala govt wanted america( anathema to us then) to setup base in triconmalee.
Remember the chinese already have the west bengal government and our eastern flank, pakistan and our northern and southern flank.
RE:Sonia Gandhi request
by its me on Jan 12, 2008 12:59 PM Permalink
you are giving warning or threat ???? but still supporting her at centre. you want sweet on both hands right.
LTTE is anti-social outfit and indulging criminal and terrorist activities. They may claim that they are protector of Tamils. This is a gimmick to defend themselves to materialise their iil-conceived ideas. This is standard format that all terrorist organisation is following. They bring History and geography to substantiate their dangerous act. Late Ramaswami Nacker party (DK), DMK, PMK and MDMK, Dalit panther party, Nedumaran are parthinium plants to Indian democracy and world peace. They have to be controlled with iron-hand without any mercy. These people already poisoned Tamil Nadu. It requires atleast 10 years or more to bring back normalcy in Tamilnadu. These LTTE terrorist activities already spread adjoining states like Karnataka, Kerala and Andhra. A sardar vallabhai Patel is necessary at this juncture not Indra Gandhi Dynasty.
RE:LTTE has to be wiped out without second thought
by Tamil on Jan 12, 2008 09:37 PM Permalink
Rajagopalan is a papan....brahmin...so only he oppose LTTE and Dravidians...
RE:RE:LTTE has to be wiped out without second thought
by Calspadeaspade on Jan 13, 2008 06:56 AM Permalink
In fact Pappans and pappathis are among the few Sri Lankan Tamil supporters because they are fellow Tamilians and recognize the problems they are facing. Please do not lose that also. You guys do not have too many supporters in this world.
RE:LTTE has to be wiped out without second thought
by Sethu Bala Raman on Jan 12, 2008 01:12 PM Permalink
u brahmin shit ! shut ur mouth ! the british whites have gone out of our country and this whites are still here ! tamilnadu is standing as a role model for reservation to lower caste people in our country. Brahmins constitute not even 2% in our population, but they dominated the other caste people and enjoyed great sophistication in the society, it is people like Periyar & Annadurai fought against them and broght rights to other caste people. their superiority is totally diminisher, that anger and revenge are still with them. BJP backed political analyst Cho Ramaswamy makes foul cry for this community. Seeing the atrocities of Brahmins, Periyar said "If you happen to see a brahmin and a snake, first beat the brahmin, they are such venemous than a snake". Don't make us fools
RE:RE:LTTE has to be wiped out without second thought
by Calspadeaspade on Jan 13, 2008 06:53 AM Permalink
Later on Vengaya Munivar's (periyar) attitude was recognized by some of his followers and they split and some good guys left DMK.
RE:LTTE has to be wiped out without second thought
by Calspadeaspade on Jan 13, 2008 06:51 AM Permalink
Periyar had total contempt for Tamil and Tamilians. He was just using the inferiority complex of non brahmin to bash brahmins and get ahead in life. He was a kannadiga. In his own state other caste s would have made a minced meat out of him. Brahmins never committed any atrocities. Yes the caste system was there but Brahmins were not responsible for it.
RE:LTTE has to be wiped out without second thought
by on Jan 12, 2008 12:57 PM Permalink
Well said! They are a threat to India and they are a threat to Sri Lanka.
RE:LTTE has to be wiped out without second thought
by truthandonlytruth on Jan 12, 2008 01:03 PM Permalink
Actually these stupid Dravidian parties are extreme casteist and RACISTS.... Do not worry Rajagopalan, The cause of well being of India will completely kill the cause of such mindless terrorist organizations like LTTE. These dravidian parites eat Indian food, use Indian products to propagate extreme hatred in our Indian SOIL.
Srilankan army is the oppressor,and Indian govt is supporing THE ARMY. And calls LTTE as terrorists????
LTTE is a group of freedom fighters.They are not terrorists. For the sake of oneness o voice, they have to eliminate others. Many countries have done this before. Most notably UK, US when they were faced with communists amidst them in 1960's and 50's. They just murdered these people using whatever means they had. They were not labelled terrorists. why LTTE????
The murderers are the SL army and hey have to be called terrorists.
RE:India supports SL????
by on Jan 12, 2008 12:58 PM Permalink
How can the LTTE be called freedom fighters when they have killed so many Tamils? All the democratically elected Tamil politicians in Sri Lanka have been killed by the LTTE. Prabhakaran himself killed the Tamil mayor of Jaffna!
Pakistan is stil occupying aoeudn 1/3 of Kashmir and has finaced and will stil finace terrorsim to destabilise India. They are the sole cause of many Indian soldiers losing their life not the LTTE but he wants friendship, that fine. Then comes China wichi s occupying large chunks of Kasmir and the NOrth East of India, However he states that this is friendly and these invasions and occupation are neighbourly incursions. China is committing genocide on teh Tibetrans abd its humand rights recod is atrocious but they are good. Paksitan is the centre or the worlds terrorism, Their fundametalist Islamic terrrsim has no cause or evennot fighting against opression but just want the unwilling non Muslims of the world and even th evast majority of teh peaceful moderate Muslims of the world uner this extremist Islamic Caliphate. BUt Pakistan is good fo rIndianad USA. The Sri Lankan Tamils are fighting a recist and gencidal government.They are fighting for their survival. this Sinhala government doen not wnat to opress them but want the Tamil identity to be erased forever Sri Lanka. Liek what the Turks did to the Armenians. BUt they are terrorists. They LTTE are not innocent but armed struggle has victims and most of the victims have been the Tamils killed by the Sri Lakan Army.Very few Sinhlas have been affected. Whaat did mr MUkerjee say when his fellwo Bengalis inthe eas tPakistan reovleted aginst opression did he cal lthem terrrists too, I bet he sang a different tune.
RE:What a lot of bull shit
by Chelvarajan Sethukavalar on Jan 12, 2008 01:00 PM Permalink
What mukerjee stated my have come as a surpirse to many South Indian Tamils. However teh Native Srilankan Tamils have all along known that the Indian government ws supporting the Sinhala Sri Lankan governments. The IPKF episode left them with no illisions or doubt of this. Th eIPKF only came under pretence of helping and safeguarding teh Eelam Tamils. but it became soon apparent to the Tamils that thier real motive was to see that the Sri lankan Tamils never realise thier dreams ot live in peace and dignity in charge of their own destination. as they have done before European colonists came, The same dream that all Indian and the Sinhlas now enjoy. they came to thwart this and just give some wataered down version of this ( this has now been dishonoured by the Rajapakse government so you can se ehow they Sinhlas honour India or wnat genuine reconcliation)and to support teh Sinhala. This is because of a perceived Dravisian greater Tamil Nadu threat. This is stupid as other than the common Tamil language the Eelam and Tamil Nadu Tamils are very different in food habbits, and cusotems and way of life. The Eelam Tamils are far more culturally closer to the Keralites than to the people of TamilNadu. Many Tamil Brahmins having some grudge against teh Dravidian parties took it out on the hapless Srilankan Tamils who in the least anti Brahmin or no tinterested in these Dravidian policies. Tehir behaviour was childish. The native Tamil Brahnmins suffered the most under the Sinhalas.
RE:What a lot of bull shit
by on Jan 12, 2008 01:05 PM Permalink
Nope, Sri Lankan Tamils are culturally far more closer to the Sinhalese than to any other group. There have been many inter-ethnic marriages. The LTTE is just as anti-Brahmin as the Dravidian parties in Tamil Nadu. Many Tamil Brahmins have become Sinhalese through inter-marriages.
RE:RE:What a lot of bull shit
by Chelvarajan Sethukavalar on Jan 12, 2008 01:20 PM Permalink
really why do you lie? is tha the reaon that frenzied Sinhla mobs burnt many HIndu Temples toghehther with the Tamil Brahmin Priests. So what was the reason that the Army recently wanted every Tamil Brahmin famil y to register their names in the Jaffna area. Why they wnat to marry these beautiful Tamil Brahmin girls to forcibly married to Sinhala soldiers. This was very common in the Tamil East where many pretty tamil girls were forcibly taken and amrried to SInhla soldiers. The Jaffan Tamil Brahmisn have always been very proudly Tamil and HIndu they are one of the few Brahmin commnities where hardly anyoen coverted to another relgion, and they are going to easily intermarry and become Sinhalese must be in your anti Tamil dreams. May ahve joned the LTTE
RE:What a lot of bull shit
by on Jan 12, 2008 01:39 PM Permalink
The LTTE killed and mutilated 13 Sri Lankan soldiers. In retaliation there were anti-Tamil riots in Colombo by Sinhalese mobs. What happened when Muslims burnt to death 50 Hindus on a train in Godhra? As for attacks on Hindu temples, go and take a look at how many Hindu temples the LTTE has looted, and how many Hindu priests it has killed, and how many Hindu temples it has used to keep arms and ammunition. The LTTE is far more anti-Hindu that any of the Sinhalese who actually worship at Hindu temples and have Hindu Gods and Godesses in their Buddhist temples!
The Sinhalese want to protect Ram Sethu while the Tamils want to destroy it.
If the Tamils didn't kill and mutilate 13 Sri Lankan soldiers then there would have been no anti-Tamil riots and if Muslims didnt set fire to the train there would have been no anti-Muslim riots.
It's quite simple really. This is not to justify riots but the way things happen in South Asia.
I think you have been reading too many LTTE propaganda websites. Tamil Brahmins are today almost non existent in Sri Lanka. They are vastly outnumbered by the Vellalas and other castes. You speak as if Tamil Brahmins are easy to come by in Sri Lanka.
The army has not wanted every Tamil Brahmin family to register Tamil Brahmin girls are not forcibly married to Sinhala soldiers Is this what your LTTE propaganda websites are spouting now? It gets better and better everyday.
The Tamil Brahmins in Sri Lanka who form a minute community are very
RE:RE:What a lot of bull shit
by Chelvarajan Sethukavalar on Jan 12, 2008 01:59 PM Permalink
My name is Sethu kavalar do youkno wth meaning of that in Tamil. The one who safguars the Sethu. of course you wil no tbe aware of this as you are only pretending to be half Tamil. The Tamil Kings of Jaffna were called SethuKavalar as one of thier sacred duties was to protect the RamSethu. This area came under the jurisdiction of the Jaffna Kings. they were very strong HIndus They even had the army to protect the Sethu. Even to this day many Jaffna Tamils of the Vellalar caste stil carry this tilte as thier family name. Some of them ar now Christians but they stil carry this title. The Prtuguse attcked teh Jaffan Kingdom as the kinv of Jaffna killed 60 0Tamil Paravars in the Manar area as they converted from Hindusm to Catholism. The SriLankan Talis paid a very heavy price fo rthat and are stil paying they list thier freedom a large amont of thoer territory and people who utimatlay became SInhlas and start postimng anti Tamil messages like you. That 80 % of teh native Tamils have stil remained HIndu desoite the barbaric efforts of the Portuguese to convert them to Catholism. They destroyes hundreds of Hindu Temoples. Mayn yfled to India and to the Vanni and returned later when the POrtuguese left. The majority pretend to be Catholics for around 250 years and practised HIunduism in secret, they openly became HIndus when the POrtuguese left. So dont talk bullshit. Teh Sinhlas protecting Ram Sethu indeed buttake stped to detroy formal HInduism.
RE:What a lot of bull shit
by on Jan 12, 2008 02:07 PM Permalink
You can talk all you want Chelvarajan Sethukavalar, but the LTTE supporting Tamils want the Ram Sethu destroyed and crushed. Are you a part of that bandwagon? The same people are shouting against Lord Ram who is revered by millions of Hindus not only in India but around the world.
On the other hand the Sinhalese want the Ram Sethu preseved. Not only that they have preserved all the sites in Sri Lanka that have a connection to the Ramayana. Eg Ravana Ella, Sitha Eliya, Wariyapola.
So who is more anti-Hindu?
Many of the Tamils in the Vanni are now Catholics, practially all of the Mannar region is not Catholic. Your claim that Sri Lankan Tamils faithfully stuck to Hinduism is completely and utterly false.
At least the Sinhalese stood up and fought the British, unlike the Tamils who preferred to be under their jackboot and dominate the country at the expense of the Sinhalese majority.
RE:What a lot of bull shit
by on Jan 12, 2008 01:41 PM Permalink
The Tamil Brahmins in Sri Lanka who form a minute community are very anti-LTTE and mix and mingle with the Sinhalese people. In the past race was not the problem but the caste. Tamil Brahmins would rather marry a Sinhalese from a high caste than a Tamil from a low caste and many high caste Sinhalese Sinhalese would rather marry a Tamil from a high caste than a Sinhalese from a lower caste.
RE:RE:What a lot of bull shit
by Chelvarajan Sethukavalar on Jan 12, 2008 01:39 PM Permalink
The Srilankan Tamil and the Sinhlas are culturally very close as yo hit the nail on the head as most Sinhalas are native Sri lankan Tamils. around 2300 years ago when Buddhism came to Sri Lanka Tamil Hindus in the South Central and North western parts of th Isaland became Buddhist and started to speak the newly evolving Sinhla language which was a mixture Sanskrit/ Pali and Old Tamil( the vehicle of Buddha Dhamma was Pali and Sanskrit) even now the Sinhla langiage is aroudn 40% Tamil,Is grammer and sentence structure is Tamil it is like some one has taken teh Tamil out of a Taml sentence and replaced it with Pali and Sanskit derived works. The place names of many plces ith Sinhla south soudn Sinhla at a glance butis actually old Tamil Eg Alagoda in SInhla means the mound withte waterfall. In old Tamil Ali meand whirpool, eddy, waterfall like neerali. Khiade means moundeg in Kerala KazaKhoade. During the European rule the Tamils in the western and southern littiral became Sinhala due ot the Catholic and BUddhist conversions Soon after indepnedence the entire Tamil Chilaw, Negombop and Puttalam coasts wwere forcibly conerted by th eSri Lankan government and the Sinhla Catholci church as Sinhalas. Similarly a significant minority of Sri lankan Tamils are descended fronteh orginal Aryan Sinhala migrants. thes eare the ones who reamainme dinteh North and East an ddid not become Bduhhists grduallay became Tamils. The Sinhalas call them selves Hellas which means the people of Eelam
RE:What a lot of bull shit
by on Jan 12, 2008 01:54 PM Permalink
Nope Sri Lankan Tamils and Sinhalese are very close because they have been mixing and inter marrying for centuries. The Sinhalese have always been a Prakrit speaking people and this language predates the arrival of Buddhism to the island. Tamil propagandists (the same variety who claim that Sanskrit came from Tamil) are trying to claim that the Sinhalese language came from Tamil and that it magically turned into an Indo-Aryan language because of Buddhism. My, I suppose then that when Buddhism came to Tamil Nadu the Tamil language magically turned into an Indo-Aryan one? Can't get any funnier than this.
Sinhala is an Indo-Aryan language like Hindi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Marathi, Oriya, Bengali. Ask any linguistic scholar besides the crazy Tamil ones. Its sister language is Dhivehi and not Tamil. Tamil has contributed vocab to the Sinhalese language just like Sanskrit contributed vocab to Tamil. Does that mean Tamil originated from Sanrkrit?
Many of the names of towns and cities in the north have Sinhalese origins. eg Valigamam is the Sinhalese Weligama (sandy village). Chunakkam is the Sinhalese Hunugama (limestone village). The list goes on an on.
Tamils invaded Sinhala Sri Lanka from Tamil Nadu and that is why they are found in the north and north east coastal areas. They pushed the original Sinhalese southwards.
RE:RE:What a lot of bull shit
by on Jan 12, 2008 02:25 PM Permalink
Now now, there is no need for name calling. It just shows that you're losing the argument and getting irritated. If Sinhalisation will destroy the Tamil separatist campaign then I will support it wholeheartedly. Tamils need to know that they cannot steal Sri Lankan territory and claim it as their own.
Sinhala is an Indo-Aryan language. You need to understand that. Open any book on linguistics and you will see it is listed as an Indo-Aryan language. Tamil chauvinists may claim otherwise, but that doesn't change the fact that Sinhala is an Indo-Aryan language alongside Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, Punjabi, Oriya and Bengali.
Veli is a SINHALA word for sand. Gama is a a SINHALA word for village. The Tamilised version is valikamam.
Hunu is a SINHALA word for limestone. Gama is a SINHALA word for village. The Tamilised version is Chunakam
Even in Colombo this process of Tamilisation of SINHALESE names continues.
RE:RE:What a lot of bull shit
by Chelvarajan Sethukavalar on Jan 12, 2008 02:11 PM Permalink
Idiot dont show your ignorance your listening to the racist Sinhla politicians on the TV who now are jusfying the Sinhlisation of the Eat wiht these false propaganda =. Fist of al lyou anti Tamil Sinhla si aorund 40% Tamil so it ahs many Tamil origin words that is almost half of Sinhala. Vei means in old Tamil the shore the sandy place so vei gamman means teh sandy place the Sinhlas use the old Tamil word Veli for soil understood read changam Tamil. Chumanbu means in Tamil limestoen even South Indian tamils use it, It is a pure Tamil word the Sinhla word Hinu is the derviative of this Tamil word eg Tamil Chennai Sinhla Hena etc many Tamil word strting with ch were change d to Hin Sinhala. The Sinhla word for elder brother is the tamil word Aiyan which means venerated person the old Tamil word is CHattam wich is now used in Malalyalam. By trying to run down the Tamil sin your ignorance you are proving the opposite you anti Tamil. You are only proving that the tamil ahve more right to Srilanka than the Sinhlas and most Sinhlas are converted Tami lHindu, Bye go and get a life .Hate other people less. Atlaeat you proved to the Indian in this formm ho wanti Tamil most Sinhlas are. and the Tamils wil never get any justice. Lor Buddah asked you to love so why all this hatred
RE:What a lot of bull shit
by on Jan 12, 2008 12:53 PM Permalink
If the Sri Lankan Tamils are fighting a so-called "racist and genocidal government" as you claim why do most of them choose to live in government controlled areas in Sri Lanka? Either they are very brave or very stupid or there is no genocide happening. Why would a "racist and genocidal" government appoint a Tamil foreign minister? He was assasinated by none other than the LTTE. Why would Tamil politicians contest in Sri Lankan elections and stand in parliament if there was a "racist and genocidal" government? Please stop with the rhetoric.
On the other hand the LTTE has ethnically cleansed areas it controls of ALL non-Tamils. No Sinhalese, Moors, Malays, Burghers, Sindhis live in LTTE-controlled territory because they are slaughtered for the crime of not being Tamil.
So who is racist and genocidal? The writing is on the wall my fried!
RE:RE:What a lot of bull shit
by Chelvarajan Sethukavalar on Jan 12, 2008 01:11 PM Permalink
that is darling because they are being ethnically cleansed. thoer land being systeematically emptied to make for Sinhla settlers. You know that. See what is happening to teh so called liberated east. Sroudn 500000 Tamilrefugees displaced. They are no tliving ther by choice but are force dby circumstances beyond thoer control. MOstnative Sri lankan Tamils stil live inteh Tamil nNOrth and East and in the Western countries. In the SInhla south they are mainly found in Colombo where many have been livin gfor generations. MOSt of teh Tamils living amongst the SInhla south are tamils of recent Indian origin who wee mainly brought in by the British, they have always lived there so dont talk half truths to create the wrong impression. Yo ahve dleberatley come here staing that you are of part tamil oroign to misninform and create confusion. Te hSi Laknkan Foreingn Minister recently stated that the Governments intentioj is not to have a single Tamil majority ditrict and their intentio is to have a 75% SInhla majority in al ditricts.
RE:RE:RE:What a lot of bull shit
by on Jan 12, 2008 01:25 PM Permalink
The government of Sri Lanka has actually been CRITICISED for quickly resettling all the displaced eastern Tamils by international NGOs. Read the news please! Why would the government be resettling displaced Tamils if it wanted to make room for "Sinhala settlers?" Do you only read LTTE propaganda websites?
More than 55% of Sri Lankan Tamils (not estate Tamils) live in the south of the country and now that the east has been taken over, much more. So please dont bring this rhetoric about "genocide." Like I said Tamils must be either very brave or very stupid to run into the arms of "racist and genocidal government"
The current Sri Lankan government retains its majority in parliament because of a Tamil party! If the Ceylon Workers Congress withdraws its support the government will fall. So how is that? A Tamil political party is upholding the so-called "racist and genocidal" Sri Lankan government
What a laugh! Please don't spread your lies. The Indian people are not fools my friend.
If 75% Sinhalaese majority in all districts will break the backbone of Tamil separatism then I am all for it.
COLOMBO: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is one of the %u201Cmost dangerous and deadly extremist outfits in the world%u201D and the world should be concerned about the Tigers as they had %u201Cinspired%u201D networks worldwide, including the Al-Qaeda in Iraq, the United States%u2019 Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has said.
In a January 10 report, posted on its website under the title %u201CTaming the Tigers,%u201D the FBI alleged that the LTTE had perfected the use of suicide bombers, invented the suicide belt, pioneered the use of women in suicide attacks, killed some 4,000 persons in the past two years alone and %u201Cassassinated two world leaders %u2014 the only terrorist organisation to do so.%u201D
%u201CNeedless to say, the Tamil Tigers are among the most dangerous and deadly extremists in the world. For more than three decades, the group has launched a campaign of violence and bloodshed in Sri Lanka, the island republic off the southern coast of India. Its ultimate goal: to seize control of the country from the Sinhalese ethnic majority and create an independent Tamil State,%u201D the report said.
Most Indians don't support Tamils in SriLanka becoz the Tamils in India are hostile to the rest of India. Look at S India - Telugu, Kannada, Tamil and Malayalam are the four Dravidian languages which belong to a different family from the Indo-Aryan languages. However, Telugus, Kannadigas and Malayalis harbor no ill-feeling towards N India or Hindi. It is only Tamils who are hostile to N India. How then can Karuna expect non-Tamil Indians to be sympathetic to his cause?
RE:Karuna cannot expect India's help
by on Jan 12, 2008 12:55 PM Permalink
Pulsar this is the same in Sri Lanka. For example, the Moors in Sri Lanka speak Tamil as their mother tongue but no one harbours ill will towards them because they harbour no ill feelings towards the Sinhalese or the Sinhala language.
RE:Karuna cannot expect India's help
by Anup Nair on Jan 12, 2008 12:55 PM Permalink
just becos they dont say it doesn;t mean telugus, mallus love north india and north indians, you idiot.
RE:Karuna cannot expect India's help
by Pulsar on Jan 12, 2008 12:59 PM Permalink
Telugus, Kannadigas or Mallus may not have any special love for N India. But the more important point is - THEY DON'T HATE NORTH INDIA. For that matter everybody makes fun of Bengalis or Sardarjees etc. The important thins is "open hostility". This is displayed only by many Tamils.
RE:Karuna cannot expect India's help
by Arrow on Jan 12, 2008 01:08 PM Permalink
Its a shame being in the same country there is so much hatred for each other. The change has to start first from you. As long as you harbor hatred, you shouldnt expect the same from other side.
RE:Karuna cannot expect India's help
by Pulsar on Jan 12, 2008 01:14 PM Permalink
Let us try to think about who is hating whom. Just look at the situation in South India. Who is hostile towards N India? Is it Telugus? No. Kannadigas? No. Mallus? No. Who is remaining? So who has to change now? Who is the odd man out?
RE:Karuna cannot expect India's help
by truthandonlytruth on Jan 12, 2008 12:48 PM Permalink
Karuna will go by the "Actual Tamil way" of black mailing UPA at the center. All the benifits this karuna had obtained is only through black mail. He behaves as the best PROBLEM CHILD OF INDIAN DEMOCRACY!!
RE:RE:Karuna cannot expect India's help
by Anup Nair on Jan 12, 2008 12:59 PM Permalink
wha do you expect karnanithi to do?? sit back and receive gladly whatever is thrown at him????We are not slaves or that we are living in India due to Indian govt's genorosity. We are kind enough to associate oueselves with Indian federal govt.Indian govt should be grateful for this fact.
RE:Karuna cannot expect India's help
by Arrow on Jan 12, 2008 12:49 PM Permalink
Mr. Pulsar, So.. according to you, you say all tamils hate northies is it so?
RE:Karuna cannot expect India's help
by truthandonlytruth on Jan 12, 2008 12:51 PM Permalink
Whoever supports those who hate the northies, also supports the hatred. Vox Populi, Vox Dei
RE:Karuna cannot expect India's help
by balu on Jan 12, 2008 12:52 PM Permalink
u northies are not liked by pakis and north east india.hindi speaking ppl are hated in bengal now in aussie.its indo dravidian langauage not indo aryan.(half baked)
RE:RE:Karuna cannot expect India's help
by Pulsar on Jan 12, 2008 01:05 PM Permalink
I am NOT a Northie. I am from AP.
Dude, Hindi is an Indo-Aryan language, not Indo-Dravidian language. Yeah, hindi speaking people are hated by some guys like ULFA in N.E. India, but who is supporting ULFA here anyway?
RE:Karuna cannot expect India's help
by on Jan 12, 2008 01:16 PM Permalink
Hey pulsar. As you are from AP, I would encourage you to learn about the ties between Sri Lanka and Andhra Pradesh (ancient Kalinga). Many Sinhalese have Telugu-origin names. I read online that that there is a government minister with the last name Rajasekhara in Andhra Pradesh... this identical name exists among many Sinhalese - but it is spelt Rajasekara.
RE:Karuna cannot expect India's help
by Pulsar on Jan 12, 2008 01:24 PM Permalink
Well, it is interesting to hear about Telugu origin of many Srilankans. But nevertheless, this fact is at best a mere curiosity to me. My first loyalty is towards India and not merely AP.
RE:Karuna cannot expect India's help
by Pulsar on Jan 12, 2008 01:57 PM Permalink
Yes of course. It is good that your first loyalty is towards Sri Lanka. Wish you the best in your nation's fight against LTTE.
RE:Karuna cannot expect India's help
by on Jan 12, 2008 01:43 PM Permalink
Yes. The last king of Sri Lanka also had Andhra origins. And like you with India my first loyalty is towards Sri Lanka and only Sri Lanka.
In this forum many people are writing against the tamils in Srilanka. How many of us have read the history of Srilanka written by popular historians? The facts are different, but many people knew very less about the actual facts about the ethnic tamils in srilanks. Homeland issue could have been sorted out by early governments of Srilanka which was neglected in the 1970s which had entered a crisis like this.
LTTE was formed for the cause of Tamil liberation to liberate Tamil people from the attrocities of Srilankan Govt and people. But the way it has emerged now is very different with a different ideology and the image of LTTE is spoiled now on the vision of foriegn nations. The way LTTE is following is incorrect and could not be accepted, but thereis no other way left for them in this situation. Just for this reason, the way they are following cannot be justified.
The tamils who are suffering should be taken care by the international community.
Don't have ill-feelings for Tamils.
Know the facts and talk.
When somebody talk about northindia and southindia divide, please know about the Ancient indian history and know where the northindians have come from?
Talk for unity because India is a country with diverse background, many languages, cultures and so as Indians we shouldn't have have hard feelings for any of our fellow indians.
Let us accept and help each other afterall the average age of an Indian is 65 years.....
RE:KNOW THE HISTORY AND TALK by Anil
by Gazanfar Z Azmi on Jan 12, 2008 12:46 PM Permalink
LTTE may be a terrorist organisation but the tamilians are not.
RE:KNOW THE HISTORY AND TALK by Anil
by on Jan 12, 2008 12:46 PM Permalink
The "homeland" claim of the LTTE has no standing. The Tamils are suffering because of the LTTE. Further, not only are Tamils suffering but so are all the non-Tamil Sri Lankans. The Sinhalese, Moors, Malays, Burghers, Bohras, Sindhis are also suffering. Suffering is not just a Tamil phenomenon.
But let's be clear:
Punjab is the homeland of the Punjabis Gujarat is the homeland of the Gujaratis Maharashtra is the homeland of the Marathis Orissa is the homeland of the Oriyas Karnataka is the homeland of the Kannadigas Andhra PRadesh is the homeland of the Telugus Kerala is the homeland of the Malayalis
RE:RE:KNOW THE HISTORY AND TALK by Anil
by Gazanfar Z Azmi on Jan 12, 2008 12:55 PM Permalink
Dear On, Get your basics corrected and read the constitution. The sates were made on linguistic basis. It did not say what you have said Punjab for Punjabis... You are saying things from your hat. All parts of India is for all Indians. No one can stop anyone from rsisdng anywhere else. Agreed, there are instances where local population tries to kick out other linguistic minority but that is the real side of vote bank politics which our patriotic leaders indulge in.
RE:KNOW THE HISTORY AND TALK by Anil
by on Jan 12, 2008 01:00 PM Permalink
Yes, all parts of India are for all Indians. Just like all parts of Sri Lanka are for all Sri Lankans. But that doesn't change the fact that Tamil Nadu is the HOMELAND of the Tamil people and gujarat is the HOMELAND of the Gujarati people and Karnataka is the HOMELAND of the Kannada people.
RE:RE:RE:KNOW THE HISTORY AND TALK by Anil
by Gazanfar Z Azmi on Jan 12, 2008 12:56 PM Permalink
* states were made on liguistic basisi for easy administration.
RE:KNOW THE HISTORY AND TALK by Anil
by Arrow on Jan 12, 2008 12:57 PM Permalink
good definition of homeland. Which city r u living now ? Lets say tomorrow your community or caste is targetted by a group of another community. What is ur natural reaction??
