Well done Canada! Mr. Obhrai, in my view this is the only way we as displaced Tamils in Sri Lanka can have hope for the future. I really wish your other colleagues in the Canadian Government would act the way you've conducted and presented yourself to the Sri Lankan Government. Antagonizing the Sri Lankan Government will only push back our aspirations of going back and living in that beautiful island as Sri Lankans. I sincerely thank you for keeping a cool head when dealing with the Sri Lankans and encouraging the Canadians to approve more funding which is what’s needed now to reconstruct and improve our people’s lives where we all were born. Finally, to all my Tamil brothers and sisters: remember we are a minority in Sri Lanka! The quicker we get this into our thick-heads the better it will be for all of us, as a people. If you don’t like this, I suggest you do what most of us have done, get out of there and live like second class citizens of another country. As for me, I hope to go back one and lend my 2 cents to help prop Sri Lanka as a nation.
Re: 'It is time for the Lankan govt to reach out to Tamils'
by Chelvarajan Sethukavalar on Aug 04, 2009 07:28 PM
Kamal David never heard of a Jaffna or Batticaloa Tamils called by this name. You are not an EElam Tamil and have no right to speak to about us. If had lived in Sri Lanka you will be definitely be of Indian origin so agaain have o trigh to speak on behalf of the indigenous Tamisl from the North or East. The chances are you are a Sinhalese commenting here under a pseudo Tamil name lots of them do it. Yes we are minority we necver stated that we are in majority. Being a minoroty does not mean you u are a second rate especially when you are indigenous and have a long history with that land. The French in Canada Switzerland and Belgium are not treated as second rates. The Scottish are not treated as second rates by the English. The Tamils have always been a distinct nation in the island with their own territory ruled by their own kings and chiefs since time immemorial. Both the Sinhalese and the Tamis lost their independence to the European colonial powers at teh same time and remenber a country called Ceylon was an artifical creation of the British in 1833. THey united the Sinhala and Tamil parts of the island for their own concenniance. The only thing is that the Sinhalese gained their freedom however the Tamisl have fallen from the fryin gpan to the fire. The is the fault of the British. They gavea the whole island to the Sinhalese majority on a platter. They had no right ot have done that. What do you mean by statign we are second rates in other nations? We have far more
Re: Re: 'It is time for the Lankan govt to reach out to Tamils'
by Chelvarajan Sethukavalar on Aug 04, 2009 07:34 PM
rights inthese nations than in our own land. You must be living in cuckoo land. Your just another Sinhalese ior a recent Indian migratn who will soon take on a Sinhala identity ( most Sinhalese are descended from recently migrated SOuth Indian Tamil migrant ) and are trying to justify the genocide and ethnic cleansing of the indigenous Eelam Tamils. YOu want to return ot lend your two cents to genocide and ethnic cleansing. Idian or the world has not moral authority to ask the EElam Tamisl to be under a racist genocidal regime. THi smay suit their selfish agenda. They seme to have supported others who had far less right and who suffered far less discrimination to form nations. However want the Tamisl to bear their genocide and ethnic cleansing.
Re: Re: Re: 'It is time for the Lankan govt to reach out to Tami
by Edwin Navaratnam on Aug 06, 2009 06:44 PM
Your information is false. The Tamisl for most of their history have always ruled themselves, until European colonisation. The last three kings who ruled the island were all Tamils. Two nominaly SInhalese. Elara was not from Kerela. Anyway 2300 years ago at the tiem this happened Kerala was teh Tamil CHera country and they all spoke Tamil. Why are you using a variant of Chelvarajan? Selvan Raja pretty obvious
Re: Re: Re: 'It is time for the Lankan govt to reach out to Tami
by Anandhan Iranian on Aug 08, 2009 09:31 AM
Facts: These are in sinhalse hisory book: Senan, a Tamil was ruling in Sri Lanka around 206 B.C. Mahavamsa talks about the Sinhalese King Duttakaimanu's victory over the Tamil ruler named Elala Singan in the 2nd century. It says Eelala Singan was a just ruler. He ruled for 56 years. Thus there is Sinhalese proof that the Tamils were ruling in Sri Lanka more than two thousand years ago 15.
Accoding to the Sinhalese work `Rajaveli' the first Chola King to invade Sri Lanka was the early Chola ruler Karikalan in the 2nd century A.D. Between the sixth and eleventh century A.D. there was constant war between the Tamil Kings of Tamil Nadu and the Sinhalese and a majority of the battles were won by the Tamils. Sri Lanka came under the later Chola rule between 915 A.D. and 1070 A.D. But according to the Sinhalese historians it was under complete Chola domination for over 86 years. The Chola rulers not only built Hindu temples but also Buddhist vihares in Sri Lanka
Re: Re: Re: 'It is time for the Lankan govt to reach out to Tami
by Anandhan Iranian on Aug 08, 2009 09:21 AM
STUDY history and then speak..... Dont give false information
Re: Re: Re: 'It is time for the Lankan govt to reach out to Tami
by SivaSankaran Sarma on Aug 06, 2009 06:02 PM
Elalan did nto come form Kerala the Noth and the East were always independent. The kingdom of Jaffna rule the entire norhtern province Trincpomallee Chilaw Puttlam and Negombo areas. The Vanni only fell to the British in 1815. So dont spread false information. Why are you using a variation of Chelvarajan. Selvan Raja
Re: Re: Re: 'It is time for the Lankan govt to reach out to Tami
by Anandhan Iranian on Aug 08, 2009 09:26 AM
Facts: Senan, a Tamil was ruling in Sri Lanka around 206 B.C. Mahavamsa talks about the Sinhalese King Duttakaimanu's victory over the Tamil ruler named Elala Singan in the 2nd century. It says Eelala Singan was a just ruler. He ruled for 56 years. Thus there is Sinhalese proof that the Tamils were ruling in Sri Lanka more than two thousand years ago 15.
According to the Sinhalese work `Rajaveli' the first Chola King to invade Sri Lanka was the early Chola ruler Karikalan in the 2nd century A.D. Between the sixth and eleventh century A.D. there was constant war between the Tamil Kings of Tamil Nadu and the Sinhalese and a majority of the battles were won by the Tamils. Sri Lanka came under the later Chola rule between 915 A.D. and 1070 A.D. But according to the Sinhalese historians it was under complete Chola domination for over 86 years. The Chola rulers not only built Hindu temples but also Buddhist vihares in Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan leaders make promises but NEVER honour them. There are no answers to why human rights workers or media persons are not allowed to visit or talk to the internees. Many people are dying due to illnesses and mulnutrition, all that ministers talk about are 'jam tomorrow'.
Re: nice interview
by kumar on Aug 02, 2009 08:21 PM
Thank you for giving weapons and support to a government to kill our people. Did you expect us to live with a government and majority people who want to subjugate us. It is so high moral of your country not to support our fight for equality but support to subjugation of a minority population by a majority.
As we speak, they are settling many Sinhalease in what was historically Tamil area. They will then release my people from camps and our houses, villages, everything will be gone. This is a government and majority people, who don't play fair but you (indians) expect us to sit and swallow it.
I hope you are one day treated as we were because if you think that was fair, then maybe it is only fair that it happens to you.
Re: nice interview
by Atul Neogi on Jul 31, 2009 10:05 PM
I will tell you what Raja paks is as bad as Prab hakaran in keeping to his words. International community shud apply pressure. Sadly in India this was just an election issue.
Re: Re: nice interview
by benedict paul on Aug 06, 2009 01:46 PM
Dont compair rajapaksha or gandhi or any indian leaders with prabhakaran , its like u r compairing animal with human being , rajapaksha is an animal breed. Please dont insult prabhakaran.
