Fire from dance performance  

Fire from dance performance

இவர்மட்டும் என்ன தனது சொத்து சுகங்களை இழந்தோ யுத்தம் நடத்துகின்றார்?

இவரும் ஊர் உலகத்தை ஏமாற்றித்தான் பிழைப்பு நடத்துகின்றார். போதாக்குறைக்கு சகோதரர்களும் இக் கூத்துக்கு பங்காளிகள்தான்.

இவருக்கு முன்னிருந்தவர்களும் இப்படித்தான்.

அதிகார வர்க்கம் என்பது ஓரே மாதிரியான கொள்கையுடையவர்களே சிறிலங்காவின் தலைவர்கள் முற்றும் துறந்த முனிவர்களாயிருந்திருந்தால் தமிழர்களின் இன்றைய சர்வதேச புரட்சி ஏற்பட்டிருக்காது

மற்றவனை குற்றம்சாட்டமுன் உன் பிழையை உணர்ந்துகொள்.

இப்போது இந்தக் காட்சிகளையும் பாருங்கள்.

SLA shells PTK hospital, 9 killed, 15 wounded

VIDEO Civilians dead inside the ward

Sri Lanka Army (SLA) shelled Puthukkudiyiruppu (PTK) hospital Sunday night killing nine civilians, including patients and their family members in the ward. More than 15 civilians were injured. The indiscriminate attack on the hospital has caused panic and tension among the hundreds of wounded civilians at the hospital. The shelling has come despite repeated calls from the medical authorities not to fire shells on the civilian medical facility and within a few hours of a public statement from the ICRC, which said it was shocked by the shelling on hospital twice in recent days. Meanwhile, a source at Vavuniyaa District Secretariat told TamilNet Monday that it was a premeditated massacre as the military was given instructions by the SL Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa to isolate hospitals from civilian access by artillery barrage.

“Three artillery barrages struck a hospital in Sri Lanka’s chaotic war zone, slamming into its pediatrics ward and its women’s wing and killing nine patients,” Associated Press report said quoting ICRC.

Earlier, the Sri Lankan military commander of Vanni SF-HQ had instructed the Government Agent of Mullaiththeevu district to shift the hospital to safety zone, giving an ultimatum to the officials. However, as the attacks continued, the ICRC and UN officials had to seek refuge at the hospital in PTK.

Puthukkudiyiruppu hospital has also been the place of refuge for the ICRC officials and the UN staff.

Article 18 of the Fourth Geneva Convention states that the civilian hospitals organized to give care to the wounded and sick, the infirm and maternity cases, may in no circumstances be the object of attack, but shall at all times be respected and protected by the Parties to the conflict.

Sri Lanka (Ceylon) is a signatory to the First, Second and Third Geneva Conventions and it ratified the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, by accession to it, on 23.02.1959. 

More than 5,000 shells fired on ’safety zone’, casualties uncountable 

VIDEO Family members of a victim at hospital

Sri Lanka Army (SLA) fired artillery shells throughout the whole day on Monday from all directions into civilian refuges. At least one hundred civilians could have been killed or maimed in the indiscriminate barrage. The casualties are uncountable as the whole population is forced to reside inside the bunkers throughout the whole day, reports TamilNet correspondent. “Monday was the worst day of SLA shelling so far within the safety zone.”

More than 5,000 artillery shells and Multi Barrel Rocket Launcher (MBRL) rockets have been fired by the SLA.Both the hospitals at Puthukkudiyiruppu (PTK) and Udaiyaarkaddu have been hit by the shelling also on Monday.Thousands of shells have hit Theavipuram, Va’l'lipunam, Chuthanthirapuram, Udaiyaarkaddu and Puthukkudiyiruppu.

Heavy fighting was reported in all the frontiers.

இன்று செவ்வாய்க்கிழமை மட்டும் 58 தமிழர்கள் படுகொலை செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளதுடன் 84 காயமடைந்துள்ளனர்

VIDEO  Traumatized chiildren at hospital ward

“மக்கள் பாதுகாப்பு வலயம்” என தானே அறிவித்து இடம்பெயர்ந்த மக்களை சுதந்திரபுரம் மற்றும் புதுக்குடியிருப்பு பகுதிகளில் அடைக்கலம் புக வைத்த பின்னர் – சிறிலங்கா படைகள் தொடர்ச்சியாக நடத்தும் கடுமையான பீரங்கி எரிகுண்டுத் தாக்குதல்களில் – இன்று செவ்வாய்க்கிழமை மட்டும் 58 தமிழர்கள் படுகொலை செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளதுடன் 84 காயமடைந்துள்ளனர்.

மேலும், இப்போது, சிறிலங்கா படையினர் பாவிக்கும் பீரங்கிக் குண்டுகள் பட்டதையெல்லாம் எரித்துக் கருக்கும் ஒரு வகை எரிகுண்டுகளாக இருப்பதாக தெரிவிக்கப்படுகின்றது. இதனால் பலர் எரிகாயங்களுக்கு உள்ளாகியுள்ளனர். 50 ஆயிரத்துக்கும் அதிகமான இடம்பெயர்ந்த மக்களும், மேலும் 10 ஆயிரம் வரையான ஏற்கெனவே குடியிருந்த மக்களும் வாழ்ந்து வந்த சுதந்திரபுரம் மக்கள் குடியிருப்புக்கள் மீது இன்று செவ்வாய்க்கிழமை அதிகாலை தொடக்கம் பிற்பகல் 2:00 மணிவரை வரை சிறிலங்கா படையினர் அகோர எறிகணைத் தாக்குதலை நடத்தியுள்ளனர்.

இன்றைய இந்த தாக்குதலில் 55 தமிழர்கள் படுகொலை செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளதுடன் 45 பேர் காயமடைந்துள்ளனர்.இந்த பகுதியில் தொடர்ச்சியான பீரங்கித் தாக்குதல்கள் நடைபெற்றுக் கொண்டிருப்பதால் மீட்புப் பணிகள் சரிவர செய்ய முடியாத நிலை இருப்பதாகவும், மீட்புப் பணிகள் முழுமையாக முடிவடையும் போது கொல்லப்பட்ட மற்றும் காயமடைந்தவர்களினதும் எண்ணிக்கை இதனைவிட அதிகமாகலாம் என்றும் சம்பவ இடத்தில்  செய்தியாளர் தெரிவிக்கின்றார்.

இதுவரை நடைபெற்ற மீட்புப் பணிகளில் 55 பேரினது உடலங்கள் மட்டுமே மீட்கப்பட்டுள்ளதாகவும் அவர் மேலும் தெரிவித்துள்ளார். இதேவேளை, சுதந்திரபுரத்தின் பிறிதொரு பகுதி மீது இன்று பிற்பகல் ஒரு மணியளவில் சிறிலங்கா படையினர் நடத்திய எறிகணைத் தாக்குதலில், மேலும் 3 தமிழர்கள் படுகொலை செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளதுடன் 39 பேர் காயமடைந்துள்ளனர்.

அதேசமயம், புதுக்குடியிருப்பு நுண்கலைக் கல்லூரி மீது இன்று காலை 8:30 மணிக்கு சிறிலங்கா படையினர் நடத்தியபீரங்கித் தாக்குதலில் தமிழர் ஒருவர் கொல்லப்பட்டுள்ளதுடன் இன்னும் ஒருவர்காயமடைந்துள்ளார்.

சிறிலங்கா படையினர் தற்போது ஏவும் பீரங்கிக் கணைகள் யாவுமே வீழ்ந்து வெடிக்கும் இடத்தில் பட்டதையெல்லாம் எரித்துக் கருக்கும் தன்மையுடையதாக இருப்பதாக  செய்தியாளர் வன்னியில் இருந்து தெரிவிக்கின்றார்.

மனித உடல்களோ, மரங்களோ, கட்டடங்களோ, வாகனங்களோ எதுவாயிருந்தாலும் பற்றி எரிகின்றது. இதனால், அண்மைக்காலங்களில் எறிகணைத் தாக்குதலுக்கு இலக்காகின்றவர்கள் எல்லோருமே – உடல் கருகி உயிரிழப்பதுடன், காயமடைகின்றவர்களும் மிகக் கடுமையான எரிகாயங்களுக்கு உள்ளாகின்றனர் என எமது செய்தியாளர் மேலும் தெரிவிக்கின்றார்.

VIDEO A wounded civilian brought to PTK hospital

Udaiyaarkaddu Tamil Baby (VIDEO)

Hudeck burnt today

SLA shelling continues on ’safety zone’, Colombo refuses international call for ceasefire

[TamilNet, Saturday, 31 January 2009, 08:37 GMT]

Sri Lanka Army (SLA) continued artillery shelling Saturday on civilian targets in Chuthanthirapuram. Eight wounded civilians have been rushed to Udaiyaarkaddu hospital and a mother has succumbed to injuries, according to initial reports from the medical sources. The shelling continues as Colombo refused International call for ceasefire. On Friday, the shelling destroyed Vanni head office of the Human Development Centre (HUDEC) of Caritas Jaffna, the social arm of the Catholic Church in the Jaffna Diocese.

The SLA shelling has destroyed humanitarian supplies, fuel reserves and documents of the HUDEC Caritas office.

HUDEC Caritas is the only local organisation, besides the Tamils Rehabilitation Organisation (TRO), to serve the displaced people.

மீண்டும் இன்று 12 சிறுவர்கள் உட்பட 34 தமிழர்கள் சிறிலங்காவால் கொலை; 129 பேர் படுகாயம்; சுதந்திரபுரம் “மக்கள் காப்பு வலயம்” கொலைக் களமாகியது: அவலப்பட்டு மக்கள் சிதறி ஓட்டம்

[சனிக்கிழமை, 31 சனவரி 2009, 06:59 பி.ப ஈழம்] [வவுனியாவிலிருந்து த.சுகுணன்]

முல்லைத்தீவு மாவட்டத்தில் உள்ள சுதந்திரபுரம் “மக்கள் பாதுகாப்பு வலய” பகுதி மீது இன்று சிறிலங்கா படையினர் நடத்திய கடுமையான பீரங்கி மற்றும் வான் தாக்குதல்களிலும், உடையார்கட்டு மீது நடத்தப்பட்ட எறிகணைத் தாக்குதலிலும் 12 சிறுவர்கள் உட்பட 34 தமிழர்கள்  படுகொலை செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளதுடன் 129 பேர் படுகாயமடைந்துள்ளனர் என “புதினம்” செய்தியாளர் சுதந்திரபுரத்தில் இருந்து தகவல் தருகின்றார்.

சுதந்திரபுரம் “மக்கள் பாதுகாப்பு வலய”த்திற்குள் இடம்பெயர்ந்து திரளாகத் தங்கியிருந்த பொதுமக்கள் மீது இன்று சனிக்கிழமை காலை 9:30 நிமிடமளவில் சிறிலங்கா படையினர் எறிகணைத் தாக்குதல் நடத்தினர்.

இதில் 7 தமிழர்கள் படுகொலை செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளதுடன், 22 பேர் படுகாயமடைந்துள்ளனர்.

இதே பகுதி மீது, மீண்டும் பிற்பகல் 12:30 நிமிடமளவிலும், மீண்டும் பின்னர் பிற்பகல் 2:00 மணியளவிலும் பொதுமக்களை இலக்க வைத்து சிறிலங்கா வான்படை குண்டுத் தாக்குதல்களை நடத்தியுள்ளது.

இதில் 12 சிறுவர்கள் உட்பட 22 தமிழர்கள் படுகொலை செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளதுடன் 78 பேர் படுகாயமடைந்துள்ளனர்.

இத்தாக்குதலில், அப்பகுதி மக்களின் குடியிருப்புக்கள் பெருமளவு அழிந்துள்ளதுடன் உடமைகள் மற்றும் ஊர்திகளும் நாசமாக்கப்பட்டுள்ளன.

இதேவேளை -

உடையயார்கட்டுப் பகுதி நோக்கி இன்று சனிக்கிழமை காலை 5:30 நிமிடத்தில் இருந்து தொடர்ச்சியாக சிறிலங்கா படையினர் பீரங்கித் தாக்குதல் நடத்தி வருகின்றனர்.

இதில், இதுவரை 6 தமிழர்கள் படுகொலை செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளதுடன், 17 பேர் படுகாயமடைந்துள்ளனர்.

இதேவேளை -

புதுக்குடியிருப்பு பகுதியில் உள்ள இடம்பெயர்ந்த பொதுமக்கள் குடியிருப்பு பகுதி நோக்கியும் இன்று காலை தொடக்கம் சிறிலங்கா படையினர் அகோர பீரங்கித் தாக்குதலை நடத்தி வருகின்றனர்.

இதில், இதுவரை 3 தமிழர்கள் படுகொலை செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளதுடன் 12 பேர் படுகாயமடைந்துள்ளனர்.

கடுமையான பீரங்கித் தாக்குதல் எல்லா இடங்களிலும் தொடர்வதாலும், மக்கள் நாலா பக்கமும் உயிரைப் பாதுகாக்க சிதறி ஓடுவதாலும், கொல்லப்பட்ட மற்றும் காயமடைந்த தமிழர்களின் பெயர் விபரங்களை சேகரிக்க முடியாதிருப்பதாக “புதினம்” செய்தியாளர் சுதந்திரபுரத்தில் இருந்து தெரிவிக்கின்றார்.

Tamil Nadu journalist burns himself to death condemning Indian inaction

[TamilNet, Thursday, 29 January 2009, 07:02 GMT]

Muthukumar doused himself with petrol and set himself afire in front of the Shastri Bhavan, the Indian Central Government's Chennai Head office

A young Tamil activist burnt himself to death in front of the Shastri Bhavan, the Indian Central Government’s Chennai Head office Thursday, reports from Chennai said. The activist, Mr. Muthukumar, from Thooththukkudi, who works for Pe’n'nea Nee feminist magazine as typist and also writes articles, doused himself with petrol and set himself afire, condemning the futile visit by Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee, who failed to stop the war in Sri Lanka and save Eezham Tamils.

ith 95% burn injuries, the victim was rushed to the Kilpauk Medical College in a critical condition, with slim chances of survival. He succumbed within a short span of time, according to medical sources.

Tension prevails in

Last statement of Muthukumar

[TamilNet, Friday, 30 January 2009, 09:04 GMT]
Journalist Muthukumar distributed a 4-page statement in Tamil before he self-immolated Thursday in Tamil Nadu. TamilNet provides a translation for the English readership to grasp the significance. “The sacrifice of young and idealistic Muthukumar is lamentable beyond words and thoughts of re-enactment should never become a necessity to anyone. It is a reminiscence of the Vietnam of 1960’s when self-immolation of monks protesting brutal atrocities as a consequence of US military campaign was common. Such acts occur as a last resort of public frustration when governments suppress democratic space and don’t respect overwhelming public opinion of emotional importance,” said a diaspora Tamil academic.

According to reports in the Indian media, 26-year-old K. Muthukumar was a reserved and intelligent person. He had abstained from visiting his family the night before his self-immolation and had preferred to stay back at office. He lived with his sister Tamilarasi and her husband Kakkaivelu in Kolathur and worked in a Tamil magazine.

He had earlier worked in television production.

Just before he had doused himself with several litres of petrol at 10.40 a.m. on Thursday, he flung several copies of his four-page note in which he protested the Indian government’s war in Sri Lanka against the Tamils.

Police officials later told media that Muthukumar had not experienced any fear or wavering, he had been resolute in his decision to sacrifice his life to highlight the need for a permanent ceasefire.

When a doctor had asked him why such an educated person like him committed self-immolation, he had replied that several thousands of more intelligent and educated Tamil people were dying in Eezham and that he intended to save thousands of lives by sacrificing himself.

He succumbed to 100% burn injuries 90 minutes after he set himself afire.

Muthukumar’s grandmother, who remains in his native place of Kulavai Nallur in Thoothukudi (Tuticorin), had made plans to get him married in the coming months. When she learnt news of his self-immolation, she broke down and cried uncontrollably.

Tamil leaders Vaiko, Dr. S. Ramadoss, Thol.Thirumavalavan and Nedumaran immediately visited the Kilpauk Medical College Hospital together and consoled Muthukumar’s relatives.

As an immediate reaction, all lawyers associations in Tamil Nadu have announced an indefinite boycott of courts. It is learnt that his body is still not allowed for last rites by protesting youth as wished by Muthukumar.

The situation in Tamil Nadu continued to be tense and riotous Friday noon.

Following is the translation of the statement distributed by Muthukumar before his self-immolation:

Dear hardworking Tamil people…

Va’nakkam! I am sorry at having to meet you at this juncture when you are hurrying to work. But there is no other option. My name is Muthukumar. I am a journalist and an assistant director. Right now, I am working in a Chennai-based newspaper. I am also one like you. I am just another average person who has been reading newspapers and websites of how fellow Tamils are daily being killed, and like you I am unable to eat, unable to sleep, unable to sleep and unable to even think. While his ancient land of Tamils lets anyone coming here, like the Seths, to flourish, our own blood, the Tamils in Eelam are dying. When we lend our voices to say the killings should be stopped, Indian imperialism maintains a stony silence and does not give out any reply. If India’s war is really a justifiable one, they can wage it openly… Why should they do it stealthily?

The Indian ruling class is eager to annihilate a very large population by using the hollow excuse of Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination in order to satisfy the vengeful and selfish goals of a few individuals. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam were not the only ones charged with the murder of Rajiv Gandhi. The Jain Commission Report held that the people of Tamil Nadu were also guilty of this murder. If so, are you also the murderers who killed Rajiv Gandhi?

They say the British killed people in Jallianwallahbagh, but what are they doing in Mullaiththeevu and Vanni? Look at the children being killed there. Aren’t you reminded of your children? Look at the women being raped? Don’t you have a sister in that age? When Rajiv Gandhi was killed why where frontline leaders of the Congress not with him? Why did Jayalalithaa, an alliance partner, not go to take part in such a massive rally that Rajiv took part in? Such questions are not being raised, and they are not being answered by them either. People, please think. Are they your leaders? What is the guarantee that these people–who indulge in politics through their money and muscle power–will not target us tomorrow? If they turn against tomorrow, who will be on our side?

Kalaignar [Karunanidhi]? Even at that point of time, he will make an announcement that the members of parliament will resign. Then, he will understand (?!) the Central Government. Then, he will once again request for a right decision, and pass a resolution in the Legislative Assembly–like actor Vadivel’s comedy in the film Winner where he claims that no one has touched him until a particular month, a particular week, a particular time. People! A paper will not achieve anything! Now, the Election-time Tamil Kalaignar, who wants to be the leader of the worldwide Tamils and who desires to transfer all the money in Tamil Nadu to the coffers of his family, has hidden himself in the hospital afraid of bearing the brunt of people’s anger. This paper tiger staged such major fights in order to get the required cabinet portfolios for his ministers, but truthfully, what has he done for Tamil or for the Tamils? He has himself admitted once, “Will the honey-gatherer remain without licking the back of his hand?” If we look at his puppet-shows, it looks as if he has done a lot of licking…

Law college students who have entered the field through your hunger strike…

As a fellow Tamil, I wish you all success. I also regret that I am unable to join you. Not only the Eelam Tamils problem, but even the protests seeking water for Cauvery, any protest in support of Tamil Nadu, you, and lawyers, are the first ones to fight. Even this time, only these two sections were the first to voice their protest even four months back. I have a suspicion that only in order to destroy your Tamil feeling, the Indian intelligence would have systematically instigated caste-feelings among you and paved the way for the skirmish that occured at Ambedkar law college. It is the caste of students that takes the initiative in people’s revolutionary struggles all over the world. Likewise, even in Tamil Nadu, an earlier generation of students in similar circumstances took to the streets before the Indian repulic day and chased away national parties, including the Congress from the Tamil land.

So, an historically important juncture has again reached your hands. Normally, such things don’t take place in world history. Like it happened last time, don’t let selfish people steal the fruits of your labour. The DMK that came to power riding high on the efforts of your struggle, first made a law that students should not take part in politics. After capturing power, it blunted Tamil feelings, and turned the entire Tamil population into a petitioning tribe. Smash that tradition. Don’t believe anybody who asks you to submit a petition. This is the juncture when we should burn the differences of caste and religion between us. Throw away your fasting and enter the field. In reality, the Indian military’s role in Sri Lanka is not just against the Tamils. It is against all Indians. They tried the sexual techniques they learnt from Sinhalese soldiers with innocent Assamese women! They learnt the strategies of how to crush the Tamil Tigers from the Sinhalese and they applied it to crush the fighters in the north-eastern states! As if this were not enough, what do we learn from the fact that the Indian and Sri Lankan peacekeeping forces were deported from Haiti because of sexual misdemeanour? That the India-Sri Lanka alliance is not an ideological alliance, but a sexual one! So, because the alliance between the Indian and Sri Lankan armies is against the fundamental human rights of the Indian people, try to rally students and democratic organizations towards your cause on a national level.

It is possible for people to do all this. However, they lack the right leadership. Make leaders from among yourselves. Change this protest from law college students, to students of all colleges. Let your frenzy and people’s fury change the history of Tamil Nadu. Thrash and throw away muscle power, money power and power craze. This is possible only by you. “We are Tamil students, we are the life of Tamil Nadu. If Tamils are allowed peace, we will read magazines. Otherwise, we will surge like volacanoes.” Convert these lines of poet Kasi Anandan into your intellectual weapon. The police force will try to lay my body to rest. Don’t allow them to do that. Capture my dead body, don’t bury it, and use it as a trump card to sharpen your struggle. Students of the Tamil Nadu medical colleges who will treat me, or conduct my post-mortem, I should have done some virtuous deed to be cut at your hands. Because, while upper-caste medical students in the rest of India were fighting against reservation, you were standing alone and fighting in support of reservation in medical education. What you do to me can remain aside. What are you going to do for our brothers, the Eelam Tamils, from your side?

Tamil Eelam is not the need of Tamil Eelam alone, it is the need of Tamil Nadu also. Because of the fishermen of Rameswaram. There are laws in the world to protect goats and cows.

But, are the Tamils of Rameswaram and the Tamils of Eelam lower than cows and goats? The Indian media carries on a systematic campaign that Tamil fishermen who cross [maritime] boundaries are attacked because of the suspicion that they might be Tamil Tigers. Don’t they ever read newspapers? Often, Taiwanese fishermen are arrested at Chennai because they lost their way at sea. If it is possible for people from Taiwan, which is thousands of kilometers away to lose their way, can’t they believe the fact that the Tamil fisherman from Rameswaram, which is just 12 miles away from Lanka strays away from his route?

Brothers of other states who are living in Tamil Nadu…

You will have known from experience that Tamil Nadu is the only state where you can enjoy greater peace and protection when compared even with your home-state. Today, we are facing a major crisis. Our government is killing our brothers in Eelam by using our name, our Indian identity. The Indian government wants us to be isolated in this struggle. We don’t want that to happen. So, please tell the Central Government that you too support our brothers who are fighting. It is my opinion that this will not only strengthen the hands of your leaders who are part of the Government at the Center, but is will also prevent the danger of a Navnirman Sena, or a Sena from being formed within Tamil Nadu in the future.

Youth belonging to the Tamil Nadu Police Force…

I have great respect for you. Irrespective of what other people did for the sake of Tamil, you are making Tamil live by using Tamil words in everyday contexts, such as calling employees as ‘ayya’. I believe that you would have joined the police force with noble intentions of serving the people and weeding out anti-social elements. But, does the ruling class allow you to do that? By allowing you to commit minor mistakes, the ruling class hides its major crimes. It converts you into its trained henchmen, and makes you fight against the same people whom you wanted to serve. It is the Tamil Nadu police who guard Delhi’s Tihar Jail. One of the oldest police forces in India, the Tamil Nadu police is one of the very best. But, are you given that respect by the Indian government? When Union Minister Chidambaram returned to New Delhi following his Chennai visit, Central Government security agencies have refused to handover his security arrangements at the Chennai airport to you. When asked why, they have derided your capabilities and said that they are aware of how you protected Rajiv Gandhi. While it is true that the Tamil Nadu police could not save the life of Rajiv Gandhi, it is equally true that the majority of those who died with him were only innocent policemen. Your dedication is unquestionable. But it was later exposed that this Indian intelligence had been careless even after coming to know that there were threats to Rajiv’s life… Even if you have been against innocent people all this while, you are one of the pride of Tamil Nadu. At this historical juncture, only if you stand on the side of the people, you can regain the respect that you have lost among the people. Just once try to dedicate yourself to the fellow Tamils. They will carry you in golden plates. The feeling of gratitude among Tamil people is immeasurable. Because somebody spent his own money and built a dam, the Tamils on the Mullai river in Madurai built a temple and name their children after that man. All that you have to do is, when Tamil Nadu is boiling, you should refuse to cooperate with the Central Government officials, and you should reveal to the Tamil people who are the ones working for R.A.W and CBI. Do at least this. The people will take care of the rest.

People of Tamil Eelam, and Liberation Tigers….

All eyes are now in the direction of Mullaiththeevu. Tamil Nadu is also emotionally only on your side. It also wants to do something else. But what can we do? We don’t have a true leader like you have… Please don’t leave hope. Such a leader will emerge from Tamil Nadu only in such desperate times. Until then, strengthen the hands of the Tigers. Because the 1965 anti-Hindi agitation was placed in the hands of a few selfish people, the history of Tamil Nadu has been dragged to the stone ages. Please don’t do that mistake.

Dear International Community, and our hope Obama…

We still have hope on you. But, there is no guarantee that a sovereign republic will not torture its people through ethnic discrimination. It is possible to cite instances from America’s own history. After all, boxing hero Muhammed Ali said, “The little white in my community would have come only through rape…” As long as you remain silent, India will never open its mouth. Perhaps India may break its silence after all the Tamils have been killed. Until then, are you going to keep looking at India’s mouth? They say that the war in Vanni is against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. They say that the Tigers are using the people as a human shield. If that is true, why do they come into the safety zone declared by the Government and kill people? This one evidence is enough that irrespective of whether the Tamil people are dependent on the Tigers or on the Government, they are going to be killed for the sole reason that they are Tamils. Is this not genocide? If India, Pakistan and China are supplying arms, Japan is giving economic aid, and moreover India is bullying Sri Lanka and thus killing Tamils, why don’t you realize that you are also committing the same murder by your silence and your blindness? Nobody becomes a terrorist simply by taking up arms. Our Thiruvalluvar has said: Arathirke anbucar penpa ariyaar/ marathirkum akthe thunai (The ignorant say that affection is appropriate only to righteousness, but it will also inspire heroism to be restrained).

Jayalalitha says that the Tigers should lay down arms–as though the problem arose because the Tigers took up arms. In reality, the Tigers were formed because of the genocide of Tamils in Eelam, and they are not the reason for it. They are not the reason, just an outcome.

As long as Indian Government’s involvement was not exposed, it kept saying that this problem was an internal affair and that India could not interfere. It also said that it was aiding Sri Lanka in order to prevent China, Pakistan and America from gaining supremacy in Sri Lanka. Yet, to kill Tamils, it joins hands with Pakistan that has killed scores of Indians and was responsible for the attack on the Indian Parliament, the serial-blasts in Mumbai and the recent strikes in Mumbai. If that is so, we suspect that Pakistan’s terrorism in India is a mutually agreed-upon concept created by both sides in order to exploit and squander their respective citizens. Now, they say that the LTTE is a terrorist organization, hence the war. It says they killed Rajiv Gandhi. Rajiv Gandhi is not a councillor or a district secretary. When a Sinhalese attempted to kill him in Sri Lanka, he was not interrogated. One of my demands is that the Sinhalese soldier who tried to kill him earlier must also be included in the list of the accused and he must be interrogated again. The Tigers might have been sad with Rajiv, but they wouldn’t have been angry with him. Because Rajiv was Indira’s son. Indira, is next to MGR among the small gods who populate Tamil Eelam.

It has been clearly exposed that India is opposed to justice form the fact that it often changes the explanations that it offers. In such a situation, Sri Lanka said, Why don’t you directly interfere, the Tigers are making use of the ceasefire to stock up weapons. Chandrika, or Ranil, or Mahinda were not gods in the past, they have not even behaved as human beings. Just because they agreed to the ceasefire in view of their compulsions, how could it be argued that the fighters should lay down their arms, or that they should not involve themselves in reconstruction activies. Only by bringing about the faith and confidence that you will behave honestly and truthfully, you can make the fighters lay down their weapons. No government in the past has honoured their promises. For instance, Ranil-Karuna. But the Tigers have not used the ceasefire to simply acquire weapons, but they have created a governmental administrative structure. Is this terrorism in the eyes of the world? India is trying to ingratiate itself by saying that it is fighting in order to save the innocent Tamils. Only sophisticated weaponry and spy planes from India are going to Sri Lanka; can they show a single paracetomol tablet that has gone from India? In such a state, they want us to believe that the Sri Lankan government will provide all the amenities for the people of Eelam, and that India will support this endeavour.

Now, they are attacking the ambulance of the International Commitee of Red Cross, are they also Tamil Tigers? They killed 17 aid workers from France, were they Tamil Tigers? China’s tanks, India’s spy planes, Pakistan’s artillery… not only these kill our people, but the silence of the International Community also kills them. When will you realize this–after a people who greatly desire justice are totally wiped away from the face of the earth? If you are interested in adding us to the list of Aborigines, Maya and Inca peoples, each day one of us will come in front of you and kill ourselves, as it comes in one of our myths…. Please leave our sisters and our children alone. We are unable to bear this. We are fighting with the sole hope that one day we will watch them laugh whole-heartedly. Even if we accept for the sake of rhetoric that the LTTE should be punished, we must realize that both India and Sri Lanka lack the moral ground to hand out any punishment.

Justice derailed is worse than justice denied.

1. The International Community must condemn India and force it to immediately withdraw its troops from Sri Lanka, and be prevented from helping Sri Lanka through satellites and radars. Even unimportant discussions between the Governments of India and Sri Lanka should take place through the International Community. India should publicly apologize before the people of Tamil Nadu and the people of Tamil Eelam scattered across the world.

2. Because the UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon is always functioning with a bias towards his homeland China, he must not be given the power to take any decision regarding Eelam.

3. All the countries who have banned the LTTE based on the request from Sri Lanka should immediately revoke the ban and unconditionally release all those who have been arrested because they belong to the LTTE.

4. Members of the LTTE should be forgiven for their passport related mistakes, and they should be immediately released.

5. The industries which have been banned based on the allegation that they are connected to the Tigers, should be given the licenses once again, and they should also be adequately compensated.

6. Rajiv Gandhi’s murder should be investigated by the InterPol and the real guilty must be exposed.

7. Pranab Mukherjee, Gotabhaya Rajapakse, Chandrika, Udayanakkara, Kekaliya Rambukawela, Basil Rajapakse, Mahinda and Fonseka should be subjected to narco-analysis.

8. While the International Community shall have the right to recognize Tamil Eelam which is going to be formed, only the people of Tamil Eelam shall have the right to decide under whose leadership it should be formed.

9. When the Tigers were weakened militarily, the Upcountry Tamils were targetted, and it is feared that in the future that area might be subjected to a major genocidal pogrom. So, a referendum must be conducted among the Upcountry Tamils to know whether they want to join Tamil Eelam. In this matter, the decision of the Upcountry Tamils shall be final.

10. Douglas Devananda, who was punished by the courts for firing at innocent Tamil people in Chennai escaped to Sri Lanka before the period of imprisonment was completed. He must therefore be arrested and handed over to the Tamil Nadu police.

11. Everyone responsible for the murder of journalist Lasanta should be punished.

12. The Sinhalese journalists who have sought refuge in Tamil Nadu must be given adequate protection.

13. The Sinhalese couple who came as refugees to Tamil Nadu must be recognized as refugees, and the charges of passport-doctoring against them must be dropped.

14. The livelihood of families of Tamil fishermen shot dead should be secured.

With eternal love,
Your brother against injustice,
Ku. Muthukumar, Kolathur, Chennai 99.

Dear Tamil people, in the struggle against injustice our brothers and children have taken up the weapon of the intellect. I have used the weapon of life. You use the weapon of photocopying. Yes, make copies of this pamphlet and distribute it to your friends, relatives, and students and ensure that this support for this struggle becomes greater. Nan’ri.

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