Comments on: Thamilchelvan and Tamil Politics – I

By: Inoka

Inoka — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 10:51:07 +0000

selwen is not equal tamil leaders like ponnambalem brothers.
dont equal that carder to heros please……………

By: Chambers

Chambers — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 01:44:39 +0000

There should be one and only one Tamil cause: to give a better future to the innocent, traumatized poor Tamils of Vanni/North a better future. The only pragmatic thing is to work to achieve that with whoever is in power, not fight them. Right now it is MR so work with him ad his men. Eelam is not achievable. India will dominate South Asia like a colossus in the near future. India has no interest in supporting any Tamil cause. Tamil Nadu politicians will occassionally provide verbal support which is exactly what it is -j ust verbal. India cannot allow for a mess in Sri Lanka. Tamils can fight for any cause, use whatever measures, smuggle weapons, collect money all over the world, have demonstration from Amsterdam to Zurich. All that will not do anything but provide temporary euphoria. Nothing else.

By: ilaya seran senguttuven

ilaya seran senguttuven — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 16:33:46 +0000

P. Skant (#8) point is taken. I am of that school of thought that believes in Napolean Bonaparte’s famous thoughts “If you open the wounds of the past you lost both the present and the future”
Re. Chamber’s (#6) intervention that the Tamil “elites of the past
are gone – never to return” this certainly has rendered poor Sri Lanka in general and Tamils in particular. But the same is true of those great Sinhala political giants too – SWRD, NM, Colvin, Phillip, Bernard et al. The void in both sides of the divide is now filled by half-wits, quarter baked Socialists, kudukarayas, Gangsters,
Common thugs, Car-permit cheats masquerading under the religious garb – just to name a few. By the way, Gentlemen,
I operate very much from Colombo – though even men from the chauvinistic side attack me in the English Press here saying I live in the safety of Europe, India, North America and so on.
I try to help the Tamil cause though my close friends Kumar P, Prof Suriyakumaran and others who fearlessly espoused the Tamil cause are no more.

By: Chambers

Chambers — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 06:42:29 +0000

Innocent Tamils may still have a chance to save themselves and what is left of their heritage. They should not align with the murderous LTTE. No sane person can support them. The LTTE is a spent force on the world stage with zero moral equity and no amount of weapons smuggled from sympathizers in Tamil Nadu or procured with the money obtained by force from the diaspora will change that. The global trend is against them. Sure, there will be occassional gains such as an attack on a prize target in the South but the Sinhalese are resilient and adaptive. A large Sinhala middle class is emerging that is educated, skilled and able to work in the global economy. Meanwhile the innocent Tamil teenagers are sent to fight when they should be under parental guidance and tutelege. So Tamils have to unfortunately leave sentiments behind, forget the bitter past and events like 1983 July and move forward. There is a capitalist India that is about to explode in wealth and properity and Sri Lanka is going to gravitate towards that. And Old Fox JR saw the coming triumph of capitalism way back in the ‘60 and ‘70 when everyone else was looking to the USSR and socialism. He did not wish ill towards any community but the terrible leadership that Tamils had in the TULF did not know how to empathize with him. They were essentially banking on Tamil Nadu support and support form Indira Gandhi who was always JR’s nemesis. But JR knew his strategy better than the entire Indian bureaucracy combined (except perhaps the like of Subramaniam Swami).

MR is the surrent President. And it does not matter, work with him for now and later work with whoever is President. Sinhalese have short memories (maybe a good thing). They have no lasting grudge against even LTTE and if Prabakaran and his henchmen are gone then it will be easy to reach an enlightened peace. It would be a shame if the Tamil people have to wait until Prabakaran dies a naturla death. I don’t wish ill towards anyone but if this man can be imprisoned, captured or otherwise made ineffective the main benefactors would be the poor suffering Tamils.

By: P.skant

P.skant — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 19:32:50 +0000

It’s always a pleasure to read an analysis of the highest quality in exquisite language as Ilaya Seran notes but is it not time that we detached ourselves from the past glory (?) and present ignominy and get on with our lives as decent Canadians, Americans, French, Norwegian etc.?

By the way the article recounts correctly that GG and SJV were part of the government (not the cabinet); politically savvy GG and SJV chose young Tiruchelvam to represent them in the cabinet.

By: Amirthakaliyan

Amirthakaliyan — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 18:40:27 +0000

Hi R. Veera,

You are a nutter? you need real medical and psychologial help. Don’t leave it so long. Read history of Tamil struggle. Do not come back to put your argument. You and your gang are the real loosers, as described by Chambers above!!.

By: Chambers

Chambers — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 22:41:21 +0000

Smaller minds will never comprehend what JR, the great strategist of modern Sri Lanka wanted to achieve. Sure, he did make a few mistakes, but he wanted a serene Dharmishta Samaj with Buddhist philosphy at its helm, just like King Dutugemunu. The process we are going through is harsh, but today Tamil elite is gone, never to return and regain their past clout, and instead murderous thugs and other riff raff such as LTTE are the representatives of the Tamils. Eventually there will be no Eelam, but a triumphant Dharma Samaj under an ever expanding Hindu/Buddhist domination inexorably aligned with Hindu India. That is what the “Old Fox” always wanted. Indira Gandhi was too narrow minded and aligned with the socialist losers such as USSR to realize that. Rajiv Gandhi was better. The modern India will be a superpower and Sri Lanka will emerge as an important and prosperous state within the Greater India. And except the more educated and intelligent Brahmins among the Tamils, others are still encouraging murderers of the LTTE little realizing the new dawn for South Asia.

By: Athos

Athos — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 00:28:51 +0000

Well here is a lesson for world leaders especially the ones from the third world. Unless you have calculated ALL the consequences, don’t blabber mouth about dividing country that you share with others. As evident here, the implications are mind boggling. Amirthalingam et al used it as a ploy to force more power from the Sinhalese. However, the scaremongering put the Sinhala politicians in a difficult position which lead them unable to even yeild to district level devolution.

After quarter of century of a Tamil blood bath, it now turns out the history which was the basis for the struggle as noted in the Voddokodai resolution is a total fabrication.

By: r.veera

r.veera — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 23:51:25 +0000

jeewa you are nutter? you need real medical help, dont leave it so long. read history of tamilstruggle. then come back and put your argument. you are a real looser.

By: A.Rajasingam

A.Rajasingam — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:51:26 +0000

What Rajan Philips said about JRJ was perfectly true. No sooner JR assumed power he presented a constitution with a ploy to marginalize the Tamil Party with the so-called proportionate representation, finally to see that it paved way for the elevation of TULF as the opposition party in the Parliament. Thus Amirthalingam had an opportunity to high light the grievances of the Tamils to the surprise of JR and JR’s reaction due to lack of far-sightedness eventually not only it led to the civil riots but also he was compelled to sign the Indo-Sri Lanka Peace Accord. In short JR’s betrayal caused not only to Amirthalingam but also to the entire country. Sadly to say though everything was going well as planned by India, it was Anton Balasingam who spoilt the entire soup even for which JR’s reckless attitude was the root cause. It is better that Rajan Philips continue with this article as to what is required for a better tomorrow.