Tamils: a Nation without a State - living today in many lands & across distant seas... Today, more than 80 million Tamil people live in many lands across distant seas. Given the armed struggle for Tamil Eelam in the island of Sri Lanka, and the two hundred and fifty thousand (and more) Tamil asylum seekers and refugees in many… Aug 31 09August 31, 2009Article at tamilnation.org
States do not have Permanent Friends: they have Permanent InterestsA long standing supporter of the Tamil Eelam freedom struggle and a friend wrote to me about a month ago -"I picked up the Pathmanathan Pages from tamilnation.org When I read the first piece it gave the impression that K Pathmanathan (KP) was trying… Aug 11 09August 11, 2009Article at tamilnation.org
TAMIL EELAM STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM - An Overview Early Political History The island known to Tamils as Eelam (and known under British rule as Ceylon and under Sinhala rule as Sri Lanka) is about 25,000 square miles in extent, situated about twenty miles from the southern extremity of the Indian… Jun 18 09June 18, 2009Article at Nadesan on Authory
Understanding UK Foreign Policy & the Tamil Struggle for Freedom"...... No one should underestimate the murderous damage done to Sri Lanka over the last 26 years by the LTTE, or the sheer hatred felt for its leadership. That is recognised in the international community, but while terrorist organisations work by… May 10 09May 10, 2009Article at tamilnation.org
The Politics of Humanitarian Intervention "It was the Buddha who said that suffering is a great teacher. The Tamil people are being taught on the hard anvil of death and suffering appropriately enough in Buddhist Sri Lanka that human rights and humanitarian laws are more often than not,… Feb 24 09February 24, 2009Article at tamilnation.org
US - India - China: Changing Dynamics & an Emerging Bi Polar World ? In 1983, I stumbled into a lecture on International Relations at Cambridge University. The lecture was by a visiting German Professor. I forget her name. But something that she said has remained with me over the past several years. She… Feb 23 09February 23, 2009Article at tamilnation.org
Ten Minute Read on Tamil EelamA Visitor from Australia wrote on 20 February 2009 - Vanakkam Mr. Satyendra. I read your articles almost as soon as they appear. They reflect many of the thoughts which come to me (but perhaps not in such a clear substantiated fashion). Your open… Feb 20 09February 20, 2009Article at tamilnation.org
'Recent Developments in Sri Lanka' : US Senate Hearing - An Open Letter to Senator Kerry Dear Senator Kerry, The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee which you Chair has scheduled hearings on the 'Recent Developments in Sri Lanka' for 24 February at 2:30 p.m. Given these 'recent developments in Sri Lanka', which may be appropriately… Feb 19 09February 19, 2009Article at tamilnation.org
The Jeff and Mutt Act "...The Jeff and Mutt act is also sometimes called the 'Good Cop, Bad Cop' role play. And given the recent Mutt like call by Norway, US, EU & Japan for the LTTE to surrender so that Vanni civilians may be saved from Sri Lanka's genocidal onslaught,… Feb 07 09February 07, 2009Article at tamilnation.org
Sinhala Sri Lanka's War Crimes: Genocide & State Terrorism"...the international community will wait till Tamil resistance is sufficiently weakened or annihilated before it attempts to intervene 'on humanitarian grounds' and in seeming response to 'world wide Tamil appeals'. Meanwhile the IC will even… Jan 29 09January 29, 2009Article at tamilnation.org
Spirituality & the Tamil Nation Gramsci was right when he said that man can affect his own development and that of his own surroundings only in so far as he has a clear view of what the possibilities of action open to him are. To do this he has to understand the historical… Jan 24 09January 24, 2009Article at tamilnation.org
'Indo-Lanka Relations Reaching Zenith' reports Sinhala Sri Lanka Daily News"The arabic word for Zenith is Zawâl, meaning "decline", that is, when the sun ceases to rise and starts to decline." Wikipedia On 15 January Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon shamelessly declared in Colombo that relations with Sri Lanka… Jan 16 09January 16, 2009Article at tamilnation.org
Tamils are an ancient people... The Tamils are an ancient people. Their history had its beginnings in the rich alluvial plains near the southern extremity of peninsular India which included the land mass known as the island of Sri Lanka today. The island's plant and animal life… Jan 01 09January 01, 2009Article at tamilnation.org
European Union & Listing of LTTE as a Terrorist Organisation - Some Reflections "Will you walk into my parlour?" said the Spider to the Fly, 'Tis the prettiest little parlour that ever you did spy..." One would imagine that after several decades of painful experience, the fly may have also worked out ways of negotiating spider… Dec 28 08December 28, 2008Article at tamilnation.org
U.S. State Department Review of Designation of LTTE as a Terrorist Organisation"'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in a rather scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean, neither more nor less'. 'The question is,' said Alice, 'whether you can make words mean so many different things'. 'The question is,' said… Nov 04 08November 04, 2008Article at tamilnation.org
Some Reflections on 'Sri Lanka: Reign of Anomy' "As a refugee myself, I can sense the despair and anguish in the conclusion that Sarvan, as a refugee in Germany, reaches - '...I offer no solution but have merely sketched some of the problems, including what I term the Tamil dilemma and, in that… Jul 29 08July 29, 2008Article at tamilnation.org
Black July 1983: the Charge is Genocide 25 years after Genocide'83 - - "... I don't think the people in the North and East are subjected to any injustice... In any democratic country the majority should rule the country. This country will be ruled by the Sinhalese community which is… Jul 23 08July 23, 2008Article at tamilnation.org
Tamil New Year Day - First of Thai "... It should not surprise that those who would destroy the Tamils as a nation of people are intent on keeping the Tamils divided by caste, race and 'religion' - and sometimes by an appeal to a pseudo 'modernism'. One World for the Tamils - and… Apr 12 08April 12, 2008Article at tamilnation.org
Who is Lobbying Whom? " Western governments' policies on Sri Lanka should consciously include attempts to open up political space within their Tamil communities for non-Tiger political voices. Those governments with significant Tamil populations should engage… Feb 23 08February 23, 2008Article at tamilnation.org
TAMIL CULTURE: the Heart of Tamil National Consciousness "I do not want my house to be walled in on all sides and my windows to be stuffed. I want the cultures of all lands to be blown about my house as freely as possible. But I refuse to be blown off my feet by any of them. Mine is not a religion of the… Jan 01 08January 01, 2008Article at tamilnation.org
