Monthly Archive: July 2012
The sudden volte face by DMK chief M Karunanidhi on his demand for Eelam in the context of the Tamil Eelam Supporters Organisation (TESO) meeting on August 12 — where no resolution would be passed in support of Eelam — has least angered or even surprised many Tamil rights groups. They feel the manner in which Karunanidhi made his view known has totally exposed his apathy for the sentiments of Tamils.
Book: The Prabhakaran Saga
Author: S. Murali
This is a cold-blooded yet comprehensive post-mortem of the rise and fall of the LTTE and its boss Velupillai Prabhakaran who thought, till nemesis caught up with him, that he could never be vanquished. Murali displays admirable writing and reporting skills to present an otherwise complicated story of Sri Lanka’s Tamil conflict, which lasted over a quarter century, into a chronologically detailed but easy to read work.
Diplomatic sources told LAKBIMAnEWS that the Swedish government was in the process of sending back all Sri Lankan ‘war refugees’ to Colombo shortly.
Dear Mr.Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam
SRILANKA, TAMILS & AMATEURISH POLITICS
On the 1st June 2012, the journalist from Inbaththamil Radio in Sydney interviewed you. The discussion went on for more than an hour with lengthy answers given by you, which may or may not have convinced the Tamil Diaspora.
