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February 15, 2009 at 11:28 am · Filed under Tamil Nadu, Tamil struggle ·Tagged , , , , , , , , , ,

Feb 15th 2009 10.30pm – email

Dear Tamil Diaspora,
 
While our traumatised people flee the relentless artillery barrage and the blood of Tamil children continue to spill on the soil of Vanni, Sun TV continues to give minimal coverage on the genocide of Tamils.
 
When a martyr like Muthukumar gives his life for the cause of our people, and the entire Tamil Nadu is agitating for our brethren, Sun TV continues to present superficial news.
 
I call on viewers to unsubscribe SunTV until it changes its coverage and presents the truth.
 
We’ll have to fight this battle on many fronts. We live in a world of consumerism and marketing. We live in the Information Age. Let’s take our freedom struggle to a new level and do our part by fighting with every democratic method that is available to us. This is just one step.

“Siru thuli peru vellam”
 
Thank you,
Janani Barathy

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A tribute to brother Muthukumar

February 1, 2009 at 11:58 am · Filed under poems/prose/thoughts, Tamil Nadu, Tamil struggle ·Tagged , , ,

Feb 1st 2009, 11.00 pm

 

 

Muthukumar, a young Tamil writer in Tamil Nadu, India, burnt himself to death in front of the Indian Central Government’s Chennai (Tamil Nadu) Head office on Jan 29th 2009, after distributing his article protesting India’s hand in the genocidal war waged by the Sri Lankan State against Eelam (Sri Lankan) Tamils. His ultimate sacrifice comes at a very crucial time in the long and excruciating struggle for a free Tamil Eelam. His call for justice has been heard in Tamil Nadu. Eelam Tamils, in our homeland and all over the world, lament the loss of this great activist and are moved beyond words by what he has done.

 

 

 

 

A poem for brother Muthukumar

 

The wails from Vanni

must have reached your ears, my brother.

The cries of mothers

who bury their young

must have seared your soul, my brother.

The twisted childhood

of children,

legless

armless

must have ignited the fire inside you, my brother.

The artillery shells

and the bombs from KFir jets,

raining in our homeland

must have exploded in your mind, my brother

 

Not born from Eelam,

You have joined the lines

of great heroes of Eelam.

Thiyagi Thileepan.

Captain Miller.

Colonel Kittu…

Not born from Eelam,

Your sacrifice stands

Unparalleled

Unmatched

Incomparable

in our freedom struggle.

 

You have given me hope

that Tamil Nadu will rise

You have given me hope

that there are saints among humans

You have given me hope

to dream,

yet again,

of a free Tamil Eelam.

 

 

Janani Barathy

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“The unspeakable truth” – about Sri Lanka and the Tamil Struggle

January 30, 2009 at 5:18 am · Filed under A future Tamil Eelam, Aid workers killed in Sri Lanka, Genocide of Tamils, Journalists killed in Sri Lanka, Massacres by Sri Lankan State, Prabhakaran, Rape as a weapon of war, Sri Lanka War, Sri Lankan Government, Sri Lankan State, Tamil history, Tamil struggle, Tamil Tigers, The rise of Tamil Militancy, Trauma and children in Tamil Eelam ·Tagged , , , , ,

Jan 30th 2009, 4.20 pm

 The unspeakable truth”

http://www.pagegangster.com/p/2Lweq/

An easy to read, simple and very well written document (with plenty of visuals) that gives valuable information on the reasons for Tamil militancy/Sri Lanka War. It also contains historical facts.
Page 25 lists major massacres by the Sri Lankan State on Tamils – 115 massacres from 1956 to 2000
 
I found the last page a disturbing indicator to what lies ahead in Sri Lanka….as well as the definition of “Tamil Eelam” in page 47

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