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     WHO WILL SPEAK AGAINST THE ABUSE OF ANIMALS   

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               THE SRI  LANKAN SCORCHED EARTH POLICY?

Livestock killed in large numbers in Batticaloa

Batticaloa district is one of the most agriculturally rich areas in the island. More than 100,000 livestock is reared in this district at any given time. Almost 98% of ...   more »

There are sadly those among Tamils, who flirt with the names of Stalin, Mussolini, Mao etc and in the same breath, they will worship Mahatma Gandhi (It depends which way the pendulum is swinging!). Worse still among them, there are even a few, who apparently “profess” and pontificate the liberation cause ─ And to them, the value of lives, particularly the lives of landless peasants amounts to Zero. It is the GOAL that matters, they argue, in utter impoverishment of spiritual ethos and depravity of moral values. In other words, these helpless peasants could be used as human shields – as long as such “profess-ors” kith and kin are safe. All Tamils must be passionate about Tamil [2] and ought to be deeply concerned about their fellow being’s suffering and suppression. When a Tamil is raped and brutally murdered our stomachs are churned with natal pain while our faces are covered with tears. Such ought to be the case when innocent fellow humans are murdered or maimed by terror any where in the world. One would suggest that, the Tamils must seek to cut through the main plank of the US foreign policy towards Sri Lanka and get the ‘ears’ of the West. The message of the Tamil struggle must convince the West and the US in particular of the validity of the struggle on moral grounds among other things. Releasing Press statements and condemnations of the US Government may be of some value. But behind-the -scenes work and building links are of immense long-term value. I quote below a question put to Chomsky at Colombia University in 1995. The response he gave against ‘quick fixes’ and the importance of ‘bringing awareness’ is still relevant today:    more »

Viewing the Century 21 June 1998  Radio 3 Noam Chomsky talks to Jonathan Steinberg about    his theory that language is largely innate and not learned  2 min 14    corporations as forms of tyranny, the control of minds  3 min 31    the self-delusion of the powerful and the collusion of the educated  1 min 51   ...   more » Leave Comment  |  Permanent Link  |  Cosmos   Jazz and Jihad - Gilad Atzmon by chandi sinnathurai on Tue 17 Apr 2007 05:08 AM LKT Jazz and Jihad: The Discourse of Solidarity by Gilad Atzmon   Speech given at University of Denver, 13 April 2007 Ladies and Gentlemen, For many years I considered America as my promised land. As a young Jazz musician I was pretty convinced that sooner or later I would end up living in NYC. My Jerusalem was Downtown Manhattan and ...   more » Leave Comment  |  Permanent Link  |  Cosmos Sunday, April 15   Contrasting Pictures... by chandi sinnathurai on Sun 15 Apr 2007 02:26 AM LKT                 Contrasting Pictures                  Thamil Puthuvarusam (Tamil New Year)        more » Leave Comment  |  Permanent Link  |  Cosmos Saturday, April 14   Caste-ification - Tehelka interview with Christophe Jaffrelot by chandi sinnathurai on Sat 14 Apr 2007 10:54 PM LKT ‘THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS THE CASTE SYSTEM ANY MORE’ Recently in India, French political scientist Christophe Jaffrelot, author of seminal works on caste and Hindutva, spoke to Shivam Vij and Avinash Dutt For the average Indian, is religion more important or caste? It is sometimes not only those two but much more. The Leftist approach would consist of ...   more » Leave Comment  |  Permanent Link  |  Cosmos Friday, April 13   'Sri Lankan Forces Won't Attack Tiger Heartland' - Why? by chandi sinnathurai on Fri 13 Apr 2007 12:41 AM LKT ‘Sri Lankan Forces Won’t Attack Tiger Heartland’ - Why? By Chandi Sinnathurai 13 April, 2007 Countercurrents.org I had a lengthy conversation with Fr. Henry Miller in Batticaloa (East Sri Lanka) on April 11, about the Time April 5 article [1] in which he is quoted as saying that ‘Prabaharan [The Tamil Tigers’ leader] needs the violence – or he risks ...   more » Leave Comment  |  Permanent Link  |  Cosmos Monday, April 9   Kokkaticholai: Pilfering Sri Lankan Forces. by chandi sinnathurai on Mon 09 Apr 2007 08:19 PM LKT P.N: IT is absolutely a disgrace to note the behaviour of the Sri Lankan military. Kokoticholai is not just a Tamil village, it is one of the most ancient Hindu villages with a renowned temple. The indigenous population there were considered to be warmly hospitable to strangers. Yet, they belonged to a martial warrior tribe fiercely loyal to the natal soil and they constantly fought against alien forces. The SL military forces' greed will win neither hearts nor minds. CS. Kokkadichcholai Tamil homes systematically pilfered by Sri Lankan military Over the last few days Sri Lankan military that has setup camp at the Manalpiddy junction (see map) regularly infiltrated into the Kokkadichcholai town and pilfered the homes of Tamil residents in this township. All of the Tamil residents of this town were forcefully evicted by the military in middle March by deliberate shelling into their homes. Having evicted the owners the military is unhindered in its pilfering operations. Tamil homes are systematically being emptied of their Television sets, Fridges, furniture and anything else the military fancies. Lorry loads of the pilfered items were seen being transported to the Manalpiddy junction. This township of Kokkadichcholai is a very ancient Tamil town which was affluent and well developed when the very first Europeans set foot in it more than 500 years ago. 09 April 2007 Leave Comment  |  Permanent Link  |  Cosmos   Sri Lanka: Endless War by: Simon Robinson/Batticaloa by chandi sinnathurai on Mon 09 Apr 2007 11:39 AM LKT Sri Lanka: Endless War Thursday, Apr. 05, 2007 By SIMON ROBINSON / BATTICALOA   Like her country, Sinnathambi Jeevatharsini is beauty torn. Just 9 years old, she has long black hair tied up in two loose knots on either side of her head, and a smile that explodes across her face, as if someone has switched on a spotlight. She's ...   more » Leave Comment  |  Permanent Link  |  Cosmos Friday, April 6   Jesus Wouldn't Bomb Anyone -Jason Miller by chandi sinnathurai on Fri 06 Apr 2007 10:38 PM LKT “Brothers, you are from the same people; you kill your fellow peasant . . . No soldier is obliged to obey an order that is contrary to the will of God. No one has to fulfill an immoral law. It is time to recover your consciences and to obey your consciences rather than the orders of sin. . . . ...   more » Comments (1)  |  Permanent Link  |  Cosmos Wednesday, April 4   Beware of State Power - Noam Chomsky by chandi sinnathurai on Wed 04 Apr 2007 02:42 AM LKT Beware of State Power Noam Chomsky interviewed by George McLeod April 03, 2007   Noam Chomsky is the world's leading critic of US power. He has been voted the most important intellectual of the 20th century and has published more than 30 leading political works, many of them bestsellers. In his first ever interview with the Bangkok Post, Professor Chomsky ...   more » Leave Comment  |  Permanent Link  |  Cosmos Monday, April 2   LIFE IN EMBATTLED BATTICALOA. HINDUSTAN TIMES by chandi sinnathurai on Mon 02 Apr 2007 04:57 PM LKT Clearly, these were recent recruits of the Karuna faction. Some of the gun-toting boys were so small that they were dwarfed by the T-56s they were carrying. One dreaded the thought of a child soldier pulling the trigger in a fit of excitement. They boys were also small enough to be playful with that instrument of death. Karuna's presence was ubiquitous, though locals said that the extent of the presence did not match popular support. "Support for him may be about 5 per cent," said a school teacher," who did not wish to be named, for obvious reasons. "If Karuna had been better than Prabhakaran and helped the Tamil refugees, we would have embraced him. But he is doing precious little," said a Christian priest, involved in relief work. There was not a town in the government-held areas which was not dotted with Karuna's offices or camps, which significantly, were almost always close to the camps of the government forces. The TMVP's offices are located in opulent houses, many owned by Tamils who had fled to the West apparently.    more » Leave Comment  |  Permanent Link  |  Cosmos   Referendum on CFA? Ceylon Sunday Observer.April 1st. by chandi sinnathurai on Mon 02 Apr 2007 06:13 AM LKT Note: We do sincerely hope that this is a serious message, not an April Fool prank. CS Referendum on CFA? By Dinesh Weerawansa The Government plans to hold a referendum to determine the fate of the 2002 Ceasefire Agreement which was signed by Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe, the then Prime Minister and the LTTE Leader Velupillai Prabhakaran, mediated by the ...   more » Leave Comment  |  Permanent Link  |  Cosmos Categories Photos Truth-telling Recent Articles The Anger, the Longing, the Hope - by URI AVNERY Must He Die? by Brenda West Desperate plight of Tamil Civilians - BBC news- August 13th THE Tragic Last Moments - by ROBERT FISK Racism and Genocide:Lies of our Times - By:James Petras THE LIES OF TODAY - John Pilger A Clear Channel For Sethu - Courtesy - Tehelka SOME MATTER MORE by Media Lens VICTORY V Prabakaran response - It's the OIL - By: NOAM CHOMSKY THE REAL NEWS From Triumph To Torture MADHU MUgabe, Britain and... Search Search all blogs Syndicate this category