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CHECKPOINTS IN PARADISE

by admin on Mar.12, 2010, under Sri Lanka

CHECKPOINTS IN PARADISE

Everybody out, the military officer ordered us, as we pulled off the bumpy road linking the Tamil-dominated eastern province to Sri Lanka’s hill country. My driver motioned to the back seat, where a police officer we picked up a few miles back was sitting. His presence lent an air of authority, and we were promptly waved through. But the busload of European shutterbugs in front of us – unloading their suitcases and filing out in a single column – was not so lucky. Continue Reading………..

Voting rights of IDPs should be ensured

Sri Lankan Supreme Court Thursday directed that the rules and regulation laid down by the SL Elections Commissioner pertaining to the voting rights of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) during the presidential election be implemented fully. The three member bench comprised Chief Justice Asoka de Silva and Justices Jagath Balapatebendige and Ms Chandra Ekanayake made the order when it took up the Fundamental Rights violation petition of the Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) was taken up for inquiry, legal sources said. Continue Reading………

ITAK engaged in setting up offices in Jaffna peninsula

Ilangkai Thamizh Arasuk Kadchi (ITAK) is actively engaged in opening its offices in various parts of Jaffna peninsula and the first office was opened Thursday in Pa’ndaitharippu, sources in Jaffna said. Meanwhile, it is reported that Tamil National Alliance (TNA) stands split into two factions – one which constitutes of former TNA Jaffna parliamentarians and the other which includes new comers to the election arena, the sources added. Contine Reading………….

13 Comments for this entry

kavin robert
March 16th, 2010 on 9:35 pm
yes are right
Karuppen
March 16th, 2010 on 8:19 pm
Uncle Sam sleeps now; And ´Mahi’ wags his tail

In 2009 the US government spoke against the human rights abuse in Sri Lanka. The selective war on Sri Lankan innocent Tamils ended in the death toll of more than 50,000 innocent lives. Even the US Senate filed a detailed report on the war circumstances and the death toll during the war in Sri Lanka. It is more than ten months since the war ended. What has the US government done so far?

It is time the US Administration filed a war report and initiated an independent inquiry into war crimes committed by Sri Lankan government headed by Mr Mahinda Rajapakse and his military hierarchy. The human rights groups in the US and Canada should mount pressure on the US government to initiate independent inquiry into Sri Lankan war crimes.

Today the situation after the war does not distinguish itself from the one before the war too. Sri Lankan emergency laws are still in place and in effect to arrest any suspect and incarcerate him or her indefinitely. Women are sexually harassed by soldiers with impunity against any complaints by the victims. The country has slipped into extremism with no recourse to the rule of the law and order. This is the situation one expects where purposeful legislation circumvents the independent function of the judiciary. To ensure that citizens have their right to justice, the power bodies are separated into the legislative, the judiciary and the executive. None of the three bodies in Sri Lanka today functions with integrity of its own to guarantee the citizens their right to a life free from injustice and fear of state terrorism. State terrorism has become a tool to control the citizens.

The US political alliance with Sri Lankan government is more of an economic mould than an issue about human rights abuse.

Contrary to the US stand on sensitive issues like human rights abuse, the European countries show a real concern about the human rights record. They impose harsh economic sanctions against the countries which have abused human rights. The purpose is to tame the governments in question to correct their human rights record.

The verdict of Dublin War Crimes Tribunal should serve as a catalyst in bringing Sri Lankan President Mr Mahinda Rajapakse, his logistic war architects, and his military hierarchy before the International Court to face charges on war crimes. Harsh punishment should be the verdict to those war mongers. To this list is India for providing hard military and chemical weapons to be used on innocent Tamil civilians.

It is a popular thought that the present situation the Sri Lankan Tamils face resulted from the failure of the UN to take preventive measures in time to deter Sri Lanka from its military thrust against unarmed Tamils. This war waged by the Sri Lankan government under the pretext of eradicating LTTE militants exposed Tamil civilians to a germicidal mania which culminated in the death of about 50,000 lives. Painfully observed, one has to reckon with the helpless situation the innocent Tamils faced before their life sizzled out.

The UN Secretary General Mr Ban-Ki-moon failed to wield his authority to implement corrective measures before and after the war. Was it a connivance with the Sri Lankan government at the genocide of innocent Tamils? The UN Secretary General lacks administrative abilities in coping with hot spot flare-up incidents around the world. Another example was his failure to take proper action when Palestinian children were murdered by Israeli military.

The UN is a strong voice for the safety of global citizens, irrespective of who they are and what their creed, religion, and ethnicity are. The UN was not created to witness genocide of a minority by the majority around the globe. When this power organ dispenses with its meaningful existence by not complying with the UN Charter for Human Rights, it is time to realize a change in its power bloc. The world bodies should elect a ‘Shadow UN Secretary General’ a person with vested powers to implement a policy of corrective measure. Where the UN Secretary General fails, the ‘Shadow UN Secretary General’ presumes upon himself or herself the duty of honouring the compliance with the UN Charter for Human Rights.

Atrocities committed by those in power should demand justice to prevent the recurrence.
Karuppen
March 16th, 2010 on 10:32 am
Even though a fragment of Tamil Diaspora differs in their ideology from the streamline politics of peace process necessitated by the present condition Sri Lankan Tamils face today, they can unite even in diversity to mould a strong voice in such a way as to awaken the sleeping democratic nations in power today. What is missing in the peace process is the law of collective consciousness of those leaders. The voice of the law of consciousness is going speak soon.

From an angle of political evolution in Sri Lanka, the President of Sri Lanka Mr Mahinda Rajapakse might consider reversing the post war situation to install the pillars of basic human rights for Tamils. He will find ruling the country difficult in future after disenfranchisement of Tamils. The pressure exerted by both Human Rights Activists and democratic governments in power today will surely put Sri Lanka on the right path of seeking ways to initiate dialogue with Tamil politicians. If there was a chance for change, it would be through the participation of Sri Lankan President Mr Mahinda Rajapakse. The psychology of politics is simple. A leader is satisfied with the popularity among his own people, but at the same time what elevates a leader’s pride to the highest level of self-gratification is the realization that he has reached across a dissenting community to make amends for the failures of his own government. Enjoyment of enemy’s appreciation is the best medicine for a wailing ego of a leader. Even in a game, the winner always seeks for appreciation from the loser. The game will not be a success without the loser’s appreciation.

Tamil Diaspora, with all the information resources at their disposal, should mount pressure on Sri Lankan ruling government through democratic channels. A wonderful landmark the global Tamils have shown the whole world was the Global Tamil Forum. Continue enlisting all the democratic world nations in the future counterpart of GTF, A mounting pressure from all the democratic nations will surely awaken the ruling Sri Lankan government to seek corrective measures to install peace process and integrate the stateless Tamil community into the main communal politics.

Even an iron rod bends under repeated beatings of a hammer. Nothing in the world has the power of withstanding the wailing of justice.
Karuppen
March 15th, 2010 on 11:20 pm
I agree with P John’s meaningful remarks. They are very simple to understand.

All my writings and posts are targeted towards a search for a peaceful solution to the grievances and agony the Tamils in Sri Lanka face today. We are more concerned with the root causes for the present condition rather than the agents who created this situation for the Sri Lankan Tamils.

When the UN official inquiry or the US initiative into Sri Lankan war crimes proceed, it will bring to the International War Crime Court not only the Sri Lankan President Mr Mahinda Rajapakse, his military hierarchy, but also all the surviving LTTE combatants, cadres and the Australian nurse wife of the late LTTE political wing advisor Mr Balasingam who handed out cyanide pills to child solders in combat zones during trainings in Sri Lanka. The lady lives in Surrey, England. She should be brought along with others before the International War Crime Court to face charges against humanity.

When justice knocks on your door, it never discriminates against anybody and its noise is loud enough to muffle the other moaning.

Nothing is more appealing to a disturbed human mind other than seeing another human life wallowing in pain and suffering before it loses its life.

The present plight of Sri Lankan Tamils is the result of a certain fragment of Tamil Diaspora who funded the combative manoeuvres through a war machine called LTTE against the helpless Tamil civilians in Sri Lanka. An ethnicity glowed with its fine human values, the Tamils in Sri Lanka have lost their glamour by the exposure to war they did not wage against the majority Singhalese government in Sri Lanka. Now is the time Tamil Diaspora refrained from funding further genocide through any war machines. Free your mind from combative instincts and mould a policy of co-existence with the majority Singhalese. The time has come to discover the art of reconciliation.

Pretension will never help you free your mind. Do not pretend to yourself.

There is no other option for the survival of Tamil identity in Sri Lanka than an amicable reconciliation. To realize it, the Tamil politicians should create the climate for the workable platform through TRUST. Give it a chance to work out and it will enlist the global support of democratic governments in power today. Democracy defines its existence through creating its roots in volatile spots where peace is the escaping culprit.

The decimation of war machine LTTE and its shadow combatant roots have created a situation where a strong negotiation for peace is the antidote for the present situation the Tamils in Sri Lanka face today.

Luxury produces self-forgetfulness, but pain and suffering awaken the mind to a search for survival.
Karuppen
March 15th, 2010 on 7:40 pm
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Jaffna, Sri Lanka (CNN) — Raveendran Jenatha doesn’t exude the kind of excitement and wonder young adults often do when it comes to figuring out their future. She is 21 years old and confident about what her future holds. ”Nothing,” she said softly. Raveendran Jenatha is sure she has no future because of her past and what it has done to her. “Now I can’t do anything. That is the only problem,” she said. Then her sweet smile and confident tone broke, and she burst out in a moaning sob. Through her tears, she sputtered: “I need help for everything.”

I read this article with remorse and a tinge of pain in my heart.

This is the situation the Sri Lankan war has created. The post traumatic disorders are very rampant among war victims. A condition of seclusion becomes as a prerequisite for freeing the mind from the tormenting pain and suffering.

Hello, young lady. Brush up and wipe the tears from your eyes. Nobody can steal your life. Your life is within YOURSELF. Always within YOURSELF. The situation is going to change soon. Already there are signs of a rolling stone gathering momentum. Keep up the flame of hope in your heart.

Life condition for Tamils in Sri Lanka is going to change soon.
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I agree with P John to his proposing an idea of smooth talk.

A certain fragment of Tamil Diaspora, out of their cosy situation, has supported a cult to survive through propagating violence against the majority Singhalese government. The recent Sri Lankan war has clearly shown that those being supportive of combative manoeuvres were deeply entrenched in a combative policy at the disposal of security of Sri Lankan Tamils. Not only has the war displaced the Tamils to the present stateless and pathetic condition in their own country but also whittled down the collective identity of Tamil community.

It is imperative that Tamil political parties, irrespective of their differences, should cultivate an order of communication with the dissenting majority Singhalese political leaders in power today. Difference of opinion serves as a strong platform to identify unity in a collective voice. This is RECONCILIATION without losing communication. It is a good sign that TNA has dropped its nagging claim for an independent homeland for Tamils in Sri Lanka. Anything revolved from the democratic platform has the charm of welcoming the support of democratic nations in power today. If the collective voice of the democratic nations gains momentum, it can tilt the scale in favour of an amicable solution to the grievances of Tamils in Sri Lanka. Even the UN can not sit back for fear of losing its face in the global politics navigation. The UN was created to solve the problems of global community through peaceful means, but not to be a voiceless organ of a spectator to the sight of commission of genocide of global citizens, the displacement of their simple happy life, and usurpation of their basic human rights to live as a human.

In all my writings and posts I have made it clear that RECONCILIATION is the only powerful weapon Tamils have today to draft a policy of survival in the history of their ethnic integrity in Sri Lanka.

One has to learn to reconcile oneself with one’s own differences before one marches forward to reconcile with others.

Luxury may fail to show its charm, but the pain and suffering of a community never fail to assert their claim for a social justice.

War does not decide who is right, but who is left.

War is the result of a failed policy of reconciliation.

Revenge is just like fire. Just as the fire destroys the wood, revenge will destroy life.

The only means of survival is to seek ways to diffuse knots of tension in relationship with others, be it an individual or a community.
Karuppen
March 15th, 2010 on 11:34 am
India is a great power and has developed its political imprint to wield power in world politics without any doubt. It can not be denied by any other means.

The greatness within its political mould has broken down to tits and bits by its collusion with Sri Lankan government in the war against Tamil militant group LTTE and then the calculated mass murder of innocent Tamil civilians. The world has witnessed unbelievably the twist of its commitment to democratic principles enshrined in its constitution. Its collusion with
Sri Lankan government has opened a wound of moral decay in Indian politics and the myopic thinking of its foreign policy architects in Indian power bloc.

Already there are signs of disintegrated independent principalities of India which prove the wrong navigation in foreign policy of those leaders in power today. A question often asked is whether India will exist as an independent power nation in future after the disintegration of its principalities with reduction of its influence in the Indian Ocean. With a vying power thrust by its arch enemies China at its door, polishing its mouth for a fresh taste, and Pakistan bent on capturing any piece of barren land India claims as its own, it does not portend well for India to be a lame duck any more. India has to assert its rightful influence in the Indian Ocean by facing the enemy threats. Another factor that confronts India is a very strong presence of Chinese in Sri Lanka. It is arguably presumed that China has already installed a heavy military force in Sri Lanka under the pretext of various nice looking tactics. One can safely derive from those factors a clear view if China is going to target Indian communication satellites first and then test by firing missiles into Indian territory to break the will of Indian leaders. All in all it is an omen of future combat scenarios.

India has to wake up now without wasting any more time before the real danger to its security materializes. India, the largest democratic nation, has two powerful trump cards at its disp0osal. One is to disengage itself from colluding with war crime nation Sri Lanka by cutting off its further support either politically or financially. The second factor is to raise the issue of displaced innocent Tamils in Sri Lanka. Tamils in Sri Lanka live today without any basic human rights, under fear of arrest or murder by unknown mercenaries both local and foreign, and in limbo where the law and order does not exist. With all its trump cards now available, India has to strengthen its hold in the Indian Ocean by forcing Sri Lankan government to adopt corrective measure to integrate Tamils into the main political streamline and reinstate ethnic identity of Tamils with security. If India is ready to adopt this move, it will reduce Chinese influence and in the end drive the Chinese away from the island Sri Lanka for good.

It is not late now, and if not done anything now, it is going to be very late for any deterrent measures to protect Indian security in the Indian Ocean. India should not encourage Chinese to replace the words ‘Indian Ocean ‘by ‘Chinese Ocean ‘in the world map.

Is it what the world’s biggest democratic nation India wants to see?
Karuppen
March 13th, 2010 on 8:23 pm
The wind does not blow always in a certain direction. Time changes for the sole purpose of bringing about improvement and survival in political thinking.

There are already palpable signs among Western countries in the measures they have taken to clearly define the meaning of war crimes. If the Tamil Diaspora keeps the rolling stones in momentum, it will infuse their aspirations for an independent homeland for indigenous Tamils in Srilanka with direction and strength. A mind set on the task of common good will always give strength to the idea to reach the goal.

The Srilankan government, immersed in bloody battles and inebriated with war victory over terrorism, has lost sight of right course in political navigation. Unless the Tamil Diaspora develops a language of accord to bring international pressures on such issues as refusal of continued IMF loans and foreign aids tied up with security and sovereignty of indigenous Tamils, any move taken by the Tamil Diaspora will hardly create the conditions for the independent homeland for the Tamils in Srilanka, but only sizzle out.

Alienation, monetary isolation, embargo on Srilankan goods abroad, strict screening of visa applications of ruling government ministers, military hierarchy or anyone in the military duty, and scaling down of consular Section in Foreign Offices in Srilanka and abroad, investigation into charges of discrimination against the minority citizens in Srilanka and abroad, a very strict screening of High Commission officials before their posing abroad to verify if they have in any stage of their life involved in State terrorism are some of the measures the foreign governments can adopt in sensitizing the Sinhala ruling regime to the past political excesses and instil a code of discipline into its political thinking and framework.

A rogue can not be a rogue all the time. He has conscience too and his conscience teaches him to open his eyes to his crimes he has committed and mistakes he has made. The flagellation of his own conscience never rests unless it has raised his consciousness to mend his ways of infraction of democratic principles in a society. This is the lesson the ruling Srilankan government is going to learn soon. Anything that happens slowly has a horrendous effect in the end. The Mother Nature reveals her laws to the mind attuned to her language and rhythm.

If you appreciate the discordant and different views, you build up a strong principled fortress in your mental outlook to deal with any problem. The views different from one’s own are the key to understanding any personal and political problems. They create quantum-based possibilities for one’s own survival. This is the Universal Truth.

The Tamil Diaspora keeps the torch of independent homeland for Tamils in Srilanka aflame with inspiration.
Yoganathan
March 12th, 2010 on 8:51 pm
P John and Karuppen,
Please tell us in What Term, we can reconcile with the NAZI Sin-Hella terrorist Srilanka who yet to show remorse for the GENOCIDE and Sill carrying out Genocide???
Karuppen
March 12th, 2010 on 8:50 pm
Unless a certain section of Tamil Diaspora, still imbedded in militancy idea, free their mind from the shackles of militancy, the Tamils in Sri Lanka will never have a chance of realizing their freedom for an independent homeland in Sri Lanka.

Hello Vani:

The militancy idea, translated by LTTE into action, not only failed but also has exposed the whole Tamil civilians to a stateless condition in Sri Lanka today. Those who have witnessed the genocide of innocent Tamils in 2009 will NEVER float this idea again. Once is more than enough to say NEVER AGAIN. Even if those voicing their indirect militant support will experience the same result by exposing the Tamil civilians in Sri Lanka again to another genocide or exodus of Tamils from Sri Lanka.

It is easy to entertain the militant idea against majority Singhalese community. It was thought that India would hurry to support the Tamils by extending deterrence against Sri Lanka on its war on LTTE and Tamils civilians. The reality was to the opposite: Decimation of LTTE, displacement of innocent Tamils, the present stateless condition of Tamils, etc.

Tamil politicians in Sri Lanka have to field in their efforts in wielding a joint democratic voice for the reinstatement of basic human rights of Tamil civilians in Sri Lanka. Tamils or their political representatives ARE NOT IN A STRONG POSITION to make any deal of their own with the Singhalese government today. When you position is weak, you have to learn to refrain from exposing the innocent Tamils to further genocide. This is the old wisdom of surviving. This is the gist of my writings.

Today the art of communication has refined to such as a level as to incorporate the powerful human values into the issues troubling a society. That communication is RECONCILIATION with your enemy.

Vani Said:

Vani
March 12th, 2010 on 3:03 am
Mr Karuppen, It seems you are a very good writer, but it may be a good idea to write these comments in Sinhalese websites. Perhaps you can write comments for the ant Tamil articles which are published in some Sinhalese websites.
I hope you read the following article in this website.
http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2010/03/from-barbaric-buddhism-to-civilized.html.
Thanks.

My answer to Vami’s comments:
I do not write any articles to any Singhalese web sites nor am interested in pretending to write any anti Tamil articles to any news media. That is not the purpose in my articles.

If accusation does not level to the commission of an act, it clearly shows a mind still growing, but not fully grown, through experimenting with its own fancy ideas.

Everybody has the right to air his or her ideas. I do not expect anybody to concur with expression of my ideas nor do I agree with anybody if I see the other side of the argument more tenable and more meaningful.

Your writings clearly show the readers how you poorly conduct yourself with informing yourself of the poly-sided argument of an idea that defies solution on a grand scale. Democracy is a basic right of each and every human being to disagree with others. A thing has more than one life just as an idea has more than one face.

Whether my writings appeal to a fragment of Tamil Diaspora or not is not the issue here. The issue is the continued search for a lasting solution to the artificial problems the Tamil community in Sri Lanka face today.

All the major achievements in life hide a simple fact. If you find it, you can win the whole world.
Vani
March 12th, 2010 on 10:13 am
Well done Yogan. You predicted accurately. Tamil will laugh when India crumble into pieces.
Seyon
March 12th, 2010 on 6:32 am
Check Points in SIN-HELL not Paradise
Yoganathan
March 12th, 2010 on 6:31 am
UN REFERENDUM is the BEST OPTION for Eelam People
Hi Karuppen,
One cannot see any difference between the Indo Srilankan Propaganda against Tamil liberation struggle by dividing LTTE and Tamils.
Indian trained militant groups- EPDP, EPRLF, PLOTE, TELO, etc- have been killing Tamils while LTTE target only SINHELLa Military and Police without harming even Sinhalese people- Almost all Sinhala victims were killed by either Srilankan Military and Police or Srilankan and Indian aided Paramilitaries in order to blame the Tigers as terrorists, NO WONDER THE SRILANKA REFUSE and SABOTAGE ANY INVESTIGATION of ANY KILLING of CIVILIAN to save their Terrorist Military and Paramilitaries.
If LTTE militancy failed, so did the Democratic Politics by the Tamil polity since 1915 to 1976.
So, according to your theory, both failed, don’t go back to where we were.
In my view, We must not go back to militancy anymore but take a leaf from the EAST TIMOR Liberation struggle and work for UN REFERENDUM in EELAM to decide the WILL of TAMILS and MUSLIMS of the island while making the NAZI SRILANKAN BANKRUPT like the world did to SOUTH AFRICAN APARTHEID NAZI REGIME.
By supporting the DICTATORS MAHINDA & BROS Butchers, we are doing diservice to Sinhalese people also because they are at the receiving end of Terrorism by the BUTCHERS now.
We have to synchronize all Tamil bodies and Tamils with Muslims to fight peacefully and democratically to put pressure to the international community to allow UN REFERENDUM in EELAM. As it is democratic way, No country can veto the referendum.
As per the USELESS Indian Congress Mules ruling India UNFORTUNATELY, India can never ever challenge the Mighty Chinese anymore, China CHECKMATED the WILLING VICTIM INDIA and IMPRISONED the India within its Natural borders. NEXT LOGICAL PREDICTION WILL BE IMPLODING INDIA INTO PIECES as THEY WERE BEFORE THE BRITISH.
Don’t Bet on SINKING INDIAN SHIP. India no more a power let alone a regional power.
Only an insane will hope India will help Eelam Tamils while India cannot even CONDEMN the SRILANKAN NAVY klllings of Indian Fishermen.
Yoganathan
March 12th, 2010 on 6:03 am
IF THE USA STOP FUNDING the ISRAEL, ISRAEL WILL THINK ABOUT RECONCILIATION WITH PALESTINIANS.
THE SAME APPLIES TO THE NAZI SRILANKA, WHEN SRILANKA MADE BANKRUPT, SRILANKA WILL TALK PEACE.

As per reconciling with NAZI Srilanka even after 62 years of Ethnic Cleansing of Minorities and Genocide of Tamils with CONCENTRATION CAMPS of more than 300,000 Tamils, and still ongoing Ethnic Cleansing and Genocide in all over the island, IF ANYONE ADVOCATE RECONCILIATION WITH SINHELLA NAZI TERRORIST SRILANKA, I WILL TELL THEM TO LOOK AT THE DESPERATE SITUATION OF POOR PALESTINIANS BY USA AND WEST DOING THE SAME HELP TO ISRAEL DESPITE ISRAEL DOING THE GENOCIDE AND ALL ATROCITIES AGAINST THE PALESTINIANS,
We Tamils must not allow the Srilanka to Prsoper and do the same like Israel to kill all Tamils and Muslims,
Srilanka – with all the DEBTS- adamant on Sinhala NAZISM – will do worse tahn now if they are allowed to be richer than now,
CUT OFF THE BLOOD STREAM of SINHELL ANZISM by Cutting of the ECONOMY allowing them to fund the NAZi SInhELLA terrorist military, then they cannot do the Sinhella terrorism against Minorities and will talk peace.
ONLY A DEAD SINHELLA RACIST is the Best thing on the Earth.
PLEASE DON’t GIVE POLLU to SINHELLA racists with your own money to be beaten by the same POLLU.