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சாந்தி சச்சிதானந்தம், பெண்கள் தொடர்பான ஆய்வுகளை நீண்டகாலமாக நிறையச் செய்கிறவர். ஐரோப்பியப்பெண்கள் மகாநாடுகள், அவற்றோடு தொடர்புள்ள ஊடறு சஞ்சிகை போன்றவற்றிலே இவரின் கட்டுரைகளைக் காணலாம். பெண்களின் சுவடுகளில் என்ற நூலையும் தமிழியல் வெளியீடாக வெளியிட்டிருக்கிறார்.

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A requiem by Karuna: The death of sub-regionalism?
November 16, 2007 at 3:27 pm
Shanthi Sachithanandam

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It was somewhere in December 1995; I was in the middle of conducting a meeting at a village called Paalchenai, in Vakarai, when suddenly a visibly distraught man from the same area burst into our meeting with a tiny transistor in his hand. “Amma, the army has entered Jaffna town,” he blurted out.

All of us, the Paalchenai villagers and I, exclaimed in horror. We quickly gathered round him to listen to the news of the conclusion of the first leg of the Riviresa operations that captured Jaffna town.

Nationalism
Whenever I recollect this incident, I cannot help but marvel at the power of the idea of nationalism that is able to mobilise such a diverse group of communities. There are no perceptible common links between the people of Jaffna and Vakarai in terms of class, caste, kinship, education, traditions or any of the generally referred to classifications based on primarily economic and cultural interests.

Both people would most probably have never visited each others’ localities. Yet, there in Vakarai, we saw them join on the basis of a nationality that was under threat of extinction.
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Desecration
If we say that the Military Intelligence tripped a falling Karuna into a coffin, the Sri Lanka Army drove the final nail. As soon as areas of east were captured, they mowed down hundreds of tombs of LTTE cadres both in Vakarai and in Tharavai. These graves were of the sons and daughters of Batticaloa who had fought along with Karuna, for the liberation of their people.

Even as he was instrumental in helping the army to capture the district, Karuna appeared powerless to prevent this desecration. All his tough talk (remember his Derana interview?) and his boast of being able to bring development to Batticaloa ended right there. He was finished. Karuna sang his own requiem.

Therefore, the purported expelling of Karuna from his party, Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Puligal (TMVP) in early October is a mere ritual of a fact that had concluded some time ago.

The only Leader
Pillaiyan, his deputy who has replaced him, is now busy calling traders, NGOs and others in the districts of Batticaloa and Trincomalee for meetings to explain the present status quo.

“Karuna embezzled money within TMVP. That is the reason for which Thalaivar (Leader) also had to sack him before,” he is reported to have said.

Thalaivar? But is that not the term LTTE cadres and other supporters use for Prabhakaran? On being asked for clarifications, he is supposed to have stated, “Then and now and always he is the only Leader (Ore Thalaivar).”

I have always marvelled at the power of the idea of nationalism.

முழுக்கட்டுரையையும் வாசிக்க இங்கே போங்கள்
http://www.groundviews.org/2007/11/16/a-requiem-by-karuna-the-death-of-sub-regionalism/

Labels: eelam, nationalism