Wednesday, January 14, 2009
மலேசியாவிலே ஈழத்தவர் நிலை நினைவூட்டப்பட்டது
மலேசியாவிலே ஈழத்தமிழர் நிலை நினைவூட்டப்பட்டது
Thursday January 15, 2009 MYT 9:05:00 AM
'Don’t forget Sri Lanka, other conflicts'
By ANDREA FILMER
GEORGE TOWN: The Penang Government threw some focus on the conflict in Sri Lanka, reminding Malaysians that violence and war were also occurring in other parts of the world alongside Gaza.
While expressing its anger at Israel for the deaths of innocent Palestinians, Penang said it was also concerned about the deaths of innocent victims due to attacks launched by the Sri Lankan Government on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE) or Tamil Tigers.
full text is at
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/1/15/nation/20090115090312
also read
http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/96456
Thursday January 15, 2009 MYT 9:05:00 AM
'Don’t forget Sri Lanka, other conflicts'
By ANDREA FILMER
GEORGE TOWN: The Penang Government threw some focus on the conflict in Sri Lanka, reminding Malaysians that violence and war were also occurring in other parts of the world alongside Gaza.
While expressing its anger at Israel for the deaths of innocent Palestinians, Penang said it was also concerned about the deaths of innocent victims due to attacks launched by the Sri Lankan Government on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE) or Tamil Tigers.
full text is at
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/1/15/nation/20090115090312
also read
http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/96456
Labels: eelam, lanka, ஈழம், தமிழர்
Sunday, December 07, 2008
கேட்டேளா இங்கே? அதைப் பாத்தேளா அங்கே? எதையோ நெனைச்சு...
Pro_Sri Lankan Government Daily The Hindu will never provide its readers the news of the following kind.
Thank you for இடியப்பம்சொதி கி(ழக்கிங்கை). அ(னல்). அ(டிக்கும்) அனானி for sending this post in the mail.
எதுக்கு இந்த மறைப்பு? இந்து வெளியிடும் ஆசிரியர் தலையங்கங்களோ, டக்ளஸ் தேவானந்தா, மற்றைய ஸ்ரீலங்கா அமைச்சர்களின் இந்துவுக்கான பிரத்தியேகச்செவ்விகள், ஆனந்தசங்கரி ஐயாவின் மடை திறந்த வெள்ளமான மடல்கள் எல்லாம் கிழக்கிலங்கை மக்களின் துயரைச் சொல்லாதது எதற்கு? இத்தனைக்குப் பிறகும் ராஜேஸ்வரி அம்மையார் பேசாமடந்தையாக ஊமையாக ரெலிபோன் போடாமல் இருப்பது எதற்கு? பாரிஸிலிருந்து போன ஞானம் அட்வைசர் மட்டுமக்கள் துயர் துடைப்பானாகாதது எதற்கு? புட்டும் தேங்காய்ப்பூவும் உதிரமாய் உதரம் குலைந்து குடல் விழுந்து உதறவும் ஒளித்திருப்பது எதற்கு?
East: Anything but 'liberated'
By Frederica Jansz
The government says that the 'liberated' east is an example of democracy in action and a model for areas recaptured from the LTTE. The reality is anything but. Killings and abductions are rife, and there is total impunity for horrific abuses.
On November 25, 18 people were killed within 24 hours in Batticaloa District alone. Following a claymore mine attack which killed two Sri Lankan military personnel in Eruvil, three members from the same family were killed (grandmother, father and a son) in the village.
On the same day, in Kaluthawali, a village close to Eruvil four members from another family were shot dead (young parents with their two kids). A vegetable vendor was killed in Kurukalmadam and a young woman was shot dead in Karuwakkerny.
A youth from Kimpankerney (Karadiannatu) was shot and later declared as a LTTE suspect. Another youth from Selvanagar Arayampathy was shot by the road side. Later that day in Manmunai West there were three incidents reported: A youth killed in Monkeycattu (Vavunatheevu) and three youth killed in Karravetti. A farmer was shot dead in the paddy field in Maheladditheevu. This - is a day in the 'liberated east.'
text snipped
Governance
At one level, there has been no fundamental change in the form of governance since the time of LTTE control, real or perceived. 'Taxation' has abated but kidnappings for ransom, crude intimidation by armed youth, and the spectre of abductions of children and adults continue. Killings in homes, paddy fields, by the road side or seaside, near check points, by temples, mosques, universities and hospitals continue.
Nor has there been any attempt at building upon the goodwill of the people following the elections on the part of the government. On the contrary, the government to all appearances has been actively promoting violent groups and political forces and alliances that are seeking to increase hostility among people.
Instead of encouraging the TMVP to embrace democratic politics and shed its LTTE practices, the government is determined to keep the TMVP as a paramilitary group.
It also appears the government is determined to divide the TMVP by setting up Karuna as an alternate eastern leader to Pillayan. As the two factions battle it out for control in the east, we can only expect the fratricide in the Tamil community to worsen.
The killing of Pillayan's Secretary Kumaraswamy Nandagopan, alias Ragu on November 14 is perhaps the most telling instance of this vicious struggle for power. The government seems to fundamentally distrust its own ally, which might end up forcing the TMVP back into the arms of the LTTE.
A region under siege
The LTTE in particular has been responsible for decimating rivals in other militant groups, political parties and allies of the state, and independent Tamils. This bloodbath has left a deep scar on Tamil society.
With the split in the LTTE in 2004, Eastern Tamils found themselves under attack as the two groups eliminated perceived enemies. This state sponsored fratricide may get worse as the internal struggle within the TMVP is hitting a crisis point, particularly with Karuna attempting to re-establish control.
The CMTPC maintains the violence following the provincial council elections in May this year demonstrated a possible trajectory that ethnic relations could take. The killing of two TMVP cadres in Kathankudi resulted in the TMVP retaliating in a brutal manner against Muslim civilians. The violence rapidly escalated with both Tamils and Muslims becoming subject to violence and displacement.
Some instances included attacks on Muslim shops in Batticaloa Town; Tamils living in Saukadu displacement camps were forced to flee; a Muslim woman was shot dead in Eravur.
Pattern
A day before Ramazan a grenade went off near the mosque by the main road injuring 24 persons. A month later, on October 24, another grenade set off near Hussainmiyah Mosque near the Kathankudy-Manjanthoduvai border injured about six persons, one critically.
While the violence seems mindless, there is an insidious pattern, logic, to its ethnicised nature. The logic of violence pivots on the logic of ethnic divide, calculated to aggravate the fragile peace that exists between communities.
In recent months there have been targeted killings of Sinhalese in the east. On October 20 three Sinhala youth involved in construction work, part of the Negenahira Navodaya programme were shot dead in Kokkaddichcholia, Batticaloa. Why were they killed? Was it just because they happened to be Sinhalese?
On October 16 two Muslim and two Tamil men were killed in a paddy field in Waddamadu, Akkaraipattu. It remains unclear as to who killed them and why. Was it the LTTE, TMVP, military or another interested party? Was it because they had crossed an ethnic boundary which prevents certain ethnic communities from accessing lands which they claim?
Under siege
The Eastern Province is under siege from all sides. While the government is showcasing the region as one that is returning to normal, the people are still caught in a vicious cycle of violence.
The harthal called by Karuna to protest Indian intervention is part of the circus of intimidation and a show put on by forces allied to the government. In a throwback to the Pongu Thamil events organised by the LTTE in the north and east, the TMVP forced large numbers of people from far flung areas like Komari and Thirukovil into buses for a rally in Batticaloa on October 26 as a show of strength.
This time though the state is backing the intimidation of Tamil civilians - the buses are state-owned and armed forces and police watched as TMVP cadres forced people at gun point to close shops. The state's connivance in this abuse is absolute.
'Colonial' Development
Within this context the idea of development such as building roads, and rebuilding tanks are critical for the rehabilitation and development of the east. There are other ambitious plans of constructing factories, coal power stations and highways.
But where the local people fit into this programme of Negenahira Navodaya is still open to question. Concerned parties have been told construction companies are from the south, and bring their work force along with them.
Add to this the proposals for providing land for Sinhalese and the restoration of Buddhist sites and the scene is set for unnecessary tension. In two previous reports the CMTPC focused on the fears of the local communities of state sponsored colonisation efforts in the militarised region.
The government website carries a page on its programme for the next three years for cultural and archaeological preservation which is almost wholly of Buddhist sites. The CMTPC says not a single Muslim site has been earmarked for cultural preservation or as a heritage site. Also, the omission of Koneswaram Temple in Trincomalee, parts of which ancient Pallava structure lie destroyed in the nearby sea bed is telling.
Boundaries marked in blood
Boundaries are being marked in blood. Individuals who have crossed ethnic borders and administrative divisions to carry out livelihoods as they have or had done for years pay the ultimate price.
The identity of the killers and their motives may remain unknown but it is speculated that four farmers were killed in Akkaraipattu, two Tamil and two Muslim for trying to cultivate paddy land which had been declared off bounds by one or other of the Tamil militant groups.
A group of 26 Muslim wood collectors from Pottuvil found themselves at the mercy of the STF. There are rumours that they were beaten up in the camp and were accused of assisting the LTTE. On September 24, one of the incarcerated Muslims died in jail.
Militarising education
On November 16 Palithakumara Pathmakumar, a doctor serving in Naavatkaadu Hospital in Vavunatheevu was killed within the hospital premises. As a result the GMOA went on strike demanding better protection for doctors in the north and east.
This killing highlighted the crisis of violence in the east. At the same time it also showed how security is understood by the various actors.
The Health Minister called for only Tamil doctors to serve in the north and east while the GMOA called for more security. The presence of police officers or armed military personnel or militant groups do not result in greater confidence as each community has fears and violent memories of each of the armed actors.
Political violence permeates and controls the actions of civil society. The Eastern Province boasts two universities; one in the Batticaloa District, located in Vantharamullai and the other, South Eastern University in Oluvil in the Ampara District.
Site of conflict
The Eastern University has been a site of conflict and battleground for long years now. Over the years various armed groups attempted to establish their presence in the university, with the LTTE taking extreme measures to control the expression of staff and students.
During the split in 2004 in the ranks of the LTTE, academics and others came under extreme scrutiny; academics, journalists and others suspected of being loyal to this or the other side were abducted, cautioned and on occasion murdered.
With the establishment of control by the army and police and TMVP, the university has come under increased surveillance from these quarters aligned to the state. In an effort to establish control of the Eastern University the TMVP abducted the Dean of the Arts Faculty in late 2006. Then the Vice Chancellor, Prof. V. Raveendranath disappeared in broad daylight from the heart of Colombo city, from an area marked for its high security check points. The TMVP is believed to be behind this abduction. The Vice Chancellor is believed to be dead.
The South Eastern University is also facing similar problems. The university has a 90% Muslim majority student population. During the Ramadan holiday in September, the government placed a new security system in the university, with many checkpoints and over 60 police personnel guarding the entrance alone in addition to STF and armed military patrolling the surrounding area round the clock.
Outside force
It is within this situation, that on August 22 of this year Sucharitha Pasan Samarasinghe, a fourth year Sinhalese student at the Eastern University was killed, purportedly by a force from outside the university.
A Tamil student was taken in for questioning after this incident and to date he is being detained by the CID without any charges.
When the University Grants Commission Chairman visited the Eastern University in August this year he talked to the Sinhala students and assured them of their safety. He did not see the need to allay the fears of the Tamils or Muslim students.
full text at
http://www.thesundayleader.lk/20081207/Issues.htm
====
Thank you for இடியப்பம்சொதி கி(ழக்கிங்கை). அ(னல்). அ(டிக்கும்) அனானி for sending this post in the mail.
எதுக்கு இந்த மறைப்பு? இந்து வெளியிடும் ஆசிரியர் தலையங்கங்களோ, டக்ளஸ் தேவானந்தா, மற்றைய ஸ்ரீலங்கா அமைச்சர்களின் இந்துவுக்கான பிரத்தியேகச்செவ்விகள், ஆனந்தசங்கரி ஐயாவின் மடை திறந்த வெள்ளமான மடல்கள் எல்லாம் கிழக்கிலங்கை மக்களின் துயரைச் சொல்லாதது எதற்கு? இத்தனைக்குப் பிறகும் ராஜேஸ்வரி அம்மையார் பேசாமடந்தையாக ஊமையாக ரெலிபோன் போடாமல் இருப்பது எதற்கு? பாரிஸிலிருந்து போன ஞானம் அட்வைசர் மட்டுமக்கள் துயர் துடைப்பானாகாதது எதற்கு? புட்டும் தேங்காய்ப்பூவும் உதிரமாய் உதரம் குலைந்து குடல் விழுந்து உதறவும் ஒளித்திருப்பது எதற்கு?
East: Anything but 'liberated'
By Frederica Jansz
The government says that the 'liberated' east is an example of democracy in action and a model for areas recaptured from the LTTE. The reality is anything but. Killings and abductions are rife, and there is total impunity for horrific abuses.
On November 25, 18 people were killed within 24 hours in Batticaloa District alone. Following a claymore mine attack which killed two Sri Lankan military personnel in Eruvil, three members from the same family were killed (grandmother, father and a son) in the village.
On the same day, in Kaluthawali, a village close to Eruvil four members from another family were shot dead (young parents with their two kids). A vegetable vendor was killed in Kurukalmadam and a young woman was shot dead in Karuwakkerny.
A youth from Kimpankerney (Karadiannatu) was shot and later declared as a LTTE suspect. Another youth from Selvanagar Arayampathy was shot by the road side. Later that day in Manmunai West there were three incidents reported: A youth killed in Monkeycattu (Vavunatheevu) and three youth killed in Karravetti. A farmer was shot dead in the paddy field in Maheladditheevu. This - is a day in the 'liberated east.'
text snipped
Governance
At one level, there has been no fundamental change in the form of governance since the time of LTTE control, real or perceived. 'Taxation' has abated but kidnappings for ransom, crude intimidation by armed youth, and the spectre of abductions of children and adults continue. Killings in homes, paddy fields, by the road side or seaside, near check points, by temples, mosques, universities and hospitals continue.
Nor has there been any attempt at building upon the goodwill of the people following the elections on the part of the government. On the contrary, the government to all appearances has been actively promoting violent groups and political forces and alliances that are seeking to increase hostility among people.
Instead of encouraging the TMVP to embrace democratic politics and shed its LTTE practices, the government is determined to keep the TMVP as a paramilitary group.
It also appears the government is determined to divide the TMVP by setting up Karuna as an alternate eastern leader to Pillayan. As the two factions battle it out for control in the east, we can only expect the fratricide in the Tamil community to worsen.
The killing of Pillayan's Secretary Kumaraswamy Nandagopan, alias Ragu on November 14 is perhaps the most telling instance of this vicious struggle for power. The government seems to fundamentally distrust its own ally, which might end up forcing the TMVP back into the arms of the LTTE.
A region under siege
The LTTE in particular has been responsible for decimating rivals in other militant groups, political parties and allies of the state, and independent Tamils. This bloodbath has left a deep scar on Tamil society.
With the split in the LTTE in 2004, Eastern Tamils found themselves under attack as the two groups eliminated perceived enemies. This state sponsored fratricide may get worse as the internal struggle within the TMVP is hitting a crisis point, particularly with Karuna attempting to re-establish control.
The CMTPC maintains the violence following the provincial council elections in May this year demonstrated a possible trajectory that ethnic relations could take. The killing of two TMVP cadres in Kathankudi resulted in the TMVP retaliating in a brutal manner against Muslim civilians. The violence rapidly escalated with both Tamils and Muslims becoming subject to violence and displacement.
Some instances included attacks on Muslim shops in Batticaloa Town; Tamils living in Saukadu displacement camps were forced to flee; a Muslim woman was shot dead in Eravur.
Pattern
A day before Ramazan a grenade went off near the mosque by the main road injuring 24 persons. A month later, on October 24, another grenade set off near Hussainmiyah Mosque near the Kathankudy-Manjanthoduvai border injured about six persons, one critically.
While the violence seems mindless, there is an insidious pattern, logic, to its ethnicised nature. The logic of violence pivots on the logic of ethnic divide, calculated to aggravate the fragile peace that exists between communities.
In recent months there have been targeted killings of Sinhalese in the east. On October 20 three Sinhala youth involved in construction work, part of the Negenahira Navodaya programme were shot dead in Kokkaddichcholia, Batticaloa. Why were they killed? Was it just because they happened to be Sinhalese?
On October 16 two Muslim and two Tamil men were killed in a paddy field in Waddamadu, Akkaraipattu. It remains unclear as to who killed them and why. Was it the LTTE, TMVP, military or another interested party? Was it because they had crossed an ethnic boundary which prevents certain ethnic communities from accessing lands which they claim?
Under siege
The Eastern Province is under siege from all sides. While the government is showcasing the region as one that is returning to normal, the people are still caught in a vicious cycle of violence.
The harthal called by Karuna to protest Indian intervention is part of the circus of intimidation and a show put on by forces allied to the government. In a throwback to the Pongu Thamil events organised by the LTTE in the north and east, the TMVP forced large numbers of people from far flung areas like Komari and Thirukovil into buses for a rally in Batticaloa on October 26 as a show of strength.
This time though the state is backing the intimidation of Tamil civilians - the buses are state-owned and armed forces and police watched as TMVP cadres forced people at gun point to close shops. The state's connivance in this abuse is absolute.
'Colonial' Development
Within this context the idea of development such as building roads, and rebuilding tanks are critical for the rehabilitation and development of the east. There are other ambitious plans of constructing factories, coal power stations and highways.
But where the local people fit into this programme of Negenahira Navodaya is still open to question. Concerned parties have been told construction companies are from the south, and bring their work force along with them.
Add to this the proposals for providing land for Sinhalese and the restoration of Buddhist sites and the scene is set for unnecessary tension. In two previous reports the CMTPC focused on the fears of the local communities of state sponsored colonisation efforts in the militarised region.
The government website carries a page on its programme for the next three years for cultural and archaeological preservation which is almost wholly of Buddhist sites. The CMTPC says not a single Muslim site has been earmarked for cultural preservation or as a heritage site. Also, the omission of Koneswaram Temple in Trincomalee, parts of which ancient Pallava structure lie destroyed in the nearby sea bed is telling.
Boundaries marked in blood
Boundaries are being marked in blood. Individuals who have crossed ethnic borders and administrative divisions to carry out livelihoods as they have or had done for years pay the ultimate price.
The identity of the killers and their motives may remain unknown but it is speculated that four farmers were killed in Akkaraipattu, two Tamil and two Muslim for trying to cultivate paddy land which had been declared off bounds by one or other of the Tamil militant groups.
A group of 26 Muslim wood collectors from Pottuvil found themselves at the mercy of the STF. There are rumours that they were beaten up in the camp and were accused of assisting the LTTE. On September 24, one of the incarcerated Muslims died in jail.
Militarising education
On November 16 Palithakumara Pathmakumar, a doctor serving in Naavatkaadu Hospital in Vavunatheevu was killed within the hospital premises. As a result the GMOA went on strike demanding better protection for doctors in the north and east.
This killing highlighted the crisis of violence in the east. At the same time it also showed how security is understood by the various actors.
The Health Minister called for only Tamil doctors to serve in the north and east while the GMOA called for more security. The presence of police officers or armed military personnel or militant groups do not result in greater confidence as each community has fears and violent memories of each of the armed actors.
Political violence permeates and controls the actions of civil society. The Eastern Province boasts two universities; one in the Batticaloa District, located in Vantharamullai and the other, South Eastern University in Oluvil in the Ampara District.
Site of conflict
The Eastern University has been a site of conflict and battleground for long years now. Over the years various armed groups attempted to establish their presence in the university, with the LTTE taking extreme measures to control the expression of staff and students.
During the split in 2004 in the ranks of the LTTE, academics and others came under extreme scrutiny; academics, journalists and others suspected of being loyal to this or the other side were abducted, cautioned and on occasion murdered.
With the establishment of control by the army and police and TMVP, the university has come under increased surveillance from these quarters aligned to the state. In an effort to establish control of the Eastern University the TMVP abducted the Dean of the Arts Faculty in late 2006. Then the Vice Chancellor, Prof. V. Raveendranath disappeared in broad daylight from the heart of Colombo city, from an area marked for its high security check points. The TMVP is believed to be behind this abduction. The Vice Chancellor is believed to be dead.
The South Eastern University is also facing similar problems. The university has a 90% Muslim majority student population. During the Ramadan holiday in September, the government placed a new security system in the university, with many checkpoints and over 60 police personnel guarding the entrance alone in addition to STF and armed military patrolling the surrounding area round the clock.
Outside force
It is within this situation, that on August 22 of this year Sucharitha Pasan Samarasinghe, a fourth year Sinhalese student at the Eastern University was killed, purportedly by a force from outside the university.
A Tamil student was taken in for questioning after this incident and to date he is being detained by the CID without any charges.
When the University Grants Commission Chairman visited the Eastern University in August this year he talked to the Sinhala students and assured them of their safety. He did not see the need to allay the fears of the Tamils or Muslim students.
full text at
http://www.thesundayleader.lk/20081207/Issues.htm
====
Labels: eelam, northeast, ஈழம், வடகிழக்கிலங்கை
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
பொய்களைப் புனைதல்-1
Today Chennai based Pro-GOSL daily The Hindu published an interview wih Sri Lankan Social welfare Minister Douglous Devananda.
Anyone who follows Pro-GOSL daily's stand on Sri Lankan problem will not get any surprise in this untimely interview with the paramilitary leader, Mr. Devanda. It is a typical 'My_question would_elope_with_your_answer_to_conceive_our_agreement" sort of interview.
Pro-GOSL The Hindu reporter Muralidhar Reddy's questions include T-Dogma of the daily.
1. Trim: Trim the facts and only use what is useful for us
For instance, look at one of his questions:
Talking of the east, recent weeks have seen an upsurge of violence. At least 20 persons, mostly cadres of the Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikkal (TVMP), have been killed by unidentified persons. Do you think the province is slipping back to disorder?
Mostly TMVP cadres? Killed by unidentified persons? Hello! Count the deaths in the east
Mother, son, grandson shot dead in Batticaloa
STF shoots dead 3 TMVP deserters in Batticaloa
3 Tamils shot dead in 3 separate shootings, in Batticaloa district
Tamil youth shot dead in Ampaa'rai
Karuna group shoots dead 2 Tamil youths in Ampaa'rai
The Eastern Province Chief Minister's secretary Kumarasamy Nandagopan was allegedly murdered by the other faction of TMVP.
The Sinhala doctor was murdered by TMVP according to the latest report by Pro-GOSL media. Initially Pro-GOSL media including he Hindu blamed it on LTTE.
It is funny for both Pro-GOSL The Hindu and Mr. Devanda that LTTE is ousted from east when the violence in the east should be blamed at the same time.
Above all, today Human Rights Watch has blamed TMVP and the government for the most atrocities in the East
Also we need to look at what UTHR talks about the east. The recent edition of Chennai based Pro-GOSL fortnightly, Frontline (a sister publication of Pro-GOSL The Hindu) published an expected "Leave_out_what_we_don't_want" verson of UTHR's october 2008 report. Ironically, the rest of the report talked more about who does what in the east
It is interesting to see Mr. Devananda, who was openly accused of many things in Jaffna by the murdered MP Maheswaran was never been asked about his paramilitary surbordinates.
Anyone who follows Pro-GOSL daily's stand on Sri Lankan problem will not get any surprise in this untimely interview with the paramilitary leader, Mr. Devanda. It is a typical 'My_question would_elope_with_your_answer_to_conceive_our_agreement" sort of interview.
Pro-GOSL The Hindu reporter Muralidhar Reddy's questions include T-Dogma of the daily.
1. Trim: Trim the facts and only use what is useful for us
For instance, look at one of his questions:
Talking of the east, recent weeks have seen an upsurge of violence. At least 20 persons, mostly cadres of the Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikkal (TVMP), have been killed by unidentified persons. Do you think the province is slipping back to disorder?
Mostly TMVP cadres? Killed by unidentified persons? Hello! Count the deaths in the east
Mother, son, grandson shot dead in Batticaloa
STF shoots dead 3 TMVP deserters in Batticaloa
3 Tamils shot dead in 3 separate shootings, in Batticaloa district
Tamil youth shot dead in Ampaa'rai
Karuna group shoots dead 2 Tamil youths in Ampaa'rai
The Eastern Province Chief Minister's secretary Kumarasamy Nandagopan was allegedly murdered by the other faction of TMVP.
The Sinhala doctor was murdered by TMVP according to the latest report by Pro-GOSL media. Initially Pro-GOSL media including he Hindu blamed it on LTTE.
It is funny for both Pro-GOSL The Hindu and Mr. Devanda that LTTE is ousted from east when the violence in the east should be blamed at the same time.
Above all, today Human Rights Watch has blamed TMVP and the government for the most atrocities in the East
Also we need to look at what UTHR talks about the east. The recent edition of Chennai based Pro-GOSL fortnightly, Frontline (a sister publication of Pro-GOSL The Hindu) published an expected "Leave_out_what_we_don't_want" verson of UTHR's october 2008 report. Ironically, the rest of the report talked more about who does what in the east
This also shows the methods of this government. This is a President who pulls rabbits of varied colours out of his hat to flag messages of passing convenience that he does not want to be directly associated with. Deceit has a price. His ritual boast of having restored democracy to the East by implementing the 13th Amendment, rings patently hollow against the reality. That says much of his intermittent promises of a political settlement. The small print negates any substance.
Having seen the fickleness of some of their leaders playing unashamedly to the tune of Sinhalese hegemonists, what would the ordinary TMVP cadres feel? A great deal of what is happening is calculated to make ordinary Tamils and Muslims nervous. Behind a façade of ‘nation building’ what is evident is marginalisation of the Tamils and Muslims. The rulers insist that the unitary
state is here to stay and deny any need for real devolution. People see more movement into the East of Sinhalese, innocent civilians, as students, workers and contractors. This movement in the absence of a political settlement and endemic violence drives fears of Sinhalese colonisation. Many would feel that the LTTE is right.
TMVP cadres themselves have no choice but to keep their TMVP label to stay alive. But their nominal leaders cannot control their loyalties. By its foolish and ideologically avaricious handling of the East, the Government has created conditions of extreme uncertainty. The killing of the Sinhalese student of Eastern University and the attacks on Sinhalese workers, in all of which the perpetrators remain unidentified, are disturbing signs of a new tier to the existing anarchy.
It is interesting to see Mr. Devananda, who was openly accused of many things in Jaffna by the murdered MP Maheswaran was never been asked about his paramilitary surbordinates.
Labels: Devananda, Pro-GOSL The Hindu, TMVP, ஈழம்
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
இந்தியாவிலுள்ள திபெத்திய ஏதிலிகள் முகாம் - ஈழத்தமிழர் ஏதிலிகள் முகாம் ஒரு பார்வை
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இந்தியாவிலுள்ள திபெத்திய ஏதிலிகள் முகாம் - ஈழத்தமிழர் ஏதிலிகள் முகாம் ஒரு பார்வை
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இந்தியாவில் திபெத்திய ஏதிலிகள் மற்றும் ஈழத்தமிழ் ஏதிலிகள் பலர் வாழ்ந்துவருகிறார்கள். அவர்களுக்கு இந்திய அரசு செய்யும் உதவி(?)களை இங்கு பட்டியலிட்டுள்ளோம்.
கர்நாடகாவிலுள்ள திபெத்திய ஏதிலிகள் முகாம்:
திபெத்திய ஏதிலிகள்
ஏதிலிகள் எண்ணிக்கைஒரு முகாம் (22 பகுதிகளாக பிரிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.5,232 ஏதிலிகள் உள்ளனர்.
வாழ்விடம்
தாங்கள் விரும்பியது போல் வீடுகளைக் கட்டிக் கொள்ளுவதற்கு அனுமதி (அனைத்தும் மாடி வீடுகள் மற்றும் அவர்களின் கலாச்சாரப்படி கட்டப்பட்ட ஓட்டு வீடுகள்).
சுகாதார வசதி
தனியாக ஒவ்வொரு பகுதிக்கும் திபெத்தியர்களுக்கு தரமான, நவீன வசதிகளுடன் தனி மருத்துவமனை (5 மருத்துவர்கள், 15 செவியர்களுடன் இயக்கப்படுகிறது)அவர்கள் தாங்களே வடிவமைத்துக் கொண்ட கழிப்பறை, குளியலறை
கலாச்சாரம்
ஆனால் திபெத்திய ஏதிலிகளுக்கோ தங்கள் புத்தமத கலாச்சாரத்தின்படி தங்கள் வாழ்க்கை முறையை அமைத்துக் கொள்ளவும், உடைகள் அணியவும், வீடுகளைக் கட்டிக் கொள்ளவும், தங்கள் மொழியை பாதுகாத்துக் கொள்ளவும், அவர்களுக்கு முழு சுதந்திரம் இருக்கின்றது. (நாங்கள் அங்கு சென்று பார்த்த போது அது குட்டி திபெத் போல் தெரிந்தது)
மத சுதந்திரம்
தனியாக நவீனமுறையில் வடிவமைக்கப்பட்ட புத்த கோயில் மற்றும் தலாய்லாமா கோயில்கள் (சுமார் பரப்பளவு 1 ஏக்கர் நிலத்தில்)தனியாக சுமார் ஐம்பது மாணவர் படிக்கக்கூடிய மதப்பள்ளி ஒன்றும்,அதே போல் மதக் கல்லூரி ஒன்றும்,தனித்தனியான மாணவர் விடுதிகள் உள்பட
கல்வி
சகல வசதிகளுடன் CBSC பாடத் திட்டத்தில் - தில்லி அரசாங்கத்தின் அனுமதி பெற்ற. திபெத்திய ஏதிலிக் குழந்தைகளுக்கு மட்டுமான பள்ளி கட்டிக் கொடுக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. இது பத்தாம் வகுப்பு வரை மட்டும்.பின் 11, 12 படிக்க அரசே உதவி செய்து சிம்லா அனுப்பி வைக்கிறது. (அனைத்து செலவுகளையும் ஏற்று)மருத்துவம் மற்றும் பொறியியல் படிப்புகள் படிக்க முறையே 3, 5 இடங்கள் ஒதுக்கப்படுகிறது. (அரசு செலவுடன்)திபெத்தியர்கள் தங்கள் உயர்கல்வியை தொடர கர்நாடகத்தில் எங்கு வேண்டுமானாலும் படிக்கலாம் அகதிகள் என்ற முத்திரையுடன்.
விவசாய நிலம்
மொத்தமாக இருக்கக்கூடிய மக்கள் தொகையில் 5232 பேர்களுக்கு பண்படுத்தப்பட்ட, நீர் வசதியுடன் விவசாயம் செய்யத்தக்க 3,500 ஏக்கர் நிலம் ஒதுக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.
தகவல் தொடர்புதனியாக இணையவசதி இலவசமாக வழங்கப் படுகிறது.22 பகுதிகளுக்கும் தனித்தனியாக செல்போன் டவர்கள் உள்ள தொலைபேசி வசதிகள்.
வங்கி
மொத்தம் நான்கு வகையான வங்கிகள்சிண்டிகேட் வங்கிஸ்டேட் பேங்க் ஆப் மைசூர்கூட்டுறவு வங்கிவெளிநாட்டு பணம் பெற்றுக் கொள்ள Western Union Money Transfer
தொழில் மற்றும் வேலைவாய்ப்புகள்
சுயமாக பால்பண்ணை வைக்க, பொருட்கள் உற்பத்தி பண்ணை, கடை வைத்துக் கொள்ள அரசே வட்டி மற்றும் நிபந்தனை இல்லாமல் கடன் வழங்குகிறது.அவர்கள் உற்பத்தி செய்த பொருட்களை வெளியில் சென்று விற்கவும், கடையில் சென்று விற்கவும் அனுமதிக்கப்படுகிறது.இளைஞர்களுக்கு வேலை வாய்ப்பை ஏற்படுத்தும் முகமாக (பணிமனை) ஒன்று ஏற்படுத்தப்பட்டுள்ளது.
பண உதவி மற்றும் பொருளுதவி
குடும்பத்திற்கு மாதம் 5000 ரூபாய்க்கும் மேல் வழங்கப்படுகிறது.
ஆய்வு
திபெத்திய ஏதிலிகளுக்கு தனி அலுவலகம் அமைக்கப்பட்டு அதற்காக அமைக்கப்பட்ட அதிகாரி மாதமொருமுறை மைய அரசுக்கு அறிக்கை அனுப்புகிறார். மற்றபடி முழு சுதந்திரமாக உள்ளனர்.
திபெத்திய ஏதிலிகளுக்கு உள்ள மற்ற சிறப்பியல்புகள்
இளைஞர்களுக்கு தனியாக அமைக்கப்பட்ட Youth Congress மக்கள் ஒன்றாக கூடுவதற்கு Multipurpose Hall.அவர்கள் நாட்டில் இருந்து வருபவர்களை தங்கவைக்க அரசு ஓய்வு விடுதிஅவர்கள் விரும்பும் இடத்தில் மதவழிபாட்டுத் தலங்கள்.வெளியில் சென்று தொழில் தொடங்க வசதி.கர்நாடக மக்களுடன் இயல்பாக கலந்து கொள்ள அனுமதி. (ஆனால் ஈழ அகதிகள் அனுமதிக்கப்படுவதில்லை) ஆகியவை ஏற்படுத்தித் தரப்பட்டுள்ளது.திபெத்திய ஏதிலிகள் முகாம் படங்கள்
ஈழத்தமிழ் ஏதிலிகள்
ஏதிலிகள் எண்ணிக்கைமொத்தம் 103 முகாம்கள் உள்ளன.ஏழத்தாழ 75,000க்கும் மேல உள்ளனர்.(தினந்தோறும் தங்கள் உடைமைகளை இழந்து உயிரை மட்டும் கொண்டு நூற்றுக்கணக்கான பேர் வந்து கொண்டு இருக்கின்றனர்).
வாழ்விடம்
அரசாங்கங்கள் கட்டிக் கொடுக்கும் குடிசைகள் மற்றும் ஈழ அகதிகள் தாங்களாக கட்டிக் கொள்ளும் குடிசைகள்.90% வீடுகளில் மின்சாரமே இல்லை.பெரும்பாலும் மேற்கூரை சரியாக இல்லாத வீடுகள் அதிகமாக உள்ளன.
சுகாதார வசதி
அருகில் உள்ள பொது மருத்துவமனைகளில் உடல் நலம் பாதிக்கப்படும் பொழுது, முகாம் பாதுகாவலர் அனுமதி பெற்று பார்த்துக் கொள்ளலாம்.பாதி முகாம்களில் கழிப்பிட வசதி இல்லை. ஒரு சில முகாம்களில் இடிந்து போய் பராமரிப்பு அற்று நாய்களும், பன்றிகளும் (மனிதன் போக தகுதியற்ற) மலம் கழிக்கக்கூடிய கழிப்பறை, எதற்கும் மேற்கூரை கிடையாது. திறந்த வெளி கழிப்பிடம்.பெண்கள் குளிப்பதற்கு நான்கு பக்கமும் ஓலைகளால் வேயப்பட்ட குளியலறை.
கலாச்சாரம்
அனைத்து உரிமைகளும் ஈழத்தமிழர்களுக்கு மறுக்கப்படுகிறது. பொதுவாக ஈழத்தில் உள்ள பெண்கள் குட்டைப் பாவாடை அணிவது வழக்கம். அதனை இங்குள்ள காவல் துறையினர் மற்றும் ஊழியர்கள் நீங்கள் ஆபாசத்தை தூண்டுகின்றீர்கள் என்ற பாலியல் ரீதியாக தொந்தரவு செய்கின்றனர்.
மத சுதந்திரம்
மனித உரிமையே இல்லாத இடத்தில் மத சுதந்திரம் எதிர்பார்த்தது எங்கள் அறியாமையே.
கல்வி
அந்தந்த பகுதிகளில் உள்ள அரசுப் பள்ளிகளில் ஈழக் குழந்தைகள் 1 முதல் +2 வகுப்பு வரை சேர்த்துக் கொள்ளப்படுகிறார்கள். (ஆனால் மண்டபம் பள்ளியில் நேரடியாக +1 மற்றும் +2 வகுப்புகளில் மாணவர்கள் சேர்த்துக் கொள்ளப்படுவது இல்லை. அதற்கு பள்ளி நிர்வாகம் சொல்லும் காரணம் என்னவெனில் +2 வகுப்பு தேர்வு முடிவுகள் பாதிக்கப்படும் என அச்சம் கொள்வதாக சொல்கிறது. மண்டபம் பள்ளியின் தற்போதைய நிலை என்னவெனில் மொத்தம் இராமநாதபுரம் மாவட்டத்தில் உள்ள 129 மேல்நிலைப் பள்ளிகளில் தர நிலையில் 128வது இடத்தில் உள்ளது.
ஒருசில ஈழ முகாம்களில் 1 முதல் 5 வரையான வகுப்புகள் உள்ள பள்ளிகள் உள்ளன. அங்கு ஆசிரியர்களாக ஏதிலிகளால் நியமிக்கப்பட்ட ஏதிலிகள் முகாம்களில் உள்ள படித்த அதிகபட்சமாக இரண்டு ஆசிரியர்கள் உள்ளனர்.பள்ளிக் கட்டிடம் பெரும்பாலும் பாழடைந்து ஓட்டை உடைசலாகத் தான் உள்ளது.உயர்கல்வியில் 2003 வரை இருந்த இட ஒதுக்கீடு நீக்கப்பட்டதால். உயர்கல்வி முழுமையாக மறுக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது (வசதி உள்ளவர்கள் தனியார் கல்லூரிகளில் படிக்க அனுமதியுண்டாம். நம் நாட்டின் தனியார் கல்லூரிகளின் கல்விக் கட்டணம் எவ்வளவு என்று நமக்கே தெரியும்)
விவசாய நிலம்
குடியிருக்க இடம் கொடுக்காத நாட்டில் விவசாய நிலம் கேட்பது நம் முட்டாள்தனம் தான்.
தகவல் தொடர்பு
நாட்டுப் பிரச்சனைகள் பேசினால் தீவிரவாதி என்று முத்திரை குத்தி சிறப்பு முகாம்களுக்கு அனுப்பப்படும் சூழ்நிலையில் மற்ற முகாம்களில் இருக்கும் உறவினர்களுடன் தொடர்பு கொள்ள STD Booth-களையும், 1 ரூபாய் நாணயப் பெட்டியையும் பயன்படுத்துகின்றனர். அனால் இதற்கு முகாம் காப்பாளரின் அனுமதி வேண்டும்.
தொழில் மற்றும் வேலை வாய்ப்புகள்
மண்டபம் முகாமில் மூன்று நாள் மட்டும் வெளியே சென்று கூலி வேலை பார்க்க அனுமதி.மற்ற முகாம்களில் அருகிலுள்ள ஊர்களில் சென்று வண்ணமடித்தல், கல்லுடைத்தல், விவசாயத்தில் கூலி வேலை செய்ய அனுமதிக்கப்படுகின்றனர்.கடுமையான நிபந்தனையுடன்.
பண உதவி மற்றும் பொருளுதவி
குடும்பத் தலைவருக்கு ரூ. 72, பெண்ணுக்கு ரூ.50 மற்ற உறுப்பினருக்கு ரூ.45 சிறு குழந்தைகளுக்கு ரூ.12.50. 15 நாளுக்கு ஒருமுறை வழக்கப்படுகின்றது.
ஆய்வு
மண்டபம் முகாம்களில் அறிவிக்கப்படாத தினம்தோறும் ஆய்வும் மற்ற முகாம்களில் மூன்று நாட்களுக்கு ஒருமுறை ஆய்வு நடைபெறுகிறது.ஆய்வின் போது தங்கள் சொந்த மண்ணைப் பற்றி (ஈழம்) பேசினால் தீவிரவாதி என்ற முத்திரை குத்தப்பட்டு செங்கல்பட்டு சிறப்பு முகாமுக்கு அனுப்பி வைக்கப்படுகின்றனர்.தன் நாட்டை விட்டு இங்கு வரும் ஏதிலிகளிடம் மூன்று நாட்கள் மண்டபம் முகாமில் உள்ள தனி சிறையில் அடைக்கப்பட்டு அவர்கள் ஆயுதப் பயிற்சி பெற்றுக் கொள்கிறார்களா என்ற சந்தேகத்துடன் அவ்வாறு சோதனை செய்யும் போது சற்று வாட்டசாட்டமான இளைஞர்கள் கோபப்பட்டால் அவர்களை உடனேயே செங்கல்பட்டு சிறப்பு முகாமிற்கு அனுப்பி வைக்கின்றனர்.செங்கல்பட்டு சிறப்பு முகாம் என்பது அறிவிக்கப்படாத ஒரு சிறை சித்திரவதைக்கூடம். இந்திய அரசு ஒரு கண்ணில் வெண்ணெயும், ஒரு கண்ணில் சுண்ணாம்பையும் வைத்து பார்ப்பதை விட்டுவிட்டு திபெத்திய ஏதிலிகளைப் போல் தமிழர்களை பார்க்கவில்லையென்றாலும், குறைந்தபட்சம் ஏதிலிகளாக வரும் தமிழர்களை மனிதர்களாகவாவது பாவித்து, வாழ்வுரிமையை பாதிக்காத அளவு வாழ்வதற்கான உத்தரவாததினை அளிக்க வேண்டும்.மேற்கண்டவைகள் அனைத்தும் நாம் தமிழகத்தில் காணலாம்.
இதில் திபெத்தியர்களை விட ஈழத்தமிழர்கள்தான் அந்தியசெலவாணி வரவினை அரசுக்கு ஈட்டிக்கொடுக்கின்றனர். திருட்டு VCD காரணமாக திரைப்படத்தொழில் மூழ்கும் அபாயம் இருந்த பொழுது அதை தூக்கி நிறுத்தியவர்கள் ஈழத்தமிழர்கள்தான். இந்தியாவைத்தவிர்த்து மற்ற நாடுகளுக்கு ஏதிலியாக சென்ற ஈழத்தமிழர்களை மற்ற நாடுகள் தன் நாட்டு குடிமகன் போல் மதித்து தனது அரசு பொறுப்புகளிலும் அமர்த்தியுள்ளார்கள். ஆனால் இந்திய அரசு ஈழத்தமிழர்களை மனிதர்களாகக்கூட நினைக்கமறுக்கிறார்கள்.
சிங்களவர்களின் பூர்வீகம் இந்தியா என்பதாலா? ஒரிசா மற்றும் வங்காள தேசத்தை தாயகமாக கொண்டவர்கள்தான் சிங்களவர்கள் என்பதால்தானா இந்திய அரசு தமிழர்களை மனிதர்களாக பார்க்க மறுப்பது. இலங்கை என்பது தமிழர்களின் தாயகம்சிங்களவர்கள் இந்தியாவைச்சேர்ந்த வந்தேறிகள் என்பதால்தானா?
உண்மை வெல்லும் ஒரு நாள் தமிழினம் தலைநிமிர்ந்து நிற்கும் விரைவில்.
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Labels: அகதி, இந்தியா, ஈழம், திபெத்து
Monday, October 15, 2007
Media Talk: Sri Lanka - the Forgotten War?
Monday, July 02, 2007
வோஷிங்டன் டிசி ஊர்வலம்
நண்பர் ஒருவர் அனுப்பியிருந்தார். வோஷிங்டன் டிசியிலே ஜூலை 23 ஈழத்தமிழர் சம்பந்தமான ஊர்வலம் நடக்கப்போகிறது. விரும்பியவர்கள் செல்ல விபரம் இதோ
Subject: Fwd: Call for Tamil Nation - Join mammoth
>> Rally in DC - July 23
>>
>>
>>
>> (see forwarded message)
>>
>> Call for Tamil Nation - Join mammoth Rally in DC -
>> July 23
>>
>> Dear Tamil Americans and Friends of Tamils,
>>
>>
>>
>> Having heard opinion from many of you we are
>> proceeding with the arrangements for a Peace Rally
>> in DC on Monday, July 23rd from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm
>> in front of Capitol Hill.
>>
>> The main purpose of the rally is to openly express
>> our aspirations for Tamils of Eelam. A secondary
>> objective is to call the Congress to Step in and
>> Stop the Genocide of Tamils. For too long we have
>> kept quiet. Our own Ambassador in Colombo, Hon.
>> Robert Blake has said that no Tamil that he has
>> spoken support a separate Tamil State. It is time
>> that we tell openly and forcefully and peacefully
>> what our aspirations are. Please get to work and
>> bring our people and our friends in large numbers to
>> the rally. We need at least 1000 people to show up.
>> Where possible arranging buses for the
>> transportation is encouraged. (Chartered flight from
>> the West coast is encouraged).
>>
>>
>>
>> Theme: A committee will decide on the exact theme of
>> our expression. For example a) we can call for a
>> separate Tamil Eelam State, b) call for
>> self-determination of Tamils, c) pledge allegiance
>> to the Thimpu Principles, or, d) (avoid the dreaded
>> separation word and) call for a Two-State solution
>> like Kosovo, Palestine etc. Suggestions are welcome
>> from all.
>>
>> Memorandum: A memorandum signed by all participants
>> expressing our aspirations will be sent to the
>> President, Congress and the UN.
>>
>> Other Highlights: We will invite VIPs (Congress,
>> Senate) to address the gathering.
>>
>> We will have live Nathaswaram and Thavil music.
>>
>> Do's and Don'ts: We do want all Tamils sharing our
>> aspirations, whether or not they support the
>> legitimate representatives of the Tamils who are
>> fighting for our rights in the homeland. It is NOT a
>> protest march or shouting match. It is a
>> celebration. We will stick to the theme. No
>> portraits. No flags other than US flag. Dress up
>> with the colors the homeland Tamils and the Diaspora
>> Tamils have come to identify with. All slogans in
>> ENGLISH ONLY. All banners and placards will be in
>> conformity with the theme.
>>
>> Other Plans: A full page ad in NY Times openly
>> expressing our aspirations with names, professions,
>> etc., may be put out to coincide with the rally.
>> Details will follow based on the feasibility.
>>
>> The youth group will prominently participate in
>> organizing and running the event.
>>
>>
>>
>> Spread the word. Bring young and old. Organize your
>> city, your state. This is a once in a lifetime
>> event. You will have fond memories of the event that
>> will last a life time. Together let us make history.
>>
>>
>>
>> With Kind Regards,
>>
>> organizing committee
>>
Subject: Fwd: Call for Tamil Nation - Join mammoth
>> Rally in DC - July 23
>>
>>
>>
>> (see forwarded message)
>>
>> Call for Tamil Nation - Join mammoth Rally in DC -
>> July 23
>>
>> Dear Tamil Americans and Friends of Tamils,
>>
>>
>>
>> Having heard opinion from many of you we are
>> proceeding with the arrangements for a Peace Rally
>> in DC on Monday, July 23rd from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm
>> in front of Capitol Hill.
>>
>> The main purpose of the rally is to openly express
>> our aspirations for Tamils of Eelam. A secondary
>> objective is to call the Congress to Step in and
>> Stop the Genocide of Tamils. For too long we have
>> kept quiet. Our own Ambassador in Colombo, Hon.
>> Robert Blake has said that no Tamil that he has
>> spoken support a separate Tamil State. It is time
>> that we tell openly and forcefully and peacefully
>> what our aspirations are. Please get to work and
>> bring our people and our friends in large numbers to
>> the rally. We need at least 1000 people to show up.
>> Where possible arranging buses for the
>> transportation is encouraged. (Chartered flight from
>> the West coast is encouraged).
>>
>>
>>
>> Theme: A committee will decide on the exact theme of
>> our expression. For example a) we can call for a
>> separate Tamil Eelam State, b) call for
>> self-determination of Tamils, c) pledge allegiance
>> to the Thimpu Principles, or, d) (avoid the dreaded
>> separation word and) call for a Two-State solution
>> like Kosovo, Palestine etc. Suggestions are welcome
>> from all.
>>
>> Memorandum: A memorandum signed by all participants
>> expressing our aspirations will be sent to the
>> President, Congress and the UN.
>>
>> Other Highlights: We will invite VIPs (Congress,
>> Senate) to address the gathering.
>>
>> We will have live Nathaswaram and Thavil music.
>>
>> Do's and Don'ts: We do want all Tamils sharing our
>> aspirations, whether or not they support the
>> legitimate representatives of the Tamils who are
>> fighting for our rights in the homeland. It is NOT a
>> protest march or shouting match. It is a
>> celebration. We will stick to the theme. No
>> portraits. No flags other than US flag. Dress up
>> with the colors the homeland Tamils and the Diaspora
>> Tamils have come to identify with. All slogans in
>> ENGLISH ONLY. All banners and placards will be in
>> conformity with the theme.
>>
>> Other Plans: A full page ad in NY Times openly
>> expressing our aspirations with names, professions,
>> etc., may be put out to coincide with the rally.
>> Details will follow based on the feasibility.
>>
>> The youth group will prominently participate in
>> organizing and running the event.
>>
>>
>>
>> Spread the word. Bring young and old. Organize your
>> city, your state. This is a once in a lifetime
>> event. You will have fond memories of the event that
>> will last a life time. Together let us make history.
>>
>>
>>
>> With Kind Regards,
>>
>> organizing committee
>>
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