2005
Heroic saga of an Eastern Warrior
By D.B.S. Jeyaraj
Eliyathamby Nagenthiran Lingarasa alias Kausalyan was born on Oct
16th 1972 in Pandariyaweli. This was on the west coast of the
Batticaloa lagoon. The littoral to the east of the lagoon was known as
"Eluvaankarai" or shore of the rising sun while the Western hinterland
was "Paduvaankarai" or shore of the setting sun. He came from
peasant farmer stock but his lineage was that of a warrior clan. [Contd.]
all humanity is my
fraternity”
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by Tamil National Force
By D.B.S. Jeyaraj
The time was around 7.45 pm on Monday February 7th. The Toyota
Dolphin van - numbered 57 - 1020 - going along the Batticaloa -
Polonnaruwa road or A - 11 highway slowed down as a vehicle with
blinking lights was parked ahead on the right side of the road. With
the lights signalling to go ahead the van driven by Vinayagamoorthy
slowly passed the white coloured van parked alongside the road with
its motor running. [Contd.]
Patriotic son of the Eastern Soil
By D.B.S. Jeyaraj
Nehru or Chandra as he was generally known was a colourful
character with a flamboyant personality. He was an old "sea dog"
with about 30 years service as a mariner. Of these at least 20 were
as captain of a mercantile vessel. Years of sea going however did
not diminish the patriotism of this Eastern son of the soil whose
family was steeped in Tamil nationalist politics. He returned home a
few years ago to put down roots in his motherland and took to
politics in a big way. [Contd.]
[VOA News]
A human rights group is asking Sri Lanka's government to
investigate the killing of a senior Tamil Tiger rebel earlier this week.
The rebels say the latest violence will hurt efforts to put an end to a
two-decade-long civil conflict in the country.
Human Rights Watch says the killing of a Tamil Tiger rebel leader in
an ambush on Monday may signify "a dangerous new round of
politically motivated violence".
[VOA News]
Hundreds of mourners gathered in an eastern Sri Lankan city to pay
final respects to a top Tamil Tiger rebel, who was gunned down
earlier this week.
The government intensified security in the city of Batticaloa to avert
any outbreak of violence during Thursday's funeral ceremony.
An Indian photographer has won the prestigious World Press Photo
award for 2004 with a picture of an Indian woman grieving for a
tsunami victim.
Arko Datta, who works for Reuters, took the photo in Cuddalore,
Tamil Nadu, on 28 December.
It was chosen from nearly 70,000 images entered by more than
4,000 professional photographers in 123 countries.
The deadly tsunami could have uncovered the remains of an ancient
port city off the coast in southern India.
Archaeologists say they have discovered some stone remains from
the coast close to India's famous beachfront Mahabalipuram temple
in Tamil Nadu state following the 26 December tsunami.
by Ajith Samaranayake
After several weeks this column returns to the tsunami-devastated
scene but with a difference. If the immediate aftermath of the calamity
had induced a sense of monumental loss and bewilderment even
leading our notoriously fractious national political parties to call for a
sinking of differences such gestures have obviously been very
short-lived. It appears that not even Nature's monumental fury has
been capable of making most of us come to our senses.
In hindsight this was perhaps inevitable and was part of the
contemporary logic. The tsunami hit us at a time of stalemate in
national life and both Government and Opposition not to talk of civil
society clung on to it as a much-needed life-saver to get them out of
their quite different predicaments.
FromTamil Press by S. Selvakumar
LTTE was seriously hurt over the killing of Kaushalyan and
diplomatic efforts were being made in the western world to
strengthen the ceasefire agreement between the government and
the LTTE.
The Virakesari on Monday led with the story that certain ministers
and deputy ministers were holding secret talks with some UNP
parliamentarians in a bid to make them cross over to the government
in the face of increasing tension between the two main coalition
partners in the UPFA.
The paper quoted TNA parliamentarian Joseph Pararajasingham
and said the TNA would boycott a meeting summoned by the
President to discuss rehabilitation of tsunami devastated areas.
The Thinakkural said in its lead story that Secretary General of the
Commonwealth had told Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremasinghe in
London not to postpone or delay peace talks with the LTTE in view
of the tsunami disaster but to cooperate with the government and
expedite peace talks with the LTTE.
Sri Lanka's banks face hard times following December's tsunami
disaster, officials have warned.
The Sri Lanka Banks Association said the waves which killed more
than 30,000 people also washed away huge amounts of property
which was securing loans.
According to its estimate, as much as 13.6% of the loans made by
private banks to clients in the disaster zone has been written off or
damaged.
Tamil rebels in Sri Lanka should face travel curbs and other
penalties if they keep using children as soldiers, UN
Secretary-General Kofi Annan says.
Mr Annan is urging sanctions against the Tamil Tigers and 40 other
groups accused of using children in war.
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humanity ashore, its time now to show humanity"
- Kamal Hassan
Sri Lankan off-spin wizard Muthiah Muralitharan is all set to marry
Chennai girl Madhimalar Ramamurthy, daughter of the late Dr S
Ramamurthy of Malar Hospitals. The wedding will be held in the city
on March 21. An MBA graduate, the 24-year-old Madhimalar is a
director of Malar Hospitals. She and her sister Dr Radhimalar are
twins.
One sky - one and only moonlight
Years those gone by are in millions
Imparted by love, reciting poetry and delving in arts
The united were in millions - By Poet Vaali [Contd]
Valentine's
Day
For Satyaraj it is a season of success. Forget the odd film that fails
to make it — generally the actor is having a good spell. Satire and
suspense thrillers are genres that suit him well. Now again cashing in
on a line that is straight up Satyaraj's alley, will be AP Film Garden's,
6' 2" — a film that comes with the slug, "It is not just his height ... "
("Idhu Avan Uyaram Mattum Alla ... "). Said to be a thriller, the film, 6'
2," launched recently, has the makers announcing with confidence
that exactly 100 days hence, will be the day of release. With story
and dialogue written by Prithvi Rajkumar, V. Senthilkumar (who has
worked under Bhagyaraj, Praveenkanth and Shakti Chidambaram)
heads the project with his screenplay and direction.
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For those who savour M. Karunanidhi's proficiency in the Tamil
language, as evinced in his dialogue for films for more than five
decades now, Baba Cine Films' "Kalaignarin Kannamma," (U),
directed by Baba Vikram should prove a nostalgic trip. The play on
words, imagery and alliterations that fall in place so spontaneously
are a treat for the philologist. Screenplay and dialogue are M.
Karunanidhi's.
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