“All the world is my world, all
humanity is my fraternity”
When the frost is on the punkin and
The fodder’s in the shock. - James Whitcomb Riley American Poet (1849-1916)
Happy Thanksgiving Day [Oct 11, Canada]
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Environmentalists in Sri Lanka are protesting against India's US $1.09 billion
proposal to construct a deep ship canal from the Gulf of Mannar to the Bay of
Bengal, claiming it will disturb the water balance in the northern Jaffna Peninsular,
trigger erosion of the coastline and endanger a large oceanic national park in the
island nation.
MONARCH OF SINHALA
MOVIELAND
by D.B.S.JEYARAJ
The headline flashed on
the computer screen was
devastating. "Gamini
Fonseka Sinhala Screen
Legend passes away" it
said. An uncontrollable
feeling of sadness
overwhelmed me. Gamini
was no more. It was as if a
part of ones life had
ended. Nostalgic journeys
down memory lanes of the
past becomes inevitable.
[Contd.]
[Lttepeacesecretariat]
Moving from Geneva the LTTE delegation visited Vienna today 08th October 2004.
Mr. S. P. Tamilselvan, Head of the LTTE Political Wing met with Mr. George
Lennkh, Director General, Department for Development Co-operation, and Federal
Ministry for Foreign Affairs in the Ministry complex. Mr. Lennkh expressed the
Austrian government interest in the Sri Lankan peace process and encouraged the
LTTE Political Head to work hard in the direction of taking forward the stalled peace
process and stressed the importance of addressing humanitarian needs of the
people in a post conflict situation especially after a long drawn out war.
victims of the fallout from the sponsorship scandal [The Globe and Mail]
Ethnic-press operators say anything but the status quo would be welcome. Even
the relatively large publications are clamouring for help. The Sri Lanka Reporter
boasts of its 100-page-a-month size and is chock full of ads selling trips back to the
homeland, real-estate, automobiles and the services of immigration consultants.
But Srimal (Chris) Abeyewardene, who puts out the paper with his wife and
university-aged son, says he typically sells ads at very low rates -- meaning he
needs Ottawa's help to get to the point of profitability. And that's why he put Mr.
Martin on the hot seat in June, when the Prime Minister addressed the ethnic-press
association in Toronto, before the election.
killings & recruitment of child soldiers [Amnestyusa.org]
At a meeting with a senior Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) delegation
visiting Geneva, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the International
Commission of Jurists (ICJ) called on the LTTE to end political killings and the
recruitment of child soldiers and demonstrate how they will respect international
humanitarian and human rights law in Sri Lanka.
For an exclusive first-person assessment of what militancy has meant for the
island's Tamils, the quest for a solution to the vital national issue and its social
impact, V.S. Sambandan sought the views of leaders of parties that had given up
armed struggle and joined parliamentary politics.
All the leaders seemed to agree that the shift to parliamentary politics was
influenced by two key events - the parties that made the transition to democratic
politics were victims of internecine warfare and were buoyant with hopes about the
Indo-Sri Lanka Agreement. The ex-militants also share the apprehension over the
Sri Lankan state's ability to address the core issues of Tamil nationalism.
`Tamil nationalism is going nowhere': Dharmalingam Sithadthan, 56, (PLOTE)
`Not on the right path': Douglas Devananda, 47 (EPDP)
Of democracy and tolerance: Shankar Rajee, 55, (EROS)
`We are on the correct path': Selvam Adaikkalanathan, 42, (TELO)
`A spectre called Prabakaran': Thirunavukkarasu Sritharan, 46, (EPRLF - Varathar)
`Keep the military alternative intact': Suresh Premachandran, 47, (EPRLF - Suresh)
Why did Chola emperor Rajarajan's son Rajendra give up this capital and move to
Gangaikondacholapuram? Why did he start building another temple, instead of
completing what his father had started to construct? And what is the significance of
the sculptures featuring Buddha in this Saivite temple?
Jeyam Company's "M. Kumaran Son of Mahalakshmi" (U/A), shows that the hero
who has taken quite a long break after "Jeyam" has utilised the hiatus to work hard
on his physique, dance, stunts and performance. The result is an effective show by
the young man.
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