Is Shriya Saran the only ambalai (male), the only star with cojones, in the Tamil film industry.
Under the guise of protesting the attacks against Tamils in Sri Lanka, the vekkaketta (shameless) members of the Tamil film industry has stooped so low as to tacitly kiss the derriere of the terrorist organization LTTE, the killers of former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
Today, November 1, the Tamil film stars even organized an eight-hour Unnavrutham (hunger strike) in Chennai supposedly to signal their support for Sri Lankan Tamils.
Strangely, all this recent outrage against the attacks on Tamils in Sri Lanka and the demand for a ceasefire is happening when the LTTE is struggling in the face of a strong onslaught from Sri Lanka’s armed forces.
For sure, the Tamil film stars will protest that Tamils in Tamil Nadu are only supporting the Sri Lankan Tamils and not the LTTE.
But as we said a few weeks ago:
[I]n our view that distinction does not exist. Without financial support from Tamil Nadu and the Tamil diaspora, the LTTE would probably collapse in a few weeks.
Why are the spineless Tamil film stars not holding a Unnavrutham to demand that India send a commando outfit to capture the terrorist Prabhakaran?
Media reports from India (hopefully accurate) suggest that Shriya Saran refused to attend the Unnavrutham because she was busy with a film in Delhi.
We doff our hat to this brave lady.
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I would like to the extent to which the author who wrote this article know about the history, and current state of tamils in Sri Lanka..
If you can properly reference and enlighten us with their current state, I will be very glad.
Anyways there is a conflict in which thousands of civilians are bombed at.. any sensible peace loving dude will condemed such an act.
We should too (if peace loving) condemed such act rather make mock at others, even though they have some milage to be gained by it. Even though there is a self aim in it – it was a loud voice to help innocent lives -forget the LTTE..
SearchIndia.com Responds:
As we’ve said often, Tamil Nadu has no right to interfere in the internal affairs of Sri Lanka.
What if Pakistan starts sending troops, money and commandos into Gujarat because Muslims are being killed there in communal riots.
Where is the demand to bring the killers (LTTE) of Rajiv Gandhi to justice. We don’t see any such demands in Tamil Nadu.
Look at the strange timing of the recent protests: The LTTE is pushed to the wall and quickly the sufferings of Tamils becomes a priority.
You write: Anyways there is a conflict in which thousands of civilians are bombed at.. any sensible peace loving dude will condemed such an act.
Sure, we condemn once and move on. Not hold protests at every other street corner in every city…collect money for the folks in Sri Lanka (who knows where it’ll end up), threaten to resign and bring down the central government, make fiery speeches….
Is Tamil Nadu a wholly owned subsidiary of LTTE?
Oh, was it so. Then her career would be in jeopardy. Because, all these guys are showing their faces mostly for the hidden gains they’re going to reap in popularity. This is simply a publicity stunt.
The Sri Lankan issue was there for nearly 50 years or more than that. Suddenly, these people wake up to make a pressure. What they are pressure cookers. Where it keeps boiling to a certain degree and then blows the whistle after it’s over-boiled???? Why didn’t they make this before 25 or 30 years ago when the Sri Lankan governments one after the other paid only lip service to uphold the equality to the minorities?
If they have done this 20 years ago, there would not be a terrorist organisation owning planes/flights to bomb the civillian areas in other parts of colombo where the government has a control. The government in turn would have used the hard earned money of people for development projects to uplift the standards of all the people. If they had done this before, the Sri Lanka Government would have opted for a real change in the system of government in terms of equality without bending towards Sinhala/Buddhist state patronage activities depriving other communities of their fundemental rights.
We would have had most of the Tamil leaders and politicians living (if not they have died under natural circumstances) and they would have progressed in the fight to uphold the rights of the minorities through the non-violent democratic means.
Why now????
These people are fascinated with heroism. They’re proud of Prabakaran’s murderous achievements. I saw in Makkal TV about the protest rally where Rajini speaks about the feat the LLTE achieved. He asks the Sri Lankan Govt. as to why still they couldn’t finish the job they started 30 years ago? Then he advices to the SL Govt. to give up fighting. I’m not here to say who is right and who’s wrong. Wrong has been commited by both parties equally. So, we cannot take stand on either side. What we must say is to come to terms, give up the arms and start talking.
I would like to give further more info to look into both sides and study the issue first:
LTTE ATTROCITIES
http://www.spur.asn.au/ltteatro.htm
SINHALA BUDDHIST CHAUVINISM- Statements made by a minister belonging to a Racist party supporting the Govt. for WAR.
http://www.dailymirror.lk/DM_BLOG/Sections/frmNewsDetailView.aspx?ARTID=29441
Interview of Douglas Devananda (an anti-LTTE, pro Democratic party leader)
http://www.dailymirror.lk/DM_BLOG/Sections/frmNewsDetailView.aspx?ARTID=29978
Interview of The Muslim Congress Leader (a minority party concerned of the Minority issues)
http://www.dailymirror.lk/DM_BLOG/Sections/frmNewsDetailView.aspx?ARTID=30709
An Article by a Sinhala Peace Activist
http://www.dailymirror.lk/DM_BLOG/Sections/frmNewsDetailView.aspx?ARTID=30397
Sriya Saran has of course done a right thing by skipping this nonsense. But, she may loose some popularity careerwise as the common sentiment is with the majority party who is supporting the LTTE indirectly by holding these rallies and protests.
That way, I think SI’s stand is very much commendable. They have always spoken against of atrocities by any party. Before somebody have a thought of sentiments on LTTE, just click on the link I have provided in the above post under the caption of LTTE ATTOCITIES.
If your heart doesn’t boil after seeing the images therein, I don’t know what might will.
You’ve forgotten to add one more male in kollywood list.
i.e Jayalalitha !!.of course She has her own hidden agendas or motives but neverthless she is against LTTE support .
I was disturbed by seeing the link ‘LTTE atrocities’ sent by shuaib68. Certainly not for the one with weak stomach.
SearchIndia.com Responds:
You write: You’ve forgotten to add one more male in kollywood list.
i.e Jayalalitha !!.of course
True…we also read recently that there have been renewed death threats against Amma a.k.a. Jayalalitha by the LTTE terrorists.
I think you should appreciate Ajith as well, who indeed attended the fasting but spoke following words “Please let the cini industry be cini industry” .. thats all he spoke.. pointing it out he was there just by compulsion…
but still, I believe some voice from the world would give a caution to the brutal fighters (LTTE and SL Army) to keep away from innocent people.
Only time will tell the future of LTTE.. Killing Rajiv was the only act makes them terrorist inside India (and mostly around the world)… but I believe they are in the process of washing the blood in their hands by manipulation of polititians and people of Tamil Nadu.. who knows… like RSS (who assassinated Gandhi) they may come back with immunity and even go to power (BJP managed to rule india for 7+ years)… A Sikh killed Indira Gandhi and we have one as our PM now… Tamils killed Rajiv Gandhi like the other cases they may get immuned in the due course.. who knows…
What ever the case, Genocide should not be allowed, I support anyone who raise voice against it in any country.. so I do appreciate the film industry for its voice against the genocide… it did make it to the world…
SearchIndia.com Responds:
When you bring up RSS & Sikhs above, you ignore one crucial distinction. The law took its course in those cases. Nathuram Godse was arrested and died on the gallows, RSS was temporarily banned and in the case of Indira Gandhi and her Sikh killers, efforts were made to bring the perpetrators to trial/justice….
But in the case of LTTE, the law has NOT taken its course.
Rajiv Gandhi’s killers (LTTE) continue their terrorist acts with impunity because Tamil Nadu is for the most part behaving like a wholly owned subsidiary of LTTE.
There is no outrage in Tamil Nadu, no protests, no unnavratham (hunger strike) seeking arrest of the terrorist Prabhakran and his bloody cronies for killing our former Prime Minister.
Shuaib, the articles were good..
Btw do we have real democracy in SL? as for as I know the constitution doesnt allow a Tamil to be a president of SL. Then why wont they ask for a seperate country? (and of cource being an ethnic race)
Thank you Joe.
Actually speaking the democracy is very much alive. That’s why the links that I have provided are from one of our free media newspapers. Sometime ago their was a controlled type media we had during the time of President Premadasa.
There was a time during his tenure as president where foolishness was given a higher place. There was a newly opened frieght forwarding company in colombo who has got the agency for Air Tiger Express. Some gook closer to president adviced the president to obejct the use of the word TIGER, because of LTTE issue. The company in turn renamed their title as ATE (Lanka) Private Ltd. Such was the democracy we lived in a decade ago.
But, even now there is some sort of objections by the government on free media. But, they are swimming against the tide and have succeeded in telling the truth to the public.
It’s true Joe, that no person belonging to the minority community can come up even closer to Defence Miniter level, forget the Prime minister and even the presidency. There was one instance that the respected Tamil politician Lakshman Kadhirgamar came closer to the Prime Minister nominate level. But the Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka bungled that opportunity for some sinister motive in taking the longstanding score for Rajiv’s murder by the LTTE, by favouring the present Mahinda Rajapakse who could muster the public support to finish the job of destroying the LTTE.
He came to power with the support of the Nationalist party who favours the military solution to the North East conflict. JVP (Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna or Peoples Revolutionary Front) & the Hela Urumaya (the Sinhala Supremasist party) jointly contested with the main ruling party at that time and made Mahinda Rajapakse the President. They had all the blessing from the Indian state trhough the Indian High Commission in Colombo.
Take a look at these links:
Indian High Commission activity in lankan politics…
http://www.dailymirror.lk/DM_BLOG/Sections/frmNewsDetailView.aspx?ARTID=29825
The Sinhalas insist that Sri Lanka belongs to them and power sharing is something very difficult thing even to imagine, for them.
I really don’t know if Shuaib is doing any work at office.. 3 hours on dailymirror, 3 hours on Al Jazeera, 3 hours on SI, 3 hours on youtube, 3 hours on movie sites, 3 hours photoshopping.. just kidding, bro.
SearchIndia.com Responds:
You write above: I really don’t know if Shuaib is doing any work at office
Fools engage in drudgery.
Wise men follow the example of Tom in The Ant & the Grasshopper by Somerset Maugham.
Trey, you are a some kind of a gunner, boy.
You missed one more item : 03 hours for my great NEY-ROST (GHEE DHOSAI). haa, haaaa. (Burp!!) sorry.
Yes, it’s that I take a skip while doing my work at office and have a peep (Beep, Beep) into SI (Summa Irikkirom) to break the boredom.
What I do is quickly speed up the work and shorten the timing of the job and hey, I have extra time to do Summa…(nothing).
Since, I was given the specialised designs of security printing related work. I find some time extra for SI-ying.
Trey, you are an intelligent fella (A sniffing….)
yaaaaaaiiii! (Dhool-Sornakka style) Yaara paaththu Naai-ungara! 🙂
I couldn’t find sornakka on youtube.. but found this..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_o7R5wU0qM
SI, Thanks for “The Ant and the Grasshopper”.. this is more palatable to me than Shakespeare.
SearchIndia.com Responds:
You write above: I couldn’t find sornakka on youtube.. but found this..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_o7R5wU0qM
And we thought Tamil programs (movies et al) were bad! Shows how little we know!
TREY Saami,
ennai manniththu vidungal
enakitta rendu Dhosai irukku, Ondu NEY DHOSA, Innondu RAWA DHOSA, mudinja saapiduwom, Ilati pona Summa Irippom (SI),
Waanga palagalaaam!!! Waanga Palagalaam!!!!!
(Trey Sir, pardon me,
I have two DHOSAI, One Ghee Dhosai, one RAWA DHOSAI, come let us have it, or we shall leave it,
Let’s be friends, let’s be friends….)
i am quite amused at your understanding , comments and inferences drawn on issues which obviously you dont understand .
When People are Targetted because they are Ethnic Indians in other countries …even after centuries of living there .. should India react ? — YES .. Any country in the world will do so
You are an Indian , living in America .. tomm you could be a target .. and you will cry for help .. to the Indian Govt or probably your own people – diaspora ? .
Depending on how far things go you may either run away and come back to India or pick up arms .. again depends on the individual and circumstances .
There are no straight answers or right and wrongs in these issues .
How people choose to react is always debatable
The industry / Indian govt has contributed and the govt has send aid in the form of Medicines / food / Clothing etc to Civilians in affected areas via the Sri Lankan Govt .. All this has been accepted by the Sri Lankan Govt .. of course after thorough checks on what is being send .They are the ones who are going to distribute it to the civilians .
Everybody here is very much restrained in thier statements and support to the movement (barring a few – who have been arrested by the very same Karunanidhi Govt) … the reason is very simple .. we are aware that we are Indians first and then Tamilians .. So the Indian inside us says -dont support an organisation which killed the PM and the Tamilian inside us says .. civilians cannot be blamed and hence there is no reason why they should suffer in this war .
Your Comparisons with Pakistan are incorrect because – Pakistan was formed on the very basis that Muslims needed a seperate country ( similar to Tamil Eelam ? — if I can say so ) . So to keep laying bombs here and there indiscriminately is bound to draw the ire of the Majority community … and hence Godhra was followed by Gujarat Riots . Recently Bangaldeshi Immigrants hoisted the PAkistani Flag in Central Assam .
The first Genocide in India was of KAshmir Pandits by those very same Muslims .. who are crying foul today over Gujarat .We have every right to protect our country from these Pak backed Militants / Terrorist in all parts of India ..
Both are diff issues and dont merit any comparison
Update yourself on how the whole thing started in Sri Lanka .. how Tamils fought a non-violent movement inspired by Gandhiji .. for nearly 15 yrs ..Prabhakaran was also a part of it …. and how the Sinhala Majority / Buddhist Monks / Govt responded with organised Genocides .. which finally forced them to pick up arms .
Govts hoping to change things must come up with effective policy changes at the ground level .. the Sri Lankan govt has failed to do so …because they never intend to do so … The Indian Govt has done that successfully in Mizoram / Punjab and people have responded ..
Problem with India is that its not seen as a attack on Indians by Srilankans but as an attack on Tamilians by Srilankan’s .. In our Country .. Caste , language all these matter .. even if we are in some other part of the world … one indian will oppose the other .. only because of difference in Language ..
I suggest .. you first learn to write proper film reviews before commenting on issues which are beyond your comprehension.
SearchIndia.com Responds:
You write above: When People are Targetted because they are Ethnic Indians in other countries …even after centuries of living there .. should India react ? — YES .. Any country in the world will do so
1. By your asinine logic, a lot of western African countries like Gambia, Mauritania, Niger, Ghana, Nigeria, Guinea, Liberia et al should constantly hold protest meetings and interfere in America’s internal affairs because Blacks in the U.S. (many of whose ancestors came from those African nations) face discrimination and are occasionally subject to violence.
2. By your fatuous reasoning, India should have attacked Fiji or at least interfered in the island nation’s internal affairs several decades ago because Ethnic Indians in Fiji have faced serious discrimination in Fiji for decades.
3. By your stupid inference, Iran should ask West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya to stop harassment of Tata since Ratan Tata is a Parsi, whose ancestors hailed from Iran.
4. By your nonsensical arguments, Russia and Central Asian nations should interfere in Indian affairs because Aryans originally came to India from Central Asia.
5. By your silly conclusion, Pakistan has every right to attack India because India mid-wifed the birth of Bangladesh.
6. Sri Lankan Tamils are NOT Indian citizens but people of Indian origin who went to Sri Lanka several hundred years ago. But what happens to them is Sr Lanka’s concern just as what happens to Blacks in America is America’s concern not the business of Gambia or Liberia. That said, sure we can express our concern and take it up at the U.N. wherever we see genocide or pogroms.
7. The main issue now is when LTTE is pushed to the wall, suddenly Tamils in Tamil Nadu hold rallies, protests…in the guise of helping Sri Lankan Tamils.
Why has there never been large-scale protests, hunger strikes or strong demands in Tamil Nadu to nab Rajiv Gandhi’s killers (LTTE Terrorist leader Prabhakaran) and bring them to trial. Simple reason – there is solid support – financial and otherwise – for that terrorist thug Prabhakaran and his minions in Tamil Nadu.
8. If shared linguistic affinity is the basis to extend support to Sri Lankan Tamils, then religious and language affinity shared by Pakistani Muslims with Indian Muslims whether in Kashmir, Gujarat or Hyderabad provides a similar justification (no matter whether Pakistan was carved as a separate Muslim state some 61 years back).
9. You write: I suggest .. you first learn to write proper film reviews before commenting on issues which are beyond your comprehension
For someone who was kissing our derriere and complimenting us on our entertaining blog a few months back, your volte face on our film reviews is amusing.
10. Your juvenile writing resting on the shaky foundation of weak logic and inexplicable opinion shifts suggests that you are a blithering idiot with not a single properly functioning cell in your entire body.
Before you start typing your next idiotic comment, you might want to consider chopping your fingers off lest you expose your ignorant-self to public ridicule for the gazillionth time. Since you appear to be too stupid to learn without some graphic props, we suggest you watch Malcolm McDowell in Passage (1979) as he does an amazingly good finger-chopping job on his prisoner.
SI : But in the case of LTTE, the law has NOT taken its course.
Very true and I agree to your point and LTTE has to be punished for the Assasination of Rajiv, Rajiv was my childhood hero. I did cry when he was assasinated… I beleived he is the future of the nation. But it looks like now tamils are all caught be selective amnesia that they forgot May 21 1991. But I have no surprise that the TN congress is not raising any voice against any pro LTTE moves in TN..
because I strongly beleive that they are aware of the plot (1991) and part of the conspiracy.. otherwise how come not even one got killed or atleast injured in that attack?
Shuaib,
I think SL has to be pressurised by international community on its rights on the minorities… but India has no moral rights to do that for having exploited SL for their own reasons…
I truly believe that the constitution of SL dosen’t deserve a sovereignty as not all of its citizens are treated equally.
Theoretically, the kids of our SI folks (if born at US) can become president of US.. they enjoy equal right as any white, african, hispanic… that is democracy and that country’s sovergenity should be respected and protected…
I think if SL takes this call of giving equal right to all of its citizens, the LTTEs would become unpopular and SL can clean them and bring peace in the country… until it does that there will be fights… even if the win the war… these guerillas will keep coming and disturbing peace…
SearchIndia.com Responds:
You write above: Theoretically, the kids of our SI folks (if born at US) can become president of US..
You don’t have to be born in the U.S. to be eligible to become the American President. Please see qualifications.
I think somebody kick-started my bike – The Sri Lankan issue.
Give me a little time I’ll come back with some facts and figures as to where it all went wrong on the Tamil issue in Sri Lanka.
Hey…LINKS!!! where are you????? I’ll be back soon.
your response only confirms what i said – I suggest .. you first learn to write proper film reviews before commenting on issues which are beyond your comprehension
India has intervened in Fiji – Your Lack of Knowledge is apparent here.
Blacks face discrimination and are occasionally subject to violence. – the key word here is occasional . Blacks subjected to racial violence have recd justice from the strong Legal system in America .. they are and can demand and get all rights entitled to white americans … if a black files a case against a white .. they are not subjected to genocide — so the situations quoted by you dont merit a comparison with Srilanka .
That said, sure we can express our concern and take it up at the U.N. wherever we see genocide or pogroms.
– that is precisely what Tamilians and film stars were doing in the hunger strike – they were expressing their concern – you have a problem with a peaceful Hunger Strike ?????
Why has there never been large-scale protests, hunger strikes or strong demands in Tamil Nadu to nab Rajiv Gandhi’s killers (LTTE Terrorist leader Prabhakaran) and bring them to trial. – Tamilians loved Rajiv Gandhi and It was CBI officer Karthikeyan ..who nabbed Rajiv Gandhi’s Killers …Tamilians have not held protest or demanded the release of the killers . Time and again Tamilians have condemed the act . There are many tamilians who have turned anti – LTTE after this incident . Jayalalitha is one among them .
Indians always blame LTTE for the Incident and dont associate the Tamil community with it – unlike Muslims being associated with terror … its only websites like yours who are spreading this malicious lies …
Shared Lingusitic Affinity after giving a seperate nation called “Pakistan” based on Religion cannot be a basis for intervention .
The main issue now is when LTTE is pushed to the wall, suddenly Tamils in Tamil Nadu hold rallies, protests…in the guise of helping Sri Lankan Tamils. – – in this process there is indiscriminate bombing of civilian targets .. right from Schools / temples to hospitals which has resulted in the death of innocent civilians .. These are the very same people whom the Sri Lankan govt claims are being freed from the oppressive regime of LTTE .
Chopping of fingers — Are you by any chance related to some terrorist organisation ??? .. anyways your reviews/comments are a terror in themselves
SearchIndia.com Responds:
Each time an ignoramus like you goes near a keyboard, there is a brutal murder on facts. Read on:
1. Regarding Fiji, have you forgotten that India didn’t do didly when ethnic Indians were elected to power in 1987 but quickly deposed in a coup by Rabuka. This was one of the major developments in Fiji’s history and India did nothing. Get your facts right.
2. You write: It was CBI officer Karthikeyan ..who nabbed Rajiv Gandhi’s Killers
The people who were nabbed by Karthikeyan were mere foot-soldiers. The terrorist leader Prabhakaran is still at large. There has never been hunger strikes or large scale demands in Tamil Nadu for his capture. Get your facts right.
3. You write: Blacks subjected to racial violence have recd justice from the strong Legal system in America ..
Are you a complete idiot? Racial discrimination from the legal system itself against Blacks is an established fact in the U.S., particularly in sentencing of Blacks for low-level crimes. Studies in Wisconsin and elsewhere have proved it. Get your facts right.
4. You write: Indians always blame LTTE for the Incident and dont associate the Tamil community with it – unlike Muslims being associated with terror …
LTTE does not exist without material and moral support from Tamils in Tamil Nadu & the Tamil diaspora. Get your facts right.
5. You talk of indiscriminate bombing of civilian targets…what about the LTTE’s forced recruitment of child soldiers. That’s as bad as attacking civilian targets. Get your facts right.
6. You write: unlike Muslims being associated with terror …
Have you even heard of the word history? You might want to look up terms like crusades…Get your facts right.
Publishing of your comments (however critical) and adequate responses are proof of the objective and unbiased nature of SearchIndia.com. Highly unlikely that you will meet with similar treatment elsewhere to your incoherent rants. Next time, you develop the itch to ridicule this blog, you might want to mull over that.
thanks for publishing my comments … that has nothing to do with bias …
all your replies refer to past .. not to present .. Problem in Srilanka is happening now …and a peaceful response in the form of hunger strike by Tamilians in India seems objectionable to you …
The kind of hate campaign you keep running via this website against tamilians .. as if we are acting against the interest of our own country .. clearly shows your bias.
Go to any of the Defence and Space Research Organisations in India and our contributions to critical areas will be apparent .
I hope and pray intelligent idiots like you dont meet the same fate in USA tomm …USA’s war against terror will soon impact your lives and you will find yourselves on the other side of the fence .. its only a matter of time …nobody is gonna support you then ..
Highly unlikely that you will meet with similar treatment elsewhere to your incoherent rants – Search India is one of its kind .. in other places ..there are lot of sensible people around . Here unfortunately i have to deal with blithering idiots (learnt this word for you – thanks)
SearchIndia.com Responds:
You write above: Problem in Srilanka is happening now …and a peaceful response in the form of hunger strike by Tamilians in India seems objectionable to you …
The kind of hate campaign you keep running via this website against tamilians .. as if we are acting against the interest of our own country .. clearly shows your bias.
Baloney. We are not running any hate campaign against anyone. We are simply stating the facts, which is obviously unpalatable to you.
The killers of former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi (i.e. LTTE and its leader) must be brought to justice.
The only campaign we are running is in favor of Barack Obama and the Democratic ticket.
Hi Joe, (& SI)
Sorry, though I promised to come up with a comment in few minutes, I had to delay it for several hours due to some urgent domestic things to be finished.
Coming back to the subject, yes Joe, there should be some sort of a pressure to the Govt. of SL. You know actually speaking,there are pressures being put from all the sides even by the Europian union countries and the US to find a political solution.
But, it’s a very tough thing to tame the Nationalistic fever that is plagued in the Singlese psyche. That’s why even after gaining independence by a bloodless campaign and after nearly six decades still we could not come to terms as to how we should call ourselves whether as Sri Lankans or as individual races.
Before I discuss futher about the complexity of the whole issue I would like you to go through the details inthe following links:
The Prodigal Son of India/ Prabhakaran’s attmpts to approach for Indian help.
http://www.dailymirror.lk/DM_BLOG/Sections/frmNewsDetailView.aspx?ARTID=29139
History of Sri Lanka
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Sri_Lanka
The Sinhalese version of the history and the present problem
http://www.infolanka.com/org/kalaya/fea026.htm
The Tamil version of the history and the present problem
http://www.usp.nus.edu.sg/post/southasia/srilanka/history/palamkunnel1.html
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107992.html
Others’ views
http://www.asiantribune.com/oldsite/show_news.php?id=11636
Demands made by the Tamil leaders
http://www.dailymirror.lk/DM_BLOG/Sections/frmNewsDetailView.aspx?ARTID=30974
I hope this would clear many doubts about the Sri Lankan long standing bloody conflict.
SI : You don’t have to be born in the U.S. to be eligible to become the American President
Natural born or 14 year resident citizen… thats really great… This is why america is such a great country…
SearchIndia.com Responds:
You write above: Natural born or 14 year resident citizen…
Wrong. Not or.
You have to be a Natural Born Citizen.
For instance, someone who came to America on a H1B, got a Green Card & stayed for 14 years here as a citizen is NOT eligible to be president.
SI : Sri Lankan Tamils are NOT Indian citizens but people of Indian origin who went to Sri Lanka several hundred years ago.
There are two types are Tamils, the immigrants you are talking here about are living int the south and west..
The ethinic Tamils are living in the east and north..
the immigrants are allied with govt, for this very reason LTTE kills more tamils than sinhalas
Well said, Joe,
(Natural born or 14 year resident citizen… thats really great… This is why america is such a great country…)
It would be an eye-opener to all those countries who are discriminating the minorities on basis of number games.
As you have raised a question in one of your previous post, whether Sri Lanka would allow anybody from the minority communities to become the head of state. Well, they have to rethink their old, murderous, out-dated, croocked-minded, cynical, racistic ways of thingking.
OBAMA’s election is one bloody inspiration to the modern world. More than the blacks of USA, the whites are brave, brave, brave guys to make him elected. If a same situation arises in Sri Lanka no Sinhalese will vote for a Tamil to make him the President, never.
Again, American’s have showed us that we are wrong to think negatively about them for their wrong doings, all the time.
It’s simply awesome, a unified action by all communities, religions and races. GREAT.
SearchIndia.com Responds:
As we said earlier, Joe is wrong when he writes Natural born or 14 year resident citizen…
Not or.
You have to be a Natural Born Citizen.
For instance, someone who came to America on a H1B, got a Green Card & stayed for 14 years here as a citizen is NOT eligible to be president.
Oh, I’m sorry. I missed to note SI’s reply completely.
Error rectified. Thanks SI.
Note: Sometimes, when I read, I spot and focus only the things that are visually magnified by it’s projected subject and then I keep skipping the other things assuming they’re all same thing extended.
I spot & then read items block by block.
Hey SI guys over there,
Don’t sleep tonight. We’re trying to keep you awake for the PAAAARTYYYYY….
“All night long…all night, all night”
SearchIndia.com Responds:
Ah…It was a looooong night, indeed. (8.00AM EST Nov 5, 2008)
S.I. : You don’t have to be born in the U.S. to be eligible to become the American President
S.I. (later) : You have to be a Natural Born Citizen.
I caught you 🙂
SearchIndia.com Responds:
No, No. We are right.
Natural born citizen does not merely mean born in the U.S.
For instance, you can be born to U.S. citizens outside the U.S. and still be eligible for the Presidency.
Although no U.S. President so far has ever been born outside America, some candidates like George Romney (2008 Republican candidate Mitt Romney’s father) were born outside the country.