Satya-Lobby: Prophetic Praxis and Imagination (1)

How long will you bomb us?
And try your best to destroy us?
Yet in the rubbles
And in the stench of death
You have created for us
We will quietly stand
We will rise up
Raise our heads to the sky
And shout Freedom  more

"...Tamils must ask the question:  What is the central plank of the Western Foreign Policy that has a fatal attraction towards the Sri Lankan genocidal intent against a wounded Tamil Nation?”

"..In this shrinking global market, the high value ‘stock in trade’ is “peace and human rights”. It has of course, multiple meanings; but one of it is that, it is a ruthless industry. Hence, prior to any “new” peace deals, the Tamils must refuse to fall into the trap in which they were almost entrapped in previous negotiations. One would fervently pray that, this time round, the Tamil Peace Secretariat will clearly articulate the non-negotiable..."

Looking for Loopholes

"Much is being said about the peace overtures in Geneva between the Sri Lanka Government (SLG) and the Tamil Tigers (LTTE). Balasingham called it a “diplomatic victory”. An over estimation, one would think. The SLG have raised their tails and retorted with a spin that the Tigers agreed to an "Amendment to the original Cease Fire Agreement". Balasingham rejected it as “bizarre interpretation”. While this media warfare is being conducted multiple statements had been put out in the public domain by various Tamil organisations."...