The Heroic Twenty One

"...நீங்கள் வீழ்ந்ததனால்
நாங்கள் வாழ்ந்து கொண்டிருக்கிறோம்..
உங்கள் உடல்கள் சாய்ந்ததால்
எங்கள் தலைகள் நிமிர்ந்தன..
இன்று..
நாங்கள் வெறும்
கவிதை பாடிக் கொண்டிருக்கிறோம்..
நீங்களோ..
காவியமாகி விட்டீர்கள்..
காலம் வரும்..
உங்கள் கனவுகள்
நனவாகும்..."
ManNin Maintharkal, Raj Swarnan

"வாழ்க ஈழத் தமிழகம்,  தலை நிமிர்ந்து வாழ்கவே..."

"...A feeling or a thought, the aspiration towards liberty, cannot be estimated in the terms of concrete power...The idea or sentiment is at first confined to a few men. The attempt to work brings them into conflict with the established power which the idea threatens and there is persecution. The idea creates its martyrs. And in martyrdom there is an incalculable spiritual magnetism which works miracles... It is at this moment that the idea begins to create its heroes and fighters, whose numbers and courage defeat only multiplies and confirms until the idea militant has become the idea triumphant. Such is the history of the idea, so invariable in its broad lines that it is evidently the working of a natural law. But the despot will not recognise this superiority, the teachings of history have no meaning for him... " Sri Aurobindo, 1907

LTTE's Anuradhapura Raid: Determination, Bravery & Precision -  B. Raman, South Asia Analysis Group, New Delhi, 23 October 2007 " Reliable details of the combined air and land attack launched by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) on the Anuradhapura air base of the Sri Lankan Air Force early in the morning of October 22, 2007, indicate that it was neither an act of desperation as projected by the embarrassed Sri Lankan military spokesmen nor an act of needless dramatics as suggested by others. It was an act of unbelievable determination, bravery and precision successfully carried out by a 21-member suicide commando group of the Black Tigers---significantly led by a Tamil from the Eastern Province--- with the back-up support of two planes of the so-called Tamil Eelam Air Force." more together with Comment by tamilnation.org
 

2. Sachi Sri Kantha writes from Japan - Sixty Cheers for the Central Intelligence Agency "Even though I’m not an American, I have nothing but admiration for some of the spunk and spirit of the Central Intelligence Agency (aka CIA), the American institution which many non-Americans love to hate. Who (other than those in the league of some iron-willed ‘Lefties’ like Fidel Castro) cannot wilt to the dramatics, spunk and the ‘never give-up spirit’ promoted by the CIA, in its 60 years of existence? Yes, CIA celebrates its 60th birthday this year." more

2."... There are in every part of the world men who search. I am not a prisoner of history. I should not seek there for the meaning of my destiny.  I should constantly remind myself that the real leap consists in the introduction of invention into existence. In the world through which I travel, I am endlessly creating myself..." Frantz Fanon in Black Skin, White Masks, 1952

Sanmugam Sabesan writes from Australia மனித உரிமை ஆணையாளரின் வருகையால் விளைந்த, மனித உரிமை மீறல்கள் "...மேற்குலகத்தினூடாகத் தமக்கு ஏதேனும் பிரச்சனைகள், அழுத்தங்கள் என்று சிலவேளைகளில் வந்தால், தன்னுடைய(!) நாட்டின் கேந்திர ஸ்தானத்தை வைத்து, மேற்குலகிற்கு எதிரானவர்களோடு உறவாடுவதன் மூலம் இவர்களையும் எதிர்க்க முடியும் என்பதுவும் மகிந்தவின் கணிப்பு. இந்தக் கணிப்புக்களின் அடிப்படையில்தான் மகிந்த ராஜபக்ச செயல்படுகின்றார்... " more

1. Sathyam Commentary Thank you, Ambassador Robert Blake...  - Nadesan Satyendra

"..The Sri Lankan military has achieved important victories in the past year, including the defeat of the LTTE in the east and the sinking of many rebel tankers used to deliver military and other supplies to the Tamil Tigers. Such victories and US support for Sri Lanka should demonstrate to the LTTE that they cannot hope to win this conflict..." US Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Robert Blake, 13 October 2007 more

2. Thank you, President Bush - Paul Coelho "...Thank you for allowing us - an army of anonymous people to know what it feels like to be powerless and to learn to grapple with that feeling and transform it. Thank you, because, without you, we would not have realised our own ability to mobilise. It may serve no purpose this time, but it will doubtless be useful later on. Thank you for not listening to us and not taking us seriously, but know that we are listening to you and that we will not forget your words. So, enjoy your morning and whatever glory it may yet bring you.Thank you, great leader George W. Bush" more

George Foreman

1. Sachi Sri Kantha writes from Japan Is That All You Got, Karuna? "The recent newsreports that the erstwhile LTTE Colonel named Karuna had fled to a faraway land prompted me with the title, ‘Is That All You Got, Karuna?’. It is a borrowing from boxing champ Muhammad Ali’s 1974 quip [‘Is That All You Got, George’?] to his rival George Foreman in the ring, when they squared in the then Zaire for the boxing heavyweight title. " more

2.Sanmugam Sabesan writes from Australia மகிந்தவின் (சிங்களப் பேரினவாதத்தின்) இன்னுமொரு முகம்தான் ரணில் விக்கிரமசிங்க! "...இலங்கை இனப் பிரச்சனைக்குச் சமஸ்டி முறையில் தீர்வா? அல்லது ஒற்றையாட்சி முறையில் தீர்வா? என்று கேட்டால், முதலில் பாணின் விலை குறித்து ஊடகங்கள் செய்தி வெளியிடட்டும். அந்தப் பாணை உண்ட பின்னர் ஐக்கிய தேசியக் கட்சி சமஸ்டியையா ஒற்றையாட்சியையா ஆதரிக்கின்றது என்பது குறித்து, ஊடகங்களுககுப் பதில் சொல்லும் என்று ஏளனமாக ரணில் பதில் கூறுகின்றார். அதாவது பதில் சொல்ல மறுக்கின்றார்..." more

"Can we say of Reich, as Andre Gide did of Dostoevsky, that he 'remains ever the man of whom there is no way to make use! He is of the stuff which displeases every party. Why? Because he never persuaded himself that less than the whole of his intelligence was necessary to the part he chose to play, or that for the sake of immediate issues he would be justified in forcing so delicate an instrument or upsetting its balance.'" Wilhelm Reich: Life Force Explorer - James Wyckoff

1.Sri Lanka's Colonisation of East Tamil Eelam " ... the current focus on human rights issues whilst performing the essential task of exposing the authoritarianism and violence of the current regime, is insufficient to capture the cold calculations and reasoning in the intentions of the Sri Lankan State which has once again returned to the logic of Sinhala colonisation..." David Rampton, Visiting Lecturer at the Development Studies and Politics Departments, SOAS currently engaged in doctoral research on the JVP and nationalism in Sri Lanka

2. Thirukural on Espionage - ஒற்றாடல்

RAW Headquarters in New Delhi

Leader of JVP,
Comrade Somawansa Amarasinghe

H.E. Ye Dabo,
Ambassador
of China

"...the denial by international actors of their conflicting strategic interests in Sri Lanka draws a veil over the real issues that any meaningful conflict resolution process in the island will need to address. We cannot ostrich like bury our collective heads in the sand - and, to mix the metaphor, ignore the elephant in the room.  Whilst the goal of securing peace through justice is loudly proclaimed by the international actors, real politick leads them to deny the justice of the Tamil Eelam struggle for freedom from alien Sinhala rule. The harsh reality is that on the one hand international actors are concerned to use the opportunity of the conflict in the island to advance each of their own (and conflicting) strategic interests - and on the other hand, Sri Lanka seeks to use the political space created by the geo strategic triangle of US-India-China in the Indian Ocean region, to buy the support of all three for the continued rule of the people of Tamil Eelam by a permanent Sinhala majority within the confines of  one state. The record shows that Sinhala Sri Lanka seeks to engage in a 'balance of power' exercise of its own by handing over parts of the island (and the surrounding seas) to India, US and China..." more

1. The Moral Legitimacy of the Tamil Eelam Struggle for Freedom - Nadesan Satyendra  "...The Tamil Eelam struggle for freedom is lawful and just - and it will succeed because Mahatma Gandhi was right when he declared in Transvaal, South Africa  '..If someone asks me when and how the struggle may end, I may say that, if the entire community manfully stands the test, the end will be near. If many of us fall back under storm and stress, the struggle will be prolonged. But I can boldly declare, and with certainty, that so long as there is even a handful of men  true to their pledge, there can only be one end to the struggle, and that is victory...'" more

2. The Doctrine of the Sword - Mahatma Gandhi, 1920

"...I do believe that where there is only a choice between cowardice and violence I would advise violence... I would rather have India resort to arms in order to defend her honor than that she should in a cowardly manner become or remain a helpless witness to her own dishonor. But I believe that nonviolence is infinitely superior to violence, forgiveness is more manly than punishment, forgiveness adorns a soldier. But abstinence is forgiveness only when there is the power to punish, it is meaningless when it pretends to proceed from a helpless creature. A mouse hardly forgives a cat when it allows itself to be torn to pieces by her..."