Two arrested for throwing beef at idol in Orissa October 5, 2009
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PTI, Sunday, October 4, 2009
Rourkela: Two persons were arrested on charges of throwing beef at an idol of Goddess Laxmi at a community puja pandal in Orissa’s Sundargarh district today, police said.
A large number of people gathered in front of the puja pandal at Bolonda village about 25km from here and blocked the road for about four hours demanding arrest of the culprits, police said.
A police force led by superintendent of police, Diptesh Patnaik rushed to the spot and brought the situation under control, police sources said. About two kg beef had been seized from near the idol and two persons, Fransis Ekka and Ajit Munda – allegedly involved in the incident had been nabbed, the sources said.
However, the brother of Fransis, claimed to be the main culprit is at large. The three had allegedly slaughtered a cow at a nearby field this morning before indulging in the incident, they said. Police force had been deployed in the village to maintain law and order and efforts to nab the main culprit is on, they said.
Citizenship for Lankan refugees under consideration, says PC October 5, 2009
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TNN 4 October 2009, 06:16am IST
CHENNAI: Chief minister M Karunanidhi’s request to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to “legally regularize” the stay of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in
Tamil Nadu is under the consideration of the Centre, Union home minister P Chidambaram said on Saturday.
“We have received his letter in this regard and it is under consideration,” he told reporters, after calling on Karunanidhi at his Gopalapuram residence.
In a conference held at Kancheepuram last week, the ruling DMK adopted a resolution, indicating that steps would be taken to allow over one lakh Tamil refugees living in different camps in the state to become permanent citizens.
To a query on the proposal to send a delegation of MPs to Sri Lanka to study the situation in the island nation, Chidambaram said that such an idea was also being examined.
The Union minister, who held a 30-minute-long discussion with Karunanidhi, said the issue of rehabilitating the internally-displaced Tamils in Sri Lanka, now staying in camps, back in their hometowns was discussed at the meeting.
“The chief minister has given some suggestions and we have also raised some points. A decision will be made after external affairs minister S M Krishna holds consultations with the prime minister,” he added.
Hindus in Pakistan September 10, 2009
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Fearing Taliban, Pak Hindus take Thar Express to India
Vimal Bhatia , TNN 10 September 2009, 02:15am IST
JAISALMER: In the past four years, some 5,000 Hindus may have crossed over from Pakistan, never to return. It has not been easy abandoning their
homes, sometimes even their families, but they say they had no choice: they had to flee the Taliban.
It started as a trickle in 2006, the year the Thar Express was flagged off. The weekly train starts from Karachi, enters India at Munabao, a border town in Barmer, and runs up to Jodhpur. In the first year, 392 Hindus crossed over. This grew to 880 in 2007. The next year, the number was 1,240, and this year, till August, over 1,000 have crossed over. They just keep extending their visas and hope to become Indian citizens. Incidentally, these are official figures. Sources say there are many more who cross over and melt in the local milieu. And officials have a soft corner for these people, most of whom have harrowing stories to tell.
Ranaram, who used to live in the Rahimyar district of Pakistan’s Punjab, says he fell prey to the Taliban. His wife was kidnapped, raped and forcibly converted to Islam. His two daughters were also forcibly converted. Ranaram, too, had to accept Islam for fear of his life. He thought it best to flee with his two daughters; his wife was untraceable.
Dungaram, another migrant, says atrocities against Hindus in Pakistan have increased in the past two years after the ouster of Musharraf. “We won’t get permanent jobs unless we convert to Islam.”
Hindu Singh Sodha, president of Seemant Lok Sangathan, a group working for the refugees in Barmer and Jaisalmer, says there’s unfortunately no proper refugee policy in India even though people from Pakistan reach here in large numbers.
He said in 2004-05, over 135 families were given Indian citizenship but the rest are still living illegally in the country and are often tortured by police because they don’t have proper citizenship certificates. “In December 2008, over 200 Hindus were converted to Islam in Mirpur Khas town of Pakistan. But there are several others who want to stick to their religion but there’s no safety for them in Pakistan.”
Immigration officer at Munabao railway station, Hetudan Charan, says the arrival of Hindu migrants had suddenly increased as over 15 to 16 families were reaching India every week. “None of them admit they are to settle here but seeing their baggage, we easily understand,’’ he said. Ravi Kumar, who was Barmer collector till his transfer two days back, said the government in 2007 had given permanent citizenship to a few Pakistani immigrants.
Ref: Times of India, Mumbai, front page: 10 Sep 09 (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/india/Fearing-Taliban-Pak-Hindus-take-Thar-Express-to-India/articleshow/4992774.cms)
Malaysia Muslims protest proposed Hindu temple September 6, 2009
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By VIJAY JOSHI (AP) – Aug 28, 2009
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Dozens of Malaysian Muslims paraded Friday with the head of a cow, a sacred animal in Hinduism, in a dramatic protest against the proposed construction of a Hindu temple in their neighborhood.
The unusual protest by some 50 people in Shah Alam, the capital of Selangor state, raises new fears of racial tensions in this multiethnic Muslim-majority country where Hindus comprise about 7 percent of the 27 million population.
The demonstrators who marched from a nearby mosque after Friday prayers dumped the cow head outside the gates of the state government headquarters. Selangor adjoins Kuala Lumpur.
Protesters stomped on the head and spat on it before leaving the site, Xavier Jeyakumar, a state government official in charge of non-Muslim affairs, told The Associated Press.
“This is a sign of disrespect, insensitivity and a huge insult to the Indian community,” he said.
Such an overt display of religious discord is almost unheard of in Malaysia, which has carefully nurtured racial harmony among its three main ethnic groups, Malay Muslims, Chinese and Indians, since 1969 when the country suffered its worst racial riots.
The demonstrators said their neighborhood, Section 23, has a 90 percent Muslim population and building a Hindu temple there was inappropriate.
“If there is blood you (the government) will be responsible,” Malaysiakini, an independent news Web site, quoted a protest leader Ibrahim Haji Sabri as saying.
“I challenge (Selangor government leaders) to go on with the temple construction. I guarantee bloodshed and racial tension,” Ibrahim said amid chants of “Allahu Akbar,” or God is great, the Malaysian Insider, another news Web site, reported.
Both sites posted pictures of the protest showing a bloodied cow head.
Muslim Malays and the Chinese and Indians — who are Christian, Hindu, Sikh and Muslim — have generally been careful about not offending each others’ religions.
But racial tensions have risen in recent years amid complaints by the minorities that their rights are being eroded along with the rising influence of Islamic hard-liners.
Human Resource Minister S. Subramaniam said the incident infuriated Prime Minister Najib Razak, who asked the national police chief to investigate. Witnesses said police stood by and did nothing to stop the protest.
The demonstration, which occurred days before Malaysia celebrates its independence day on Monday, comes amid a new campaign by Najib to promote national integration by emphasizing equality of all races.
“The prime minister said he was very upset over the incident and wants it to be nipped in the bud,” Subramaniam said in a statement.
The protesters condemned Chief Minister Khalid Ibrahim of Selangor, one of four states controlled by a three-party opposition coalition that includes an Islamic party. The demonstrators described Khalid, a Muslim, as a traitor to Islam. It was not immediately clear if they were affiliated to any political group.
The Malaysian Insider quoted a protest leader, Mohammad Zurit Bin Ramli, as saying a temple would disturb Muslim practices.
“The temple will disrupt our daily activities like prayers. We cannot concentrate with the sounds coming from the temple,” he said.
Associated Press writer Sean Yoong contributed to this report.
Copyright © 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
Ref: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h5RWG2ScAdC9V7eo-B6-KfUL3QjgD9ABV6U81
Hindu Rights Reports by Hindu American Foundation (HAF) September 6, 2009
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The Hindu American Foundation (HAF) is a Hindu rights organisation with no affiliations to other religious or political organisations. The organisation interacts with, educates and represents the Hindu voice and works for protecting the interests of Hinduism / Sanatan Dharma.
HAF publishes an annual Hindu human rights report. These reports cover the cases and issues of what Hindu population faces either as minorities or in general, all across the world.
Here is a page listing the various reports published by the organisation in some recent years:
http://www.hinduamericanfoundation.org/issues/human_rights
You may also like to visit their homepage: www.hinduamericanfoundation.org
Preparing for the harvest … September 6, 2009
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A Tahelka article labelled TOP SECRET throws some light over some evangelist designs. Here is the link to this eye-opening article:
http://www.tehelka.com/story_main.asp?filename=ts013004shashi.asp&id=1
Islamists on conversion campaign September 5, 2009
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VR Jayaraj | Kochi
Islamists in Kerala have launched an organised campaign for converting girls belonging to other religions into Islam. Police believe that Islamist organisation NDF (presently Popular Front of India) and its student outfit Campus Front could be behind this campus-based campaign. An investigation is presently on into the matter on the instructions of the Kerala High Court.
Information about this planned campaign came out in the open after two girls in an MBA college in Pathanam-thitta, who had gone missing some days ago, were produced in the HC on a habeas corpus petition. Girls told the court that they were taken to a place in Kozhikode, where a group led by Campus Front activists Shehenshah and Sirajuddeen forced them to convert into Islam and sign marriage contracts.
Lawyer Muhammad Ansari, who appeared in the court for the Government, said there was a planned effort behind the forced conversion of the girls into Islam. In a petition, Jacob Thomas of Pallikkal, Kottarakkara, Kollam and K Madhavan of Peroorkada, Thiruvananth-apruam, parents of the girls, had alleged that their daughters were detained by one Shehansha of Pettah, Pathana-mthitta. Girls were doing a project after completing MBA.
The girls had left their homes informing the parents that they were going to convert into Islam. However, when they were produced in the court on the habeas corpus petition, they said that they were forced to convert into Islam in a deserted house at West Chelari, Kozhikode district where they were taken. Though the court sent the girls with their parents, it ruled that they could be taken to their homes but no restriction should be placed on their food and prayer.
According to Gopakumar, assistant commissioner of police, Cantonment, Thiruva-nanthapuram, who is in charge of the investigation into the campaign of the extremists to convert girls into Islam, as many as 940 girls had gone missing in Kerala in the past five years. He said the truth behind these cases could be brought only after probe.
The police are now in the process of verifying the reports that some Hindu organisations are preparing to counter the Islamists’ designs. A report regarding this would be submitted in the High Court early next month.
However, sources in the police refused to confirm reports regarding an Islamic group specialising in luring young girls for converting into Islam. Reports had appeared in a section of the media in January last that religious Romeos had converted more than 4,000 girls through such designs.
Ref: http://www.dailypioneer.com/198789/Islamists-on-conversion-campaign.html
8 jailed for singing bhajans on CR local September 5, 2009
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Nitasha Natu, TNN 22 August 2009, 03:19am IST
MUMBAI: The Railway Protection Force (RPF) cracked down on a satsang group on Friday for singing bhajans on a Central Railway local. The action was taken after a woman commuter wrote a letter to senior railway officials, complaining of the nuisance.
“We have been conducting a sustained campaign against bhajan groups. On Friday, we arrested eight men who were part of the Hari Om Satsang Mandal. They had books and cymbals with them,” said inspector Ajay Sansare of Byculla RPF.
The accused are all office-goers residing in the eastern suburbs. “A letter written by the woman to the divisional railway manager (DRM) was forwarded to our superiors on August 19. On Friday morning, our team boarded the 9.56 am Thane-CST local at Dadar and kept a watch. Between Currey Road and Byculla stations, the accused, who were singing bhajans, were arrested for creating a nuisance,” Sansare added.
The accused-Subramanium Mudaliar (68), Santosh Parab (39), Ashok Kumar Gaud (30), Sunil More (22), Radheshyam Pal (48), Indersingh Shivnathsingh (32), Anand Garje (27) and G Chakraborty (31)-were produced before a railway court at CST. The magistrate directed them to pay a fine of Rs 500 each and sentenced them to imprisonment till the the court closed for the day.
Ref: Times of India: Aug 22, 2009 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/city/mumbai/8-jailed-for-singing-bhajans-on-CR-local/articleshow/4920974.cms
Indian priests paraded naked at Pashupatinath September 5, 2009
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IANS: 04 Sep 2009 05:19:21 PM IST
KATHMANDU: The Pashupatinath temple row took an ugly turn in Nepal Friday with a mob assaulting the two newly appointed Indian priests, stripping them naked and tearing off their sacred threads regarded as mandatory for Brahmins.
Girish Bhatt and Raghavendra Bhatt, the two newly appointed Indian priests, were brought from Karnataka state in India this month to continue the nearly 800-year-old tradition at the revered Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu of employing priests only from the orthodox southern states of India.
The two hapless men were thrashed within the temple premises Friday as they were readying to worship the deity from Saturday.
Eyewitnesses said about eight to 10 men, armed with iron rods, stormed a secret room in the temple where the two priests had been confined two days ago, fasting and undergoing a purifying ritual so that they would be able to undertake the ritualistic worship from Saturday.
The invaders broke open the padlock on the door of the room, dragged the two stunned priests out and beat them up. The attackers also stripped the two men naked and forcibly took video pictures.
Then, in a final insult to the two priests, their sacred white thread were torn off. The priests wear these sacred threads to proclaim that they are Brahmins and have undergone traditional rituals.
“The attackers tried to drag them away,” said an eyewitness who did not want to be named. “But the abduction bid was foiled after the people in the temple raised a hue and cry and locals gathered.”
The two shaken priests have been taken to a safe place, temple officials said.
The attack inside the temple comes after protests began Sunday with at least three organisations banding together to oppose the appointment of Indian priests.
They have formed a committee to oppose the appointments, saying at a time Nepal is writing a new constitution, Nepali priests should be employed instead of Indians.
Though the protesters say they have no political affiliation, locals said the attack was led by the Young Communist League, the dreaded strong arm of the Maoists that had spearheaded a similar attack last year.
Both the new priests’ appointment and the attacks on them come at a time the row is being heard in court.
For the first time in the history of the 5th century temple, the Mahasnan ritual – the ritualistic bath of the deity – is in jeopardy with the priests saying they feared to carry on with their duties in the absence of security.
The Indian priest vs Nepali priest row was triggered by the earlier Maoist government last year that sought to stop the old tradition of hiring Indian priests for the Pashupatinath shrine.
However, the move raised widespread concern in India with major political parties there asking Nepal not to politicise religion and not to hurt the sentiment of two billion Hindus worldwide.
The protestors have said they would keep up a blockade of the Pashupatinath area and take stronger action if the Indian priests are not sent back.
Of the five Indian priests who originally served at the shrine, three have already resigned due to the mounting political pressure.
Both the protesters and the Nepali government allege that the other side is trying to grab the offerings made at the temple daily that runs into thousands of rupees.
‘Sri Lankan Tamils are India’s natural allies’ June 7, 2009
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Sheela Bhatt
November 29, 2006
On Monday we carried the first part of an interview with Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader V Gopalaswamy alias Vaiko. Today we present the second and concluding part of the interview with Managing Editor Sheela Bhatt:
Why do you say Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was misled?
I blame [former high commissioner to Sri Lanka [Images]] J N Dixit and Junior Parthasarathy (diplomat G Parthasarathy) and some other officers for the debacle in Sri Lanka. [Former President] J R Jayewardene cunningly trapped India into an agreement. He could not face the attacks by the LTTE so he cleverly invited India to face the LTTE.
As the events unfolded, [LTTE leader V] Prabhakaran was brought to New Delhi. He was told ‘you will be the only representative of Tamils’. They didn’t speak at all about the Indo-Sri Lanka agreement. He came with high hopes. On his arrival he was immediately locked up in Ashoka Hotel. I tried to meet him as a member of Parliament. When I attempted to enter his room I was stopped. I held a press conference to declare that Prabhakaran was being kept away from the public. Prabhakaran’s team was not given a copy of the Indo-Sri Lanka agreement.
It was merely read out to them. Dixit read the terms of the agreement. Anton Balasingham was also present at that meeting. Prabhakaran was totally shocked. They never expected India to enter into such an agreement. They [Prabhakaran and his team] said they were opposed to the agreement. Dixit, who was puffing a cigar, said, ‘We don’t care. Who are you to oppose?’ Prabhakaran said, ‘We will oppose with all our might.’
Dixit said, ‘Before this cigar is over, smoke is over, within that time we will crush you.’
These are the words of J N Dixit. Balasingham told me the exact words.
Prabhakaran contained his disappointment. Somehow, they were persuaded to meet Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. He said, ‘For the time being you agree. Keep some doors open. We will give you all help to rebuild Jaffna. Every month we will give Rs 50 lakhs. We will give security.’
Prabhakaran thought he cannot oppose India at that juncture. The Indo-Sri Lanka accord was thrust on them. Even after the accord the State-sponsored violence went on, Sinhalese were settled in Tamil areas in the Eastern province. In those areas Tamil Musilms were won over by the Sinhalese.
What made Rajiv Gandhi displease Prabhakaran? What could have been his calculations?
At that time the Bofors scandal exploded. It was a rude shock for them.
To divert the attention of the Indian people he thought if he could have this agreement he can show the world that he has settled the Tamil problem that was not possible for his mother. He was misled like this. And Jayewardene set the trap. I feel very sorry for Rajiv Gandhi. As per the agreement, internal administration was not done. The North and Eastern parts of Sri Lanka were to be merged into one unit as per the accord but it was not done. The accord also promised that there will be a referendum in the East which was not done. Before the ink on the agreement dried Jayewardene said, ‘I’ll propagate against the merger of North and East.’
Dixit didn’t visit the Sri Lankan Tamil leader who was on fast against settling the Sinhalese in Tamil areas. He died. There were many such mistakes by India.
As per agreement, on October 3, some 17 LTTE commanders were allowed to come to India but before that they were arrested by the Sri Lankan army and kept in custody. The LTTE contacted Indian officials. Indian generals had sympathy for the LTTE. They informed the government but Dixit misled the government. He allowed these commanders to be taken to Colombo so that Prabhakaran would come to terms and accept the Indo-Sri Lanka accord. In Palali, Indian soldiers had put a cordon to prevent Sinhalese soldiers from detaining the LTTE commanders. On October 5, instructions were given from New Delhi to withdraw the cordon. As the cordon was withdrawn Sri Lankan armed soldiers went to arrest them but they swallowed cyanide within minutes and 12 of the commanders died on the spot. This was the turning point. This was the major factor of confrontation.
On November 11 I raised questions in the Rajya Sabha, but Natwar Singh could not reply to them. In retaliation, the LTTE attacked the Sinhalese and in return the Indian army blasted two newspaper offices and television stations of the LTTE. The Indian army sent a Special Commando Unit to Jaffna. They landed by helicopter in Jaffna to capture Prabhakaran but no Indian commando could survive. In four days of heavy fighting 14 Indian tanks were crushed. The LTTE decided to fight and die.
Do you know what happened after that? Rapes and killings. How many women were raped! How many innocent people were killed! Sri Lankan Tamils thought India will be the saviour but India played a mercenary role for the Sinhalese government. These are all facts of history, and history should not be conveniently buried.
How do you see the US influence in the region?
Americans are helping the Rajapakse government because they think maybe it will allow them to have a foothold in Trincomalee. The Rajapakse government is getting weapons from Pakistan and China. [National Security Advisor M K] Narayanan is telling the government that if India doesn’t provide military help Pakistan and China will give weapons to Sri Lanka. I am asking whether any people of Pakistan origin are living there? Whether people of Chinese origin are living there?
Don’t forget we are 70 million Tamil citizens of India who have got an umbilical relationship with the Sri Lankan Tamils. Don’t play with fire. Let Pakistan and China give weapons. For your geo-political interests why should the Tamil people be made scapegoats? During the Bangladesh war the Sri Lankan government supported Pakistan. They allow them to refuel their planes.
The Tamils of Sri Lanka will be India’s natural allies because we are brothers and sisters. Why should we support the Sinhala government?
Maybe, for geo-political reasons.
For geo-political reasons you should support Sri Lankan Tamils and support Tamil Eelam. Trincomalee will be there, too. Americans are trying to intimidate the whole world today but they are unable to shake even an inch of Cuba. Tamil Eelam will be another Cuba. Sri Lankan Tamilians will be with you. Why are you afraid? The southern most point will be your protection.
What will happen if you help the Sinhalese? The seeds of hatred and frustration will be sown in the minds of the younger generation of Tamils in India, if not today then it will happen tomorrow. India is trying to help the regime which is trying to decimate the Tamil population. Then, another Kashmir will be created in the south. I am worried about the unity of India. Some people say if Tamil Eelam is achieved then people will ask for a separate Tamil Nadu. This is idiotic. Bangladesh was created, are Bengalis of West Bengal asking for a separate State?
But the religion of the majority is different in both cases.
Hindus and Muslims were on both sides. If religion is so important then Iran and Iraq would not have been fighting.
You know how and why some people may quote the Kashmir insurgency if the Indian government took some bold steps.
No. Sri Lankan Tamil and Kashmir issues are not comparable. Kashmiris are not treated as second class citizen of India. They are enjoying more rights than the citizens of other parts of the country. You should not equate Kashmiris with Sri Lankan Tamils. For every conflict there are different views and causes.
In India also the LTTE doesn’t have support. People abhor its violence.
People don’t know the history of the issue. They don’t know the facts. The entire Tamil population of Sri Lanka is with the LTTE. Don’t think that Indian Tamils are not supporting the LTTE.
Blood is thicker than water! It’s smoldering the hearts and minds of ordinary Tamil people of Tamil Nadu. You go and ask the people in the villages. They will say, ‘If Tamils are fighting the Sinhalese my support is for them.’
Many believe that because New Delhi has to consider the Tamil opinion within India, it’s unable to take a bigger view to influence the Sri Lankan government to bring peace in the island. Do you agree?
Delhi has the binding duty to oppose the genocidal attack of the Sinhala government against the Tamils.
India has repeatedly said that India stands for the territorial integrity of Sri Lanka. United States Under Secretary of State Nicholas Burns recently said the Sri Lankan government has the right to protect its territorial integrity and security.
Who are they? India has no right, America has no right. We don’t want India to help the Tamils to separate their country. We don’t make any request to India to help the liberation movement. But, destiny has to be decided by the Tamils in Sri Lanka. What right India has got, you kindly tell me?
But because of domestic politics of Tamil Nadu India is taking a backseat and that vacuum is being filled by the European Union and the US.
You wait and see. When the Tamils are killed in Sri Lanka, Tamils in Tamil Nadu will not sit as idle spectators.
But Sri Lanka is not your country. Indians have limitations.
But don’t forget we have got an umbilical relationship with them for the past so many centuries. Just 200 years back what relationship did we have with the people of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar?
Was India one country before the British came? You tell me, what relationship have I got with a UPwallah and Biharwallah? After the British left we accepted India as one country.
But what can you do beyond a point because Sri Lanka is a different country?
We will have to fight. We will give moral support. If the Indian government supports the Sinhala government we will go to the streets of Tamil Nadu to express our anger and will raise our banner of opposition against any such move.
What are your suggestions?
India will not commit any blunder that was committed earlier. Last year, India wanted to go for defence ties with Sri Lanka. I have managed to crush it.
As a result Sri Lanka will get military support from Pakistan, tacit support from China and diplomatic support from the US. India will get marginalized.
India will never get marginalized if it supports the Tamils. Just because Pakistan and China are helping Sri Lanka you are thinking of helping them, then I tell you, you are entering a dangerous path. The future generations in Tamil Nadu will not be the same. Changes will come in swiftly. Why do you want to sow the seeds of despair and frustration against India?
You are creating another Kashmir in the southern tip. What is more detrimental?
Lastly, can you tell me how you can bring peace in Sri Lanka?
There is no solution other than Tamil Eelam.
Tamils and Sinhalas co-existing is totally ruled out.
What are your suggestions to the Indian government in the short term?
The Indian government should prevail upon the Sri Lankan government to stop the killings of Tamils. They should open the A-9 highway [linking Jaffna to the rest of Sri Lanka]. India should not give any assistance, directly or indirectly, for the military pursuits of Sri Lanka.
It is believed that Parabhakaran is ageing and is not in touch with the latest global trends.
You should know he is a legend. I respect Fidel Castro. Mr Prabhakaran is more than Fidel Castro. His personal character is perfect. He is more or less running the government. In every Tamil household one boy or girl is giving up his/her life for the movement led by him. I claim that he will win the war. He will get Tamil Eelam and the world is going to witness it.
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