Vikramabahu Karunaratne invokes support among Tamils
November 27 2009 – Tamilnet
After supporting the federal aspiration of Eezham Tamils in the 1956 elections, now for the first time left political parties led by Sinhala leaders have come forward to field a common presidential candidate, Dr. Vikramabahu Karunaratne, with a main programme recognising Tamil Nation, its homeland in the north and east, its right to self-determination and autonomy as solution for the unity of the island. When agenda-setting powers harping on chauvinistic elements keep mum on recognising the fundamentals, and when Tamil political parties including some Tamil left leaders locked in agendas don’t have guts to spell out the fundamentals, why not voice-deprived Tamils and peace-loving Sinhalese register opinion and explore co-existence through support to the Left Front, is a topic widely discussed in the Tamil circles.
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Tamil Girl comes all Island first in GCE A/L 2009 (Bio) results
November 26 2009 – Tamil National
Mythily Sivapathasundaram, student of Shaiva Mangaiyar Kazhagam, Colombo ranked all island first in Bio stream in the GCE (A/L) 2009 results that was released today.
Mythily, a native of Jaffna had her school education at Shaiva Mangaiyar Kazhagam, Wellawatte.
Anton Johnirajah of Hartly College, Point Pedro is ranked second with a Z-Score of 3.249 in the Maths stream.
Nipuna Randunu of Ananda College Colombo has scored the highest Z Score with 3.343, in the Maths stream
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Heroes and rulers, eternal struggle of humanity
November 26 2009 – Tamilnet
The roots of the current tragedy of the island lie in the unscrupulous competition between India and USA over the control of the island as a whole. None of the adamantly competing powers wanted to address the national question in the island with justice. In a way, over the death and captivation of Tamils, powers are now wooing and competing for the ‘democratic’ votes of the Sinhalese. The war has metamorphosed the main personalities in the election fray to full-fledged dummies, as they are not as brave or honest as Pirapaharan in resisting the diktats of powers. When viewed against this backdrop, the universal as well as civilisation-perspectives of the struggle under the LTTE of Pirapaharan and the sacrifices made by thousands and thousands of fighters and people could be understood in an altogether different light, sidelining all the accusations on the modus operandi of the struggle.
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The Tamils and equal rights or self-determination
November 25 2009 – Tamil national
“At independence, in 1948, the new political elite, in its rush for power, cultivated ethnic support in a society whose real imperative should have been the eradication of poverty. Language became the spark,” journalist-documentary filmmaker John Pilger recently wrote.
The Tamil people in Sri Lanka had expectations that they would achieve equal rights and power with the Sinhalese once independence was won from the British colonialists. As the independence movement was winning over colonialization there was no talk of any Tamil separatism.
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Foreign Ambassadors including Indian High Commissioner visit Jaffna
November 25 2009
Newly appointed Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Mr. Ashok K. Kantha is on a two-day visit to Jaffna while the Ambassadors of Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and South Korea to Sri Lanka paid a sudden visit to Jaffna Wednesday accompanied by high officials from their embassies, sources in Jaffna said. The sudden visits of foreign emissaries to Jaffna prior to the Presidential election in January have raised questions among the residents of Jaffna peninsula, the sources added.
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