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The aims and objectives of the Third Eye English Forum and the Third Eye Little
Magazine are to establisha Creative Writing tradition in English for the Thamils of Sri Lanka.
Third Eye Local Knowledge and Skill Activists Group is engaged in the initiation and
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Waves, Waves ond Waves
Dedicated to: C. Velupillai & T. Kirupacaran
By: SVAGNANAM JEYASANKAR
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THIRD EYE PUBLICATIONS BATTICALOA - 2006
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Waves Waves and Waves
Sivagnanam Jeyasankar
July 2006
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Vice Chanceller's Message
Mr. Jeyasankar, working as a theatre artist at this institution has written this book, “Waves, Waves and Waves' to accommodate his collecton of poems. It includes a historical summary of events pertaining to invisible threats to the environment and the remenants left behind in societies by the colonial masters, especially in the third world countries.
The collection of poems address the invisible threats and dangers in the society and the evolutionary change that gradually takes place in man kind. The book also addresses the issues of environmental ethics. The author asks many basic questions; what are our attitudes towards people and animals Does gender make a difference? Is nature frightening, comforting, over whelming? What is considered sacred? What is considered familiar or exotic? Are we doing the right things towards our mother nature?
It steers evenhandedly through the minefieldofpolitical debate about the current hegemony of environment and related issues and will appeal to anyone with an interestinenvironmental and Social issues, whatevertheir views on the subject.
Finally I wish to quote the writings of Joseph Meeker, who correctly points out that human beings are the earths only literary creatures.... “If the creation of literature is an important characteristic of the human species, it should be examined carefully and honestly to discover its influence upon human behavior and the natural environment - to determine what role, ifany, it plays in the welfare and survial of mankind and what insightitoffers into human relationships with otherspecies and the world around us'. .
I congratulate the effort made by this young energetic lecturer of this university to publishthis valuable collection ofpoems.
Professor S. Raveendranath Vice Chancellar Eastern University, Sri Lanka.

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Contents
It's Nota Riddle or History and Westory
Unlearned Lessons or History Repeats itself
Bornto Slavery or Conquering with Scholarships
We are the "Kings of your Nations"Your Majesty
The Monster's Nuclear Arms or the Unlearned Big Men
Becoming a Manor Delayed Evolution
The Mobile People
Why are they Manufacturing This and That?
Guns, Condoms and Stress
Treasure island
Hey Friends
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Post Cannibalism
Economic identity...What? Nooool!
Comedy of Errors
Unidentified Homeless People
Talk of the Town or City of Batticaloa
Before a PERMANENT SETTLEMENT
In Brief, Relief is Better than Rights?
Finally
Signs of thumps up
Hurrah...! Hurrah...!!! New Millenium!!!
It's a Different Country
Seaching for an equilibrium or "Kulal Puttu System"
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Oh God you are too innocent
Elegy for Thamil New Year 2006
Unitary State but Separated fourth states
Fear of death or Thinking of justice
Its not our destiny
WE HAWE TO LIVE
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Acknowledgements
I’m grateful to A.J. Canagaratne, S. Rajasingam, Suresh Canagarajah, S. Ravindranath, Kamala Vasuki, Sarala limmanuel, Kamalini Ganesh, James Thompson, Augusto Boal, Irene Fraser, Marilyn Krysl, S. M. Felix, K. Ganesh, S.Sasitharan, S.Nirmalavasan, T.Vivekanandarajah, Options, Northeastern Monthly, Third Eye Little Magazine, Alliliates of the Third Eye Local Knowledge and Skill Activists Group and Third Eye English Forum.

FOREWORD
Why Would a person from a small island in the geopolitical periphery Write in the English language? Why Would he choose to sacrifice the millions of people he can Communicate to in the local language? The simple reason is a burning desire to communicate to the rest of the WOrld the thoughts and feelings of himself and his Community. Another reason could be the detachment the second language gives from the immediacy of painful personal experience. Yet another reason is the indirectness and obliqueness to mask radical ideas and present them in harmless ways. This book of poems narrates experiences We should all experience. We See people and Soldiers caught in the ethnic Conflict, aid agencies and the homeless facing the tsunami, teachers and students grappling with intellectual dependency, The poet records voices, The rest of the World should hear voices of insight from people, deception from local media, Condescension from foreign charities terror from militia and authorities.
Suresh Canagarajah Professer, English City University of New York. April 30th 2006.

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PREFACE
I'm Jeyasankar, I was born in Kondavil, a village in Jaffna in the Northern Province and I'm working in Batticaloa in the Eastern Province for the last ten years. I'm happy with my first Collection of poems"Waves, Waves and Waves" in English.
Even though I'm not a master craftsman of "My Masters' Language" in the Conventional sense, feel happy that I'm in a position to utilize my skill in "My Masters' Language" to expose the troubles manufactured by "My Neo Masters" to establish themselves as "Masters" foreverthrough different ways and means.
As a person living and Working as a theatre activist in an environment of disaster and destruction made by men and nature, was forced to think loud and react quick to the dangers of relief, rehabilitation, reconstruction and development.
People are normally aware of visible threats and disasters like war, cyclone and tsunami but being designed to accept willingly the invisible threats and dangers including education and games as programs of development.
As a teacher and as atheatre activist I'm more concerned about the invisible threats and dangers.
My poetry Collection "Waves, Waves and Waves" is a spark among the sparks World over, in the process of exposing the invisible threats and dangers in Order to create a World for all the Species on Mother faith.
Finally I'm mostgrateful to my montessori teacher and my lower school English teacher who made melove the most influential language, despite the dreaded ways of teaching in the classrooms, for the students from the village of this
Country. Sivagnanam Jeyasankar
June 2006

It's Not a Riddle
Or History and Westory
"oetuhem senduhe satellites andue uitpvaduce
nuses and develop tauvism
- Voice of a Master's Neo Ambassador -
I'm a teacher Of a "Higher Institution" And teaching subjects Not to the "simpletons" But to the "Cream Of Our Society"
The class was full The subject was "Sri Lankan Studies" And the medium of instruction
WoW
In English
I am proud and very proud To be a "genuine intellectual" That had mastered My Masters' language And teach the subjects In my Masters' Language
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The undergrads are fresh And from all the streams Were grouped in a mix According to the mastery Of the Masters' Language Seniors, super seniors The staff, the "nonacademic" And even the minor employees Call them "freshers"
One day but not accidentally
asked the undergrads Even though I'm an "intellectual"
asked the undergrads Not an intelligent But a normal question
Why is there not
A person of our Country Or from the "Third World Countries" Or the blacks or brown or even yollows Or Women, except Madam Marie Curie, Half the portion of the population Was not in the Columns Of the inventors and inventions Or the discoverers and disCOveries Of the Science or SOcial Sciences books?
2 • Jeyasankar a ་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་ W WAŁ W W 198 hu w * * * * - - . . - . w ww. w V w.

Undergrads are brave enough to respond In the same Masters' Language And said, said without any hesitation
"We didn't have facilities" "They are the people for invention and discoveries" "Let them invent and discover and We will use them" "We are lazy people no?"
Oh its enough it's enough My brave bunch of "the cream of the society"
Like a Committed Scientist
had experimented and asked The same old question From the undergrads in different classes And came out with the very same Brave old answers of slave Celebrations
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Unlearned Lessons
O History Repeats itself
in times of disaster Nature tries to teach lessons Again and again To mankind But it Will mot COme Under their study Of history or defense
lt Will Come under The 3RS Relief, rehabilitate And reconstruct
Because history is Wars of the Brave Sons Of the mother earth
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In times of disaster Nature tries to teach lessons Again and again To mankind But it Will mot Come Under their study Of history or defense
It Will Come under The 3RS Relief, rehabilitate And reconstruct
Because defense is Making safety measures To defend the enemy Who are also brave Sons Of the mother earth
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Born to Slavery or Conquering with Scholarships
It's interesting to think Or mot to think How academic exercises Especially research programs Are being manipulated For manufacturing knowledge
It's interesting to think Or mot to think How academic exercises Especially research programs Are being manipulated AS Academic Colonization For the strengthening of Intellectual imperialism
6 * Jeyasankar ************* •პ

Building the dominant fort Of intellectual imperialism On the slavery island of mental space Or on the mental space of the civilized World ls a simple and Sweet exercise It's a simple and Sweet exercise
With money in cards And On arrival visa at hand Becoming the new masters Of Our lands of the civilized, is a simple and sweet exercise It's a simple and Sweet exercise
With money and with the mind The exercise of appropriating The neck tied modern illiterates ls being called as academic programs Of the reputed centers of the masters' World instead of ships of the visible colony And it's being celebrated as Scholarships
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We are the Kings of your Nations'
Your Majesty
Why are the democratically Crowned modern kings Jumping and bumping for the flourishing of tourism? And the tie knotting and tail wagging Victims of modern education Drawing and redrawing of plans According to the demands And orders of their Majesty Who reins the new World Order
Why do our democratically Crowned modern kings On their old Masters' attires Roam the World and beg diplomatically?
We are not only the country of house maids As known to your region We are far beyond that
So many choices So many varieties and Options But you have to browse the websites For very special features
Children of our nation are very friendly But we are the strong propagators of child abuse We are totally against child recruitment for terrorism But I would like to remind you all again Children of our nation are very friendly They are very nice to chat with
We the kings of your modern nations Have visions and missions
8 - Jeana ༧་ ་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་

But Some dropout fools... Nesting aged old ideas in their minds And thinking of evolution in reverse.
With Our modern education That was stuffed into US At your institutions Made us think differently And designed as liberals in every aspect To get rid of state dominance In each and every sphere of life
Sooner or later as in other tourists capitals The options for tourists will expand Beyond our people's imaginations Young stress healers in thumbnail pictures And alive On the sidewalks Will help you to choose easily To ease yourself cheaply
It's a strange mixture of varieties and options Lust, Sex and luminescent Colors War, thrill and actions And destruction for reconstruction Adding to that great mixture of options Nature added its gorgeous powers To make it as a live Wonder of the WOrld
Oh! The Great Majestyll We are the kings of your nations
Kings of Modern Nation Kingdoms Grateful to thee
January 2006
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The Monster's Nuclear Arms or The Unlearned Big Men
Prologue
Got the boon to raze the World I'm the king of kings unrivalled ls there anyone to challenge me? (No, no, no. Never) I'm the leader blessed ever to be, (Yes, yes, yes......)"
The Celebrated Monster's nuclear arms Are motionless Not only in the hands Of natural disasters But also in the hands Of branded terrorists
And it is even dangerous In the time of disasters
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if it is natural Or man made It is dangerous To its own worshipers And to the innocent civilians To whom the monsters Are glorified as protectors
The hands that rose to show The power of military might Over the heads of the roaring Innocent jubiliant civilians Stretch forward feebly To the Communities of the World To get them to rise From the rumbles Of the nature's shake
The big men did not learn From the man made disasters Even after the two big wars And after the two big bombs And after the chain of Lilliputians' wars The World Over
The monster's nuclear arms Are not the protection shields As mentioned by the Big Men Not the symbol of dignity As mentioned by the Big Men And certainly not the element of peace As mentioned by the Big Men
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Epilogие
March forward Will We March forward will We Getting rid of nuclear arms March forward will We Devoid of power hunger March forward Will We For all lives to live in peace March forward Will We For the Whole World to flourish March forward Will We."
The Prologue and Epilogue are songs from a Thamil play "Naveena Pasmasuran” (“Ashen Touch”) which deals with nuclear issues. The songs are in Thamil by M. Nilanthan and S. Jeyasankar respectively. It's a translation of Mr. T. Kirupacaran.
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12 - Jeyankar ༈ ་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་ཟས་

Becoming a Man
Or Delayed Evolution
My dearest friend
A Senior citizen Was a Conventional husband And a traditional father Always commenting on this and that While sipping the tea home made Now becoming a man in the fullest Sense Where a Woman Can live A happy home life
He is making tea now Without milk and sugar For his diabetic thirst And made another One too With milk and sugar That's for me For his dearest friend
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He can boil an egg now To make his dinner taste And even tip me to add Salt to boiling water To make the shell easy To break for dinner Or lunch
My dearest friend A Senior citizen Was a COnventional husband And a traditional father Now becoming a man In the fullest Sense Where Women Can live A happy home life
-13. O8.2OO5
4 * Jeyasankar*

The Mobile People
I'm not talking of people Who are not talking among themselves While walking in pairs
Or
I'm not talking of people Who are not talking among themselves While staying together
But
I'm thinking of the dangers That engulfs the Communities In a different form of epidemic May I call it an e. epidemic?
This will alienate the human species Not only from the environment But also from themselves too
But here
I'm talking of a different kind A different kind of mobile people
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As a Thamil in Sri Lanka With a readily packed hand baggage had the experience of mobile life Because of the Army Because of differently barking dogs Because of unidentified gunmen Because of rumors Because of dreams As a Thamil in Sri Lanka With a readily packed handbaggage had the experience of mobile life
But this is entirely a different story There are no differently barking dogs Even though haunted by dreams and rumors But this is entirely a different story
Like the darkness moves into the night Without making signals of warning Dogs are vanishing from the scenes
Oh! What a great tragedy The experienced mobile people Are in turmoil now Not because of the helplessness in the hands of nature But because of the restlessness In the hands of neo invaders Who came with their own prescriptions And pills to relieve us And with differently designed Dissection toolkits and microscopes And surely with pots of gold in Order to reconstruct us again
ACCOrding to them in this neo global Order - O8.08.2005 -
16 * Jeyasankar*****************************

Why are they Manufacturing
This and That
Why are they manufacturing buses?
To treat you as a citizen And help you to traveleasily.
Why are they manufacturing trains?
To treat you as a citizen And help you to traveleasily too.
Why are they manufacturing cars?
To treat you as a citizen And help you to travel Comfortably,
Why are they manufacturing water cannons?
To treat you as a mob And stop you democratically
Why are they manufacturing battle tanks?
To treat you as an enemy And blast you into pieces
-11.08.2005
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Guns, Condoms and Stress
Guns, Condoms and Stress Please give your ears to them They are demanding vagina of Women
Alert Alert Alert
A health alert Health alert for Soldiers
Doctors Sounded the alert
Soldiers engaged in anti-insurgency Operations Struck by HIV The virus Causes AIDS
Oh! What kind of war they are engaged in?, And what kind of insurgency They are encountering?
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18 * Jeyasankar *

It's not the time for questioning it's a time for reacting to a genuine cause Keep silent and give your ears to them
We're invariably stressed out And monotony sets in Working in isolated and hostile terrain For a long period
Oh! It's terrible! Extremely terrible!
So the easy way to relax is to go for casual sex
ya... but where?
"In most cases soldiers mingling with locals And then going for unprotected sex To fight stress and fatigue"
But it's too bada...
Definitely Yes! The awareness level is very low among the soldiers
And they are ignorant too
Awareness campaign with a host of celebrities Including an actress and a bunch of politicians
As part of the drive Soldiers were being given Condoms.
Oh! What kind of war they are engaged in? And what kind of insurgency They are encountering?
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Waves, Waves and Waves" 19

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It's not the time for questioning it's a time for reacting to a genuine cause Keep silent and give your ears to them
it's not a problem to give my ears to them But the problem is their demand! They are demanding the vagina of women!!! They are demanding the vagina of Womanhood
Now, they were given Condoms tool
They are officially equipped with guns and condoms
They are officially equipped with guns and Condoms They are officially equipped with guns and Condoms
Note not a footnote: Based on a news item and not on imagination. People think that art and literature are mere
imaginations when reality seems to be beyond imaginations.
- 28.04.2OO5
20 - Jeankar ༈ ་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་

Treasure island
Forests of materials Opened to anyone With dollars in hands Wealth of resources To make dollars by the handful;
Disaster made avenues For research and experiments; An open field for practices.
The Country becomes An Open University But not for the natives Who were caged into a Disney World of Academic Institutions Making people suitable for World Bank demanded Wonder land Of Blue Collared neo slaves
How to live as subjects And to be specimens Under the microscope Forever in different forms?
At least for a change Shall we resist? Or be happy With eternal slavery?
-17.O2.20 O5
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Hey Friends
Hey Friends! Why the changes in Mind Chemistry?
Hey Friends!!!!
It's mot a dream
It's not imagination And it's definitely nota rumor
it's fact Because it's appeared in the newspaper Words in print
Not from WOrd of mouth By the ordinary people
Hey Friends!!!! Its words in print And scientifically proved By specially trained people So, it's truth In the modern Sensel
The English Daily captured it On the front page. Sri Lanka to lose another Chinese gift?
It was a tall and huge building
With all modern facilities Designed according to a total Chinese architectural model But it was disapproved Because a Chinese model cannot be accepted For a national building
22 - Jeana ༈ ་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་

Even our architects did not accept it Because the building did not suit Our traditional architectural styles
It's rejection due to the absence of a national identity in it.
Oh, my dear patriotic and nationalist friends We will celebrate the power of Nationalldentity And will raise the national flags To establish the Country's sovereignity
But Our Common Sense asks within Ourselves, Authorities are being brave enough To lose the "gifts" To safeguard the nationalldentity But, why do they behave differently When dealing with economic issues?
Accepting and implementing the programs And models of World Bank and IMF And the new ally the WTO Are universally recognized as Negative social elements And elements of domination
What scientific backgrounds And especially trained qualities Made the authorities behave differently?
Why the changes in Mind Chemistry?
Hey Friends Why the changes in Mind Chemistry?
- O2.O.5.2OO5 -
• (Based on a news item that appeared in Daily Mirror, Monday, April 11.2005)
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Post Cannibalism
Arise into the Scene The death technicians With tools in hand And bags on shoulder
Celebrated the disaster To make a heaven in the real World
Even at risk to their lives The armed enemies Saved the lives Of their enemies' kith And the innocent fisher folk Saved the lives of the Harassers' day before
The death technicians Of our neighborhood Raped the neighbors' sisters Even mothers and daughters When they were alive Or death fresh Androbed in the nude
Arise into the SCene The death technicians With tools in hand And bags on shoulder And Celebrated the disaster To make heaven in the real World
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24 * Jeyasankar*

Economic Identity...What? Nooool!
Culturalldentity... Yes! Nationalldentity... Yes! Economic laentity. What? Nooool!
is there any connection Between Culture and Economy Or Between Economy and Culture
What about Marxist talks Of Super structure and base structure
Oh, let's forget it
Don't you know All that nonsense Collapsed With the Soviet Union and its blockS
Oh, what brave thinking?
By the way,
Do you know? Sri Lanka is going to lose another gift?
it's a gift from the Chinese government Like that earlier One, the BMICH".
Authorities rejected it Not because of the suspicious gift of Greece But because of "The architectural design of The National Performance Arts Centre
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doesn't suit the traditional styles" Chinese model cannot be accepted For a national building And the Authorities added Even our architects did not accept it
Oh, what great arguments!
Long live Cultural identity Long live Nationalldentity
Oh, what about Economic Identity?
Sri Lanka hasn't an ECOnomic tradition? The economic models of the World Bank Suit Our Socio-Cultural traditions?
Architects of the Country Running for the World Bank models Because of its appropriateness to the socio-cultural traditions of the Country?
Culturalldentity... Yes! National Identity... Yes! Economic dentity What? Nooool!
BMICH: Bandaranyake Memorial International Conference Hall. News Resourse: Daily Mirror, Monday, April, ll, 2005.
- 28.05.2005 -
26• Jeyasankar ༈ ་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་

Comedy of Errors
Oh! The almighty power of naturel We beseech you! Please do not send your dangerous messages Of cyclone, flood and even Tsunami On a holiday or on Sundays Especially on Poya days! Because Our honorable minister of Science And Technology Raises a thought provoking Un-scientific question of the century To a bunch of questioning journalists, "It was a Poya day. Do you work on a holiday?"
And he accused technologically It's the error of the previous government Of not filling the vacancies And even "issuing circular..... Not to fill these Vacancies"
Oh! The almighty power of naturel We beseech you again!
And again! Please do not send your dangerous messages Of cyclone, flood and even Tsunami On a holiday or on Sundays Especially on Poya days!
(Reflection on a news item which appeared on the front page of the Daily Mirror 13.01.2005)
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Unidentified Homeless People
People were talking about us When we were displaced Because of War, And to a Certain extent We were relieved
People were talking about us When we were displaced Because of the Tsunami, And to a Certain extent We Were relieved
Nobody is talking about US When we are being displaced Not because of War or Tsunami But because of rehabilitators And We Weren't relieved
We lost Our houses Without differences Or discriminations
To the power of war
28 - Jeanar ༧་ ་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་

We lost Our houses Without differences Or discriminations To the power of water
When Our Owners of the hOUSes Have decided to Shift From their storied mansions To their miniatures We lost Ourrented houses To the power of dollars and pounds
We are the displaced And homeless people No one will call us refugees
We are the displaced And homeless people No one will call us displaced Or internally displaced
We are the displaced And homeless people No One will call us street people Or people in the street
We are the unidentified Homeless people Or people without homes
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Talk of the TOW
or City of Batticaloa
Tsunami affected people are In a hurry to pack their things And to be shifted to another camp, Maybe the third or fourth one Within a month
Organizations are busy with Putting up billboards And recruiting youths To implement their mandates and To expand their programs
People are in a hurry to pack their things And to be shifted to another camp, May be the third or fourth one Within a month
Trauma and counseling are The talk of the town
People are in a hurry to pack their things And to be shifted to another camp, May be the third or fourth one Within a month
יי יייויי יי יייויי ייי יייויי "Jeyaaankar • 30

The Voice of resistance To the ill treatment of the people ls not in mandates or in programs And dies down with the people And a few Concerned
People are in a hurry to pack their things And to be shifted to another camp, Maybe the third or fourth one Within a month
Tidal Waves of The false Tsunamis Attacking again and again
People are in a hurry to pack their things And to be shifted to another camp, Maybe the third or fourth one Within a month
Media Moguls Rush toward Tsunami relief Right to information not in their agenda But they feed the country With their propaganda
People are in hurry to pack their things And to be shifted to another camp
May be the third or fourth one Within a month
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Before a PERMANIENT SETTLEMENT
Tidal waves Swept away, Not only the life of the Coastal people But also their sovereignty
The Country becomes An open lab
Visibly
And people Become the subjects openly
Experiments, Operations In many forms, in many names And in many banners or brand names
But, Fear trodden people In queues, Waiting for everything
International figures Come in and go Whether it's appropriate or not Flooding the airport and harbour With relief items for the affected
But, Fear trodden people In queues
AS usual Intellectuals are busy with interpreting data
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But, Fear trodden people In queues
Experts are thinking loudly and planning furiously Fully equipped with flow charts and blue prints
But, Fear trodden people In queues
Without questioning Administrators are busy To implement the plans from above
But, Fear trodden people In queues
AS in election days Politicians are blowing in the wind, Making miraculous statements
But the fear trodden people Are still in queues
Queues
The only ways and means We knew to give and take
And also Effective visuals for the media Mongrel
Oh
Who is there to listen to The simple and humble requests Of the affected people?
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First we need a temporary shelter Away from the sea
To relax
And to sleep peacefully
And We Want To get rid of Haunting dreams And horrible memories
But
We were forced to Wait for food We Were forced to run for relief We were chased here and there for shelters And
We are filling forms, forms and forms ls this a way of Counseling us?
Why it is happening to us? ls it because we are geographically in the periphery And also weak economically? Or is it because We Were forced To be weak economically, To satisfy the power lust of the Developed self centered demi-god nations?
Think for US FIRST A semi-permanent shelter
And
We will disCUSS about our future
AND About our PERMENANT SETTLEMENT
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34...Jeyasankar ཟ ་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་

In brief, Relief is Better than Rights?
Voices of the people in need Make uS irritated and disturbed They force us to look into our business
Do they think We are unaware of the situation? And are ill-equipped to face the challenge?
We know everything And were trained in that Especially trained in that
SO leave uS alone
To do Our business
And mind yours as usual
Waiting in queues
For relief and meals
And occupying yourselves With filling up of forms In different Colors and in hues These will Console your mind, bringing it peace
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And it's really an opportunity For family participation Instead of your request for Community Participation In planning and in decision making
The certain solution to your grief ls to be alert for Lorries with relief
In brief Relief is better than rights
These Great lessons We learnt From Our teachers in Schools These Great lessons we learnt From Our Professors in Universities These Great lessons We learnt From Our Superiors in Our Work places These Great lessons we learnt From our parents in Our houses
These Great lessons We learnt From Our elders in Society
So, keep in your mind Traditional or modern It's part of our Culture Which We have to nurture
So, go and busy yourself
With Lorries with relief
And fight for your portion Let uS be free to look into Our business
Because
We have to build-up our nation ጎ -O4.O2.2OO5
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Finally
Finally, The tsunami affected people got it
They will get a chance to be treated For generations and generations As the treasures of the Country It will give them an opportunity To live a reasonable life in the future
All the GOs and NGOs including the INGOs Can Continue their routine duties By providing food to eat And Water to drink and
Other urgent matters In places where water scarcity is visible!
Finally The tsunami affected people got it!
They will get a chance to be treated For generations and generations As the treasures of the Country. It will give them an opportunity To live a reasonable life in the future.
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The news
Penetrated into my ears like the tidal Waves of tsunami And it excited me.
But it's true! It's true Notarumor as on Friday last he tsunami affected people Will get a chance to be treated as treasures for generations and generations.
The Chairman Or Director of museums Has announced his intention To Collect items For a tsunami museum That is to be established soon.
There are a lot of moveable items With speaking capability, But make sure their responses stick Only to your questions. That's the only problem you will face But you can equip experienced organizations To make the people silent and satisfied By providing them with Colorful plastic buckets and mats With their brand names bigger than the gifts
It's easy now to create Post Modern Museums Or you may call them Museums in the Open Spaces And you can Work it Out
In a paddy store Or
In a play ground or
In a barren and Or
Wherever you want to In a place discarded by The People of the Country
38 - Jeyasankar ༈ ་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་

It's better to incorporate a holistic approach And make the country like a "Dream World" By incorporating Eco Tourism with Open Museums Open Labs to experiment with vaccines and Make it a dumping pit for discarded shit.
Without question the sovereignty of the Country Will be maintained by the people and for the people. They will line up to vote When you need to show Your democracy to the "World", And will line up with placards To show your strength
To the "World"
And not mind. They will pay their taxes without delay And without arrears forever.
Finally, The tsunami affected people got it!
They will get a chance to be treated For generations and generations As the treasures of the Country. it will give them an opportunity To live a reasonable life in the future
- O1.O2.2OO5 -
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Signs of thumps up
Signs of thumps up
Of the state economists,
Symbolize the strength
Of state economy ln media
Men and Women of the state Struggle to make both ends meet
The real Situation ls scientifically different, Statistics, read accurately And interpreted appropriately
Graphs in the authentic reports Always moving upwards To the Satisfaction Of the people in power In order to gain The hearts and minds Of the people of their state
Academics are busy With quoting latest data For their Current Commitments
Still men and Women of the state Struggle to make both ends meet
- 12.O1.2OO6 -
40 * Jeyasankar*

Hurrah...... Hurrah.... New Millenium
We the sons and daughters Of an ancient civilization Glorious by celebrating war and love Buried love into literatures And carry the power of War in Our blood with lust For generations and generations
And still we are proud of Preserving the prestigious preaching Of peacefulness in life and beyond
We the sons and daughters Of the mighty warrior tribes Are proud to hear and read The reports of the high priests That our bravery treads Into a new phase of glory And acclaimed us a new motto "Stop killing for Killing"
We are proud of ourselves And the future generations Will hail us as The generation that shift The phase of
"Stop Killing"
into the next "Stop killing for Killing"
- 12.01.2006 -
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It's a Different Country
Three hearty cheers for Tea pluckers
Three hearty cheers for Garment workers
Three hearty cheers for House maids
The economic burden of the Country ls On the shoulders of Women Women are the back bone of this nation
But men are really worried about The double burden Of working women
And shoulder the burden Of the politics on them And manage the country To get rid of All the impediments
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42 * Jeyasankar *

By militarizing By privatizing
By liberalizing By globalizing
And even Celebrates The Women's Day on March Eighth To make the working Women happy As in May First of every year To make the Working class happy
Naturally
Men are good politicians And Some are with Extraordinary capacities Capable of leadership To raise the flags On the "Annual Independence Day" Hail the politics
Of the Manhood In the "Pearl of the Indian Ocean"
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Searching for an equilibriun or “Kula Puttu” systen
For the best interest of the Legal Business Community The Country needs peace And for the best interest of the Illegal Business Community The Country is in need Of a different atmosphere
The political Community And the Community Of it's "Think Tank" Busy themselves with Searching for an equilibrium Between needed Peace And the needed Different atmosphere
Finally,
The Clever minds of the Nationally rooted And globally guided "Think Tanks" Discovered the local "Kulal Puttu" Steaming system To meet the both ends For the best interest of the country
Kulal puttu is made from rice flour mixed with water and salt crumbled into small grains. first a thin layer of grated cocount is put into the bamboo followed by a thick layer of mixed grain which is then followed by a second thin layer of coconut and another layer of grain and so on, until the bamboo is filled. The bamboo is then steamed in a pot of water.
- 12. O1.2OO6 -
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Who is talking of us As a developing nation Or An underdeveloped Country
Don't talk about Skyrocketing price hikes Be proud over Our Brand new Banishing Machines Surrounded and Marching forward By mechanized Men Paraded in the freedom square
Who is metophorising The Central Railway Station As a newly excavated Archaeological site Crowded with tired people Rushing here and there To meet both ends
And bringing disgrace To the country, Brave dads ConSume The power of spirits
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Don't talk about The empty pots in the kitchen Without rice Or flour
But be proud When you watch the TV Unearthed Arms and ammunition In the kitchen compounds
Our Country where There is no need of Cash Or Card
Agun Even a home made One ls the keynot Fora single door but for al Gun becomes e.Gun Gun for everything
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Oh Gold you arO too linnoc Ont
Oh God you suffered a lot For the well being of human beings In different religions
And in different names
know you suffered a lot genuinely felt you struggled a lot Not to become a god But for the well being of human beings | heard this from my parents and grandparents
learnt about you in the class rooms And also from the story tellers in the village temples, In illustrated story books, and even in cinema.
Oh God Now your presence is everywhere I'm not mentioning it in a spiritual sense But it's in a virtual Sense
heard from the religious propagandists, Even before the historical periods Genuinely you suffered a lot That's what our preachers from every religion Raise their voices from the bottom of their belle
Dear God Even though used the word Mankind
genuinely believe your struggle For the well being of the women too And not only for the well being
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Of the human kind But also for the well being of All the species on planet earth
Dear God
feel Sad noW Because
Oh God they say
You Came in their dreams And articulated something very strange This may bring suspicion among the people Who are Working together to fill their tummies
Oh GOd
I knew you very Well That you are an innocent supernatural being
genuinely believe you Oh God The so called agents of your Corporation (In an era of Multinationals the kingdom is not marketable) Are not representing you at all
Oh God, they won't say Why it's not possible for a public dream For the sake of the human beings
With the loads of relief items They bring the holy books to threaten others Or to give chances to the Waiting Vultures To burn the people to eternal life And give them a chance to sit on The throne of skulls of the human kingdom
- 24.04.2006 -
48 * Jeyasankar*

Elegy for Thamil New Year 2OO6
History registered But not "authentically" Its disgraced chapters On April 2006
Mothers mourn silently in fear and in shame On the eve of The Thamil New Year 2006 For the fate of their Working daughters in the NGOs and NGOS
Not because of The atrocities Of the aggressors
But because of their Very own and Invisible Sons
Innocents victimized In Order to domesticate And the perpetrators Silently harbored
The new version ()f an age old Custom Manipulated invisibly But celebrated harshly
- 15.O4.2OO6 -
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Unitary Stat but Separated fourth state
They always say The doors are opened
thrilled to See it Because heard this From my childhood
In my imagination
It is like A postmodern construction Constructed In an empty space Only with The opened doors
Andalways Talking of "Within the Constituation"
And the Solution To the problem By the problem itself
They are always talking of One Country A Unitary state
But the fourth State Always Flash And open our minds That its their fourth state
-19.06.2006
50 * Jeyasankar"

Fear of death
O Thinking of justice
Fear of death engulfs When thinking of justice t ven for right to drink A drop of pure water In a WOrld Where it was transformed As a commodity And patent right to MNCs Those have the capability To supply Coke Or pepsi Where there is no Water
-O5.06.2OO6
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Its not our destiny
its not our destiny
When time to time People intrude as illegal And enslave uS as barbarians Manufacture their exploiting missions As missions of civilization
Our past generations Not only our forefathers Fought for liberation And brought down The flags of the civilizers But Some of Our forefathers Made themselves as rulers And made the freedom AS the annual event At the freedom squre With the hoisting of flags Which they said
"ltS OurS" And invite missions With red carpeted welcome To democratise Ourselves and were made us to live A "humanitration" life According to them Genuinely its not destiny but our total blidness of the Third Eye
52 * Jeyasankar *

A WOCE RAISED ON BEHALF OF OUR CULTURAL IDENTITY
Jeyasankar is no xenophobe. All his poems reflect his deep concern that our cultural identity should not be submerged by the rising tide of globalization. As one would expect the emphasis is more on the content than the form.
It's all the more creditable that one who was educated in Thamil medium should be writing these poems in English.
If I am to single out individual poems for commendation, I would mention: “It’s not a riddle or History and Westry'. It ends on a whiplashing/satirical note.
“Like a committed scientist I had experimented and experimented Asking the same old question With the undergrads in different classes And they came out with the very same Brave old answers of slave celebrations' (page 3)
Other poems I liked were “Post Cannibalism' (note, its not postcolonialism) where the poet's indignation is revealed, “The Monster's Nuclear Arms or the Unlearned Big Men”, “Unidentified Homeless People”, “The Mobile People”, “Becoming a man or Delayed Evolution” Which reveals the poet's mischievous sense of humour, “Born to Slavery or Conquering with Scholarships”, “Why are they Manufacturing This and That?”, with the twist at the end.
“Why are they manutacturing battle tanks? To treat you as an enemy and blast you into pieces” (page 17)
“Treasure Island” which conveys the poet's indignation at the ravaging of our natural resources in which our academics are complicit. It ends on a sarcastic note.
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“At least for a change
Shall we resist?
or be happy With eternal slavery” (page 21)
Or the poems on the Chinese gift which we are about to lose, not to mention “Guns, Condoms and Stess” which states
“So the easy way to relax is to go for casual sex;' (page19)
“In Brief Relief is Better than Rights” where the poet reveals how foreign
relief workers have made the destitute internalise their dependency; it ends
“The certain solutions to your grief Is to be alert for Lorries with relief
In brief Relief is better then Rights” (page, 36)
"Talk of the Town or City of Batticaloa” is a protest against thc way in which tsunami affected people are treated
“The voice of resistance To the ill treatment of the people Are not in mandates or in programs And died down with the people And a few concerned' (puge 31)
It ends with an attack on-socalled intellectuals, experts, administrators and politicians
But fear - trodden people
Are Still in queues (pAge 3 l )
Keep recurring like a melancholy refrain The poem, “Comedy of Errors” is an attack on the Minister of Science
and Technology who had the effrontery to ask the unscientific question of the century from a bunch of questioning journalists
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"It was a poya day Do you work on a holiday?” (page 27)
and he shifts the blame to the previous government which had not filled the vacancies and accuses it even of issuing a circular not to fill these vacancies.
It is but fitting that Jeyasankar who is deeply concerned about the cultural identities of the Thamils should be very involved in the Kooththu (Traditional theatre of the Thamils of Sri lanka) of Seelamunai a small village close to Batticaloa town. Ile has lived With the people involved in the Kooththu, carried out research and written a post-graduate dissertation on the Kooththu which has brought about a paradigm shift in Kooththu.
-A.J. Canagaratna
Dear Sivagnanam Jeyasankar,
"You very strongly stant) your case;
Very intensely put in to Words your feelings."
Congratulations,
Augusto Boal (Fri, 27 jan 2006)
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LeCLIer in Dama an Theatre Arts
at the Easternuniversity
Sri Lanka.
Theatre and Research Activist
Koothu (Traditional Theatre)
Performer.
Writer Poems in Thami and in English.
Essayist.
(CO-Ordinator
Third Eye Local Knowledge and Skill Activists Group and Third Eye English Forum.
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