கவனிக்க: இந்த மின்னூலைத் தனிப்பட்ட வாசிப்பு, உசாத்துணைத் தேவைகளுக்கு மட்டுமே பயன்படுத்தலாம். வேறு பயன்பாடுகளுக்கு ஆசிரியரின்/பதிப்புரிமையாளரின் அனுமதி பெறப்பட வேண்டும்.
இது கூகிள் எழுத்துணரியால் தானியக்கமாக உருவாக்கப்பட்ட கோப்பு. இந்த மின்னூல் மெய்ப்புப் பார்க்கப்படவில்லை.
இந்தப் படைப்பின் நூலகப் பக்கத்தினை பார்வையிட பின்வரும் இணைப்புக்குச் செல்லவும்: Tamil Times 1991.05

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CONTENTS
Wooing the Tigers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
People & Politics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
LTTE forms Shadow Cabinet. . . . . . . . . . 7 ANNUAL
Tamil Refugees given option to return... 9 UK/India/Sri La
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The DMK lineup in Tamil Nadu. . . . . . . . 10
Publi Cong.(1) reviews commitment to Accord. 11 TAး
P.O. Proposals for peace by Hindu Council..12 ՏՄ"g:
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FoRA FEDEI
President Premadasa waxed eloquently in his recent address to Parliament on many matters including the ethnic question and the ongoing war. He stated "We stand for the peaceful resolution of the problems. We stand for a Sri Lanka in which every ethnic group and every religious denomination are equal partners with one another... We are determined to break away from the past and cut through years of prejudice and Suspicion. We are ready to make the necessary accommodations and compromises. There is no other road to prosperity...I repeat the Government's invitation to all concerned parties to come to the negotiating table. I do so in the name of the millions of innocent Civilians in the North and East. They are compelled to undergo much suffering for no fault of theirs. Negotiations Can Connence with the declaration to eschew violence as a means of achieving political objectives".
The President's words sound eminently reasonable and well intentioned. If that is the honest and genuine view of the President, one is tempted to pose the question as to why his military has launched a massive offensive in all parts of the north involving thousands of troops and carpet bombing Civilian areas. He appears to know the enormous suffering the people of the north and east are undergoing for no fault of theirs. If that is the case, we ask the question in the name of the very same millions of innocent civilians as to why his armed forces are bombing and shelling them out of existence and sending them to destruction and death. If he is serious about eschewing of violence as a means of achieving political objectives, why is he permitting his military to inflict indiscriminate Violence against the suffering innocent millions?
The fact of the matter is that the government and the LTTE are engaged in a war in which the victims are mainly innocent civilians. If the suffering of the people is to be arrested, and if negotiations are to commence, it is imperative that both warring parties must eschew the use of violence and agree on a ceasefire as a prelude to negotiations.
 

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LT TE spokesmen have also called for negotiations and some of them have declared that they are prepared to settle the conflict on the basis of self-determination of the Tamil people, but it need not be a total separate state. The President also has given expression to the view that except for Eelam, everything else is negotiable. Both parties say they are ready to talk, but they are continuing this war With the inevitable death of thousands and destruction of the lives of millions of people.
The indications are that neither party is going to trounce the other and sooner or later they will begin negotiations with or without outside assistance. It must surely be sensible to commence talking sooner and not later which will inevitably mean more death and destruction.
If the President is serious about being ready to discuss everything else except a separate state, then the time has come for the government to announce a federal Structure in Which the Tamil people of the north-east will enjoy a high degree of autonomy acceptable to them. The rights of the Muslim people of these areas should also be addressed in a manner acceptable to them. What has been repeatedly said in public in the recent past by several LTTE spokesmen would indicate that the LT TE leadership would positively respond to such an announcement by the President and his governfert.
There was a time when even a minor Concession to the minorities was characterised as a Sell-Out of the Sinhalese majority. Opportunist politicians were in plentiful supply to whip up anti-Tamil hysteria and mislead the gullible Sinhala masses. Today it is self evident that the Sinhala people are no longer in a frame of mind to oppose anything that will bring an end to this continuing conflict and they will be prepared to accept a federal solution. What is needed is the political will on the part of the President and his government to translate his words into concrete action to provide an opportunity for all the nationalities in the island to become equal partners in a federal setup.

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VVOOING THE TG
Rita Sebastian from Colombo
There is considerable speculation in Colombo that after the local government elections on May 11 there could be the resumption of negotiations between the Tigers and the Colombo government to resolve the national question.
At election rallies across the country, except in the north and east where elections to local bodies will not be held, President Ranasinghe Premada
· sa has reiterated that his government remains firmly committed to solving the north-east issue through negotiation, and he was willing to take whatever steps necessary, to ensure that the LTTE enters the political mainstream.
Although the government, following the collapse of the unilateral ceasefire declared by the Tigers on December 31 1990, did lay down pre-conditions for any future talks, those pre-conditions seem to have since been re-defined.
The three conditions set out by the government after it met with several political parties were, that LTTE supremo Vellupillai Prabhakaran himself be a party to any future talks, that other political parties be allowed to participate in the discussions and that the LTTE make a declaration against the possession and use of arms by any group or persons, other than those authorised by law.
The government's present position appears to be that it is willing to accommodate even a declaration by the Tigers not to engage in violence during the negotiating phase.
With regard to the participation of other Tamil groups, the government is likely to agree to talks exclusively with the Tigers and draw the other groups into the discussions at a later stage. And with regard to the participation of Prabhakaran in the talks the government might settle for representatives of the Tigers' military wing participating at the talks, and not insist on Prabhakaran's presence.
The Tiger leadership however has remained strangely silent to the indirect overtures by the government, as intensified military operations by government forces in the north-east region and carefully planned guerrilla attacks by the Tigers continue. These past weeks has seen the war enter one of its bloodiest phases, inflicting heavy casualties on both sides. Added to it a terrified population in Eastern Batticaloa were witness to headless bodies surfacing in the town, reminiscent of what happened in the South at the height of the Janatha Vimukti Peramuna insurgency in 1989 when bodies, bullet riddled and necklaced with
burning tyres lay on flowed down the rive Batticaloa allege tha both male and female. ed up by unmarked ve some of their decapit appeared on the roads calling themselves th claiming responsibility
What is significant even the Opposition dom Party leader Mrs. anaike in her election blamed the governmel ing the crisis and critie economic blockade of ing immense hardship population as a result conflict. So there is no consensus that the m should be pursued vigo
The heavy casualti among the security f vinced even hardliner that there is no immed a decisive military solu
Political analysts fe government were to w 60% of the vote in the President Premadasa v as an endorsement of and his handling of the tion.
It would also give strength to deal with e cularly within the milit be wary of a ceasefire di also allow him consider to take a bold initiative
Even if both the warr to talks, there will b logistical problems. Que there be a ceasefire? If party monitor if not obs fire? With the best o cessation of hostilitie! breakdown given the la the part of cadres on th have proved on occasio that they go by their ow Even if a ceasefire be where can the talks be country venue would n most desirable but the as well.
The Tigers appear to any talks in Colombo that it will pose a securi frontline leadership. If i outside the country how leadership be taken out hideouts.
On the Sri Lankan mains the problem of w principal negotiator. Mi Hameed who was the key negotiator during peace dialogue that bı

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June 1990 still commands a measure of confidence with the Tigers. Will the government this time decide to include Textiles and rural Industrial Development Minister S. Thondaman as well since there have been several informal requests to him by the Tamil community to mediate. Or will the delegation be strengthened by the inclusion of Bradman Weerakoon, special advisor to President Premadasa on International Affairs, who has become one of the government's key spokesmen.
It is still unclear as to whether the civil-military balance would in any way be disturbed in a future political decision by the government to resume talks. Hundreds of young soldiers have been killed in battle and the military understandably has taken a very hardline position as to how the Tigers should be dealt with. On the other hand the military top brass are not unaware that there can be no military solution to the conflict and the sooner the political dialogue gets going the better for the forces themselves.
It is however certain that the forthcoming local government elections are quite important not only in terms of the capacity of the government to deal with domestic economic problems but also to take new initiatives to end the fratricidal warfare that has engulfed the north-east of the island. All indications are that the next few weeks will see the beginning of opening of lines of communication between the two sides.

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INDEMINITY FOR SECURITY FORCES IT is reported that the government is considering the extension of the controversial Indemnity Act of 1988 which provided security service and police personnel with immunity from prosecution for acts committed under the Prevention of Terrorism Act and Energency Regulations.
The Indemnity Act was passed “to restrict the taking of legal proceedings against any person in respect of certain acts and matters done or purported to be done during the period July 1979 to December 31, 1987”. The act also provided that: “Any action or legal proceeding instituted in any court of law before or after the date of commencement of this Act...be deemed to be discharged and made null and void'.
At that time the Act created controversy and was denounced as violating fundamental human rights and the Constitution by human rights organisations.
It is now learnt that the top echelons of the security services are seeking an extension of the immunity to cover actions committed after 1987: If the government were to concede to the demand of the security forces, it would mean that cases filed against any security service personnel that are currently before courts could not be proceeded with and no fresh cases could be instituted in respect of acts committed even after 1987.
xr RE-EMMERGENCE OF THE JVP
WITH the massacre of the top leadership of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) and thousands of its alleged cadres, it was claimed by the government that the "nightmare' was over. But recent reports indicate that the remnants of the JVP have actively begun to regroup themselves.
Somawansa Amerasinghe who took over the leadership of the JVP after the capture and killing of Rohana Wijeweera and Upatissa Gamanayake was reported to have escaped to India with the assistance of a top-ranking army officer who is presently in custody. He is very likely to be in some western capital.
It is believed that some leading cadres of the JVP met on April 2 and formed themselves into a "Temporary Co-ordinating Committee' and had made certain decisions; and they include:
to give leadership to win back its lawful rights and to take such steps and actions necessary to meet that end.
to commit against the opp) rule by reaction to give lead compel the gov the emergency tion dealing wit ism and restore
to reorgar bership who hav to take actic of all political pr whether there them or not.
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a monthly newsletter Niyamuwa”. the struggle to defeat
ICBS. booklet to honour the f the JVP from 1971es the photographs of rs including Rohana atissa Gamanayake, Fernando, Shantha Herath, Wijedasa etc., those presently ive the JVP would in not only the ruling government but also parties which they pportunists. While criP leaders for having cally over the body of Mannaperi who was ered by the troops at ring the previous illn in 1971, the booklet opposition parties of ow over the bodies of a, Liyanarachchi and lso charges the SLFP, of shedding crocodile the human tragedy ry same combine was
ER THE CP?
Gorbachev and the the Soviet Union leadss of 'de-Stalinisation' ramatic developments pe where the entrenregimes were overg popular upheavals, e Communist Parties ously slavishly owed e Moscow line into oil. Many parties in their political quanmoniously dropping aggage together with d almost overnight Is into social democraof them totally aban
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doned Marxism as in the case of the British Communist Party which dissolved itself and the few remaining members formed themselves into some form of a ‘discussion club”.
However, changes among the Communist Parties in the countries of the third world have not been so drastic. Some of them have branded Gorbachev as a traitor and still owe allegiance to Stalin whose massive statues have been brought down from their elevated pedestals, broken and melted even in his home state of Georgia in the Soviet Union. Others are struggling in an ideological quagmire.
In the midst of this comes the news that the recently held fourteenth Congress of the Communist Party of Sri Lanka decided to call for a special party congress next year to determine the party's future strategy in the light of the recent developments in the international communist movement, and also to discuss several problems of theory and practice. Before embracing Gorbachevian perestroika, the CP leadership would appear to have adopted a policy of wait-and-see now that Gorbachev's leadership itself appears to be under assault in the Soviet Union and speculation is rife that a more hardline leadership might take power. It is said that a week in politics is a long time, and a year will give the CP leadership time to tailor its theoretical stance depending on developments in its ideological Mecca, Moscow.
In respect of the current problems facing the island, the Congress called for a return to the search for a political solution within the framework of Sri Lanka's territorial integrity and sovereignty. It also called for recognising the national aspirations and identity of the Tamils and introduction of a satisfactory devolution of new centralised powers and functions to the Tamil areas to be administered by their elected representatives.
PRESIDENTS POMP AND PAGEANTRY
PRESIDENT PREMADASA may be an illustrious example of the rags to riches through politics to Presidency, but the pomp and ceremony that accompany his public functions and appearances are unprecedented and the recent opening of parliament was no exception.
When the President arrived to open the new sessions of the National State Assembly, the "President was escorted to Parliament House along the drive cutting through the Diyawanna Lake by nineteen mounties in bright red uniforms. A 21-gun salute boomed from the esplanade opposite, adding to the pomp and ceremony of the occasion. The President reviewed a smartly drawn up guard-of-honour from the
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army, navy and airforce. The navy's drum and fife band was in attendance, the state-controlled Daily News reported.
st LTTE MOVES TO MAKE PEACE WITH RAJIV
RELIABLE reports and recent statements of LTTE stalwarts and spokesmen indicate that the LTTE is in the process of building bridges with the Indian former Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi and his Congress(I) in anticipation of the outcome of the forthcoming Indian elections.
The confrontation between the IPKF and the LTTE resulted not only in a military battle, but also accusations by the LTTE of the Rajiv government "Committing genocide against the Tamils' of Sri Lanka. Its spokesmen charged the Indian government of seeking to impose its hegemony over not only the Tamils and Sri Lanka but also over the whole of south-east Asia. The attacks on Rajiv Gandhi in particular became more strident and aggressive during the time LTTE was engaged in confabulations with President Premadasa's government.
It is reported that LTTE spokesmen in Madras made efforts to meet Rajiv Gandhi when he visited Tamil Nadu recently and the man behind this effort was Kasi Anandan, a member of the Central Committee of the Peoples Front of Liberation Tigers (PFLT), the political wing of the LTTE.
In a recent interview, Kasi Anandan said that confrontation between the IPKF and the LTTE was "An unfortunate chapter in our history and it should be totally forgotten by both sides. As far as we are concerned, even when we fought India, we never sought help from Pakistan or China which are inimical to India. We (meaning the LTTE) want to be on the side of India, and we also want India on our side. We have never worked against India at any time'.
Meanwhile it is said that there is much consternation in Colombo, particularly in presidential circles, about the prospect of Congress(I) coming to power and Rajiv Gandhi becoming Prime Minister once again. The fact is not that Rajiv loves Prabhakaran more, but his love for President Premadasa is less because of the shoddy diplomatic manner in which he dealt with the question of the presence of the IPKF in Sri Lanka and its departure.
The view of Rajiv Gandhi and all at the South Block in New Delhi is that, having invited the Indian government to underwrite the Indo-Sri Lanka Agreement and enforce it by the presence of the IPKF and embroiled the IPKF in a two year military confrontation with the Tigers which cost the Indians much in terms of money, men
and prestige, Premada and betrayed India i behaved after suc Jayawardene. The eag will be to teach Preside lesson.
Such a state of min result in the success LITTE’s moves. Howeve may not be prepared EPRLF and other as groups which stood b Lanka Agreement and which were denounced “Indian quislings”. Afte India's insistence and the non-LTTE groups the Provincial Council sequently many of th their lives. EPRLF's pr still remains the same and former Chief Mi Raja Perumal is still h protected Indian hide the reach of LTTE gun that Rajiv Gandhi will Tigers making some with the other Tami quid-pro-quo.
Meanwhile in his re. Parliament, Premada some conciliatory state ing his readiness “to m sary accommodations ises'. He said:
"The LTTE entered with the government period we tolerated in vocations. We did so in peace and reconciliat arrangements for then elections to the NorthCouncil afresh. This abled them to seek a d date from the people Such a mandate, woul them to continue the with the government as resentatives. Houvever, an unprovoked attack ol lishments and security June. That uvas the b current conflict in the N
“We stand for the pea of problems. We stand in which every ethnic g religious denomination ners with one another. much to translate our reality. The language agitated this country foi century is no longer an and Tamil are both offi Recruitment to the Sta cluding the Armed Ser are made on merit and
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sa had insulted n the way he ceeding J.R. erness in Delhi nt Premadasa a
d in Delhi may of the present r, Rajiv Gandhi to let down the sociated Tamil y the Indo-Sri the IPKF and by the LTTE as all it was upon persuasion that
ventured into arena and connem paid with o-Indian stance
and its leader nister Varatha osted in a well but away from men. It may be insist upon the accommodation groups as a
cent address to Isa has made ments expresslake the necesand comprom-,
into discussions . During that numerable pro, the interests of ion. We made to contest the East Provincial would have enетocratiс тапof those areas. 'd have enabled 'ir negotiations legitimate repthey re-started n security estabpersonnel last aginning of the Worth and East. ceful resolution for a Sri Lanka troup and every are equal partWe have done so aspirations into problem which r over a quarter issue. Sinhala cial languages. te Services invices and Police ethnic ratio.
to break auay hrough years of ... We are ready ссоттоdations re is no other y. There is no ited Sri Lanka. the North and
East because of our disunity. However, we were able to send them away.
"I repeat the Government's invitation to all concerned parties to come to the negotiating table. I do so in the name of the millions of innocent civilians in the North and East. They are compelled to undergo much suffering for no fault of theirs. Negotiations can commence with a declaration to eschew violence as a means of achieving political objectives. It is also necessary to recognise the democratic rights of groups representing other shades of opinion. All parties and groups should be represented by their effective leaders. They must be leaders who are able to subscribe to agreements which will be һопоиred”.
BSHOPABUSED
AND ASSAULTED
IT is not every day that a person holding the exalted position of a Bishop gets abused or assaulted. And when it happens, it must be worthy of a news report if not an editorial comment. But none of the national newspapers make even a mention of a recent incident in which a Roman Catholic Bishop was abused and assaulted.
On 16 March, the Bishop of Mannar, Rt. Rev. Dr. Thomas Savundaranayagam was on his way to Colombo. When he arrived at Vavuniya where he had to pass through an army checkpoint, he was subjected to unprovoked insulting verbal abuse and brutally assaulted by an army officer. It was not as if the army officer did not know the identity of the victim as he was fully dressed in his religious garb befitting the exalted position. If this is the fate of a Bishop, it is not difficult to imagine the plight of the ordinary civilians at the hands of the Sri Lanka security force.
The Jaffna Diocean Priests' Union in a memorandum addressed to the President of the Bishops' Conference in Colombo stated: “We the priests of Jaffna together with the Bishop were distressed to hear about the assault by an officer of the security forces on Monsignor Tom Savundaranayagam, the Bishop of Mannar on 16 March 1991. We are sure that you are already aware of this incident. However, we would like to express to you our great concern and deep regrets at the escalating degree of violence culminating in the assault on the person of a Bishop of the Catholic Church and the VicePresident of your Conference. May we express the hope that the Bishops' Conference will not look at this as an isolated incident but take it as an example of the suffering inflicted on the innocent civilians by the security forces'.
In a protest memorandum addressed to President Premadasa, the Jaffna
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LTTE forns Shadow Cabinet to protect Tamils
MADRAS.
The LTTE has formed 'a Shadow Cabinet for the Tamil homeland” in Sri Lanka to protect the Tamils there from “military pressures' such as the offensive now by the Sri Lankan Armed Forces and to help the Tamils cope with the economic embargo imposed on them by Colombo, according to the LTTE leader, Mr. Sathasivam Krishnakumar alias Kittu.
He said over the phone from his residence in London that "the Shadow Cabinet is functioning normally in all areas' and it aimed at chalking out schemes to protect people from the current military operations and creating selfsufficiency in food production. It was functioning in several areas such as the food production department”, he said.
“The Shadow Cabinet consists of members from the movement (viz. the LTTE) and capable people from the public', he said.
A large-scale colonisation of the Eastern Province by the Sinhalese was under way. Therefore, the Shadow Cabinet's important function is to keep a watch on the colonisation. The Cabinet is doing research and analytical work on our homeland. It is successfully doing something', Mr. Kittu said.
Answering repeated questions on whether the LTTE's
formation of a Shadow Cabinet was a prelude to its declaring a separate country, he said, "It cannot be said it is not a prelude'.
"Circumstances will be created for Eelam”: On whether the LTTE planned to declare a separate "Tamil Eelam”, Mr. Kittu said: “Circumstances do not obtain now for the declaration of Tamil Eelam. But we will create such circumstances. Besides, such circumstances will happen naturally and historically'.
Asked whether the Shadow Cabinet consisted of LTTE leaders such as Mr. Yogi and Mr. Mahatiya, he said the composition of the Shadow Cabinet had not been revealed to the outside world.
Mr. Kittu said: 'A maximum-scale offensive' by the Sri Lankan Armed Forces was under way in the entire Northern Province of the island and the Army was trying to occupy the North. The LTTE was fighting the Army and both sides had sustained heavy casualties'.
The soldiers were trying to advance from Silavathurai in Mannar district towards Mannar town and Madhu area, from Vavuniya town to Thandikulam and towards Mannar. The LTTE was resisting their advance near Silavathurai, Madhu Church area, Thandikulam, Veppamkulam and on the Vavuniya-Mannar road.
“INDIA NEVER SUPPORTED EELAM” - HIGH COMMISSIONER
Indian High Commissioner N.N. Jha has told reporters in Madras that the LTTE should not hesitate to contest elections and prove to the world its claim of being the sole representative of the Lankan Tamil people.
He said so when asked about the usefulness of having talks with other Lankan Tamil groups when the Tamil people supported the LTTE which called the shots in the Tamil areas.
The Hindu of April 20 and 21 which wrote about Mr.
Jha's meeting with the Madras press, quoted Mr. Jha as saying: "There is a basic inconsistency in the LTTE's claim that it is the most popular group in the northeastern province of the island, but that other groups would not be allowed to exist or contest elections.
“This is a natural contradiction. If the LTTE is sure of its stand and it calls the shots, there must be no objection to its standing for elections'.
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recent statement that it wanted India to mediate, he said the LTTE had said, on and off, that India should mediate in the Tamil problem. It had also said India's role could only be humanitarian and not political. The LTTE should make up its mind on its approach to India and make it clear.
It is for India to decide what role, if any, it would play anywhere in the world. I don't think the LTTE or anybody else can define this role for us. The LTTE should realise, once and for all, that the question of secession in Sri Lanka is not on as far as the government of India is concerned. They know this point and should be aware of this', he said.
He reiterated: "India's policy never supported Tamil Eelam and the LTTE was aware of it. The Indian policy stood by the Indo-Sri Lanka Agreement of 1987. Though it might not be an ideal document, India has to stick by it absolutely'.
He said the Tamil Nadu government had asked him to protest at the shooting of Indian fishermen by the Sri Lanka Navy and he would take up the matter with Colombo.
He said the Sri Lanka Navy should adopt the accepted international procedures of dealing with fishermen who enter their territorial waters and not fire on or kill them.
Meanwhile an LTTE spokesman in London, Sathasivam Krishnakumar (Kittu), has told The Hindu that the LTTE has formed "a shadow cabinet' to look after the northern and eastern provinces, but he declined to elaborate or explain.
He said the 'shadow cabinet comprised LTTE leaders and capable civilians, but declined to name them. The priority aim of the 'shadow cabinet was to draw up schemes to protect civilians from the military operation, Kittu said.
Bid to capture Prabhakaran
A major operation to capture Velupillai Prabhakaran, the elusive leader of the LTTE, will be launched shortly, a senior military official revealed.
The LTTE operational headquarters where Prabhakaran is believed to be holed up has been spotted in the dense jungles of Nedunkerni Division in the Vavuniya District.
Prabhakaran who is commanding the LTTE from this jungle hideout, according to military sources, is believed to be trapped there, due to the military operations conducted by the security forces.
The highly fortified LTTE base is also believed to be providing security to several other top LTTE leaders. Intercepted LTTE messages
have given vital clues to the security forces and helped them analyse the characteristics of the base which could be the LTTE's strongest jungle-fortification.
This operation seen by defence analysts as the most vital move to break the backbone of the LTTE was delayed for logistical reasons. A large force of men and armour are expected to be involved in this operation.
"The base is their pride. As long as it stands, the Tigers will be there. So it's our aim to destroy it along with its builders', a defence official said.
Air Force helicopters are now taking on suspected LTTE targets in the jungles of Vavuniya in a prelude to the Prabhakaran hunt.
MALAYSIAN PEACE MOVE DENIED
Government has denied a report in The Hindu that Sri Lanka had sought the mediation of the Malaysian government to bring a negotiated settlement to the ethnic conflict between the Sri Lanka government and the LTTE.
The Presidential Advisor on Foreign Affairs, Mr. Bradman Weerakon said that the report was totally false, incorrect and mischievous. The report which appeared on the front page of the South Indian based
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English daily The Hindu is a total fabrication and theimagination of interested individuals, Mr. Weerakoon said.
The government had at no stage asked the Malaysian Government to mediate in the ten-year long conflict, and it does not desire to do so even in the future, Mr. Weerakoon said.
Defence Secretary, General Cyril Ranatunga and senior Foreign Ministry officials could not be reached for comment in this regard yesterday.
Malaysia's High Commissioner in Colombo, Dato Omardin said he was not aware of any such request by the Sri Lanka government. Malaysia has always maintained a strong policy of non-interference in the internal affairs of another independent and sovereign state. “We continue to maintain that policy', the envoy said.
He added that if there was any move by the Sri Lanka government to seek the mediation of his country, that would have been notified to his diplomatic mission. It is therefore clear
that the report in the Indian newspaper is false, he added.
The Hindu in its April 7th issue stated that the Malaysian government is trying to mediate between the Sri Lankan authorities and the LTTE. The report which quoted LTTE sources, said that Sri Lanka's High Commissioner in Kuala Lumpur Mr. C. Rajadurai had spoken to the Malaysian Minister in this connection.
The report added that the LTTE was happy that the Malaysian Government was trying to mediate on the ethnic issue, but it also felt that these efforts would not bear any fruit without India's participation. The LTTE made it plain that India should be involved in any negotiation, the newspaper stated.
The report also quoted the LTTE’s London representative, Sathasivam Krishnakumar alias Kittu saying that the Malaysian Government had shown interest in the matter. We got a message from the Malaysian Government that they want to talk to us but the LTTE has not formulated its respon se yet, Kittu was quoted by the newspaper.
CHINESE BOAT FOR NAVY
The Sri Lanka Navy has taken delivery of a new Chinese-built landing craft that would add more punch to its amphibious warfare operations which had emerged as a key element in the government's 'counterterrorist' campaign, military sources said.
The new light landing craft, with a carrying capacity of 50 tons, arrived on April 1 and was unloaded the following morning sources said.
Over 400 of the same craft were being used by the Chinese Navy, they added.
They said the craft was built and delivered within three months because it was originally meant for the Chinese Navy.
“We were able to get it so soon and at a very favourable price because of the good relations between China and Sri Lanka.
The acquisition was made on a government-to
government basis following negotiations conducted through the ambassadors of both countries.
A key advantage of the new landing craft was that it had a very shallow draught allowing it to sail in very shallow waters, sources said.
The craft could operate from any naval base, including Kalpitiya and Karainagar because of its shallow draught. Right now those two bases could not be used by the Navy's existing two landing craft, which were bigger, having a carrying capacity of 100 tons, they said.
Also the cargo bay of the new landing craft had a built-in-steel cover to prevent the cargo getting wet while in transit at sea.
The Navy's existing two LCMs, both acquired from Singapore, did not have that protection.
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landing craft was armed with two twin 14.5 Chinese anti-aircraft cannons.
The Navy is expected to take delivery of a fourth landing craft, slightly bigger than the latest one, within
the next six months. This is being built by the state-run Colombo Dockyard Ltd. (CDL).
Sources added that landing craft had been used on several occasions during operations against the Tigers.
Tamil refugees in India given
option to return
Sri Lanka is making preparations to accommodate about 210,000 refugees living in South India who are being given the option to return following high level discussions between Foreign Secretary, Bernard Tillekeratne and Indian Deputy External Affairs Minister, Digvijay Singh in New Delhi, according to government sources.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Rehabilitation, Reconstruction and Social Welfare said all refugees would be given a choice as to whether they wished to return to Sri Lanka. "The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, which will be actively involved in the process of repatriation, has placed special emphasis on the principle that these people must decide to return of their own free will, and that no force or pressure be applied', he said.
The Sri Lanka government sees no problems with
the return of these refugees and will accept them since they are all citizens of Sri Lanka, he said.
According to plans, they will arrive at Talaimannar and will be transported to their home areas. If the security situation in the area prevents them from returning to their homes, the government hopes to provide temporary shelter for them in refugee camps in the Mannar area, he said.
According to Lankan officials, the government of India has agreed to bear a substantial part of the expense of repatriation and rehabilitation of the refugees.
A similar agreement had previously been reached in 1987 between the governments of the two countries, through which 42,000 refugees who were living in camps in Tamil Nadu had been voluntarily repatriated to Sri Lanka from 1987 to 1989.
SLFP WANTS COUNTRY PUT ON “WAR FOOTING
The Sri Lanka Freedom Party has called on the Government to stop treating the war in the North and East as a "mere side show'. The Government should set the country on a 'war footing, by giving an example of austerity to the people and set about giving the armed forces the necessary support, military supplies and political leadership to win the war speedily before it is too late, the SLFP has said.
The SLFP has also expressed concern and dismay over reports of the deteriorating situation in the northern and eastern provinces, and the mounting toll of casualties.
"It is apparent that the Government has failed to
appreciate the gravity of the situation or to give our armed forces who are fighting valiantly to safeguard the sovereignty and territorial integrity of our motherland, the necessary support, supplies, equipment and political leadership', the SLFP has alleged in a statement.
Though the government has not been able to provide necessary funds to purchase essential items for the troops, it appears to have an inexhaustible supply of funds for wasteful and extravagant tamashas and even to provide floodlights at Khettarama Stadium to enable games to be played by night, the SLFP has charged.

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THE DMK LINEUP |N TAML, NADU
MADRAS, April 17. The DMK President, Mr. M. Karunanidhi, will seek reelection to the Tamil Nadu Assembly from the Harbour Constituency in North Madras.
The decision ends all speculation triggered by his earlier hint about his desire to opt out of the contest to make way for someone else.
His name figures in the first party list of 138 contestants (of them 80 are members of the dissolved Assembly), including six women, to the Assembly and 24 to the Lok Sabha. Only one woman finds a place in the Lok Sabha list. The names were released by Mr. Karunanidhi here.
Among those renominated to the Assembly are the Speaker, Mr. Tamizhkudimagan, and 11 former Ministers - Messrs. K. Anbazhagan, K. Manoharan, Arcot N. Veeraswami, Durai Murugan, Veerapandi S. Arumugam, K.N.
Nehru, Ko Si Mani, Pon Muthura malingam, S. Thangavel, M. Kannappan, Dr. Ponmudi and L. Ganesan, (Parliamentary Secretary to the former Chief Minister).
Mr. K.P. Kandaswami, Dr. K. Chandrasekharam and Mr. K. Sundaram, for
mer Ministers, will contest for the Lok Sabha.
Shifted
Of the 14 city Assembly constituencies, candidates for 11 have been announced. Mr. Anbazhagan, general secretary of the party, who contested the election from Anna Nagar last time has been shifted to the Chepauk constituency held by the IUML leader, Mr. M.A. Latheef, in the dissolved Assembly. The name of Mr. N. Ganapathy, who contested from the Mylapore constituency in the 1989 elections is not found in the list. The constituency has been allotted to Mrs. Nirmala Suresh.
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MADRAS, April 18. The AIADMK-Congress(I) Democratic Front today launched its election campaign at a rally on the Marina with the leaders of the two principal partners, Mr. Rajiv Gandhi and Ms. Jayalalitha, issuing a fervent appeal for electing a strong and stable government at the Centre and a corruption-free government in Tamil Nadu.
While Ms. Jayalalitha, who spoke first, underscored the need for a strong Centre to put down fissiparous and anti-national tendencies that she said had surfaced in the recent past, Mr. Gandhi said that for development of States such as Tamil Nadu there should be a spirit of cooperation between the Centre and the State.
Mr. Gandhi said the two Governments at the Centre in the last 15 months had failed to fulfil the promises.
Tamil Nadu also did not witness any development during this period mainly due to the absence of work between the Centre and the State. Several programmes evolved by leaders like Indira Gandhi for the welfare of the poor and downtrodden were thrown to the wind. The security of the nation and law and order became the main issues of discussions in Tamil Nadu smuggling of arms and drugs and gunrunning became a routine.
Charge against NF Govt
Mr. Gandhi said that only by electing the Congress(I) and the AIADMK, the people could hope to have a stable government. This was only a beginning and a lot of work had to be done for the welfare of the common man by mutual cooperation. He also charged the National Front with back
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easing the first list at arty headquarters, Mr. unanidhi told reporters over 3,000 had applied he ticket and selection made on the basis of the estions made by the 7's executive, general cil and administrative mittee. e Tamil Nadu unit of Indian Union Muslim ue (Samad) has decided it alone in the forthng elections in Tamil l. e State Executive of party which concluded wo day session yesterdopted a resolution not ave any truck with r the AIADMK or any which had alliance the AIADMK includhe Congress(I). It was decided to put up its dates in 8 Lok Sabha tituencies and 44 mbly segments in l Nadu and in 7 Assemsegments in Ponrry. e Executive charactecertain remarks made e press by Ms. Jayalageneral secretary of AIADMK about the
Tamil Nadu unit of the IUML and its leadership, as derogatory and a travesty of truth deserving total condemnation.
The reported remark of Ms. Jayalalitha that the alliance with the IUML was not desirable, only betrayed her arrogance and ignorance of politics, since the IUML never had any direct alliance with her party. The Executive also decided to have alliance with other parties which would accept the ideologies of the IUML.
Stating that it was unfortunate that the Tamil Nadu Congress(I) had not done anything at its command to heal the injury caused to his organisation, Mr. Samad said that while he had great regard for Mr. Rajiv Gandhi, the leadership of Mr. Gandhi's party in Tamil Nadu was more inclined to play se cond fiddle to the AIADMK. He recalled that the IUML had a smooth relationship with the Congress(I) when it was captained by persons who cherished parties which had alliance with the Congress(I).
ing on the reservation y which it pushed gh so hard. It was the ress(I) and Kamaraj gave the reservations he uplift of the backclasses in Tamil Nadu.
it was Nehru who ght a constitutional diment to fulfil the ise made by the Con. But the National had made a mockery
2 Congress had mooted al welfare programmes he amelioration of the in its manifesto. "For National Front all s, including reserva
are a political gimused to fool the people Lot to help them. Dure non-Congress rule at Sentre and the DMK in Tamil Nadu even concerning the people provision of drinking r remained unimnted'.
cribing the present bn as a crusade against oritarian rule, coml frictions and anti
national activities', Ms. Jayalalitha said the country was passing through a crucial stage and the people should be wary of all developments both political and social. The people had now realised the consequence of electing minority governments at the Centre and this should make them think twice before exercising their franchise.
One of the central national issues was Ram Janmabhoomi. Unfortunately this had created a lot of communal friction even jeopardising the unity of the country and some political parties were bent upon using the issue to gain mileage. While the BJP and VHP were mobilising support for construction of the temple, the Babri Masjid Committee was opposing any move against status quo. Even while speaking at the National Integration Council meeting held some time back in Madras she said she had urged the need
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Congress (I) rene to Indo-Lar
"Isn't it significant - this reference to the nuclear policy in the Congress (II) manifesto?” commented a senior diplomat, a day after the party president, Rajiv Gandhi, released the document. Three other diplomats, participants in the animated discussion on the coming poll at a cocktail party, nodded approval.
They had in mind a sentence under the sub-head "atomic energy', which said: "In case Pakistan persists in the development of nuclear weapons, India will be constrained to review her policy to meet the threat'. One of them had already done a bit of — ‘the Congress (II) manifesto last time did not go that far.
Manifestos, it is clear, are taken seriously by others, even when the reaction within the country borders on cynicism. The stand taken by different parties, especially those perceived as future rulers, is scanned carefully and attempts are made to find hidden meanings in vague formulations. Special attention is paid to foreign policy. This is dealt with at length in the Congress (I) manifesto while other parties have been content with scanty treatment of this subject, important though it is doubtlessly. But as in the past foreign affairs are unlikely to be a major issue in the campaign.
The manifesto does not
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reflect the tilt against th U.S. evident from Mr. Gal dhi’s utterances on the Gu and related issues or frol his campaign against th refuelling of U.S. militar planes at the time of th fighting in the Gulf. Its v rious formulations are ce tainly not in tune with wha some among the party ran and file, in their ovel enthusiasm, ascribed t him. Didn’t the placards cal ried by some party memben at the time of Mr. Gandhi departure for the "peace' tri abroad proclaim - duniy mein hain do hinam — Raji Gandhi aur Saddam (onl two names matter in th world - Rajiv Gandi an Saddam Hussain).
“We will enlarge', says th manifesto, "the area c mutual understanding an cooperation with the U.S and achieve a further im provement in relations This may be a routine state ment but the fact remain that Indo U.S. ties acquire a new dimension in variou fields, including defence during Mr. Gandhi's year in office. He built upon th foundations laid by hi mother.
A party in office tends moderate the extremis) adopted by it while in th Opposition. The Congress (
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for negotiations between both the parties for reaching an amicable solution and this should be accepted by both the sides. She stressed that the issue should not be made an election issue.
Why DMK Govt. was dismissed
In a broadside against the DMK, Ms. Jayalalitha said that vhile the DMK President, Mr. Karunanidhi described the dismissal of his Government as a murder of
democracy, actually the pe ple knew the real truth. was unfortunate that ev some national leaders sa in chorus with Mr. Karun nidhi. The Government w dismissed for its 'ant national activities', she sa and added that the coast areas of Tamil Nadu ha become a haven for smu gling arms and drugs e. dangering the safety of th people and security of th State.
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Extreme caution
At times, the caution is carried to the extreme limit. Take the case of neighbourhood diplomacy. Our neighbours, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh (Pakistan falls in a different category for one reason and Bhutan and the Maldives in another) are keen to know the deal they will get from New Delhi in case the Congres (I) returns to power.
More specific on Sri Lanka
What it says of Sri Lanka is a slightly more specificreiteration of the commitment to the India — Sri Lanka Agreement of July 1987 as the basis for the settlement of outstanding issues relating to the Tamil population of the island and to 'continue its endeavour to find solutions to problems in a manner that will secure the rights of the Sri Lankan Tamils, safeguard India's national security interests and ensure territorial integrity of Sri Lanka’.
Some of the statements on the performance of the
National Front Government are open to question. Witness this one, "Owing to neglect by the National Front Government and its success or”, the tim e - te sted friendship with the Soviet Union has stagnated in the last 15 months. Only recently, Mr. Gandhi met the Soviet President, Mr. Mikhail Gorbachev, and would certainly have been briefed on the problems, economic and political, faced by the latter. What happened in the Soviet Union lately is no secret even otherwise. Stagnation - if that is the right word - is the outcome of the momentous changes in the Soviet Union and not of the lack of efforts on India's part. If India's economic and defence relations with Moscow have been affected, the reasons are to be found in the domestic problems of the Soviet Union. Last year's visit to the Soviet Union of Mr. V.P. Singh was a success given the new constraints in bilateral dealings. At the political level, the two sides have maintained contact and shown appreciation of each other's limitations and compulsions.
It is only towards the end of the chapter that a note of moderation is struck - "on specific foreign policy issues, the Congress will seek to evolve a common approach so that, to the maximum extent possible, India speaks in one voice'.
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PROPOSALS FOR PE BY HINDU COUNC
The Council of Hindu Organisations has issued the following statement on the situation in the North-East Province:
On June 11th 1990 renewed fighting suddenly erupted between the Government of Sri Lanka and the L.T.T.E. in the North-East Province. No public statement was issued, either by the Government or the L.T.T.E., as to the issues discussed and the points of disagreement during the fifteen months of warm and cordial relationship that preceded the renewed conflict.
Nine months have passed and there is no indication of a cessation of hostilities. Destruction of persons and property is taking place on a large scale. Though the Government had announced at the outset that this war was not against the Tamils but only against the L.T.T.E. every month innocent civilians are dying by the score and a large number of public buildings and private houses are being destroyed. Refugees numbering one million are eking out an existence in very poor living conditions.
There is a general scarcity of food, fuel and medicines. Whatever is available can only be purchased at a heavy price. There is no electricity, postal, telecommunication or transport services. Trade and commerce are drastically curtailed. Government servants and pensioners are not regularly paid and there is a general scarcity of cash for daily transactions. Normal life is at a standstill and people are suffering great hardships and untold misery. The North-East Province is turning into a waste land, a scorched earth and many people are leaving the area in desperation.
The Media in Sri Lanka for various reasons are not reporting these tragic developments. Unfortunately, the international media find these happenings a common occurrence and have lost their interest. Added to this the Gulf conflict has pushed other developments in the world to a corner.
As citizens of a multi-ethnic and a multi-religious Sri Lanka we are bringing the sufferings of the peoples of the North-East Province to the attention of our fellow citizens, the Government and the L.T.T.E. in the hope that prompt steps would be taken to alleviate the situation by stopping the fighting as a first step. If the North-East Province is a part of Sri Lanka, then what is happening there should be known and be the concern of fellow citizens in the rest of Sri Lanka. Otherwise we abdicate our responsibility as fellow citizens of a democratic country and weaken our claim for a
united Sri Lanka. Turı to the sufferings of a our people is the first st and separation. Moreov bility, economic progn justice will be adversel country as a whole if or the continuous grip c instability.
We welcome the st Prime Minister, who State Minister of De Government is ‘not se solution'. He has also are still open for discu tiations'. Since indepe cades agothis question discussion and negotia meetings of representa ple, be they between le ment and at All Party compromise solution and it is now a question tion. Failure to implem tions has been the ba politic. The Sinhala-Tal taken a turn for the w failure in implementat allow history to repeat
It has been our con that without delay the Agreement of July 29 be fully implemented. first time since indep compromise settlemen which reconciled the b: the Sinhalese and th provided for devolutio the context of the unit of Sri Lanka. The neces establishing the c framework was adopted and approved by the successive provincial, p parliamentary elections teed the Agreement wit Tamils would not hav Agreement.
Unfortunately, the only partially impleme situation developed a drawal of the Indian Force from the NorthThe duly elected Pro could not function for w and was subsequently seeds of a renewed con by this development.
As advocates of a un where every citizen sh dom, equality and just suggest a package o alleviate the situation East Province and res normalcy. The Govel Lanka:-
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mediate cessa
tion of hostilities. The L.T.T.E. to respond positively.
2) to ensure that sufficient supplies of food, fuel and medicines are sent regularly to the International Committee of the Red Cross, who in coordination with the Government Agent, will distribute them.
3) to announce that it would fully implement without delay the Indo-Sri Lanka Agreement of July 29th, 1987.
4) to nominate an Interim Council for the North-East Province in consultation with the parties who were elected to the North-East Provincial Council. The Interim Council should proportionately comprise representatives of parties elected at the Provincial Council elections. The L.T.T.E. should be invited to join. Subjects assigned to the Interim Council should also include law and order, education, health, land development, relief and rehabilitation of refugees. The Interim Council should function till the Provincial Council comes into being after a free and fair election.
5) to initiate negotiations with the L.T.T.E. after the cessation of hostilities takes effect. This should lead to laying down of arms and reciprocal measures by the Government. A practical approach is necessary in this regard. The Government of Sri Lanka is the other party to this conflict and cannot expect to supervise or monitor the cessation of hostilities and the laying down of arms. A neutral force is, therefore, necessary for this purpose. An Indian Peace Keeping Force could be invited for this operation as India guaranteed in the Indo-Sri Lanka Agreement of July 29th, 1987. If India is unable to send a Peace Keeping Force, then a friendly country like Canada, Australia, Sweden or Norway could be approached. Arms should be laid down by all militant groups, home guards and private militias. Simultaneously, the Sri Lankan Government should close down all security forces camps established since 1977 and the security forces in the remaining camps should be confined to their barracks. This applies to the NorthEast Province.
It was with the 1977 General Elections that the fight for Eelam started and the T.U.L.F. was returned in large numbers on this ticket. The Government took counter measures by opening new camps and sending large contingents of security forces to the North. The status quo ante should be restored as at 1977.
The Police should maintain law and order as in normal times and early action should be taken to hold Provincial Council elections. Opportunity should be given to the Provincial Government and the Council to function without let or hindrance. The Peace
Keeping Force should remain till the
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Book Review
Thondaman - A Unique Sri Lankan Politician
THE YEAR WAS 1873 and in a hamlet in Ramnad, South India a lad of 13 years was ready to run away from home but not before he invoked the blessings of the reigning deity of the village. He was soon going to be on the high road to the hill district of Sri Lanka travelling from Pampan to Pesalai by boat and walking all the way to Gampola. It was a journey that took eight days.
It was a time of prolonged drought in many parts of Madras State and the rural folks were fleeing in waves to the towns and in search of virtual slave employment, succour and shelter. They also went overseas - Burma, Malaysia, Fiji, Mauritius, South Africa and even as far as the West Indies, mostly as indentured labourers to clear forests and prepare lands for the plantation industry and to build roads.
The lad was Karuppaiah who within two years of slaving for a wily kankani found his feet and steadily built up for himself a career in the world of trade through sheer hard work and total dedication. It was in this kind of background a future Sri Lankan leader and without parallel one who never compromised his political purposes and obligations was born, nurtured from infancy and encouraged by a totally dedicated father to be a real man in the world.
This man is Savumiamoorthy Thondaman who though he was born in Sri Lanka spent a good part of his youthful years in Ramnad with his grandparents and it was his intense desire to attend a school that brought him back to Sri Lanka. From an early age he became very methodical in whatever he undertook particularly in managing finances which to his father was almost a sacred obligation that should be observed everyday and also became familiar with the problems and issues of the grassroots in respect of the Indian Tamil community - his very own.
A major influence in his life has been the visit of Mahatma Gandhi to Sri Lanka in 1927. In a public lecture in Kandy, Gandhi directing his focus on the planting community which was largely British told the planters that they should consider themselves the trustees of not only the body but also the soul of the labourers and asked them to take personal interest in the lives of their workers.
He was also greatly influenced by the Bagavad Gita particularly Lord Krishna's preaching that 'doing one's duty was vital even if it meant destroying one's own relatives and friends'.
These and other very interesting information, anecdotes and more than anything very valuable observations and incidents form two recent publications which are of great historical importance to Sri Lanka, the Indian Immigration issue, and the Sri Lankan Tamil struggle for liberation.
The first one MY LIFE AND TIMES is an autobiography, Thondaman’s story of the Hill Country, the plantation industry of the Britishers and an invaluable view on the socio-economic and historical upsurge of the whole country told by a man who was part of it for 50 years and still going strong. Commenting on the book Prof. Ralph Buultjens observed that it is the raw material of modern Sri Lankan history.
The second one, a biographical tribute by a well-known Sri Lankan journalist is titled OUT OF BONDAGE which indeed is an appropriate one for the story of a man who led a million people out of one of the worst kinds of slavery and socio-political oppression any community could have suffered. Thondaman was indeed the Moses of
 
 

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the Indian plantation workers and it was the strong feelings that he shared with his people despite the fact that he could have opted for a life of luxury in the country's capital, and his political acumen that won the deliverance of the Indian Tamil population of Sri Lanka's hill districts from their political statelessness and socioeconomic oppression. ۔- .
They had no basic rights other than being bonded to the various estates and traded along with them a marketable commodities, and they had no citizenship o franchise and lived in the most appalling of conditions. In fact it is these people who built the basic structure on which Sri Lanka's economy was based and even today it is their labour that produces the island's most important commercial product and without doubt the world's best cup of tea. Yet almost the very first act of independent Sri Lanka was to disenfranchise them and reduce them to a state pf penury that bears the inhuman hallmarks of South Africa's dreaded apartheid system. Sri Lanka's record of dealing with minorities, however, continues to be racially jingoist.
Authored by T. Sabaratnam, OUT OF BONDAGE is an exceptional book of great many political revelations and the weaknesses and strengths of the various leaders who have determined the course of Sri Lanka's post independent history.
Commenting on both Junius Jayewardene and Srimavo Bandaranaike, in an interview with Sabaratnam, Thondaman appears to have observed that the former was quite sympathetic towards the Indian Tamil problem and was anxious to solve it once and for all. In 1988 this dream and the years of struggle came to a successful fruition and Thondaman's role in this was crucial. As for Mrs. Bandaranaike it was his conviction that she lacked sympathy for the stateless Indians. After all it must be remembered that it was her husband Solomon Bandaranaike who once said that he would sleep easy only after the last Indian left the shores of Sri Lanka. He was also the architect of the Sinhala Only legislation and Sri Lanka has since then been embroiled in a bloody Sinhala-Tamil confrontation with not even a glimmer of hope of peace and sanity in the near future.
Thondaman also indicated that Mrs. Bandaranaike had no understanding of the Indian problem as well and added that even if she had attempted to solve the problem, Junius Jayewardene the wily politician that he is would never have allowed her to grant back their citizenship and win over their votes for her party.
MY LIFE AND TIMES published by the Media Council of the National Workers Congress (72 Ananda Coomaraswamy Mawatha, Colombo 7) and OUT OF BONDAGE a publication of the Sri Lanka Indian Community Council are two very valuable works for any student of Sri Lankan politics in particular and those interested in issues such as bonded labour, rural migration and Third World political expediences that are determined by issues of race, caste and religion in general. These books also provide a valuable insight into the plantation industry and how it affected the traditional and environmentally friendly agricultural, handicraft and artisanry systems that have adequately sustained rural populations.
One may not agree with all the views of Thondaman and some of his actions may be justifiably criticised but in founding and managing a trade union in the circumstances in which his people lived, his determination to fight all his battles using the weapon of non-violence and his trust in the parliamentary processes have made him a unique Sri Lankan politician and indeed Savumiamoorthy Thondaman is one such and this is a very rare political blessing for the Sri Lankans - every Sri Lankan whatever his or her political ideology may be or whatever community or religious faith to which they may belong. Richards Karunalrajan.

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14 TALI TTIES
CYCLONE RAWAGES BANGLADESH
THE PEOPLE of Bangladesh rank among the poorest of the world. They have also faced regular natural calamities on account of their country's geographical position - the Himalayan hills in the north and the plains stretching out to the Bay of Bengal in the south with a land criss-crossed by many major rivers and hundreds of tributaries,
The recent cyclone and tidal waves that hit Bangladesh caused one of the worst tragedies of this century killing an estimated 200,000 and devastating agricultural lands and farm stocks and razing to the ground thousands of dwellings. In the aftermath of this disaster four Inillion people are now under threat of disease and death due to the lack of clean water, medical facilities and food.
Three hundred years ago Bengal - Bangladesh today - was one of the world's greatest centres of handicraft production, The rich delta land enabled agriculture to flourish and organised parish-type life was an intrinsic part of stable grassroot communities.
Today, the nation of farmers, craftsmen, technicians and artistes has to a great extent become an impoverished community of people who earn their bare livelihood by hiring out their labour for menial jobs and eking out an existence from denuded tracts of lands edged out of development inputs,
Even rural industries have suffered. Skilled labour and such vital infrastructures like energy, technology - modern, traditional and appropriate, and communications facilities of all kinds do not exist. There has been appallingly low investment in this field so vital for the economic development of Bangladesh,
In respect of flood and cyclonic damages, why is it countries like Holland against floods and the US state of California against earthquakes are able to minimise vastly the damages caused through nature's fury while millions in Bangladesh continue to be vulnerable and beCOΠια regular victims of such disasters?
A proud people of yesteryears and the inheritors of a rich culture of music, arts and literature are today in their thousands offering their labour in many towns and cities of Europe and the Middle East.
It is true that deadly storms, cyclones and tornadoes cannot be tamed but surely their impact canbe greatly Illinimised. Infortunately corruption which is probably the biggest factor of under-development in the South Asian region will continue to prevail and one cannot be optimistic that any future fury of nature will not carry with it the type of devastation that occur Ted recently. It could be even worse,
The people of the delta regions have a right to immediate help and support from the authorities in Dacca and further more measures that can vastly minimise damage should be undertaken as a matter of urgency. But one can very confidently surmise that very little will be done in this direction and the desperately poor in Bangladesh and the tragedy that they suffered will soon be forgotten - even in Dacca,
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achieved anything yet in India's history this period and his decis to hand over the seals of his office occupy a niche of some hope and decency. In a television broadcast announcing his resignation Chara Shekar said that his decision was
made to save the dignity of the rion,
Thus he not only freed himself tom the dependency of his governmeon the Rajiv Gandhi-led Congress (Ibut also expressed in clear terms that he was not prepared, in the national interest, to play a puppet on a stT=g to the interests of another who was electorally dethroned and was biding histime foran opportune momerito recapture what he had lost at theist polls. At one time it was even feated that Rajiv Gandhi may assume per
through the back door helped by India's President Wenkataraman
Fearing this possibility Tamil Nadu's former chief minister Karunanidhi warned that the president may face impeachment should Gandhi be called to for In the government. In fact the seat of the president, Rashtrapati Bhavan wis publiclyridiculed as Congress Bha van and another Indian leader Advani said there will be riots in north India should Gandhi take over office,
Today India stands at the threshold of great uncertainty with its national unity threatened by caste, class, clan and communal convulsions and an inflation that betrays the economi and foreign exchange crisis it faces. India has also continued to be plagued by issues and passions of neighbouring states making regional cooperation a fanciful pipe dream,
In the south and across the Palk Straits Gandhi's incapacity to make serious and strong decisions came to grief in the handling of the Sri Lankan Affair. He had all the opportunity to bring about a just solutiono to the island's long-standing ethnic strife yet he chose the wrong
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advisers dispensing with men of proven integrity familiar with the problem and Colombo's senseless intransigency, and in the end found himself out-manoeuvred by the wily Sri Lankan President, Junius Jayewardene and the Indian forces bearing the so-called peace keepers' banner outgunned by the Tamil Tigers.
The violence perpetrated on the Sri Lankan Tamils by the Indian Peace Keeping Forces was only superseded by the current military adventure and outrage by the forces of President Ranasinghe Premadasa in the northern and eastern provinces. Had Rajiv Gandhi listened to the good counsels of the men of great wisdom who advised his mother in respect of Sri Lanka, with the opportunity he had, he could have created a good climate for economic cooperation between mighty India and
strategically situated Sri Lanka and also made sure that Sri Lanka is free from the import of military hardware that could threaten India from its southern regions. Indeed Sri Lanka playing a game of Chinese crackers is placing the integrity of the South Asian region in serious jeopardy and it appears Gandhi never had the vision to see this kind of lurking threat to the region in general and India in particular.
Today the Congress (II), India’s majorpolitical partyis in dire straits. The forthcoming elections is virtually the last chance for India to salvage itself from an impending political chaos and this demands statesmanship of a very high order India had in abundance during the days of Nehru and Shastri.
India needs to meditate as a nation in composed and sacred silence and listen to the voice of Mahatma Gandhi and take democracy back to the grassroots- to rural India and allow it to grow from there nurtured by the richness of the wisdom that belongs to India and the tolerance that has been the hallmark of the simple, courteous and peaceful village folks.
THE BALKANTME nationalism once ag fact that Yugoslavi Slovenia, Croatia, S Herzegovina, with affairs, it appears t
Unrest between . as in Yugoslavia ha intensity in a num the world. In Sri I munal fires have be 1956 and violence ha mic throughout the ombo, however rema the forces of Sin nationalism and in chance for the Tam dered as citizens o, Sinhalese.
The Tamils thered a political system t their self-determinal live with dignity in lands.
Just like Yugoslav ically ill-conceived ci six different nation Tamils too found the a unitary system based illogically on t model when the goodbye to Sri Lank to the Portuguese maritime districts o ginning from 1505, land of many kingdc too had their own north.
Speaking on the Sinhala Only Bill ir ment, Prof. C. Sun M.P. for Vavuniya interruption by Prin daranaike said: 'Yo this indictment can you, answer it. In a will be impeached f on in Ceylon. Rem. member also that will say that if th divided into Sinhala mil Illankai it was misconduct of this of the prime minis' the year of Grace 1:
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BOMB has begun to tick away bringing the question of painto the forefront on the European arena. Despite the a was created in 1945 as a union of six republics - erbia, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Bosniaach having its own legislature with powers over local nis political system has falled.
national groups s reached much per of states in anka the com!n burning since as become ende2 country. Colins aprisoner of hala-Buddhist this, there is no ils to be consin par uvith the
ore are seeking hat will ensure tion and right to heir own home
via was a historountry in which alities live, the emselves part of of government he Westminster Britishers bade a in 1948. Prior conquest of the f Sri Lanka beSri Lanka was a oms. The Tamils kingdom in the
debate on the 1956 in Parliaharalingam the retorting to an he Minister Banu are tragic! If be answered by free country you or what is going »mber that. ReCeylon history is country was Rata and Thabecause of the government and er of Ceylon in 956.
ate Prof. Sunthointed reference Bandaranaike language probhor of the probW.R.D. Bandarund tears of his
people will lie on his head for all time'.
Thirty six years later, the language problem has grown into a massive national calamity and thousands of lives have perished and the country's development put back by several decades. Even today Colombo has not found the will, courage, determination and inspiration to find a solution to the terribly cancerous Sinhala-Tamil problem.
The Tamils in sheer desperation have had to resort to armed struggle to defend themselves against the might of the police, the armed forces and all the criminal and other ellements who have been trained and armed to fight the Tamil liberation struggle. In this manner no solution can be found for this problem unless of course it is the determination of the 'successive Sinhala governments to wipe out the entire Tamil community from the island eventually.
It appears that even though it was Mr. Bandaranaike who first inflamed the Sinhala masses on the anti-Tamil bandwagon, almost every Sinhala leader who held the reins of office of the highest executive had the desire to share the blood and tears of their people on their heads too.
Even today, is there no hope for all the people of Sri Lanka to live in harmony with each other and enrich each other's culture and wellbeing?
Unlike most other leaders of the past, President Premadasa Ranasinghe has a great opportunity to silence the guns and bring about sense and sensibility in the country. It demands a great deal of courage no doubt but for a man who has risen from the very grassroots of the society and come up the hard way, courage and determination must certainly be second nature.
If he takes the lead determined to find a peaceful solution he will soon see thousands behind him - thousands of Sinhalese, Tamils and Muslims and the forces of darkness and violence will certainly disappear.

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By Taraki
Captain Pirabakaran is ready for release. It has been timed for the elections in June for the Tamilnadu legislative assembly and the Indian Parliament. Vijayakanth, an ardent fan of the Tiger leader and one of the top box office stars of Tamil filmdom's formula movies, has expressed hope that his role in "Captain Pirabakaran' would bring him respect. Last year he named his son after his real life idol. Wijayakanth is an actor of the D.M.K. camp. A cherished goal in his life, he has said in a recent interview, is to meet Prabhakaran.
T. Rajendar is a big time producer, actor, director, distributor script writer etc. with several box office hits to his credit and a propensity for not too pleasant alliterative harangues. Rajendar also belonged to the D.M.K., once. He was sacked from the party in 1989 for publicly opposing and criticising Karunanidhi's leadership and revealing details of the corrupt practices of the D.M.K. leader's son, M.K. Stalin. Later Rajendar founded a party called Thayaha Marumalarchi Kazhaham - party for the renaissance of the homeland. Last year he was one of the main organizers of the meeting in Madras to mark Prabhakaran's birthday on November 26. Now he is said to have formed an umbrella organization called Tamil United Front. This organization will call upon Delhi to give assistance to the LTTE to set up Thamileelam and to recognize them as a legitimate liberation organization like the PLO.
Dr. M.S. Uthayamoorthy is a prolific writer and one of Tamilnadu's most influential opinion makers. He wrote an article in a weekly with a very large circulation in the state that the 'soft McCarthyism' which is being practised in Tamilnadu to suppress opinion in favour of the Tiger cause should be done away with. He is one who has regularly criticised the D.M.K. government. He says ‘some prominent persons and papers are today reluctant to talk or write about the problem of the Sri Lankan Tamils...If there were talk of Eelam there are cries that it is a plan to separate Tamilnadu as an independent country. Once there was a senator called McCarthy in America. . . He used this (anti-communism) to brand even people whom he did not hike as communists. Many reasonable and innocent government officials were removed from their jobs as a result. Those who criticised him were accused of being communists and he ruined their lives... we must not allow McCarthyism in Tamilnadu'.
The intelligen understand the an problem. Wh of this McCarth They are those v the D.M.K. from the Sri Lankan made the scapeg D.M.K. Didn't th commission and other reasons to
Did the D.M. clean governmer foresight?. . (goe ruption and ab D.M.K. rule). In would have take remove a state cannot rule with look to another.
But it is deplo) follow such a col thyist methods problem of the victim. The Sri been fighting f against an auth many years. T homes, lost their blood in their s spect their coura Some politicia Prabhakaran sh as a blameless s waging a war. T even Ram had to Indira Gandhi ladesh as a sepa Sri Lankan Ta camps here bec the validity of t. Lankan Tamil ] Rajiv Gandhi to the airforce to was a violation o try's sovereignty Can we conti thing that the II done? The Sri L abled to get the those are not should be given Some would say ated then Tamil rate, it will be a This is an insi cover the truth. thy is a pan-In does not share t dian movement. *Gnani' is le Tamillnadu ava: to the elite ci magazines wh ranging from po gotten forms of

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t Tamil people must ruth of the Sri Lankare the perpetrators yism in Tamilnadu? tho wanted to remove power. I am sad that
Tamil problem was oat for dismissing the ey have the Sarkarya a thousand and one do so?
K. give an uncorrupt, t? Did they work with s on to describe coruse of power under other countries they in up such reasons to
government. If one responsibility we can
rable that rather than urse of action McCarwere used and the Sri Lankan Tamil fell Lankan Tamils have or their basic rights horitarian regime for hey have lost their kith and kin and shed truggle. We must rege and determination.
ns speak as though ould conduct himself aint when it comes to hey forget that in war killVali by perfidy. . . who created Bangrate nation helped the (mils to run training ause she understood he reasons for the Sri problem. This is why ok the step to send in rop food although it fa neighbouring coun
nue to ignore everyidian government has ankans should be enr legitimate rights. If granted, assistannce for setting up Eelam. that if Eelam is crehadu would also sepathreat to India.
lious cry that seeks to Dr. N.S. Uthayamoordian nationalist who ne views of the Dravi
ading intellectual of t garde. He belonged cle of Tamil literary ch discuss matters t-structuralism to forplk theatre apart from
producing some remarkable short story writers, novelists and poets. The 'Ananda Vikatan' Tamilnadu's oldest and most popular magazine invited him to comment on the political trends in Tamilnadu in the 80s for its first week's issue for 1991. What he wrote astonished many and was promptly dismissed by some more, I suspect out of fear of the consequences of acknowledging at least some aspects of Gnani's views.
The basic trends in the politics of Tamilnadu in the eighties, he argued, were set in motion by the direct and indirect influence of two people: M.G.R. and Prabhakaran. The duplicity of Delhi's attitudes towards the Sri Lankan problem had disillusioned many youth in the state and coupled with the opportunism of Tamilnadu's politicians is leading them away from the traditional interests of the established political parties, he avers. In conclusion he wrote that many leading politicians of Tamilnadu today may fade away towards the end of this century as a result of the impact Prabhakaran and M.G.R. made on Tamilian politics.
The opinions and convictions of Wijayakanth, T. Rajendar, Dr. M.S. Uthayamoothy and "Gnani' are the dividends of the LTTE's long term and useful ideological investment in Tamilnadu, more effective and stable than the patronage of an M.G.R. or a Rajiv.
These dividends will gradually place Prabhakaran at the critical interstice where a potential tension may develop between the covert desire in the west to see fissures to the Tamil south of the Indian Union and Delhi's determination, however muddle headed or counter productive in its manifestations, to hold it together. And then Colombo will lose its significance in the LTTE's scheme of things. Prabhakaran's stature, potential and real, in Tamilnadu will present Delhi with two options: Terminate him or win him over to their side. When they calculate the ideological and material cost of the former they will be impelled sooner or later to try the latter.
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Diocesan Council of the Laity said: The members of this Council, representing the entire Catholic population of the three administrative districts of Jaffna, Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu are shocked to hear that His Lordship, The Bishop of Mannar, Rt. Rev. Dr. Thomas Savundaranayagam, was subjected to filthy abuse and repeated assaults by military personnel at the check point near Sarvodya at Vavuniya in the afternoon of Saturday, 16 March... We hereby register our strong protest at this heinous act and demand that an impartial inquiry be made and remedial measures adopted'.

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THE UGLY FACE OF COUNTER-TERROF
by Shamindra Ferdinando
Lecturer C.H. Ratnayake was seized by men in Army-type uniforms along with his Toyota Corolla car at Hemmawathagama, a small village about nine miles away from the Mawanella police station in the Kegalle administrative district on December 30, 1989.
He was stopped by men in Armytype uniforms armed with sophisticated automatics at an Army check point just yards away from the Hemmawathagama Army detachment earlier established by the co-ordinating office of the Kegalle district to assist the regular police to counter the threat posed by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP).
Then the men got into the Toyota Corolla. And that was the last time C.H. Ratnayake, a brother-in-law of UNP Provincial Councillor Danapala Epitawatte, was seen alive.
He met his tragic death at a place called Uda-Sinhapitiya in the Gampola police area, on the same day.
The Hemmawathagama abduction and the death at Uda-Sinhapitiya remained a mystery until a young police officer carried out an operation in mid-February 1990 and arrested several persons along with at least fifteen stolen vehicles including the Toyota Corolla belonging to C.H. Ratnayake.
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The Toyota Corolla was traced to UNP Provincial Councillor Danapala Epitawatte and lecturer Ratnayake who disappeared in late December 1989. When the policemen from the Giriulla police station who conducted the Colombo operation which resulted in the recovery of many stolen vehicles in mid-February started probing the story behind the stolen Toyota Corolla car, interesting information came out. A rich Muslim from Mawanella claimed that he had bought the Toyota Corolla from some Army person.
And on March 6, 1990 police moved into action and arrested five Army personnel for their alleged involvement in the Hemmawathagama abduction and the death of lecturer Ratnayake at Uda-Sinhapitiya.
Later investigations revealed that at least two of the arrested men were involved in an alleged rape case in the Aranayake police area.
Both incidents did not surprise or shock the people at that time as killers were on the rampage everywhere. Smouldering and bullet riddled bodies did not take the nation by surprise
after weeks of blood gered off by JVP insp;
Activiti
With an increase in ties by security force others still in the ser tant that the people ta at the latest wave of c
This month alone arrested at least ten soldiers for their alleg in armed robbery, as extortion among other
Their involvemen crime has registered crease in the recent say.
Since the arrest of Anura Luxman in somewhere at Veyang ities have detained ne: forces and police per alleged involvement ir armed assault, armed der, abductions, forg types of violence. Anu seized by policemen foreign made 36 milli nades and some fuse v
With more reports involvement of securit nel in a wave ofincide ities have expressed large number of men w the services in some sophisticated arms.
Investigations have that some of these mer moved into the underw to earning a fast buck. were that persons who country’s security foi were prime suspects ir activities apart from inspired insurgenc crushed by the secu. police after months of
The most recent ca: bing of a jewellery shop pathi Mawatha by an from Mullaithivu : attached to an elite fro) The robbery was bust fic) Maligawatte Sarat he arrested the soldi after the robbery.
Later the captain w by the military police. rising number of robl and other such activit professionalism and e by these men have baf ities.

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y violence trigired activities.
, criminal activis deserters and vice it is imporake a closer look orime.
the police had policemen and ged involvement sault, rape and
things.
t in organised a dramatic inpast, authorities
Army deserter mid-July 1987 goda the authorarly 200 security sonnel for their extortion, rape, | hold ups, murery, and other (ra Luxman was along with two metre hand grewire.
of the alleged iy forces personints, the author
COICOTT OVE 3 ho had deserted instances with
clearly indicated may have been sorld with a view The indications once served the rces and police many criminal links to JVP y which was rity forces and bloodshed. se was the robat the JanadhiArmy Captain and a soldier nt line battalion. ed by OIC (Trafh Adikari when er just minutes
as also arrested Apart from the peries, hold ups ies, the growing ixpertise shown fled the author
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According to sources the men started showing an interest in getting involved in crime at the beginning of 1988. The counter-insurgency operations against the JVP had allowed certain members of the services to get involved in criminal activities. This is one such incident reported from the Colombo district.
In October 1989, police arrested two Sub-Inspectors and a sergeant attached to a police station in the Nugegoda division for their alleged involvement in a rape case. They were interdicted following an internal investigation by the police department. The investigation revealed the way the three law enforcement officers took a young girl from a house at Kahawaththuduwa. The investigation also disclosed that the officers had taken the girl from the Kahawaththuduwa house telling the terrified inmates of the house that they wanted to question her in connection with alleged antiGovernment activities and allegedly raped her.
In the same month, four junior Army officers were interdicted over their alleged involvement in the raping of a factory girl from Ratmalana.
And others were arrested by the authorities when they abducted people for private reasons. The Gampaha incident was an example. In February '90 three policemen attached to a Colombo police station were arrested after they abducted a man from Gampaha. Their involvement in the abduction came to light when the victim's wife informed the police about her husband's plight.
There were other instances where soldiers have been arrested for armed hold ups. In late February 1990, people were surprised when police arrested six soldiers when they attempted to extort money from shop owners in Maskeliya town.
By March 1990, there were about 100 soldiers, security forces and police personnel in custody for their alleged involvement in criminal activities. Then there was the Wavulkele massacre also in the month of February 1990.
And there were interesting incidents also involving security forces and police personnel in the recent past. One such incident was the attempted abduction of the wife of a police constable by four sailors in Colombo in late March 1990. A police patrol swooped on the sailors when they tried to abduct the police constable's wife while the policeman's family was at the Galle Face Green.
investigations
There have been many instances where the security forces personnel had gone on the rampage.
Asked for comments official sources
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Across. 1. Triple facet and nature's endowment dominate this historic seat of ಙ್ಗಲ Culture in eastern Sri Lanka 9. Disturb with a piercing tone (4) 10. "A note to follow soh . . . . " (3) 11, Small mount (2) 13. South American language of one of the finest civilizations laid bare by the Spanish conquest (4) 14. A "lit up' person could be high or worse for it (6)
17. A deer, a female deer . . . . . (3) 18. The Hindu triad of Brahma, Vishnu and Siva (8)
20. Title of honour and sanctity politically cheapened in Sri Lanka by using on car number plates (3) 21. Senior briefly (2) 22. Indian Airlines briefly (2) 23. Unspecified most extreme of a long series (3) 26. It is said that what goes there must return! (2) 27, Israelites' first high priest (5) 29. Victory (7) 32. --Po, Chinese port town on the River Yung and the site of first European settlementin China (4) 33. Scrutinize officially (7) 34. Printer's measure (2) 35. One-fortieth of a maund in ncia (3)
36. Young one of a horse (4) 38. Bulby flower in disarray (5) 39. Subramanya Bharatiar referred to it as the most musical language of the Dravidian people (6) 41. One-hundredth of a kip in Laos (2)
42. Colour synonymous with May Day (3)
44. House of wives and concubines in an Arabian household (5)
45. Politically militant northern fishing village in Sri Lanka (7) 46. British Standards Specification (3)
Down:
1. A three-pronged symbol of Hindu veneration from the earliest of times known later in Paqan Greek and Roman mythology (7 2. US city known for its liberal laws for weddings, divorces and gambling (4) 3. Unit of length could also be a small island (4)
4. Dan in disarray (3) 5. A landmark step in secondary education, abb. (2) 6. Landlocked West African republic with settlements in the river valleys of Senegal and Niger (4) 7. Mahatma Gandhi's political weapon of great power in which Tamil leader S.J.V. Chelvanayagam had great confidence and hopes for the liberation struggle (6) 8. Strong feeling of joy or sorrow (7) 12. Appropriately named constellation in the northern skies close to Perseus and Aries (10) 15. Sacred scriptures of Islam (5) 16. Ancient city of Sumer (2) 18, Bragged about oneself (9) 19. Jack was the notorious one and there were lesser ones all ruthless and murderous (6) 24. The Christian triad of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit (7) 25. Hebrew unit of capacity (3) 28. Cruel and hard circumstances (7) 30. Russian river forms part of the Chinese border and empties in the Amur (6) 31. House of Commons, briefly (2) 34. Ancient kingdom established before 4000 BC oñ the River Tigris (4)
NEWS IN BRIEF
O MAJOR GENERAL Waidyaratne, the army's number two, has been appointed by President Premadasa to take overall charge in a concerted drive against the LTTE in the eastern province. The General was the head of the "Operations Combine' which crushed the JVP last year. The move is said to be directed at bringing about 'stability and restoring normalcy to the area and getting the civil administration functioning. The move is also alleged to be for the purpose of co-ordinating the protection of Sinhalese settlements in the east. O PRESIDENT Premadasa has disclosed that the World Bank has pumped in a staggering Rs. 4,000 million to the Janasaviya' programme which encompassed rural infrastructure development and provided interest free loans to farmers and small industrialists and vocational training to youths.
O AS MORE THAN 2,500 troops involved themselves in military operations in an effort to establish full control of the north-western sea coast in the Mannar district and ensure an effective block of LTTE access to supplies by sea from south India, Army Commander Lieut. General Hamilton Wanasinghe claimed, "Holidays or no holidays, the security forces will carry on with their tasks'. He expressed surprise at the ease with which the troops occupied the villages of Manthai, Pappamudai, Vidithalaitivu and . Adampan. Other areas over which the security forces are
 
 

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claiming control include Vankalai, Nanathan, Murunkan, Anandakulam and Parappankadathan.
OF THE LTTE's real intention is not to continue the war then either Prabhakaran or whoever is the current leader should come forward to negotiate personally, and it would be a time-saver especially with the president heading the government's negotiating team, the Eelam Peoples Democratic Party leader Douglas Devananda said in a recent statement. He described the excuses given by the LTTE for avoiding negotiations as flimsy and an attempt to cheat the people. "The LTTE is using the lives of people as pawns, thinking of its own prestige above human life. It is for this reason that our party is openly stating the truth even though it is bitter. A meaningful peace cannot be achieved without the LTTE giving up its greed for monopoly of
power'.
O GARMENTS retained its number one position in the export sector with exports grossing Rs.25.2 billion for the year 1990 as against Rs.17.6 billion for the previous year, according to the Central Bank. However, only around 30 per cent of the value of garment exports that represents the value added component is actual earning for the country as seventy per cent of the gross earnings are inputs which are imported. Tea, the major agricultural product, came second with export earnings for 1990 amounting to Rs.19.8 billion compared to Rs.13.7 billion for 1989. Inward remittances by Lankans working abroad recorded Rs.13.1 billion up to the third quarter of 1990 compared to Rs.12.2 billion for the whole of 1989.

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Provincial Government had been in office for a period of three years.
Any issue like the question of linkage of the former Northern and Eastern provinces, may be raised after the Provincial Government had been in office for a period of three years. Such questions could be settled by negotiations between the Centre and the North-East Provincial Government. Time will play a role in viewing the problem in its correct perspective.
Long years of bitter conflict have created mutual suspicion and distrust and it would take courage and statesmanship on all sides to resolve this problem. A compromise solution is the answer and both sides have to give in from their stated positions for the greater good of the people they claim to represent. We appeal to the Government of Sri Lanka to adopt these proposals, which we feel would relieve the sufferings of the people and restore peace. We appeal to the Government of India to use their good offices to assist in this process. We appeal to the L.T.T.E. to accept these proposals and to enter the mainstream of national life through democratic means.
We have made these proposals in the firm conviction that their implementation would not only restore peace, human rights and democratic institutions, but also would set in motion a process which would create mutual trust and understanding between the two peoples. The Sinhalese and the Tamils have lived in Sri Lanka for over two thousand years. There are many aspects in common between the two nationalities, particularly in religion and culture. Let us strengthen these links and create a new society, where every citizen of Sri Lanka could live with honour and equality, free from fear or want. Let us live and let live in our motherland. Such a development will also strengthen regional peace and stability so essential for our political, economic and social progress. Yogendra Doraiswamy,
President,
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India's cultural heritage is ancient finearts and its vital ly brought to life by Kum. Ga Sri. and Smt. ManikkavaS Harrow, in her Bharata Naty Logan Hall, London the 27th presence of a packed and á eCe.
Rangapravesam or Aran important event in a dance she gives a complete danc the very first time. Gayat extremely well, which was in of her Commitment, learni dance and goals bestow displayed, to near perfectic nical skills but cham and p the result of the rigorous tra under her very able and ta Uma Chandratheva, herSe Kalakshetra, where she W. founder - the late Smt. F other well known teachers (
Neat lines and grace are the Kalakshetra style and G retain and exhibit these Although this style is knc austere, a silky sheen of g steel frame of discipline.
Gayatri began her debu form, following the norm: rendering of the Vamam M. Bhairavi was properly fines The first half of the progra enlightened by the percussi by Shri Karaikudi Krishnam the Miruthangam, inspite o forts with a plaster cast leg
Gayatri's performance a
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Opening of Model villages in South and West Opening of refugee camp lin North and East!!
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enshrined in its ire was powerfullIyatri, daughter of agan of Kenton, a Arangetram, at April, 1991 in the ppreciative audi
getram is an all r's career, where e programme for ri managed this deed an acid test ng, stamina, gui2d on her. She n, not only techoise — which was ining she has had lented guru Smt. alf a product of as trained by its ukmini Devi and pf the Institute.
the hallmarks of ayatri was able to in full measure. wn to be rather race covered the
in the traditional l repertoire. Her bhamana in Raga sed to perfection. mme Was further on support offered urthy, a virtuoso of f his own discon
nd the interpreta
tion of the slow moving Keertanam "innamum Oru Tharam - depicting the cosmic dance of Lord Nataraja was indeed praiseworthy. The Slokam and Padam - "Narayana" by Saint Purandaradasar brought out Gayatri's skills in devotional Abhinaya.
Nattuvanars can slow down or speed up a dancer's rhythm and make or break a dancer, hence the performer is not an entirely free agent. But when the Nattuvanar and the dancer click well together in harmony and Create a rapport, the results are an amazing revelation. What we saw of Gayatri's dance and Uma's Nattuvangam was indeed a pleasant outcome of a perfect teamwork - a feast for the eyes and a treat for the ears. Gayatri has obviously taken the trouble to study and understand the literal meanings as well as the deeper spiritual significance of the compositions she was performing. Her knowledge of the language and the carnatic music, to a great extent contributed to the well executed Abhinayas. Her deep devotion or Bhakthi also laid the foundation to perfect this art form and this was evident when She dedicated her concluding item of Namaskaram to Shri. Sathya Sai Baba - a refreshing novelty indeed.
Dr. John Marr of SOAS and of Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan, the learned Chief Guest of the evening offered indepth critical applause to many of the traditional items performed by Gayatri and appreciated her Abhinaya.
The constant encouragement, support, cultural and traditional education given by her parents Sri. Manikkavasagan and Smt. Savitri Manikkavasagan and the guru Smt. Uma Chandratheva's unstinted efforts for perfection has undoubtedly contributed greatly to heighten the impact of Gayatri's Rangap
avesan.
The accompanying musicians were lead by Smt. Sivasakthy Sivanesan with the vocal support, the mellifluence veena of Smt. Renuka Shriananda, the haunting flute of Sri. Selvanayagam Thayaparan and the supple hands of Sri. Balasri on the miruthangam.
The precision footwork and maturity in Abhinaya at this early stage in her dancing career will indeed ensure a bright future and no doubt earn a place among the front-liners
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A Commitment Multi-Culturali
- Jehan Perera -
Today Australia is perhaps the most tolerant and hospitable country in the world. It is a home to people from 140 countries of the world. A Sri Lankan can walk its streets and feel at home, safe and free. Also it is nice and warm unlike most other countries Sri Lankans have emigrated to. But Australia was also a country born in genocide, with the near extermination of an entire race of people. The Aboriginals, the native people who inhabited this country were even hunted, and where they had no escape as on the island of Tasmania they were all killed.
The first white people came to these shores 200 years ago as convicts. The American civil war forced British authorities to seek somewhere else to send their convicts who were overcrowding their jails. It was decided to send them to Australia. That was a time of immense injustice in Britain with child labour, slave trade, poverty and social inequalities. People were sent to penal colonies even for stealing a loaf of bread to feed their family. Such people came to Australia. However their encounter with the Aboriginals was a disaster. The Aboriginals were a people who had no contact with any other civilisation and have lived in Australia for 60,000 years. They did no farming and lived off the land.
When Captain James Cook landed in "Terra Australis" near Sydney and planted the Union Jack, he took possession of this country nearly three times the size of India. He also declared it "terra nullis", which meant no human beings lived on the land. An entire race of people therefore was declared nonexistent! This was at the root of white perceptions of the black people who inhabited Australia. The meeting of the two peoples was a disaster to the blacks. They operated within two entirely different value systems, one which recognised private ownership and the other which saw all living things as belonging to anyone who got it first. So the Aboriginals would jump across a white man's fence and take his sheep. But this was robbery to the white man. And because this was a cruel period in history, he would punish the black man by killing him and sometimes his entire family. That the Aboriginal population did survive is evidence of their remarkable resilience. However, in 200 years much has changed and is still changing.
Prime Minister Hawke's assertion that in Australia there should be no dominant culture has taken the com
mitment to mu limit. Australiar phy of multi-cul asked whether
surrender its
traditions. Of cou reaction must be Australia's past, of the Aboriginal White Australia the Aboriginal p the vote. Until th lia accepted only blood as immigra A policy of mu out ensuring tha not dominant. It equality and fra rent cultural tra in significant are practice multi-c ance, in family af impose Kandyan Sinhalese, or S value systems u other areas of our less committed t For instance, in Buddhist rituals place, if not the O recently the law to the Sinhala lar
There is anot dimension to ml Australia is com] guarantee that from participating nomic and cultur, Over the past changes have tak with this end in different langu Khmer to Greek at the O-Level ex of language inte recruited to facil between the go English speaking are several radie television station supported by the ethnic programm and Tamil ones. entirely by non-g of the ethnic com
Sri Lanka cuts respect when cor In part it is becau Sri Lankan gove red not to give pr recruiting transla Tamil typewriters Lankan governm ing to spend mone mes, such as on

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ti-culturalism to its critics of the philosouralism have angrily ustralia is going to testern values and rse, this conservative seen in the context of hot only the genocide people, but also of the policy. Until 1967 ople were not given early 1970s Austrapeople with European nts. lti-culturalism is abt one ethnic group is is about emphasising ternity among diffelitions. In Sri Lanka, as of our life, we too ulturalism For instFairs, the law does not traditions upon lowinhalese and Tamil pon the Muslim. In life, however, we are o multi-culturalism. public ceremonies, are given pride of inly place. Until very gave a superior place nguage. ner more important lti-culturalism that mitted to. That is to nobody is excluded ; in the political, ecoll life of the country. decade tremendous 2n place in Australia view. Twenty-three ges ranging from ave become subjects lmination. Hundreds preters have been tate communication ernment and nonimmigrants. There stations and even that are financially government to run s, including Sinhala These are managed vernmental leaders unities. sorry figure in this pared to Australia. we are poor. So far ments have preferrity to training and ors or even buying But even where Sri nts have been willon ethnic programldio and television,
they have done so while maintaining total government control and without respecting the autonomy of the ethnic communities to run their own programmes. Australia, on the other hand, has given its ethnic communities a free hand and a sense of being free to make Australia the home they want.
Expatriate Lankans
Today in Australia there are more than 60,000 people of Sri Lankan origin who left a Sri Lanka they did not think would provide them with a secure home. They were in many ways the best, the most adventurous, the most capable and the most cultured of our people. So Australia has been the beneficiary. The 3-odd million dollars that the Australian government doles out to us in Sri Lanka cannot even begin to compensate those of us left behind for what we have lost. We should be happy about the new life that these Sri Lankans and their children have built in Australia. But we should be sad that they left because they feared for their futures in Sri Lanka. Discrimination and heavyhandedness in government policy that began with the disenfranchisement of the estate Tamils in 1948 and the Sinhala Only Act of 1956 have chiefly been responsible. Even before our Tamils left we lost our Burghers who in the early 1960s saw the ominous portents and signs of what was to come. In the downward spiral we have lost some of our best Sinhalese as well. Unfortunately many of these expatriate Sri Lankans have taken to their new home the scars from their old home. There is an almost total division between the Sinhalese and Tamil migrants which mirrors the division that existed in Sri Lanka in the years 1983-87. Today of course we who live in Sri Lanka know that there is no such confrontation any more between the Sinhalese and Tamil peoples. Rather there is a war which, the government itself has said, is between the government and the LTTE. Since the war is not between the Sinhalese and Tamil peoples, much of the old friendships that existed have been regained, expecially following the IPKF and JVP wars and the accession of Mr Premadasa to the Presidency. In his endeavour to represent the common people the President also represents their basic non-racism.
But despite their estrangement from one another, the Sinhalese and Tamil
- expatriate communities in Australia
share two features which provide a basis for reconciliation. The first is that both communities are at a loss to know what the next step forward is with regard to the separatist conflict. Both have seen that the military struggle will bring no victor. All their financial and propaganda contributions have
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been in vain. The argument put forward by some Tamils that having sacrificed ten years to war, the Tamil people might as well fight on sounds increasingly hollow, as such a future only points to another ten years of war and destruction. But the leaders of both communities hesitate to take the first steps towards each other because they do not trust each other and have bitter memories of past propaganda wars in which half truths were the main weapon. They will need to overcome this barrier, which is mostly of a personal and psychological nature.
The second feature that provides a basis for reconciliation is that both communities in Australia are drawn to their island home in Sri Lanka (or Ceylon as some Tamils still like to call it). For instance, in their public stances many Tamils may be hardline, proEelam and anti-Sri Lanka. But deep in their hearts there is indeed a yearning to belong to the only country they have ever belonged to, Sri Lanka.
Australian Uniqueness
Perhaps in order to move towards reconciliation the Sinhalese and
Tamils in Australia, Sri Lanka too, need ate a distinctive Au trait - that of hum arrogance. This uni
quality arises out (
reasons. The first i Australia of an an culture. Unlike th Tamils who... can tal years of history and stralians can go bac Even this short peric of English, Irish, Chinese and other ci So the Australians position to look dow the French or ourse different cultures as ferior stock. Second, of only 17 million, Au near being a great arrogance and sense say the Americans (o the Australians do have.
To make matters stralians, they are re ly from their close 1 and the four tigers o While the Australia topmost rung of the w
ARMS BUILD UP BY MILITARY
The Army has taken delivery of a new regiment of medium range 130mm artillery which it has already used in combat and will shortly receive tracked infantry combat vehicles significantly enhancing its firepower and tactical mobility in the campaign to demolish the Tigers, Army Commander Lt. General Hamilton Wanasinghe said.
He said in an interview on Friday that the Army's 1st Special Forces Regiment (formerly the RDF) has been deployed in the eastern theatre of operations, where Chief of Staff, Major General Cecil Waidyaratne was placed in overall command, and given the task of clearing Tiger jungle bases there by the end of May in the government’s efforts to restore normalcy in the multi-ethnic region.
Giving an assessment of the progress in the Eelam war the Army Commander said naval action in the surveillance zone and the crackdown on the Tigers in Tamil Nadu had reduced LTTE arms supplies although an odd boat or two still gets through, and that the east should be under control by the end of June while the north would take a little longer.
The new 130mm guns, which have a range of 27 kilometres, have been in use on a small scale from last month and they have been very effective. This is the first time the army is using such
large calibre guns. T. issued in small numb in the Mannar opera last week's action Kayts where they Palaly, the Comman He said the entir become fully operat equipment arrive finished their trainin has field and ligh medium range guns instances where the power in support of is hampered by bad v The new guns will in batteries underth Brigade and would separate regiment la recent action at Para Mannar the Army pounders and 106mn the direct fire role bunkers, he explaine
The Commander tactical mobility wi enhanced with the tracked Infantry (IFVs). Right now tl were restricted to th of the troop movem because the roads wi to be cleared inch by
If tracked vehicle camps like Kokavil
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and those of us in to better apprecitralian character ility and lack of quely Australian f three different s the absence in ient history and Sinhalese and ke pride in 2500
culture, the Auk only 200 years. d is a mish-mash Italian, Greek, ultural traditions. are hardly in a their noses (like lves) at people of being of an inwith a population stralia is nowhere ; power. So the of destiny that, r Japanese) have, not, and cannot,
worse for the Aueling economicalheighbour, Japan f Southeast Asia. hs remain at the rorld's standard of
living, the newspapers and every day chit chat concern the economic downturn and the prospect of the Japanese buying up Australia.
There is growing recognition that East Asian culture, and the Confucian philosophy of emphasising the group over the individual, duties over rights and long term over short term planning, leads to superior economic results. There is also the increasing awareness that the migration from Asia can provide the sophisticated skills needed to develop Australia's links with that part of the world which is setting the pace of economic development and advanced standards. In a widely read book titled the "Confucian Renaissance', two senior Australian scholars have argued that, 'Australia's best protection is the speed it develops a multi-cultural nature overlaid with a strong Asian orientation'.
For the foreseeable future Australia will undoubtedly remain a promised land', a land flowing with milk and honey to the tens of millions of Asia's most educated and cultured people who find their own countries sadly lacking in the opportunities, the openness and tolerance that people of education and culture desire.
he guns have been pers and were used tions as well as in in Karaitivu and
were fired from der said.
e regiment would ional once all the d and gunners g. The Army now nt artillery. The would be useful in employment of air the ground troops weather, he added.
be initially placed e Army's Artillery be formed into a ter, he said. In the appakadanthan in had used its 25 n recoilless rifle in to destroy Tiger d.
said the Army's ll be significantly arrival of the T85 Fighting Vehicles he Army's vehicles e roads while most ents were on foot ere mined and had y inch.
s had been there,
would not have
fallen since re-inforcements could have been sent cross country, avoiding the roads which were mined, he explained.
He said the Army was fighting under resource constraints and has had to cut back on recruitment.
General Wanasinghe said the majority of the Army's troops are now deployed in the northern areas and that despite the constant demand for more troops, commanders were now able to pull out and commit more troops for operations instead of employing them mainly in a holding role.
He said clearing the north was going to be a problem because of the need to take the many Tiger bases and the rebels' ability to move swiftly from place to place, avoiding advancing troops.
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COLOMBO TURNS TS ON BARBARTY OF TAM
Tim McGirk in the Sri Lankan capital saw a forgetfulness that allows people to live through a continuing nightmare. For the thousands of European tourists arriving every week in Sri Lanka who face nothing more dangerous than a sunburn or a lurching elephant ride through the coconut groves down to the beach, this island is not far from paradise.
Watching children playing cricket on Colombo's old colonial esplanade or driving through the boisterous resort towns of Mount Lavinia and Hikkaduwa further south, there are no visible signs that Sri Lanka has been at war with itself for 20 years.
Many Sri Lankans, through selfpreservation and utter exhaustion, have managed to wall off those parts of their psyche that contain their memories ofan unending national nightmare.
Human rights activists say that in the past two decades more than 40,000 Sri Lankans have gone missing during the government's fierce crackdown against left-wing terrorists in the south.
In the north, another 20,000 have died since 1983 in a civil war between ethnic Tamil separatists and the Sinhalese majority. The conflict has also caused an exodus of more than 100,000 refugees, mainly Tamils, who fled to Britain, Canada and India.
The Island, a daily newspaper, recently lamented: "We have entire generations for whom aerial bombings, urban bombings, death squad massacres of entire villages, political assassinations and other forms of violence are part of everyday life'.
What strikes some lawyers and doctors as alarming is how Sri Lankans contort themselves to hide the pain of this barbarity. One lawyer remarked: Emotionally, this society has switched off. It's as if the war (against the Tamil Tiger guerrillas) is taking place in a different hemisphere, instead of 120 miles away.
A medical expert recounted how, at a playgroup held recently in one of Colombo's lush gardens, several dolls were handed out to children whose fathers had been killed during the police's brutal repression of revolutionaries in 1989. The children took one of the dolls to the far end of the tropical garden and burnt it with matches.
The children were simply acting out a grisly scene they had frequently witnessed in their villages. "The government death squads — and the terrorists, too - would drop off the bodies,
of their victims set fire to them
lies of the victin take the bodies mask their pain the flames die do and pull away ( body', said the m
Sri Lankans re morbid humour. Falling On My H able newspaper sport T-shirts w "Death By A Bull
Sri Lankans h chance to cry ou ity. There is a revolutionary ter after 1989, but security apparatl senior army C punished, even Sri Lankans disa President, Rana has dispatched n offenders to the parts of the islanc population there.
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on street corners and with tyres. The famins weren’t allowed to away. They had to while they watched wn and the dogs come charred pieces of the edical expert.
act to this horror with
"Dead Bodies Keep lead” was one memorheadline. Young men rith legends such as let'.
ave been denied any t against the barbarreason for this: the rorists were crushed , the government's 1s is still at large. No fficers were ever though thousands of ppeared. Instead, the singhe Premadasa, hany of the harshest
north and eastern to subdue the Tamil
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need to take counter ly. bast both the people ment have been surdeserters have car
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nvestigations Departunter Subversive Di| claimed that many ted killings had been urity forces deserters ars. When the CID in ted the people to help tlers responsible for a motivated killings - rders of UNP Chair2ywardene and CSD erera the CID menAt three service deser
Few Sri Lankans have a clear notion of who is winning the war. The closer to the combat Zone, the more confusing it all seems. The army maintains its roadblocks and so do the Tamil Tigers. Often, these checkpoints are no more than 150 yards from each other, and soldiers and guerrillas will agree on a timetable so they can fill their canteens from the same well. Relations are hardly chummy; often soldiers seize supplies of anaesthetics heading for Tamil hospitals in Jaffna so that wounded guerrillas are made to suffer on the operating tables.
There is a positive side to the collective forgetfulness that enables Sri Lankans to live with the Tamil war. When the late Defence Minister, Ranjan Wijeratne, and 30 others were killed on 2 March in a bomb blast, there was no mob vengeance against the many Tamils living in the capital, as happened in the past. But, as one lawyer cautioned, “this emotional compartmentalisation means that people are caring less about human rights violations and finding political solutions to end the stalemate of this war'.
Not all Sri Lankans can ignore the war. At one luxury beach hotel near the trouble zone, guerrillas have shot away the road sign. Only an army patrol keeps the Tigers from destroying the hotel. Empty of tourists, the wooded grounds are now populated by cavorting monkeys and pairs of wild peacocks wandering in from the beach.
Service is slow; the assistant manager was hauled off for interrogation by the army a fortnight ago and has not been seen since. His daughter, instead of burning dolls, had encircled the trunk of an ancient tree with blossoms, leaves and coconuts. It was a child's offering for the safe return of her missing father.
The CID said that these deserters were a part of a JVP hit team responsible for killings.
Latterly investigations indicated that other deserters had helped the JVP to train cadres and had led JVP raiding parties to storm security forces detachments and police stations.
Despite security surveillance by various security arms of the Government undesirable elements had joined the security forces and police especially after black July 1983.
The involvement of the deserters in alleged JVP activity came to light when authorities arrested an Army captain identified as Nissanka for helping prominent JVP'er Somawansa Amarasinghe to escape to India late last year.
The army officer was believed to have been responsible for Amarasinghe's escape to India in a boat.
Courtesy of Sunday Island.

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IN MEMORAM
Mrs. Ratnadevi Mandalanayagam Chunnakam, Sri Lanka
Born: 11.1.1918 Died 17.5.88
Your love and affection we shall ever cherish. Sadly missed and fondly remembered on the third anniversary of her passing away by her children, grandchildren, sons-in-law and daughters-in-law — ‘Greenacres, 63 Sandown Park, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN24RT.

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lin everloving memory of Dr. Parameswaran Kandiah on the first anniversary of his passing away on 12.5.1990. Sorrowfully remembered by his beloved wife Pathmasany and loving children Thayalan and Pathanjali29 Mountston Close, Hartside Grange, Hartepool TS260LR, UK.
AN APPRECATION
Dr. Kandiah passed away a year ago. We who have enjoyed his friendship miss his bonhomie and camaraderie, his bubbling sense of humour and the warmheartedneSS with which he greeted his friends.
He graduated from the University of Sri Lanka in 1968. He was District Medical Officer in Karawanelle for five years and was much loved by the people, especially by the poor, on account of his efficiency and his readiness to serve them at all times. He was Medical Officer of Health, Rambukkane, for two years and Senior House Officer at the Base Hospital, Kegalle, for another two years. Then he served as Registrar and later Resident Obstetrician in the Castle Street Hospital for Women, Colombo for three years. Dr. J.N. Rodrigo, F.R.C.O.G. President of the Sri Lanka College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, has this to say of his work. "He had considerable experience in the management of all types of Obstetric and Gynaecological cases, especially in handling emergency ones and operating in several cases of obstructed labour. I have watched him operating and found him a competent and unruffled surgeon'. He never spared himself and was available at all times of the day and night.
He came to the United Kingdom in 1982. He worked in the Cameron Hospital for two years. His experience in Sri Lanka enabled him to give efficient service. He joined the General Hospital, Hartlepool, in 1986 and nas Resident Senior House Officer in Accident and Emergency at the time of his passing away.
In all the places he had worked he was regarded as a kind, caring, and conscientious doctor who devoted all his time and effort to
patients. His natura regard for them wor evidenced by the la irrespective of race a the home and attend Bowden, F.R.C.S., is Said that he was con hard working. He wa sweet, caring, and lo Nurse James Alderdic ed alongside him o thought the same. H man and did a lot of
Dr. Kandiah had a C God. He was a devou. especially the works and knew by heart m Hindu Saints. He friends, who were ac Warmth in their home and Children and trea ity. He radiated chee fragrant memory of Would never go out of
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Chelmsford, Essex.
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al Charm and genuine him many friends, as rge number of people, ind creed, who called at 2d the funeral. Mr. M.W. peaking at the funeral, petent, courteous, and is very well known as a ving man, said Charge ’e, everyone who workr was helped by him e was a proper gentlegood work'. seep and abiding faith in Hindu. He read widely,
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New York Tamils Feed Homeless
New York Tamil Sangam which had been active in the New York area for the last 20 years, celebrating the arrival of the Tamil New Year by organising cultural functions, took a break from the past by feeding some of the hungry and homeless of New York. The event was held at the First Presbyterian Church in Staten island and was coordinated by Project Hospitality, a New York based voluntary group working for the homeless. The homeless were treated to a sit-down dinner and were served by volunteers from the Sangam. Dr. M. N. Krishnan, the President of the Sangam has started the feeding program as a pilot project and hopes to extend it to other Sangams in different areas.
'Offer someone money or clothes, they want the next better thing. The only time people say "enough' is when they are full from eating. The best satisfaction you can give someone is to feed completely and that's what we want to do today'said Dr. Krishnan.
Dr. Raj Chandran
Dr. Raj Chandran, an old boy of K Hindu college, and medical practitioner in Sutton-inAshfield in the East Midlands in the U.K. has been elected President of the Ashfield Conservative Parliamentary Association. He contested the Preston Parliamentary seat at the last general elections and was runner up polling over 14,000 votes. Dr. Chandran has been a Major in the British Royal Army Medical Corps and has been President of the League of the Friends of the University of Jaffna for the last 10 years. He is pioneering the publication of Tamils Abroad - Who's Who, which he hopes will be a chronicle of Tamil pioneers who left Sri Lanka and are domiciled elsewhere.
Tamil Sangam plans
Dance Contest
The New York Tamil Sangam has planned to hold an International Tamil Dance Contest in New Brunswick High School Auditorium, New Jersey on September 7 at 4.00pm. The best dancer will receive the Balasaraswati Award for Excellence in Dance which is $500 and a plaque. Other finalists too will receive suitable awards/prizes.
The contest is open to girls/ladies between 16 & 23 years old, residing outside india; must have completed Bharata Natya Arangetram or Chalankai Pujai or equivalent; only non-professionals are eligible, compositions are to be in Tamil and danced solo to professionally recorded taped music for a duration between 6 & 10 minutes. Those interested should contact R. Kabaliswaran, Director-Tamil Dance Contest, 3021 Avenue 1, Apt. C15, Brooklyn, New York 11210, USA. Tel: (718) 3776491.
Tamilosai Com years of Tamil Bl
Friday, 3rd May, marked broadcasts in Tamil. anniversary, Tamilosai bra programmes in May.
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The very first of these 3rd May by Mr. Sankar been the voice of Tamilo years. He had translate performed in Homer's Od radise Lost, Shakespeare Tempest, Macbeth & Ha Shaw's Pygmalion. The tained excerpts from some and also extracts from in Cians such as the late M. former Chief Minister of figures like R.K. Narayan Indian novelist writing in musicians and dancers.
Anandhi Suryaprakasa for the BBC Tamil Serv years presented a feature momentous world events losai.
Leading politicians, jou paid tribute to the Tar programmes presented b who has succeeded Mr. head of Tanillosai. Mr. popular weekly magazin referred to the new wo Service which have enric guage. Mr. M.S. Gopal, I executive of All India Rao 'fantastic credibility' of T. rammes also featured t three past producers of th Silvapathasundaram, Su Viswanathan, who rerner, milestones in its history.
Mr. Sivapathasundarat duCer Of the Service and Tamilosai.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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pletes 50 oadcasting
50 years of BBC O celebrate the adcast a series of
was presented on amurthi who had sai for the last 25 "d, produced and yssey, Milton's Pa's King Lear, The mlet and Bernard
programme conof his productions, erviews with politiG. Rannachandran, Tamilnadu, literary - the best-known English and Indian
m who has worked 2e for the last 21 On the historic and covered by Tami
nalists and artists il service in two Mr. Mahadevan, Sankaramurthi as Savi, editor of the
named affer him ds coined by the led the Tamil lanPrimer broadcasting to talked about the milosai. The progminiscences from Service - Messrs. Idharallingam and bered some of the
was the first projave it, its apt title
A Historic Milestone
In the midst of the terrible conflict that Continues in the Tamil areas of Sri Lanka there are very few reasons for celebration or thankfulness. However, there is one anniversary occuring this year which should be noted and lauded, for it celebrates an institution which has played a significant role in the life of Christian Tamils in particular, and the Tamil nation in general. I am referring of course to the Morning Star or Uthayatharakai, the weeky paper published by the Jaffna Diocese of the Church of South India which completes a hundred and fifty years of existence. This makes it the second oldest paper in Sri Lanka after the Observer and certainly the oldest paper in the North.
it is with a sense of awe that One looks back all those years to the time in 1841 when American missionaries, having already set up Several educational institutions, decided that Jaffna needed a newspaper. The paper which was bilingual (Tamil and English) covered a broad brief. It was not only a provider of news but an organ of education as it continuously published articles covering geography, science and natural history. Having seen the copies of those early editions, which are now stored in the Jaffna College Library, I was amazed at how educative a journal it was.
Much changed this century. This was mainly a result of the increasing availability of newspapers and educational books. No longer did the Morning Star have to play the pioneering educative role as of old. It became more a journal of Christian thought and carried information pertaining to Christian institutions. One of its features which has not changed has been the fact that it is a paper of record and information regarding the Tamil Christian Community. Many of its overseas subscribers continue to find that, an important aspect of its features.
The eighties saw the Morning Star once again playing a prominent role on behalf of the Tamil community. The ever increasing violence perpetrated on the Tamil people and the injustices against them by the state received continuous prominence in the paper. it championed the cause of its people, especially not forgetting the innocent victims of the ever increasing civil war. As the voices of others, such as the Saturday Review were silenced, the Morning Star became one of the few that expatriate Tamils could rely on for opinion and comment from within the Tamil homelands. Despite having had to stop publishing for a while last year due to the problems in Jaffna it is once again coming out weekly.
The Morning Star is available only on subscription and is not available for general sale. This has of course restricted its readership though it has not lessened its importance as a voice of opinion and reason. In terms of printing technology, not a lot has changed since the early days as plans to modernise have been always been hampered by the conflict.
The Editor of the English edition is Mr. C.E. Rajasingham who follows in the footsteps of great editors including Mr. Lyman Kulathungam. The Tamil editoris Rev. DR. Ampalavanar of the Christian Seminary at Chunnakam. The motto of the Morning Star, printed on its masthead every week, is "Righteousness exalteth a nation but sin is a reproach to any people'. May it enjoy many more years as it continues to uphold the rights of our people.
Dr. D.C. Ambalavanar.

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AN AIR LANKA RETURNTICKET TO COLOMBO/SRI LANKA
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