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from countries including Australia, Canada, England, Denmark, Norway, France ,Switzerland and Germany for a dialogue, held in Colombo. Far from being the usual public relations exercise by a government facing mounting international criticism, all delegates were treated with the care, security and respect usually reserved for visiting diplomats, with a sense of sincerity. The concept for the dialogue arose at a meeting with the Sri Lankan Foreign Minister during his recent visit to Australia, and then actively encouraged by the governments of the countries where our diaspora largely reside. Diaspora delegates were actively encouraged to voice their fears and hopes for the long-suffering Tamils of
IDP child wounded in military shell attack in Vanni
the North and East, and engaged in robust debate with senior government cabinet ministers, their implementing agencies, and humanitarian agencies, and received audiences with the ambassadors of the United States and Norway, and the political attaché of India. It was made clear to the government and everyone with whom they interacted, that they were not the elected representatives of the Tamil people of Sri Lanka, and have no mandate even from the people who are at the receiving end of the shells, and were there as nothing more than concerned individuals.
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The The Sri Sri Lankan Lankan government government says says it it is is con-
con sidering a humanitarian pause in the cur- rent offensive against Tamil Tiger rebels in the north eastern region to allow time for civilians to escape the fighting. The Sri Lankan foreign secretary Palitha Ko- hona told BBC Sri Lanka correspondent An- barasan Ethirajan that the details for a halt in the fighting will be worked out shortly.
Defence Affairs spokesman, Minis- ter Keheliya Rambukwella told BBC Sandeshaya that proposed pause should be based upon what he de- scribed as a “result-oriented” strategy.
The LTTE has made use of such paus- es in the past, Minister Rambuk- wella said, to regroup and launch fresh attacks on the military forces.
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A Sri Lankan Tamil magistrate has won 'Women of Cour- age' award from the US State Department for demonstrat- ing 'exceptional courage and leadership' in the region, the US embassy said Thursday.
US ambassador Robert Blake recognised Magistrate Srinithy Nandasekaran 'as a South Asian regional finalist for the secretary of state's Women of Courage award', it said.
US embassies around the world annually select out- standing women leaders to receive 'Women of Courage' recognition. For this year they
SL Navy on alert for illegal food ship
The Sri Lanka Navy has been put on ale ized ships preparing to transport food and to the Wanni, bypassing the Government
This follows a global appeal being launch cently where supplies are being collect ed on a vessel which will leave for Sri L
Many Tamil charities in Great Britain alon based organization ‘ACT NOW’ are prepari and medicines on a ship named ‘Mercy Mis civilians trapped in the Wanni in the comin tempt to get more food and medicines ac
An organizer for the event said the ship Sri Lanka only after they consent from the Sri Lankan
“The ship will hopefully set sail for Sri Lanka in
Although we are yet to get the consent o Government, we are hopeful that agr reached and the supplies reach the civilia
have nomin ceptional wo traordinary w as advancing advocating
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Woman of courage honoured
Magistrate, Srinithy Nandasekaran has shown exempla- ry commitment and courage while serving in Sri Lanka's most difficult conflict torn areas
Two Sri Lankans honoured by British queen
Two Sri Lankans, members of the British High Commission here, have been honoured by Queen Elizabeth II for their 'long and excep- tional service', a statement said here Thursday.
Francis Gnanapragasam, part of the defence sec- tion of the high commission for almost 30 years, has been awarded an honorary MBE (Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) while Mahendra Ratnaweera was awarded for his services following the 2004 tsunami disaster.
'They can be rightly proud of this exceptional achieve- ment. I am delighted that the outstanding contributions of two of our longest serving staff have been recognised in this way,' British High Commissioner Peter Hayes has said.
The queen also honoured Christopher Worthington, a British national residing in Sri Lanka since 1958, with an MBE for restoration and maintenance of the Com- monwealth War Graves in the eastern port city of Trin- the guns fall silent comalee and the soon?
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have nominated over 80 ex- ceptional women for their ex- traordinary work in areas such as advancing human rights and advocating women's issues.
'Throughout her career as an attorney and magistrate, Srinithy has shown exemplary commitment and courage in the dispensation of justice to Sri Lankans of all ethnic groups, often while serving in the coun- try's most difficult conflict-torn areas,' Blake said Wednesday.
Blake has made a special mention on Nandaseker- an's 'tireless efforts on be- half of Sri Lanka's children'.
SL Navy on alert for illegal food ship
has been put on alert for unauthor- to transport food and medical supplies ssing the Government, Navy has said.
l appeal being launched in Britain re- lies are being collected to be load- ch will leave for Sri Lanka this month.
s in Great Britain along with the UK- ‘ACT NOW’ are preparing to send food ship named ‘Mercy Mission’ to the Tamil the Wanni in the coming days in an at- food and medicines across to the area.
e event said the ship would set sail for y after they obtained the the Sri Lankan Government.
lly set sail for Sri Lanka in the coming days.
t to get the consent of the Sri Lankan re hopeful that agreement will be pplies reach the civilians in the Wanni,”
Tamil Tigers to the military's claims but pro-rebel websites said the Tigers were offering stiff resistance in the area.
More evacuated
Neither version of events could be independently confirmed, as journalists are not allowed to re- port from inside the conflict zone.
Meanwhile, officials say more than one thousand-and-six-hundred civilians have fled the war zone and reached government-controlled area on Monday.
The ICRC said they evacuated 540 patients and relatives on Monday from the north.
ICRC spokesperson in Colombo, Sophie civilians may have been killed and
Romanens told BBC Sandeshaya that seven-thousand others injured in
the group was brought from Puthu- the fighting in the last two months.
matalan by the Green Ocean Ferry and taken to Pulmoday transit hospital. Earlier, the Sri Lankan military said more than fifty Tamil Tiger rebels died in
The government says more than sixty-one- land and sea battles in the north-east.
thousand people have already fled from rebel-held areas and have been housed There has been no reaction from the
in special camps in the northern region.

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Anyone arrested under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) or the Emergency Regulations (ER) before January 2005 (when the conflict re-started) and against
whom no charges have been brought so far should be released with expedited proceedings and;
To implement the 13th Amendment to the Constitution immediately, while ensuring improving on the powers shelved to the periphery such as removal of concurrent list and enhance devolution to evolve an acceptable political solution to the conflict.
The implementation of the 13th Amendment was put forward by the Tamil delegation as an important stepping stone to the further aspirations of the Tamil people of Sri Lanka, and that without such an approach, Tamils are not going to have a resolution to the conflict which is a prelude to peace and without which it will only attract a more hostile Tamil Diaspora, which will continue to seek and open further avenues.
The Government advised that it is continuing negotiation with LTTE leaders with the help of other governments for the release of civilians and is unable to get the assistance of ICRC or UN agencies because of agency policy of not risking injury or death to their personnel in such attempts. This needed the cooperation of the LTTE for the civilian’s evacuation, they said.
The delegation found value in attending this dialogue. The government appeared to deal with the issues raised by the diaspora in a frank and constructive manner, and attendance of these meetings by Tamils revealed much of the government’s future agenda , its attitude to Tamil aspiration in the island and its hopes for the Tamil Diaspora to work to a political solution.
Uthayam actively encourages everyone of the Tamil Diaspora to provide policy suggestions to put to the Sri Lankan government on an on-going process in order to get the most satisfactory outcome for our people.
Memorandum to the Government of Sri Lanka from the Sri Lankan Tamil Diaspora
Memorandum:
1) The Diaspora Tamils believe that LTTE gave
protection to the Tamil people. In the absence of this “protection” and amidst anti-Tamil rhetoric from certain members of the Government, most Tamils perceive a sense of insecurity to live in Sri Lanka.
We recognize the urgent need for a democratic 2)
and interactive leadership to evolve amongst the Tamils.
The Government of Sri Lanka must make efforts 3)
to ensure: Safety and security of all Tamils in Sri Lanka; • Due process of law and order to become •
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Austral Asian Voice | APRIL 2009 Fr Miller bows out of Batticaloa F
or acted over as six decades, Father Miller has
priest, protector, educator, and witness to generations of Batticaloans. On Sunday, he left Sri Lanka to return home to New Orleans, Louisiana in the United States for a six month ex- tended leave. He said he has not decided whether to return.
"It’s reached a stage now that there is no structure through which I can make a dif- ference. There was a time when I could write a letter to the president or assemble senior police officers. None of those things would make a difference now."
In addition to what he sees as the shrink- ing sphere of his influence, Father Miller said there is also his advanced age to consider. When he arrived in Sri Lan- ka at the age of 23, it was by ship and the journey took one month. It was September 1948 and Sri Lanka had just months before celebrated its independence from colonial rule for the first time in over 400 years.
But Father Miller's contributions to the people of the Eastern Province are hardly forgotten by all. In the week leading up to his departure, a steady stream of visitors arrived at his office door to bring gifts and best wishes for a safe trip, but also plead- ing with him to return as soon as possible. Father Miller was born and raised in New Orleans to a devout mother and father who raised their children to at- tend Mass daily. Indeed, throughout his junior education, Father Miller said he attended Mass twice every morning, once with his family and once when he reached his Jesuit school.At the age of 16, he decided that he wanted to join the order, a decision that followed in the footsteps of his older brother. In all, six of his seven siblings would become Jesu- its or nuns. "My other sister called herself the ‘white sheep of the family’ because the
rest of us wore black clothes," he said with a chuckle.
Upon joining, Father Miller became the youngest in the class but the decision, in spite of his youth, was final. "No one joins the Jesuits and doesn’t say, ‘This is for life,'" he said. He studied for sev- en years and received a degree in physics before volunteering to be sent abroad.
At that time, the French Jesuit numbers in the East of Sri Lanka had been depleted by two world wars and the Vatican had requested the New Orleans Province to help fill the ranks and aid in operating the dozens of schools in the area. Father Miller was among five Jesuits who were placed in Batticaloa. He taught physics, English, history, and coached the soccer team, whose offense consisted of Tamil and Muslim forwards, Burgher midfielders, and Sinhalese wingers. "There were no signs of war in 1948, no- body fighting against an- ybody else," he said. From 1959 to 1970, he acted as rector of the school and shortly after he stepped down from the position, the govern- ment took over the administration and cur- riculum.
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s a Charles Darwin pointed out, similar process occurs in na- ture — but without any act of design. In the last 200 years, natural selection has been observed in action. For example, in Britain, there were populations of peppered moths that were mostly white with black speckles. But, due to a chance gene muta- tion, a few of this species of moths were dark brown. The light coloured moths hap- pened to be well camouflaged as they rested during the day on trees covered with pale lichens. The dark moths were easily seen and eaten by birds. With a large increase in industry and the resulting pollution, the trees became covered by black soot instead of lichens. Now the dark-coloured moths were camouflaged and the light coloured moths were more likely to be seen and eaten. Since more dark moths survived and reproduced, the population became mostly dark, with just a few light moths. In this case, the process of natural selection did not form a new species — since both varieties of moth continued to be able to in- terbreed. But it did change the population.
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Caribbean Tour 1971 If at all there was any possibility of recent success going to Sunil's head, his new roomie, a man as old and tall as he, was determined to obliterate it. Gundappa Viswanath had finally recovered from his knee injury and was fit to play. Su- nil, the junior among the two, did all the dirty work, like leaving his bed to open the door if the bell rang at an unearthly
hour. He was mystified by his partner's daily request to room service for coffee at 7.00 am. The problem wasn't as much as getting up to open the door and let the bearer in, as it was the fact that Viswanath would continue to sleep. He would con- sume it only an hour later. Sunil watched the charade for a few days, after which he protested and insisted that his partner order coffee at 8.00am. However, Viswa- nath had the last word, 'I like cold coffee!' England Tour 1974 The evening after the Test, they had to show up at a State Bank of India function and then attend a party hosted by B.K. Ne- hru, India's high commissioner to the UK. However, the team's departure for the SBI function was delayed due to what seemed to be Adhikari's penchant for telephone
did not occur because of the change in en- vironment. The change in their environment resulted in a change in the colour of the moth population. But the moths did not change colour in order to adapt to the environment. Thus, we see that natural selection is not a purposeful creative act — it is simply a mindless, editing mechanism. There is no goal in evolution. No form of life is more perfect than any other form of life. The role of chance in evolution is one of the aspects that make it remarkable. When we say evolution happened by chance, we do not mean that it happened with- out reason — but that the reason was not designed to give the particular effect. Chance and necessity
Thus, the work of Darwin gives a new truth to the insight of Democritus (c. 350
BCE): “Ev verse is the Darwin fou natural sel forms of an had collect South Ame how popula into new fo places, and
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difference to our understanding of who we e from by establishing that there’s no exter- tion of life, just infinite possibilites. A tribute f his birth. Darwin made a huge difference of who we are and where we come from by e’s no external design to the evolution of life, es. A tribute on the bicentenary of his birth.
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South America, and other areas. He saw . There is
how populations of organisms had evolved of life is
into new forms as they immigrated to new rm of life.
places, and as their environment changed. is one of ble. When
After decades of study, hundreds of pub- y chance,
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his day, it was clear to him that nothing is necessity
fixed — all of life is constantly changing. This realisation was a challenge to theology. es a new
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s partner's r coffee at s much as nd let the Viswanath ould con- il watched fter which his partner ver, Viswa- old coffee!'
ey had to ia function by B.K. Ne- to the UK. for the SBI at seemed telephone
calls. London's rush-hour traffic delayed
had apprehended Sudhir Naik on charges them further, and the players reached the
of shoplifting. It so happened that Naik high commissioner's residence nearly an
had bought 20 pairs of socks for himself hour after they were supposed to. Wadekar
and his team-mates, who had given him and Adhikari apologised, only to be told
money for the same. He had been asked by a fuming Nehru in full view of the other
to buy some other items as well, and was guests to 'get out'. The players returned to
in the process of doing just that when their bus and refused to heed Adhikari's
two additional pairs of socks slipped be- pleas to return to the party. Eventually,
low a pair of slacks into his bag. The shop Venkataraghvan, the vice-captain, con-
authorities refused to believe him and vinced them, and Nehru apologised. But
summoned the police. That had forced it was pointless to expect the players to
Adhikari to make several phone calls to try behave as if nothing had happened. Their
and do his bit to avoid negative publicity. reticence was misconstrued as arrogance.
In what was an extraordinary case of t was on the following day that the play-
mismanagement, Naik was then con- ers learnt why their manager had seem-
vinced to plead guilty to get the mat- ingly fallen in love with the telephone
ter over and done with. He did, and and thereby caused the delay. An over-
the press reacted with unbridled glee. zealous house detective at London's Marks and Spencer departmental store
arose from simple self-reproducing chemi- cals. As life evolved, consciousness also evolved. As we investigate, we find out more and more about how the nervous system works in simple organisms, and how even human consciousness can be understood in terms of the same basic physical proc- esses organised into very complex systems.
The elucidation of the mechanisms of evo- lution leads us to realise that life is more astonishing than we had ever imagined. As Darwin said, “from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most won- derful have been, and are being evolved.”
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Mercury rising
While in many parts of the country, mani- festoes and seat selection is over and can- didates are in the throes of campaigning, in Tamil Nadu alliances have not been stitched up because the election is a long way off, to the very tail-end on May 13.
But it cannot be good news for either candidates, cadres or voters in Chennai because temperatures are going to be soaring above 40 by then. And progres- sively, this city is getting hotter, some- thing on which one could agree with the the Regional Meteorological Centre. Sample this: While every summer sea- son saw the temperature crossing 40 de- gree Celsius for only eight days between 1981 and 1985, between 2001 and 2005 there were 12 days which were scorchers.
As if that is not bad enough, much heat will be generated between parties. And that has already started with the DMK and PMK at loggerheads. Now that’s not a new posi- tion for these parties. In the first place, it was the hot-headedness of PMK founder S Ramadoss that led to inflammatory words with DMK chief Karunanidhi and other DMK leaders which led to the exit of the Vanni- yar outfit from the rainbow coalition called the DPA last June. Hostilities had been halted for a bit but Ramadoss has made up his mind to go with the pre-poll alliance that AIADMK chief Jayalalitha has stitched together with the CPI, CPM and MDMK.
Ramadoss, the ultimate weathercock
It should come as no surprise that PMK has switched sides from the DMK to the AIADM. It manages to switch sides every other election, manoeuvring mostly to be on the winning side. PMK Founder S Ra- madoss is like a weathercock, and sniffs out the winning side. Talking about the PMK’s fickleness, it was with the BJP-led NDA in 2001 when it switched to the AI- ADMK just before the assembly elections. Amma came back to power for the second
time. But soon afterwards, Ramadoss fell out with Amma and got back to the NDA and got back his ministries. But before the 2004 elections, he switched camps again to the Congress whose ally this time was the DMK. The Ramadoss scion was in the saddle as union health minister. Ramadoss stuck to this winning combination in 2006 too but fell out with the DMK two years later.
So does it mean Ramadoss thinks amma will redeem herself after registering a duck – the DMK-Congress, PMK and CPI and CPM won all the 39 seats and the one seat in Puducherry – in the 2004 election? Yes.
Will she actually register a clean sweep?
Unlikely. Because one has to fac- tor in the DMK’s sop opera that has been raining incessantly.
Fraudulent voters
One has always considered Tamil Nadu as a topper when it comes to education, IT (notwithstanding Bangalore and Hy- derabad’s claim to the title), traffic, qual- ity of life, but this election brought forth a statistic that gives this metropolis a du- bious title. Of topping when it comes to the number of fraudulent voters. Shock- ing, even if it was well known that TN had a history of bogus voting and artificially- inflated rolls. In 2004, the electorate was 4.66 crore and now it is a little over 4.13 crore, a fall of 11.9 per cent or 53 lakhs in terms of numbers. That means that almost the population of Chennai was added to the actual voters and that means win- ning and losing margins of candidates went up or down as the case may be.
According to State chief electoral officer Naresh Gupta – whom CM Karunanidhi has a grouse with because the latter ap- parently did not have the courtesy of calling on him – the correct number for the electorate was arrived at after field verification that was taken up from 2005, a year after the Lok Sabha elections.
Nearly 27 lakh voters did not ex- ist and were therefore removed, another eight lakh turned out to be there because of multiple en- tries in the photo identity cards and the rest were those who had moved to new addresses and got new cards but continued to fig- ure in the list at the old address.
Now candidates have got the jitters because their arithmetic was based on the old rolls, and margins will go down, mak- ing fights in some constituen- cies closer. This readjustment is in addition to the one some candidates have had to make because of delimitation. New voters to woo as has been done by Union Minister T R Baalu, who won from Chennai South in 2004, but will have
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to shift further afield to Sriperumbudur.
conservator of forests and chief wildlife warder, says the park cannot take an ex- Meanwhile, at the other zoo
plosion in deer population. "Our inten- tion is not to increase the population in- side the park. If the numbers go up, there
Speaking of population increase, a mile- stone has been notched up at Vandalur zoo. A three-and-a-half-year-old white
will be spill over, leading to man-animal conflict. However, we have no means of controlling the population," he said.
tigress has given birth to three healthy cubs. Considering that tiger population in parks around the country have declined or been wiped out because of poach- ing, this is good news indeed. In 2007, a pair of white tigers – Anoo and Bhish- mar – was acquired from Delhi zoo in ex- change for two lion-tailed macaque. This pair has three new additions to the fam- ily. For those who want to see the cubs, they’ll have to wait till June, as zoo offi- cials are coddling them so that they take
The GNP cannot grow. Once a game re- serve of Britisher Gilbert Rodericks, it was handed over to the Tamil Nadu forest de- partment in 1958. The park is spread over 2.7 sq km and unlike then when it had very few animals, today it has an expand- ing population of spotted deer and black- buck. Besides, 22 acres was converted into a children’s park and that has left too little space for animals, which are faced with the additional problem of shrinking foliage.
their first steps away from public glare.
Incidentally, last week, the snake park,
The population of spotted deer and blackbuck inside the Guindy National Park (GNP) has also increased margin- ally, the annual deer census conducted last week found. According to the lat- est count, there are 1,280 spotted deer as compared to 1,200 last year and 382 blackbuck as compared to 325 last year.
also at Guindy, got a new denizen. A 3.5 feet-long krait, a poisonous snake. The reptile was rescued from a house in Mad- ambakkam near Tambaram. It was trying to be incognito in a pile of rubble near the lawn when it was spotted by a cloth merchant last Sunday night. Thinking it to be a non-poisonous snake, he let it be. But it was still there the next morning and
While the addition of tigers is celebrated,
he called in the forest staff to take charge.
this is not the case with deer and black- buck. C K Sreedharan, principal chief


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Pay claim: School principals protest
More than 1,500 public school princi- pals marched and protested outside the Ministry of Education (MOE) in Colombo on March 25 to demand an end to long- standing salary anomalies. As part of the protest, 200 principals handed over symbolic resignation letters to press for their demands. In their letters, they call on the education ministry to put them in their previous position as teachers, who receive higher wages than principals.
UN relief chief concerned over trapped civilians
The top United Nations re- lief official today repeated the world body’s concerns over the safety of civilians – numbering as high as 190,000 – trapped by fighting in northern Sri Lanka between Government forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
Addressing reporters after an interactive Security Council discussion on Sri Lanka, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitar- ian Affairs, John Holmes, characterized the situation as “extremely worrying.”
Forced recruitment continues within the combat zone, and the LTTE is not al- lowing civilians out of the area, he said.
According to the UN, the conflict zone shrank from 300 square kilometers to nearly 58 square kilometres in February, with many civilians – Mr. Holmes today put the number between 150,000 and 190,000 – sheltering in a 14-square kilo- metre “no-fire” zone in the Vanni region.
“Our first appeal is to the LTTE to let the civilians out in a safe and or- derly fashion,” Mr. Holmes said.
He also called on the Government
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2,700 civillians killed: Human Rights Watch
The Sri Lankan army, despite govern- ment denials, is indiscriminately shelling the "no-fire zone" in northern Sri Lanka where thousands of civilians are trapped by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), Human Rights Watch said today, citing new information from the region. More than 2,700 civilians have report- edly been killed over the last two months, and the number of casualties rises daily.
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gave an assurance that there will be no shelling in the no-fire zone (safe zone) there have been reports to the con- trary, but was unable to confirm which party was responsible for the shelling. However reacting to this statement, Mili- tary Spokesperson Brigadier Udaya Na- nayakkara said that the military was not involved in shelling in the no-fire zone but it was the LTTE which was responsible for this in order to prevent civilians from cross- ing into Government-controlled areas. Speaking to journalists at the UN in New York on Tuesday Sir John Holmes said with the ab- sence of any reliable source on the ground, it was difficult to verify or blame any particular party for the shell- ing on the no-fire zone but evidence
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suggested that it was taking place. Sir Holmes added that while the situation in Sri Lanka had not changed, the casualty rate, in terms of deaths and injuries, was also very high and unacceptable and said that both parties to the conflict had a huge responsibility under international humani- tarian law to do more to protect the civilians.
Grenade attack on Tamil newspaper
Reporters Without Borders is outraged by a grenade attack on the headquarters of the Tamil daily newspaper Uthayan in the northern city of Jaffna. The grenade ex- ploded in the patio of the building, causing considerable damage and injuring a guard. “This was yet another attempt to stop distribution of Uthayan and comes less than a month after the arrest of N. Vithy- atharan, the editor of the Tamil daily Sudar Oli, an Uthayan press group publi- cation,” Reporters Without Borders said.
“The use of violence and intimidation against the staff of Sudar Oli and Uthayan is absolutely unacceptable,” the press free- dom organisation added. “We urge the Sri Lankan authorities to carry out a thorough investigation with the aim of arresting those responsible and bringing them to trial.” Tamil media voiced the suspicion that the orders for the attack on Uthayan came from within the government.
LTTE's technical wing chief killed - SLA LTTE's technical wing chief S. Kirupa- karan alias Madivalahan was killed in Mullaittivu, defence sources said cit- ing intercepted LTTE communication. According to available information, LTTE has offered the self-styled 'Lt.Colonel' sta- tus to the slain terrorist on Tuesday (March 31), who was said to be the mastermind and chief coordinator of the LTTE's satel- lite cum radio communication network.


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ou only have to attend a Sri Lankan function, and look around, to observe the number of overweight and obese people, attired so elegantly in expensive clothes looking completely out of shape. Most of them complement each other with words like, “Dear you look so well”, really meaning ‘too fat’. You keep your skin shiny with creams and moisturizers, you condition your hair, and invariably the ladies spend the previous day at the hair salons, you eat well, and you do all this to look and feel great. But are you missing out on an important part of a healthier lifestyle?
Amidst these people you could always spot the individuals who exercise and keep it. No matter what your age or shape, you should spare some time to an exercise discipline daily. Exercise- tones, slims and smartens your body, and your dreams may come true to get into those clothes when window shopping in shopping centre’s like, “no other stores like DJ”. Exercise strengthens your muscles, keeps your bones strong (prevent osteoporosis), improves the colour of your skin, feels positive and relates well to friends and loved ones. You relax more, sleep well, in better mood, and they are the incredible bene its of daily exercise.
If you need to lose weight, you need to burn calories and restrict consuming calories in diet. You need to mobilize and burn down excessively stored fat (saturated fat, triglycerides) gradually until you reach your target body weight. Robert Atkin’s diet which restricts consuming carbohydrates to a mere 40 grams a day seems to mobilize the stored fat. This restriction along with exercise will help to achieve your goal. If you walk 4 miles a day (one hour), four times a week, you can burn 1600 calories a week, amounting to half a pound. Low carb diet is better at burning fat than just cutting calories.
Scientists who worked to ind how diet affects the operation of the liver put 14 overweight people on either a low carbohydrate or low calorie diet. They found those eating fewer carbs lost
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almost double the weight over two weeks, and several changes in liver function were identi ied as part of the reason why.
Both fat and glucose are sources of energy that are metabolized in the liver and used as energy in the body.
Those who are fortunate to have a treadmill and exercise daily can record their calorie burnt during the work outs. You could walk on the treadmill at 5km/ hr for half hour, and burn about 120 calories. This could be repeated twice a day and burn 240 calories at the end of the day, which will facilitate weight reduction and keeping, it. Treadmill walking helps increase itness levels.
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If exercise is performed at a • faster pace more calories will be used.
The heavier an individual the • more energy burned during exercise. On the other hand a lean person burns energy during rest after exercise.
Fitter people burn fat faster •
during exercise.
Rowing exercise
Fatter calorie burning per hour can be done on a rowing machine than on a treadmill. There is less weight bearing on the joints like the knees and the ankles, and the wear and tear of the joint surfaces are minimized. This would be an ideal exercise for those who suffer from early
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10 Austral Asian Voice | APRIL 2009 World Bank predicts slower growth for India in 2009
Washington: As the global
4.4 percent growth in developing economy deteriorates sharply,
countries in 2009, reflecting the the World Bank has projected
rapid deterioration of global a slower 4 percent growth for
financial and economic conditions. India in 2009, down from 5.5 percent in 2008, before picking up
The new Global Economic Prospects speed to reach 7 percent in 2010.
update also notes that global growth is expected to contract by World Bank estimates released
1.7 percent this year. This would Tuesday have reduced its
be the first decline in world output November 2008 projection of
growth since World War II. GDP is 5.8 percent growth for India in
projected to decline by 3 percent 2009 rising to 7.7 percent in 2010.
in OECD countries and by 2 percent in other high-income economies. GDP growth in the developing world as a whole will slow to a
The World Bank’s baseline forecast projected 2.1 percent in 2009 from
predicts growth momentum to 5.8 percent in 2008. But without
turn weakly positive in 2010 as India and China their growth would
financial-sector consolidation, grind down from 4.6 percent last
lost wealth and knock-on effects year to a complete halt in 2009
from the financial crisis continue before slowly recovering to 2.67
to dampen economic activity. percent in 2010 instead of growing
However, the pace and timing of at 2.9 percent and 4.7 percent
the recovery is still highly uncertain. respectively as predicted earlier.
South Asia has been marked The Bank has more than halved
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arthritis of lower joints. If an average 170 pound person rowed for 30 minutes four times a week at an easy or moderate pace it would equate to a calorie burning total of at least 1200 calories.
Aerobic exercise refers to exercise that involves or improves oxygen consumption by the body. To obtain the best results, an aerobic exercise session involves a warming up period, followed by at least 20 minutes of moderate to intense exercise involving large muscle groups, and a cooling down period at the end.
Aerobic exercise: health bene its
Increases cardio-respiratory endurance:
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Aerobic exercises increase the capacity of your heart and lungs to deliver oxygen- rich blood to your muscles. Heart beat becomes stronger and will pump more blood. After awhile your heart rate may not rise as high with equivalent exertion, and the heart rate returns to normal level more quickly following exercises. Also, you will be it and have more energy and stamina for day to day activities, for instance your work capacity increases.
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Increased muscular endurance: With continued aerobic exercise the muscles become stronger and will be able to work harder before they undergo fatigue. Muscles involved in respiration are strengthened to facilitate the low of air in and out of the lungs. There is toning of the muscles through the body with aerobic exercise.
• Lose weight : Aerobic exercise burns up energy and would be ideal to lose weight.
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problems: Regular aerobic exercise has been shown to reduce the risk of heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes type 2, colon cancer and breast cancer. It reduces bad cholesterol (LDL) and increases good cholesterol (HDL). It can reduce the risk of death from cardio- vascular disease, and even increase one’s lifespan.
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Improves bone strength: As one gets older the bones get softer, more so in women due to hormone depletion, weight bearing aerobic exercise such as brisk walking may reduce the incidence.
• Boost the immune system •
Boost your self-con idence and help prevent boredom and depression.
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Increases the total number of red cells in the body, facilitating transport of required oxygen.
Walking program
The majority of the people prefer to walk to keep it rather than spending an hour at the gym. Walking helps to-
• lose weight •
Strengthens and tones muscles and de inition
• Stronger bones • Lowers heart rate • Better mood • Improves complexion For an adult weighing 60kg (132 lbs) regular brisk walk for 30 minutes of activity will lose 100 calories.
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In anaerobic exercise there is more strength training and weight training, including weight lifting, or pressing. The two types- aerobic and anaerobic differ by the duration and intensity of muscular contractions involved, as well as by how energy is generated within the muscle. In aerobic exercise, initially glycogen- a stored form of sugar in the liver brakes down to produce glucose, which is then broken down using oxygen to generate energy. In anaerobic exercise in contrast, referring to the initial phase of exercise in which the glycogen or sugar is consumed without oxygen, and is a far less ef icient process.
Diabetics will observe that occasionally the blood glucose level rising after exercise, which is most frustrating and beats the very purpose. This is a physiological reaction in the liver which converts the stored glycogen into glucose (neo-glucogenesis), helping to provide more energy during and after exercise.
Unlike anaerobic exercise, such as body building to increase the muscle mass, aerobic exercise does not increase the basal metabolic rate, and may be less effective to lose weight.
I have observed pot bellied men not losing their protuberant belly even after years of aerobic (cardiac) exercise, and those who do anaerobic muscle building invariable have lat bellies.
Ab workouts
Performing repeated sit ups may not latten your belly as most believe. You should avoid spine bending exercises in the morning because such movement put a lot of stress on the discs in your back. It is observed that you are taller when you wake up than when you retire to bed at
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night. Discs in your back suck up water in your sleep and ills with water. Doing sit ups or bending may cause lot of stress. For the same reason you may ind it dif icult to wear your socks, and tie your shoe laces, in the morning.
“Researchers have documented the increased annulus ( ibrous structure on the surface of vertebrae) stresses after a bout of bed rest,” says Professor Stuart McGill, an expert in spine function and injury prevention and rehabilitation at the University of Waterloo in Canada.
Yet many athletes and lay people alike get up in the morning and do their spinal stretches, situps, pushups, etc. The Professor says that this is the most dangerous time of day to undertake such spinal exercises.
Reducing the stomach belly
Crunch would be the most effective way to make the abdominal wall muscles strong without hurting the spine. Research has proved that the crunch or the trunk curl up imposes minimum compression load on the spine.
You should pull your belly button in towards the spine, and also pull your abdominal wall muscles in during the curl up. This will tighten the abdominal wall muscles and with time and help you to latten the belly.
Hippocrates, father of medicine on the philosophy about dieting
“...Those desiring to lose weight should perform hard work before food. They should take their meals after exertion and while still panting from fatigue....They should, moreover, eat only once a day and take no baths and sleep on a hard bed and walk naked as long as possible.”
(Author’s remark- Taking no baths and walking naked have not proved, but Hippocrates was right on other dietary advice to lose weight.)


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,e;j jtwhd top elj;jypd; cr;r fl;l epiyikNa ,d;W jkpo; r%fKk; mjd; murpaYk; ,yq;ifapy; Kfk; nfhLj;Jf; nfhz;bUf;fpd;wd. fle;j %d;W tUlq;fSf;F Kd;dH tiu$l ngUk;ghyhd rpq;fs kf;fspilNa jkpoH gpur;rpidf;F murpay; uPjpahd jPHnthd;W Kd;itf;fg;gl;L jPHf;fg;gl KbAk; vd;w ek;gpf;if ,Ue;jij ehk; midtUk; Vw;Wf;nfhs;s Ntz;Lk;. 1987k; Mz;bd; ,Wjp Kjy; 2002k; Mz;L tiu mt;tg;NghJ fpilj;j mupa tha;Gf;fs; midj;ijAk; eOt tpl;lJ kl;Lkd;wp jkpo; r%fj;jpy; NtW ve;j xU murpay; rf;jpAk; $l mr;re;jHgq;fis jkpo; r%fj;Jf;F rhjfkhf gad;gLj;JtJk; gyhj;fhukhf jLf;fg;gl;lJ. rpq;fs kf;fs; kj;jpapy; 'jkpo; kf;fs; murpay; jPHnthd;Wf;F jahuhf ,Uf;fpwhHfs;. jkpoHfs; Aj;jj;ij tpUk;gtpy;iyГ vd gpur;rhuk; nra;j murpay; jiytHfspd; Kfq;fspy; fup G+Rfpd;w tifapNyNa jkpoH murpay; jiyik jkpo; r%fj;ij top elj;jpr; nrd;wJ.
Mdhy; ,d;W...! ,e;j xd;wiu tUl fhyj;jpy; epiyik vg;gb jiyfPohf khw;wg;gl;bUf;fpwJ vd;gij ehk; midtUk; fz;$L fhz;fpd;Nwhk;. fle;j fhyq;fspy; Vw;gl;l ,df;fytuq;fs; njhlHghf ntl;fg;gl;l rpq;fs r%fk;> rkhjhdj;Jf;fhf Aj;jk nra;Ak; re;jpupfh Ntz;lhk; rkhjhdg; Gwhthd uzpy; Ntz;Lk; vd thf;fspj;j rpq;fs r%fk; ,d;W> Gypg; gaq;futhjj;ij xopg;gjpy; cyfKNk jk;kplk; fw;Wf;nfhs;s ghlq;fs; ,Uf;fpd;wd vd neQ;ir epkpHj;jp nrhy;Yk; mstpw;F cyf muq;fpy; jpfOfpd;wJ.
,e;jpaj; jiyefH nly;yp Kjy; mnkupf;fj; jiy efH th\pq;ld; tiu murpay; jiytHfs;> ,uh[je;jpupfs; rfyUk; jkpo; kf;fis ghJfhUq;fs; Mdhy; gaq;futhjj;ij xLf;Fq;fs; vd ,yq;if murhq;fj;ij KJfpy jl;bf; nfhLj;Jf; nfhz;bUf;Fk; fhykpJ. jkpoupd; cupikg; Nghuhl;lj;jpw;F cyfk; mq;fPfhuk; nfhLj;j fhyk; kiyNawpg;Ngha; ,d;W jkpoH gaq;futhjk; kiyNaw;wg;gLtjw;F cyf ehLfs; midj;Jk; xj;Jiog;G toq;Fk; fhyk; tiuapy; jkpoH Nghuhl;lkhdJ vkJ 'rhzf;fpakhd jiyikapdhy;Г 'ntw;wpfukhfГ top elj;jg;gl;L te;jpUf;fpwJ. ,d;W cynfq;Fk; ehL ehlhf> efuk; efukhf> njUj; njUthf epd;W 'INah vkf;F elf;Fk; mepahaj;ij Nfl;f ,e;j cyfpy; vtUNk ,y;iyah?" vd;W xg;ghup itf;Fk; Nfhkhspf; $l;lkhf khw;wg;gl;bUf;fpwJ ,e;j khngUk; Mz;l jkpopdk;.
,d;iwa mtrpak; Aj;jj;jpd; fpLf;fpg;gpbf;Fs; gyte;jkhf mfg;gLj;jg;gl;Ls;s jkpo; r%fk; ,d;W Kfk; nfhLj;Js;s nfhba mtykhdJ ntWk;
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Ie;J tUlq;fshf jpl;lkpl;l ,e;j gpuahzj;ij njhlu KbT nra;J lhu;tpDf;F nrd;Nwd;. mq;fpUe;J xd;wiu kzpNeu gpuahzk; vd;gjhy; rpwpa tpkhdj;jpy; Vwp xU kzpNeuk; gwe;j gpd;G njhopy; El;gf; NfhshW vd mwptpj;J tpl;L kPz;Lk; me;j tpkhdk; lhu;tpid mile;jJ.
,U kzp Neukhf lhu;tpd; Vu;Nghl;by; ,Ue;Jnfhz;L kuzk; Fwpj;J Nahrpj;Njd;. gy tpjkhf G+kpapy; kuzq;fs; epfo;e;jhYk; vjpy; Fiwe;j typapy; kuzk; cz;lhFk; vd rpwpa Muha;r;rpapy;  tq;fp Nghd;witf;F ,e;NjhNdrpahtpd; njhlu;G njhlu;fpwJ..fWth vz;iz ,e;Njhdprpa rpful;bd; kzk; nly;ypapd; cg;G fhw;wpy; fye;Js;sJ. ehd; re;jpj;j fpof;F jPNkhu; thrpfsplk; ,e;NjhNdrpah fhyj;jpy; Vw;gl;l ,og;Gfshy; frg;Gfs; ,Ue;jhYk; ntWg;gw;w
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vdJ fpof;F jPNkhu; ez;gdJ FLk;gj;Jld; jq;fp ,Ue;jjhy; mtdJ cwtpdu;fs; tPLfSf;F kl;Lky;y ,we;j cwtpdu;fiisf;$l nrd;W ghu;j;Njd;. Ig;ghdpau;fs; ,uz;lhk; cyf Aj;j fhyj;jpy; fpof;F jPNkhiu jk;trk; itj;jpUe;j G+l;ld;> Nghu;j;Jf;Nfaupd; fhyj;jpy; ,we;j jhj;jh ,e;NjhNdrpau fhyj;jpy; ,we;j ngupag;gh vd FLk;gj;Jld; nrd;W gpuhu;j;jpj;jhu;fs;.
cyfk; nghUshjhu neUf;fbapy; jtpf;Fk; ,e;jf; fhyj;jpy; gj;J tPjj;jpw;F Nky; nghUshjhu tsu;r;rpiaf; fhl;Lk; xNu ehL fpof;F jPNkhuhfj;jhd; ,Uf;Fk.;. nly;yp Jiw Kfj;jpy; jupj;J epd;w nfhs;fy fg;gy;fs; mjw;F rhl;rpahFk;. RpW Foe;ijapd; tpiuthd tsur;;rpf;F xg;ghdJ. ehDW tUlq;fshf fhydp Mjpf;fk; nra;e;j Nghu;f;Jf;Nfau; fpof;F
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Vw;fdNt ,tuJ ,yf;fpa tpku;rdf;fUj;Jf;fspdhy; gugug;gile;jpUf;Fk;  kz;thrid gpuNjr nkhoptof;F ,yf;fpak;> Nghu;f;fhy ,yf;fpak;>  n[aNkhfd; jdJ tpku;rd Ma;Tf;fhf mWtiuNa njupTnra;jpUf;fpwhu;. ,e;jj;njupTk;$l mtUf;F vjpu;tpid tpku;rdq;fisj;jhd; ms;sp tPRk; vd;gijj;njupe;Jnfhz;Nl Ma;tpy;  fUj;Jf;fis mfo;e;njLj;J mLf;Ffpwhu;. ,e;jg;ghzpapdhy;jhd; mtu; Vida tpku;rfu;fsplkpUe;J NtWgLfpwhu;.
jkpofj;jpd; vdp ,e;jpad; gjpg;gfk; ntspapl;bUf;Fk; n[aNkhfdpd;  Nguhrpupau;. fh. rptj;jk;gp> v];.nghd;Dj;Jiu> m. Kj;Jypq;fk;> tpy;tuj;jpdk;> Nrud; MfpNahu;.
,f;fl;Liuj;njhFg;gpy; ,lk;ngw;Ws;s aho;.epyj;Jg;ghzd;-v];.nghd;Dj;Jiu vd;Dk; fl;Liuapy; rpy gFjpfs; Vw;fdNt mT];jpNuypah cjak; ,jopy; gpuRukhfapUf;fpwJ.
n[aNkhfdpd; fUj;Jf;fSf;F gjpy; nrhy;tjw;F ,d;W capNuhL ,y;yhjtu;fs; K. jisarpq;fKk; tpy;tuj;jpdKk; khj;jpuk;jhd;. rptj;jk;gp ,yq;ifapy;.; NruDk; Kj;Jypq;fKk; fdlhtpy;. v];. nghd;Dj;Jiu nrd;id – rpl;dp
vd;W gwe;Jnfhz;bUg;gtu;.  jdpkdpj thjj;ijj; jd; gilg;G kdj;jpy; ,Ue;J kl;LNk ngw;Wf;nfhz;L jd; gilg;ghztj;jpdhy; kl;LNk epiyepWj;j Kad;w gilg;ghsp vd;fpwhu; n[aNkhfd;.
mw;ghAspy; kiwe;j ftpQu; tpy;tuj;jpdj;jpd; ftpijfspd; rpwg;Gf;$Wfspy; xd;W mtuJ rpwe;j tupfspy; kugpd; nrOikahd tupfspd; xspiaf;fhz;fpNwhk; vd;gJjhd; vd;fpwhu;.
Gul;rpf;fhudplk; fhjy; czu;T mjpfkhfNt njd;gLk; vd;W ftpQu; Nruidg;gw;wpa gjptpy; gy tuyhw;W Mjhuq;fSld; Fwpg;gpLfpwhu;.
vOj;jpNy Gd;difia jtotpl;lthNw thrfu;fis jdJ vOj;Jhopaj;ij njhlu;gtu; vd;W m. Kj;Jypq;fk; gw;wpr; nrhy;fpwhu;. mtu; GJikg;gpj;jd;> mNrhfkpj;jpud;> fp. uh[ehuhazd; MfpNahuplkpUe;J vt;thW xU fijnrhy;yp vd;w Kiwapy; NtWgLfpwhu; vd;gijAk; tpsf;fpr;nry;fpwhu; n[aNkhfd;.
nghJthf thrfu;fSk; vOj;jhsu;fSk; mtrpak; gbf;fNtz;ba Ehy; n[aNkhfdpd; 

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xU fspahl;l NghFk; tpjj;jpy; myq;fupg;gpy;; %o;fpdhu; Gdpjh. rpth ,d;Dk; Gy;Y ntl;Ltij Kbf;ftpy;iy. Gdpjh jdpahf ve;j tpohTf;F myq;fhuk; nra;fpwhu; vd;gJ eilaupd; %isf;F vl;ltpy;iy. vjw;Fk; Nfl;L mwpe;J nfhs;s vj;jdpj;jhu;.
‘,z;ilf;F jkpo; ];$y; ,y;iyNah Gdpjh’
;,Uf;FJjhd; Mdhy; mijtpl Kf;fpakhdJ vq;fil gpur;rid.. mjhiy ,z;ilf;F jkpo; ];$Yf;F NghNfy;iy”
Gdpjhtpd; gjpy; eilaiu NkYk; Fog;gpaJ. mij mwpahkYk; ,Ug;G nfhs;stpy;iy.
‘XNkhk; jkpo; ];$iy tpl tPl;Lg;gpur;rid Kf;fpak;jhd;.”
‘tPl;Lg; gpur;ridnaz;L Mu; nrhd;dJ. ehd; ehl;Lg; gpur;idiag; gw;wpr; nrhy;ypwd;. vq;fil rdq;fs; vt;tsT f];ug;gLFJ. ehq;fs; VjhtJ nra;a NtZk;jhNd’ GdpjhTf;F eilaupd; Nfs;tpfs; vupr;riyj; je;jhYk; jhd; nra;Ak; tpraj;ij giw jl;l fpilj;j re;ju;g;gkhfg; gad;gLj;jpf;nfhz;lhu;.
‘vq;fil rdk; Vd; ,e;j ehl;biy f];ug;gLFJ?’ mg;ghtpahff; Nfl;lhu; eilau;/
‘ehd; ,e;j ehl;il nrhy;Nyy;iy. vq;fil nrhe;j ehl;il nrhy;ypwd;. ePq;fs; epA+]; xz;Lk; ghf;fpNwy;iyNa. aho;g;ghzj;jpiy Fz;L Nghl;L jkpo; rdq;fs; vy;yhk; rhFJ’ Gdpjh NfhgkhfNt Ngrpdhu;/
‘ehd; tplhky; Cu; nra;jpas; nfhk;gpA+w;wupiy thrpf;fpwd;. jkpopiyjhNd NghLfpwhq;fs;. Mdhy; aho;g;ghzj;jpiy Fz;L NghLfpwjha; xU nra;jpAk; ,y;iy. mg;gpbg; Nghl;lhy; Mkpapd;iu jiyapiyjhd; tpOk;. td;dpapiy Fz;L NghLfpwjha;j;jhd; ehd; thrpf;fpw jkpo; nra;jpas; nrhy;YJ. ,q;fpyprpiy aho;g;ghzj;jpiy Fz;L NghLfpwhNdh njupahJ/’ GdpjhTf;F aho;g;ghzj;ijAk; njupahJ td;dpiaAk; njupahJ vd;W eilaUf;F ed;whfNt njupAk;’.
GdpjhTf;F ,g;NghJ jdJ murpay; mwptpd; tWik Gupe;jhYk; xU
gbg;gwptpy;yhj khkdplk; Njhy;tpAWk; mtkhdj;ij Vw;Wf;nfhs;s Kbatpy;iy.
‘,q;if ,Uf;fpw vq;fSf;F td;dp rdKk; aho;g;ghzr; rdKk; xz;Ljhd;. ,g;g epiwa aho;g;ghz rdq;fs; tTdpahtpiyjhd; te;jpUf;fpdnkz;L rpth nrhd;dhu;. mg;g ttdpahtpiy Fz;L Nghl;lhy; aho;g;ghzr; rdKk; rhFk;jhNd.’ ngupa jj;Jtj;ij cjpu;j;Jtpl;l Njhuizapy; eilaiu xU ghu;it ghu;j;jhu; Gdpjh.
‘gps;is. ttdpah Ntiw. td;dp Ntiw. fpspnehr;rpiaAk; maiyAk; td;dpnaz;L nrhy;Yfpdk;. tTdpahtpiy xU rz;ilAkpy;iy’ jdJ murpay; mwpit eilau; fpz;ly; nra;tJ Gdpjhthy; rfpf;f Kbatpy;iy.
‘Vd; ePq;fs; jkpoiu ,g;gpb gpupr;Rg; gpupr;Rg; ghf;fpwpas;. jkpoUf;F VjhtJ ele;jhy; ehq;fs; cjtj;jhNd NtZk;. mJ aho;ghzNkh ttdpahNth kl;lf;fsg;Ngh vz;L ghf;fpwJ rpWgps;isj;jdk;. ,jhiyjhd; rpq;fstd; vq;fis Vwp kpjpf;fpwhd;.”
‘INah ehd nrhy;Nyy;i elf;FJ v vy;yhUf;F rdj;jpiy re;Njhrkha elf;FJ.
Gy;Y ntl fijapy; ,
“, cz;zhtp cw;rhfg;gL NghNwhk;. e mg;gh. mN fhR mfjp
VjhtJ nr eilaUf;F #rfkhfr; “v guk;giu i vq;fisg;N Ntiy. m Nghuhl;lk; njupQ;r vq tpsq;fg;Ng ,d;unew;wp

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‘INah ehd; xz;Lk; gpupr;Rg; ghf;fr; nrhy;Nyy;iy. vq;if rz;il elf;FJ vz;L mwpQ;rijr; nrhd;dd;. vy;yhUf;Fk; GjpR Gjprh Cu;r; rdj;jpiy mf;fiw thwijg; ghf;f re;NjhrkhapUf;F ,z;ilf;F vd;d elf;FJ.
Gy;Y ntl;b Kbe;j rpth jhDk; fijapy; ,ize;J nfhz;lhu;.
“,z;ilf;F khztu; mikg;G cz;zhtpujk; ,Uf;Fjhk;. mij cw;rhfg;gLj;jj;jhd; ehq;fs; NghNwhk;. ePq;fSk; thUq;Nfhtd; mg;gh. mNjhil mjpiy NrUfpw fhR mfjpaSf;F NghFjhk;”
VjhtJ nrhy;yp thq;fpf; fl;l eilaUf;F tpUg;gkpy;iy. vz;lhYk; #rfkhfr; nrhd;dhu;.
“vq;fil gpur;ridia mLj;j guk;giu ifNaw;w gpwF vq;fisg;Nghy fpotUf;F vd;d Ntiy. mitas; ,q;fpyPrpiy jkpo; Nghuhl;lk; nra;tpdk;. jkpo; kl;LNk njupQ;r vq;fSf;F vd;dj;ij tpsq;fg;NghFJ. ePq;fs; Nghq;Nfh. ehd; ,d;unew;wpiy Ngha; Cu; elg;ig
jkpopiy ghf;fpwd;”rpthTila Nrl; nghUe;jtpy;iy vd Gdpjhthy; ,U Kiw khw;wg;gl;L miuFiw mq;fPfhuj;Jld; ,UtUk; cz;zhtpuj jpUtpohtpw;Fg; Gwg;gl;ldu;. rpthtpd; tpiyAau;e;j cLg;Gf;Nf ,e;j kupahij vd;why; eilaupd; Ntl;bf;Fk; 5 nlhyu; Nrl;Lf;Fk; Gdpjh vd;d nrhy;ypapUg;ghNuh. eilau; jq;fNshL te;J tpLthNuh vd;W Gdpjh cs;Sug; gae;Jnfhz;bue;jhu;. ,e;j cz;zhtpujk; Gdpjhtpd; nfhOk;G rpNdfpju;fspd; mfjp epjp epWtdj;jhy; xOq;F nra;ag;gl;lJ. mjdhy;jhd; Gdpjh rpthitAk; ,Oj;Jf;nfhz;L jkpoUf;F cjtg; Gwg;gl;bUf;fpwhu;. me;j ,lj;jpy; Ntl;bNahL xU fhl;lhid jdJ khkh vd;W tpsk;gug;gLj;j Gdpjhtpd; kdk; vg;gb xg;Gf;nfhs;Sk;. mq;if te;J jkpopiy fijr;R jd;iu khdj;ij thq;fhky; ,d;unew;NwhL eilau; jq;fptpl;ljpy; Gdpjh jg;gpdhu;.
eilaupd; epidg;Ngh NtW khjpup. ,e;j Aj;jk; jkpoUf;F nghUk; Jd;gq;fis je;jpUfpd;wJ. capupog;G>nghUspog;G> epykpog;NghL ,Ue;j cupikAk; ,og;ghfptpl;lJ. Mdhy; me;j ,og;ig vy;yhk; tpl ,e;j khjpup jkpo; ngUk;Fb kf;fspy; gpr;irapy; thoNtz;ba mty epiyf;F jd;khdKs;s jkpoid js;sptpl;lJjhd; ngupa ,og;G. xUNtis fQ;rp Fbj;jhYk; mLj;jhid mz;bg; gpiof;fhj Nuhrk; jkpod;iu ghuk;gupa Fzk;. ,yq;ifapy; NtW ,dq;fisg; Nghy gzk; gilj;jtid Vw;wpg; Nghw;Wk; gz;G 

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