WE HAVE A RIGHT TO BREED IN SRILANKA AND IT IS A PAIN OF A SRILANKAN TAMILIAN 
Is it my mistake that I was born as a Tamilian or I was born in Sri Lanka?? Do these lives, these questions bother you? Every Tamilian is not a LTTE. The war has been going on for the past 30 years. Suddenly, it is now being called as terrorism and even after terrorism has ended now, there is no one who can tell whether a Srilankan Tamilian would get his Political and Democratic Rights. This war was only going on between Srilankan Government and LTTE. However what’s the mistake committed by the Innocent Tamilians that that they are being penalized and are killed. Is it just because of the Fact that they are born in Srilanka? This is definitely not their mistake? If the Srilankan Government wants to kill they would need to kill the LTTE and not the Innocent Tamilians who are not even well equipped to save themselves.
Today, the prevailing situation at Srilanka is similar to what prevailed in Afghanistan. Young children are being shot down by bullets. The bombs that fall from the open sky does not realize its enemy but just falls on anyone and everyone. Children have lost their hands, feet. Wives have lost their husbands. The scene almost looks like a Mountain of dead bodies and blood is strewn everywhere on the ground.
Is this Justice??? Just to kill a few of the LTTE’s, the history of the entire Tamilians in Srilanka has been washed out completely. To add on, just to kill a single man the war has been going on for the past 30 years, shouldn’t that be called as terrorism?? If the LTTE are terrorists then even the Srilankan Government can be equally called as terrorists.
Out of the Srilankan population 17% of them were Tamilians and majority of them resided in Jaffna. These Tamilians are unable to exercise any of their political or democratic rights. For Eg. if a tamilian scored 90% in any of the public exams he still would find it difficult in getting admission in a good reputed college. However, a Srilankan who gets a score of 40 to 50% would get admitted into a reputed college with a lot of ease. Secondly, if we move on to Government Jobs, none of the tamilians can even apply for it. It is very pathetic to note that in their own country they are being treated as slaves and they need to carry their identification cards at all times. They are also treated very badly by the police.
This organization came up under the Leadership of Prabhakaran as LTTE (Liberation of Tamil Tiger Eelam) and at that time Prabhakaran was a student. Prabhakaran asked for one person from every Tamil Family to join him in the fight for their Democratic and Political rights. Happily, all youngsters joined hands with Prabhakaran to raise their voice. In 1987 a medical student of Jaffna University called Dilipan, started the hunger strike by stating that “I will not even take a sip of water till we get our respect and our rights”. Right in the middle of the village he sat down to start the hunger strike and told his people that “However I die, whatever I do, nobody should even give me a drop of water. I am walking the path of Mahatma Gandhiji, the path of Non-Violence”. He went on a hunger strike for 14 days and struggled for the rights. Every person in the village watching him kept crying since they were unable to help him with food and on the 14th day he expired.
From then on, LTTE took the path of Violence. However, almost all the Governments such as India, US, Srilanka knew about Dilipan’s hunger strike but never took any steps to end the hunger strike and save him. Nor did they take any steps after his death.
Then LTTE became very strong. Srilankan Government started to kill young Innocent Tamilians in the age group of 16 to 25 every day stating that they are LTTE. Tamilians did not have any choice but to fight the Srilankan Government or flee away from the Country. The old aged people started to send their children to other countries for their upbringing. There are many families living abroad in Countries like India, Canada, Germany and other European Countries for more than one or two decades. They have not visited their own Country during this time. The people who do not have the money or means to leave SriLanka and save their lives have chosen the Student Freedom Revolution (LTTE). The people who left abroad have started to support their families in Srilanka and couple of people helped LTTE by providing funds. The organization slowly developed and came out as a huge army and they had their own Air force and Naval force.
They started demanding their rights with great vigour and they asked the Srilankan Government to give a separate piece of land as their own country so that they could live peacefully. Srilankan Government didn’t agree to this idea and looking at their armed forces they named them as Terrorists. The entire International community trusted the Srilankan government without knowing the actual facts and plight of the Tamilians based in Srilanka.
Rajiv Gandhi’s death added fuel to fire where LTTE people were actively involved in his death. This was proof enough for the Srilankan Government to brand them as Terrorists. Finally, the international community banned this organization and named them as terrorists. Even after that, they struggled for another decade and today they are no where and no more... In an Ideal Scenario, it was 17% of the population fighting against 83% of the population. The Tamilians were left with no choice but to walk the path of Violence since the Government was stronger than them. A common man in Srilanka is well aware of a Tamilian’s plight. However, the political parties in Srilanka spread wrong rumours and stories about the LTTE.
The comparative cost of even the basic amenities would be:
A normal Paracetomol tablet in Colombo costs Rs.20/- the same tablet costs Rs.500/- in Jaffna.
A packet of milk costs more than Rs.100/- in Jaffna and in Colombo it is Rs.25/-
And today the Tamilians don’t even have a piece of bread to eat. However, the people in Colombo continue to live happily.
The Tamilians who went into the shelters of Srilankan Government are getting food once or twice a day, however the food is not good. The common tamilian has been grinded between Srilankan Government and LTTE for more than 30 years and today they are struggling for their own identity.
We appeal to you, the International Community…. What should a Tamilian do after so much of struggle and sacrifice? And what is our answer for those kids who are crying for a drop of milk and the others for a small piece of bread. Isn’t it terrorism?? We ask you to now decide as to who is a Terrorist, is it the LTTE or Srilankan Government or Srilankan Tamilian or we International Community??
Please write in your comments on the same……………Also lets join hands to support those Tamil Families who are left in Srilanka and lets give a peaceful Srilanka to the next generation…………..
Is it my mistake that I was born as a Tamilian or I was born in Sri Lanka?? Do these lives, these questions bother you? Every Tamilian is not a LTTE. The war has been going on for the past 30 years. Suddenly, it is now being called as terrorism and even after terrorism has ended now, there is no one who can tell whether a Srilankan Tamilian would get his Political and Democratic Rights. This war was only going on between Srilankan Government and LTTE. However what’s the mistake committed by the Innocent Tamilians that that they are being penalized and are killed. Is it just because of the Fact that they are born in Srilanka? This is definitely not their mistake? If the Srilankan Government wants to kill they would need to kill the LTTE and not the Innocent Tamilians who are not even well equipped to save themselves.
Today, the prevailing situation at Srilanka is similar to what prevailed in Afghanistan. Young children are being shot down by bullets. The bombs that fall from the open sky does not realize its enemy but just falls on anyone and everyone. Children have lost their hands, feet. Wives have lost their husbands. The scene almost looks like a Mountain of dead bodies and blood is strewn everywhere on the ground.
Is this Justice??? Just to kill a few of the LTTE’s, the history of the entire Tamilians in Srilanka has been washed out completely. To add on, just to kill a single man the war has been going on for the past 30 years, shouldn’t that be called as terrorism?? If the LTTE are terrorists then even the Srilankan Government can be equally called as terrorists.
Out of the Srilankan population 17% of them were Tamilians and majority of them resided in Jaffna. These Tamilians are unable to exercise any of their political or democratic rights. For Eg. if a tamilian scored 90% in any of the public exams he still would find it difficult in getting admission in a good reputed college. However, a Srilankan who gets a score of 40 to 50% would get admitted into a reputed college with a lot of ease. Secondly, if we move on to Government Jobs, none of the tamilians can even apply for it. It is very pathetic to note that in their own country they are being treated as slaves and they need to carry their identification cards at all times. They are also treated very badly by the police.
This organization came up under the Leadership of Prabhakaran as LTTE (Liberation of Tamil Tiger Eelam) and at that time Prabhakaran was a student. Prabhakaran asked for one person from every Tamil Family to join him in the fight for their Democratic and Political rights. Happily, all youngsters joined hands with Prabhakaran to raise their voice. In 1987 a medical student of Jaffna University called Dilipan, started the hunger strike by stating that “I will not even take a sip of water till we get our respect and our rights”. Right in the middle of the village he sat down to start the hunger strike and told his people that “However I die, whatever I do, nobody should even give me a drop of water. I am walking the path of Mahatma Gandhiji, the path of Non-Violence”. He went on a hunger strike for 14 days and struggled for the rights. Every person in the village watching him kept crying since they were unable to help him with food and on the 14th day he expired.
From then on, LTTE took the path of Violence. However, almost all the Governments such as India, US, Srilanka knew about Dilipan’s hunger strike but never took any steps to end the hunger strike and save him. Nor did they take any steps after his death.
Then LTTE became very strong. Srilankan Government started to kill young Innocent Tamilians in the age group of 16 to 25 every day stating that they are LTTE. Tamilians did not have any choice but to fight the Srilankan Government or flee away from the Country. The old aged people started to send their children to other countries for their upbringing. There are many families living abroad in Countries like India, Canada, Germany and other European Countries for more than one or two decades. They have not visited their own Country during this time. The people who do not have the money or means to leave SriLanka and save their lives have chosen the Student Freedom Revolution (LTTE). The people who left abroad have started to support their families in Srilanka and couple of people helped LTTE by providing funds. The organization slowly developed and came out as a huge army and they had their own Air force and Naval force.
They started demanding their rights with great vigour and they asked the Srilankan Government to give a separate piece of land as their own country so that they could live peacefully. Srilankan Government didn’t agree to this idea and looking at their armed forces they named them as Terrorists. The entire International community trusted the Srilankan government without knowing the actual facts and plight of the Tamilians based in Srilanka.Rajiv Gandhi’s death added fuel to fire where LTTE people were actively involved in his death. This was proof enough for the Srilankan Government to brand them as Terrorists. Finally, the international community banned this organization and named them as terrorists. Even after that, they struggled for another decade and today they are no where and no more... In an Ideal Scenario, it was 17% of the population fighting against 83% of the population. The Tamilians were left with no choice but to walk the path of Violence since the Government was stronger than them. A common man in Srilanka is well aware of a Tamilian’s plight. However, the political parties in Srilanka spread wrong rumours and stories about the LTTE.
The comparative cost of even the basic amenities would be:
A normal Paracetomol tablet in Colombo costs Rs.20/- the same tablet costs Rs.500/- in Jaffna.
A packet of milk costs more than Rs.100/- in Jaffna and in Colombo it is Rs.25/-
And today the Tamilians don’t even have a piece of bread to eat. However, the people in Colombo continue to live happily.
The Tamilians who went into the shelters of Srilankan Government are getting food once or twice a day, however the food is not good. The common tamilian has been grinded between Srilankan Government and LTTE for more than 30 years and today they are struggling for their own identity.
We appeal to you, the International Community…. What should a Tamilian do after so much of struggle and sacrifice? And what is our answer for those kids who are crying for a drop of milk and the others for a small piece of bread. Isn’t it terrorism?? We ask you to now decide as to who is a Terrorist, is it the LTTE or Srilankan Government or Srilankan Tamilian or we International Community??
Please write in your comments on the same……………Also lets join hands to support those Tamil Families who are left in Srilanka and lets give a peaceful Srilanka to the next generation…………..
Jai Hind
Rahul Vallamber
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