I have a genuine doubt. Who is Arundhati Roy ? Why people forward and publish her opinions on various topics ? Yes, her language and vocabulary is as good as Sashi Tharoor's etc, I have read her books, wiki entry and various articles written by her and as far as I know she is writing a new book and I may read that too etc but still I don't understand. Can someone enlighten me ?
2009/4/2 sarathi <[email protected]> > > THE WHOLE WORLD FAILS THE TAMILS IN SRI LANKA. NO ONE SEEMS TO > UNDERSTAND THAT INJUSTICE ANYWHERE IS A THREAT TO PEACE AND JUSTICE > EVERYWHERE! > > VP.SARATHI > > On 31 Mar, 11:51, Anivar Aravind <[email protected]> wrote: > > Many of the Journalists supporting tamil cause is also getting > > targeted . Around 12 Journalists are now escaped to india after the > > murder of a Jouranlist by Srilankan army > > > > > One of my colleagues( A driver who happened to be Tamil) was picked up > on his way back home- after a marriage function. And he is still in Jail- > and as someone who knows him- the guy is far away from any political issues- > and someone who just wanted to have a peaceful family life. > > > > Dear John, This is nothing new in Colombo. This called as White Van > > catches. If the army uses white maruti vans to capture tamilians in > > colombo streets after 9 pm. Once a person is catched by these people > > he will never come back. I remember Tamil friends were rushing back > > to houses by 8 pm to avoid possible threats even during South asian > > peoples assembly last year. > > > > Anivar > > > > > > > > > > > > > J > > > > > --- On Tue, 3/31/09, Anivar Aravind <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > From: Anivar Aravind <[email protected]> > > > Subject: [FEC] Arundhati Roy on Sri Lanka (fwd) > > > To: "Greenyouth" <[email protected]>, " > [email protected]" < > [email protected]>, "JINU ABRAHAM" < > [email protected]> > > > Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2009, 11:56 AM > > > > > '...It's a colossal humanitarian tragedy. The world must step in. Now. > Before it's too late. ...' > > > > > THE SILENT HORROR OF THE WAR IN SRI LANKA by Arundhati Roy, Times of > India, 30th march 2009 > > > > > The horror that is unfolding in Sri Lanka becomes possible because of > the silence that surrounds it. There is almost no reporting in the > mainstream Indian media - or indeed in the international press - about what > is happening there. Why this should be so is a matter of serious concern. > > > > > From the little information that is filtering through it looks as > though the Sri Lankan government is using the propaganda of the 'war on > terror' as a fig leaf to dismantle any semblance of democracy in the > country, and commit unspeakable crimes against the Tamil people. Working on > the principle that every Tamil is a terrorist unless he or she can prove > otherwise, civilian areas, hospitals and shelters are being bombed and > turned into a war zone. Reliable estimates put the number of civilians > trapped at over 200,000. The Sri Lankan Army is advancing, armed with tanks > and aircraft. > > > > > Meanwhile, there are official reports that several 'welfare villages' > have been established to house displaced Tamils in Vavuniya and Mannar > districts. According to a report in The Daily Telegraph (Feb 14, 2009), > these villages 'will be compulsory holding centres for all civilians fleeing > the fighting'. Is this a euphemism for concentration camps? The former > foreign minister of Sri Lanka, Mangala Samaraveera, told The Daily > Telegraph: 'A few months ago the government started registering all Tamils > in Colombo on the grounds that they could be a security threat, but this > could be exploited for other purposes like the Nazis in the 1930s. They're > basically going to label the whole civilian Tamil population as potential > terrorists.' > > > > > Given its stated objective of 'wiping out' the LTTE, this malevolent > collapse of civilians and 'terrorists' does seem to signal that the > government of Sri Lanka is on the verge of committing what could end up > being genocide. According to a UN estimate several thousand people have > already been killed. Thousands more are critically wounded. The few > eyewitness reports that have come out are descriptions of a nightmare from > hell. What we are witnessing, or should we say, what is happening in Sri > Lanka and is being so effectively hidden from public scrutiny, is a brazen, > openly racist war. The impunity with which the Sri Lankan government is > being able to commit these crimes actually unveils the deeply ingrained > racist prejudice, which is precisely what led to the marginalization and > alienation of the Tamils of Sri Lanka in the first place. That racism has a > long history, of social ostracisation, economic blockades, pogroms and > torture. The brutal nature of the decades-long civil war, which started as a > peaceful, non-violent protest, has its roots in this. > > > > > Why the silence? In another interview Mangala Samaraveera says, 'A free > media is virtually non-existent in Sri Lanka today.' > > > > > Samaraveera goes on to talk about death squads and 'white van > abductions', which have made society 'freeze with fear'. Voices of dissent, > including those of several journalists, have been abducted and assassinated. > The International Federation of Journalists accuses the government of Sri > Lanka of using a combination of anti-terrorism laws, disappearances and > assassinations to silence journalists. > > > > > There are disturbing but unconfirmed reports that the Indian government > is lending material and logistical support to the Sri Lankan government in > these crimes against humanity. If this is true, it is outrageous. What of > the governments of other countries? Pakistan? China? What are they doing to > help, or harm the situation? > > > > > In Tamil Nadu the war in Sri Lanka has fuelled passions that have led > to more than 10 people immolating themselves. The public anger and anguish, > much of it genuine, some of it obviously cynical political manipulation, has > become an election issue. > > > > > It is extraordinary that this concern has not travelled to the rest of > India. Why is there silence here? There are no ?white van abductions? ? at > least not on this issue. Given the scale of what is happening in Sri Lanka, > the silence is inexcusable. More so because of the Indian government's long > history of irresponsible dabbling in the conflict, first taking one side and > then the other. Several of us including myself, who should have spoken out > much earlier, have not done so, simply because of a lack of information > about the war. So while the killing continues, while tens of thousands of > people are being barricaded into concentration camps, while more than > 200,000 face starvation, and a genocide waits to happen, there is dead > silence from this great country. It's a colossal humanitarian tragedy. The > world must step in. Now. Before it's too late. > > > > > ------------* ----------------- > > > > > -- > > > Any responsible politician should be encouraging a home grown Free > Software industry because it creates the basis for future jobs. Learning > Windows is like learning to eat every meal at McDonalds. > > > > -- > > Any responsible politician should be encouraging a home grown Free > > Software industry because it creates the basis for future jobs. > > Learning Windows is like learning to eat every meal at McDonalds. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. 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