u read her books n articles and u ask who she is!!! intended insult is obvious. but, pls stop reading her any more with the 'qualification' of reading shashi.
and mind the subject here is state t-e-r-r-o-r-i-s-m in srilnka and horrific situation of tamils there. On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 12:34 PM, bobinson <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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