Bobison, As you have requested everyone here to enlighten you what to do with reading Roy, please take this advice... Start re-reading and don't move to the second one until you understood the first book... So you will not have to read much and nobody could bother you with her new writings...
Afthab Ellath On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 1:34 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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