@Afthab Yea. Its a good not to waste time of others. May be one day I will understand and one day people will understand why I don't understand who she is :-)
btw I meant no offense or insult. I simply don't understand ! Also I am not waiting for her next book like once I had waited for O.V Vijayan's next book. Also I didn't say I like or dislike her work. Thats altogether a different topic. 2009/4/2 Afthab Ellath <aftha...@gmail.com> > 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 <bobin...@gmail.com> 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 <vpslawf...@gmail.com> >> >> >>> 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 <anivar.arav...@gmail.com> 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 <anivar.arav...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> > >>> > > From: Anivar Aravind <anivar.arav...@gmail.com> >>> > > Subject: [FEC] Arundhati Roy on Sri Lanka (fwd) >>> > > To: "Greenyouth" <greenyouth@googlegroups.com>, " >>> fourth-estate-criti...@googlegroups.com" < >>> fourth-estate-criti...@googlegroups.com>, "JINU ABRAHAM" < >>> heartofjoy.j...@gmail.com> >>> > > 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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