sure ! 'enlightened' me :-)
2009/4/2 S sanjeev <[email protected]> > happy to hear that. > whenever you need enlightenment pls feel free to write. > > > > --- On *Thu, 2/4/09, bobinson <[email protected]>* wrote: > > From: bobinson <[email protected]> > Subject: [GreenYouth] Re: Arundhati Roy on Sri Lanka (fwd) > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, 2 April, 2009, 6:09 PM > > > @sanjeev > > I get the point now. your mail enlightened me. The key is to make comments > about the most recent controversial subject. Mumbai attack / Sri Lanka. Also > you must take efforts to get it published in Guradian etc etc. > > :-) > > 2009/4/2 S sanjeev <[email protected]> > >> I have a genuine doubt. Who is Bobinson ? Why people reply to his/her >> opinions on various topics ? Yes, his/her language and vocabulary is as good >> as Sashi Tharoor's etc...but still... >> :-) >> >> --- On *Thu, 2/4/09, Afthab Ellath <[email protected]>* wrote: >> >> From: Afthab Ellath <[email protected]> >> Subject: [GreenYouth] Re: Arundhati Roy on Sri Lanka (fwd) >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Thursday, 2 April, 2009, 4:45 PM >> >> >> 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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