and i feel happy to be called a 'fresh' literate while making the world understand how certain people make others follow their articles and make sure that all their books are big successes and win awards. :-) constant marketing. keep eyes and years open respond on stuff that will grab attention. Euerekaaa !
2009/4/2 S sanjeev <[email protected]> > it's always a pleasure to see the joy of a fresh literate:-) > > --- 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, 6:31 PM > > > 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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