I agree 101% with you there. 2009/4/2 S sanjeev <[email protected]>
> neighbor's envy > owner's pride:-) > > --- 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, 6:48 PM > > > 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. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
