>PS: hope you'll produce some good stuff in near future and make arundhathi envious:-)
ofcourse buddy! 2009/4/2 S sanjeev <[email protected]> > i think u have had enough enlightenment for a day. > so,i'm calling it quits:-) > PS: hope you'll produce some good stuff in near future and make arundhathi > envious:-) > > --- 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, 6:55 PM > > > 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. 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