by D.B.S. Jeyaraj Professor S.Ratnajeevan.H.Hoole, UGC Coordinator for Engineering, University of Jaffna,has flown out of Sri Lanka to a Country in the west. Prof.Hoole has left Sri Lanka against the backdrop of “legal action “initiated against him by cabinet minister Kathiravelu “Douglas” Devananda. Douglas Devananda, secretary-general of Eelam Peoples Democratic Party(EPDP) is regarded as the [...]
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Tamil Nadu ADMK MPs protest presence of Sri Lankan MP delegation in Indian Lok Sabha
by D.B.S. Jeyaraj Unruly TamilNadu MP’s chanted slogans in Lok Sabha protesting the presence of a Sri Lankan Parliamentary delegation in the lower house. Responding to an invitation by Indian Speaker Ms.Meira Kumar 9 Sri Lankan MPs led by speaker Chamal Rajapaksa are on a 5 day trip to India.
President Rajapaksa spearheads Northern polls campaign in bid to prove Tamil people are with govt
by D.B.S. Jeyaraj President Rajapaksa will spearhead huge propaganda effort to enable good performance by UPFA at forthcoming local authority polls in North. The president will spend at least 3 days in Kilinochchi & Jaffna districts this week & invigorate the United Peoples Freedom Alliance campaign
Ex-LTTE Chief ‘KP’ opens ‘Abode of Love’ Through NERDO at Muthaiyankaddu in North
by D.B.S. Jeyaraj Ex-LTTE Chief Selvarasa Pathmanathan alias “KP” gets home for Orphans named “Anbu Illam” (Abode of Love) opened at Muthaiyankattu through NERDO. “Anbu Illam”will be managed by staff attached to North-East Rehabilitation &Development Organization(NERDO). KP is General-Secretary of NERDO. The orphanage is situated at Muthaiyankattu village in the Oddusuddan AGA division of Mullaitheevu [...]
Sri Lankan Tamil Nationalism: Past, Present and Future
Sri Lankan Tamil Nationalism: Past, present and future
By D.B.S. Jeyaraj
“Thai Piranthaal Vazhi Pirakkum” is a popular saying in Tamil about the month of January or “Thai” in Tamil. It’s meaning in English would be something like this – “When January is born, a way will dawn”.
The birth of January in the Hindu Almanack is in mid-January according to the Western calendar. It generally co-incides with the Tamil harvest festival called “Pongal” or “Thaippongal”.It is usually a season of Thanksgiving and celebration.
Amidst the atmosphere of festive joy, it is also a time of individual and group reflection where the past is re-examined critically, present re-assessed pragmatically and future plans renewed optimistically.
Murugan Temple in Verugal
Returnees in Verugal
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Beginning to blog after thirty two years of journalism I want to begin my first post on this weblog with greetings for the new year in my mother tongue-Thamizh. “Vanakkam! Puthaandu Vaalthukkal!! Let’s hope the advent of 2009 will see a bright future emerge for us all. As for me the dawning of the new [...]
