Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: More on TN chief
From: vkuttikattu@vax1.umkc.edu
Date: 9 Apr 92 22:31:35 CST
Reply-To: RS6X+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU
Organization: University of Missouri-Kansas City

In article <0drMGPW00VopQ=E1FM@andrew.cmu.edu>, rs6x+@andrew.cmu.edu (Ranjith Ravindiran Suresh) writes:
> Hey, why haven't I been flamed yet.?
> 
> Now to business:
>  TN chief Jeyalalitha isn't just getting under LTTE's skin, its everyone
> else out
> there she doesn't like. Must have an inferiority complex. She must be feeling
> like a king with that armada of guards around her.   Her tactics are going to
> push the ones in Tamil Nadu, who are discontent with her, to radicalism.
> Quite good in making enemies, she may come to  regret her ways...  
> 
> As for her handling of the Tamil rufugees issue in an inhuman manner, 
> she will be remembered by many.  All sent to war zones,  and supposed to
> be settled in areas 'cleared' by the SL army. Forced to be at the mercy of the
> army they fled in the first place. What a cruel joke!  She is doing all
> she can and more to help the SL armed forces at their attempt to weaken
> and demoralize the  Tigers.  
> In brief, her strong anti-LTTE  and Tamil refugees stand makes her more
> anti Tamil than any Sinhala politician.  One thing should be clear to
> everyone:  any
> move to crush LTTE tantamounts to trampling on Tamils' inalianable
> rights to set their own future.  That is,
> a war against LTTE is a war against the Tamils of Sri Lanka. Even the current 
> President of SL has realized that.  So, it will be for her good and all
> the Tamils if 
> she helps in trying to find a political settlement.   Working hard to
> humiliate the Tigers and degrade SL Tamils' dignity, she is liable for
> any serius fallout in this regard. Things may be too out of hand by
> then.   If she seeks personal enmity with the Tigers, then let the dice
> roll!        
> 
> 
> -------Suresh   ----------
> Someone who believes in the Tamils' right to decide their own future on
> their soil.  Doesn't necessarily mean a demand for an independent
> nation. But it does mean 'retaliation' for anyone who seek to undermine
> us.
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
No one is going to disagree on the Tamil peoples' right to seek their own
future.Nor is any one going to disagree that there is tremondouse
discrimination against Tamils in Srilanka and the divide has become 
unmendable so the only alternative is a independant Tamil state in the
Island.However why replace Sinhala chauvanism with LTTE chauvanism?
The LTTE has always shown its dislike for democratic government
and total disregard for the aspiration of other people and organisations.
It sees itself as the only rulers of the Srilankan Tamils .Such an
Organisation is a security risk to India and should never have been 
supported by the Indian government even at the cost of the Srilankan
Tamils.At least now there is a Tamil leader who has seen the light and 
attacked the real enemy of the Srilankan Tamils.In this regard Jayalalitha 
is doing the right thing instead of giving way to the popular but false 
delusion that the LTTE is the only organisation that can best  represent the 
Srilankan Tamils.Futhermore as the democratically elected leader of Tamils in 
Tamil Nadu it her duty to do what is in the best interests of her people.
Her actions have shown that She is a sane and farsighted person who is
sincerely trying to save the Tamil nadu people from avoidable grief and
hardships in the future .I truly believe now that she is a great leader.

                                        KUNNATH PAULOSE