From: mvishnu@morse.uwaterloo.ca (m vishnu)
Subject: Re: A threat from ...
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 04:04:10 GMT

In article <2A99985A.4882@orion.oac.uci.edu> sundar@indigo1.hsis.uci.edu (M. Sundaramoorthy) writes:
>In article <BtICCz.9GL@ireq.hydro.qc.ca> srini@ireq-num.hydro.qc.ca (Srinivasan K.) writes:
>>In article <keZargq00VogMG8lU9@andrew.cmu.edu> ag3l+@andrew.cmu.edu
>>(Arun K. Gupta) writes:
>>>
>>>We know what freedom fighting is. Our Indian freedom fighters
>>>a parallel in the Indian freedom struggle.........
>>>
>>>-arun gupta
>>>ag3L@andrew.cmu.edu
>>
>>I think there was a movement called 'Gandheeyam', whose leader was
>>some David(?). Their Gandhi was killed by the Government, while
>>our Gandhi was not killed by the British. So I guess the comparison ends there.
>
>	
>	Gandhism might have worked with British government, but not with
>	Indian and Sri Lankan governements. Sri Lankan Tamils have proved
>	this.
>
>	Remember, an youth, Dilipan went fast for two weeks without even taking
>	a drop of water and died when Indian troops landed in Sri Lanka.

This is one of the acts of Indians that turned the Tamil people to the
sides of Tigers.  Remeber, Tamils civilians welcomed IPKF by garlanding
them.

Rajiv Gandhi and J. R. Jayawardina signed the Accord without consulting
any of the Tamils.  Prabakaran was flown to Delhi, was put in a 
house arrest, was showed the Accord and was given a take it or 
leave it ultimatum.

According to Rajiv Gandhi, the Tamils got what they want in that the
north and east would be merged.  But J. R. Jayawardina had a catch:
he wrote that there would be a referendum and that merger would be
reversed if there are no 2/3 majority supporting it.  With this
clause JR started to settle almost 1000 Sinhalese settlers per day 
in the eastern province.  

Dilipan, a senoir LTTE cadre, began a fast to death without even 
taking a drop of water, protesting the settlement.  Rajiv Gandhi
simply said there was no settlement.  His Sri-lankan high commissioner
visited the area and said there was "massive settlement".  India
took no note and Dilipan died.  Following this one elderly lady,
Annai Poopathi, also started a fast to death without taking water
and she met the same fate.

These two deaths and the death of the 12 LTTE leaders in the hands
of the Sri-lankan army (the SL armed forces were supposed to be 
confined to the barraks according to the Accord, they not only 
ventured out, they arrested 12 unarmed LTTE leaders and were
preparing to take them to Colombo.  Prabakaran protested and
asked Rajiv to intervene.  Rajiv instead of intervening, provided
Indian fighter jets to transport the LTTE leaders to Colombo.
The 12 leaders committed suicide) made LTTE to renounce its 
Gandhian method and to re-use arms against the IPKF.  After putting
up stiff resistance in Jaffna, they withdrew to the Wanni jungles in 
the north-cetral part of Sri-lanka and engages in the classical 
guerrilla warfare. 

About the power of (guerrilla) warfare, Valluvan had said a long time
before Indians came to TE:

ciRu-padai-aan cel-idam cErin-uRu-padai-aan
ookkam azinthu vidum

(If a small army selects a suitable terrain, the larger opponent
would lose the fighting spirit)

ciRai-nalan-um ceerum-ilar-eninum maanthar
uRai-nilaththOdu oddal arithu

(Even though not possessing impressive fortress and other military 
equipments, it is hard to fight men in their own land)


>	Two more women of "Mothers' Front" died in a similar manner in
>	eastern province, during IPKF operation.
>
>	(May be, we not only believe non-violence, but peaceful deaths also).  
>
>	We can preach Gandhism, not follow. After all 'fasting' is a joke
>	in Indian politics.

Yes,  Rajiv proved that he was more of an Italian than Indian by ignoring 
Dilipan and Poopathi.

Irrited at some western journalists' questions, Rajiv roared that he would
make Prabakaran fall at his feet!

>
>M. Sundaramoorthy
>sundar@indigo1.hsis.uci.edu
>sundar@esv1.hsis.uci.edu    

Meenan Vishnu