The Shame Gandhi

This is in reference with the post of Mr. Sandeep on 'What Does The Fall Of LTTE Mean To India". I am trying to share with you all my insights about the background of this ethnic strife.

Tamil is the oldest language in India (only Sanskrit can match its antiquity).
Tamil is the first language that got established in parts of Lanka much before the 'sinhala' language took its shape.

And Sinhalas are a collective group of people belonging to various tribes and castes, most of that migrated from Orissa/WestBengal region (erstwhile Kalinga kingdom).

And Buddhism flourished in Lanka, thanks to the influence of Emperor Asoka and his successors. Pandian and Cholan Kingdoms of Tamils gained contol over Srilanka for certain centuries which paved way for strong foundation for Hinduism against the Buddhist onslaught. Tamils preserved this Hindu identity until the Dutch/Portugese arrival.

When they were colonised by Dutch, and later by British, the elites among the Tamils stooped so low by becoming puppets of the western rulers. Large number of the influential section of Tamils converted to Christianity and served their British masters, and enjoyed more benefits. This earned the ire of both the Hindu Tamils and Buddhist Sinhalese. In the later days, this also became a major reason for the Sinhalese anger against the Tamils. For whatever wrong done by the British, the Sinhala politicians started training their gun against the minority Tamils.

During the freedom movement, there was a perfect unity between these two communities - Hindu Tamils and Buddist Sinhalese.

British engaged in their DIVIDE-AND-RULE policy, and much to the disadvantage of Tamils.
Things went very bad for the Tamils, as the Buddhist revival movement gathered momentum and found popular acceptability among the Sinhalese youth. The Buddist Sinhala mobs started targeting the minority Tamils, and the mainstream Sinhala politicians were mere spectators. At some places, the Sinhala politician istigated mobs against Tamils just to consolidate his base among Sinhala populace.

After Independence, the GOVT of SL had to budge to the Sinhala-Buddist parties, that created a GREAT DIVIDE between Tamils and Sinhala.
Unfortunately, Tamils were further divided into three categories by the SL Govt:-

• SRILANKAN TAMIL (those who live since pre-historic times, much before the arrival of Buddhism)
• INDIAN TAMIL (those who were brought by the British to work in Plantation areas and those Tamils who migrated from Tamil Nadu during the last two/three centuries)
• MUSLIM (you will be surprised at this.. the tamil muslim calls himself a muslim and not a Tamil...).

The SINHALA-ONLY policy of the SL Govt brought the Tamils in the streets.. and Tamils from then onwards, started fighting for their equal rights. At one point of time, Tamils even agreed for 'separate state within the SL union'. but the repressive SL regimes continuously and steadfastly refused to give whatever is due for Tamils... all these at the instance of the Buddist fundamentalists monks. Violence was let loose on innocent Tamils, and all democratic parties of Tamils were suppressed in a draconian way by the SL Govt. In the seventies, Tamil youths were totally disenchanted with the political games of Sinhala-Tamil politicians, and they started supporting the armed groups. During this period LTTE began recruiting. Several Tamil groups like TELO, EPRLF, EROS, PLOTE... also started attracting the Tamil youths.

PLEASE KEEP ONE THING IN MIND... when Karunanidhi was supporting a moderate-TELO leadership (Tamil Ealam Liberation Organization), our INDIAN GOVERNMENT aided and encouraged LTTE against Srilanka...
If you need instances of our Indian Government's assistances to various millitant/armed groups (including LTTE, and not limited to LTTE), i am prepared to devot time and write again.......
And I would say, the SL Govt and Indian Govt had backed in the past several Tamil terrorists much against the wishes of DMK, AIADMK or even those SL Tamils politicians.

So there is nothing wrong in India intervening in SL affairs now in the given situation where tens and thousands of innocent Tamil civilians were butchered by the SL Army.

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//Why should the Indian government intervene between Sri Lanka and Eelam tamils, i think UN or other International body should act. If Indian fishermen are killed, i would definitely want the Indian Navy to act.//

India has a geographical responsbility here.
we cannot ignore the Srilankan Tamils when the SL Govt is launching a genocide..... nor we can ignore the plight of those Malaysian Tamils who are at the received end over the past three/four years... so too, our Indian Govt has the geographical responsbility to speak up for all the persons of Indian Origin who are now living in Fiji, South Africa, Caribean, etc... and also to raise a strong voice in support of the minority Hindus living in Bangladesh or Pakisthan.If we fail to understand our responsibility, and if we stick to the failed 'non-inteventionist policy' of Nehru times, I am sorry, our country will be facing a real threat when it comes to people's unity and territorial integrity.

INDIA SHOULD INTERVENE.BUT DUE TO SONIA, India wont intervene.AND had it been Jayalalithaa, she would have long back withdrew the support to Central Govt; since it is the power-hungry Karunanidhi at the helm of affairs, all things went against Tamils in SL.
Had it been Vajpayee or Advani in power, SL Govt wouldnt have got the power to counter LTTE.Everyone in Tamil Nadu, Srilanka knows this truth.

Now because of the callous indifference shown by Sonia and Co, CHINA & PAKISTHAN are gaining foothold in Srilanka... what a shame, my brother...
The Italian lady has brought a great shame to India!!!

It is not Varun Gandhi who brought a bad name to the Gandhis... but Sonia, whom the history will record as "KILLER OF INNOCENT TAMILS"