Gajalakshmi
Paramasivam – 02 November 2015
Remembering Tamil Heroes
Today is All Soul’s Day and the anniversary
of my Mother’s passing away in Canada where it is 01 November today. I had just
returned to Australia, from my service to the victims of the 2009 Battle in Sri
Lanka when I learnt that my mother was in hospital. During the previous
admissions to hospital my mother would send word through my brother to ask us
not to come but to go about our duties. This time however, my mother gave out
no such instructions. I felt intuitively that my mother needed me and I went
without further calculations and paid my last respects to my mother. I believe
that I was able to hear this inner voice – because I had completed the
relationship with my mother, through my position as child. I believe that when
such souls pray, such prayer has powers
beyond time and place limitations. Time stands still – as depicted by Dancing
Shiva kicking Kaalan (Time) under His right foot. They are global. Place being
stilled is depicted by Meditating Shiva. They are local.
This morning when I read the following I
felt disappointed in Karuna – the Eastern LTTE Leader about his boss
Prabhakaran:
“Prabhakaran
was a good man, but he had no knowledge of globalization” Karuna as
reported by The New Indian Express.
I believe that others give form to our own
contributions and therefore by criticizing Prabhakaran out of context – Karuna was
diminishing his own origin. That origin may be wrong to others – but Karuna has
promoted himself to the current status from that origin. His weakness is that
he did not complete his relationship with his origin to become independent of
that origin. Hence he continues to use that origin actively as a relation. He
thus confirms his indebtedness.
During last evening’s Sri Lanka Reconciliation Forum, Sydney, meeting - to welcome the new Sri Lankan High
Commissioner in Australia - Mr. Somasundaram Skandakumar – the question was
asked as to whether Karuna’s group would be disarmed by the new government? The
question came from a person I recognized to be Sinhalese. According to the
above mentioned news report:
[Prabhakaran was livid with Karuna for
persuading his chief negotiator, Anton Balasingham, to sign the December 5,
2002 “Oslo Declaration” which had committed the Liberation Tigers of Tamil
Eelam to “exploring the possibility of finding a political solution based on a
federal structure within a united Sri Lanka.”]
The Government representatives at last
evening’s meeting confirmed that Karuna
was armed by the previous government and that he was no longer part of that
Political party. They failed to give recognition that Karuna was now part of
the TULF described as follows in the Wikipedia:
[On
May 4, 1972 several Tamil political groups, including the All Ceylon Tamil Congress, formed the
Tamil United Front (TUF). The Federal Party joined the TUF in 1976.
The TUF changed its name to the Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) and adopted
a demand for an independent state to be known as the "secular, socialist
state of Tamil Eelam". In the first general
election contested by the TULF, the 21 July 1977 election in
which the UNP won by a landslide, the TULF won
6.40% of the popular vote and 18 out of 168 seats in the Sri Lankan parliament, including all 14
seats in the Northern Province.]
This confirms that the SOUL of the Tamil
Fight for Self-Governance through a United Front was originated by the All
Ceylon Tamil Congress led by the Hon G.G. Ponnambalam. The Hon G.G. Ponnambalam
was the Sri Lankan founder of the principles of globalization which requires
Equal Opposition to manifest Completed Subjective Relationships. Hence his call
for 50:50 – 50% of the Parliamentary seats to be for majority Sinhalese and the
other 50% to be allocated to coalition of minorities. This was / is needed
until Sri Lanka moves substantially towards Democracy - driven by Objectively measurable outcomes and
Transparency in Subjective decision making processes.
At yesterday’s meeting, the High
Commissioner as the Government’s representative spoke highly of the pair - Nathan
Sivagananathan & Sarinda Unamboowe who raised millions to establish the
cancer hospital at Thellippalai in Northern Sri Lanka. There was however little
identity with the contribution made by Tamil Leader the Hon G.G.Ponnambalam –
towards Sri Lanka being the big project.
To most of us, driven by Common Principles
rather than our personal Truth - knowing whether we are using the pathway of
Programs or the pathway of Projects is important to complete our work towards
higher or wider values respectively. The above walk was part of a program of
Reconciliation – initiated by South to reach out to the North. The subsequent declaration
that the next walk would be to establish a similar hospital in South – damaged
the Reconciliation Program Value of
that walk to make it a project.
At last night’s meeting, we were informed
that the Government was planning on Village based project-development. I was
myself taken to Thunaivi village in Vaddukoddai district through our family temple
shown in the picture above. The first request from the People based on their
past difficulties was for an allocation of part of the Temple land to connect
them to the main road – the Navali Road that leads to Jaffna Town. Our family
happily agreed to this donation. Thus we became part of the Government of that
area.
This was however spoilt when a local NGO sought Land to construct a building as
part of War-Reconstruction through NECORD
- North East Community Restoration and Development (Sri Lanka) and we
donated a block for that purpose also. That building is now largely idle and is
at time used stealthily by some locals. Due to our connections to the origins
of the Land from our ancestors – we picked up the early warning signs. We have
since then installed Security Cameras and Solar Energy (so they would not deny
the lighting needed for the cameras). It’s a long process in which we keep
replenishing Security Cameras and lights that are damaged by some locals. When
we complained to the Police (largely Sinhalese at the Vaddukoddai Police
Station) they wanted ‘proof’ and rightly so due to lack of local intelligence. But
to their credit they demonstrated cooperation with us – by visiting the place
and warning young ones who were idling at our temple. We thus shared with them
the opportunity to exercise their authority through identifiable damages in
that area caused by locals.
Even
at last night’s meeting the issue of armed officers’ presence in North was
raised by a Tamil Activist. The problem would be if the powers were to go to
locals – then it is highly likely that they would not be able to ‘see’ anything
wrong with what happens – but would leave it to the People of Thunaivi to
manage themselves. Except for contributions from some generous souls like
our Engineer friends Santhiragasan & Thiruketheeswaran and our close family
– all work above has been/is out of our past/ongoing retirement savings and
mostly through our Human Resources. It therefore has the work Energy through
which we have possession of that wealth visible to others. Not so the
Government that received the donation of the Land on behalf of the People.
Thunaivi was considered a high risk zone
due to the rough nature of those folks. Unless such villages are ‘adopted’ as
homes by Service Providers – projects within such areas would breed illegal activities
which would seem quite normal to those who do not go very far from those
villages. Prabhakaran – the LTTE Leader was from such a village. It would be
wrong to measure him in a global context only. Thunaivi folks themselves said
to me at the beginning of our relationship – that they were a very backward
area. They have difficulty relating even to Jaffna Customs – leave alone
Colombo Customs. The High Commissioner confirmed that he himself was now more
Colombo than Northern Sri Lanka. One of the first reports about him informed us
that he was of Vaddukoddai origin:
[Somasundaram Skandakumar who is from Vaddukoddai, Jaffna served George
Steuart Group of Companies for 34 years. He was the Managing Director of the
company for three years and also the Group Chairman for eight years. - Tamil
Diplomat]
Yet, there I was as part of discussion
group organized by the Reconciliation Forum – representing the most needy folks
in Vaddukoddai area – without any connection being made by the Government’s
group. I tried giving leads – by referring to my knowledge that children in
Vaddukoddai were taking private tuition in Sinhalese; that there were events
confirming break down in law and order in Jaffna Town and most importantly –
that the folks lacked self-confidence because we seniors abandoned them and
left them to fend for themselves and
this has resulted in them not being able to project too far ahead. The lateral
spread is as wide as the depth of the root.
Should I then be saying the other side of
Karuna’s claim –that ‘the current
President whose praise was sung by the Government team was a good man but did not
know much about the People through whose real need he came to Power?’
The High Commissioner made a statement that
it was only his conscience that he would take with himself when the call came
from the Lord. To me it is the Truth that we Share – i.e. - take, as well as
leave behind. That is the way of absolute values/powers. The voluntary contribution
to Independence / Self Governance - whether given form through the LTTE/JVP or
the Government – is never lost. It will take rebirth in different forms as per
its original Creator. Let’s therefore connect to the Truth in every village and
give form to that Truth AFTER we become one of them. That would be then Program
and go direct to Policy. SHOWING more than that through numbers and dollar
values – would generate more idleness inviting the devil. Completed Truth will
manifest Itself whenever there is a need. Where the origin was based on Truth
for the benefit of the whole – that
manifestation would be the God’s Homes. Where the origin was for selfish
purposes and falsely propagated – it would manifest as Devil’s workshops.
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