AUSTRALIAN TAMIL MANAGEMENT SERVICE
The Hon Malcolm
Turnbull, MP
Prime Minister
Parliament House
Canberra
12 October 2016
Dear Mr. Turnbull,
Bali Bombing Tragedy and the
Sri Lankan Constitution
Today, we remember
and honor the victims of Bali Bombing in 2002. I believe that I also became the medium
through which the causal forces of this tragedy were channeled. I became such a
channel due to my identity with the Indigenous Australians to whom Coogee was
home. I shared my painful feelings with
our political representatives and also did my best to raise my grievances
against the Central Administrators of the University of New South Wales, to the
highest levels of Administration within the Federal Government then headed by
the Hon John Howard. My experiences are codified in my book ‘Naan Australian’
(meaning I am Australian) which is now in the National Library of Australia. I
do not know how it got there but knowing that it did – confirms to me yet again
the Power of True Belief.
In simple summary –
I believe that the deeper we believe the more capable we are of invoking the
powers to defeat injustice in our current environments. Anyone identifying with
my pain as a migrant – by going into that experience as if it were virtual reality – would continue to protect
Australians from becoming worse victims of bombings such as Bali Bombing. Every
non-White Australian to whom Australia is ‘Home’ protects Australia from our
negative karma in the past during the time we were ruled by White-Australia
policy. Logic measured through Current merit alone is
not sufficient to protect us from our past.
When we embraced
the Equal Opportunity pathway through Racial
Discrimination Act 1975, it did not mean that majority Australians believed
that all races were Equal. It meant that those who treated all races to be
Equal to theirs – had a tool through which they could prevent themselves from
underestimating or overestimating someone else’s deservedness to benefits –
especially benefits that they thought ought to go to their children and
community – as per past history. The
more actively we used Equal Opportunity Laws and Principles – the easier it was
to prevent the past from raising its ghost from the grave. The above mentioned
Equal Opportunity law rendered minorities who did not forget their past but were grateful to their past – their dignity. The certification by our son of his mother
which was a strong force that helped me restructure my position in Australian
society without losing my dignity as a parent is in the Appendix. As a leader
committed to curing Domestic Violence in our society – I expect you to read
that as if you were me and your son was my son. Your experience in this regard is reported in Wikipedia as follows:
[In partnership with Bruce McWilliam he
established his own law firm, Turnbull McWilliam. During 1986 Turnbull defended Peter Wright,
a former MI5 official
who authored the book Spycatcher, and successfully stopped the British government's
attempts to suppress the book's publication in Australia. Turnbull later wrote
a book on the trial.
"The fact of the matter is that nothing is
achieved in this world, particularly politically, other than with persistence,
and persistence involves repetition and it involves argument and re-argument...
The public interest in free speech is not just in truthful speech, in correct
speech, in fair speech... The interest is in the debate. You see, every person
who has ultimately changed the course of history has started off being
unpopular." Turnbull's closing submissions, 18 December 1986]
Your submissions
were with frills as a White Australian Male Lawyer. My son’s were without most
of the frills but the dignity of Truth as per his family experience. I had to
therefore honor the position of parent more than the position of Australian
citizen and the system that facilitated this was the system of Tamil Hindu
culture – in which sons took/take greater
responsibility for social and professional status than daughters. Our daughters
– one of whom is a lawyer – are likely to have identified with my sincerity but
to my mind, they lacked the courage that our son demonstrated and this I feel
was due to their knowledge of both cultural systems. I for my part did not
include that as a family measure to allocate credit in Australia.
It’s not different to the ‘Same Sex Marriage’
issue that has been recently active in Australian Politics. I take this
opportunity to share my appreciation of the Opposition Leadership by highlighting
the words of wisdom shared by the Hon Bill Shorten:
"Children do not need to go to school in the
climate of a plebiscite and have the integrity of their parents' relationship
challenged," This country does not have the right in a plebiscite to pass
judgment on the marriages and relationships of some of our fellow Australians."
Mr. Turnbull, as
an Australian of minority race, I identify with the above – especially that
part that ‘this country does not have the right’. But I do believe that the law would help
parents through same sex marriages uphold their dignity as parents. When the mind
is low – the incidence of domestic violence is high. If the law fails to
embrace this group – they are likely to include themselves with those to whom
such structures are not very important. Hence emotional environments in which
domestic violence tends to be high.
I highlight that
the Hindu religion has included the dignity of children of same sex marriage
through Deity Hari-Hara Puthran – (Hari=Vishnu; Haran=Shiva & Puthran =
Son).
A religion that
includes such a manifestation as Sacred – is indeed a highly civilized religion
and should not be part of a system that allocates relative positions. Every Australian
Hindu has the Duty to respect as Equals those Australians of same sex
marriages.
The parallel of
this in Sri Lanka – my Motherland – is whether Buddhism should continue to be
upheld as the foremost religion through Sri Lanka’s Constitution. After reading
my article ‘Not in my name says Buddha’,
a copy of which was sent to you also – a fellow Tamil in Sri Lanka directed me
to the statement by the Hon M.A.Sumanthiran, MP – published under the heading ‘Sumanthiran
Contradicts Ranil’s Claim That All Parties Agreed To Give Buddhism Foremost
Place In New Constitution’
As you may recall –
Mr. Sumanthiran met with our Minister for Foreign Affairs, about a year ago.
You yourself met with the President of Sri Lanka in September this year. Did
either of you feel that you were sharing your wisdom in Democracy with these
persons at the depth required to transform them – so that their interest in the
Debate of the ethnic issue would be strengthened?
Neither of the
above Sri Lankan leaders seems to feel
the passion to hold a debate. A member of the British Tamil Diaspora wrote as
follows in this regard:
[Does it matter if Buddhism is given
that status ? We are not mature enough yet to be entirely a pluralistic society
, so better not fight over this when there are more important issues to settle.
Christianity is officially the state religion here in
The UK with the Queen being the defender of the faith and head of the church of
England .We have public or bank holidays only for Christian holy days like
Easter and Christmas .The popular belief was that if LTTE had gained
Eelaham it would have been a Christian (Catholic) country!!
Equal rights as humans is more important than the
trivial matter of religious supremacy. Hinduism has survived over thousands of
years despite repeated Mogul invasions, Christian missionary onslaughts .A true
religion will stand the test of time ]
To my mind, seeped
in Equal Opportunity values, the above Tamil is confirming that he has
assimilated with the White British and
has accepted his status as a member of the extended British family. While it is
his right to do so in Britain – he has no right to espouse that to Tamils in
Northern & Eastern Sri Lanka who have suffered deeply due to being a
minority claiming Equal Entitlements as per their earnings. It is the parallel
of the Republican Debate here in Australia. The difference is the lack of Interest to Debate on Equal footing.
Many Australian Tamils demonstrated similar ‘attitude’ to the above British
Tamil when I filed my claims through
Equal Opportunity laws. They are all assimilators.
As a citizen of a
Nation that provides Aid to Sri Lanka at Government level – I ask you to consider
‘Debating’ this point in Parliament through Common terminology – whether ‘Australia
ought to provide Aid to countries that are committed to a particular religion
by Law?’
ABC reports ‘Half
of all Australians want Muslim immigration ban? New ANU poll suggests it's not
that simple’
Like votes, Polls
are true indicators where those providing the responses express their belief. But
the Belief of One who has gone deeper than her/his generation’s influence – would reflect the
deeper Energies that influence the manifestations at a place. To access the wisdom of our elders at
that level – we need to clean our minds of impurities – including benefits
earned through our current system. This helps us connect to their minds. Most
of us know deep within that there is such a power. Otherwise we would not
preserve heritages nor hold memorials. To an Independent Australian, the
problem with the Islamic State would be the same as the Buddhist State. Hence
if we, through our laws ban assistance to such claimants – it needs to be on
Equal footing – irrespective of whether they are non-government or government
groups. The current Heads of Sri Lankan
Government have made their Political Declaration – that Sri Lanka is a Buddhist
country. As a Christian you may feel for the Christians in Sri Lanka and thus
invoke global power of Christians in support. Since you do not have direct
influence with the UN to express it with apparent global authority - through Secular language, would you not use
the Australian Government structure to commonly stop Aid to a Buddhist or a
Muslim country? The LTTE never attacked Australians. But Aiding them was listed
as a crime and some Tamils continue to be bound by the judicial ruling against
such Aid. That order was to uphold the dignity of the Government of Sri Lanka
in Common. Relative to Australia, Sri Lanka is a junior in global governance.
If they would not take your advice is it not your duty to Stop providing Aid
and demeaning them? To my mind, any giving and taking without Common belief is
a sin. At our Australian Tamil Management Service - Opportunity shop - in Vaddukoddai – where the
first Political Declaration of Independence was made in 1976 – by Tamil
Politicians – we do not give anything away for free because we are not beggars
and hence our community members are not beggars.
Fear of fellow
Human Beings merely because they belong to a particular religion or language is cruel. A Secular system needs to find
Common reasons for such bans. When you dig deep you will find those reasons.
When upheld they would naturally cure us of our mental illnesses that are
caused due to emotional imbalance. Those who mark themselves ‘right’ against
someone who is more right and yet is marked ‘wrong’ – acquire that imbalance
problem which surfaces once the brain lacks the driving force to work even for
a living.
Thought of sharing
that discovery during this period dedicated to ‘mental health’. Truth is the best medicine for mental
illness. Hence confessions in your religion and yoga in mine.
Yours sincerely,
Gajalakshmi
Paramasivam
Appendix
Pradeep wrote on
27 June 2005 , to
the Criminal Court which sent me to Mulawa prison for one year:
‘RE: THE
INCARCERATION OF GAJA LAKSHMI PARAMASIVAM
To Whom It May Concern:
I am writing this letter to express my concern about
the potential incarceration of Mrs. Paramasivam and the great disservice to the
community that our judicial system and medical services are doing in handling
this matter.
Mrs. Paramasivam is my mother. No son wishes to see
their mother in prison and worse still have to hear about the trauma she had to
undergo with the threat of forced sedation that was exercised by a doctor at St. Vincent ’s Hospital, whilst in custody. It is a shame
that the medical system, in partnership with the judicial system, has to resort
to fear in dealing with a victim of unfair dismissal.
My mother was
both forced to resign and later be unfairly dismissed by the University of New South
Wales in 1999. From my understanding of the
matter, her refusal to accept the fraudulent reporting practices of the University
Administration in relation to Grants led to her being blacklisted at the
University and her otherwise impeccable career achievements tarnished. Her
fight to remove this black mark has been all the way to the Supreme Court where
she agreed to withdraw her case given the University would talk.
Following this agreement, the University made no
attempt to facilitate a meeting with her, and she had to suffer the indignation
of being arrested for trespass in trying to organize a meeting with the Vice
Chancellor. The charges were dismissed given she had a lawful excuse to be on
the University premises.
After this the university did organize what appears to
be token meeting between her and the Vice Chancellor, so as to be seen to be
adhering to the Supreme Court order. It is inconceivable that anything could be
resolved by such a brief forum and highly reasonable for Mrs. Paramasivam to
seek a further audience with the Vice Chancellor. Her attempt to do so has
resulted in the current arrest for trespass and the sickening guilty verdict.
It is truly shameful that a person who has stood by
their principles is being humiliated in this manner. My mother, Mrs.
Paramasivam, has been uncompromising in maintaining her honesty, and it is
disheartening to see her being punished for this. Whilst, being family, I would
blindly support my mother, in this instance I do not need to be blind, because
being aware of the matter, it is clear that she has been treated unjustly. She
has my full support and admiration,
simply because she has her integrity.’
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