Gajalakshmi
Paramasivam
31
December 2019
TSUNAMI
SURFACED THE TRUTH
I was
delighted to read the article Daily
Mirror article ‘Tsunami A lost
opportunity by Tamils for peacemaking’ by Mr M S M Ayub. I was delighted not
because of the literal value of the message but of the lateral spread of the
mind structure of the author who related the Lankan experience of war and
Tsunami to Indonesia’s Aceh experience at the same time. I learnt also the
following:
[The separatist insurgencies in Indonesia and
Sri Lanka had several parallels with separatist movements in both countries
officially commencing in 1976. Gerakan Aceh Merdeka(GAM) or Free Aceh Movement
at the Aceh Province in Northern Indonesia started its armed campaign for the
secession and independence of the province from Indonesia in that year.
Interestingly, it was in the same year that Tamil United Front (TUF) changed its name to Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) while adopting a resolution at its historic Convention in Vaddukoddai to carve out a separate State in the Northern and Eastern Provinces in Sri Lanka for Tamil-speaking people. Despite Tamils rebels having started to kill their opponents such as the then Jaffna Mayor Alfred Duraiappah the previous year 1975, it was only at the Vaddukkoddai convention that the idea of a separate State was formalised.
Another parallel between separatist wars in both countries was the two failed peace attempts among rebels and governments of respective countries in 2000 and 2002 with
international mediation. ]
Interestingly, it was in the same year that Tamil United Front (TUF) changed its name to Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) while adopting a resolution at its historic Convention in Vaddukoddai to carve out a separate State in the Northern and Eastern Provinces in Sri Lanka for Tamil-speaking people. Despite Tamils rebels having started to kill their opponents such as the then Jaffna Mayor Alfred Duraiappah the previous year 1975, it was only at the Vaddukkoddai convention that the idea of a separate State was formalised.
Another parallel between separatist wars in both countries was the two failed peace attempts among rebels and governments of respective countries in 2000 and 2002 with
international mediation. ]
Truth is Universal and hence the borders of time and
place are lost to the mind that is in Truth. My example of Ancient Greece in
relation to Tsunami – was prepared and published on 27 December 2019, under the
heading ‘ALLI - RAANI SAYS YOU
ARE WRONG MR SINHALESE PRESIDENT!’
I read Mr Ayub’s article only today even though that also was published
on the 27
December 2019. This commonness holds the key to resolving our ethnic problem. Mr
Ayub is a Muslim and I am a Hindu. That diversity is confirmed by the outer
values of our articles – i.e. Mr Ayub used Aceh of current times and I used the
war between 431BC and 404BC in Ancient
Greece and the Tsunami there in 426BC. My article earned me the following
expression of appreciation from a fellow Sri Lankan:
[Dear Gaja
Let me wish you the very best for
the season and a peaceful New Year. May God grant you strength to continue your
work which stimulates others to think. I
must say that you are very knowledgeable and write very well.
With lots of love and warm regards.
Mevan Pieris]
Through such appreciation, Mevan has shared with me
, his high status as a Sri Lankan of world class. To me that is what good governance
is about. The three minds have thus
merged through genuine common interest in Sri Lanka and we are the example of
integrated Sri Lanka.
The Tsunami was a strong indicator that the Sri
Lankan war had come to its natural level. In terms of solution, Mr Ayub
presents the following:
[In mid-2005,
the government agreed to grant greater autonomy to the Aceh Province and GAM
rebels reciprocated with a pledge to lay down arms and renounce violence. And
the peace holds in Aceh since. However, the situation in Sri Lanka was
different. A part of the areas devastated by the tsunami was under the control
of the LTTE while foreign aid received for relief and reconstruction work were
with the government and thus the need of a joint mechanism between the
government and the LTTE arose. ]
There is a major hindrance to solutions through
higher minds in the case of Tamils largely due to the LTTE getting separated
from the Common Political mind of Tamils led by Northern Tamils. A political solution was possible if
LTTE was a separate group to the Politicians or were juniors to the
Politicians. A political solution was NOT possible due to this natural and true
structure not being recognized by the LTTE which killed political leaders.
Even during Tsunami Reconstruction work – they surfaced
the truth that they lacked the humility to honor those of us who provided the service to victims of Tsunami. By blocking Had they done that ‘Development’
led by Democratic minded Tamils would have diluted that negative karma that
affected the Natural Rights of the whole Community. The dictatorial karma of
the LTTE was worsened when they mind-merged with Mr Rajapaksa to block Tamils
from voting in the 2005 Presidential elections.
In contrast to LTTE leadership, Free Aceh Movement
was led by Dr Hasan Muhammad di Tiro. LTTE failed to accept such leadership from within
the Tamils community and hence naturally mind-merged with those driven by
military wins. This separated the militant mind from the civilian mind nurtured
by Education.
By killing Tamil Political leaders – LTTE confirmed that it had dropped to the standards
of Dutugemunu who overruled his father in terms of Tamils. The current
President declared that he was elected by Sinhala-Buddhists in front of the
monument of King Dutugemunu. That diluted the investment needed to develop
Common Sri Lanka.
LTTE paid the prize in 2009 and in 2015 Tamils voted for UNP Leadership
and confirmed that we have restored our Political rights in Sri Lanka. This
cleared also the karma for Tamils who
did not have the courage to overrule and vote in the 2005 Presidential
elections. . In our own way we have confirmed
our diversity through the recent
Presidential elections also.
From 1976 – when the Vaddukoddai Resolution was made we have not deviated
from this diverse pathway. This diversity means that we have to redeem
ourselves and become universal through our truth. So long as we drawn on the
wisdom of our ancestors – we would continue to redeem ourselves and if
Sinhalese block our path – we would go global. That is the true solution if
there is no devolution to facilitate our contribution to independence to Sri
Lanka as a whole.
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