Press Release California-Based Nonprofit Announces Plan to Develop Ecumenical Center in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka San Luis Obispo, California (April 29, 2004): VeAhavta, a nonprofit based on the Central Coast of California, has announced a plan to develop the “House of Peace Ecumenical Center” (“HOPE Center”) on its 7-acre “Grace Care Center” in Trincomalee (Uppuveli), Sri… Read more »
Monthly Archives: May 2004
12 Steps for Recent Asylees
MEMORANDUM To: Individuals recently granted political asylum From: Immigrant Rights Program, American Friends Service Committee NYMRO Date: May 10, 2004 Re: 12 Ways to Help Your Asylee Client This memo seeks to outline the steps that you can do as a recently granted asylee to become self-sufficient as quickly as possible. As a refugee, you… Read more »
NY Music Concert Photos
Susheela and Aingaran Anita Krishnan and Aingaran Ram making announcements Originally published May 15, 2004
Review of At the Water’s Edge
by A. Sri-Jayantha; published May 14, 2004 At the Water’s Edge by Pradeep Jeganathan South Focus Press, New York 2004 ISBN 0-9748839-0-5 Pradeep Jeganathan has certainly mastered the art of the short story. Each of the seven stories in this collection is a taut, well-crafted example of the genre. Each is a unique vignette which introduces… Read more »
Rajiv Assassination Investigation
by Sachi Sri Kantha; published May 12, 2004 Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Investigation: MDMA and the ‘Merry Go Round Politics’ of the Post-Supreme Court Phase Has anyone bothered to keep a score on the long-running theatrical farce involving the Multi Disciplinary Monitoring Agency (MDMA) and the ‘Merry Go Round’ politics and progress of the post-Supreme Court phase… Read more »
Peace Talks Wrecked Before Resumption
by Wakeley Paul; published May 11, 2004 Based on the multitude of inconsistent, illogical and contradictory positions taken by the two K¹s [Kumaratunge and Kadirgamar] on the peace talks, it is quite obvious that they have already done everything in their power to quash the Peace negotiations for good. Yet they pretend to be committed to… Read more »
FeTNA Convention July 2-5 in Baltimore
Anpudaiyeer, VaNakkam. Thank you for your continued support to FeTNA. Hope you are the lucky one to get your choice Hotel reservation and Flight reservation for the “FeTNA 2004 THAMIZHAR VIZHAA” on July 2,3,4 and 5 -2004. The rooms are getting filled up fast. To get your choice accommodations, please call the hotels today. So… Read more »
Tamil to be Taught at Yale
by India Abroad News Service, New York, April 28, 2004 Tamil to be taught at Yale University WASHINGTON: Tamil language and culture will soon be taught at the prestigious Yale University, one of the Ivy League institutions in the US. This was announced at a reception by economics professor T.N. Srinivasan, chair of the South… Read more »
The Only Possible Solution
by Kumar Ponnambalam; The Weekend Express – Saturday, November 7 – Sunday, November 8, 1998 The only possible solution to the Tamil National problem The island is burning. The country is bleeding. Most of us are fiddling some of us are tinkering. Is this fair? Is this human? The cause of this state of affairs is… Read more »
Remembering Malgudi’s Creator
by Sachi Sri Kantha; published May 10, 2004 Remembering Malgudi’s Creator, R.K.Narayan Front Note May 13th marks the third death anniversary of literary giant R.K.Narayan. Herewith, I provide a revised and extended version of my tribute to him, which originally appeared in the now defunct Tamil Nation website in May 2001, following his death. A Trend… Read more »
Thinking the Unthinkable
by V. Gunaratnam; published May 10, 2004 Power to change Power springs from the people, not a piece of paper that is a country’s constitution. When power becomes an instrument of oppression by the tyranny of the majority, as against the Tamils of Sri Lanka, the need for justice empowers those oppressed to seek such remedies… Read more »
Pirapaharan 2, Chapter 2: The Jaffna Massacre
by T. Sabaratnam; published May 7, 2004 (Volume 2) 2. The Jaffna Massacre Must Put an End Shell-shocked Balthazzaar and his top men held a conference at Gurungar Camp on their return. The radio room had by this time informed Colombo about the blast and the death of 13 soldiers. Balthazaar got a call from… Read more »
Open Appeal re Sivaram
by Dr. Victor Rajakulendran; published May 5, 2004 An open appeal to the Foreign Ministers of Democratic Nations The Hon. Jan Peterson, State Secretary, Norway Hon. Jack Straw, Foreign Secretary, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London Hon. Javier Solana, Secretary General, European Union Council Hon. Bill Graham, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Canada Hon. Nkosayana Dlamini-Zuma, Minister of… Read more »
Sri Lanka Scene: Peace Talks to Resume Soon
by T. Sabaratnam, Colombo, May 4, 2004 Weekly Review Bala Coming Back A full-scale effort to resume peace talks stalled for over a year will be made this week, Colombo and Kilinochchi sources said. “Talks will start soon. I cannot say it will start immediately. A few procedural and other matters have to be sorted… Read more »
Fourth Guru Paramarta Story
by Fr. Costanzo Beschi; published May 5, 2004 The Stories of Guru Paramarta: Fourth Story of throwing a fish hook to catch the horse by Fr.Costanzo Beschi [aka, Veera MaMuni] Front Note by Sachi Sri Kantha The fourth story in the Guru Paramarta series describes the folly of disciple Dunce, who ventured to catch a horse… Read more »
Music Concert in NY May 8
“Uthayam 2004“A Concert to Benefit Refugees Featuring Susheela, Aingaran and Anita Krishnan!! Saturday, May 8, 2004 6:30 PM Staten Island, NY For more information call 718-344-4793, 718-739-7738 or 609-799-7746 Originally published May 3, 2004
ANZAC Day and the Eelam Tamil
by Sabesan (Melbourne); TamilNaatham, April 26, 2004 ANZAC Day and the Eelam Tamil“Anzac Day mirrors the soul of our nation, And shows the price it was willing to pay, To secure our freedom, knowing if it was lost, That soul would sicken, and would wither away” (Bernard Sprunt) ANZAC Day – 25 April – is probably… Read more »
Selling to the Poor
by Allen L. Hammond & C.K. Prahalad; Foreign Policy, Washington, DC, May/June 2004 Searching for new customers eager to buy your products? Forget Tokyo’s schoolgirls and Milan’s fashionistas. Instead, try the world’s 4 billion poor people, the largest untapped consumer market on Earth. To reach them, CEOs must shed old concepts of marketing, distribution, and research…. Read more »
Security Council Resolution 1539 re Child Soldiers
Security Council resolution 1539 April 22, 2004 (see article re this resolution at end) “The Security Council, “Reaffirming its resolutions 1261 (1999) of 25 August 1999, 1314 (2000) of 11 August 2000, 1379 (2001) of 20 November 2001, and 1460 (2003) of 30 January 2003 which provide a comprehensive framework for addressing the protection of… Read more »
The Economic Consultancy House (TECH)
TECH 2003 annual report, Kilinochchi . The Economic Consultancy House (TECH) and the Projects Implemented by it TECH was established in 1992 and has 60 life members, 180 active members, and 6000 associate members. It is a non-profit, non-governmental organization. The main objectives are: 1. Formulating economically viable, technically feasible and socially acceptable projects to… Read more »