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the question is why Prabhakaran threatened to resume war as early as last November and worked so tirelessly towards that end. Why did he wait until his military campaign boomeranged to wave an olive branch'

the LTTE had no need for friends. For, they all allowed it to take the initiative at the battlefront and to abuse peace processes to further its military interests.

If someone believes the LTTE is genuinely interested in peace making, the question is why Prabhakaran threatened to resume war as early as last November and worked so tirelessly towards that end. Why did he wait until his military campaign boomeranged to wave an olive branch'

The LTTE is frantically shopping for arms all over the world

Negotiations are the only way to find a peaceful solution.

The best way that the Co-chairs could help Sri Lanka achieve peace is to ensure that during the talks to be resumed, the LTTE will refrain from violence and arms smuggling

Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 8:37 AM
Subject: Re: Batch Reunion October 2006

Dear Alumni Friends of the Engineering Faculty of Peradeniya,

This is our contribution to your gathering tomorrow. Those of you who appreciate us, please gather in the consciousness of the Truth we are sharing with you.

As per our recollection, we are the pioneers of this group and we do believe that our wisdom would benefit all genuine participants.

Our gatherings up until last year, we Tamil dominated and were 'natural' / 'voluntary'. The Sinhalese group might have done likewise amongst themselves. But now the two groups are trying to merge and towards this it has become more structured - as indicated by the 'price' we pay for someone to supply the services/ goods.To me, this is a backward move towards autocracy led by the Sinhalese.

I do feel that this is being done with good intentions - but whether it would produce positive and progressive results is highly questionable. First of all, do you have the authority to collect money without a formal registration?

This is supposed to be a Professional group and as per the conditions in Sri Lanka at the time we became graduates, we proved ourselves to be intellectually smarter than most others in our age group. It is important that we continue to USE those higher achievements to lead our families, communities and nations.

As our dear friend Krishnamoorthy said - the limits of our material environment are bound by Time & Space based measures. Had the Tamil group felt comfortable with Tamils more than Sinhalese they would have included their senior Tamils and junior Tamils in the group before seeking to merge with Sinhalese of the same year. In other words, they overcame the Space (Race) based division / discrimination more comfortably than the Time (Age) based division. A big portion of that credit goes to Australia and possibly in this instance to Water Board.

But it is important that you work out the merit where you seek to 'structure' the gathering. Once you structure, administration sets in and positions are created and trophies awarded. You have 'organized' the speeches for tomorrow's meeting as you did at the last one. But the activities in the Tamil gatherings were NOT organised. They were voluntary and natural. Those who felt the confidence spoke on the basis of their 'ownership' - because THEY felt the ownership and not because they were 'told' / 'allowed' to do so.

As professionals of Sri Lankan origin, it is our duty to help Sri Lankan leaders find their solution to the ethnic problem. Applying this particular group's example - Sinhalese would take over the administration of Tamils and tell them what to do - as most of us are 'told' by White Australians in power.

The Tamil group had difficulty overcoming the gender based discrimination. The men often sat separately to the women. All these are indicative of lack of commitment to override 'natural' tendencies - so one could do as s/he pleased. But this resulted in some women feeling bored and others feeling hurt at being treated like second class citizens.

The karma of our Tamil men is likely to come back to them through the Sinhalese who are TAKING OVER this forum.

Most of this is done subconsciously - as is the case with Racism in Australia.

If we seek to be 'natural' we must limit ourselves to our 'homely' environments and this could mean just our birth families or just the individual self. If on the other hand we seek to expand laterally or grow verticially, we need to work to make ourselves Equal to others or consciously and expressly position each other on merit basis using the Common purpose for which we gather as the absolute value.

In order to relate - we need to 'see'. In order to 'see' we need to limit through Space and Time measures.

The communication from the Sinhalese leader says 'Everybody will have opportunity to run a fun game or relate stories, jokes, riddle questions etc.' An opprotunity is developed by US. So long as we have an administrative strcture we are not US in Common. We are you and I. The Administrator cannot give out an opportunity. A facilitator would remove the administrative blocks in the path of a bottom-up participant. As per our observations of the Tamil group - the most natural game we like playing is recalling old memories. New activities would tend to stress those who 'naturally' enjoyed old memories - often leaving out their wives.

As per this email list, more than 50% of the participants seem to be Tamils. And yet, a Sinhalese is leading the group for this purpose. If we are Sri Lankan-Australian group - then the person with highest merit must lead the group. If we are Tamils and Sinhalese - then we must let the majority lead until we are able to become the majority by recruiting enrolling more of our kind.

Both systems are right - in their 'natural' environments. If this group is 'administered' then it could easily become an extension of Sydney Water - with the rest of us becoming second and third class citizens. Women who are not engineers and who are not working in Water Board would be the dysenfranchised of the group - like the villagers in remote Tamil areas without access to Higher Education and without natural representation in Parliament.

We are working on such groups in the North and East and would appreciate the participation of all interested persons - just to even 'talk' and 'share' our current work for the country that helped us have a higher start in a Western country. We see the name of Kailai in the list of contacts and the organisers of the food. It is his wife Pushpa who to our knowledge does this. It is important to show up our Truth once we feel we have reached the highest level that we aimed for. In fact after all these years of family life - it should not matter which individual does it. The family does it. For purposes of identity - the person who needs the credit must be the one to be seen and not the one who has the credit. Women who did not participate in your Uni life need that inclusion more than those who have. You are practicing cronyism.

Regards
Gaja & Param

What ever your get together and problems may be, You do not have any right to bash engineers working in Sydney Water. Number of your batch mates may be four or five. There are lot more of us who are not qualified from your racist uni are working in SWC. Grow up mate and wash your dirty linen in your own back yard.