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Tamil Nadu Police crackdown on LTTE supporters
Durga NANDINI

Tamil Nadu police have taken a stern view of LTTE sympathisers in the State, reports from India said.

They have warned supporters against showing solidarity of any kind with the Tigers, issuing an advertisement in newspapers warning against holding rallies, meetings or any other action that would appear to support the LTTE.

After LTTE political wing leader Thamilselvan was killed in an Air Force raid earlier this month, the State saw rallies on the streets with MDMK leader Vaiko leading the demonstration to pay homage to Thamilselvan. Vaiko and Nedumaran were arrested.

Such support for a LTTE leader has made the Tamil Nadu police sit up. They have now put out an advertisement directing all parties to stop showing solidarity with the LTTE.

According to the notice, any action supporting banned organisations including the LTTE - by individuals or organisations - will be punished.

The advertisement says rallies, condolence meetings or any other action supporting banned organisations by individuals or organisations will be punishable under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act.

A day after Tamil Nadu police issued a stern warning against those organising demonstrations in support of banned outfits, the Union Territory of Pondicherry followed the suit by issuing a similar notification cautioning the public.

The notification issued by the Pondicherry Police Department stated that stern action would be taken against organisations and individuals holding any type of procession or meeting in support of banned outfits. Action would also be taken against printers of pamphlets relating to the meetings and demonstrations, it said.

Tamil Nadu police had published an advertisement in newspapers last week warning action against those taking out rallies and holding meetings in support of banned outfits. Even those who make the posters and banners will also be punished.

The advertisement came in the wake of rallies and meetings being held condoling the death of LTTE?s political wing leader Thamilselvan in an Air Force raid. Following the death, Karunanidhi had written a poem eulogising the slain leader, which sparked off a controversy with opposition AIADMK leader Jayalalitha demanding the dismissal of the DMK Ministry for praising the leader of a banned outfit.

The AICC session at New Delhi on November 17 last had passed a resolution that any support to LTTE was bound to hurt the sentiments of Congressmen.

Meanwhile, a senior Congress leader in Tamil Nadu has alleged that LTTE supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran could be responsible for the recent killing of the outfit?s political wing leader S.P. Thamilselvan in a Sri Lankan Air Force raid.

Former Union Minister S. R. Balasubramaniam told a press conference in Chennai that Thamilselvan was provided security by Prabhakaran on par with the LTTE chief himself.

?The slain leader?s movements were kept secret. Under such a circumstance, how could Sri Lankan military know about Thamilselvan?s arrival at a particular spot,? he asked.

?Thamilselvan?s visit to the spot was deliberately leaked out, leading to his killing in the air raid,? he alleged.

He said the Congress never endorsed any support to the LTTE in Tamil Nadu and would vehemently oppose any backing to the banned terrorist organisation.

Tamils are not going anywhere and are going to remain in their homelands and do what they want

Ethnic Tamils
Contrary to what you see on Hindi movies like 'Padosan', or what White-skinned tourists' testimonials are, Tamils as a collective are neither meek nor friendly. Tamils are possessive, feudal, clannish and arrogant, though not as much as another South Indian group, which I am afraid to name here. They also have a well-developed martial tradition, which waned during the British occupation. Still, Tamils and other South Indian collectives were preferred to be shipped over to other places for their manual labour skills.

This might be true to some extent, usually during peacetime. But it is an altogether different story otherwise. A few centuries ago, they were seen as one of the most brutal and ruthless tribes to have ever encountered. The Pallavas, and later the Cholas, often invaded their neighbours at the drop of a hat. The Cholas went as far as building a belligerent Navy, the first in India. The spread of Hinduism in South East Asian countries is mainly due to the conquest of the Chola Navy.

It is said that 'the ruthless Chola conquest was apparently no different from the conduct of Mahmud of Ghazni at Somnath. The Kulavamsa says that the capital Anuradhapura, which sported many Buddhist viharas, was 'utterly destroyed in every way by the Chola army.' Not only were the viharas decimated, but the holy stupas in them were torn apart in search of treasure. Historians say that the imperial Cholas have left their mark not only on the coronation rituals of the Royal house of Thailand but that the fear of their military power has been inscribed in the etymology of the word Tamin in the Thai language. (the word 'Tamin' in Thai denotes both violence and the Tamil ethnic group). Modern day Tamils? LTTE, Veerappan, 'Auto' Shankar, the gangsters and the policemen of Tamil Nadu But, I am digressing.

Unless you belong to the ingroup, your life will not be easy. In short, Tamils are not the meek and sweet guys as seen by others. The modern times have taken some sting out of them, and the law of the land has blunted the barbs to some extent.

I know more about SL than many Tamils, like I know more about Egypt and Turkey more than Egyptians and Turks, so I can go anywhere I want and useless fools like you cant dictate terms. there are many Tamils here in LNP not born/ brought up in SL, simply because their parents escaped the GOSL terrorism. eg. myself, Revy, Tigress, Petijo, Vincent, Thivya, TNTamil, Ludacris, Suruthi and many many more. it is a very good sign that people from all over the world want freedom for their brethen back in Northeast.

people outside SL do have concern over the situation, that is why TN people like Vaiko, South African Tamils, etc are making a stand. Here in UK, there are Tamils born here 5-10 years younger (some dont even know Tamil), but doing a hell of a lot to raise concern among others over GOSL terrorism, going on marches in London and showing keeness in the Tamil cause.

all i can say to people like you is simply get lost.