by D.B.S. Jeyaraj The traditional April new year dawned on a sad note for me last year.I woke up to the news that well –known singer of film songs Prathivadi Bayankara Sreenivas (P.B.S) had passed away in India. He was one of my favourite filmsong singers.I grew up with the Tamil film songs of people …
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By K. Thirukumaran Travelling along 401 East towards Montreal from Toronto, one can spot the sign “United Counties of Leeds and Grenville”, east of Kingston, Ontario. The Town of Gananoque, known for the Thousand Islands Tourism area is located in The Leeds and Grenville United Counties of Ontario. It is also the home of a …
by M.A. Sumanthiran M.P. (Extracts from speech in Parliament by TNA national list parliamentarian M. A. Sumanthiran during Land alienation bill debate on October 20th 2014) HON. M.A. SUMANTHIRAN ON THE LAND ALIENATION BILL EXTRACTS OF SPEECH IN PARLIAMENT ON 20TH OCTOBER 2014 UNLAWFUL AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL ALIENATION OF LAND The Bill that has been presented …
by K. Thirukumaran Kanda Sashti, the annual fasting days in devotion of Lord Murugan falls this year from Friday October 24 – 29th. “Why does by Fasting the soul renews life” queries Mahakavi Subramaniya Bharathiyar to Lord Krishna in one of his poems. That was preceded by query, “Why in ailment, one be laying down?”
Peter Mansbridge, CBC National Anchor hosted a special segment of “Security Panel” on its flagship nightly current affairs program on October 22, 2014, on the topic of the aftermath of “Attack in Ottawa”. The discussion panel featured, Ray Boisvert-Former Assistant Director; Adrienne Arsenault – Senior CBC Correspondent and Amarnath Amarasingam-Radicalization Expert/ Postdoctoral Fellow, Resilience Research …
by K. Thirukumaran Featuring Translation of the Song “Vellai Thamarai Poovil Iruppall” A Song what can be referred as the “Anthem” of the Goddess of Wisdom, Saraswathy is “Vellai Thamarai Poovil Iruppall”. This song was written by Mahakavi Subramaniya Bharathiyaar and has been rendered by many artistes, both as vocal and also instrumental. The song …
by K. Thirukumaran Yathum ure yavarum Kelir” – All the world is my world, all humanity is my fraternity:”– Kaniyan Poongkundran-Translated by Rev Fr Xavier Thaninayagam Sakthi is the “Guardian Goddess” of Mahakavi Subramaniya Bharathiyar. He has said that Navarathri is a favorite festival of his and that he look forward to celebrate it every …
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Recorded 5/1/2014 Starr Forum- Indian Ocean: The vortex of destiny Speaker: Ranil Wickremesinghe, the former prime minister of Sri Lanka, is currently a Robert E. Wilhelm fellow at the Center for International Studies at MIT. The Sri Lankan politician and current leader of the Opposition in the Sri Lankan parliament was prime minister of Sri …
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Filmmaker K. Balachander drew deeply from Bharathi’s social consciousness. Statue of Great Tamil poet stands tall in Jaffna Peninsula, North of Sri Lanka-pic by Dushiyanthini Kanagasabapathipillai K. Balachander’s films, many of them trendsetters, explored themes of societal change, empowerment of women, defence of the downtrodden. Listen in as he pays tribute to the poet:
M A Sumanthiran MP speaks in remembrance of Black July, the anti Tamil progrom and riots of July 1983. The TNA parliamentarian made the remarks ahead of a session on July 23, 2013 regarding Sri Lanka Electricity Board Amendment Bill He describes the dark period in Sri Lankan history which has split the individual and …
Video and Full Text of remarks by Tamil national Alliance Parliamentarian M.A. Sumanthiran at a recent Panel Discussion on “Religion, Reconciliation and Future”: Members of the Panel, Hon. Karu Jayasuriya, your Excellency and my friends, Five minutes is all I have, so I’m going to say a few things in a very disjointed way – …
By The Puppeteer To my right a man is hauled off by the police. He tries to resist but it’s futile as four policemen load him into a police jeep and drive off. I’m snapping away as the jeep speeds off into the distance, when a voice behind me asks, ‘what just happened?’ I explain …
LMD Interviews Dr.Dayan Jayatilleka Former Ambassador and Academic Dr.Dayan Jayatilleka queries whether an an “Administrative apartheid”is in force in the North of Sri Lanka in an interview to Lanka Monthly Digest
Speech made by MA Sumanthiran of Tamil National Alliance in Parliament on March 21st 2013
Kamal Haasan Speaks his heart out
Kamal Haasan Talks About Vishwaroopam Being Banned
The recent speech made in Parliament on December 7th 2012 by Tamil National Alliance (TNA) leader and Trincomalee district MP Rajavarothayam Sampanthan has irritated LTTE and pro -LTTE elements. He is now the target of these elements in e-mails and websites and as is usual is being dubbed “Tamil Traitor”.
Speech delivered by ‘Kalaigner’ Karunanidhi at the Conferance of Tamil Eelam Supporters Organization (TESO) held at YMCA Ground, Royapettah in Chennai on Sunday, Aug 12, 2012:
by Selywn Duke It’s difficult to say if the greatest drama of the 2012 Olympics has occurred inside or outside the athletic arena, but it’s hard for anything to compare to the controversy that recently surrounded 16-year-old Chinese swim sensation Ye Shiwen. The story started on Saturday when Ye shattered the women’s world record in …
About 700 migrants have been arrested so far this year, and more than half of them in the last three weeks. The final segment of Al Jazeera’s three-part series on Australia’s immigration debate looks at attempts to stop so-called boat people from making the dangerous voyage. Al Jazeera’s Minelle Fernandez reports: Al Jazeera interview re: …
by Hillary Rodham Clinton (Remarks made on July 24th 2012 by US secretary of state Hillary Rodham Clinton at the US Holocaust emorial Forwatd looking symposium on Genocide prevention) Thank you very much, and it’s a tremendous honor for me to be here on this occasion for such an important conference. I want to start …
By Bob Dietz The sorry situation faced by Journalists in Sri Lanka has seemingly worsened after the US sponsored resolution was passed by 24 to 15 at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on March 22nd. Vigil on 2nd anniversary of Prageeth Eknaligoda’s disappearance-24 Jan 2012, Pic by Sampath Samarakoon-courtesy: VikalpaSL Bob Dietz, coordinator …
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