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by D.B.S.Jeyaraj<\/strong><\/p>\n

Anton Stanislaus Balasingham the political strategist of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) and political adviser to tiger leader Veluppillai Prabhakaran died 14 years ago in his South London residence, His death was not unexpected as it was known, the doctors had given him four to six weeks to live. Bala ‘Annai’ (elder brother) as he was generally known among Tamils was diagnosed with bile duct cancer , a rare and aggressive malignancy of the biliary system. LTTE supremo Prabhakaran conferred the title \u201cThesathin Kural\u201d (Voice of the nation)upon him posthumously. \u201cI am proud to bestow the title of ‘Voice Of The Nation’ on Bala Annai.” Stated the LTTE chief and went on to say “Bala Annai has not left us. He will live permanently in our thoughts. ”<\/p>\n

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Anton Balasingham & Adele Balasingham<\/p><\/div>\n

The life and times of Balasingham is interesting . He was a colourful yet controversial figure. He was admired by some and despised by others. This writer’s relationship with Balasingham too has had its up’s and down’s. I have both criticised and praised him depending of course on the issue at hand. I have written about this man and his role in Tamil affairs on several occasions. I shall rely on some of these writings while focusing on the occasion of his 14th death anniversary. I shall however abide by the dictum \u201cDe mortuis nil nisi bonum dicendum est\u201d (of the dead nothing is to be said except good!) while writing about him at this point of time.
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\nBalasingham born on March 4th 1938 was a blend of many strands. His father was from the east and mother from the north. His mother was a Christian and father a Hindu. His parents were also of different castes. Though raised as a Catholic Balasingham soon became a rationalist and agnostic. Yet he was deeply moved and inspired by the teachings of Lord Buddha. Balasingham’s first wife was a Jaffna Tamil protestant. His second wife was an Australian woman of Anglo – Saxon extraction. He was a British citizen but yearned for his homeland \u201cTamil Eelam\u201d which he believed was a state in formation.<\/p>\n

Balasingham’s grandfather was a “saiva kurukkal” (non – Brahmin priest) from Mandur in Batticaloa District. His father was an electrical foreman at the Batticaloa hospital. Bala’s mother was from Jaffna town and a former resident of Martins Road. She was a midwife by profession and was working at the Batticaloa hospital when she met. Loved and married Bala ‘s father.<\/p>\n

She was later separated and then widowed at an early age. Balasingham along with mother and elder sister moved to the north as a child. They settled down at Karaveddy in the Vadamaratchy sector. Bala\u2019s mother worked as a midwife at the “Ambam clinic” in Karaveddy near the Athulu water tank. They rented out a house near the clinic which belonged to former Palaly Training College Principal , Kandasamy. Two of Balasingham\u2019s nephews were working at the \u201cVirakesari\u201d during the time I was a journalist at the Tamil newspaper. Incidently my mother too was from Kaddaively in the greater Karaveddy area. The postal address was Thunnalai South,Karaveddy. In later years Balasingham would often emphasise this and declare that he and I were from the same place.<\/p>\n

A.B.Stanislaus<\/strong><\/p>\n

In his childhood and early youth Balasingham was known as A.B. Stanislaus. He attended Sacred Heart College in Karaveddy and Nelliaddy Central College (later MMV) in Nelliaddy. Karaveddy \u2013 was a leftist bastion those days. The legendary Pon. Kandiah and many other ‘communists’ hailed from there. Young \u201cStanny\u201d as he was known then also subscribed to leftist ideologies.<\/p>\n

Another of his favourite pastimes was to sip tea and play cards at the tea boutique at Nelliaddy junction run by ‘Sangunni’ who was a Malayalee from India. The well-known Sangunni was killed by the LTTE during the IPKF period. There was an Indian army officer from Kerala who frequented Sangunni\u2019s tea boutique and chatted in Malayalam. The paranoid tigers suspected Sangunni of being an informant and killed him. Upon hering of Sangunni\u2019s demise Balasingham was furious but utterly helpless.<\/p>\n

One man who profoundly influenced Stanislaus in those days was the doyen of Tamil cartoonists Sivagnanasundaram who ran the reputed magazine Sirithiran later. Cartoonist ‘Sundar’ as he was known was famous for his “Savari Thambar” strip. He too was from Karaveddy. It was due to Sivagnasundaram’s efforts that Stanislaus was appointed sub – editor at the Colombo Tamil newspaper Virakesari in the early ’60s.<\/p>\n

Stanny stayed in a Grandpass chummery close to the Virakesari during those days. Former colleagues at the Virakesari speak of him as a man engrossed in reading most of the time. He was not concerned about his appearance and not very particular about clothes. Meals too were not at regular times. At the Virakesari Stanislaus was soon put in charge of foreign news. This entailed translation of Reuters copy and other articles on foreign affairs. Balasingham however was keenly interested in philosophy and psychology. He also dabbled in hypnotism. Ex – colleagues describe him as being spiritual but not religious.<\/p>\n

Things changed soon as Stanislaus got a job as translator at the British High Commission. There was a transformation in his appearance as he opted for smart clothes now. This was not entirely due to the new job alone. Cupid too had struck. He was enamoured of a beautiful Tamil woman at the British Council adjacent then to the HC. She was Pearl Rasaratnam the daughter of Rasaratnam master at Hartley College,Point Pedro. The family was well-known to my Mother\u2019s family. I remember addressing Pearl as \u201cPoo Aunty\u201d in my childhood. One of my sisters was a flower girl at the wedding of Pearl\u2019s sister.The romance between Pearl and Anton resulted in their marriage on 16th July 1968 at the Methodist Church in Kollupitiya.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am Balasingham\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Many years later there was an amusing incident in 1985 concerning Balasingham and myself in Madras now Chennai. I was then working at \u201cThe Island\u201d and had been given the assignment of obtaining interviews from Sri Lankan Tamil militant leaders based in India by Vijitha Yapa who was the Editor at that time. I had met with most militant groups but the LTTE was playing hard to get. Finally I was asked to be at a particular spot near a statue along the Marina beach at 5.30 pm. I did so.<\/p>\n

A vehicle drew up at 5.30 pm and the LTTE stalwart \u201cNesan\u201d(an ex-seminarian) driving the vehicle asked me to get in front. He then drove the car to another spot and parked. After a while another vehicle came up behind. A man got down and walked up to our vehicle and seated himself behind. As I turned around ,he stretched his hand out and said \u201c I am Balasingham\u201d.<\/p>\n

Nesan then began driving the vehicle in a seemingly aimless fashion through many roads and streets. Balasingham kept quizzing me in a curt manner.The hostile questions indicated he was suspicious of me. I changed track and told him about my family and his deceased wife\u2019s family. I also said\u201d like you I too worked at the Virakesari\u201d.Balasingham beamed and said \u201c So you are one of us\u201d. He told Nesan lets go to \u201cBuhari\u2019s\u201d restaurant., So we went there and had a Buriyani dinner while exchanging reminiscences about the past and discussing current politics.<\/p>\n

Anton\u2019s Wife Pearl<\/strong><\/p>\n

The post-marriage happiness of the newly wed Balasingham was short-lived. Anton\u2019s wife Pearl became extremely ill requiring advanced treatment abroad. British authorities were very sympathetic and generous . Both were allowed to go to England. They left Sri Lanka on August 3rd 1971. Balasingham continued his higher education in England. But his wife’s condition deteriorated. She had chronic renal failure, ending with her requiring life sustaining haemodialysis. Balasingham discovered in London that he too had diabetes.<\/p>\n

It was a life of hardship and sacrifice then with Balasingham having to work, study and care for his ailing wife. She died in November 1976. Soon Balasingham became acquainted with a hospital staff nurse who was also a ‘stranger’ in Britain as she was from Australia. A second romance flourished between the young widower Anton and the nurse Adele Anne Wilby. They married very simply at the registrar’s office in Brixton , South London on September 1, 1978.<\/p>\n

Balasingham’s MA dissertation at the South Bank London Polytechnic was on the psychology of marxism. Later he began reading for his PhD on alienation under John Taylor. He never completed his Ph D. But the media generally refer to him as Dr. Balasingham. Why did he not complete his Ph D? Adele Balasingham says in her book \u201cThe Will to Freedom\u201d -” But the demands of the revolutionary politics of the national liberation struggle of his (Balasingham’s) people constantly intervened in his research and teaching. A time came when he was compelled to choose between an academic life and revolutionary politics. He chose the latter for he viewed the cause of his people as just and to serve that cause was meaningful.”<\/p>\n

Balasingham began dabbling in politics in London. He was essentially a marxist then and identified with progressive causes like the Anti-apartheid movement.. The Tamil Eelam goal was becoming fashionable among Tamil youths and students in London then. Balasingham was initially involved with the Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students (EROS) founder Eliyathamby Ratnasabapathy. Bala also interacted with Padmanabha, the EPRLF leader then a student in London.It was the then Tiger representative in London, Krishnan who enticed Balasingham into the LTTE. Initially Balasingham was commissioned to write tracts, leaflets, pamphlets etc. for the LTTE in English and Tamil. Later he did a lot of translation for the Tigers.<\/p>\n

The Balasinghams made frequent trips to Tamil Nadu where they met LTTE leaders like Umamaheswaran and Prabhakaran. At that time Uma was the LTTE leader while Prabha was the military commander.Balasingham and Prabha drew close. The Prabhakaran – Uma Maheswaran clash split the LTTE and resulted in the formation of the PLOTE. When the LTTE split occurred Balasingham was requested initially to reconcile the factions. He failed to do so. After the split became permanent Balasingham threw in his lot with Prabhakaran though the Prabha loyalists were very few when compared to the Uma group at that time. It was in this way that the marxist was transformed into an Eelam Tamil nationalist.<\/p>\n

LTTE Ideologue<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 1983 July anti – Tamil pogrom was a watershed. The Tamil guerillas backed by New Delhi became a visible presence in Tamil Nadu. The Balasinghams relocated to Chennai. The Balasinghams stayed in Pattinapakkam, Thiruvanmiyoor and later at Adaiyar. “Dr. A. S. Balasingham” became the LTTE’s theoretician, chief propagandist and premier spokesperson. Balasingham described then as the LTTE ideologue accompanied Prabhakaran for important meetings in his dual capacity as translator \/interpreter and political adviser.<\/p>\n

He was present with Prabha at the Bangalore meeting with Rajiv Gandhi in 1986. The year 1987 saw Prabha moving to Jaffna leaving Bala to oversee political work in Chennai. In July Prabhakaran himself was brought to India by helicopter. Together with Balasingham, the LTTE chief went to New Delhi. Despite the LTTE’s non -cooperation India decided to go ahead with the Indo – Lanka accord.<\/p>\n

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With LTTE leader<\/p><\/div>\n

The Balasinghams now went to Jaffna. Balasingham himself was in the Thirunelvely office organising political work. But war erupted soon. Both husband and wife were targets of the Indian army. Adele being a white woman would have been conspicuous in Jaffna. Yet they eluded capture by being constantly on the move and staying with different people at different times. There was a time when both lay flat on their faces for hours in a paddy field. At one stage they had to go to the ‘toilet’ in the dark and in the open. Balasingham would stand guard over his wife. Adele writes of these experiences vividly in her book\u201d The Will To Freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Balasinghams made their way back to India and from there to Britain. But Balasingham was back in Colombo again for talks with President Ranasinghe Premadasa. The Govt – LTTE talks started and Balasingham led the Tiger delegation. An understanding was arrived at and soon the Indian army was forced to withdraw from Sri Lanka. Once the Indians left the Colombo – Jaffna relationship collapsed. War broke out again.<\/p>\n

The Balasinghams were now resident in Jaffna with the greater part of the north being under LTTE control. While Adele Anne helped out with the medical unit and the women’s wing Balasingham attended to political matters. The Jaffna media too came under his indirect control. . Old acquaintances and friends were entertained well by Balasingham who had a nostalgic yearning for re – living the past. He also wrote extensively . Among these were many metaphysical articles under the pseudonym “Brahma Gnani” for the Velicham journal.<\/p>\n

Balasingham\u2019s Pet Dog<\/strong><\/p>\n

The advent of Chandrika Kumaratunga in 1994 saw peace talks on the horizon again. The team led by Chandrika’s Secretary Balapatabendi met the LTTE delegation led by its political commissar Thamilselvan for talks at Chundikuli. Balasingham himself was in another room monitoring and advising Thamilselvan. A flurry of notes were exchanged between ‘visible’ Thamilselvan and ‘invisible’ Balasingham. The game was given away when ‘Jimmy’ the Balasingham’s pet dog emerged from the ‘control’ room. But the very same Thamilselvan ‘grew’ with the years and in a later development backstabbed Balasingham. But that’s another story.<\/p>\n

Once again war broke out within a year in April 1995. \u201cOperation Riviresa\u201d saw the LTTE withdrawing from Jaffna peninsula into the northern mainland Wanni. Anton and Adele too re- located. They stayed at Thiruvaiyaaru near Kilinochchi town initially. Later they moved to a house in Puthukudiyiruppu with a large compound of shady trees. It was like blissful retirement for Balasingham. But soon a fresh problem surfaced.<\/p>\n

Acute Renal Afflictions<\/strong><\/p>\n

Years of diabetes and an unorthodox life- style had taken their toll. Balasingham was suffering from acute renal afflictions. Medical doctors in the Wanni felt that he had to go abroad for advanced treatment. Otherwise he was a goner they said. Prabhakaran assured Adele Balasingham that he would do everything possible to send Bala abroad for medical treatment. A daring option was pursued.<\/p>\n

Balasingham and wife were taken on January 23, 1999 by a Sea Tiger boat personally captained by Sea Tiger Commander Soosai to a LTTE ship at mid sea. Thereafter, the ship proceeded to Phukhet in Thailand. After recovering from the strenuous journey which could have been fatal, Balasingham was admitted to a hospital in Bangkok for examination and treatment. This indicated that an enlarged kidney had to be removed soon.<\/p>\n

They moved to Singapore and proceeded to London. After interacting with Norwegian officials, Balasingham relocated to Oslo for surgery and kidney transplant. A young Sri Lankan Tamil in Norway ‘Donald’ volunteered to donate one. After recuperation and recovery Balasingham plunged in zestfully into promoting the peace process. His first public appearance in London was on December 2 ,1999 , at the Arena in London Docklands of the Maaveerar Naal observances.<\/p>\n

Erik Solheim<\/strong><\/p>\n

The LTTE political adviser established very good relations with Nowegian peace envoy Erik Solheim. He represented the LTTE in all discussions with Norway while communicating regularly with Prabhakaran. Balasingham was primarily responsible on the LTTE side for getting the ceasefire adopted. It came into force from February 23, 2002. The ceasefire was very much to the favour of the LTTE and afforded much scope for resolving the national question.<\/p>\n

Balasingham then made a triumphant re- entry into the Wanni by travelling on a sea plane from Maldives that landed on the Iranaimadhu tank. He was at Prabha’s side in meetings with the Muslim Congress, Up Country People’s Front and Ceylon Workers Congress. Balasingham was also at the at the international press conference held by the tiger supremo. At one point when journalists wanted Prabhakaran to answer instead of the LTTE political adviser, Balasingham told the media that he and the LTTE Chief were of the “same mind ” and “spoke with the same voice.”<\/p>\n

An unforeseen development was the Karuna revolt. Once again Balasingham tried hard to patch up the split as he realised the long – term consequences of a north – east divide and an alignment of Karuna with the state. A temporary truce was effected and Karuna was prepared to quit the Country. But the mainstream LTTE adopted a hard – line thereby driving Karuna into the arms of the state. The rest is recent history.<\/p>\n

Due to health conditions Balasingham could not stay for prolonged periods in the Wanni but he made occasional visits for consultations. He also led the LTTE delegation at talks with the Government in Thailand, Norway, Germany and Japan. With the LTTE adopting a change of course in the talks Balasingham began adopting a low profile. Deteriorating health also contributed to this state of affairs.<\/p>\n

Mahinda Rajapaksa<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 2005 Presidential polls saw Mahinda Rajapakse win mainly due to the LTTE enforced boycott. Yet again Balasingham was back to lead the LTTE again at talks in Geneva in early 2006. Balasingham obtained a major concession from Colombo when the Government agreed to disarm’ paramilitaries’. But the assurance was not honoured. The situation got worse and war intensified.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile Balasingham’s condition got worse. He was diagnosed with cancer and given four to six weeks to live. Despite the terminal illness he wrote the “Great Heroes Day” speech for the LTTE leader in November 2006, That was his swansong. He got worse day by day. Still he met people personally and also talked on the telephone to people. He renewed his friendships and made his peace with those old but estranged friends of his.<\/p>\n

Telephone Call<\/strong><\/p>\n

I too received a telephone call from Bala in the third week of November 2006. I was surprised as we had not been on speaking terms for nearly three years due to sharp political differences. I was however happy to talk to \u201cBala Annai\u201d (Elder brother Bala) as many of us called him because I had heard earlier that he was terminally ill and that his days were numbered.<\/p>\n

Bala Annai said at the outset that he was telephoning and talking to some of his old colleagues, friends and contacts. I fell under the category of contact in my journalistic capacity as Balasingham had been a very important source of information for many years. Although he did not explicitly say so, I realised that it was a farewell call from a man who was to \u201dgo out gently into that good night\u201d soon.<\/p>\n

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Anton Balasingham (4 March 1938 \u2013 14 December 2006)<\/p><\/div>\n

Balasingham was his customary jovial self with jokes and jibes.As the conversation progressed I sensed that he was seriously worried. It was certainly not over his impending death but something else. Soon it came blurting out. \u201cThambikku oru Ilavum vilanguthillai. Nilaimai Padu moasamaahuthu. Muzhu Ulagamum Saernthu Puligalai Mongappoaguthu\u201d(Younger brother is not understanding anything. The situation is becoming worse. The whole world will get together and clobber the tigers) Younger brother referred to LTTE supremo Veluppillai Prabhakaran who was known as Thamby to those of an earlier vintage.<\/p>\n

Balasingham went on to say that the so called international community was infuriated at the conduct of the LTTE. Unless the tigers did an urgent course correction and acted in an acceptable manner the western nations, China,Japan, Pakistan and India were going to back the Rajapaksa regime and ensure that the LTTE was militarily defeated and destroyed .I asked Balasingham as to why he was unable to make Prabhakaran see the writing on the wall and act accordingly. Bala Annai replied ruefully that he had tried and failed.<\/p>\n

\u201cAutograph\u201d Film<\/strong><\/p>\n

Speaking further Balasingham said that he had in a direct one to one meeting at Kaeppaapulavu in the Northern mainland of Wanni entreated Prabhakaran to see reason and understand the situation.But Prabhakaran did not budge lamented Bala Annai. \u201cYou know how \u201cVeeramaarthaandan\u201d (This was how Balasingham referred to Prabhakaran when annoyed) behaved with me\u201d? asked Bala Annai in Tamil. He then continued to elaborate-<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I kept on broaching the subject, Prabhakaran abruptly asked me whether I had seen the Tamil movie \u2018Autograph\u2019 directed by famous Tamil Nadu film maker Cheran. When I said \u2018no\u2019 Prabhakaran said then we must watch it now. So a DVD of the film was played and we watched it on TV in silence. After it was over , I again tried to talk about the situation. Prabhakaran said \u2018let\u2019s watch the film again\u2019.So we watched it again. Once it was over I tried again to re-open the topic.Prabhakaran with an impish grin said \u2018Innorukkaa Paarppam\u2019 meaning \u2018lets see it again. I took the hint and left. When he behaves like that I know from experience that nothing would make him relent\u201d.<\/p>\n

When I asked Balasingham whether he did not try to make other senior LTTE leaders understand the situation. He replied that people like Thamilselvan, Castro, Pottu Ammaan in the Wanni and Ruthirakumaaran in New York had prejudiced Prabhakaran\u2019s mind against him after the Oslo facilitated peace talks between the Ranil Wickremesinghe Govt and LTTE. Moreover they had also misinformed Prabhakaran into believing that the Sri Lankan armed forces could be defeated and that the world would back the tigers against Rajapaksa. Balasingham also said that senior leaders like Soosai, \u2018Baby\u2019 Subramaniam, Balakumaran and Para understood the predicament but were powerless to persuade Prabhakaran to see reality.<\/p>\n

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Anton Balasingham<\/p><\/div>\n

We had talked for about 15 to 20 minutes when Balasingham began coughing ceaselessly. He could not continue further and we had to end our talk on the telephone.<\/p>\n

I was extremely saddened by the conversation as I could see that intensification of the war was going to be inevitable. Such escalation could only result in large scale deaths, displacement and destruction. The wretched of the Wanni earth \u2013innocent Tamil civilians- were going to suffer immense hardship and sorrow.Subsequent events demonstrated that my fears were justified. The beleaguered civilian population experienced a humanitarian catastrophe. Furthermore Balasingham\u2019s ominous foreboding that the International community was going to clobber the tigers also proved correct. Only they let Colombo do the \u201cdirty work\u201d and now want to probe alleged war crimes.<\/p>\n

Breathed his Last<\/strong><\/p>\n

A few weeks after he spoke to me, Bala \u201cAnnai\u201d passed away peacefully at 1. 45 pm (British time) on Thursday, December 14., 2006 His loving and devoted Australia – born wife Adele Anne was by his side. as the 68 year old Balasingham breathed his last. The funeral was held at the Alexandra Palace in London on December 20th 2006.<\/p>\n

And what better epitaph for Anton Stanislaus Balasingham other than what his wife Adele Anne Wilby wrote about her \u2018new\u2019 life in her book \u201cThe Will to Freedom\u201d- \u201d It all began when I married a Tamil man, Anton Balasingham, from the island of Sri Lanka, in 1978. In that union, I married the collective consciousness and history of a people: a man who embodied the Tamil psyche with all its strengths and weaknesses greatness and failings.\u201d<\/p>\n

DBS Jeyaraj can be reached at dbsjeyaraj@yahoo.com<\/span> <\/a><\/strong><\/em> <\/p>\n

This is an Updated Version of an Article written for the DBS Jeyaraj Column in the \u201cDaily Mirror\u201d of December 12th 2020. It can be accessed here:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.dailymirror.lk\/opinion\/LTTE-Political-Strategist-Anton-Stanislaus-Balasingham\/172-201688 <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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