Letters to the editor : End of a war

The Financial Express
Posted: Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 2224 hrs IST
Updated: Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 2224 hrs IST

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: The LTTE has lost its decades-long struggle for a separate homeland in Sri Lanka and all its top leaders are said to be dead. The Sri Lankan government had all along been saying that it was fighting against the LTTE, and not the Tamil people as a whole, and it was doing so to emancipate them from the clutches of a ruthless militant organisation. Now that the government has defeated the LTTE, it should do all it can to end the suffering of the Tamil population and honour its legitimate aspirations. As the leader who brought the civil war to its conclusion, President Mahinda Rajapaksa has the responsibility to ensure long-lasting peace, too. However, if Rajapaksa fails in this, he would go down in history not as a liberator, but oppressor.

—Tharcius S Fernando Chennai

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» LADIES SPL TRAINS

Posted by TLN Swamy on 2009-08-14 19:21:43.775032+05:30
While appreciating Mamta Banerjee' introduction of Ladies Spls in various parts of the country to ease the discomforts being faced by working women, I think it would be better to allocate 4,5 coaches exclusively for women with specified colour in all the trains as the one service at a particular time may not suit all the women.TLN Swamy

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» frisking Mr. Kalam

Posted by mahendra patel on 2009-07-21 20:34:27.39625+05:30
The Act of 'INSULT' to the former President Mr. Kalam has already occurred and no punishments can undo it.I would first want to blame the persons who made the travel arrangements . They should have discussed all these details just as they must have done in selecting his seat and food choice etc. It should also intrigue the people of India as to why would he travelled on a foreign airline when Air India is offering similar or better product. Air India needs all the support of such eminent persons to boost its sagging morale. Air India has looked after all the VVIPs whether serving or retired in the best possible manner. Hon. Minister should inquire into this aspect and find out as to why Air India could not 'fly' him. New York and Newark airports are just 1 hour apart.

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» srilankan tamils

Posted by birbell on 2009-07-03 19:26:00.329799+05:30
the ltte has been defeated and eradicated. but the rights of tamilians in every sector of thier life and equality with simhala community must be maintained. if the govt of sri lanka fails to the aspirations of tamils as equal citizens and their rights the govt. of india should act and liberate the tamil areas from srilankan rule as we did in bangladesh.

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