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Someone wrote this in back of my car. Im from kerala so dont know what this is.

May 18, 2026 marks the 17th anniversary of the day that the Sinhala Buddhist fascist Sri Lanka declared victory over the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (the Tamil Tigers).

From January 21, 2009 to May 18, 2009, Sri Lanka declared No-Fire Zones around hospitals, and then schools which were converted into makeshift hospitals and medical triages. This is a strategy that the former governor of Jenin and Bethelehem, Moshe Elad, has admitted to taking inspiration from.

As soon as the No-Fire Zones were declared, the Sri Lanka Armed Forces continuously shelled the hospitals relentlessly. On many occasions, they would "double-tap", i.e. fire a round of shelling into hospitals, kill several civilians to lure the family members out, and then fire another round of shelling to kill the family members.

Sri Lanka also continuously denied aid from entering the No-Fire Zones as they were shelling it, making them disease-ridden. There are examples of six-year-old children's arms and legs being amputated with butchers' knives with no anesthesia, people receiving multiple amputations on the same limb as previous amputations became gangrenous, people dying of dysentery and other preventable diseases due to the systematic denial of aid by the Sri Lankan government.

In addition to this, doctors who were in the No-Fire Zone were forced to lie at gunpoint in a news conference, severely downplaying the Tamil civilian casualties to nearly a 100-1000. UN estimates state that the death toll is 40,000-70,000, but the true death toll is likely much higher, roughly around 150K-175K.

There are also allegations of chemical weapons usage, specifically that of white phosphorus. Prageeth Ekneligoda, a Sinhalese journalist investigating the usage of white phosphorus by the Mahinda Rajapaksa administration during this time, was disappeared in 2010, never to be heard from again.

Shortly after May 18, the Sri Lanka Armed Forces rounded up several LTTE combatants and civilian Tamils, and proceeded to torture and kill them. The 12-yr-old son of the LTTE leader, Velupillai Prabhakaran, was killed with 5 shots to the chest at point blank range.

In another high profile case, Isaipriya, a news reporter, was captured by the Sri Lankan army, sexually assaulted, and killed. A Sinhala soldier then proceeded to say about Isaipriya: "I would like to fuck it again", heavily implying that they also sexually assaulted her corpse.

This is probably going to fly under the radar for most of you, but I will not let you people forget the Tamil genocide. I, as an Indian Tamil, saw all of this go down in 2009 on TV, and I never allow you to ignore this.

I have not included any graphic images in here. If you want proof of what I'm saying, you can watch Grief-Stricken Winds.

You can watch Parts 1 and 2 of Grief-Stricken Winds, my docuseries on the Tamil genocide and ongoing occupation, with Part 3 slated for November this year: https://grief-stricken-winds.com

Another thing to understand is that the occupation of the Tamils is ongoing, even after the Sri Lankan govt declared victory, they continued to disappear Tamils in white vans, torture them, sexually assault them brutally, and in some cases allegedly feed their dead bodies to crocodiles.

You can read about the sexual assaults over at ITJP: https://itjpsl.com/reports . In particular there are reports such as "Unsilenced" that are a compilation of the sexual violence Tamil men and boys specifically suffered at the hands of the Sri Lankan state AFTER the war ended in the Mullivaikkaal massacres of 2009.

There is an entire non-exhaustive Wikipedia article of sexual assaults the Sri Lankans have engaged in against the Tamils: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_violence_against_Tamils_in_Sri_Lanka

There are far more resources than this but I'll keep it to a minimum

TLDR : This post says on what MaPoSi thought on Telugu or Kannada origin folks in interior TN.

MaPoSi or Ma. Po Sivagnanam was a Tamil Nationalist and Gandhian leader who fought for Madras to be part of Tamilnadu in 1956. Madras was hotly contested by Andhra Telugus to become part of newly formed Andhra and he used his influence to make it part of TN. You can look it up in Wiki on him.

He wrote a book Called Tamizhagathil piramozhiyinar in 1976, meaning “Other language people in Tamil land”. Though I thought he would most likely call Telugu origin folks in interiors as outsiders , I was for a surprise

Slightly glossing on first few chapters, I was able to see that he spoke primarily on divide between Tamils ( Brahmins and Non Brahmins ) and how outsiders used it to enter Tamilnadu politics. He used data to show Tamils being sidelined in both Dravidian and Nationalist parties. He goes on to say that Brahmin-Non Brahmin divide was unnecessary.

Only in one of last chapters does he talk on Tamizhagathil Irumozhiyaalar , or it means “Two language people in Tamil land”.

I have attached the pictures for reference and the book is available in Arxiv. My summary will mostly talk on interior two language people. Here is the summary:

Two langauge are ones who speak a mothertongue , be it Kannada or Telugu in their homes and speak Tamil outside. Interior ones are one who are faraway from the border

There is stark difference between two-langauge people and other langauge people and it’s in the mindset: Other langauge people see Tamils as other people, while two langauge people see themselves as Tamils. Many migrated 5 centuries back and they see themselves in Tamil milieu and Tamil is not a foreign language for them.

He says that between Tamils and Two langauge peoples, there has been attempts by selfish politicians on either side to divide them (in 1976). Despite that, both groups behave as one ethnically and the process has so happened for centuries. So, it is not wise for Tamils to call two-language people as non-Tamil or for Two-langauge people to distance themselves as non - Tamil.

He gives the two-langauge people a sort of model minorities , whom every immigrant group to Tamil land should aspire to and assimilate to become Tamil. He says their contributions are:

a. Indian freedom struggle: Be it OP Ramasamy Reddiar or Varadarajulu Naidu. Leaders like them served both as disciples and leaders to bring in Indian Nationalism to average Tamil. They served as both followers and leaders.

b. Literature : Annamalai Reddiar who created a new Sindhu called Kavadi Sindhu

c. Linguistic preference: Even in British times, when people had option to pursue literacy in mothertongues, two-langauge people in interior chose Tamil, not Telugu or Kannada.

d. In fight for Madras: The two langauge people in interior Tamilnadu came with open arms to fight for Madras and common peoples proudly called themselves as Tamils. He wholeheartedly appreciates two-language youngsters who made sacrifices for the same.

In this context, the book says that Tamil identity should be assimilitive and strong. Else internal divisions (be it religion, caste or origin ) will weaken it.

Source:- http://m.timesofindia.com/articleshow/131141367.cms?utm\_source=contentofinterest&utm\_medium=text&utm\_campaign=cppst

தமிழ் சொந்தங்களே!

அரசியல் காரணங்களுக்காக நம் மீது வலிந்து திணிக்கப்படும் மற்றும் நம்மை எப்போதும் ஒரு வித கொதிநிலையிலேயே வைத்திருக்கும் இந்த உருவகங்களைப் பற்றி இந்தியாவின் பரவலான மரபணு தரவுகள் என்ன சொல்கின்றன என்று அறிந்து கொள்ள ஆர்வம் உள்ளவர்களை இந்த காணொலிக்கு அன்போடு அழைக்கிறேன்.

https://youtu.be/7LHErvN6x-I

தூய திராவிடர், ஆரியர் மற்றும் பரிசுத்தமான ஜாதிகள் போன்றவை எந்த அளவுக்கு அபத்தமான மற்றும் மட்டமான அடிமைப்படுத்தும் உத்திகள் என்பதை நீங்கள் உணர்ந்து கொள்ள இந்த மரபணு அறிவியல் காணொலி உதவும்.

யாதும் ஊரே யாவரும் கேளிர் என்பது எந்த அளவுக்கு ஒரு உலகளாவிய உண்மை என்பதை நவீன அறிவியல் தரவுகள் மூலம் தெரிந்து கொள்ளலாம்.

இந்தியாவின் உண்மையான ஆதி குடிகள் யார் மற்றும் எந்த இனக்குழுக்களுக்கு மரபணு ரீதியாக சொந்தம் கொண்டாட அதிக உரிமை உள்ளது என்பதை டாக்டர் டேவிட் ரைக் போன்ற மரபணு அறிவியல் அறிஞர்கள் வாயிலாக அறிந்து கொள்ளுங்கள்.

ஜாதி மற்றும் ஆரியர் திராவிடர் போன்ற அறிவியலுக்கு எதிரான விஷயங்கள் எந்த அளவுக்கு நமது இந்தியயர்களின் மரபணு பரிணாம வளர்ச்சியை பாதித்து உள்ளன என்பதை நீங்கள் புரிந்து கொள்ளும் போது அடுத்த தலைமுறைகள் காலத்திலாவது இந்த சிறைகளில் இருந்து நமது சந்ததியினருக்கு விடுதலை கிடைக்கும்.

இது ஒரு தீவிர அறிவியல் காணொலி. என் மீதான தனி மனித விருப்பு வெறுப்புகளை தாண்டி ஒரு நடுநிலை உள்ளடக்கம் என்று மட்டும் இதனை அணுகவும்.

நன்றி!

ரமேஷ் தங்கவேல், PhD

Suddenly, politicians started to normalise using English words. Criticize- கண்டனம்/எதிர்ப்பு, Society- சமூகம், equal- சம/சமத்துவம். Removing Tamil words deliberately will discourage people to use and learn Tamil by more. It should be stopped.

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