Pinnai itta thee thennilangayilae
Annai itta thee adivayittrilae
Yaanum itta thee moozhga moozhgavae"
The pyre that I lit is in front... The flames that were started by a tail; are back south in Srilanka (an excrept from Ramayana)... The flame of separation lit by mother is glowing inside me... Let the flame I lit, engulf this body!
-- a famous Pattinatthar song that was plagiarized by Kamal/Vairamuthu for Alavandhan, speaks about the pain of a son cremating his mother, requesting the God of flames to engulf the body. Flames and SriLanka have been having such a close relationship that it hits the mind of a poet and fits into a metaphor on flames. For a long, long time; Srilanka has been in the clutches of war and it's been a seemingly never ending problem that has been on for quite a lot of time now, consuming hundreds or thousands of human lives.
"The Sinhala government is trying to crush us and refuse the rights to Tamizh people in Srilanka. We need to make sure that the Tamils are given their rights and India needs to interfere in this matter to speed up the process." -- LTTE, Tamizh politicians in Srilanka and majority politicians/press reporters/actors/etc in Tamil nadu.
"LTTE is a terrorist outfit trying to ruin the peace in Srilanka by exploiting innocent Tamils. India should help us crush them as a personal victim that lost a Prime minister in a bomb blast organized by the LTTE." -- Srilankan government, Sinhalese, a few politicians in TN.
"LTTE is exploiting us and I was forced to take a gun against the Srilankan army" -- a Tamizh boy in a video.
"It is an internal affair of Srilanka and India cannot really get into it" -- Indian Government.
"Several including two Indian engineers were killed as the LTTE bombed the Srilankan communication centers" -- News.
As Al Pacino says in "The Scent of a Woman", I'm not a judge or jury to really assess who is right and who is wrong here; or what is true and what is not. But the fact is that a lot of innocent people are dying day after day and beyond the layers of politics, international affairs, exploitation, misunderstanding and grudges; there is something called humanity that is supposed to rule every human's heart. Somehow I feel that it's been totally forgotten in this issue and unless humans replace the fabricators, soldiers and politicians involved; I don't think a solution would be possible!
6 comments:
"Munnai itta thee muppuratthile
Pinnai itta thee thennilangayilae
Annai itta thee adivayittrilae
Yaanum itta thee moozhga moozhgavae" - This is used in Pithamagan also.
Someone said: "Our weapons are decided by our enemies" and i absolutely agree to it...in srilanka LTTE's weapons are decided by SriLankan govt !!!!
The poem comes not only in Pithamagan but also in Rameshwaram... But I mentioned Kamal because he is the one who started it and secondly, he takes special interest in such things. In a way, we get to know good works of the past but he should at least mention it's not original :)
And the quote was by Karl Marx and Mao. What you are presenting here is the Tamilian version of it. What I'm trying to find out is the bigger picture or rather what exactly every party is trying to achieve.
Good Job Yogs maccha!!! Thoughtful Indeed!!!
maapla, manasa thottu sollu...u donno what every party is trying to achieve from this ?????
Truly... It makes it hard for me to assess the validity in their claims... The bottom line is Tamizh people are not being treated equally which needs to be corrected. But is it just this or several other political/selfish motives behind the scenes is where my question lies. That is important to understand before we take a stand...
Nice thoughtful post!
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