October 31, 2003

Peace For Tamils

Tamil Tigers took a giant step towards long-term peace today by presenting a proposal for a type of power-sharing structure to allow them to participate in governing the provinces within Tamil Eelam in Sri Lanka or Ceylon. Having had many Tamil friends over the years and understanding the issues involved with their struggle, I am happy to see there's finally a possible end to years of violence and unrest in a beautiful part of this world.

One of my regrets is not being able to travel to Jaffna a few years back, with my ticket in hand but stuck in Colombo as the Tigers just started a major offensive close to the capital. My very Sinhalese hosts quickly arranged for a flight to Mumbai. I think I still have a pretty nice framed picture of V. Pirabakaran, the leader of Tigers somewhere, given to me by a dear friend.

Posted by Pedram at October 31, 2003 09:44 PM
Comments

In a documentary on World Link TV I saw the way they recruited children and brai washed them and brainwashed them in their camps. DOesn't this matter concern you?

Posted by: Jafar at November 2, 2003 10:26 AM

Was TT another one of those nonviolint success story and I somehow missed it, or maybe its violent nature was some what justified?

Posted by: at November 3, 2003 11:48 AM