Ilankai Tamil Sangam
A Debate- compiled by Sachi Sri Kantha, May 21, 2011
Sidney Poitier also wrote: “all I can say is that there’s a place for people who are angry and defiant, and sometimes they serve a purpose, but that’s never been my role. And I have to say, too, that I have great respect for the kinds of people who are able to recycle their anger and put it to different uses.On the other hand, even Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi, who certainly didn’t appear angry when they burst upon the world, would never have burst upon the world in the first place if they hadn’t, at one time in their lives, gone through much, much anger and much, much resentment and much, much anguish.” (p. 124)
Though Prabhakaran’s critics may disagree with me, I’d infer that his anger against the discrimination faced by the Tamils, had a beneficial role.
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War, peace and the Darusman report
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(May 24, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) In Sri Lanka, misfortune seems to dog those who incur the wrath of President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his family. Journalists or media outlets critical of the regime have been particularly ill-fated: Lasantha Wickrematunge was killed; Keith Noyahr escaped by a hair’s breadth; J.S. Tissanayagam was incarcerated; Prageeth Ekneligoda disappeared; Sirasa/MTV was repeatedly attacked - just a few notable examples located outside the war zones. Read More
