Saturday 27 June 2009
Friday 26 June 2009
The way you make me feel
Ever since I got the news of Michael Jackson's tour, I was always on the look out for a ticket. It was a dream to see him in action. I am sure it's a dream of everybody who enjoyed 80's music.
But it was a dream which was never lived to be true.
I woke up this morning to the news of his death. The man who lived in a world far far away from me made my heart sink for a while.
Now, I am not a crazy fan of MJ. I don't have his posters on my walls, not even have a single CD of him with me. But we grew up with him as kids in 80's
When we learnt to dance as pumped up teens, we tried to moon walk. Desperately tried to sing his songs imitating his unique voice in vein. Not to mentions the phrases of his songs we quoted to decorate our sweet love letters back then.
As most of the stars overwhelmed by wealth and fame would do, he also went crazy. MJ I saw as a teen, was not there anymore when I became a grown man. Nevertheless his talent and creativity stayed true to his reputation.
He was the greatest entertainer in our time. There may have been better singers and better dancers. But nobody could mix both talents together to entertain us like he did.He was a real genius of what he was doing.No matter what people say and how crazy he is, nobody can take that away from him.
To me he was a great ambassador of our time and a real music legend. When people label him as the King of the Pop I agree with them 100%. Sold 65 millions of copies of Thriller and stayed under the spot light for 45 years, out of his 50 living years ! That is enough to justify that title.
Michael Jackson, This little note is to thank you for what you have done for music and to bid you farewell. May you rest in peace !
Listen to the words of the man who lost his childhood........
Thursday 25 June 2009
Friday 19 June 2009
Prodigle sons and daughters
I had the chance to meet a hardcore LTTE sympathizer few days back. In fact you could call him an ex LTTE member 'cause he was actively involved in pro LTTE activities like collecting ransom money, in the past in his prime times. Now he is a man in his 50s and runs a small time grocery in South Wales.
My first question to him was "what happened to LTTE ?", in a quiet sarcastic way I must admit.
He went really ballistic and answered my one line question with a thousand lines answer. He was obviously upset and furious ! I could not comprehend most of his out burst. From what I gathered, for him Prabhakaran is not dead ! Apparently it's just a part of the plan. According to him he is still well alive and safe and planning the future of the Tamils. He still believes in an Eelam and not happy to recognize the central government as the governing body of Sri Lanka.
Even if we destroy thousand Prabhakarans or annihilate thousand LTTE terrorist gangs these people will never change. Even though labeled as Tamils the diaspora tamils are totally different to our Sri Lankan Tamils in there thinking and attitude.They are driven by hate and vengeance.
Look at these people. Are they truly representing the poor Tamils in Sri Lanka? Has this girl ever being to Sri Lanka? I wonder! All they are worried about is their own well being. Most of these people settled down in UK and other countries as refugees. To maintain their jolly life they need a war in Sri Lanka. That's all they are worried about.
Look at these people. Are they truly representing the poor Tamils in Sri Lanka? Has this girl ever being to Sri Lanka? I wonder! All they are worried about is their own well being. Most of these people settled down in UK and other countries as refugees. To maintain their jolly life they need a war in Sri Lanka. That's all they are worried about.
These people are not Sri Lankans anymore. They burn our flag. Demand others to boycott Sri Lanka. These people are the real enemies of Sri Lanka. All these photos should be fed to the Sri lankan intelligence database and they should be banned from entering our country in the future.
It is governments responsibility to look after the innocent Tamils in Sri Lanka and we should make every effort to win their trust which we lost in the past. That is the only way to rise as a one nation, one country. More importantly that is the best way to silence these worthless and ungrateful Tamil diaspora.
Monday 1 June 2009
Answer to Times allegation on Sri Lankan casualties
Following article gives the answers the Times allegation on Sri Lankan civilian casualties.Times article (refer to my post-Sri Lanka, UK's biggest enemy) catagorically mentioned that their figure of 20000, as the death toll, was based on UN report. Here the UN it self denying the knowladge of any such report or such number. Yet again Times is proven to be based on false figures to attack Sri Lankan government enviously. Shame on you!
Lets wait and see what Times have to say about this
UN did not underestimate Sri Lanka death toll: Ban
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) — UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Monday categorically rejected allegations the world body had deliberately underestimated the death toll in the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka.
"I categorically reject -- repeat categorically -- any suggestion that the United Nations has deliberately underestimated any figures," he told the UN General Assembly.
He was reacting to press reports citing confidential UN reports that more than 20,000 civilians were killed by Sri Lankan army shelling.
"In regard to some reports in the media, I should emphasize that the final total is not yet known," the UN secretary general said. "Most of these figures do not emanate from the UN and most are not consistent with the information at our disposal."
Ban however made it clear that "whatever the total, the casualties in the conflict were unacceptably high -- as I have also said repeatedly."
Saturday, the London-based Amnesty International called for an independent probe into the number of civilians killed in the final weeks of Sri Lanka's civil war and also urged the UN to reveal its own estimates.
The call by the rights group followed a report in the Times of London newspaper on Friday citing confidential UN reports that more than 20,000 civilians were killed by Sri Lankan army shelling.
Commenting on the report, UN spokeswoman Michele Montas told a press briefing Monday: "The number of 20,000 is not a UN number."
She said she checked with UN officials in Colombo earlier in the day and the response was that "they have absolutely no idea where that number came from."
The Times of London report followed weeks of allegations that large numbers of civilians had been killed as the Sri Lankan army closed in on Tamil Tiger rebels and finally crushed the 30-year-old insurgency by the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) last month.
Amnesty's Asia Pacific director Sam Zarifi accused both sides of war crimes and called for an independent international probe.
The Colombo government, which has rejected demands by the UN Human Rights Council for a fact-finding mission on the war crimes allegations, on Friday angrily dismissed the Times report.
"These figures are way out," Sri Lankan defense ministry spokesman Lakshman Hulugalle said. "We totally deny the allegation that 20,000 people were killed."
Amnesty said, however, that it continued to receive reports of widespread human rights violations, with more than 280,000 people displaced by the recent fighting and now restricted to state-run welfare camps in the island's north.
Lets wait and see what Times have to say about this
UN did not underestimate Sri Lanka death toll: Ban
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) — UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Monday categorically rejected allegations the world body had deliberately underestimated the death toll in the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka.
"I categorically reject -- repeat categorically -- any suggestion that the United Nations has deliberately underestimated any figures," he told the UN General Assembly.
He was reacting to press reports citing confidential UN reports that more than 20,000 civilians were killed by Sri Lankan army shelling.
"In regard to some reports in the media, I should emphasize that the final total is not yet known," the UN secretary general said. "Most of these figures do not emanate from the UN and most are not consistent with the information at our disposal."
Ban however made it clear that "whatever the total, the casualties in the conflict were unacceptably high -- as I have also said repeatedly."
Saturday, the London-based Amnesty International called for an independent probe into the number of civilians killed in the final weeks of Sri Lanka's civil war and also urged the UN to reveal its own estimates.
The call by the rights group followed a report in the Times of London newspaper on Friday citing confidential UN reports that more than 20,000 civilians were killed by Sri Lankan army shelling.
Commenting on the report, UN spokeswoman Michele Montas told a press briefing Monday: "The number of 20,000 is not a UN number."
She said she checked with UN officials in Colombo earlier in the day and the response was that "they have absolutely no idea where that number came from."
The Times of London report followed weeks of allegations that large numbers of civilians had been killed as the Sri Lankan army closed in on Tamil Tiger rebels and finally crushed the 30-year-old insurgency by the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) last month.
Amnesty's Asia Pacific director Sam Zarifi accused both sides of war crimes and called for an independent international probe.
The Colombo government, which has rejected demands by the UN Human Rights Council for a fact-finding mission on the war crimes allegations, on Friday angrily dismissed the Times report.
"These figures are way out," Sri Lankan defense ministry spokesman Lakshman Hulugalle said. "We totally deny the allegation that 20,000 people were killed."
Amnesty said, however, that it continued to receive reports of widespread human rights violations, with more than 280,000 people displaced by the recent fighting and now restricted to state-run welfare camps in the island's north.
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