Prabhakaran a puppet of the Tamil Diaspora

Every time you fund me
I’m as helpless as can be
I become a puppet on a string
You can do ‘most anything with me
Every time you fund me…..

The (edited) verse from Sandie Shaw‘s song felt a fitting tribute to the slain leader of the LTTE upon reading the statements published on BBC News. It is apparent from these views that we who are living in Sri Lanka are not living here at all.  Racism towards the Tamil people seems to be a well orchestrated strategy by the Tamil Diaspora to protect their legitimate international existence.

Excerpts from the BBC interviews  -

“We are very angry and every single Tamil is crying over this. Victory? The Sri Lankan government has merely made a territorial gain at the moment. There are LTTE supporters all over the place and all over the world. Unless we have a solution for the Tamil people, this problem will continue. We need to recognise their lands. This is an unnecessary loss in our beautiful country.

The government should immediately give us a solution and show us regard, look after Tamils. We want innocent Tamil people to be saved immediately. We don’t believe in the death of Prabhakaran unless some proof is put forward. We have to wait and see. All the Tamils have faith in him. The Tigers have said that nothing has happened to him and they wanted the Tamil people to be calm. 

I never felt so strongly about such issues before. What has happened has made me want to take action I am very disappointed. I am helpless. We have been trying everywhere, with international organisations, campaigns. Innocent children have been killed. I never felt so strongly about such issues before. What has happened has made me want to take action.” VASUKI MURUHATHAS, LAWYER, LONDON

“I left Sri Lanka when I was 20 and that was because of discrimination. I was not courageous enough to take a stand and do something. There were reports of jubilant celebrations in Colombo where people were setting off firecrackers.

I still have family in Colombo. I know how can Sri Lankans can treat the Tamils. You have to be careful of what you say and what you do. As a consequence, if you want to get a real honest opinion about what is going on, you won’t get it from Tamil society in the south. Just because you are a Tamil, they would brand you a terrorist. I lived through the 1983 [anti-Tamil] riots.

I don’t believe Prabhakaran has died. Without him we will be lost. That is honest. People brand him as this and that. They call him all sorts of names. If his death is true, it is devastating news to Tamils. We didn’t have the motivation to stand up but he changed all of that.

But I feel the Sinhalese want to raze the identity of Tamils. They have occupied Kilinochchi. That is our place. In five years time they will change the name of that town to a Sinhalese name. They will build Buddhist temples and take Sinhalese migrants to that area. They want the whole nation to be Buddhist and Sinhalese.

I feel terrible because we have struggled for 40 or 50 years.” G ALLESGUNASEELAN, BUSINESSMAN, LONDON

“My three brothers and sisters are lost in the war zone. I last heard from them 12 days ago. My sister phoned. A doctor gave her the use of a satellite phone for two minutes. She said there was no food there. Now we don’t know what has happened to them.

I am staying at home worrying. My hands and legs are shaking. I follow the news. I don’t know about my family. We grew up with the LTTE. In 1992 I lost my father when the Sri Lankan army killed him. I support the LTTE and their aims. I don’t worry about Eelam [the name for a Tamil homeland], I worry about the Tamil community and my family.  I’m very sad about the death of Prabhakaran. It is like the death of a family member. Who is going to bring peace now?”  JEEVANANTHAN, POSTMAN, LONDON

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These are the people who are responsible for 300,000 displaced Tamils in the north, their lives will thrive long as the IDP camps are functional. They will be the threat to peace in Sri Lanka in the future as a puppet is not hard to find in desperate times.