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19971201 Gujral and the Fishermen (by Usha Ramanathan), TAMIL TRIBUNE, December 1997 (15 KB) (i, tn)
Well over 100 Rameshwaram fishermen from Tamilnadu were killed and many more wounded by Srilankan Navy but the Indian Navy does nothing to stop it. Why? Are Tamil citizens expendable and is Tamil blood cheap in the context of India's military and geopolitical calculations and regional power ambitions in South Asia and the Indian Ocean? If Hindi or Aryan fishermen were killed, will Indian Government reaction be the same?
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19980601 Tamil Nadu has Nothing to Cheer about the Indian Atomic Bomb (by Usha Ramanathan), TAMIL TRIBUNE, June 1998 (15 KB) (i, tn)
Title is self-explanatory.
19981001 Indian Soldiers on a Rape Spree in Tamil Nadu (by Usha Ramanathan), TAMIL TRIBUNE, October 1998 (8 KB) (i, tn)
Title is self-explanatory.
19981201 Are Indian Soldiers above the Law in Tamil Nadu? (by Usha Ramanathan), TAMIL TRIBUNE, December 1998 (10 KB) (i, tn)
It seems so.
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19990902 Tamil Nadu has no Dogs in the India-Pakistan Wars over Kashmir (by Usha Ramanathan), TAMIL TRIBUNE, September 1999 (35 KB) (i, tn)
Title is self-explanatory.
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20000502 Remove all Indian Military Bases from Tamil Nadu (by Usha Ramanathan), TAMIL TRIBUNE, May 2000 (17 KB) (i, tn)
If Indian Navy is not protecting Tamil Nadu fishermen from Sri Lankan Navy shootings, why should there be any Indian military bases in Tamilnadu?
20000802 Two Views on: Indian Military Bases in Tamil Nadu and Southern India (by M. Janardhanan: "Shut the Military Bases in Kerala too", Prashant: "God Failed to Give You Brains!"), TAMIL TRIBUNE, August 2000 (17 KB) (i, tn)
Opinions for and against Indian military bases in Kerala and Tamilnadu.
20001101 Who Rules India? (Part I) (by Thanjai Nalankilli), TAMIL TRIBUNE, November 2000 (44 KB) (h, hi, i)
Author argues that it is the Hindi politicians who control Indian government decisions and actions. Detailed discussion.
20001202 Where was the Indian Army in 1991? (by Muthuswamy Karuppannan), TAMIL TRIBUNE, December 2000 (15 KB) (i)
Kannadiga hooligans attacked, raped and murdered Tamils in Karnataka even as Karnataka police stood aside. India refused to send the army to protect them. (Vast majority of Karnataka population has nothing to do with the attacks and many Kannadigas in the violent areas sheltered Tamils from murderous hooligans.)
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20011102 India: South is South and North is North (by Lalitha Krishnan Nair), TAMIL TRIBUNE, November 2001 (6 KB) (i)
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20020702 How the Indian Government Stabbed Burmese Tamils in the Back (by Thanjai Nalankilli), TAMIL TRIBUNE, July 2002 (9 KB) (h, i)
Title is self-explanatory.
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20040901 Killings of Tamil Nadu Fishermen Continue with Impunity (by Usha Ramanathan), TAMIL TRIBUNE, September 2004 (23 KB) (i, tn)
Sri Lankan Navy continues to shoot and kill Tamil Nadu fishermen; over 150 killed. What India could have done and still could do, and why Indian Government refuses to do it. India's continued economic and military assistance to Sri Lanka even as its navy is killing the fishermen is also discussed.
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20050401 Is India Really a Democracy? (by Thanjai Nalankilli), TAMIL TRIBUNE, April 2005 (14 KB) (i, tn)
Is India really a democracy? Federalism, multi-national states and democracy. Un-federal features of Indian constitution. Something is fundamentally wrong with how "democracy" is implemented and exercised in the multi-ethnic, multi-linguistic, multi-national Indian Union. Minority nationalities like Assamese, Manipuris, Mizos, Nagas, Sikhs, Tamils, etc. are discriminated economically and culturally.
20050802 Nagaland Wants Independence from India (by Muthu Raman), TAMIL TRIBUNE, August 2005 (7 KB) (c, i)
General-Secretary of National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Isak-Muivah), Thuingaleng Muivah, discusses Nagas' aspirations of independence from India (interview with BBC and other media).
20051002 Military Aspect of Sethusamudram Ship Channel Project (SSCP) (by Usha Ramanathan), TAMIL TRIBUNE, October 2005 (15 KB) (i, tn)
Military aspects of the Sethusamudram Ship Channel Project (SSCP) and the conventional and nuclear war risks to Tamil Nadu, South India.
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20070403 India, Sri Lankan Navy and Tamil Nadu Fishermen: Is Tamil Blood Cheap in the Eyes of Indian Government? (by Usha Ramanathan), TAMIL TRIBUNE, April 2007 (6 KB) (i, tn)
India's step motherly treatment of Tamil Nadu fishermen. Compare how India reacted swiftly and sternly to Pakistan shooting and killing a north Indian fisherman and how it reacted to Sri Lanka killing Tamil Nadu fishermen even after over 150 have been killed.
20070501 India, Sri Lankan Navy, LTTE and Tamil Nadu Fishermen: The Maria Episode and Investigation (by Usha Ramanathan), TAMIL TRIBUNE, May 2007 (16 KB) (i, te, tn)
Did India frame LTTE for Tamil Nadu fishermen killings? Why?
20070701 No Sari, No Idli : South Indians Go to Hell! (by Sharada T.P.K.), TAMIL TRIBUNE, July 2007 (8 KB) (h, hi, i)
Indian government attempts to eliminate South Indian cultural traditions from government-owned institutions.
20071202 Political Expediencies within India-Tamil Nadu Power Structure: Karunanidhi and Rajiv Gandhi: Posthumous Reconciliation (by Thanjai Nalankilli), TAMIL TRIBUNE, December 2007 (13 KB) (i, p, tn)
Author argues through the Karunanidhi-Rajiv Gandhi example, "Interests of Tamil Nadu and Tamil people cannot be protected under the Indian political structure and constitution. Hindi politicians would never allow a change to the current political structure because it benefits Hindi people enormously."
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20080601 Backlash Against North Indians in Mumbai (by Madhavan Nair), TAMIL TRIBUNE, June 2008 (9 KB) (h, i)
Reasons for Mumbai/Bombay (Maharashtra State) violence against North Indians (especially Hindi speakers).
20080901 The Pseudo-Elite Indians (by Atluri), TAMIL TRIBUNE, September 2008 (10 KB) (i)
A concept of Indian-ness has emerged which has place only for one kind of Indian-ness: North Indian-ness; anything North Indian or Hindi-speaking is the truly representative culture of Indians.
20081001 Why No Compensation for Tamil Nadu Fishermen Killed by Sri Lankan Navy? (by Usha Ramanathan), TAMIL TRIBUNE, October 2008 (6 KB) (i, tn)
Author asks why the Indian government that is giving substantial financial aid to the families of those killed by terrorists, militants, insurgents and Naxalites, has not given a single Rupee to Tamilnadu fishermen killed by Sri Lankan Navy.
20081202 Indian Government "Justifies" Sri Lankan Navy Killing Tamil Nadu Fishermen (by Usha Ramanathan), TAMIL TRIBUNE, December 2008 (11 KB) (i, tn)
Statements by Indian Navy Commodore and India’s External Affairs Minister (Foreign Minister) about Killings of Tamil Nadu Fishermen by Sri Lankan Navy.
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20090503 Where were the Indian Coast Guard and Navy when Terrorists Came to Mumbai? (November 26, 2008) (by V. Ramakrishnan), TAMIL TRIBUNE, May 2009 (7 KB) (i, te)
Author questions India's security priorities. Why is India chasing shadows in the south while real enemies enter northern India?
20090601 How Many Indian Tamilnadu Fishermen did Sri Lankan Navy Kill? (by Usha Ramanathan), TAMIL TRIBUNE, June 2009 (6 KB) (i, tn)
Although the Sri Lankan Navy had shot and killed large number of Tamil Nadu fishermen, Indian government is looking the other way. Author attempts to establish the number of fishermen killed. The number runs well into the hundreds.
20090604 South Indian Air Hostesses Unhappy at Air India (by Parvathi), TAMIL TRIBUNE, June 2009 (5 KB) (h, hi, i)
Yet another example of Indian government and its business undertakings not caring about the sensitivities of south Indians.
20090702 Which is a Real Democracy: India or America? (by Thanjai Nalankilli), TAMIL TRIBUNE, July 2009 (14 KB) (i)
True democracy cannot flourish without freedom of speech. Author explores whether there is freedom of speech in India and America.
20090902 How will Identity Cards Stop Sri Lankan Navy Shooting Tamil Nadu Fishermen? (by Usha Ramanathan), TAMIL TRIBUNE, September 2009 (6 KB) (i, tn)
Title is self-explanatory.
20091101 "Ethnic Cleansing" in Democratic India (by Thirumalai), TAMIL TRIBUNE, November 2009 (12 KB) (i)
Non-Hindi speaking Indians do not have the basic right of protecting their own language and culture against Hindi domination.
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20100302 Hindi Enforcement and Attacks on North Indians in Mumbai (by Thirumalai), TAMIL TRIBUNE, March 2010 (8 KB) (h, i)
Author argues that, “Hindians should learn to accept the diversity of India. They are not embracing the language and culture of the states where they settle down.”
20100501 Hindi Will Destroy Marathi Language, Culture and Identity in Mumbai and Maharashtra (India) (by Thanjai Nalankilli), TAMIL TRIBUNE, May 2010 (22 KB) (h, hi, i)
Hindification and De-Marathification of Mumbai and Maharashtra.
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