Comments on: Representing Tamil culture with a matchbox

by: childof25

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 01:37:23 +0100

Lauryn - Feel free to point out where I was inaccurate. Stop leaning on ‘Tamil problems’ as a crutch to excuse blowing up and killing people including your own.

by: Lauryn

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 01:26:44 +0100

I’m sorry if you do not know the real story behind the problem that faces Tamils, you shouldn’t be writing such meaningless one-sided blogs…

by: Priyan

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:35:15 +0000

My sincerest thanks. I hope the Vice Chancellor at York understands what that flag represents. More importantly, why it’s still hanging there.

by: V. Sriskanda

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:24:45 +0000

It seems the executives at TSA are trying to further their own political opinions. They forgot this is a CULTURAL organization not a POLITICAL organization. Sahab Jesuthasan’s post in the YUTSA facebook group on March 7th 2008 reads “by the way the flag that represents the Tamils from Ceylon’s is the Tamil Eelam flag…” Is anyone else curious as to who gave him the power to speak on behalf of all Tamils from Sri Lanka? That in addition to a comment from the Vice-President of Finance for YUTSA a “Vithu R.” on March 8th 2008 that reads “drop it and move on” clearly shows how unprofessional these 2 executives are. What if the president of York University (Mr. Mamdouh Shoukri) said that when they tried to use the “eelam” flag? Would they have dropped it? Would they have just moved on? Probably not; but for some strange reason which I cant seem to understand, the Vice-President of Finance for the organization feels those concerned should do that.

by: Ponderous Pachyderm

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:57:45 +0000

Actually, the Tamil names for the Carnatic notes aren’t new - you’ll find them in the Silappadhikaram, so they’re at least 1500 years old. But yes, the Sanskrit names have served us well for several centuries, and there’s not much point changing them. It’s interesting to see the LTTE increasingly come under the influence of the sort of policies traditionally associated with the Dravidian movement of Tamil Nadu. I wonder what lies behind it.

by: dhammika d

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 12:36:16 +0000

I honestly think our Foreign Ministry need to work harder in presenting our case. Recently I came across a ethnicity form from a very recognised organisation in the UK, it asked you whether you were;
Sri Lankan Sinhalese
Sri Lankan Tamil
Sri Lanka Other
WTF?

by: L

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:06:47 +0000

Happy Valentines day! Just thought I would distract you from the small stuff…match boxes and what not. Have a look at this and tell us what you think: http://media.theage.com.au/?rid=35435. Every one over here is feeling warm and fuzzy about things.

by: Parthi

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:28:58 +0000

Its also sad to see when the rest of the world is moving forward with a multicultural scenario, these kinda events make me think whether we are going back in time and isolating us form the rest of the world or rest of the Tamils in the world

by: Parthi

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:22:11 +0000

This is nothing surprising to me since I live in Toronto and this is like my daily sight! I have to agree with what you say but in Toronto Tamils like me are absolute minority compared to the rest out there and arguing with them is a waste. There was another incident where one of the Tamil Organizations was pressuring the Karnatic musicians in Toronto to start using or better said start “creating” new Tamil names for the notes used in the music which has been represented by Sanskrit for the past few centuries and also include more Eelam songs in the curriculum. Thankfully the Karnatic music teachers association rejected it but what I wanted to point out was the current mentality of people living here.

by: Dili

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 09:10:17 +0000

Nice One