Posted on February 27th, 2021
H. L. D. Mahindapala
The Tamil
people followed Velupillai Prabhakaran blindly because he promised to deliver
Eelam. The gains of the initial military adventures of the LTTE also made him
look like the messiah who could fulfil their dream. But he took
them for a ride – the biggest in the history of the Tamils — and gave them
Evil-laam. His only achievement was in constructing and honing the most
efficient killing machine which targeted and killed mostly Tamils.
His
juggernaut had its roots in the violent political culture of Jaffna. He became
the iconic image of the Tamil political culture, particularly with his