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Death of liberal democracy in Jaffna, a disaster
Sun Online Desk
19th April, 2021 08:59:25
No Tamil political leader in the post-Donoughmore period had single-handedly constructed an ideology and changed the course of national politics, almost overnight, as Ganapathipillai Gangaser Ponnambalam (November 8, 1901 – February 9, 1977).
Not only that, no one else has left such a lasting impact – albeit a divisive and devastating one with his ideology on the national scene as the politics engineered by him. He was, in his own way, an exceptional figure whose role has been overshadowed by his junior partner, S. J. V. Chelvanayakam, a charismatic figure who in reality extended and built on the ideology founded by him.
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
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