Written By: Shankar Raj
When you look through your two eyes, in most cases it cannot capture the beauty of what is around you. Your eyes are only capable of capturing a certain distance, you may noticed that if you take a step back your brain starts to provide you a better understanding of the environment you are in. You start to develop a stronger understanding of the vibe around you and the pace of the world around you.
In our generation many of us grew up with some knowledge of the fight for the freedom of our people. We can recall many symbols of our porattam, whether it is our beautiful Puli Kodi that instills us with great pride. Or our heroic, unwavering leader who inspired us to have great self respect for being Thamil, our Thalaivar Velupillai Prabharan. Or the Kalarais which remind us of the divinity and power of the sacrifices each one of our Maaveerar gave us. And many of us recall a great sense of pride and fire to strike back when people challenge us of our beliefs. Although it is great we are defend ourselves’ we should also take the necessary steps to educate ourselves of many important things Anton Balasingham, Lt. Col. Thileepan, and countless heroes such as Kittu Anna, who have left behind messages for us. Even in Thalaivar’s speeches and interviews where we see tons of foreshadowing of the Eelam struggle.
It takes a great deal of self initiative to educate yourself using books such as the Will to Freedom, War and Peace, or a Fleeting Moment in my country, or reach out to local Tamil organizations who seek to protect Tamil identity. I am no one to tell anyone what they should and shouldn’t do but, putting aside some time to find out the fundamentals of your identity should be considered as an essential part of discovering who we are. As a generation growing up with access to up and coming technology, and state of the art education systems, as Tamil Youth we can seek to achieve great heights in many industries. We have great potential to become great leaders in our community and rebuild our homeland Tamileelam, when it is finally liberated from the chains of the oppressive Srilankan government and external forces.
At a moment in history when there are vast amounts of questions and plumbs of smoke, what I am saying to you today is, we should take a few steps back and look at the entire picture of the Eelam struggle. Look at the progress we are making as a the Tamileelam movement. Let us recall our principles, and what those who have genuinely fought for the Eelam struggle have told us. Let put aside little, little issues that are between us and stand united as we take move forward into the vast unknown the future holds for us with a positive outlook. As when one day the smoke does clear and the Eelam struggle is justified as a genuine struggle among others in history, we will rejoice in our beautiful Tamileelam.
Tags: Speak Out, Tamil History/Culture
