The executive committee of Tamil Student’s Association at York University is pleased to announce the new membership cards for 2010 – 2011. The new membership cards for this year features the national symbols of Tamil Eelam, the Tamil Eelam National flag and the national flower, the gloriosa lily along with the Tamil Students Association’s logo.
Since it was first unfurled in Tamil Eelam, the traditional homeland of the Eezham Tamils, the national flag of Tamil Eelam has become an icon which is rooted deep in the Dravidian civilization symbolizing martial valor, the uniqueness of Tamil language, culture and the Tamil people’s will to freedom. The Tamil Community worldwide show immense gratitude and love for their national flag. The national flag has become a sacred national symbol that identifies the unique Eezham Tamil nation. The flag is handled with outmost care as Tamils humbly remember the thousands of men and women who have paid the ultimate and supreme sacrifice so that the national flag will fly high in the skies of an independent Tamil Eelam.
Similarly, the new membership cards also have the national flower of Tamil Eelam, the gloriosa lily or Karthikaipoo, which has the spectrum of colors contained in the Tamil Eelam national flag and which in November, the month of Heroes Day celebrations, ubiquitously spreads, sprouts new shoots and blooms throughout the Tamil homeland.
Currently, the Sri Lankan government’s military occupation of the Tamil homeland has prevented the Tamil Eelam national flag, the national flower and other national symbols from being represented in the North and East of the island. Furthermore, the Sri Lankan government has initiated a culture genocide; destroying vast monuments, and symbols which signify the uniqueness of the Tamil Nation.
YUTSA reiterates that national symbols should be granted a permanent place in nationality as these symbols carry the rich history of a nation, by doing this it bestows great importance to a nation. These national symbols serve as a direct nationality link between the youth of a nationality to its past.
Regards,
YUTSA Executive Committee2010 – 2011
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