Lest we also follow the same path

Prabhakaran appears to be dead. No one is going to shed tears over his death. He and LTTE doesnt deserve any sympathy, for they lived by the gun and died by the gun.

The tragedy of his death is that the plight of the Tamils in Srilanka is worse off than what it was, when he created LTTE. In the euphoria of the Srilankan Armies victory over LTTE, one must not forget how it all started - the blatant discrimination by the Sinhalese majority against the Tamil Minorities in Srilanka. It is not as if Tamils are such a minority in Srilanka. They form a majority in the North and the North East. They have been terrorised and systematically discriminated against by the Sinhalese over the years. The long drawn LTTE guerilla warfare has also ensured that millions of Tamils have nothing to look forward to other than the doles handed out by the Srilankan Government. It is a pathetic situation. In Prabhakaran and LTTE, they had a voice, however misguided both might be. Now, they are at the complete mercy of the majority who have a vendetta against them.

Ditto the plight of Hindus in Pakistan, hindus in Bangladesh, people of Indian origin in Fiji, Tamilians in Malaysia. But in India? Our own Prime Minister said openly that the minority community enjoys the First benefit of the nations resources, majority community be damned.

Our Country has not gone the neighbours ways because of the tolerence imbibed in our national psyche. We see nothing but failed Nations around us - Pakistan, Afghanistan, Myanmar, Nepal, Bangladesh, Srilanka. Slowly but steadily, the undermining of the institutional fabric by the powers that be, and playing mischief with the religious feelings will ensure India is also not very far from joining the above list. The time to act is now. Tomorrow may be too late.