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1010 WINS [Mar 31, 2004 6:56 am US/Eastern]: Al Franken Kicks Off Liberal Talk Radio In NY
USATODAY.com [2004 March 28]: Talk radio's dial will get a turn to the left By Peter Johnson
USATODAY.com [Posted 3/28/2004 8:52 PM; Updated 3/29/2004 2:06 AM]: For liberal radio network's personalities, comedy is politics by other means By Peter Johnson

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Radio legend Cooke dies aged 95

BBC NEWS [Thursday, 25 March, 2004, 15:37 GMT]: Bengali poet's Nobel medal stolen

Reading and Short Stories:
Swans by Janet Frame, read by Sarah Kants
A child goes to the seaside for the first time for an almost perfect day.

Gnomes by Matthew Kneale, read by Paul Ritter
Robbo's joining the army, and his friends want to see him off in style.

The Blue Lighthouse by Matthew Sweeney, read by Gerard Murphy
A man moves to a remote lighthouse in Ireland to escape a broken relationship.

Princess Seraphina and the Cyberlords by Laura Wilson, read by Leslie Phillips
A ravaged actor from a cult sci-fi series attends his final convention.

The Bath by Janet Frame, read by Marcia Warren
A woman's world narrows as she experiences old age.

BBC thamizhOsai
The Sword and the Ocean- Package part I: A new series about Gujarat riots and aftermath

BBC - Radio4 - Book at Bedtime: "The Finishing School By Muriel Spark": read by Sylvestre Le Touzel, abridged by Katrin Williams. "Rivalry between the principal and one of the students at a school for writers causes upheaval."

Yawn!

Muriel Spark & her BBC interview
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/arts/frontrow/frontrow_20040226.shtml

BBC-Reading and Short Stories: "What's My Motivation? written and read by Michael Simkins, abridged by Jane Marshall" : "The highs and lows of a jobbing actor."
So-so

BBC NEWS | Middle East | Worldwide protests mark Iraq war

BBC NEWS [Friday, 19 March, 2004, 12:45 GMT]: Bandit casts shadow on Indian poll By Habib Beary

BBC NEWS | South Asia | India's spin doctors sense victory

All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes by Maya Angelou: Took almost three weeks to finish this up. It was about '60 (a sort of mass) re-immigration of african americans to africa. a recent book by Randall Robinson, The Departure of a Black Man from his Native Land, should be compared with this book. Though I have yet to read the second book, two Radio shows / interviews with the author on the second book #1 (on Your Call with Laura Flanders) & #2 (on On Point) give a sort of picture; different conclusions (different times too)

Slashdot | Project Gutenberg 2 Raises Some Hackles

Fresh Air: Tuesday - March 16, 2004: "'The Fabric of the Cosmos'"

With his book, The Elegant Universe, physicist Brian Greene developed a reputation for explaining complex scientific theories with insight and clarity. The book was the basis for a PBS series. His new book is The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality. Greene is a professor of physics and mathematics at Columbia University. He received his undergraduate degree from Harvard and his doctorate from Oxford, where he was a Rhodes scholar.
http://www.npr.org/dmg/dmg.php?prgCode=FA&showDate=16-Mar-2004&segNum=1&NPRMediaPref=WM

A companion NOVA Documentary series on PBS, The Elegant Universe: More than the contant itself, I liked this series for the way they organized the documentary, and the stylish filming (at least in my point of view).

The Connection.org (3/15/2004): The Politics of Cricket: India's historic five week cricket tour of Pakistan could have implications far beyond the sports pages. The two nuclear powered nations were close to war less than 2 years ago. Now they are hoping to use the groundswell of goodwill generated by cricket matches in the push toward peace.

It has long been a source of frustration that the two countries, so linked by history and geography have been unable to find common ground. Perhaps the cricket pitch at Rawalpindi will help. But a history of trouble at past matches, and the unprecedented level of security surrounding the Indian team, has most people thinking that its too early to say what the implication might be after the last batter is bowled out. This hour, we round up our own team of cricketers. Leave your bats at the door.

China-US-->Ping Bong
India-Pakistan-->Cricket??

BBC - Radio4 - Book at Bedtime: Cat and Mouse By G�nter Grass: abridged by Anne Edyvean, read by Stephen Moore. A group of Danzig schoolboys spend the summer swimming out to the wreck in the harbour. One of them dives inside to find back and bring back whatever he can.

book of the week: My Wounded Heart, by Martin Doerry, abridged by Kati Nicholl.: Narrated by Alex Jennings. Letters read by Sara Kestelman, Kate Maberly, Rebecca Padley and Imogen Hamilton-Jones. The true story of Lilli Jahn, a young Jewish medical doctor in Hitler's Germany, told largely through her letters.

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Astronomers discover 'new planet'

BBC NEWS | Europe | Spanish opposition claims victoryone poodle has gone

Prof. K. Sivathamby's interview in BBC-ThamizhOzi; very sane analysis on the current situation in the sociap-regional perspective in mid of the emotion triggered analysis

China goes back to feudalism??: Bringing the property ownership to "the people" for a country that is very corruptive from top to bottom will not do any good.

I have decided not to post any media bias link or 'analysis' in this weblog fearing the distraction from blogging my free thoughts and interesting links.
If anyone is interested in Media bias on Ceylon issues, visit RamWatch

CONFERENCE: SRI LANKA: One Year after the peace accord
//...Overall, Mr. Ram was very skeptical of the LTTE?s commitment to the peace process..... Col. R. Hariharan (Rtd.), who was formerly with MI and Head of Intelligence, IPKF, in his presentation, agreed with Mr Ram?s assertion that the LTTE was a Pol Potist regime and he added that they could be classified with the Al Qaeda and Hamas. From his perspective, he believes that the moment the Interim Administration comes, Eelam would have been achieved.// September 27, 2003

~
'Frontline' magazine, India 30 December 1985: Interview with Prabaharan (or Pirapaharan)

//Q: What is the LTTE's ideology? Unlike other organisations, the LTTE began as a military outfit and later acquired Marxist-Leninist leanings.//30 December 1985

For a person who vehmently supports China's interest over Tibet people's self-determination rights, Ram should know well that Pol Pot was an alleged Maoist rather than a (direct) Marist-Leninist. Or is it when we train one is Marxist-Leninist, and when one opposes us s/he becomes Polpotist?


Tibet Through Eyes of Foreigners The People's Daily (Chinese state mouthpiece)
Cause: Tibet- A Reality Check: FrontlineN. Ram & 'India can help develop Tibet': N. Ram
Effect: Truth?s Triumph Over Evil : Phayul.com[Tuesday, November 11, 2003 00:00] By Tenzin Lhaksam (A Tibetian PoV)

New external Propaganda Strategy: The Government of Tibet in Exile
//Furthermore, in July 2000 China invited N. Ram, the editor of Frontline, a weekly published from the south Indian city of Chennai, for a week-long visit to Tibet. His regurgitation of Chinese communist propaganda was splashed over 36 pages of the September 15 edition. Unusually for a professional journalist, N. Ram makes his bias clear right from the first sentence. He describes himself as an "Indian ... who has no sympathy for the Dalai Lama's separatist, revanchist and backward-looking agenda(Frontline, September 15, 2000)."//

"Chankya" on DaliLama "When the tuft of a Chozhiyan shakes......." Tamil.net 07-Sep 2000 (Kumara Bharathy)


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Indian Media?s fishing expedition in Sri Lankan troubled waters :Dr. Victor Rajakulendran (pro-eelam website)
[yet I believe there are factual errors (and unwanted comments) in giving the castes of the journalists]

Surviving the Plots of RAW and Premadasa: Sachi Sri Kantha [24 November 2001] (pro-eelam website)
//"...In this context, I wish to provide excerpts from a published 1992 letter of mine, which was critical on the views of N.Ram, the Chennai busybody cum journalist. To quote,

??Regarding his current status on the Eelam issue, Ram has observed, ?Indian policy has become somewhat inert and inactive. So there is no question of my playing a role. Because I don?t play an independent role. It is part of a policy response.?

Ram uses words like ?policy?, ?assessment? and ?mistakes? euphemistically to hide the role initiated and played by the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), the Indian counterpart of CIA and KGB. If Ram had stated openly on the failure of the RAW to infiltrate the LTTE (rather than referring to it passively as ?For one thing they were not accessible?), and his relationship with the RAW, I would have admired his courage and conviction. His antagonism to the LTTE is understandable, if one separates the kernel from the chaff. LTTE was (and still is) the only Tamil militant group which the RAW personnel could not manipulate to dance according to the whims of the Indian policy mandarins?? [Tamil Times, October 15, 1992] //

Now for psycoanalysis:-)
Wounded tiger or hidden dragon?
// N. Ram offers another intriguing angle. He suspects that Prabhakaran is suffering from an unidentified ailment and is no more in full control of his faculties. Says he, ??Maybe I?m wrong but that was my impression after watching him at the press conference. He certainly looked nervous but what was striking was that he seemed to be under Balasingham?s influence. He spoke so little, and haltingly at that. I?ve interviewed him many times. He may not be very articulate, but he used to be very fluent, quick, cracking jokes, completely at ease. All that?s gone.?? // NewInd Press - Sunday April 14, 2002

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Lost in Transit (links)
http://www.tamil.net/list/2000-06/msg00172.html

Amirthalingam's 75th Birthday: 26th August 2002
(BY UNIVERSITY TEACHERS FOR "HUMAN RIGHTS" (JAFFNA))
/The LTTE had regarded the TULF so much in its pocket that it first took little notice of the event. The first sign of alarm appears to have been upon discovering that Mr.N. Ram, editor of the Frontline and a leading member of the Indian establishment, was to be the guest speaker at the main celebration in London. The LTTE views Ram a sworn enemy and distributed notices in London asking people not to attend. The LTTE was then assured that Ram would confine himself to the man and his contribution. Several meetings planned in other Western cities had to be cancelled. Nevertheless, a crowd of 300 attended the London meeting. /

Interesting comparison that I could not resist myself not to make; two PoVs; one on the peace process after both sides ceased fighting in ilangkai, and the other on the peace process after Kashmiri violence erupted again.

On ilangkai (Originally on Frontline that was given permission to appear in a Colombo weekly)
http://www.dailymirror.lk/2003/01/06/opinion/1.html
http://www.dailymirror.lk/2003/01/08/opinion/4.html
//There is a widespread international perception that the peace process in Sri Lanka has made significant headway over the past few months and that, in the latest Oslo round of talks (December 2-5, 2002), there has been a `breakthrough' towards an enduring political settlement of the island's two-decade-old armed conflict. //

On Kashmir (On The Hindu)
http://www.hindu.com/2004/03/13/stories/2004031301921000.htm
//EACH TIME TERRORISTS strike we are told the peace process in Jammu and Kashmir is in peril.//

I still wonder how 'hope' & 'syncism' are defined in Mr. Ram's dictionary.
I am thinking to start posting a RamWatch (Research & Analysis of Media WATCH) time to time here. This may help me to write a lengthy article on this 3M company (Mad-rascal Media Mafia) in a future time.

An old, but other side of the story, yet common PoV regarding N. Ram's motives & views in ilangkai

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1. Sri Lanka Tigers vow to take back land as rivals brace along river bank
[Utusan Malaysia Online, Malaysia]

2. LTTE, renegade rebels point gun at each other on bank of a river
[The Daily Star, Bangladesh]

3. Sri Lanka Tigers vow to take back land from renegade leader
[Channel News Asia, Singapore]

Job seekers look to India - Mar. 11, 2004: "Needs job, moves to India As U.S. jobs move abroad, more Americans are willing to work overseas."

BBC NEWS | South Asia | Vagina Monologues hits India trouble By Jayshree Bajoria: Also Eve Ensler (Anyway, why does BBC still use the word, "Bombay" or its Indian reporter still use 'Madras'?)

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Oil company Workers.Vs.Native people in Venezuela

Conservative Hispanics & Blacks.Vs.Gays in Massachusetts

For a change, the names of the people (living in TamilNadu) whose opinions were heard in the Letters to the Editor section in The Hindu in the past four days

Thursday, March 11, 2004
K.S. Thampi, Chennai
B. Suresh Kumar, Coimbatore, T.N.
C. Lakshminarain, Chennai
K. Hari Krishnan, Tuticorin, T.N.
I.V.N.S. Raju, Erode, T.N.
R. Muralikumar, Chennai
S. Sampath, Chennai
Kangayam R. Narasimhan, Chennai

Wednesday, Mar 10, 2004
Hilda Raja, Chennai
Santhana Krishnan, Chennai
I.S. Kanthimathinathan, Tirunelveli, T.N.
L. Gayathri Somasundaram, Chennai
P. Krishna, Chennai
K. Ramakrishnan, Chennai
Malaya Krishnamurthy, Chennai

Tuesday, March 09, 2004
H. Ghouse Baig, Tiruchi, T.N.
Tirumalai Raman, Chennai
N. Subramaniam, Madurai, T.N.
P.K. Varadarajan, Chennai

Monday, March 08, 2004
K.D. Viswanaathan, Coimbatore, T.N.
Zaheer, Tiruchi, T.N.
R. Surendran, Chennai
S. Viswanathan, Madurai, T.N.
A.J. Rangarajan, Chennai
M. Devi Prasad, Chennai

BBC NEWS | South Asia | US 'not to blame' for Afghan raid Listen The Connection: Human Rights Watch

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Two Interesting Posts I found on BBC Notice Board [Sri Lanka: Can peace be restored?]


"This spilt between Tamils in East and North was not a new one. Tamils in North thinks that they are superior than Eastern Tamils. I noticed this while I was in the University of Peradeniya, where Eastern Tamils were not welcomed in the common dining tables. These Eastern Tamils used to sit with us to eat. They became good friends of Sinhalese Students. This attitude towards Easterners was there even at work places. This is a society where Tamils are separated by regions, caste and wealth. It is not common to see this type of split. It is interesting to see how they started to fight each other when their common enemy became no longer a threat to them."
nimal ekanayaka, Canada


"The Sri Lankan government should use this opportunity to weaken the LTTE. There will be no peace in the island and in Tamil Nadu as long as the Sri Lankan Tamil affairs are controlled by an armed group that doesn't believe in democracy or tolerate dissent. Whatever Col. Karuna's intentions might be, he has exposed the duplicity in the Tigers' stance, whereby they were preparing for war at a time they were supposed to be talking peace, and killing fellow Tamil parliamentary candidates. I think the Tamil people have to be first safeguarded from such extremist behaviour, and have a chance to express their real preferences in a free and fair election."
Sundar, India

The first one is UTTER lie, and the second, I know WHY

Constable severs fingers for AIADMK-BJP win: :-O

http://www.vikatan.com/av/2004/mar/14032004/av0105.shtml8-O

The Hindu : "Karuna rejects amnesty offer; LTTE calls for calm By V.S. Sambandan ":

BhashaIndia :: CGW: ¸¨¼º¢Â¢ø ¾Á¢Æ¸Ã¡¾¢ ÅÇ÷ó¾Ðõ §¸ðŠ ¸Õ¨½ ±ýÀЧÀ¡Äì ¸¡ñÀ¢ì¸ôÀ¼ô§À¡¸¢ÈÐ. :O Á¡Äý þÚ¾¢ÓʨŠ±ÎôÀ¡÷?! ÌÚ¸¢Â¸¡Ä¿ý¨Á ±ýÚ ¾Á¢Æ÷¸û ÀýÉ¡ðÎô¦ÀÕ¿¢ÚÅÉí¸Ç¢ý ¬ð¼òÐ즸øÄ¡õ, ¾ÁÐ «ÊôÀ¨¼ ±ø¨Ä¨ÂÔõÅ¢¼ Å¢ðÎ즸¡ðÎòÐ ´Õ¿¡¨ÇìÌ ÅÕó¾ô§À¡¸¢È¡÷¸û.

HindustanTimes.com: LTTE row creates powder keg in Batticaloa-Amparai region Another high-spin doctor in house, PK Balachanddran reports
TamilNet: 08.03.04 Col.Pathuman dismisses Karuna's speculation
TamilNet: 08.03.04 Batticaloa Bishop and his team meet LTTE Leaders
Dow Jones: Tamil Tigers Offer Amnesty To Sri Lanka Rebel Chief
OutLookIndia.com: LTTE SPLIT: The Clash Of The Tamil Warlords : "Tamil Warlords!" :-) No wonder while looking who wrote this analysis; B. Raman. For anyone who regularly reads South Asian Analysis Group, B. Raman is known for writing anti-Eelam Tamil artilces (if you want call them "analyses") for in SAAG.COM. To my reading for these years, rather than India's interest in Sri Lanka-Eelam problem, BRaman seems to motivated to write on anti-eelam stand in the same line of thought what I think Narasimha Ram does; "it is seemingly a safe (and indirect) ventilation for them to express their opinion on their local politics":-) Any Indian intellectual (especailly, from one from Tamilnadu), who beleives in "papers" and "professonally written analyes/reports/articles" reads between lines without passion, s/he may understand the real motive of Mr. B. Raman. We have to look for the factual errors and choices of terms - it does not matter whether they are used purposefully or not-in his "pepper" (will post a separate post on it in this weekend) (for instance, in page 10, while talking about The Charles Anthony Padaipirivu, eh says, "which was directly under Prabakaran and was commanded by Sornam, the chief of his bodyguards (since transferred to Trincomallee" and "He took into it only Tamils from the North known for their loyalty to him." After all, this unit is named after Charles Anthony (Seelan) of Trincomalee and Sornam is from Trincomalee. And, last night when I looked the ilangkai map, Trincomalee is still in the east of ilangkai. Indian Oil Blending Ltd has yet to start its operations to move it to North or Far North)

Some more BRaman's Articles on ilangkai
1. CHRIS PATTEN: Legitimising LTTE's Self -Rule (Read Thangamani's post on Chris Patten-The Hindu is also to be the antidote for anyone who read this article.
2. TAMING THE TAMIL TIGER
3. LTTE PROVES CHANDRIKA RIGHT
4. SRI LANKA: One nation, two systems & two armies?
5. OSAMA'S SHADOW IN SRI LANKA?
6. THE LTTE: The Metamorphosis
7. The Omens from Katunayake
8. Attack on Sri Lankan Airbase at Katunayake
9. SRI LANKA: Realities and options

Links on future Ilangkai politics related Madras Media Mafia dons' spins, TamilNet's spins, Sinhala nationalists' spins and other possible spins by anyone (of course not mine :-)), see http://iaintthem.blogspot.com. I LINK, YOU DECIDE

A major force within the LTTEOne friend forward this to me. A two year old article in the Spin Doctor's magazine. Last paragraph

TamilNet: 07.03.04 Karuna feared expulsion, avoided direct contact - Ramesh

TamilNet: 07.03.04 Karuna’s accusations are cover up for guilt and betrayal - Karikalan This statement is what bothers me in this interview, "If Karuna wants [reconciliation or pardon], our national leader will ensure no harm falls on Mr. Karuna and let him live in freedom.." On the other side, KaruNa also talks about the Eastern parents' complaints about their children fighting in the North; "They say our children can fight in East, not in Noth." What bothers me here is that why an soilder in an army (if s/he is in the age appropriate for fighting) get the approval from her/his parents on where to fight. It is the Army's business. However this shows the age of the soilder.. "child soilder!" cries The Hindu wolf:-)

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À¢À¢…¢ ¾Á¢§Æ¡¨ºÂ¢ø ¸Õ½¡Å¢ý ¦ºùÅ¢: http://www.bbc.co.uk/tamil/tam_ca.ram

LTTE prepare for factional war - Sify.com: "LTTE prepare for factional war " Here goes another wishful thinking heading

The Hindu News Update Service: "Karuna says Tamil Tigers mulling attack against him ": Here comes the news heading from Chandrika's spin clinic. CNN gives it too. Now people should watch out for Ram & Co in print and on net.

TamilNet: 06.03.04 Water Cutting festival held in Trincomalee

BBC - Radio4 - Book at Bedtime: "A Fantasy of Dr Ox"
: By Jules Verne, read by Robert Gwilym. (A social satire set in the spectacularly dozy Flemish hamlet of Quiquendone, where the plan to install a new street-lighting system leads to a chain of extraordinary events.)

TamilNet: 06.03.04 Karuna removed from the LTTE
LTTE Peace Secretariat: Karuna has been discharged from the LTTE and relieved of his responsibilities
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Sri Lankan Sinhala Point of View. This column gives the reference of the interview Chandrika gave to her friend's paper.

Àò¾¢Ã¢¨¸Â¡Ç÷ Ê. À¢. ±Š. ¦ƒÂტüÌõ Ţξ¨ÄôÒÄ¢¸ÙìÌÁ¢¨¼§ÂÂ¡É ¯È× ´Õ ¨ºý ŨÇ¢, ¬¼§Ä¡ð¼Á¢ý§É¡ð¼ò¨¾ô§À¡Ä. ²Úõ; þÈíÌõ. ±¸¢Úõ; ²Úõ; þ¨½Ôõ, À¢¨½Ôõ, þÈíÌõ. þô§À¡Ð ±ó¿¢¨Ä ±ýÚ ¦¾Ã¢Â¡Ð. ¬É¡ø, þýÚ À¢À¢…¢ ¾Á¢§Æ¡¨ºÂ¢§Ä ¦ºùÅ¢ ¦¸¡Îò¾¢Õó¾¡÷. Sunday Leader þÖõ ±Ø¾¢Â¢Õ츢ýÈ¡÷.

Breakaway faction of Tamil Tigers wants own truce - MARCH 6, 2004: "Karuna, whose military name is V. Muralitharan, "?? Àò¾¢Ã¢¨¸¸ÙìÌî ¦ºö¾¢ §º¸Ã¢ì¸¢ýÈÅ÷¸û ´Øí¸¡¸î §º¸Ã¢ôÀ¾¢ø¨Ä¡? ²§É¡¾¡§É¡¦ÅýÚ ¦ºÂüÀθ¢ýÈ¡÷¸Ç¡? þó¾î¦ºö¾¢ AP/Reuters °¼¡¸ Å󾧾¡ ¦¾Ã¢ÂÅ¢ø¨Ä. ÀÄ þ¨½Âö¾¢ò¾Çí¸û þ§¾ ¾ÅÚ¼ý¾¡ý ¦ºö¾¢ ¾ó¾¢Õ츢ÈÉ. :-(

CNN.com - Gates: Buy stamps to send e-mail; Paying for e-mail seen as anti-spam tactic - Mar. 5, 2004 ¦º¡øÄ ±ýÉ þÕ츢ÈÐ? «Ãºý ¬¨½

:: Daily Mirror on the Web - Front Page :: ¸Õ½¡Å¢ý Å¡¾ò¾¢ø ¯ûÇ ¿¢Â¡Âò¾¢¨É ÁÚôÀ¾ü¸¢ø¨Ä. À¢ÃÀ¡¸Ãý þó¾ Å¢¼Âò¾¢§Ä Á¢¸×õ «Å¾¡ÉÁ¡¸ ¿¼óЦ¸¡ûǧÅñÊ «Åº¢Âõ þÕ츢ýÈÐ. þó¾îº¢ì¸ÖìÌ þუù¸¡ó¾¢Â¢ý þÈô§À¡Î ºõÀó¾ôÀÎò¾ôÀðÎ þó¾¢ÂôÀò¾¢Ã¢¨¸¸Ç¡§Ä §ÀºôÀÎõ ÒÄ¢¸Ç¢ý ÒÄÉ¡ö×òШÈ¢ý ¦À¡ÚôÀ¡ÇÃ¡É ¦À¡ðÎ «õÁ¡É¢ý ¦ºÂüÀ¡Î¸§Ç ¸¡Ã½¦ÁýÚõ µ÷ þ¨½Âò¾Çò¾¢§Ä ¦ºö¾¢Â¢§Ä ÌÈ¢ôÀ¢¼ôÀðÎûÇÐ. À¢ÃÀ¡¸ÃÉ¢ý ¿¢¨Ä¢¨É ±ñ½¢ôÀ¡÷ò¾¡ø, ±ó¾¦Å¡Õ þáÏÅ «¨ÁôÀ¢ý §ÁüÈÇò¾¢§Ä þÕ츢ýÈÅÕìÌ þÕìÌõ ÁÉ¿¢¨Ä¢¨É ±ñ½¢ì¦¸¡ñ§¼ À¡÷츧ÅñÎõ. ±ó¾ §¿Ãõ ¸Å¢úì¸ôÀΧš¦ÁýÚ ¦¾Ã¢Â¡¾¿¢¨Ä¢§Ä ¾ÉìÌ Á¢¸×õ ¦¿Õì¸Á¡ÉÅ÷¸¨Ç§Â ¦ÀÕõÀ¾Å¢Â¢§Ä ¨Åò¾¢ÕôÀÐ ¾Å¢÷ì¸ÓÊ¡¾¾¡¸¢Å¢Î¸¢ýÈÐ. þ󿢨Ä¢§Ä, żÁáðº¢Â¢¨É - ÌÈ¢ôÀ¡¸, Åø¦ÅðÊòÐ¨È & «¨¾î ÍüȢ À¢Ã§¾ºí¸¨Ç (±ý «õÁ¡ÅÆ¢Â¡É ¦º¡ó¾ç÷ ¯ðÀ¼)-î §º÷ó¾Å÷¸¨Ç§Â ¦À¡ÚôÀ¡É À¾Å¢¸Ç¢§Ä ¨Åò¾¢ÕôÀ¾¡¸×õ §ÀºôÀθ¢ÈÐ. «Ðܼ, þó¾¢Â þáÏÅò¾¢¼õ «ÅÕìÌ Á¢¸Á¢¸ ¦¿Õì¸Á¡Â¢Õó¾ «Åâý °¨Ã÷ó¾ ¾ÇÀ¾¢ "Á¡ò¨¾Â¡" Á§¸ó¾¢Ãს ¦¿Õí¸¢Â¢Õó¾Ð, «¾ýÅ¢¨Ç§Å "¸¢ðÎ" ¸¢Õ‰½ÌÁ¡Ã¢ý Áýõ ±ýÈ ±ñ½ ¿¢¨Ä¢ÕìÌõ§À¡Ð, þó¾ò§¾÷× Á¢¸×õ º¢ì¸Ä¡¸¢ýÈÐ. (ÒòТ÷ôÒ측ĸð¼ò¾¢§Ä Åò¾¢ì¸¡ý À¡ôÀú÷¸Ç¡¸ ²È¢Â þò¾¡Ä¢Â¢ý ¦ÁÊ…¢ ÌÎõÀò¾í¸ò¾Å÷¸Ùõ þ§¾ ÍüÈõ ÝƧŠþÕó¾É÷) ¬É¡ø, ¸Õ½¡Å¢ý ¸ñ§½¡ð¼ò¾¢§Ä À¡÷ìÌõ§À¡Ðõ, ¸¡Ä¸¡ÄÁ¡¸ þÕóÐÅÕõ À¢Ã§¾ºÅ¡Ã¢Â¡É §À¡ðÊ¿¢¨Ä¸¨Çô À¡÷ò¾§À¡Ðõ (¡úôÀ¡½õ ¬Ã¢Âîºì¸ÃÅ÷ò¾¢¸û¨¸Â¢§Ä þÕó¾§À¡Ðíܼ, ¾¢Õ§¸¡½Á¨Ä, Áð¼ì¸¢ÇôÒ ±ýÀÉ ¸ñÊÁýÉáðº¢Â¢ý¸£§Æ§Â þÕó¾Ð ÌÈ¢ôÀ¢¼ò¾ì¸Ð; ÅýÉ¢ ÅýÉ¢¨Á¸Ç¢ý ¸£§Æ). ±Ðš¢Ûõ, þý¨È þó¿¢¨Ä ÍÓ¸Á¡¸ò ¾£÷ì¸ôÀðÎô§À¡Å§¾, ®Æò¾Á¢Æ÷¸Ç¢ý ±¾¢÷¸¡ÄòÐìÌ ¦Á¡ò¾Á¡¸ ¿ÄýÒâÔõ. ±ý¨Éô ¦À¡Úò¾ÁðʧÄ, þùÅ¢¼ò¾¢§Ä, ¸Õ½¡Å¢ý ¸ÕòÐ ¿¢Â¡Â¦ÁýÚ ¦¾Ã¢ÔÁ¢¼ò¾¢§Ä, À¢ÃÀ¡¸Ãý, ¾¡ý þ¨¾ ¯½Ã¡Ð ¿¼ó¾¢ÕôÀ¾¡¸ þô§À¡§¾Ûõ ¯½÷óЦ¸¡ñ¼¡ø, «¨¾ ²üÚ즸¡ñÎ, ¬ÅÉ ¦ºöŧ¾ ÒÄ¢¸û þÂì¸òÐìÌõ §ÁÄ¡¸ ®Æò¾Á¢Æâý ´ðΦÁ¡ò¾¿ÄÛìÌõ Ш½ÒâÔõ. ÅÃÄ¡üÈ¢§Ä "¿¡ý" ±ýÀ¨¾ ¨ÅòÐ즸¡ñÎ ¾ÅÈ¢¨ÆôÀÐ ±ø§Ä¡ÕìÌõ ¦ÀÕó¾£í¸¡¸ÓÊÔõ. ¬Î¸û ÓðÊ즸¡ñ¼¡ø, µ¿¡ö¸ÙìÌõ ¦†öÉ¡ì¸Ùì̧Á ¦¸¡ñ¼¡ð¼Á¡ìÌõ. À¢ýÉ¡ø, ±øÄ¡õ ¿¼óÐÓÊó¾À¢ý «ÛÀÅõ ÅóÐ ¦¸¡Ê¸ðÊô ÀÈôÀ¾¢ø ±ó¾ þÄ¡ÀÓõ þø¨Ä:-(

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Wired News: Warning: Blogs Can Be Infectious

BBC NEWS | South Asia | Sri Lankan Tamil Tigers in crisis:-( Since I read this, I simply could not function. utter stupidity on both sides.

The Connection.org : Asmahan: An interesting Program & personality. Her songs. reminds me Tamil Rukmani Devi (a.k.a Daisy Rasamma Daniels)'s Sinhala stardom and death, though there was no spy controversy. Of course, Ever mysterious Mata Hari (for me Sylvia Kristal:-)) always comes to mind when one talks about spying & dancing.

The Connection.org : Gauguin Tahiti

CNN.com - "NASA: Liquid water once on Mars; Red planet may have been hospitable to life"- Mar. 2, 2004:

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CNN.com - BBC's Alistair Cooke signs off - Mar. 2, 2004

mixed feeling about this year's Oscars. I hate it, and I prefer independant spirit awards. However when Sean Penn and Tim Robbins whom I admire for their political leanings, got the awards, it is, in a way, consoling as well as confusing.

[Interestingly not much reported event is Kevin Spacey's web based TriggerStreet.com's Budweiser filmmaker discovery award ceremony. Like Robert Redfort's Sundance Film Festival, TiggerStreet.com has also become a commercial event, and part of the main stream. There was a nice discussion about this in Laura Flander's show couple of months back, "(Nowadays) What is an independant film and what were the independant films of 2003" http://www.yourcallradio.org/archive/012904.ram]