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We at the Tamil Guardian, whose personal memory of Mr. Balasingham was as youth laying flowers over his coffin as his body lay in state at Alexandra Palace, remember him not only as a truly remarkable figure within the Tamil struggle, but also as 'Bala anna', whose close relationship with the paper and our predecessors, who had the privilege of knowing him personally, endures as a powerful influence on and source of inspiration for us today.
This year, as we mark the seventh anniversary of his death, we also mark fifteen years of Tamil Guardian. Bala anna's special association with the Tamil Guardian is, as one of our former editors wrote in the editorial of 17 December 2006 at the time of his death, a legacy of which we remain deeply proud.