Maaveerar Naal 2012

Nov 26, 2012

 

Defying the Sri Lankan military's intimidation and threats, Tamil students at Jaffna university mark Maaveerar Naal. Photograph Uthayan

 

 Editorial

Remembering sacrifice (27 Nov)
Today, the 27th November, in every corner of the world, Eelam Tamils join together in an act of remembrance. From a Gloriosa lily proudly affixed onto a coat lapel, to the collective events of remembrance held in capitals worldwide, to the daring posters reported in the North-East, today the nation remembers.

For the Eelam nation, there are of course many days of national remembrance and reflection across the year. After all, it should come as no surprise that a nation ravaged by persecution, genocide and armed conflict, is in a state of frequent grief and mourning. Yet today - Maaveerar Naal - is set apart from all other occasions. It remembers not the finality of death, but the solemnity of sacrifice.

 [more]
   
In Memoriam - Songs from the classical Tamil anthologies - part 2 (27 Nov)
In Memoriam - Songs from the classical Tamil anthologies - part 1 (25 Nov)
     
     
North-East    
 
Attacks have pushed reconciliation even further away - TNA MP (29 Nov)
US embassy 'greatly concerned' about attacks on students (29 Nov)
Security forces attack youth in Jaffna (28 Nov)
Military storm Jaffna uni hostels, students attacked (27 Nov)
Armed intelligence officers roam Jaffna Uni campus (27 Nov)
Security forces engulf Jaffna University (27 Nov)
Tamils defiant as SL state attempts to quash remembrance (27 Nov)
"We will rise and rise again" - Jaffna Students on Remembrance Day (27 Nov)
     
     
UK
 
  Students in Leicester mark Maaveerar Naal (29 Nov)
 'We are resolved' - TYO UK  (27 Nov)
    Thousands of British Tamils remember the nation's Maaveerar (27 Nov)
    Imperial College London continues 'Breaking the Silence' campaign (24 Nov)
     London Tamil students mark Maaveerar Naal (23 Nov)
'Remember, recognise, realise' - TYO UK (23 Nov)
'Is remembrance enough?' - Imperial College London Tamil Society (23 Nov)
'Pillars of our nation' - King's College London Tamil Society (23 Nov)
    KCL Tamil students break the silence on genocide (21 Nov)
     
     
Canada    
     
    Canadian youth commence Tamil Eelam Heroes Remembrance Week (26 Nov)
    Canadian universities commemorate Maaveerar Naal (28 Nov)
 
     
Italy    
     
  Italian Tamil youth honour the Maaveerar (27 Nov)
     
     
Saudi Arabia    
     
  Maaveerar Naal marked in Saudi Arabia (28 Nov)
     
     
Australia
Maaveerar Naal a 'piercing emotional experience for me' - Australian senator (29 Nov)
     
     
India    
     
  Refugees in Tamil Nadu camp remember the Maaveerar (30 Nov)
Salem villagers remember the heroes (28 Nov)
     

 

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