The Demise of a Hero??

I dare not say that i have been following the ethnic cleansing in Sri lanka but i would consider myself as someone who feels attached to the issue as i share a common language with the victims. I used to wonder whether the step taken by LTTE worth the lives of the innocence people killed in the name of the war. Hitherto, i could not rationalize it as for me war could never be a solution. But i respect the LTTE Tigers as they fought for their people, they shed blood for the freedom of their people. From my observation, i have always been fascinated by some indians who have no idea on whatever happening in Sri Lanka. It has become an issue close to Tamils who writes, and reads in Tamil only. May be that's because only Tamil papers write in length about the happenings over there.

I am in no position of questioning Prabhakaran's deed as i did not experience what he had. Some would say he is a rebel;some would say he is a terrorist; for some he is a hero. For me he is REAL. When he chose this path, he would have known his end; he would have known that he might lose his family or forthcoming generation. But he went ahead. There have been debates about the suicide bombers, the children trained for army. But then, what would you do when your own siblings refuse to give you a hand when you are dying? What to do? Sometimes, the world is not fair. You need to 'make loud noises' if you want to be get noticed. And i believe that is what he did.

We, Malaysian Indians are not treated as badly as the Sri Lankan Tamils (though we are deprived of some basic rights in the name of 'quota') but still we came up with a rally to protest the government. As such, as people who are robbed off their right to live in a country, LTTE's approach could not be simply categorized as nonsense. Is it fair for them to be killed just because they are Tamils? Whenever i read that ladies are raped by the Sri lankan army, i feel a rage in me and feel depressed that i could not do anything to stop this. And finally selfless people came forward, pawning their lives and Prabhakaran was/ is such a person.

While all the media at this point of time is saying that this Tamilan is dead, there are some unofficial reports circulating that he is still alive. I want to believe that he is still alive. Today morning when i saw the newspaper, i felt tears welling in my eyes. As a Tamilan, i pray for you brother.