Tamils - a Trans State Nation.. Life's good comes not from others' gift, nor ill Man's pains and pains' relief are from within. Thus have we seen in visions of the wise!. Sterilisation being used to reduce Tamil Population. Young childen have been critically wounded in many parts of North-East due to Sri Lankan artillery attack on residential ares. The shelling - as usual aimed at surrounding Tamil villages. Random shelling from Sri Lankan military camps occurs every day in the Tamil northeast.
Many children died when they accidentally picked up a grenade left by the Sri Lankan army in many places in Jaffna. Sri Lanka's military forces in Jaffna are regularly interfering with children on their way to school and subjecting them to interrogations. School-bound children are singled out by soldiers and then taken away to cells without even the presence of adults they know. It is a frightening ordeal for these youngsters many of whom are afraid to make the journey to school.
Children are also included in the army's regular round-up operations in Jaffna, held daily now in two to three places at once. The Sri Lankan military has no regard for the stress this is engendering in the young. Round-ups, interrogations and intimidation have become a way of life for the new generation of Tamils who find themselves at the mercy of the Security forces.
Rasanayagam, has admitted to a gathering of educationalists and the general public that 34, Tamil children in Vanni are either begging on the road or are reduced to doing menial work for a pittance. School-life has been totally disrupted by the Sri Lankan government's ongoing military operations on the Tamil homeland. Hundreds of Tamil children orphaned in attacks by Sri Lankan forces are on the streets begging for their livelihood.
These children whose parents have been killed by Sri Lankan air and artillery fire are fending for themselves and begging door-to-door for food. Elderly people who have lost their close relatives in Sri Lankan attacks are also destitute and reduced to begging to stay alive. Jaffna has been led to an extremely worrying situation with regard to education. It is estimated that some 14, children between year 2 and year 5 are not being sent to classes because parents feel the peninsula is neither safe enough under military rule, nor are there any facilities available for their children.
