Comments on: Lessons in Leadership

By: Muththu

Muththu — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:08:49 +0000

Dear Prof,

I read one of your blogs (may be the Thevaram one) and wondered who he you are? Today I found another one and dig you more. As Justice wrote we need more from you, specially at this juncture. Please find more time ( I know you don’t have enough) and write more blogs. PLEASE.

Muththu

By: SomeOne

SomeOne — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:42:27 +0000

Dear Niranjan,

“….At Jaffna Hindu College I learnt that mathematics was the language from God, more and more of its beauty waiting to be discovered â€“ all the others were man-made, and have some finite life in the timescales of human evolution…”

Only few people are around there in the world who can talk like this. I am one of your friends who spent 4 or 5 years with you.

By: SomeOne

SomeOne — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:28:06 +0000

Dear Niranjan,

“…..Sabalingam didn’t think much of me. Coming from an estate school, he thought I wasn’t going to pass O/L, so he gave me a place in 10R….”

Probably, this kind of arrogant mind set is one of many reasons why we are in deep trouble at the moment.

By: Siva

Siva — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:11:17 +0000

I was delighted to read Professor Niranjan’s speech. What concerns me is this. These great giants (there were many giants like Mr Sabalingam and Mr Kumarasamy at that time) moulded the students of Jaffna. Fine products, like Professor Niranjan, were brought out. Unfortunately, many of them have decided to settle abroad for reasons beyond their control. Now, we don’t see anyone on the calibre of these Principals among us (in Jaffna), not even near them. And the effect could be seen in our present day students. What is going to become of us?

By: Ravi Shankar

Ravi Shankar — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:48:12 +0000

“oru thaai makkaLaaha onrukku iruppOm” if he has spoken this in English, it wouldbe like this “We will piss off as children of the same mother”

By: Abdul

Abdul — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:45:32 +0000

Talking about Badi uddin Mohamed,I remember people talking when I aws small,about a speach at a meeting about giving jobs to our women.
NAANGAL ENGAL PENHALUKKU WELAI MUNNUKUM KUDUTTHOM PINNUKUM KUDUPPOM>

By: S.Sivanandan

S.Sivanandan — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:44:19 +0000

Though considered an extniguished old boy of the college and distingished later by the Sri Lankan state to be elevated to the rank of a Deputy head of a State department in 2005 when the promotional prospects of a Tamil was supposedly considred bleak , another old boy of JHC Mr. Suseelar was the Commissioner General Of Dept, Of Inland Revenue, and concurrently late Mr Kamala Sabeyson was the Attorney General though an Old Thomian, what I would like to emphasise here is our medium education was English and we had couple of Sinhalese students in the class in the AL and the cream of the Muslim students who hailed to top public service positions were from our school knew hinduism better than us we should be really ashamed of it instead of high lighting what Late minister Badiudin Mohamed told?
Sivanandan

By: SomewhatDisgusted

SomewhatDisgusted — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:23:00 +0000

I must say I am extremely encouraged by this speech also. This is precisely what the demise of the LTTE should bring about, a space for moderate voices to speak out. The more extreme voices will doubtless continue with their shrill racial cacophony, but there is now new hope of bridge building among the moderate sections of society.

By: Justice

Justice — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:16:17 +0000

Finally some one from Jaffna had the courage to speak in a public meeting about leadership ,mistakes,course correction or rather lack of it and democratic consensus building.Now the silent majority is speaking out.Hope this trend continues at every level. even individuals be introspective enough to evaluate their own contributions or lack of it for the general good of the society.