Comments on: Hear My VOICE: Thenuja Tharmeshwaran ~ “I am always my father’s favourite” https://groundviews.org/2011/01/08/hear-my-voice-thenuja-tharmeshwaran-%e2%80%9ci-am-always-my-father%e2%80%99s-favourite%e2%80%9d/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hear-my-voice-thenuja-tharmeshwaran-%25e2%2580%259ci-am-always-my-father%25e2%2580%2599s-favourite%25e2%2580%259d Journalism for Citizens Thu, 13 Jan 2011 17:13:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.1 By: priyankara https://groundviews.org/2011/01/08/hear-my-voice-thenuja-tharmeshwaran-%e2%80%9ci-am-always-my-father%e2%80%99s-favourite%e2%80%9d/#comment-26980 Thu, 13 Jan 2011 17:13:54 +0000 http://groundviews.org/?p=4897#comment-26980 suren raghavan’s comments are commendable.that is the only way forward.i share the thoughts of all the children of Sri lanka irrespective of ethnicity who lost their loved ones.I hope there is a way to share their sorrow but I don’t really know how.

]]> By: Nimal https://groundviews.org/2011/01/08/hear-my-voice-thenuja-tharmeshwaran-%e2%80%9ci-am-always-my-father%e2%80%99s-favourite%e2%80%9d/#comment-26966 Thu, 13 Jan 2011 08:41:46 +0000 http://groundviews.org/?p=4897#comment-26966 Dear Daughter Thenuja ,

Being a child without father whom you loved & trusted the most can not simply forget. He was always there for you when you needed him.The bond between a real father & child is inseparable.Your inspiration & the story is very emotional with sorrow & grief.I believe you will get more support & comfort to fill that lost bondage by an angel with compassion & love. Dear daughter… I wish you all the best & may all your aspirations come true.

]]> By: Damian https://groundviews.org/2011/01/08/hear-my-voice-thenuja-tharmeshwaran-%e2%80%9ci-am-always-my-father%e2%80%99s-favourite%e2%80%9d/#comment-26963 Thu, 13 Jan 2011 06:18:27 +0000 http://groundviews.org/?p=4897#comment-26963 Dear Dushanthi,

I do agree with the comments of the first Individual who informs you to write the issues people went through in all parts of the country and all communities and not Just the North and the Tamils, becuase this war had effected the Tamils the most and that we all agree but it does not mean peaople in the South ,West,East,Central did not loose loved ones becuase of teh War. Please touch on all this areas other wise it will not help Sri Lanka get over the war and move on as people who love and forgive each other.

Regards,

]]> By: C. Ratnayke https://groundviews.org/2011/01/08/hear-my-voice-thenuja-tharmeshwaran-%e2%80%9ci-am-always-my-father%e2%80%99s-favourite%e2%80%9d/#comment-26948 Thu, 13 Jan 2011 02:27:00 +0000 http://groundviews.org/?p=4897#comment-26948 In reply to Suren Raghavan.

Dear daughter Thenuja,

I understand, it’s not easy to forget your past. But you have hope and future. Dear daughter, try your best with your studies. One day you will become a person that somehow your father will proud of you and your achievements. Good luck and God Bless you my daughter!.

]]> By: Suren Raghavan https://groundviews.org/2011/01/08/hear-my-voice-thenuja-tharmeshwaran-%e2%80%9ci-am-always-my-father%e2%80%99s-favourite%e2%80%9d/#comment-26748 Sat, 08 Jan 2011 18:29:23 +0000 http://groundviews.org/?p=4897#comment-26748 Dear Dushanthi,

Very good effort to reflect and record the memories and the struggles of the community that has suffered most during the last 30 years- a whole generation had lived only under the falling bombs and firing MBRLs.
Without dealing with our memories we will not be able to heal. Like the monument made by my friend Prof. Jagath Weerasinghe for the 32 school boys murdered in Embilipitiya, one that is now forgotten and neglected at the turn to the parliament. (Being an archeo-anthropologist this was his intension, that people will have to rediscover their history through a social conciseness). I hope soon there will be enough socio-cultural attempts to start such process not just amongst the diaspora Thamils- as it happens now- but amongst the real people- people who suffered most.

In this direction may I suggest that you include others, beside the citizens of North as you have done now. while we acknowledge that Northerner suffered most in a comparative sense, it is also undeniable that many others including the Muslims and Sinhalas also suffered during the war and are still waiting to recover their shattered lives and future. A non-ethnic but a collective societal approach to record our struggles will possibly provide a wider and deeper opportunity for honest dialogue and a democratic recovery.

best

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