Comments on: The burning of the Jaffna library: 31 years on https://groundviews.org/2012/06/01/the-burning-of-the-jaffna-library-31-years-on/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-burning-of-the-jaffna-library-31-years-on Journalism for Citizens Fri, 09 Dec 2016 16:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.1 By: Real_Peace https://groundviews.org/2012/06/01/the-burning-of-the-jaffna-library-31-years-on/#comment-61106 Fri, 09 Dec 2016 16:42:00 +0000 http://groundviews.org/?p=9474#comment-61106 In reply to Ward.

I hear there is a documentary on this. Know anything about it?

]]> By: Real_Peace https://groundviews.org/2012/06/01/the-burning-of-the-jaffna-library-31-years-on/#comment-60847 Tue, 31 May 2016 14:08:00 +0000 http://groundviews.org/?p=9474#comment-60847 Thank you Groundviews for sharing this.

For those who sincerely care about this Jaffna LIbrary burning, you can use your knowledge to update Wikipedia entry for this as it has BROKEN links and needs updates!

Here is link;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_of_Jaffna_library

Anyone?

]]> By: Fara https://groundviews.org/2012/06/01/the-burning-of-the-jaffna-library-31-years-on/#comment-60843 Tue, 31 May 2016 04:00:00 +0000 http://groundviews.org/?p=9474#comment-60843 In reply to Buddhika.

The expulsion of Muslims happened en mass in October 1990.

]]> By: Sadun https://groundviews.org/2012/06/01/the-burning-of-the-jaffna-library-31-years-on/#comment-45337 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 17:51:26 +0000 http://groundviews.org/?p=9474#comment-45337 In reply to Ward.

64 years in a nutshell; that may be including or excluding the killings of pilgrims at Sri Maha Bodhiya, the bombing of Dalada Maligawa, the killings of Samanera bikkhus at Arantalawa, who were followers of the Lord Buddha and the list goes on on. The library was burnt by some mad men and some say led by a thug of a minister whose ancestor was a tamil and the good old professor thought it suitable to drag a religious leader into the poem respected and followed by many, including the tamils, some say that the ancient ruins in the north were created by tamils who were buddhists many moons and years ago and we learnt at our young ages not to drag religious leaders into our arguments since they do not belong only to us and as they belong also to others not linked to our sorrows and pains and our use of their names might hurt those who are not linked to our sorrows and pains, but the professor thought it fit to castigate a religion, however much his sorrow is of the burning of the library, his seat of history and education, it is not that good.

]]> By: Nelum Bandara https://groundviews.org/2012/06/01/the-burning-of-the-jaffna-library-31-years-on/#comment-45147 Sun, 03 Jun 2012 13:15:27 +0000 http://groundviews.org/?p=9474#comment-45147 In reply to Nelum Bandara.

Most unfortunately and most unashamedly.

]]> By: Nelum Bandara https://groundviews.org/2012/06/01/the-burning-of-the-jaffna-library-31-years-on/#comment-45146 Sun, 03 Jun 2012 13:13:19 +0000 http://groundviews.org/?p=9474#comment-45146 rita
To me the attack on Jaffna University student is a continuation of the attack on Jaffna library:

http://www.srilankabrief.org/2012/05/jaffna-uni-student-union-secretary.html

In fact the high militarisation and the refusal to hold elections for the North tell us that the mindset of 1981 lives on.

]]> By: Groundviews https://groundviews.org/2012/06/01/the-burning-of-the-jaffna-library-31-years-on/#comment-45142 Sun, 03 Jun 2012 11:14:44 +0000 http://groundviews.org/?p=9474#comment-45142 In reply to Nelum Bandara.

Dear Nelum,

Actually, when the post went up originally, it attributed the translation and the volume from which it was taken, but omitted to mention the author. This was correct within a few hours of it being online, and the comments that led to the correction kept on the thread. Hence, Buddhika’s right in noting at the time that GV hadn’t mentioned the author of the poem.

Best regards,

GV Eds.

]]> By: Nelum Bandara https://groundviews.org/2012/06/01/the-burning-of-the-jaffna-library-31-years-on/#comment-45141 Sun, 03 Jun 2012 11:12:32 +0000 http://groundviews.org/?p=9474#comment-45141 If only the flames engulfed the hatred of the ‘other’

]]> By: Nelum Bandara https://groundviews.org/2012/06/01/the-burning-of-the-jaffna-library-31-years-on/#comment-45140 Sun, 03 Jun 2012 11:10:28 +0000 http://groundviews.org/?p=9474#comment-45140 Buddhika
You say:
”You forget to mention the author of the poem”

Did you forgot to read:
”Originally written in Tamil by Prof. M. A. Nuhman”

]]> By: Kusum https://groundviews.org/2012/06/01/the-burning-of-the-jaffna-library-31-years-on/#comment-45085 Sat, 02 Jun 2012 09:29:43 +0000 http://groundviews.org/?p=9474#comment-45085 In reply to Dan Herath.

Psychologists, sociologists and anthropologists have their work cut out here – besides political scientists.

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