In southern India, relatives sometimes quietly kill their elders. – Los Angeles Times
Posted on January 22nd, 2013
From John MacKinnon
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Southern India, relatives sometimes quietly kill their elders. – Los Angeles Times
By Mark Magnier, Los Angeles Times
January 15, 2013, 4:44 p.m.o
The practice often begins with an oil bath. In some cases, the parent is sick and in pain. In others, experts say, relatives want to gain control of the estate.
INNAMREDIYARPATTI, India ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢¢”š¬‚ Michael headed for work at a textile mill, leaving his wife, children and infirm mother at home in this impoverished part of southern India. When he returned a few hours later, his mother’s body was propped up in a chair surrounded by villagers and decorated with flowers, poisoned by his wife with a potion in a local form of mercy killing known as thalaikoothal.
Three decades later, he harbors no ill will toward his wife. “My mother had been sick and in pain for 20 days and wasn’t eating properly,” said Michael, 62, who like many southern Indians uses one name. “I was thinking of doing it myself. It was time, and there wasn’t enough food to go around.”
Even as India debates the morality and legality of euthanasia, three districts in the southern state of Tamil Nadu have been quietly carrying out a homegrown version for decades, or centuries, depending on whom you ask.
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No mention about war crimes committed by Tamils in Tamil Nadu thru their support for Tamil terrorists in Sri Lanka. We are not sure how to get these Americans to open their eyes and minds. World-class education gone to the dogs, I guess.
From: Shocking execution of Federal Party stalwartƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s son – War on terror revisited on January 17, 2013, 12:00 pm
http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=70574
The IPKF (Indian Peace Keeping Force) butchered 12 persons, including Chakravarthy and a female teacher. Jawans did not give a tinkerƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s damn about RasamannikkamƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s background; they were piqued and blinded by fury … The IPKF never realised that the LTTE was simply carrying out what Indian instructors had told those undergoing training in India several years ago. The LTTE was told to mount attacks on Sri Lankan military and police patrols in populated areas knowing very well that troops would attack civilians … The JRJ administration was helpless. The IPKF simply ignored Sri LankaƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s concerns. In fact, the IPKF on many occasions threatened to use force if Sri Lankan forces or police intervened in their operations.
http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=70574
And the human rights loving Americans and their European cousins back India, Tamil Nadu and the Tamil terrorists!
Are we Americans clueless or just plain retarded?
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The situation in the Northern Province, too, was extremely bad. A former SLAF officer, Raja Mahendran, recalled the IPKF gunning down his 75-year-old mother, Lily Rajah and his sister WasanthiƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s three children, Suresh (17), Priyanthi (15) and Mahendrarajah (13) at Uduvil on the morning of Nov. 3, 1987. In an interview with this writer at The Island editorial two weeks after the incident, Mahendran said that IPKF troops atop armoured personnel carriers had surrounded Uduvil in the Jaffna peninsula causing panic among the hapless civilians. With tears in his eyes, Mahendran said that the IPKF had ordered his mother, sister and her sister as well as many civilians who rushed from their houses to walk towards the residence of Anandaraj, former Principal of St. JohnƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s College, Jaffna, where they were ordered to kneel down. Wasanthi was married to Superintendent of Works, Local Government, Batticaloa. Mahendran visited The Island editorial with his brother-in-law, R. Indran in a bid to highlight what was going on in the Northern and Eastern Provinces. Without the slightest provocation, the IPKF opened fire, at point blank range, killing Lily Rajah and Suresh on the spot. Suresh was known at Uduvil as the local Lylie Godridge. Mahendrarajah succumbed to his injuries before he could be moved to the nearby government hospital.
More from: A catastrophic heli-borne raid on Jaffna campus – War on terror revisited, January 15, 2013, 7:53 pm
http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=70454
The IPKF realised the difficult position it was in. One of the largest armies in the world found itself in an unenviable situation. The LTTE proved beyond any doubt that it was better than its Indian trainers. LTTE tactics demoralised the IPKF, which never intended to engage in combat operations against the Sri Lankan Tamils India had trained and armed.
Los Angeles Times will never publish these facts. If they did, Obama will take ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”em out in order not to cut off the funding for Obama/Democratic party by
the Tamil terrorists who thrive in the United States of America.
Gangsta rules!
January 22nd, 2013 at 3:41 pm
The practice of thalaikoothal IS in practice in Jaffna too!!