Who is Puthuvai - English

7/30/2019 Who is Puthuvai - English

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There were clear evidence that Puduwei was abducted. He was the Art and Cultural

leader. We must forced the government, least they should revel Puduwei was alive or

not. Puduwei was a giant with the capacity of his poetry. The Sri Lankan poetry will not

be exist without Puduwei .

At least we, poets should be the pioneers to made this statement. I'll be the first to

sign without any hesitation.

I wrote my fellow friendly poets about Puduwei .with the examples , I let them feel

how much Puduwei, the official poet of LTTE, loved his motherland. But I didn't

understand the reason, why my friends didn't reply me.

According to the statement given by Jayawathi, the wife of Yogarathnam, in the LLRC

commission, it was clear the poet Puduwei Rathnathurai was among the LTTE

leaders who were captured by Sri Lankan Army in wattuwahal.

It was the May 18 th 2009, including my husband Yogi, Lawrenc Thilakar, Baby

Subramaniam, and many more , were loaded to a bus and taken away. Until now

there is no any information abut them,

The last time I saw Puduwei ,he was advising a group of cultural activists, appeared to

be an informal meeting. While letting my self rested upon a pillar in a corner of that

small hall, I watched him. He saw me while addressing the meeting. The next moment,

addressing my name, he came and hug me. I felt I was destitute by his humbleness. I

said we could talk after your activity. The humorous look on his face in that moment,

still kindle my mind. I honor him for being sensitive person, a political poet who took

the leadership on artistic and cultural expedient and also how he attune with

Liberation action. Since I tried to give a true meaning to the real patriotism of people

like Puduwei, I was subjected to detestation by so-called patriotic . Because of this

reason ,We are not Sri Lankans any more. It's being three years since Puduwei,


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the cultural patriot was abducted by the so-called non-cultural Sri Lankans. The tribal

characteristic of us could be the reason we don't the Puduwei emblem in any of

cultural events nowadays?

Once Puduwei expressed himself.......

I love to see the sunset....

but only from Adam's peak....

pleas do not take that right away from me....

Puduwei rathnathurai was a communist who deal with the Sinhalese society, and amember in communist party. Later he joined the chines group of the communist party,

led by Shanmugadhasan. Once Rohana Wijeweera was a member in this group.

I was a member of both the Communist party of Sri Lanka and its chines group. The

reason I left the Southern Left was the pressure mounted on Tamil people and on

there neutral reactions. I raised my voice wherever its being needed for the people in

gehenna. I was the pioneer to made up a a poet for the 1971 J.V.P. Riot.

1971 was a critical year for Sri Lanka.... The year marked a people revolution... the

poet says... It may be wrong. But I dreamed of a revolution working class in this

country. The poet

Puduwei rathnethurai, who raised his voice continuously against the social pressure,

had a necessity to resist against Sinhalese who griped his fellow Tamils.

This will be an extended abstract of what Puduwei said ten years before,to the so-

called Sri Lankan society that strained Tamils.

When I was a member of the Communist Party, I said I was a Sri Lankan. Then the

Sinhalese mass racialism said, No, you are not a Sri Lankan but a Tamil. I said


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again and again ,I'm not a Tamil but a Sri Lankan. But gain they said , You are a

Tamil. After words, I introduced myself ,Yes , I'm a Tamil. Then they said No, you

are not a Tamil but a Sri Lankan. I was delighted. We are back were we started.

Twenty years after all these suspicious, after splitting the penetration between

communal, we are back in the beginning. Now we all are Sri Lankans,

But a decade was passed, Puduwei ,the versifier was abducted by the Sinhalese

community who called themselves themselves the Sri Lankans. Since the abduction

was tolerated, it was generalization with a silent .He was a versifier, yet a Tamil Tiger.

Make comments openly against an abduction of Tamil Tiger and catechising weather

he is alive or not, is more dangerous than organizing a Public broil. The crime made usto leave the motherland , was only publicly interrogate these abductions.

The first time I met Puduwei was on October 2002 in the Weerasingham Hall in

Jaffna. The event was named,the Tamil assembly of humanity and fair number of

people were invited from Southern part of country. A group of us participated this

event on behalf of Rawaya,

a newspaper intervene effectively and played a significant role in Sri Lankan ethnic

problem.

Wimalanath Weerarathna, Chaaminda Nagodawithana, Thilak Kodhagoda,

Thambirasa Nadarasa, Saman C. Liyanage, and myself was among this group. On the

last day, there was a conference for mass media. The explanation concerning

Sinhalese mass-media was done by Rohitha Bhashana Abeywardana who

represented Hiru news paper and I, myself or Rawaya news paper. We analyzed our

blundering conscience per procurationem of Tamil community.

The cinematography conference was addressed by Professor Sunil Ariyarathna and

literature by Maduklugiriya Wijerathna.. I met Puduwei several times in these

conferences and invited him for a dialogue for the Rawaya news paper. The

introduction for that dialogue was linked with the memories how I invited Puduwei.....


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We fixed a time to meet. My self and my Rawaya colleagues were on time. We met

Puduwei at the office room in the Weerasingham Hall in Jaffna. He was emotional.

We felt his emotions. We felt Both our hear beats were same..... Then it was the

time to say good-bye.

Puduwei strongly hold our hands and we felt his cosiness. This is not an interview,

but two hearts became one, was his last words at the time we depart.

While quest an accession to start up the dialogue, I demanded The LTTE cultural

leader, an analysis of culture with the focus of Tamil Nationality.

The essence of culture analyzed with the human activities and behavioral in a certainclime.

There will be a transformation in culture with the abreast of the time. Nobody can

proclaim solidly, that we got a cultural history well over two thousand years. It's a

necessity for each and every citizen to be parallel with the change of universe. It's the

same with our culture too. But we are not obligated to accept the forceful purport ,

which led to the war. The destruction of our entire lifeblood, defacement of our cultural

elements ,was the cause of inauguration the war. Being Tamils and not allowed to

protect our race and origin, made the Tamil society stands for armed action. This is

why we describe, the war was forcefully loaded upon us. Isn't it great that after

twenty years of war, we still manage to secure our cultural uniqueness and behaviors.

It was good applicable opportunity for the efflux of the dialogue. I athirst to light up his

conscience.

The characteristic of social relationships will be changed due to an armed action. So,

what based on you to say your cultural life is protected?it was a huge transformation

among the Tamil culture, isn't it?


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Protecting the cultural and civil elements during the war, is no the solely responsibility

of LTTE , but also the responsibility of ecumenical Tamil society. The war destroyed

everything

and only the war was prioritized. The war destroyed the life,religious and intellectual

elements.

Destruction is same for all, educational, artistic, agricultural, and professional life. The

destruction gain ground with war. The culture will be the first element to be

disappeared with this destructive war.

But during this war, we manage to safeguard our culture up to the full and its a fact

confided by many people. I will give you an example. There were many displacementsbecause of the uncertainty of the life, was scaled well over 5-%. Some of them

migrate to European countries, Canada and India. Some of then migrate internally to

either Colombo, Anuradhapura, Trincomalee or Vanni. I'm delighted caused non of

them destroyed neither origins nor their elements and our organization is the key

factor for that.

In the history of revolution, the art and culture got more potentials for social cognition. I

asked Puduwei, what was the role plaid by the art and culture, in this conflict of Tamil

liberation.

But that was ten years ago and almost seven years before Puduwei was abducted.

There was true physical suffering among Tamil Society. Puduwei's peaceful eyes

lighted with a hope of independence.

The are and literature reflect the society of that particular era. But the art or literature

was related on any war. What was the sensitivity of that epoch? How the dialogues

were managed among the connoisseurs and what were the creations with war

themed? If we were forced to faced the war, obviously the creations will be themed on

war. It's the nature of creativity. Sola and Pallawa was two era in Tamil history. The


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creations in Sola era themed based on war and the Pallawa era themed on religion.

Once, Sri Lanka is our motherland is the theme of our poets and was never

mentioned abut any war. Subsequently it changed to, Sri Lanka must not be

apportion. These rights were confiscate from us and the war forced upon us . That

changed the theme of creativity towards the war. There is a gesture for peace now. In

this definite point, our formation based on peace. The creations we do, based on the

epoch. If there were no Russian revolution, then there won't be a revolutionary

literature in Russia. It's the same in China. It's a very important fact that the origin of

literature, always parallel with on going situation.

The sharp revolutionary voice of Puduwei ,adverted me another question,Still , are

you a communist? I asked Puduwei ,who was under the category, The great terrorist

poet in the fiction vision of Sinhalese. After ten years, I still remember how his face

lighted with mirth. It was a clear and definite answer.

Yes, without any doubt , I'm still a communist

Reading what Puduwei said ten years before, may not really be necessary for the

new revolutionist who attempting to form a new culture of politics and thinking they

discovered a new version of liberalism in Sri Lanka but yet sympathy for them.

This is the process of exploitation on equivalent countries, initiated by the focal

economical countries. The globalization recasting the world in a new method and new

circle. The real impact and the danger, is upon our developing countries. We won't

have a ground in our countries. Yet we are incapable of bonding to peal against this

matter. After the collapse of Soviet Russia, no hefty force created against America

and the rest of the capitalized countries. Many socialist countries having there internal

issues, interrupted the ability of peal against capitalism. Cause of the internal issues in


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Sri Lanka, we are not yet united to pealed as a country. In another words, the

developing Indian Subcontinent is in a great danger.

Erasing the elements of the history of Liberation Tigers , was the dream of many

personal, but never managed thou. That was our strength. We never asked for the war

but forcefully put on us. With the close attention of each and every Hero's Day speech

reports, will prove the effort for the peace by our leaders. Even-thou he speak about

peace, Prabhakaran was interpreted as a war hungry leader by many people. But non

of these people understand him properly. Now there is a good chance for the peace.

We take this opportunity to show our feelings,not only to the Sinhalese people , but

also to the whole world. We use the cultural section for the same necessity. Neithercheating nor fabrication. We love the peace from the bottom of our heart and endeavor

to bring it out with our creations. We need to explain our true feelings to Sinhalese

society and made a concrete bond with Sinhalese community. This is a fact beyond

the politicians. The artists, avant-grade, and the mass-media should be usher in ,

and its happy to see that kind of people in South.

These are my last words. We were destroyed by fighting among ourselves. The

results of not given our proper rights by Sinhalese politicians, channeled us on fire

arms. India use this war between our two nations for an opportunity to interfere this

internal matter. They didn't come to destroy the LTTE but aggression Sri Lanka. We

fought and refer back Indian forces inside the territory of North and East without

making any burden on Sinhalese community. But cause of the appeal of President

Premadasa, the Indian army stayed but after the battle with LTTE had to leave Sri

Lanka. In general, we saved Sri Lanka from aggression. If the war appears again, it

would be a disaster for Sri Lanka. Many onlookers waiting to meddle with Sri Lanka. In

future, there might be an opportunity, both Sinhalese and Tamils combined together to

fight against these meddling sources. We must stop this war and be united for this

forthcoming circumstance. We only asking the same equal rights possess by


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Sinhalese community.

I cogitate him, filing the history and compose poems of him, every now and then. But

still impossible to get over with my guiltiness Sinhalese conscience. I asked him the

definition of the poet, and my psyche still agitated with pain by the persiflage smile

popped upon his face. Through these oppressive conceptions, His perspicuous voice

still peal on me.

Once a poet named Puduwei Rathnathurai was lived in our history. That's it. He

never calmed neither commanding position nor throne for the sake of being a poet.

He was a part of this society, yet was the living voice of current epoch. Apart of that,nobody can stand as a poet in society except a lunatic.

At the end of my document,I ,again approach the binging, to blossom new concepts in

the hearts of my friendly poets.

There were clear evidence that Puduwei was abducted. He was the Art and Cultural

leader. We must forced the government, least they should revel Puduwei was alive or

not. Puduwei was a giant with the capacity of his poetry. The Sri Lankan poetry will not

be exist without Puduwei .

At least we, poets should be the pioneers to made this statement. I'll be the first to

sign without any hesitation.

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