SARVADESA TAMILER CENTER: PILGRIMAGE: NORTHERN INDIA ! GREAT EXPERIENCE !!

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

PILGRIMAGE: NORTHERN INDIA ! GREAT EXPERIENCE !!

Visiting holy temples in Northern India was a great experience! Travelling through Maharastra,Gujarat,Rajastan,Hariyana,Delhi,Himalaya,Punchab,UtterPradesh,Bihar,Bengale,Orissa,Chattishgar and Jarkand by Jeep through green fields, small and deep jungles, rivers, mountains, desert, lakes, villages, towns etc etc, was a wonderful experience!

Gujarath:Somnath Temple, Punchab:Golden Temple,Kali temple, Varanasi:Kasi Visvanath Temple, Bihar:Gaya,Bothgaya temples, Ayothya:Ram temples, Orissa:Buvaneswar,Konark, Puri temples, Kolkata:Kali temple and many other temples are not only historical but also spritual as well as architecurally/sculpturally great master pieces of the world! Travelling by jeep with driver through 8000 km mostly good roads (and some are very bad roads)in 15 days continuously was a great experience!Unforgottable!
In 2005, North and South pilgrimage tour about 9000 km for 22 days was also great!
In 1996 TN tour/pilgrimage 10 days about 5000 km through the villages was great!

Mumbai/Taravi-World Tamil Literature Forum:Poet-Kathiroli and Navi-Mumbai tamil sangam writers,poets,politicians,artists gathered in separate meetings on 23/24.july and gave me a warm welcome as well as many shawls, flowers, garlands and books as a guest of honour! I gave a special speech at both meetings and explained about SL-tamils situation and emphasized for unity and progress through Gandhiyam policies!
My "poem collections of 21 poets about SL-Tamil sufferings-1948-2006" was republished by Poet:Suppiah/Taravi and issued to all participants!

Visiting Mother Theresa's Charity Home at Kolkata and reacting with hundreds of orphans was a really great and emotional experience!They are doing a wonderful job!

Our pilgrimage to Northern India started on 04.07.08 from Norway to Mumbai and ended on 25.07.08 arriving back home through Helsinki! Except health problems like
Malaria,dengu,diarrhoea,food flies,bedbugs,open drainage,unclean toilets, bad smell etc, tourists and pilgrims can enjoy good hospitality and friendship in India!

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GREETING MESSAGE FROM HON.ERIK SOLHEIM ESQ/DSG-UNEP!

From: Erik Solheim

Date: Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 4:10 AM

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Subject: Re: THANKS FOR MEETING YOU!

To: Shan Nalliah

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Dear Shan!

Allow me to send my warmest congratulations for your 60 years birthday at September 7!

You are a strong force for peace with dignity, social justice and uplifting of the downtrodden in both Sri Lanka and Norway. I admire your struggle for a peaceful Sri Lanka which gives full respect to all Tamil legitimate rights and aspirations.

Moving from Jaffna to Drammen can not have been easy. But it made it possible to contribute to both countries and to work tirelessly for the friendship between Sri Lanka and Norway. We are very grateful!

Thanks so much and congratulations with the 60!

Erik

Sent from my iPad

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From: Shan Nalliah

Date: Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 4:30 AM

Subject: Re: THANKS FOR MEETING YOU!

To: Erik Solheim

Dear Hon.Erik Solheim esq,

Thanks a lot for your kind Greetings!

I remember the day I saw you on TV-debate as Socialist Youth leader,later I joined with Socialist Left party offering my membership form to you at Spiralen meeting in Drammen, were great memories!

I hope & pray God that you will do your best at UNEP as DSG & become UNSG soon to be a great mobiliser towards harmony among humans; as well as with nature!

Sincerely Yours,

Shan Nalliah,

Gandhiyist,Drammen, Norway, Mobil: 0047-91784271

BOOK REVIEW BY E.K.KANTHASAMY,TEACHER/ ROYAL COLLEGE,COLOMBO,SRILANKA

BOOK: A NORWAY TAMIL'S INTERESTING EXPERIENCES by SHAN NALLIAH, NORWAY
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I have read your book and this is a rare book in the "Tamil World" as well as "International World". I congratulate you greatly! because you made such a wonderful book with a strong objective, motivation and great effort. This book reflects your affection towards tamil language,hindu culture, tamil people, human friendship as well as fond of our village/land.

Nations of the World, their people and their leaders are shown and focussed through this book.

This book shows/leads to feelings of unity among the World people. You have created this book as a wonderful example for each and every good humanbeing's objectives, cultures, life style etc with great effort, tireless work, sleepless nights and painful writings. You have visited many countries! You have met and talked directly with many world people and leaders to make them realise, to uplift the Eelam Tamils' lives/feelings! You made us to know about your whole life from your young age through this book! You adore greatly your parents through this book! As a mediaman you made this book very rich with contents necessary for a great book!

I compare this book with 2000 year old collection of poems called "Thirukural"as a great creation! You should have spent a lot of money for this great creation!

You focussed the everyday hard work of the Eelam Tamil diaspora in this World. Even in ice covered Norway, our Tamil people are surviving well, is a great fact to realise the truth. Many world countries realised the tamil people's hardworking and their good nature.

In your book, poems as well as articles were well written in a nice manner in Tamil. You are not only a media scholar but also a good poet! You as my village fellow became very popular among World Tamils(by publishing a magazine called SARVADESA TAMILER/Intl.Tamils) and published a great book made me feel very happy!

You remember,I met and talked to you when you visited earlier in Colombo in 1996.
My articles/poems were published in your magazine:SARVADESA TAMILER. A Tamil from Kerala contacted me through your magazine.

While I was a teacher at Jaffna/Kondavil Saiva Tamil School, I knew your father & relatives.

I pray your good services should continue! In all aspects, your motivations, culture are the same as mine! Because of that I have a great respect for you!!

ABOUT POET:E.K. KANTHASAMY-----------------------------------------!

I sacrifice my life to the progress of Tamil language and people as it was in old times, due to my love and respect for them due to my studies of Tamil language and history at the young age.

Due to great respect of Periyar and SJV.Chelvanayagam, I involved in many activities!
I respected other people,their language,culture,religion as I did towards my language,culture and religion.When I was working at the Royal college, Colombo as well as at the Ministry of Education with Sinhalese people, I realised their good characters!

I came to Colombo in 1963 because of transfer of my job and involved in Tamil Sangam's(TS) service due to request from our tamil scholars! Today, TS is grown very well and I am happy to be a part of its growth!I still stay here and do my duty to TS ! I spread the greatness of the poet Poothanthevanar because he was one of the poet who showed the greatness of Eelam Tamils.

Library of TS is one of the greatest! You should send all your publications here as you did before! Many people from our village:Inuvil are doing their good services to this great TS!

I focussed the Tamil people's history and speciality at the World Conference in Mauritius some years back and express their loss of land to tsunami time to time as well as richness and strongness of Jaffna kingdom.I published my book "Panchavanna Thoothu" and express our traditional religious and cultural ties with Tamilnaadu in India. Manimekalai publications of Tamilnaadu published my book as they did your book very well!My book was released in SL and Canada by Sooriyar.

My friend, a village fellow: Mr.R.Sivalingam(Uthayanan)who was working at the University of Helsinki published a Tamil translation of KALEVALA,a national epic of Finland!That was great!

Please all of you ,continue your services to your people and language!forever!!!

REVIEWS: ORU NORWAY TAMILARIN ARUMAIYAANA ANUPAVANGAL !

என் நோக்கில் நல்லையா சண்முகப்பிரபு அவர்கள்...!

ஒரு நோர்வே தமிழரின் அருமையான அனுபவங்கள். இந்நூலாசிரியர் நல்லையா சண்முகப்பிரபு அவர்கள். இந்த நூலுக்குள் நுழைகின்றபோதே எல்லையில்லாத ஒரு மகிழ்ச்சி. ஒரு மனிதரின் அனுபவங்கள், மற்றைய மனிதர்களின் போற்றுதல்களுடன் ஆரம்பித்தமையே இதன் பெருஞ்சிறப்பு. அவர் தான் கண்ட மனிதர்களில் அற்புதமானவர்கள் யார், யார் என்பதை அழகு தமிழில் கவிதைகளில் சொல்லி கவிஞராய் ஒரு தோற்றம். ஒரு மனிதனின் வரலாறு என்பது அவனை சுற்றி வாழும் மனிதர்களில் யார் அற்புதமானவர்கள் என்பதை கண்டுபிடிப்பதுதான். ஆனாலும் சிறந்த மனிதர்களை அடையாளம் கண்டவர்களுக்கு வாழ்க்கை எளிது. அவரின் கவிதை ஒவ்வொன்றும் அதை உணர்த்திச் செல்வதை பார்த்தேன். என் மாமன் பொன்னம்மான் இவரின் வகுப்புத் தோழர் என்பதை கவிதையில் கண்டபோது, சற்றுக் கலக்கமாய் இருந்தது. அதைத் தொடர்ந்து இவரின் கட்டுரைகளையும் படித்தேன். மொழி, இலக்கியம், உலகப் பயணங்கள் எனத் தொடங்கி, இறுதியாய் நோர்வே தமிழராய் ஈழப் போராட்டத்தில் நோர்வேயின் பங்களிப்பு பற்றியும் ஆழ்மனத்து உண்மைகளுடன் கட்டுரைகள் எழுதியிருப்பது ஆச்சரியம். பத்திரிக்கையாளர் வேறு.

ஒரு மனிதர் ஒரு துறையில் பெயர் பெறுவதே மிகக் கடினம். இவருக்கு எப்படி இத்தனைத் திறமைகள் என்று அதிசயித்து பார்க்கிறேன். இடைவிடாத இவர் உழைப்பும், இவர் சந்தித்த மனிதர்களும் பெருமைக்குரியவர்கள் அதுவே காரணமோ என நினைக்கிறேன். தன்னைத்தான் உயர்த்த நினைப்பவர்கள் மற்றவர்களின் உழைப்பினையும் பெருமைப்படுத்தவேண்டும். இவரிடம் அதைப் பார்த்தது அடுத்த நிலை. உயர்ந்த மனிதராய் என் உள்ளத்தில் இடம்பெற்றுவிட்டார். இணுவில் இவரை ஈன்றெடுத்த மண். அந்த மண் ஒரு புண்ணிய பூமி. இவர் படித்த யாழ் இந்துக்கல்லூரி. இலட்சியவாதிகளை உருவாக்கிய களம். ஈழவிடுதலைப் போராட்டத்தில் சுதந்திர வேட்கை நிறைந்த மனிதராயும், இங்கு தன்னை நல்லையா சண்முகப்பிரபு அவர்கள் வெளிப்படுத்தியிருக்கிறார். “சர்வதேச தமிழர்” என்ற பத்திரிக்கை வாயிலாக தன் உணர்வுகளை கொட்டித் தீர்த்துள்ளமை குறிப்பிடத்தக்கது. அநியாயங்களை கண்டு எதிர்க்கும் போர்க்குணம் இருக்கும்வரைதான் மனிதன் மனிதனாக வாழ முடியும். அந்த வகையில் இவர் ஒரு போராளி. ஐயா சண்முகப்பிரபு அவர்களின் 50ம் ஆண்டு அகவையொட்டி வெளியிட்ட இந்தப் புத்தகம், வரலாற்றில் நின்று நிலைக்கும். புகழ் பெறும். ஒருவரின் அனுபவங்கள் மற்றவர்களிடம் பகிரப்படுகின்ற போதுதான் வாழ்வின் சிறப்பும் தெரியும். இவரின் பன்முகத்திறமையை படித்த பின் நான் எதைச் சொல்ல?? மாமனிதராய் வாழ்ந்தவர்கள், வாழ்பவர்கள் பற்றி நிறைய எழுதலாம். ஒரு படைப்பாளியாய், உயர்ந்த மனிதராய் இருக்கும் இவரின் அறிமுகம் கிடைத்தது சில ஆண்டுகள் முன்புதான். ஆனாலும் எனக்கும் மதிப்புரை செய்ய வாய்ப்புக் கொடுத்தமையை பெரும்பேறாய் கருதுகிறேன். அவரும், அவர் குடும்பமும் சிறப்புடன் பல்லாண்டு வாழவேண்டும்.

“எரிப்பார்கள், ஏசுவார்கள், அஞ்சவேண்டாம். உண்மையை எழுதுங்கள். உண்மையாய் எழுதுங்கள். நீங்கள் வெற்றி பெறுவீர்கள்” என்ற யோகசுவாமிகளின் வரிகள் எனக்கும் பிடித்தது.

இனிய வாழ்த்துக்களுடன்,

யாழினி அரசேந்திரன் எம்.ஏ.,

தாம்பரம், சென்னை- 600064

தமிழ்நாடு.

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A NORWAY TAMIL'S INTERESTING EXPERIENCES by SHAN NALLIAH, NORWAY என்ற அருமையான நூலை எழுதி உள்ளீர்கள்.

புலம்பெயர் தமிழருள் முதல் தலைமுறையினர் இத்தகைய அறிமுக ஆக்கங்களை எழுதிவைத்தல் காலத்தின் கட்டாயம். வரலாறு படைக்கும் செய்திகள் இத்தகைய ஆக்கங்களில் அமையும்.

அடுத்து வரும் தலைமுறைகள் தம்மை அவ்வவ் நாட்டவராகக் கருதினாலும் மரபணுக்களுள் புதைந்த ஏக்கம், பூர்வீக மண்ணின் ஈர்ப்பு, யாவும் அவர்களைத் தமிழ்ஈழத்தவராகவே வைத்திருக்கும்.

அரசியல், அறிவியல், தொழிநுட்பம், படைப்பாற்றல், கல்வி, புலமை என அனைத்துத் துறைகளிலும் அவ்வவ் நாட்டு வளர்ச்சிக்கு உறுதுணையாகுவதே அவ்வத் தறைகளில் மீநிற்பதே புலம்பெயர் தமிழரின் எதிர்காலம்.

திரு. சண் நல்லையா அவர்களின் நூல் புலம்பெயர் தமிழருக்கு வழிகாட்டி.

வாழ்க அவர் தொண்டுள்ளம், வளர்க அவர் தமிழுள்ளம்.

By Maravanpulavu Satchithananthan

BOOK REVIEW BY V.SIVASUPRAMANIAM/ RTD TEACHER-J.H.C.,SRILANKA

BOOK REVIEW -BY V.Sivasupramaniam
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WORTHY EXPERIENCES OF A NORWEGIAN TAMIL
Shanmugappirabu Nalliah
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The five hundred page volume in Tamil is a publication to commemorate the Golden Jubliee of the birth of the author.It is a unique publication in the sense that the majority of the contributions are in verse than in prose form.The verse form is far away from the traditional pattern but falls under a new pattern in a lucid and easily understandable style that could be very well appreciated by the glolbal diasporic second and third generation of Tamils.In this respect the author has succeeded well in reaching his global audience.The entire work could be classified under three categories--tribiutes to elders,social leaders and his kith and kin; the author's exchanges , interviews and experience with diverse personalities in the various Afro-Asian and European countries of his travels; and finally creating awareness and canvassing support for the Tamil cause in his native land which is very close to the author's heart.

The author hails from the traditionally cultural village of Inuvil in Jaffna and had his secondary education in the prestigious Jaffna Hindu College. He is a Peradeniya produced Agricultural scientist turned global Journalist who has made Norway his permanent country of domicile due to circumstances beyond his control having undergone the trauma due to political conditions back home.His early training during his pre-university days with the home-grown Tamil daily and later with the national Tamil daily enabled him to organise and continue the global Tamil journal " Sarvadesa Tamilar " with great acceptance and appreciation in dessiminating information and canvassing support for the Tamil cause.

The author is full of gratitude for all those who helped and supported him from his childhood including his parents, relations, his kith and kin and also his dedicated teachers,religious and social leaders who went a long way to shape his career and life.Being a Gandhian from his youth, he had a burning desire for social justice throughout his career and successfully organised anti-alchoholic movements at grassroot levels.He has sufficiently brought out his appreciation of religious and cultural values, and nature's contribution to happier life style in our rural setting so as make those who are living far away from our native land to recall and appreciate such rich values.

Where ever he travelled, be it European countries or India and the Far East he has made meaningful contacts with people who matter with the main purpopse of making them aware of the problems faced by the Tamils back home.This has helped to create supportive international opinion on the burning issues of the time.He developed such a passion to redress the grievances of our people so muich so that as a student he had the courage to present a petition of requests on the stage of the World Tamil International Conference held in Madurai in 1981 to the then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M.G.Ramachandran which had favourtable results.His writings go a long way to reveal the amount of ground work that he had organised in Norway and with other international bodies to lobby them to involve in the many and prolonged peace processes in Sri lanka.

All in all, the publication contains worthy experiences that should be read fully to experience the worth of its value.The author's efforts are to be appreciated as a lot of involvement and dedication has gone into this publication and it is well worth the efforts. It was printed by Manimekhalai Printers in T" Nagar , Chernnai and has come out as a well bound attractive publication and was released in Chennai in September 2007