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By Michael Roberts<\/a> –<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Dr. Michael Roberts<\/p><\/div>\n

This NOTE is a felicitation of Dr Rajasingham Narendran<\/a><\/span><\/strong> \u2013 a presentation that is long overdue. Narendran was a graduate from Peradeniya University\u2019s Agriculture Faculty, a food scientist with international expertise who was also a fearless advocate for the Sri Lankan Tamil peoples circumscribed within a firm Sri Lankan perspective. He stood for truth in reportage and brought a clinical mind to the appraisal of horrendous circumstances \u2013 among them the decomposition of dead bodies in war-torn locales.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Rajasingham Narendran<\/p><\/div>\n

He was also ready to confront the LTTE when they incarcerated his brother in 2004\/05 during a visit to Tigerland. My listing of Narendran\u2019s bibliographical output begins with an account of this moment<\/a>. Though I had visited Kilinochchi with some Tamil friends in late November 2004, my readings of that scenario were quite different from Narendran\u2019s discerning commentary \u2013 not surprisingly because I cannot speak Tamil and because my stay lasted only 3-4 days.<\/a>[1]<\/strong><\/p>\n

I first became aware of Narendran in 2010. This was in part due to the fact that my focus in the period 2003-11 had been on the topic of \u201csacrificial devotion to cause\u201d in comparative perspective<\/a>[2]<\/strong>\u2013 a topic which had the suicidal degree of commitment displayed by the Tamil Tiger cadres as its central focus.<\/p>\n

It was only around 2010 that I began to focus on the massive humanitarian endeavour associated with the IDPS camps (notably at Manik Farm in Vavuniya District, but also including camps in the Jaffna Peninsula). Quite fortuitously. this new direction began with a visit to the Friend in Need Society\u2019s work in producing artificial limbs<\/a>at their unit in Colpetty, Colombo. Here I met the indomitable Dr Susiri Weerasekera, whose wide-ranging activity in helping amputees (including ex-Tigers) all over the island remains unparalleled.<\/a>[3]<\/strong><\/p>\n

This encounter with Susiri generated introductions to Drs Herath<\/a>and Safras at Vavuniya and Manik Farm; while also linking me with the internationally funded outfit in Jaffna town which produced artificial limbs. My ethnographic inquiries in this area began with a visit to Vavuniya and Jaffna in mid-2010 \u2013 a trip which also enabled me to absorb the landscape where the fighting had taken place along the A9 highway and the Nandhikadal Lagoon (which I visited briefly).<\/p>\n

I began to collect studies of the IDP camp relief effort from all quarters \u2013 hostile as well as friendly\/neutral. Among the latter were Veronica Chelliah, Kath Noble, Lilani Jayatilleka, Manori Unamboowe, Dilshy Banu and Myrna Setunga ….. AND one by a Sri Lankan Tamil team led by Noel Nadesan (of Australia) that included the following: Dr. Rajasingham Narendran (Middle East); Mrs. Rajeswari Balasubramaniam (UK); Manoranjan\u00a0Selliah (Canada) and Rajaratnam Sivanathan\u00a0(Australia).<\/p>\n

However, Narendran\u2019s incisive contribution to my investigations arose in another arena: the evaluation of the Tamil death toll during the final stages (basically January-May 2009) of the war. When I heard Rohan Gunaratne assert that the death toll was in the range of 1400 or so in the course of a lecture at the British Council in Colombo in 2010,<\/a>[4]<\/strong>I considered this estimate to be a gross underestimate and immediately sought clarification from three Tamils whom I viewed as relatively unbiased: namely, Noel Nadesan, Muttukrishna Sarvananthan andNarendran<\/a>Rajasingham.<\/a>[5]<\/strong><\/p>\n

To this day I hold that Narendran\u2019s reading is the best of the three responses and a classic review that should be cast in stone in the annals of warfare.\u00a0It is a classic because he has transcended the limitations of the bourgeois drawing-room perspectives on war that have misled so many personnel.<\/a>[6]<\/strong>\u00a0Unlike many UN \u2018experts\u2019 and numerous HR advocates, Narendran brought a clinical and realistic mind into his assessments. This realism was partly grounded within his own traumatic experience in discovering and burying the decomposing bodies of his parents, brother and their servants after the killings generated by the Indian Peace Keeping Force in Jaffna town in 1987.<\/a>[7]<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thus, here, I hail thee NAREN and doff my cap to your contributions to Sri Lanka and all its peoples. I list your bibliographical imprint<\/a>[8]<\/strong>in the period 2005-17 …. and in this inscribed manner I salute thee.<\/p>\n

NAREN RAJASINGHAM <\/strong>2005<\/strong>\u201cAn Open Letter to the Sinhalese,\u201d<\/strong>………………….http:\/\/www.infolanka.com\/ubb\/Forum2\/HTML\/001127.html, posted on\u00a014 May 2005, …………….reproduced as \u201c<\/strong>Rajasingham Narendran\u2019s Open Letter to All Sinhalese\u00a0 in\u00a02005<\/strong><\/a>,\u201d <\/strong>inhttps:\/\/thuppahi.wordpress.com\/2014\/01\/28\/rajasingham-narendrans-open-letter-to-all-sinhalese-in-2005\/<\/a>… on 28 January 2014.<\/p>\n

2009 \u201cLTTE Watch,\u201d<\/strong>by Manjula Fernando,<\/strong>being a translation from the German in https:\/\/lttewatch.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/13\/ltte-ist-immun-gegen-internationalen-druck\/<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>2012<\/strong>\u201cRecent Visit to Sri Lanka \u2013 A Summary Report,\u201d<\/strong>by Noel Nadesan<\/strong>, 4 October 2012,\u00a0 https:\/\/noelnadesan.com\/2012\/10\/04\/recent-visit-to-sri-lanka-a-summary-report\/<\/a><\/p>\n

NAREN RAJASINGHAM Himself <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>2009 <\/strong>\u201c<\/strong>Internally displaced persons: The new front of an old war in Sri Lanka,\u201d<\/strong>Tamil Week<\/em>, 30 August 2009, http:\/\/transcurrents.com\/tc\/2009\/08\/post_415.html<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>2013 <\/strong>\u201cA Response to The President\u2019s Address on \u2018Victory Day\u2019,\u201d <\/strong>19 May 2013, Colombo Telegraph<\/em><\/strong>, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/a-response-to-the-presidents-address-on-victory-day\/<\/a><\/p>\n

2013 \u201cSinhalese, Tamils and Sri Lanka: Yet Needed Paradigm Shifts,\u201d<\/strong>20 April 2013, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/sinhalese-tamils-and-sri-lanka-yet-needed-paradigm-shifts\/<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>2013 <\/strong>\u201cNeed of the Hour: A National Provincial Council for the North,\u201d <\/strong>\u00a029 April 2013,\u00a0https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/need-of-the-hour-a-national-provincial-council-for-the-north\/<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>2013 \u201cNational Provincial Council for the North: A Reply to Austin Fernando,\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>5 May 2013, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/national-provincial-council-for-the-northern-province-a-reply-to-austin-fernando\/<\/a><\/p>\n

2014<\/strong>\u00a0\u201c<\/strong>Harsh Ground Realities in War:\u00a0Decomposing Bodies and Missing Persons and Soldiers,<\/strong>\u201d 28 January 2014, ………………………… ……………………………… https:\/\/thuppahi.wordpress.com\/2014\/01\/28\/11702\/<\/a><\/p>\n

2014 \u201cThe Land where Hope was killed and Despair was reborn,\u201d <\/strong>28 June 2014,<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/the-land-where-hope-was-killed-and-despair-was-reborn\/<\/a><\/p>\n

2014 <\/strong>\u201cKeys to Modi\u2019s Success in Gujarat and Lessons for Sri Lanka,\u201d9 July 2014,<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/keys-to-modis-success-in-gujarat-and-lessons-for-sri-lanka\/<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>2014 \u201cRepublican Constitution and Executive Presidency: Review, Revise and Retain,\u201d <\/strong>9 August 2014, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/republican-constitution-and-executive-presidency-review-revise-and-retain\/<\/a><\/p>\n

2014 <\/strong>\u201cDemocracy and Good Governance. The Little Red Riding Hood of Sri Lanka,\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

26 October 2014, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/democracy-and-good-governance-the-little-red-riding-hood-of-sri-lanka\/<\/a><\/p>\n

2016 <\/strong>\u201cNPC passes Resolution against Its Agriculture Minister\u2014Summary & Remarks,\u201d 10 February 2016, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/npc-passes-unanimous-resolution-against-its-agriculture-minister-a-summary-remarks\/<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>2016<\/strong>\u201cThe Proposed New Constitution: Some Suggestions and Thoughts,\u201d<\/strong>4 March 2016,\u00a0 https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/the-proposed-new-constitution-some-suggestions-thoughts\/<\/a><\/p>\n

2017 \u201cFarewell to my Dear Brother Dr Narendran,\u201d<\/strong>by Rajasingham Jayadevan, ……. https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/farewell-to-my-dear-brother-dr-narendran\/<\/a><\/p>\n

SUPPORTING BIBLIOGRAPHY<\/strong><\/p>\n

BBC 1991<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cSuicide Killers – Terrorism in Sri Lanka,\u201dhttps:\/\/vimeo.com\/304944042<\/a><\/p>\n

Chelliah, Dr. Veronica Shanti 2009<\/strong>\u201cIDPs in Sri Lanka: An eyewitness report\u00a0Exploring the realities,\u201d Daily News, 25 August 2009.<\/p>\n

Herath, Hemantha 2011 <\/strong>\u201cFrom Tsunami Medical Logistics to IDP Camp Medical Aid, 2004-09; Q and A with Dr\u00a0Herath,\u201d 14 September 2011, https:\/\/thuppahi.wordpress.com\/2011\/09\/14\/from-tsunami-medical-logistics-to-idp-camp-medical-aid-2004-09-q-and-a-with-dr-herath\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Michael Roberts 2009\u00a0 <\/strong>\u201cCrude reasoning. False Images,\u2026.,\u201d 9 December 2009, https:\/\/thuppahi.wordpress.com\/2009\/12\/09\/crude-reasoning-false-images-sri-lanka%E2%80%99s-refugee-camps\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Michael Roberts 2010a<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cFeet across the Land, One and All: The Vitality of the Colombo Friend-in-Need Society<\/strong>,\u201d\u00a0https:\/\/thuppahi.wordpress.com\/2010\/05\/27\/%E2%80%9Cfeet-across-the-land-one-and-all%E2%80%9D-the-vitality-of-the-colombo-friend-in-need-society\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Michael Roberts 2010b<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Jaipur Foot in Sri Lanka: renewable Energy, Little People, Many Miracles<\/strong>,\u201d\u00a0\u00a0https:\/\/thuppahi.wordpress.com\/2010\/06\/29\/the-jaipur-foot-in-lanka-renewable-energy-little-people-many-miracles\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Michael Roberts 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Tamil Death Toll in Early 2009: A Misleading Count by Rohan Gunaratna<\/strong>,\u201d 23 November 2011, <\/strong>http:\/\/transcurrents.com\/news-views\/archives\/6285<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Michael Roberts 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Tamil Death Toll during the End-Game, 2009: Challenging Rohan Gunaratna,\u201d in Roberts, Tamil Persons and State. Essays<\/em>, Colombo, Vijitha Yapa Publications, 2014, pp. 229-37.<\/p>\n

Michael Roberts 2017 <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cSacrificial Devotion: How I entered This Terrain,\u201d 21 July 2017, ………………………………….<\/p>\n

“Sacrificial Devotion” — How I Entered This Terrain<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Weerasekera, Susiri 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cFitting Artificial Limbs for the IDPs and ex-Tigers, July 2009 to March 2010 \u2014 FINS at the\u00a0frontline<\/a>,\u201d 23 September 2012, https:\/\/thuppahi.wordpress.com\/2012\/09\/23\/7108\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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<\/a>[1]Narendran\u2018s readings were sent to me by email in August 2010. I will be presenting his Memo in due course in Thuppahi alongside my recollections of the Kilinochchi arena during my visit.<\/p>\n

<\/a>[2]Note the web site launched in 2007 viz sacrificialdevotionnetwork.wordpress.com\u00a0 And the bibliography\u00a0assembled within one of the latest essays viz Roberts 2017.<\/p>\n

<\/a>[3]See Roberts 2010a and 2010.<\/p>\n

<\/a>[4]I do not have a documentary reference for this talk.; but see Gunaratna \u201cVideo of his presentation at the Defence Symposium, Galadari Hotel, Colombo\u201d 31 May 2011, in ………………………………………. Http\/\/wwww.youtube.com\/defseminar\/#p\/a\/u\/l\/F1K9f_x8AE0 AND Roberts, \u201cThe Tamil Death toll during the End-Game, 2009: Challenging Rohan Gunaratna,\u201d in Roberts,Tamil Persons and State. Essays<\/em>, Colombo, Vijitha Yapa Publications, 2014, pp. 229-37.<\/p>\n

<\/a>[5]See Roberts 2014.<\/p>\n

<\/a>[6]This criticism embraces both the Sri Lankan and Western intelligentsia as well as the UN Panels and agencies who have studied and commented on Eelam War IV. Many are so intelligent that they do not comprehend that their intelligence does NOT extend to the \u2018terrain\u2019 of modern warfare. Thus, their blindness is masked by their super-intelligence and faith in self. In other words, there is a level of arrogance that is debilitating.<\/p>\n

<\/a>[7]To quote Narendran: \u201cAs addendum to Prof. Michael Roberts presentation, I hereby present briefly what I witnessed with regard to the bodies of my family members and others killed by the IPKF on day 10 of their murders: My mother: 68 year old at the time of her killing. Slim build. Had been attacked by animals and crows and was in an advanced state of decay. My brother: 38 years old at the time of his death. neither obese nor thin. Body intact though bloated. The gardener: Age approx. 60 years. Obese. All flesh had fallen off and the skeleton was clearly visible. A neighbour\u2019s Watchman: Age approx. 60 years. medium build. Only thigh bones-femurs and the skull remained. The rest of the body had been consumed or carried away by animals.\u201d<\/p>\n

<\/a>[8]I am also grateful to Uvindu Kurukulasuriya of Colombo Telegraph<\/em><\/strong>for providing me with a list of Narendran\u2019s presentations in his popular web site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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