Sri Lanka will have to treat Tamils as equals and with respect

The LTTE (or the leaders who are alive) has accepted defeat. The Sri Lankans are in a euphoria.

But the LTTE alone did not represent the Lankan Tamils. Far from it. There is a big Tamil population around the world that will not forget the way Sri Lankan army went about finishing off the LTTE not caring a damn about the Tamil civilians.

The Tamil population has suffered greatly. Both the LTTE and the Sri Lankan army have acted equally ruthlessly. After the boom of the guns die down, these images will continue the country. It will create perhaps more LTTEs if Rajapksa does not act like a far-sighted statesman.

Rajapaksa now has to quickly. More powers and autonomy has to be devolved to the Tamil areas. Tamil language should be treated equally as Sinhala. Discrimination against the Tamils should be made punishable under law.

Otherwise the present victory will prove to be meaningless.

If the Tamil grievances are not addressed properly, many more LTTEs will rise in the future.

Actually these Sinhala have nothing to celebrate about. LTTE was created because of Sinhala discrimination against the Tamils. Sri Lanka will have to assimilate its minority with respect and treat them as equals. It could learn a lot from India on how to treat minorities.

The human side of LTTE supremo Prabhakaran

Vellupillai Prabhakaran might be the supremo of the most ruthless terror organisation in the world that invented suicide bombing, but he was human too. He is seen here with his eldest son Charles Anthony. Groomed as the successor? Might have been the dictator of Eelam one day if things had gone differently.

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Prabhakaran with his wife Mathivathani and his son Balachandran

The dutiful son and the good family man. Prabhakaran with his wife Mathivathani , his eldest son Charles Anthony (R) and his parents

Relaxing and frolicking in the swimming pool with son BalachandranPrabhakaran with his wife Mathivathani (2nd L), his son Balachandran and his daughter Duwaraka

The good father. Prabhakaran at the wedding of his daughter Duwaraka.

The good family man. Prabhakaran with his wife Mathivathani (2nd L), his eldest son Charles Anthony (3rd R) and his daughter Duwaraka (R), along with two unidentified relatives.

LTTE end near, Sri Lanka will have to empower the Tamils else.....

The end is near for the LTTE one of the most ruthless terror groups in the world. Some call them valiant freedom fighters. Problem is they became perverted. LTTE is a monster which is born when some people are subjugated by the majority of the country.
A Sri Lankan soldier is seen in the jungles of the Puthukkudiyirippu area. The determination of the Lankan army and its superior numbers and fire power won the day for it.
A determined Lankan soldier.
A Sri Lankan soldier keeps watch during a patrol in the jungle in the Puthukkudiyirippu area
Sri Lanka soldiers cross a lagoon in an armoured vehicle in Challai
A Sri Lankan soldier stands near a tank as it fires a shell at Puthukkudiyirippu
An injured Tamil girl cries while she waits for treatment at the Pulmudai temporary hospital in Trincomalee, about 257 km (160 miles) east of Colombo. The Lankan government will have deal the Tamils with respect and equality. If the LTTE defeat is celebrated as a Sinhala victory, very soon another LTTE will be born.
Sri Lankan government soldiers stand with their weapons near the town of Putumatalan located at the 'No Fire Zone' in northern Sri Lanka April 24, 2009.
In this handout photograph released by the Sri Lankan navy on April 21, 2009 shows what the military says is thousands of people fleeing an area by boats from a beach controlled by the Tamil Tiger separatists in northeastern Sri Lanka.
A Sri Lankan government soldier wearing a face mask and goggles rides in an armoured personal carrier on the outskirts of the town of Putumatalan located near the 'No Fire Zone'