Killings of Tamil Nadu Fishermen in the Sea

20090601 How Many Indian Tamilnadu Fishermen did Sri Lankan Navy Kill? (by Usha Ramanathan), TAMIL TRIBUNE, June 2009 (6 KB) (tn)


    Although the Sri Lankan Navy had shot and killed large number of Tamil Nadu fishermen, Indian government is looking the other way. Author attempts to establish the number of fishermen killed. The number runs well into the hundreds.

20081202 Indian Government "Justifies" Sri Lankan Navy Killing Tamil Nadu Fishermen (by Usha Ramanathan), TAMIL TRIBUNE, December 2008 (11 KB) (tn)

    Statements by Indian Navy Commodore and India’s External Affairs Minister (Foreign Minister) about Killings of Tamil Nadu Fishermen by Sri Lankan Navy.

20111001 Indian Parliament Debates Sri Lankan Navy Killing Tamilnadu Fishermen (Half Truths and Cover Ups) (by Usha Ramanathan), TAMIL TRIBUNE, October 2011 (22 KB) (tn)

    Title is self-explanatory.

20111201 India, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa and Sri Lankan Navy Killing Tamilnadu Fishermen (by Usha Ramanathan), TAMIL TRIBUNE, December 2011 (9 KB) (tn)

    Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa's harsh criticism of Indian government over the Sri Lankan navy killing Tamilnadu fishermen.

20070403 India, Sri Lankan Navy and Tamil Nadu Fishermen: Is Tamil Blood Cheap in the Eyes of Indian Government? (by Usha Ramanathan), TAMIL TRIBUNE, April 2007 (6 KB) (tn)

    India's step motherly treatment of Tamil Nadu fishermen. Compare how India reacted swiftly and sternly to Pakistan shooting and killing one north Indian fisherman and how it reacted to Sri Lanka killing Tamil Nadu fishermen even after scores of them have been killed.

20040901 Killings of Tamil Nadu Fishermen Continue with Impunity (by Usha Ramanathan), TAMIL TRIBUNE, September 2004 (23 KB) (tn)

    Sri Lankan Navy continues to shoot and kill Tamil Nadu fishermen. What India could have done and still could do, and why Indian Government refuses to do it. India's continued economic and military assistance to Sri Lanka even as its navy is killing the fishermen is also discussed.

20110601 Naam Tamilar Founder Seeman on Indian/Tamil Nationalism and Tamil Nadu Fishermen's Death (by Usha Ramanathan), TAMIL TRIBUNE, June 2011 (6 KB) (tn)

    Title is self-explanatory.

20081001 Why No Compensation for Tamil Nadu Fishermen Killed by Sri Lankan Navy? (by Usha Ramanathan), TAMIL TRIBUNE, October 2008 (6 KB) (tn)

    Author asks why the Indian government that is giving substantial financial aid to the families of those killed by terrorists, militants, insurgents and Naxalites, has not given a single Rupee to Tamilnadu fishermen killed by Sri Lankan Navy.

20091202 No Money to Protect Tamil Nadu Fishermen from Sri Lankan Navy (by Usha Ramanathan), TAMIL TRIBUNE, December 2009 (8 KB) (tn)

    How much is the life of a Tamil Nadu fisherman worth to India?

20120501 Who is Killing Tamil Nadu Fishermen and Where? (Sri Lanka and India) (by Usha Ramanathan), TAMIL TRIBUNE, May 2012 (16 KB) (tn)

    Who is killing Tamil Nadu fishermen and where? Sri Lankan navy? Indian navy or coast guard? LTTE? Some unidentified group? Sri Lankan fishermen?

20090902 How will Identity Cards Stop Sri Lankan Navy Shooting Tamil Nadu Fishermen? (by Usha Ramanathan), TAMIL TRIBUNE, September 2009 (6 KB) (tn)

    Title is self-explanatory.

20120902 Tamil Nadu Fishermen Killings (Sri Lankan Navy, Indian Politics, South Asian Geopolitics): Talking Points (by Usha Ramanathan), TAMIL TRIBUNE, September 2012 (12 KB) (tn)

    A collection of "micro-articles" on "Tamil Nadu Fishermen Killings - Sri Lankan Navy, Indian Politics, Defense and Foreign Policy and South Asian Geopolitics". More micro-articles added as necessary.

19971201 Gujral and the Fishermen (by Usha Ramanathan), TAMIL TRIBUNE, December 1997 (15 KB) (tn)

    Scores of Rameshwaram fishermen from Tamilnadu were killed and many more wounded by Srilankan Navy but the Indian Navy does nothing to stop it. Why? Are Tamil citizens expendable and is Tamil blood cheap in the context of India's military and geopolitical calculations and regional power ambitions in South Asia and the Indian Ocean? If Hindi fishermen were killed, will Indian Government reaction be the same?

20070501 India, Sri Lankan Navy, LTTE and Tamil Nadu Fishermen: The Maria Episode and Investigation (by Usha Ramanathan), TAMIL TRIBUNE, May 2007 (16 KB) (te, tn)

    Did India frame LTTE for Tamil Nadu fishermen killings? Why?