Velupillai Pirabakaran, leader of the Liberation Tigesr for Tamil Eelam, tells Anita Pratap.  Q: What made you opt out of a conventional system and spearhead a liberation movement which you ... Read more...

 "The chances of attaining Eelam are bright because the people's determination is firm. We are prepared for a long-drawn struggle (to attain Eelam)."FRONTLINE: How were you attracted to the liberation ... Read more...

" We are Prepared to Pay for Freedom With Our Lives "Q: Why did you choose to go underground?A: I did not leave with the intention of going under ground. ... Read more...

 "The Eye of the Tiger"For the past 14 years Velupillai Pirabakaran has led an armed struggle to create a separate Tamil state in Sri Lanka's volatile north-eastern region. Pirapakaran, 32, ... Read more...

" It is the plight of the Tamil people that compelled me to take up arms. I felt outraged at the inhumanatrocities perpetrated against an innocent people."The ethnic conflict between ... Read more...

Interview by Ms.Aananthi Sooriyapiragasam, British Broadcasting Corporation, LondonwithMr.V.Pirabakaran, Leader, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam,13 September 1994. BBC: Prime Minister Chandrika Kumaratunga has said that she would be having talks with ... Read more...