Posted in Festival, HINDRAF on Jan 23rd, 2008 No Comments »
Thaipusam is the full moon of the auspicious month of Thai, the 10th month in Tamil calendar.
Although it is not a national holiday, its significance is not less than Deepavali. Public celebration for Thaipusam is even more remarkable and featured more prominently than any other Hindu festivals.
The highlight of Thaipusam has been the mass pilgrimage […]
Posted in Human Rights, HINDRAF on Dec 14th, 2007 No Comments »
Five leaders of HINDRAF were detained under the ISA on December 13. P. Uthayakumar, M. Manoharan, R. Kenghadharan, V. Ganabatirau and T. Vasanthakumar were sent to Kamunting immediately under Section 8 of the ISA.
Prime Minister Abdullah has decided to by-pass the process of investigation/interrogation and send them straight to Kamunting. In normal ISA arrests, the […]
Posted in Viewpoint, Politics, Human Rights, HINDRAF on Dec 4th, 2007 No Comments »
Krishna & Arjuna
Malaysian Government has received quite a lot of international criticisms over the way peaceful protests have been squashed. The Government’s usual line of defense was “mind your own business” and “don’t interfere with our internal affairs”.
A few unusual critics joined the chorus in criticizing Malaysia in particularly on the crackdown of HINDRAF rally. […]
Posted in Activities, Politics, Human Rights, HINDRAF on Dec 1st, 2007 No Comments »
“Makkal Shakti” was the slogan for the peaceful assembly on Sunday 25 November 2007. It can be literally translated as “People’s Power” (Makkal=people; Shakti=power). It is interesting that the phrase has a similar connotation as “Suara Rakyat, Suara Keramat”. I guess the literal translation for our Reformasi slogan would be “Makkal Osai Makkal Shakti”.
I am […]
Posted in Activities, Politics, Human Rights, HINDRAF on Nov 29th, 2007 3 Comments »
As early as 04:00hr in the morning I began to receive reports of police attack. A few phone call woke me up from my sleep telling me that Gobalakrishnan and Kalai have been arrested, and police were using force to disperse people in the temple of Batu Cave.
I made arrangement with our KeADILan and Reformasi […]