என்றாலும், மதியின் கண் மறு இருப்பது
போல, பரிமேலழகரின் வடமொழி நூலாரின் கொள்கைப் பற்றும், வைணவச் சமயம்
பற்றும், வருணாச்சிரம சனாதன தருமப் பற்றும் சார்ந்த கருத்துகள், வள்ளுவர்
வற்புறுத்திய சான்றோர் மரபுகளுக்கும் பொது அறத்திற்கும் முரண்பாடான
முறையில், அவரால், உரையின் சிற்சில பகுதிகளில், வேண்டுமென்றே
திணிக்கப்பட்டிருக்கின்ற என்பது மட்டும் உண்மை.
மேற்கண்ட காரணம் பற்றித்தான் பேராசிரியர் மனோன்மணியம் சுந்தம்(பிள்ளை) அவர்கள், “வள்ளுவர் செய் திருக்குறளை மறுவற நன்குணர‘
வேண்டும் என்று வலியுறுத்தினார்: அவர் குறிப்பிட்டுள்ள மறு என்பது,
பரிமேலழகர் தம் உரையில் புகுத்தியுள்ள, எவராலும் ஒப்புக்கொள்ள இயலாத,
வடலூலாரின் சில கொள்கையைப் பற்றியதாகும். பரிமேலழகரால் புகுத்தப்பட்ட
மாசுவும், மறுவும் அறவே நீக்கப்பட வேண்டும் என்பதுதான் பேராசிரியர்
சுந்தரம் (பிள்ளை) அவர்களின் பேரவாவாகும்.
பரிமேலழகர் தமிழ்மொழியின் இலக்கிய இலக்கண
நூல்களையும், வடமொழியின் இலக்கிய இலக்கண நூல்களையும் ஐயந்திரிபு
அறமுற்றும் தெளிவுறக் கற்றறிந்தவர் என்பதை, அவரது உரையின் வளத்தால் நன்கு
அறிந்து கொள்ளலாம். அவர், தமது உரையில் 230க்கும் மேற்பட்ட இலக்கிய
இலக்கணச் செய்யுள்களை மேற்கோள்களாகக் காட்டுகிறார் என்றால், அவரது தமிழ்
இலக்கிய இலக்கணப் புலமை, தெளிவாக உணரப்படும். ஒவ்வொரு குறளுரையிலும் அவர்,
இலக்கண அமைதியைச் செம்மையுக் கூறிச் செல்லும் பாங்கு தனிச்
சிறப்புடையதாகும்.
இதுபோது திருக்குறள் முப்பது மொழிகளில்
மொழி பெயர்க்கப் பட்டுள்ளது. அவையுட்பட அந்நூலுரைகள் ஏறத்தாழ நூறுள்ளன.
ஆயினும், இன்னும் பரிமேலழக ருரையே தலை சிறந்த தெனவும் எவ்வுரையாலும்
வீழ்த்தப்படாததெனவும் பொதுவாகக் கருதப்பட்டு வருகின்றது. அது பெரும்பாலும்
ஏனையுரைகளெல்லா வற்றினுஞ் சிறந்ததென்பதும், சில குறள்கட்கு
ஏனையுரையாசிரியர் காணமுடியாத உண்மைப் பொருளைப் பரிமேலழகர் நுண்மையாக
நோக்கிக் கண்டுள்ளார் என்பதும், உண்மையே. ஆயின், பெறுதற்கரிய அறுசுவையரசவுண்டியில்
ஆங்காங்குக் கடுநஞ்சு கலந்து படைத்துள்ள தொப்ப, உண்மைக்கு மாறானதும்
தமிழுக்குந் தமிழர்க்குங் கேடு பயப்பதுமான ஆரிய நச்சுக் கருத்துக்களை,
முதலும் இடையும் முடிவுமாக நெடுகலும் குறிக்கோளாகக்கொண்டு
புகுத்தியிருப்பது, இவ்வுரையை நடுநிலையுடன் நோக்கும் எவர்க்கும் புலனாகாமற்
போகாது. இனி, சில குறள்கட்கு முழுத்தவறாகவும் சில குறள்கட்கு
அரைத்தவறாகவும் பொருள் கூறியுள்ளார். சில தென்சொற்களை வட சொல்லாகக்
காட்டியிருப்பதுடன், சில சொற் கட்குத் தவறான இலக்கணவமைதியுங் கூறியுள்ளார்.
Vavuniyaa protest echoes Tamil sentiments running against
ICE-manipulated ‘Transitional Justice’
[TamilNet, Sunday, 26 June 2016, 14:15 GMT] The soft agents of external powers, posing themselves as
‘non-governmental’ organisations in Colombo receiving funds through the
development agencies of US-aligned external powers in the so-called
International Community of Establishments, have made mockery of the term
‘Transitional Justice’ by turning it into a buzzword for fund-oriented
Colombo-based NGO operatives. “To NGOs Transitional Justice is like
cash tree. For us, it is a drama of international deception,” said a
banner of Vavuniyaa Citizens’ Committee, which organised a protest
jointly with the Forum for Searching Handed, Kidnapped and Forcibly
Disappeared persons Relatives (FSHFDR) opposing the creation of
Colombo-based ‘Office for Missing Persons’ (OMP).
“There is no real witness
protection in the island. We oppose the creation of OMP in Colombo. What
we demand is an international secretariat managed by a competent
authority managed under international jurisdiction,” said Mrs P
Paramesvary, who led the protest.
New Democratic
Marxist-Leninist Party (NDMLP) extended its solidarity by taking part in
the protest, news sources in Vavuniyaa said.
Rajapaksa regime
abducted a large number of Tamils in North-East. Maithiripala regime is
doing its maximum to protect the culprits, the protesters said.
Almost everyone pronouncing ‘Transitional Justice’ is interpreted as a funded operative these days.
In the meantime, the funded
outfits in Colombo, mostly NGOs and their geo-political operatives,
camouflaging themselves as ‘human rights defenders’, have received a new
section of ‘competitors’ from outside who are UK and US-based Tamil
diaspora activists ‘rewarded’ with scholarships and funds outside the
island.
“The funded outfits were trying to rephrase the slogans
and demands of the victims in the North-East. They are also trying to
deceive the victims into giving consensus to Colombo-based OMP,” one of
the participants told TamilNet.
The protest took place in front
of Vavuniyaa Bus Stand. Families of missing persons and political
prisoners took part in the protest.
Vavuniyaa Citizens’
Committee Chairman K. Rajkumar, spokesman Eezham Che Guerra and the
representative of Missing Persons in Vavuiniyaa Ms K. Jeyavanitha took
part in the protest.
Colombo maintains ethnic chauvinism, majoritarianism in North-East:
Bishop Ponniah
[TamilNet, Saturday, 25 June 2016, 19:19 GMT] “I can categorically state that a lot of promises made by the [new]
government [towards the Tamil people] have not been fulfilled,” said
Bishop of Batticaloa Rt. Rev. Dr. Joesph Ponniah in a recent interview
to TamilNet. Some of the root causes to the escalation of ethnic
conflict were SL State-backed Sinhala colonization of lands in the North
and East and the discrimination in providing equal opportunities. These
have a 60-year old history. The reality remains the same even today.
What prevails in the North and East is not peace. There is an enforced
silence coupled with threat, oppression and militarization by the ethnic
majority. There is no change in the attitude of ethnic chauvinism, the
Bishop said questioning the hidden motives of Washington and New Delhi
collaborating with Colombo and how the situation of the people in
North-East getting affected by the motives of these powers.
The
USA and India were backing Colombo in the war and were telling Tamils
that there will be a peace after the end of war. The war is over. But,
they have also failed to deliver what they promised, the Bishop said.
They are coming and going, signing various pacts with Colombo. “I have
no idea what their internal motives are,” he said.
It is Colombo
that mainly continues to benefit from the partnerships with these
powers, the Bishop said questioning how the people in the North and East
are going to be affected by these partnerships.
“Take the North, for example. The resettlement is fully hampered by the military occupation,” the Bishop said.
“At
Champoor in Trincomalee, where resettlement was commenced, only a few
people have been allowed to resettle. Most of their agricultural lands
are still under military occupation. They are unable to sustain their
livelihood. Above all, their future is threatened with the Coal Power
plant, which the people have been protesting,” he said. The government
doesn’t listen to people, be it at Nuraich-choalai or Champoor, he
added.
The conduct of the SL Government, which has failed to
honour and act on the requests and protests coming from the people in
the North and East, has only contributed to sustain the situation of
threat as before, Joseph Ponniah said.
The Bishop was
reiterating throughout the interview that military-backed colonisation,
which is also known as illegal settlement, is a huge problem depriving
the Tamils their lands in Batticaloa. The Tamil farmers are also being
robbed of their livelihood, he said.
The efforts by the Tamil
officials to contain illegal occupation of lands have failed. The SL
government has not respected the people protesting against such land
grabs, the Bishop said. The colonisation is being schemed and executed
on the orders from top levels and the officials have not been able to
change the attitude from their bottom-up approach, Joseph Ponniah
hinted.
Even the recent increase on VAT has affected the deprived people most, he said.
The Bishop didn’t fail to underline that it was Batticaloa district, that has most war-affected and tsunami affected women.
While
majoritarian chauvinists are provided job opportunities [in East],
thousands of Tamil graduates have been protesting without jobs, he said.
Equality and ‘good governance’ is not possible without an
attitudinal change [on the part of SL government], Joseph Ponniah said.
“Without Justice there will be no reconciliation,” he added.
There is a serious question how federalism could be achieved under this context, he implied.
While
questioning what the Opposition and TNA Leader R. Sampanthan was able
to achieve so far, the Bishop of Batticaloa also condemned the other
formations for creating more divisions than unity.
When
confronted with the question whether the council of the Bishops in the
island had taken a position on openly calling for the establishment of a
federal unit for North-East, the Bishop of Batticaloa said the Bishops’
Conference or the Council were yet to take up the matter with the SL
President. But, he was alluding that the issue was on the cards.
