25.02.2008
By Walter Jayawardhana
The
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam activists who are licking
their wounds following their great failure of the "Mega
Star show" that became a flop at London's Alexandra
Palace few weeks ago are organizing a smaller show this
time , to raise money for Velupillai Prabhakaran's tottering
army in the Wanni jungles of Sri Lanka.
Backed
by the same activists, the new show baptized as 'Ilam Kaatru'
( or Wind of Eelam) is to be staged in The Great Hall in
Hatch End in the London suburb of Harrow by the other front
of the LTTE , the Tamil Youth Organization (TYO),organizers
said. The former show was organized by the LTTE's purported
charity, White Dove.
Due
to the wide publicity the White Dove's Mega Star event received
in the Indian press as a show of a banned organization,
the South Indian performers who were to fly to London refused
to turn up and the show intended to earn one million pounds
for the coffers of the banned group, LTTE became a flop.
Subsequently, the two Paris shows were also cancelled.
Due
to the difficulties of getting Mega Stars from Tamil Nadu
and other states in South India the organizers are this
time depending mostly on local talent, they said.
"Tamil
Youth Organisation will be kicking off 2008 with their year's
first show: 'Ilam Kaatru'. Come to witness the engaging
talent that the members and friends of Tamil Youth Organisation
have to offer," the TYO said about the show now scheduled
to be on March 1, at Headstone Lane, Harrow, Headstone Lane,
Harrow, Middlesex HA3 6NR.
Although
the LTTE is a banned organization in the United Kingdom,
Tamil Youth Organization, a front organization of the LTTE
that openly collects funds for the banned Sri Lankan insurgents
carry on their activities in London blatantly..
An
advertisement of the event said, "Acts include a wide
range of dance performances ranging from dynamically-choreographed
classical, street, hip hop to our most loved Dapaan Koothu!!
In to style?? Then come view a unique fashion show that
will be strutted in pure style. You love your Tamil tunes??
A never-to-forget musical act will be performing live with
the most talented, young musicians around UK. And if that's
not enough...you definitely cannot miss our host, "Padalaikku
Padalai" star...our one and only Charu!!"
The
advertisement further said, "The proceeds from this
event will be donated to TYO's working project: The Youth
Centre for Science and Education (YCSE) in Visvamadu. All
the funds raised help to provide facilities and the possibility
to bring those affected to the mainstream world of today."
Sri
Lankan sources have complained to the British police that
Visvamadu , is in the Wanni territory, where the power of
the LTTE is wielded and the funds directly go to the coffers
of the insurgent group to wage war with the Sri Lankan government
and spread violence among civilian populations using Clay
More attacks.
Courtesy
- Sri Lanka Defence |