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‘The war is over, we should be together. To India’s Tamils, I will say that their brothers and sisters will be looked after by Mahinda Rajapaksa’

Walk the Talk: Mahinda Rajapaksa •SG: Hello and welcome to Walk the Talk. I am Shekhar Gupta in Colombo’s Presidential Palace and my guest once again President Mahinda Rajapaksa. MR: My pleasure Welcome to Walk the Talk and very different circumstances from our last conversation. ....Read more

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THE WAR IS OVERBy: DILBAG RAI | Wednesday , 10 Jun '09 23:27:47 PM Reply | Forward Speaking at his Presidential palace to The Indian Express Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta on NDTV’s Walk the Talk broadcast Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has said that slain LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran’s “biggest mistake” was to assassinate former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi as that permanently robbed his movement of Indian sympathy which is endorsed by every Indian. But in the euphoria over the recent military victory that ended the conventional war against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (Tamil Tigers) and wiped out most of their leadership, it should not be forgotten by the Sri Lanka Government that diaspora Tamils are in shock for most of them saw the founder and leader of the Tigers, V Prabhakaran, as an invincible defender of the Tamil cause. They can scarcely believe that he and almost all the other senior leaders of the Tigers are dead.There are enough young radicals ready to continue the war in Sri Lanka, if only by guerrilla and terrorist attac

Talk the Talk firstBy: SHEkar | Sunday , 7 Jun '09 1:59:57 AM Reply | Forward Shekar: When are you going to stop being the Goebbels of your Hitler (Rajapakse)? It was very obvious that you were deriving vicarious pleasure of killing Tamils in SL in your interview. What is your problem with Tamils? Ignorance is not bliss, I can volunteer to educate you about Tamil history in SL. I am not a supporter of LTTE or any goons, but have you for a moment thought about this Genocide? What will you do if your mother/sisters/wife/daughters were raped infront of your eyes to subjugate you? OR torture your dad/brothers/you by passing a broom in your rectum/drill holes in your bottom just for your captors pleasure? Till today, not even one person was charged for 1983 July Massacre, now Rajapakse says only

Choppy interviewBy: Giri | Monday , 1 Jun '09 21:49:26 PM Reply | Forward I'm susprised this is an interview by SG. It's extremely choppy - broken sentences, misspellings and wrong names - Miliband has been mispelt. My message might appear nitpicking but it is not. My concern is that whoever has typed this interview has verbatim typed the interview with all the mistakes and added a few more. It is difficult for the reader to understand the thoughts of MR and understand his message. A conversation cannot be typed straight away into an interview. You may have to filter those errors and present the readers with the thoughts, words, messages and opinions of the interviewee. Let us hope that Mahinda Rajapakse lives up to his words. If he doesn't or if the Sinhala political leadership doesn't show the maturity, they will reap what they sow.

the war is over. .By: Kaushik | Monday , 1 Jun '09 15:40:42 PM Reply | Forward President Rajapakse has said all the right things and sounds reasonably sincere. Let us hope this translates into positive initiatives for all Sri Lankans,particularly the long suffering Tamils.

NDTV - Breaking NewsBy: Hanif | Monday , 1 Jun '09 13:29:49 PM Reply | Forward It was nice to see this interview on NDTV, but was disappointed with the NEWS highlighting only the below points which sounded negative;- India knew that SL was fighting India's war- The was no pressure from Indian GovernmentGood to see a better headline