jungle drums

the rhythms of the reasons for a return to war in sri lanka are hotting up. check out this article from "the australian". link

then check out the ltte repost here.

also the news flash about the killing of two tamil youth from "tamil net" here

bala tells me that the whole of trincomalee was shut down yesterday with a ltte organized haratal. in canada, the us of a, the uk and australia the organization is on a massive fund raising champaign.

and so it goes. as predicted, the ltte is now pushing the government to the wall and each side is now making the "right" kind of noise which we were all too familiar with in the past. i personally think that war will break out sooner rather than later unless sanity returns.

talking of which, the new president launched his own budget for the year ( 2nd p & l statement within a month). as anticipated, it is all welfare and subsidies which in the medium and long term makes everyone poorer. the unashamed massive deficit is to be bridged by borrowings and increased taxes. check this out for a sardonic analysis of our economic future - such as it is. link.

the cyclone which was sitting 90 km north of jaffna is moving towards south india. there is definitely another one coming.