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Jaffna re-establishes links with Mahatma Gandhi

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Colombo, October 3 (NIA): On October 2 this year, Gandhi Jayanti day, it was evident that the people of Jaffna have not forgotten Mahatma Gandhi, who had inspired the Tamils’ nascent struggle for Ceylon’s freedom from British rule way back in the 1920s and 30s.

It is surprising that this should be so despite 40 years of virulent propaganda against Gandhi’s pacifism and non-violent struggle by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and their cohorts, and its lurking appeal to certain sections of society even today, seven years after the end of a gruesomely violent struggle to establish an independent Tamil Eelam.

At a function organized by the Indian Consul General A.Natarajan and the All Ceylon Gandhi Sewa Sangham, over 500 people from all walks of life, both young and old, gathered to listen to an inspiring address by star speaker and noted academic, Professor Mrs.Jayanthasri Balakishnan, of Coimbatore in  Tamil Nadu.

The audience comprising Gandhians, intellectuals, writers, artistes, political leaders and students, heard with rapt attention as Prof Balakrishnan expounded in chaste and mellifluous Tamil, the significance of Gandhiji’s doctrine of ahimsa, peace and harmony for the present day conflict-ridden world.

Prof Mrs Jayanthasr Balakrishnan with Indian Consul General in Jaffna A.Natarajan
Prof Mrs Jayanthasr Balakrishnan with Indian Consul General in Jaffna A.Natarajan

Earlier, local artistes dressed in white, played Gandhiji’s favorite hymn ‘Raghupathy Ragava Rajaram’ on the veena. School children sang patriotic songs.

Jaffna’s Historic Association With Gandhi

Prof. Balakishnan brought back to the people of Jaffna nostalgic memories of the Mahatma’s visit to the town in late November 1927.

The house in which he stayed has been renovated and preserved by the famous Sri Lankan Tamil architect Anjalendran. When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Jaffna in 2015, those who had done up the house with loving care, wanted him to visit it however briefly. But that was not to be because of the Prime Minister’s crowded program.  

“Even a three-minute visit by Modi to sign the Visitors’ Book, would have been of great political significance to us,” said M Sooriasegaram, an engineer who tried to get the Indian PM to come to the historic house located at 199, Temple Road, Nallur, near the famous Kandaswamy Temple.

“The visit would have  underlined India’s historical ties with Jaffna and the Tamils of Sri Lanka, at a time when sections of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) are decrying the TNA leadership’s penchant for close links with India,” Sooriasegaram told The New Indian Express.

One of the oldest “courtyard houses” in Jaffna, the vast house belonged to the family of the maverick Jaffna politician C.Suntharaligam.

Unable to see it go to seed because of the 30-year war, a famous Tamil architect, Anjalendran, took up the onerous task of restoring it to its past glory.

Mahatma Gandhi arrives in Jaffna in November 1927 to an enthusiastic welcome
Mahatma Gandhi arrives in Jaffna in November 1927 to an enthusiastic welcome

“Anjalendran undertook the restoration work meticulously, standing at the site for hours together each day. Today, it is home to an association of architects, artists and lovers of art and literature. Its vast, naturally lit and airy courtyard, is to used to host meetings,” Sooriasegaram said.

Gandhi arrived in Jaffna on November 27, 1927 along with wife Kasturba, his secretaries Mahadev Desai and Pyarelal, Rajaji, and the latter’s daughter, Lakshmi and toured several towns in the district.  He had been invited by Handy Perinbanayagam, founder-leader of the Jaffna Youth Congress and an advocate of Poorna Swaraj for both Sri Lanka and India.

In his speeches in Jaffna, Valvettithurai, Thondaimannar, Point Pedro, Manipay and Chavakacheri, Gandhi avoided politics and stressed the need for social reform.

This is significant even today, as  caste-ridden Jaffna is in dire need of social reform. But the concentration of its elite and its political leaders has been on achieving political goals rather than social and economic reform which would address the day to day needs of the common man.

 

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