What impressed most was when he came to accept the principle of armed struggle; his strategy was not to seize power by force but rather to make the government negotiate; and when, in turn, the […]
Author: Northern Breeze
A Weblog by Thamby Ramar named "Northern Breeze" to exchange views with ever growing followers worldwide, on current affairs and other related subjects to facilitate the development of a multi-ethnic and united Sri Lanka.
A native from Jaffna did my secondary schooling in Colombo and graduated in England with an Engineering Degree to be made a Chartered Engineer in 1975 gained over 20 years of industrial experience in design and construction specializing mainly in Power, Energy & Water Supply based in UK, with assignments in Malaysia, Oman and Saudi Arabia. On returning home to my roots in North of Sri Lanka in 1986 when there was a deep resentment among the Tamil youths on a perceived betrayal by an oppressive state making them feel like strangers in their own land that forced them to wage a war for over three decades. While, I worked for over 30 years as consultant on development related projects, includes managing a team of Designers and Engineers in Jaffna during the period 1986 to 1992 when forced to closedown operations due the high intensity of the civil war on the ground causing severe destruction and loss of lives that forced us while at work to move into bunkers for safety and were internally displaced many times.
Thereafter functioned as a freelance Development Consultant; presented many concept papers on development of various sectors particularly in the North. Finally, after the house was shelled sold up everything for a song and left war torn Jaffna peninsula to live in Colombo with the family in 1997. Did work on some key assignments that includes preparing the Jaffna District Water Supply Development Programme in 2003 for National Water Supply & Drainage Board; the concept of managing waste land as an entry point for development of Vali-West Division in 2010. Later worked as Quality and Energy Audit consultant from Colombo to empower businesses and consumers to make wise decisions and eliminate wasteful uses of energy.
At present a keen follower of the post war economic and political developments in Sri Lanka sharing my experience and knowledge with a quest to know what kept the state on hold while Sri Lankans were tearing apart into negative peace years after the guns of the Tamil Youths were silenced in 2009 and since 2015 how the Unity Government is getting on with the promised good governance.
Collective action needed from all Tamil speaking representatives!
When Sri Lanka gained independence in 1948, the country was a paradise. The British drafted a constitution fit for multi-ethnic and multi-religious country Ceylon, as Sri Lanka was then called. Unfortunately, the majority Sinhalese Buddhist […]
Lankan Teachers left unhappy!
On Teachers Day, that coincide with the birth anniversary of Father of Free education C W W Kannangara, that falls today, with people continue to give teachers and principals respect due to good work attitude […]
Divine help needed for the ruled in Sri Lanka!
Today, Sri Lanka is poorer and is facing serious economic crisis; and despair situation caused by greedy majority dominated rulers, with discriminatory policies on ruled minorities denied of their rights. Thanthai Chelva failed to secure […]
Pandora revelations to flip past leaders in their own graves!
Recent Pandora revelations show us how much today’s political leaders loved themselves and the extent of their greed. In the wake of Pandora papers revelations, their motto appears to be “Do not ask what you […]
‘Navratri’- nine nights observed by Hindus!
This year it started on October 6th and ends on the 14th Thursday.. Most Hindu Tamils celebrate Saraswati poosai in their homes on the 13th – Wednesday. The last day of the celebration is called Vijayadasami, which falls […]
Economic compulsion shift Lankan farmers to organic farming!
Sri Lanka’s governments had in the past discussed upscaling organic farming in the country. But it was the President, who announced National Agriculture Policy 2021 with a plan to increase organic fertiliser use from 1% […]
World’s largest container ship in Colombo
The world’s biggest container ship, the Ever Ace, did call at the Colombo Port on the return of her maiden voyage. There are only 24 ports in the world, that can handle ships of this […]
‘Maths Guru’ Vellupillai Arasaratnam Esqr.!
My gratitude to a role model and a great teacher who made a significant difference in helping my scholastic advancement. I was one of many students at Royal College, Colombo, who were fortunate to have […]
Mother a true feudalist!
Today is mother’s remembrance day, for it was on 28 September 1987, that industrious person all her life and a cohesive force in our family passed away. During the disturbed period in Jaffna peninsula, mother […]
