Another Tamil, the 13th., immolates himself over Sri Lanka issue...

Across the Palk Straits, the Sri Lankan army is mounting an offensive in Mullaitheevu. 

In Tamil Nadu on Saturday, Sivanandan, 46, an unemployed textile worker in Chennai, became the 13th Indian Tamil to immolate himself on the Sri Lankan Tamils issue. 

Siva succumbed to the 60 per cent burns he sustained Friday night when he set himself on fire. Police said he was depressed by repeated telecasts of bleeding women and children on TV channels. The Tamil press widely reported he didn’t want any political leader to visit him, as he was a apolitical person. More...

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