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00:00We will now have a speech by Barbara Rajan from our very own Tamil youth organization.

00:21We are gathered here today at Maviranaar 2025 to commemorate our beloved Maviranaar.

00:28Maviranaar was first held by our Taliban mama on the 27th of November 1989,

00:36the date marking the martyrdom of our very first Maviranaar, Lieutenant Shankar.

00:41Every year since, Ulam Tamils across the world gather on this day to pay respects to our hero,

00:47who gave up their dawn so that we could witness our sunrise.

00:53They fought for our nation till their last breath.

00:56Their courage and their bravery is the very reason I am able to stand here before you and talk today.

01:03So the youth of today, I have a message for you all.

01:07Do not make the sacred day, Maviranaar, a day of pure loss.

01:12Yes, it is the moment to honour the past, but stand firm in the present

01:17and continue to fight for the future of our nation with the same fierceness of our Maviranaar.

01:26The struggle is not over.

01:29The pain endured by Ulam Tamils persists,

01:32and the Sri Lankan state genocide on our people remains masked.

01:36A common false narrative that the youth seem to have instilled within themselves

01:41is that since 2009, the height of the Tamil genocide,

01:45we are living peacefully in Sri Lanka.

01:48Just try telling a mother of the 146,679 unencounted for,

01:55who is still looking for her son till this day, that the war is over.

01:59Try telling the families of the 169,796 that they can live at peace now,

02:09still under the hands of the same genocidal government.

02:13By the way, these numbers are just from the final stages of the genocide,

02:18so your explanation will have to go beyond 316,475,000 families.

02:25Our people endured a genocide, war crimes, sexual assault, crimes against humanity,

02:33all whilst the world turned a blind eye to them.

02:36And where is the justice?

02:38The diaspora youth cannot stress enough how important it is to continue.

02:43The journey of our Maviranaar and Talibanaar paid for us

02:46need to be engraved into our hearts.

02:51Just imagine if they had the same defeater's mentality.

02:56Would you be here today?

02:58Now let's talk about the new regime that we have here.

03:02Many of you are so hopeful of this so-called one-nation regime

03:05by the JVP president,

03:08the same JVP president which strongly opposed a mere illusion of freedom,

03:14the Indi-Langka Accord in 1989.

03:16The same regime that allowed an illegal construction of a Buddhist shrine

03:21around two weeks ago.

03:23The same government that still continues to intensify militarization in Tamil Olam.

03:30How often do you guys see army soldiers in your day-to-day life

03:35living abroad in the UK?

03:37A state's military force is there to protect the security of the country.

03:42Olam Tamils are still seen as a threat

03:45and not unequal by the genocidal state.

03:49The one-nation regime is yet another mask for the genocidal Sri Lankan state

03:54to continue enforcing and implementing a singular Buddhist ideology

03:59so that the Tamil culture, heritage and identity is wiped out.

04:03This is a form of structural genocide.

04:09Around 240 bodies were uncovered at Semini so far.

04:15Some with school bags, baby bottles and children's clothes.

04:19What did a baby do for them to be killed, discarded and buried as if they were nothing?

04:24This is a literal horrific example of the chauvinistic singular Buddhist state

04:30conducting an ethical cleanse.

04:33A genocide alongside Sanchola, Muli Vaikal, Black July and the list goes on.

04:40The list goes on but little to no justice, accountability or responsibility.

04:45So before you identify yourself as a Sri Lankan and by the Sri Lankan flag

04:51remind yourself of the history that you're actively helping masks

04:55and the genocidal states that you're unknowingly supporting.

04:59We are proud Ulam Tamils

05:01and that flag stands before us is the national flag.

05:06The flag of Tamil Ulam

05:08gifted by our beloved Talibur

05:10and defended by our Mahvira until their last breath.

05:15The UK has a moral responsibility

05:19to address the genocide due to its colonial involvement

05:22and as the genocide of our people began

05:25in the post-British independence era

05:27we, as the youth residing in the UK

05:31must ensure that our voices are heard by this government

05:35loud enough to ensure that our demands

05:38are met by the international bodies beyond our government.

05:42justice delayed is justice denied

05:45and we have waited long enough.

05:48This year for TYO

05:50it was enlightening to see Tamil societies

05:52come forward to commemorate our Mahvira

05:55at our commencement event with Brunel Universities

05:58as well as Tamil schools engaging with us

06:01to educate our young ones on our struggle

06:03whilst teaching our language, culture and tradition.

06:07as the diaspora youth

06:09we are the voices for our brothers and sisters back home

06:13unfortunately

06:14they do not have the same privilege as we do living abroad.

06:18I would like to end this speech

06:20reiterating one of Talibur Mama's Sindhina's

06:24new young generation should form itself

06:27into future sculptures of our nation.

06:30A new revolutionary generation should arise

06:34as the gifted ones, patriots, experts

06:37and those excel in honesty and dignity.

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