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'''TamilNet''' is a news website that provides news and feature articles on current affairs in [[Sri Lanka]], specifically related to the ongoing [[Sri Lankan Civil War|ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka]]. Its reporting is strongly biased towards the rebel [[LTTE]] organization.<ref name=reuters1>{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10398943| title= Tamil Tigers warn Sri Lanka offensive could end truce | date= [[2006-08-31]] | publisher = [[Reuters]] | first = Simon | last = Gardner | accessdate = 2006-10-01 }}</ref><ref name=ap1>{{cite news | url = http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/09/09/asia/AS_GEN_Sri_Lanka.php | title = Sri Lankan military says 11 soldiers killed in fierce battle with rebels in the north | date= [[2006-09-08]] | publisher = [[Associated Press]] | accessdate = 2006-10-01 }}</ref><ref name=afp1>{{cite news | url = http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=109970&version=1&template_id=44&parent_id=24 | title = Peace hopes rise as Tigers ‘agree’ to talk | date= [[2006-09-28]] | publisher = [[AFP]] | accessdate = 2006-10-07 }}</ref><ref name=xinhua1>{{cite news | url = http://english.people.com.cn/200609/22/eng20060922_305173.html | title = Sri Lanka Air Force bombs rebel positions in north | date= [[2006-09-22]] | publisher = [[Xinhua]] | accessdate = 2006-10-07 }}</ref>
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South Suburban School (Main) was established on 13th February in 1874. It was initially located at Hazra Pukur (now Jatin Das Park) in [[Kolkata]]. At that time it was known as South Suburban School, Kalighat. Pt.Sibnath Sastri was the first head-master of this school. After a few years its name was changed to South Suburban School, Bhowanipur. The school was relocate to Govinda Bose Lane its current location. The Secondary building of the school was built in 1888 by an Italian engineer and its primary building was built in 1908.
 
Asutosh College was established by this school. This school also has a history of helping other schools , including L.M.S. Institution (now known as S.S.S.(Br)), Sir Ramesh Mitra Balika Vidyalaya and Chakraberia High School.
The website was formed by members of the [[Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora|Sri Lankan Tamil]] community residing in the [[United States]] and publishes articles in [[English language|English]] and [[German language|German]].
 
The alumnus of this school includes Banglar Bagh Asutosh Mukherkjee, Uttam Kumar, Tarun Kumar, Robi Ghosh, Historian Ramesh Chandea Majumdar, Footballer Sukumar Samajpati.
==Modus operandi==
===Style===
Tamilnet articles are written in the elegant,simple and informitive style of reporting. This is in the neutral-authoritative tone of most Western wire news services. Facts and figure are double sourced, checked and are considered "100 % credible", according to V. Sambanandan, Sri Lanka Special Correspondent for the South Indian English Daily, [[The Hindu]].<ref name=whittaker1>{{cite journal|url=http://muse.jhu.edu/cgi-bin/access.cgi?uri=/journals/anthropological_quarterly/v077/77.3whitaker.html| title= Tamilnet.com: Some Reflections on Popular Anthropology, Nationalism, and the Internet | date= [[2006-08-31]] | journal = Anthropological Quarterly] | first = Whittaker | last = Mark | accessdate = 2006-10-19 }}</ref>.
 
The school has an active NCC curriculum having Army, Air and Naval wings and students of this school also participated in Republic Day March in Delhi.
===Operation===
Tamilnet reporters are on the ground mostly in the provincial villages of the North and East, where reporters are supplied with digital equipment. Reports are generated in Tamil and emailed to bilingual translators and editors in United States, Europe, Australia or to Colombo, Sri Lanka <ref name=whittaker1>{{cite journal|url=http://muse.jhu.edu/cgi-bin/access.cgi?uri=/journals/anthropological_quarterly/v077/77.3whitaker.html| title= Tamilnet.com: Some Reflections on Popular Anthropology, Nationalism, and the Internet | date= [[2006-08-31]] | journal = Anthropological Quarterly] | first = Whittaker | last = Mark | accessdate = 2006-10-19 }}</ref>. This network of on the ground reporters has allowed Tamilnet to circumvent Sri Lankan government's censorship laws<ref name=whittaker1>{{cite journal|url=http://muse.jhu.edu/cgi-bin/access.cgi?uri=/journals/anthropological_quarterly/v077/77.3whitaker.html| title= Tamilnet.com: Some Reflections on Popular Anthropology, Nationalism, and the Internet | date= [[2006-08-31]] | journal = Anthropological Quarterly] | first = Whittaker | last = Mark | accessdate = 2006-10-19 }}</ref>.
 
==Perceptions==
===Media view===
In its reporting, Tamilnet is widely considered to support the [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam]] (LTTE), a politico-military organization fighting to carve out a separate homeland for [[Tamils]] in Sri Lanka. The LTTE is listed as a terrorist organization by a number of countries including the [[United States]], [[Canada]] and the [[European Union]]. [[Reuters]], [[AP]], [[AFP]] and [[Xinhua]] all refer to TamilNet as "the pro-LTTE website".
<ref name=reuters1>{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10398943| title= Tamil Tigers warn Sri Lanka offensive could end truce | date= [[2006-08-31]] | publisher = [[Reuters]] | first = Simon | last = Gardner | accessdate = 2006-10-01 }}</ref>
<ref name=ap1>{{cite news | url = http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/09/09/asia/AS_GEN_Sri_Lanka.php | title = Sri Lankan military says 11 soldiers killed in fierce battle with rebels in the north | date= [[2006-09-08]] | publisher = [[Associated Press]] | accessdate = 2006-10-01 }}</ref>
<ref name=afp1>{{cite news | url = http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=109970&version=1&template_id=44&parent_id=24 | title = Peace hopes rise as Tigers ‘agree’ to talk | date= [[2006-09-28]] | publisher = [[AFP]] | accessdate = 2006-10-07 }}</ref>
<ref name=xinhua1>{{cite news | url = http://english.people.com.cn/200609/22/eng20060922_305173.html | title = Sri Lanka Air Force bombs rebel positions in north | date= [[2006-09-22]] | publisher = [[Xinhua]] | accessdate = 2006-10-07 }}</ref>
The [[Christian Science Monitor]] calls Tamilnet "the official website of the LTTE".
<ref name=csm1>{{cite news | url = http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1017/dailyUpdate.html?s=rel | title = Tamil Tiger suicide attack kills dozens of Sri Lankan sailors | date= [[2006-10-17]] | publisher = [[Christian Science Monitor]] | accessdate = 2006-10-21 }}</ref>
 
 
 
===Academic perspective===
Experts in the field argue Tamilnet merely shares the [[Sri Lankan Tamil Nationalism|Tamil Nationalist]] ideology of the LTTE and is not an arm of the organization. <ref name=whittaker1>{{cite journal|url=http://muse.jhu.edu/cgi-bin/access.cgi?uri=/journals/anthropological_quarterly/v077/77.3whitaker.html| title= Tamilnet.com: Some Reflections on Popular Anthropology, Nationalism, and the Internet | date= [[2006-08-31]] | journal = Anthropological Quarterly] | first = Whittaker | last = Mark | accessdate = 2006-10-19 }}</ref> For instance Tamilnet had fired a sub- editor, once he became an activist for the LTTE <ref name=whittaker1>{{cite journal|url=http://muse.jhu.edu/cgi-bin/access.cgi?uri=/journals/anthropological_quarterly/v077/77.3whitaker.html| title= Tamilnet.com: Some Reflections on Popular Anthropology, Nationalism, and the Internet | date= [[2006-08-31]] | journal = Anthropological Quarterly] | first = Whittaker | last = Mark | accessdate = 2006-10-19 }}</ref>. Tamilnet has faced complaints and 'extreme displeasure' from both the Sri Lankan Government and the LTTE <ref name=whittaker1>{{cite journal|url=http://muse.jhu.edu/cgi-bin/access.cgi?uri=/journals/anthropological_quarterly/v077/77.3whitaker.html| title= Tamilnet.com: Some Reflections on Popular Anthropology, Nationalism, and the Internet | date= [[2006-08-31]] | journal = Anthropological Quarterly] | first = Whittaker | last = Mark | accessdate = 2006-10-19 }}</ref>. The LTTE has been deeply unhappy of 'undue'
coverage given on Tamilnet to criticism of the organization by international human rights organizations<ref name=whittaker1>{{cite journal|url=http://muse.jhu.edu/cgi-bin/access.cgi?uri=/journals/anthropological_quarterly/v077/77.3whitaker.html| title= Tamilnet.com: Some Reflections on Popular Anthropology, Nationalism, and the Internet | date= [[2006-08-31]] | journal = Anthropological Quarterly] | first = Whittaker | last = Mark | accessdate = 2006-10-19 }}</ref>. However much of the criticism directed at Tamilnet by the LTTE is off public view, since the LTTE considers such moves as weakening Tamil nationalism <ref name=whittaker1>{{cite journal|url=http://muse.jhu.edu/cgi-bin/access.cgi?uri=/journals/anthropological_quarterly/v077/77.3whitaker.html| title= Tamilnet.com: Some Reflections on Popular Anthropology, Nationalism, and the Internet | date= [[2006-08-31]] | journal = Anthropological Quarterly] | first = Whittaker | last = Mark | accessdate = 2006-10-19 }}</ref>.
 
==References==
===International reference===
It is often used by the international news media outlets such as [[BBC]], [[CNN]], [[Reuters]], [[AP]], [[AFP]] and [[Xinhua]] to report the LTTE perspective of incidents in Sri Lanka. <ref name=reuters1>{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10398943| title= Tamil Tigers warn Sri Lanka offensive could end truce | date= [[2006-08-31]] | publisher = [[Reuters]] | first = Simon | last = Gardner | accessdate = 2006-10-01 }}</ref>
<ref name=ap1>{{cite news | url = http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/09/09/asia/AS_GEN_Sri_Lanka.php | title = Sri Lankan military says 11 soldiers killed in fierce battle with rebels in the north | date= [[2006-09-08]] | publisher = [[Associated Press]] | accessdate = 2006-10-01 }}</ref>
<ref name=afp1>{{cite news | url = http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=109970&version=1&template_id=44&parent_id=24 | title = Peace hopes rise as Tigers ‘agree’ to talk | date= [[2006-09-28]] | publisher = [[AFP]] | accessdate = 2006-10-07 }}</ref>
<ref name=xinhua1>{{cite news | url = http://english.people.com.cn/200609/22/eng20060922_305173.html | title = Sri Lanka Air Force bombs rebel positions in north | date= [[2006-09-22]] | publisher = [[Xinhua]] | accessdate = 2006-10-07 }}</ref>
 
===Controversy===
Tamilnet has been accused of false reporting by the government of Sri Lanka and adhering to a Tamil Nationalist perspective.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.lines-magazine.org/Art_Aug05/Cenan.htm | title = Charting Tamilnet’s Influence on International Media Reporting | date = August 2005 | author = [[Cenan Pirani|Pirani, Cenan]] | accessdate = 2006-10-01 }}</ref> Experts in the field argue Tamilnet's accuracy of its reporting has "rarely been successfully challenged that such charges ring hollow".
 
* On [[August 6]], 2006, a Tamilnet article titled "SLA shelling kills 15 civilians, injures 20" included published photographs of people it said died from "shells fired by the Sri Lanka Army and Sri Lanka Navy."<ref name = TamilnetShelling>{{cite news | url = http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=19107 | title = SLA shelling kills 15 civilians, injures 20 | publisher = Tamilnet | date = [[2006-08-06]] | accessdate = 2006-08-06 }}</ref> The report stated that "the shelling" took place at "around 7 p.m." on [[August 6]]. However, the camera timestamp on the pictures indicated a time of between between 12.37 p.m. and 12.40 p.m <ref name = TamilnetShelling/>. Tamilnet has subsequently acknowledged the timestamp on the pictures were incorrect <ref name = TamilnetShelling>{{cite news | url = http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=19107 | title = SLA shelling kills 15 civilians, injures 20 | publisher = Tamilnet | date = [[2006-08-06]] | accessdate = 2006-08-06 }}</ref>. ''[[Asian Tribune]]'' reported that unnamed analysts questioned as to how an incident that took place "around 7.15 p.m." on [[August 6]] presuming it was photographed over five hours earlier.<ref name = AsianTribune>{{cite news | url = http://www.asiantribune.com/index.php?q=node/1448 | title = LTTE propaganda boomerangs again | date = [[2006-08-08]] | accessdate = 2006-10-01 }}</ref> It is alleged by the Asiantribune that one of the images was subsequently removed from the website.<ref name = AsianTribune/> The Sri Lankan Ministry of Defence posted a copy of the ''Asian Tribune'' article and added that, since all the photographs were of women, it speculated that they were from the LTTE "Women Brigade", and had been dressed as civilians after they were killed in previous fighting.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.defence.lk/new.asp?fname=20060808_05 | work = Sri Lankan Military of Defence | title = LTTE propaganda boomerangs again | date = [[2006-08-08]] | accessdate = 2006-10-02 }}</ref>
 
* On [[August 11]], 2006, Tamilnet reported that LTTE aircraft had attacked a Sri Lankan Military base at [[Palaly]], [[Jaffna]].<ref name = Tamilnetaircraft>{{cite news | title = Tiger aircraft rockets Palaly base, curfew in Jaffna | url = http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=19186 | publisher = Tamilnet | date = [[2006-08-11]] | accessdate = 2006-10-02 }}</ref> The Sri Lankan Ministry of Defence claimed that this was a lie.<ref name = Defence>{{cite web | url = http://www.defence.lk/new.asp?fname=20060813_01 | title = Tamilnet Exposed "Lying" once again | work = Sri Lankan Military of Defence | date = [[2006-08-13]] | accessdate = 2006-10-02 }}</ref> While Tamilnet claimed that the attack had started at around 9.30 p.m. Sri Lanka time<ref name = Tamilnetaircraft/>, the article itself was posted at 15:29 [[Greenwich Mean Time]] or 9:29 p.m. Sri Lanka Time.
 
==Threats==
It has been alleged that members associated with various Sri Lankan political parties have threatened reporters of Tamilnet with arrest for "treason", and once hinted, "that uncontrolled extremists might be inspired to perform some extra-judicial killing". <ref name=whittaker1>{{cite journal|url=http://muse.jhu.edu/cgi-bin/access.cgi?uri=/journals/anthropological_quarterly/v077/77.3whitaker.html| title= Tamilnet.com: Some Reflections on Popular Anthropology, Nationalism, and the Internet | date= [[2006-08-31]] | journal = Anthropological Quarterly] | first = Whittaker | last = Mark | accessdate = 2006-10-19 }}</ref>.
 
===Murder of a reporter===
[[Mylvaganam Nimalarajan]], a Jaffna based reporter for the [[BBC]], <ref name = "CJP">[http://www.cpj.org/attacks00/asia00/Sri_Lanka.html CPJ Report] Mylvaganam Nimalarajan, free-lancer killed
</ref>
who also filed news reports for Tamilnet was shot and killed in 2000. The accused who is a ex-member of [[EPDP]] (Eelam People’s Democratic Party) headed by cabinet minister [[Douglas Devananda]], a coalition member of many ruling alliances, has been absconding since his bailout.<ref>[http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=7154 Ex EPDP confesses to the killing] Tamilnet report</ref>
 
===Murder of its editor===
In 2005, Tamilnet's editor [[Taraki Sivaram]], was kidnapped and then shot and killed in [[Colombo]] by unknown gunmen. His body was found next to the [[parliament]] building.<ref>[http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2211/stories/20050603001305200.htm Frontline report] End of a dissenter </ref> Currently a member of [[PLOTE]](Peoples Liberation Organization of Tamil Eelam) a minor political organization and a known [[paramilitary]] group has been accused in the murder.
 
==See also==
*[[Afghan Times]] - Afghan Christian perspective news site
*[[KurdishMedia.com|Kurdish Media]] - Kurdish perspective news site
*[[Sudan Tribune]] - Sudan conflict perspective news site
*[[Tangatawhenua.com|Tangatawhenua]] - Maori perspective news site
 
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.tamilnet.com/ Tamilnet]
*[http://www.icescolombo.org/events/Conf/stn2004/conf_papers/paper10.htm Nurturing a nation on the net]
*[http://www.tamilnet.de/ Tamilnet] in German
 
[[Category:News websites]]
[[Category:Sri Lankan media]]
[[Category:Sri Lankan Tamil politics]]
 
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SOUTH SUBURBAN SCHOOL (MAIN)-SECONDARY BUILDING
SOUTH SUBURBAN SCHOOL (MAIN)-SECONDARY BUILDING

South Suburban School (Main) was established on 13th February in 1874. It was initially located at Hazra Pukur (now Jatin Das Park) in Kolkata. At that time it was known as South Suburban School, Kalighat. Pt.Sibnath Sastri was the first head-master of this school. After a few years its name was changed to South Suburban School, Bhowanipur. The school was relocate to Govinda Bose Lane its current location. The Secondary building of the school was built in 1888 by an Italian engineer and its primary building was built in 1908.

Asutosh College was established by this school. This school also has a history of helping other schools , including L.M.S. Institution (now known as S.S.S.(Br)), Sir Ramesh Mitra Balika Vidyalaya and Chakraberia High School.

The alumnus of this school includes Banglar Bagh Asutosh Mukherkjee, Uttam Kumar, Tarun Kumar, Robi Ghosh, Historian Ramesh Chandea Majumdar, Footballer Sukumar Samajpati.

The school has an active NCC curriculum having Army, Air and Naval wings and students of this school also participated in Republic Day March in Delhi.

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