> "FeTNA is a US-based Tamil diaspora organization that finances Tamil chair in Berkeley and acted as a vehicle for ethno-political separatism, with links to the Tamil Tigers. It supports the Christianization of Tamil culture and offers a doorway into Indian politics for right-wing evangelican American politicians and western geo-political strategists."
> His sources for these claims? His ass.
WTF? FeTNA has advocated for LTTE (Tamil Tigers) many times. It is openly pro-LTTE. You can check the FeTNA resolution here: http://www.sangam.org/TVOICE/tvFall95.htm#ftna
Let me quote some lines from the resolution:
1. "D. The Sri Lankan governments propaganda that the Tamil freedom fighters (LTTE) unilaterally broke the peace process is totally and completely false."
2. "We say that the Tamil people have the right to determine their own future. If any attempt is made to impose an arbitrary political settlement on the Tamil people through military means, the LTTE will resist it."
Stopped reading after this point. His very first quote that FeTNA has no association with LTTE is a big lie.
Another article on FeTNA [3]:
"Also, the coordinator was against converting the convention into yet another pro-LTTE forum where India bashing would go on unabated as in the past conventions and put his foot down that irritated the trio.
Last year, the Government of India abruptly cancelled the Indian visa of Dr. Muthuvel Chelliah, a naturalized US citizen for his continuous anti-India tirade and support to banned anti-Indian organizations that perpetrate violence and terrorism. He has filed a case against the Home Ministry in the High Court of Madras pleading that his Indian visa be restored so that he can meet his aged mother in Tamil Nadu. Support to Tamil Eelam and LTTE have been the undeclared agenda of Fetna in the past and member associations who do not subscribe to its views were either reprimanded or removed.
Various pro-Eelam leaders such as New York based Rudra Kumaran, "Prime Minister" of Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE), a government in exile of Tamil Eelams; Dr Elyn Shandler, a fiery pro-LTTE speaker and Jewish-American rabble rouser who was also denied Indian visa for her anti-India rhetoric and Professor Francis Boyle who advocates Tamil Eelam were regular speakers every year at Fetna annual conventions and prime time were allotted to their fiery speeches much against the wishes of Indian Tamils. This year the coordinator Balagan wanted to downplay the pro-LTTE image of Fetna that did not go well with the pro-Eelam supporters who were gunning for his head. Finally Balagan secured majority support and those opposed him were forced to quit. Vice President Dr Dhandapani Kuppuswamy was chosen as interim president and elections were called for to choose new set of office bearers."
And as far as forced conversions to Christianity, it is extremely rampant in Tamil Nadu [1]. I am from the neighboring state of Telangana which is equally affected by this malaise [2].
[1]: https://www.firstpost.com/politics/christian-conversion-mafi...
[2]: https://www.opindia.com/2022/05/tamil-nadu-hindu-woman-tries...
[3]: https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Fetna+President+Pazhani+Sunda...