Unscrambling diabolical conspiracy, deceit & brutality behind Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination 30 yrs on

[@breakingnews1377]

SG and New Delhi liberals have a lots of sympathy on Pakistan and Pakistan based terrorism but too harsh on Srilankan tamils and LTTE. unlike India, srilanka wasn't a secular country. Post independence Indian politics depends on minority votes but Srilankan politics depends on majority votes. Post independence srilankan tamils were badly treated and LTTE was a result of it . Rajiv ghandhi handled the situation so badly with out understanding the real issues in Srilanka. IPKF was poorly informed. Thousands of srilankan tamils died due to IPKF attrocities. That was the reason for assassination of Rajiv Gandhi. However, things have changed today. Unlike early years post independence, srilankan tamils are not discriminated today and one of the reason for that srilankan tamils taking arms in mid 70s for survival. SG knows only 50% of the srilankan issue . You need to research srilanka more. Meanwhile SG is far more liberal towards Pakistan related issues

[@kavin546]

Rajiv Gandhi killed by telugu dravidian DMK party not( ltte) b.coz.every time Mr rajapakshey srilanka pm.visit thirupathi temple .b.coz their ancestors are telugus...Rajeev Gandhi was attacked once in srilanka military parade ( by sinhala man.).. dont talk rubbish.........No Tamil bloods ruled tamilnadu .jayalitha Karunanidhi are telugu.....mgr malayaliee......... Tamils facing losing their rights in North India even by south Indians also.

[@surajm4547]

breaking news That's why i feel that Tamilians are better off with the BJP in power, rather than the pseudo-secular group which Shekhar Gupta is a part of. They're racists!

[@surajm4547]

@@kavin546 I agree with you about the so-called Dravidian parties. But they didn't kill Rajeev Gaandhe. In fact at the time of Rajeev's assassination, the DMK government had already been dismissed by Chandhra Shekhar on the advice of Cho and Jayalalitha. So TN was under President's rule and Rajeev's security was the sole responsibility of the the Chandhra Shekhar government and under Subramanian Swamy's control.

[@aravind50100]

@@surajm4547 if only rajiv helped LTTE and won the war against sri Lanka would china ever dare to put it's foot in sri lanka? Rajiv gandhi made a mistake and congress again made a huge mistake by not stopping sri lankan force during 2009. Now sri lanka betrays us and let china into their land. Still India hesitating to strongly act against sri lanka

[@surajm4547]

@@aravind50100 Exactly. The problem is that the Indian "intelligentsia" comprising of many leftists(in the 80s) were Tamezh hating racists and secretly supported the Senhala racists. And they were also more against the capitalist West...instead of China or Pakistan. That's why they opposed the Congress government supporting the SreeLankan Tamezhs. Same thing happened in Nepal where communists easily took over the country while India just watched without intervening. Whereas in SreeLanka, the lives of so many Indian soldiers were sacrificed for a foreign cause(Senhala racists).

[@exoticav1]

Every conspiracy is blamed on LTTE without investigating conspiracies involving Subramanisamy's suspected hand in Rajeev's killing. This is international conspiracy but the LTTE became the scapegoat. No one can answer why Subramanisamy was not interrogated by CBI and the case was put on shelf

[@rajdeepsarkar8113]

Shekhar ji take a bow. Lots of KZbin channels are there resorting to jokes, sarcasm etc etc to gain eyeballs but no one speaks the truth and discusses facts like you

[@yocto...6911]

The biggest mystery is how all important members of Gandhi family got killed in just 10 yrs time in totally unrelated situations . Next mystery how Sonia Gandhi a person who was rarely seen in public & even more rarely in anything political became the prime decision maker in the Indian Govt & the power behind it . Times put her among the most influential people world wide. 2 straight full terms & her power was supreme. Wonder who was her adviser, mentor & Godfather

[@avinashupadhyay]

@@yocto...6911 It is an unofficial war between cia and kgb who tried to control both India and Pakistan

[@yocto...6911]

@@avinashupadhyay Sonia with certainty has great connects with US Democratic party . There have been many leaders world wide who have committed huge atrocities & there have been many massive communal riots in India since 1950s . But never has US banned the entry of any such person to their country. But in India US targets not a National leader who has more reasons to liaise with US _but_ goes past India's national politics to target a State level Minister ! The only *visible reason* for this seems that by late 1990s Modi was emerging as a strong political contender & a threat to Sonia's power. His image as a contender for National position had to be deeply damaged for a long term impact . And what can be _more_ humiliating & damaging than a Global power like US banning his entry into US . Who knows if Godhra too was engineered. In politics reality is rarely ever what the eyes see. There is plenty that goes on unknown to common people. The average person can just connect the dots & speculate

[@avinashupadhyay]

@@yocto...6911 Agree 100% to this. Just not sure if party politics drives strategic initiatives in a country like US, but might be true as we hear about covid origination. Something very murkier is taking placr

[@yocto...6911]

@@avinashupadhyay The softer Govt under Sonia's Congress benefited both US & China. Both wld want it to be in power. So US interest is not party politics but _how_ situations within India can be used to its benefit . Godhra gave them the opportunity & Sonia's willingness & most likely support was certainly of help to them. Sonia finally was the Govt.

[@XPRQZ]

LTTE wasn't just a bunch of terrorists like ISIS or Al Qaeda. Most of them were one of the most brightest students of srilanka in 1970s . They had to take arms due to violence faced by tamils in that period. Hamas, PLO , ISIS , Osama bin laden had huge support from Islamic organisations but LTTE had to use their brains to carry on the armed struggle. If srilankan politicians would have handled the situation better, LTTE would not have been formed . But the mistake LTTE did was to fight till the end rather it could have utilized the ceasefire opportunity it had in 90, 94, 2002 to work on a peaceful solution

[@jdsvic]

SG is a story teller par excellence. One of the best episodes.

[@Ram78979]

As a Lankan Tamil, i can assure you Mr. Gupta your views on Lankan affairs are from a high caste north Indian point of view. Can you answer the following questions? Why did the Indian government armed LTTE, but destroyed PLOT that headed by Uma Maheswarn? Premadasa who belongs to a lower caste, was second in line in the UNP & very popular with the mass but Athulath Muthali, Gamini Desanayake both are higher caste Mudaliar And Govigama same as JR. Jeyawardena. JR undermined Premadasa & promoted relatively new Athulath & Gamini. Also, can you answer how long Mohandas Ghandhi’s killers and Indira Ghandi’s killers served in jail?

[@user_ar6332]

Even Buddhists have caste-system! did not know that.

[@orkkojit]

@@user_ar6332 periyarites see caste in everything

[@silverghost5752]

Caste Caste, Caste...these DMK Dumbos have nothing else to say!

[@RRR-nz8pi]

Idiot they all were hanged

[@upskillwitharihant]

You need to publish a book soon sir with all your stories & experiences ! You are a knowledge super house !

[@nagrajan777]

This is his book... Takes less time to publish, and easily accessible to a wide audience.

[@chillerbp85]

What an excellent idea.

[@tahirfazal]

And environment friendly

[@onetrueindian1]

This man called Madras Cafe a "Brilliant Movie" ...🤣🤣🤣😂😂🤦 ...Hard to take him seriously anymore .... That's the movie that got everything wrong about Tamil Struggle . A Sinhala soldier hit Rajiv Gandhi's head with his rifle during one of his visit, for he assumed that RG was being too helpful to Tamils... If only RG had recognized at that moment the vile virility of Sinahala fascism that was capable of insulting india today things would have been different. India made a very big political mistake of treating this man's actions as anything but political. .. he took up arms and did what he did because he had no choice ... He gave up his life But Sinhala Fascist forces killed his unarmed young son and india thinks that's fair .. and look at the state of India's influence over this subcontinent ... Srilanka has become a Chinese colony literally ... If LTTE had been a terrorist organization .. A fictitious movie or a webseries has to have fictious settings and Characters and not come off as a spinoff trying to de legitimize the history behind the humongous struggle of millions of Tamils in the name of entertainment, This way of sabotaging the spirit of a legitimate struggle is the most vilest form of attack on the fundamental political rights of any large section of people belonging to a particular ethnicity. LTTE was a liberation army, portraying them as terrorists is a sacrilege, if they had been a terrorist organization india would have faced more problems than it even couldn't have imagined. ...

[@venumaj112]

Blog is better idea

[@arjundiwakar]

A very "north indian" understanding of the Tamil civil rights war, as usual. The reality was far more complex than whatever half baked stories Mr.Gupta seems to be portraying.

[@laughtersweptoverthetable1259]

Exactly !

[@sinthujajeya4933]

Agreed as well!

[@arpitshukla6447]

then why not write an answer on quora about it???

[@Mksmoody]

@@arpitshukla6447 let sekhar gupta post it in quora...

[@gokulsrinath2505]

Accepted

[@rajivmishra8416]

Shekhar, this was a most riveting story. Pls do this more than once in a quarter!

[@dwightschrute5979]

Can't even fathom how many more such stories and secrets lie in Shekhar's heart 💖 What a life he has led and what an episode this was 🔥

[@nkn987]

Not only Shekhar but some Dedicated Journalists of all major countries have these kind of Gupth Gyan

[@pagan-540]

​@@nkn987Yes. Let Sekhar write his memoirs

[@karthikkota]

Nice to get break from Covid in CutTheClutter!

[@achalgupta6689]

This is arguably one the best episodes you have done. Don't think anyone has so much depth and first hand experience and articulation to tell such stories. Kudos!

[@onetrueindian1]

This man called Madras Cafe a "Brilliant Movie" ...🤣🤣🤣😂😂🤦 ...Hard to take him seriously anymore .... That's the movie that got everything wrong about Tamil Struggle . A Sinhala soldier hit Rajiv Gandhi's head with his rifle during one of his visit, for he assumed that RG was being too helpful to Tamils... If only RG had recognized at that moment the vile virility of Sinahala fascism that was capable of insulting india today things would have been different. India made a very big political mistake of treating this man Vellupillai Prabhakarans actions as anything but political. .. he took up arms and did what he did because he had no choice ... He gave up his life But Sinhala Fascist forces killed his unarmed young son and india thinks that's fair .. and look at the state of India's influence over this subcontinent ... Srilanka has become a Chinese colony literally ... If LTTE had been a terrorist organization .. A fictitious movie or a webseries has to have fictious settings and Characters and not come off as a spinoff trying to de legitimize the history behind the humongous struggle of millions of Tamils in the name of entertainment, This way of sabotaging the spirit of a legitimate struggle is the most vilest form of attack on the fundamental political rights of any large section of people belonging to a particular ethnicity. LTTE was a liberation army, portraying them as terrorists is a sacrilege, if they had been a terrorist organization india would have faced more problems than it even couldn't have imagined....

[@yz2073]

@@onetrueindian1 You are absolutely true.

[@ThePrintIndia]

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[@darshan7267]

hmmm P.Chidambaram...interesting, I agree

[@slproudinscotland4541]

LTTE destroyed million of innocent people including kids...Still people suffering with that..Sri Lanka always giving freedom for all religions and nationals. Tamil people migrate from south Indian to Sri Lanka,But we have given all freedom without considering that.But finally ,group of Tamil people (LTTE) misused that freedom and destroyed the entire country. . Many people killed and some terrible political people in SL and Thamilnadu used LTTE for their agendas.More than 74% of sinhala Buddhist and catholic people still suffering due to allowing maximum freedom to migrants .If you migrate to Sri Lanka,please respect this country as your motherland,if not please go back .We need peaceful country no need LTTE time again.We are Sri Lankan with good values with Lord Buddha's teaching. We are requesting from all Asian countries ,please don,t try to use our country for your political and business needs. May Triple Bless you India for speedy recovery!!!

[@dekuwar4436]

Eelam tamils didn't migrate to srilanka. They have been living for 1000 of years. Joke that srilanka gives freedom to minorities, have you heard of how the Buddhists destroyed tamil shops or not giving education. If buddha was alive, he would have committed suicide seeing the srilankan Buddhists. Where is maximum freedom to migrants. Come out of your delusional world. I am a Tamil who hates the LTTE but I would never accept the fact that sinhalese people are saints. If the srilankan politicians had given equal rights to the tamils in srilanka , the LTTE would have never have taken arms. Srilanka should have been like Singapore but instead sinhalese Buddhist discriminated the tamils.

[@slproudinscotland4541]

@@dekuwar4436 Thanks for the comment,I don,t want to argue.People and politicians behaviors not the same. Real truth know who live in the Sri Lanka... Sri Lanka history also misinterpreted with many reasons. May Triple gem bless you..stay safe!

[@starrynight43451]

@@dekuwar4436 Tamils were settled by the European colonials. Sri Lanka is the Sinhala homeland. In fact, Eelam means Sinhala. Tamils are given Tamil medium education at government cost. Even Prabhakran's father was a government servant while Prabhkaran studied in a Tamil medium school funded by SL gov. Migrants are given maximum freedom and they always misuse it. Sinhalese are not saints but any other community would have reacted in a far worse matter if they faced Tamil nationalism.

[@Tanmoymondal2]

You're a man who walked alongwith history🙏🙏🙏

[@onetrueindian1]

This man called Madras Cafe a "Brilliant Movie" ...🤣🤣🤣😂😂🤦 ...Hard to take him seriously anymore .... That's the movie that got everything wrong about Tamil Struggle . A Sinhala soldier hit Rajiv Gandhi's head with his rifle during one of his visit, for he assumed that RG was being too helpful to Tamils... If only RG had recognized at that moment the vile virility of Sinahala fascism that was capable of insulting india today things would have been different. India made a very big political mistake of treating this man's actions as anything but political. .. he took up arms and did what he did because he had no choice ... He gave up his life But Sinhala Fascist forces killed his unarmed young son and india thinks that's fair .. and look at the state of India's influence over this subcontinent ... Srilanka has become a Chinese colony literally ... If LTTE had been a terrorist organization things would have been different.... A fictitious movie or a webseries has to have fictious settings and Characters and not come off as a spinoff trying to de legitimize the history behind the humongous struggle of millions of Tamils in the name of entertainment, This way of sabotaging the spirit of a legitimate struggle is the most vilest form of attack on the fundamental political rights of any large section of people belonging to a particular ethnicity. LTTE was a liberation army, portraying them as terrorists is a sacrilege, if they had been a terrorist organization india would have faced more problems than it even couldn't have imagined. .. ...

[@Knightsthatsaynih]

@@onetrueindian1 Assassinating the elected Prime Minister of a country. Seems like a terrorist group to me. Tamils in Sri Lanka, Hindu is Pakistan and Bangladesh, how many of these "refugees" does India have to handle? We already have enough poor people, let's lift them out of poverty. I worry about my Tamil brothers in India. India's influence on the subcontinent and the world is strong enough. We should not aspire to be like America and get involved in the internal matters of other countries. Otherwise we too will face humiliating defeats at the hands of weaker countries like the Americans faced at the hands of the Vietcong and Taliban.

[@muralikrishna5450]

People in the Congress were involved..otherwise when the AICC President was there on the stage why was not one leader present..Moopanar..Maragadam Chandrasekhar etc..they slipped away leaving Rajiv Gandhi to die..this camera of a freelance photographer which survived the blast and which specific pictures of Nalini..Dhanu with Sivarasan was unbelievably coincidental..also why did not Rajiv Gandhi's security head not accompany him to Sriperumbudur..stunningly this was the only leg of his rally tour that Sonia Gandhi not accompany her husband..those who are shedding crocodile tears for their leader are directly responsible for his death..what about the direct involvment of the DMK in his death..singing eulogies of the DMK is ok now..but this brutal assisination will haunt them forever..where are all these questions Mr.Gupta..pose these to your dear Congress leaders now..

[@saarthak26]

Had been waiting for something this juicy and interesting for so long 👍👍👍👍

[@dilipkoty]

Bhai

[@saarthak26]

@@dilipkoty Arey... Didn't know you are a fan too

[@meiyarasans8226]

Hi sir I don't see single word about Why LTTE started Why they took weapon It's easy to judge others but if you put yourself in their shoes you would understand the pain of them

[@udaybanavath]

He is member of maino gandhi gang

[@Bhadrudu]

No, I will never put my shoes in evil like LTTE but I can put in the shoes of many Sri Lankan Tamilians killed by LTTE.

[@meiyarasans8226]

No one is going to speak about reson behind tamilians protest in Lanka, I include all the protest not only LTTE , please tell the people why the protest has been started , why singlam people are settling in North Lanka, where is the tamil elam tv channel reporter, what happened to her, how sha was killed, where is yal library, why it was burnt, With due respect I am asking you did any Indian media ( exclude tamil) spoke about genoside done by Lanka government, we don't have time for that but we have time to speak abot LTTE mistakes, please speak about tamilian issue in Lanka

[@Bhadrudu]

@@meiyarasans8226 Arre, forget it. LTTE is dead. Prabhakaran is dead. Pottu Amman is dead. Even Sri Lankan Tamils today despise LTTE & Prabhakaran. Sri Lanka is a foreign country. let us not bother too much about this foreign country. Let the government handle it. Common people like us should forget them.

[@meiyarasans8226]

Don't know what to say, Will it be the same stand you take if any of your relatives killed in other country I do not support LTTE , at the same time do not make propoganda as srilankan tamilians are terrorist, because they were not demanding one state one rule for entire World,

[@rohananand7263]

Sri Lanka was India's Vietnam. We should talk more about stories about IPKF time in Sri Lanka and stories of soldiers, officers who got KIA.

[@amitchaudhary9036]

Brother, It was a Horrible phase for Armed Forces in terms of heavy Casualties

[@rohananand7263]

@@amitchaudhary9036 Yes. And we should acknowledge that period. Turning blind eye to it is disrespect to the fallen who died on the line of duty on a foreign soil. Just talking about 1971 victory and Kargil victory all the time is not fair. What about men who faught in Sri Lanka? Even America talks and makes movies about Vietnam then why can't we? We are not China or Pakistan that should live in a state of delusion that we are invincible.

[@NagaRaj-ox6en]

yes yes and we should also talk about atrocities of IPKF over tamil civilians over which court martials are held

[@rohananand7263]

You may have negative opinion about India and the Indian Armed Forces as a whole but when you are talking about wars and warfare in general you can not determine anything when you haven't studied about it. U.S failed in Vietnam, Iraq war and war in Afghanistan despite being such a powerful and advanced military on Earth. LTTE were not 'few guerillas hiding in the jungle'. They had well organized structure like an professional Army would have and they had manpower of an Army division. They had categorized their force into four branches (Army, Air Force, Black Tigers and Naval forces). Their fighters were well trained and disciplined. They knew how to follow orders, organize, plan and execute attacks. And they had weapons supplied to them which were M-16s with UBG, AK-47s, RPG, etc. Sri Lankan Army also supplied them with weapons and intelligence on Indian forces movements and plans when it was playing a double game with Indian Army. They were trained by the Indian Army and the RA&W like Americans trained Mujahedin, Al-Qaeda like organizations which later came to bite them only.

[@NagaRaj-ox6en]

@@rohananand7263 ha ha and you know America failed in each war after second world War because its people thought its interference into another man home and strongly opposed both wars .....but india even though tamilnadu opposed supporting srilankans provided them support for the genocide held at MULLIVAIKKAL please read about it and support shekar gi if you have heart see the pics of murdered raped tamils in the war

[@ykrishv]

Another fantastic episode of CTC. I am Tamilian & was sympathiser for Tamil cause. So was my father too. This was until till LTTE did a grave blunder in assassinating our former PM. It’s not for Rajiv Gandhi but hurting Prime Ministry of India. In fact we turned hatters of LTTE there after. I was eagerly waiting for your opinion in the last. No mercy should be shown to these LTTE.... Not to forget to appreciate your talent of storytelling.

[@karthicksowndharraj2402]

So who has answer for the killing done by our so called peace keeping army

[@TrendSuresh]

Nope, its after Rajive Gandhi's plunder against Tamils.Tamils are there not against India but Rajiv Ghandhi. See the truth no Bomb blast In India but only target.

[@karthikarvindcs]

A Bramin is not tamil, irresepctive of you live in TN or speak Tamil. You are in Su swamy camp, anti tamil

[@Adi-8529]

We need a dedicated series that is just story telling. SG talking about things that were. Independent of cut the clutter. @theprint- are you listening!!!

[@reemag24]

I totally agree!

[@joez7305]

@theprint bump!

[@umapathikrishna]

Yes sir.. We want many stories from this man..

[@azharuddinmohammad8663]

Agreed

[@soumyamohapatra646]

Yes

[@iamDamaaldumeel]

*A neighbour cannot jump into bed to mediate a quarreling couple which is exactly what Rajiv did!*

[@dhanish6067]

And also he turned on his own people

[@vivekanand9944]

It was alright till he was on one side. It went bad when he decided to become the savior of both the sides.

[@dhanish6067]

@@vivekanand9944 yeah huge saviour . War crimes !!!!! 200,000 people . Not even the official numbers .

[@vivekanand9944]

@@dhanish6067 That's what I'm saying. He must've stuck to leveraging Tamils so that a fair ground could be achieved, not turned back and stabbed them in the back

[@dhanish6067]

@@vivekanand9944 yeah man but that's what happened . Still some wouldn't accept the truth

[@hiteshnautiyal801]

Liked today's CTC and many congratulations for crossing 1.5 m subscribers keep going...

[@ThePrintIndia]

Hi Hitesh, thank you for the staunch support.

[@yoooyooo5683]

sale bhik mange hai paise mangte firte hai

[@krishnamoorthygopalan583]

Great summing up Mr Gupta. The people of Tamilnadu need to be told the truth so that they stop idolising the wrong people

[@niresh3141]

Sir prabakaran is the bravest and truthful man he told he is not responsible for this assassination(video is in online) . Because when China 🇨🇳powerful country asked the port HAMBANTOTA. PRABAKARAN Refused.now the same port is given to China for parking warships .now at present India vs China it is the best Stratigical point to destroy India(TAMIL NADU PROTEST AND RAISES IT TODAY BUT INDIA REALISES LATER) to avoid this he denied with guts long ago(sir now you can google it related to China and now that port(contains uranium) for lease lanka gave to china ) Second America super power asked permission to keep observatory at thirikonamalai to prabakaran he refused with guts because it will be stratigical point for gather and spying Indians from that high altitude near India ALL most all the military powers around The world either they will drink or in enemies place they will loot and rape the civillians in historirs we can see in U. N also more the certified genuine 5000 video proofs for tails genocide and rape in worlds unethical warefare rules.if you type in youtube and Google you can find srilankan army killing and raping tamils. All humans in this world either they will get anger or tears will be reflected after seeing this. Though srilankan army raped and boomed 💥 Tamil residence ,school airports. The counter strike by prabakaran on only srilankan army. Thought he had fighter plains weapons he didn't kill any singala lankan civilians, children's importantly no one from his army raped single woman in srilanka. Finally it took 20 countries (this was said by rajapaksa) to defeat this ltte army and mainly by illegal warfare . When hitler was about to loose he suicide with his family But prabakaran when he was about to loose his supporters offered options to escape with his family. He gave weapon and self destructive bombs to his wife and son.to fight in the war.The only leader who considered his people and family as same(it is evident he is not afraid of death) . So as he said he didn't involve in assassination.

[@abhisekbanerjee6069]

Another exceptional episode which I dare say no one else would be able to pull off..

[@moviemanian79]

This story is one sided, why no explanation why LTTE took arms, why common people became militants, why India supported them at first and then after leadership changed why IPK was sent to rape and killed childrens and womens . No one has to sympathise them , whatever they done is wrong or right let people judge you have to tell the story from both sides

[@Shub428]

This deserves not just a movie.. but a netflix classic tv series

[@newsworld4735]

Srilankan politics from 1977 to 2009 is more thrilling than any thrilling movies with so many twists and suspense

[@pichumanisankar2617]

What an irony! A Buddhist nation witnessing so much violence and bloodshed perpetrated not only by Tamil Tigers but also by its Buddhist rulers.

[@kavin546]

...Rajiv Gandhi killed by telugu dravidian DMK party not( ltte) b.coz.every time Mr rajapakshey srilanka pm.visit thirupathi temple .b.coz their ancestors are telugus...Rajeev Gandhi was attacked once in srilanka military parade ( by sinhala man.).. dont talk rubbish.........No Tamil bloods ruled tamilnadu .jayalitha Karunanidhi are telugu.....mgr malayaliee......... Tamils facing losing their rights in North India even south Indians also.

[@finehumanbeing3506]

@@pichumanisankar2617 not the only Buddhist country to have a history of blood shed. Look at cambodia, Myanmar, laos, vietnam

[@truesoldier6871]

You call this Depth and Knowledge ... The fellow was only quoting experiences he had with a few Sinhala Politicians .. he hasn't even met one LTTE leader and has told a completely one-sided story that hides more truth than it reveals .... Mr.PRABHAKARAN WAS A REVOLUTIONARY.... Rajiv Gandhi's assassination was political .. it wasn't an insult to India's dignity, if he'd had really wanted to assassinate Rajiv Gandhi he could have done that even after Rajiv Gandhi became Prime Minister ... And LTTE chose to not do it because then it would mean insulting 90 crore odd indians ... Mr.Prabhakarans was fighting for his people and Rajiv Gandhi allowed his ego to cloud his political decisions and coaxed LTTE to do certain things that would have only put Sinhalese at the helm as far as the political Situation in Srilanka was concerned. Rajiv Gandhi paid for his political hubris ... and in return Sinhala Army committed a genocide and killed even the unarmed teenage son of Mr.Prabhakaran ... is that even politics ....

[@zeeshanbcj]

So the role played by Nargis Fakhri in Madras Cafe was actually of SG.

[@kausthubh7541]

Lol yeah.

[@YashSagar0]

Hell yeah….that’s why he’s impressed with the film

[@NS-im5en]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@keerthanasanthanam6123]

6th

[@newsworld4735]

Nope it was another lady journalist from kerela

[@abhinaygarg8792]

what a filmy story! never knew that reality could be more interesting than fiction

[@dandmello5283]

Shekarji, so very lovely to Listen to somebody, who has walked the task of journalism since then.. ❤ lovely and Great 👍 👍👍dear Shekarji . Only you can bring out that TheBestOf our Indian

[@nikhiliyer9371]

KV unnikrishnan was the R&AW station chief at Madras desk! He had been honey trapped by CIA! Prakash Belawadi has portrayed his role which was named as Bala

[@shweta5017]

Yes, his daughter is Roopa, who won a CWG gold in 1998 Malaysia (reference of SG wrt "shooter").

[@reddy2sarayu]

Wow.... more information

[@vivekanand9944]

What did CIA have to do with this? I mean, why did they honeytrapp him?

[@happyeastwood]

@@vivekanand9944 Either to get information from him or get their work done.

[@vivekanand9944]

@@happyeastwood yeah.. but what work. And if something related to Sri lankan war, then what? That still remains a question.

[@ShwetaJV]

Will have to revisit Madras cafe and then rewatch this epidode too... my head is buzzing

[@dr.nirmalraj3839]

That's a dumb movie. It speaks nothing of ipkf and the machinations of sinhala.govt , hatching plans to eliminate pirapharan.

[@jatishah]

I think once in a week or once in a fortnight we can have a storytelling session from you. This will be quite helpful for today’s generation. Think about it!

[@sundareshkrishna6457]

Daily....??

[@onetrueindian1]

This man called Madras Cafe a "Brilliant Movie" ...🤣🤣🤣😂😂🤦 ...Hard to take him seriously anymore .... That's the movie that got everything wrong about Tamil Struggle . A Sinhala soldier hit Rajiv Gandhi's head with his rifle during one of his visit, for he assumed that RG was being too helpful to Tamils... If only RG had recognized at that moment the vile virility of Sinahala fascism that was capable of insulting india today things would have been different. India made a very big political mistake of treating this man Vellupillai Prabhakarans actions as anything but political. .. he took up arms and did what he did because he had no choice ... He gave up his life But Sinhala Fascist forces killed his unarmed young son and india thinks that's fair .. and look at the state of India's influence over this subcontinent ... Srilanka has become a Chinese colony literally ... If LTTE had been a terrorist organization .. A fictitious movie or a webseries has to have fictious settings and Characters and not come off as a spinoff trying to de legitimize the history behind the humongous struggle of millions of Tamils in the name of entertainment, This way of sabotaging the spirit of a legitimate struggle is the most vilest form of attack on the fundamental political rights of any large section of people belonging to a particular ethnicity. LTTE was a liberation army, portraying them as terrorists is a sacrilege, if they had been a terrorist organization india would have faced more problems than it even couldn't have imagined.

[@parseenanoo5301]

7 prisoners should be released

[@ramaswamyramakrishna606]

As a Tamilian thanks a lot sir for behind the scenes events and a forthright conclusion.

[@kavin546]

Rajiv Gandhi killed by telugu dravidian DMK party not( ltte) b.coz.every time Mr rajapakshey srilanka pm.visit thirupathi temple .b.coz their ancestors are telugus...Rajeev Gandhi was attacked once in srilanka military parade ( by sinhala man.).. dont talk rubbish.........No Tamil bloods ruled tamilnadu .jayalitha Karunanidhi are telugu.....mgr malayaliee......... Tamils facing losing their rights in North India even by south Indians also.

[@justamazing9219]

@@kavin546 so what if they are from other states or region? Atleast TN is well developed unlike UP, Bihar and north. Let's say your ancestors migrated from other region to TN like 500 to 1000 years ago would you consider yourself as Tamilan?

[@justamazing9219]

@@jocelyns5331 I don't know about that, also I don't care if CM is from other states or region, If state is well and good enough to live peaceful life, no problem. Our CM can speak Tamil right, so what's the problem 🤷🏻. You didn't answered the question of previous comment.

[@sundhukumar]

The word "Dravidian" coined by Telugu clans so that they can rule Tamils by hidng their Telugu identity.... NTK seeman's effort bearing fruit now... Now many get to know these long deception.... Rajiv killed by CIA facilitated by Subramani samy and chandra Sami.... Then put a blame on LTTE...

[@sundhukumar]

BJP,Congress, DMK, ADMK...all were anti Tamils..... Continually spitting venom on TAmils..... Days were numbered... All these will have to pack their bags and will be sacked out...... நாம் தமிழர்🔥🔥🔥

[@anandraj4712]

Cut the clutter has been a very objectives series SG, thanks to you and the team My humble opinion is that given the gravity of problems faced by Tamils there for generations.I think the injustice and trauma they have faced has gone unnoticed in this episode. WOULD APPREACIATE IF YOU ACKNOWLEDGE MANY THANKS TO U AND UR TEAM

[@MsRosy777]

Brilliant piece of journalism..! Unbiased Hats off.. I believe the past is best left where it should be.. if peace is ever to be achieved ..it is in the hearts & minds of mankind...if a man thought of injustice all his life he would be a very unhappy person.. for nothing is within our control in this world... if a man can accept the injustice he faces as amends to the injustice caused is what is known as karma..we Hindus believe so.. If we want happiness from life ...you can't achieve it by weapons...you have to lay down arms & the ideology of struggle ... as Mr Nelson Mandela & our very own Bapu, Gandhi did... this is the way to earn respect and freedom if it was for peace sake... Did they not achieve their Goal ...? Was it at the expense of innocent lives for a struggle that is in vain... The struggle is always within...! Long ago in our very own motherland India, there came the greatest man of all time.....a Lord Buddha named Gautham.., he taught to fight the enemy within us... not with weapons...if you really see ...there is no enemy out there..! if you have only hate for a man that caused you trauma ...you are only making it your karma to face your vengeance..! And everyone else will live & die happy....the truth is always hidden.. life is short.. we only need to harbour good... what good would it be to take our ill past to our grave... what if we can change it..? all that can make us happy in our next life is to stop all struggle and hope for peace...let it begin with you...THIS IS IN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT for all who died in vain... (death is not sweet for them..nor is the life after..!) Had they not seeked PEACE....

[@HardeepSingh-bh7zw]

Let bygones be bygones. Past is done, leave it the history books which is where they should reside.

[@AMehra-im1gr]

I think he is very right if he wants the injustice suffered by the Tamils to be brought out.

[@sachithanand6069]

You are a surprisingly modest being ,considering such a blockbuster past..! And you deserve all the respects you're getting, even more. Keep staying true to the game , Guptaji. Much appreciated.

[@jithutube]

Its always so soothing to listen to SG, that's because unlike other youtubers, he does NOT hurry up and try to cram lot of info into a small time frame.. and he doesn't do jump-cuts to reduce the duration. Unlike other youtubers.

[@DinuNanjappa]

Absolutely fascinating story. Thank you SG for bringing this up. Loved every bit of it!

[@shivamjha1403]

The best part about CTC is that we learn new everyday in every episode... Thank you SG!

[@gouthamkondapavuluru1959]

Thanks for this episode. After this episode I read some books on srilanka and the internal disturbances. I read about how sinhale politicians denied basic rights to eelam Tamils and that lead to LTTE terror and all these wars. I felt so sad for the plight of eelam Tamils and common Sinhalese. Hope things are improving now

[@Truevideoz]

Even ltte was no different..dirty people..I met a Tamil in UK who is still scared to go back becarif terrorist

[@assd3112]

Things didn't improve for the Tamil people. Sinhalese are occupying the lands , houses and ther properties of Tamil on a daily basis like in Israel.

[@SuperAkashsagar]

This whole vdo is about SG congratulating himself and saying what a key player he is in the subcontinent. Where is the conspiracy? What about Chandraswamy, P. V. Narashimarao, Chandrasekhar and the international conspiracy? LTTE may have been the mercenaries that carried out the assassination at the behest of intelligence agencies of foreign countries.

[@udaimaisnam3417]

I would love to see a documentary or a series on SG's life.

[@vinayakkrishnaprasad358]

I want to know how he lost his hair

[@josephandrews5467]

It's quite quixotic that one of the conspirators of the Father of the Nation , Gopal Godse was released from prison after serving 14 years in jail , wile the 7 co- conspirators of Rajiv Gandhi , an ex-PM are kept in prison for 30 long years ! The Reason: the former was a Maharashtria Brahmin and the latter , are Tamils !!

[@josephandrews5467]

@@wwe39rko65 Ok. You are entitled to your wish !

[@mailtorajesh90]

This is a classical example where even a very renowned journalist like shekar gupta's view is so skewed, where the judgements are based on the Srilankan narrative (which also happens to be Indian government's) narrative but far away from Tamils. I thought SG would talk about the Security lapses , larger conspiracy indicated by the Verma commission and Jain commission constituted by the Indian agencies. But unfortunately nothing about was spoken about. The chief investigating officer from CBI, Mr. Ragothaman who handled the Rajiv gandhi assasination has documented these 7 people are just small pawns, given death and life imprisonment (for allegedly buying a battery required for the Bomb). Karthikeyan, IPS who filed the convict's statement later filed an affidavit in 2011, that he indeed changed the statement of the convict which led to the court indicting them for death penalty. The judge Thomas who was responsible convicting these people has called for the remission of sentences on the basis of human consideration. These are the details many tamils are aware and the people mentioned above have more credibility to the case details than anyone of us who also happen to request for the sentences to be commuted. But the rest of India buys into a different narrative. A narrative that fits India's political agenda. SG is not an excpetion to it.

[@vigneshwararaj1943]

Well said brother

[@majimakiriyu4872]

See it can also be said that even you as a Tamil are only seeing through Srilankan Tamil narrative.I get it if I had been in your position I would have also done the same. But the cold truth is LTTE were no saints either.

[@mailtorajesh90]

@@majimakiriyu4872 My point was about the seven convicts and not the LTTE. I agree mine is a tamil narrative. Whther it is backed by facts and details privy to the case is all matters. A little dig into the case about the information available in public domain will tell you what is the role of these 7 ppl. They are not like Ajmal Kasab. Whether these 7 people are the master minds of rajiv assasination or smallest of the pawns is the question. Many of the convicts are not even part of LTTE is the sad truth. The sheer inability of not able to catch the actual master minds and convict the innocent pawns projecting them as killers of rajeev without knowing the details is the Indian narrative. This narrative fits well for the political agenda that India have punished the killers of Rajiv gandhi. If you are interested in the details of the case, you can go through from the same CBI officer who filed charges aginst the LTTE, the seven people and what he feels if these 7 ppl are the killers and do they deserve this. It is a six part video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/o2mYm62ej62mfsU Even more details are furnished in this book by him. www.amazon.in/dp/8170494508/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_glt_fabc_9FEYNMG8XYDPJBFSZ54E

[@majimakiriyu4872]

@@mailtorajesh90 Yeah maybe they are scapegoats ,maybe they are not.But it doesn't matter now because killing Rajiv Gandhi sealed the fate of tamils and LTTE in Sri Lanka.Our Judicial system is not fair contrary to popular belief and it is better now to leave those seven convicts to their own fate.What happened to those 7 convicts is a combination of wrongs done by Sri Lanka, India and LTTE . You see most of the states in India already believe that Tamils deserved what they got due to starting a war with native sri lankans. I don't think tamils deserved it but I cannot change history . Whoever the masterminds the then president of Srilanka, Prabhakaran all were killed in that conflict along with sinhalese and a large number of tamils. The masterminds in all wars throughout history have escaped everytime but it is the pawns who suffer the brunt. Even worse things happened to the Tamils .In summary the 7 convicts fate is sealed ,the masterminds either are dead or living happily somehwere in india or abroad.Hence the moral of the story donot be anyone's pawn be it he/she is a Tamil leader or someone else because pawns take the punishment most of the time.

[@mailtorajesh90]

@@majimakiriyu4872 You are talking about only the wrong doings of LTTE, but not the state sponsored war crimes done by the srilankan government. When you say that most people believe that Tamils deserve this fate because they got into war with native srilankan is highly factually incorrect statement. Srilankan Tamils are an ethnic group native to the land of srilanka. If you think, they migrated from India recently, Then You are very wrong brother. Indian Tamils and srilankan are culturally same but nationally different. For that matter, both srilankan Tamils and Sinhalese have settled to the island nation long ago. And there are historical and cultural evidences for the settlement of srilankan Tamils predates Sinhalese. When one set of native population does not have the right for self determination and continuously subjugated by majoritarianism, there is bound for some radical groups to take armed conflicts. But LTTE alone does not define Tamils. The srilankan Tamils have legitimate right in srilanka. Please get the facts about history right. It is very sensitive.

[@deerubharadwaj4407]

This is truly cut the clutter....

[@namathivanan]

I am actually surprised. Sir with all due respect, I feel that you're very one-sided in this whole story. So there's nothing about killing sorry genocide of all those innocent people in the no-fire zone. After all these years of working in TN, you still don't understand why we sympathise with those 7 people. Maybe you must be living inside your own pond.

[@subramanian1408]

Genocide happened in 2009. Rajiv Gandhi was murdered 2 decades earlier. IPKF attacked LTTE and civilians who protected LTTE only after LTTE continued to breach peace terms by attacking Srilankan army and IPKF. So IPKF attempted to disarm LTTE aggressively. Yes, IPKF committed horrendous crimes. But the peace was broken by LTTE. Now why did Prabhakaran take money from Premadasa to attack IPKF? Ungala nalla yemaathi vechurkaaanga seemanum vaikovum.

[@nandakumarnandakumar3283]

@@subramanian1408 LTTR,gone CHiNA as entered.idiot ,who is a strong enemy.You can not forecast.You a clay

[@namathivanan]

@@subramanian1408 I know that Rajiv Gandhi was murdered earlier of that genocide. My only issue is there is no mention about the Genocide or other killings of innocents and about what exactly these 7 guys did. There are so many innocent lives which got killed even before the genocide. But he haven't mentioned properly about it. The video is so one sided and portrays like Srilankan govt or the officials as the victims and good ones there. Which is clearly not. And finally without talking about any of the above-said things he comes to the conclusion. Which is not at all fair. Seemanum Vaikovum soldramattum kettutu pesren nu epdi assume pandreenga nu therila. Anyway, Mei porul kanbathu than arivu! Lets discuss.

[@subramanian1408]

@@namathivanan I think he took up the specific topic of 'who killed Rajiv Gandhi'. I agree SG could have discussed about Perarivalan and the other 6. But where does he defend the srilankan government. He says Premadasa was also responsible for Rajiv Gandhi's murder. My problem is that we Tamils defend LTTE every goddamn time and hail Prabhakaran as our hero. My problem is that we equate LTTE to the plight of Srilankan Tamils. Can we separate the two? I care about the plight of Srilankan Tamils but hate Prabhakaran and LTTE. In reality, Prabhakaran was leading a more comfortable life compared to the rest of the Srilankan Tamils. He would actually kill people who merely questioned him. Including peace loving Tamil leaders. He also killed the leaders of other rebel Tamil groups because he wanted to be the Numero uno. How crazy was this psychopath! Do you really think he cared about freedom as much as he cared about his own power and supremacy? Do you know about the episode in Pondy Bazaar near Nagesh theater where he went about firing gun shots at Uma maheshwaran, leader of PLOTE which is just another tamil rebel group in SL? he can't so much as stand another group. How can we Tamils, the residents of the world's biggest democracy, approve of this evil bastard!

[@onetrueindian1]

@@subramanian1408 This man called Madras Cafe a "Brilliant Movie" ...🤣🤣🤣😂😂🤦 ...Hard to take him seriously anymore .... That's the movie that got everything wrong about Tamil Struggle . A Sinhala soldier hit Rajiv Gandhi's head with his rifle during one of his visit, for he assumed that RG was being too helpful to Tamils... If only RG had recognized at that moment the vile virility of Sinahala fascism that was capable of insulting india today things would have been different. India made a very big political mistake of treating this man's actions as anything but political. .. he took up arms and did what he did because he had no choice ... He gave up his life But Sinhala Fascist forces killed his unarmed young son and india thinks that's fair .. and look at the state of India's influence over this subcontinent ... Srilanka has become a Chinese colony literally ... If LTTE had been a terrorist organization .. A fictitious movie or a webseries has to have fictious settings and Characters and not come off as a spinoff trying to de legitimize the history behind the humongous struggle of millions of Tamils in the name of entertainment, This way of sabotaging the spirit of a legitimate struggle is the most vilest form of attack on the fundamental political rights of any large section of people belonging to a particular ethnicity. LTTE was a liberation army, portraying them as terrorists is a sacrilege, if they had been a terrorist organization india would have faced more problems than it even couldn't have imagined....

[@aliferrari1680]

Why mention Athulathmudali's servant and the implied implication. It was totally uncalled for raising his personal household domestic arrangements.

[@njain1983]

The depth and breadth of knowledge & experiences SG has had, is so valuable. There should be a way to preserve it. People with such extensive experience have so much to offer to the younger generations. That's why it pains me to hear about loss of lives of Seniors due to COVID, a man-made and avoidable disaster.

[@truesoldier6871]

You call this Depth and Knowledge ... The fellow was only quoting experiences he had with a few Sinhala Politicians .. he hasn't even met one LTTE leader and has told a completely one-sided story that hides more truth than it reveals .... Mr.PRABHAKARAN WAS A REVOLUTIONARY.... Rajiv Gandhi's assassination was political .. it wasn't an insult to India's dignity, if he'd had really wanted to assassinate Rajiv Gandhi he could have done that even after Rajiv Gandhi became Prime Minister ... And LTTE chose to not do it because then it would mean insulting 90 crore odd indians ... Mr.Prabhakarans was fighting for his people and Rajiv Gandhi allowed his ego to cloud his political decisions and coaxed LTTE to do certain things that would have only put Sinhalese at the helm as far as the political Situation in Srilanka was concerned. Rajiv Gandhi paid for his political hubris ... and in return Sinhala Army committed a genocide and killed even the unarmed teenage son of Mr.Prabhakaran ... is that even politics ..

[@pitlaman7010]

in compensation of these released convicts, the cm should stay in jail

[@Skidztr]

Thank you for giving importance to Madras Cafe. As I was watching it at the cinema hall, I was being amazed by the story telling, the production quality and the pace.

[@ninadrules]

Dear Shekhar ji, please keep Saturdays & Sundays for storytelling. The story like today's episode is what makes weekend better. I would love to listen to these stories even if they are 50 to 60 minutes long. This show is brilliant way to stay informed in an engaging manner. I do not feel like I am listening to news but rather learning something from a professor.

[@alamgirlaskar7179]

It was like a feature film for me, I could imagine each and every scene. I just hope that somebody comes up with a series on this entire chain of events.

[@onetrueindian1]

This man called Madras Cafe a "Brilliant Movie" ...🤣🤣🤣😂😂🤦 ...Hard to take him seriously anymore .... That's the movie that got everything wrong about Tamil Struggle . A Sinhala soldier hit Rajiv Gandhi's head with his rifle during one of his visit, for he assumed that RG was being too helpful to Tamils... If only RG had recognized at that moment the vile virility of Sinahala fascism that was capable of insulting india today things would have been different. India made a very big political mistake of treating this man Vellupillai Prabhakarans actions as anything but political. .. he took up arms and did what he did because he had no choice ... He gave up his life But Sinhala Fascist forces killed his unarmed young son and india thinks that's fair .. and look at the state of India's influence over this subcontinent ... Srilanka has become a Chinese colony literally ... If LTTE had been a terrorist organization .. A fictitious movie or a webseries has to have fictious settings and Characters and not come off as a spinoff trying to de legitimize the history behind the humongous struggle of millions of Tamils in the name of entertainment, This way of sabotaging the spirit of a legitimate struggle is the most vilest form of attack on the fundamental political rights of any large section of people belonging to a particular ethnicity. LTTE was a liberation army, portraying them as terrorists is a sacrilege, if they had been a terrorist organization india would have faced more problems than it even couldn't have imagined....

[@guerrilleroheroico5669]

@@onetrueindian1 exactly!!!

[@ivihari]

Wow...great story sir...please do these kind of videos for us...big 👍

[@AshokKumar-jp6gc]

I am a Tamilian who have been listening various illogical stories on this topics in tamil news channels for several years but this 30 minutes story was much needed to someone like me to get a first-hand information. I wish every educated Tamilian should watch this without any bias. What a poor society we are a part of where the law makers back the 'ASSASSINS'.

[@dekuwar4436]

This guy is blabberin and you are believing it. All those people he mentioned none of them are not even alive, so we cannot even fact check. Premadasa he's the most anti Tamil person, he would never collaborate with the LTTE. He should be a film writer not a journalist.

[@RamaChandran-zl9zd]

Askok... don't get boggled down by this mud-slinging by power elites of New Delhi.... power elites of New Delhi and Colombo are masters of state terrorism... It is well known that indian army is carrying out state terrorism in Kashmir It is well known that mr.major Gogoi was using human shield against people of Kashmir... Can this person call major Gogoi a terrorist?

[@DevKulkarni]

​@@dekuwar4436 By your logic we can't fact check if Hitler was a Nazi either. Maybe al journalists that reported holocaust should write fiction too. eh?

[@DevKulkarni]

​@@RamaChandran-zl9zd Check The Print's reporting on Maj. Gogoi before brainwashing fellow Tamilians.

[@RamaChandran-zl9zd]

@@DevKulkarni it is very simple... Is this person supports right to self-determination to people of Kashmir?

[@whitephoenix2900]

WOW!! What a video! This was like a real life depiction of Game of Thrones. Brilliant narration and story telling by our very own SG sir. Easily the best cut the clutter ever!

[@SeekingBuddha21]

Shekhar sir, please publish a book on all the interesting places you have been, the interesting characters/leaders/ people you have met. Interesting perspectives or should I say contrasting perspectives of different people and how they changed the course of a country, politics, economics etc.. A lot to ask... But if not you then who.. 😃

[@niresh3141]

Sir prabakaran is the bravest and truthful man he told he is not responsible for this assassination(video is in online) . Because when China 🇨🇳powerful country asked the port HAMBANTOTA. PRABAKARAN Refused.now the same port is given to China for parking warships .now at present India vs China it is the best Stratigical point to destroy India to avoid this he denied with guts long ago(sir now you can google it related to China and now that port(contains uranium) for lease lanka gave to china ) Second America super power asked permission to keep observatory at thirikonamalai to prabakaran he refused with guts because it will be stratigical point for gather and spying Indians from that high altitude near India ALL most all the military powers around The world either they will drink or in enemies place they will loot and rape the civillians in historirs we can see in U. N also more the certified genuine 5000 video proofs for tails genocide and rape in worlds unethical warefare rules.if you type in youtube and Google you can find srilankan army killing and raping tamils. All humans in this world either they will get anger or tears will be reflected after seeing this. Though srilankan army raped and boomed 💥 Tamil residence ,school airports. The counter strike by prabakaran on only srilankan army. Thought he had fighter plains weapons he didn't kill any singala lankan civilians, children's importantly no one from his army raped single woman in srilanka. Finally it took 20 countries (this was said by rajapaksa) to defeat this ltte army and mainly by illegal warfare . When hitler was about to loose he suicide with his family But prabakaran when he was about to loose his supporters offered options to escape with his family. He gave weapon and self destructive bombs to his wife and son.to fight in the war.The only leader who considered his people and family as same(it is evident he is not afraid of death) . So as he said he didn't involve in assassination.

[@ArnabPBanerjee]

Thanks

[@ThePrintIndia]

Thank you for keeping us going Arnab!

[@chinmaysharma9424]

Man I thought Madras cafe was a good movie. Hands down sir, you just gave a blockbuster on Friday.

[@chinmaysharma9424]

@Jivan Truth bhai smjh ni aya

[@chinmaysharma9424]

@Jivan Truth I searched the channel, it looks bunch of pro chinese videos😕. Can you send me the link of the particular video.

[@truesoldier6871]

You call this Depth and Knowledge ... The fellow was only quoting experiences he had with a few Sinhala Politicians .. he hasn't even met one LTTE leader and has told a completely one-sided story that hides more truth than it reveals .... Mr.PRABHAKARAN WAS A REVOLUTIONARY.... Rajiv Gandhi's assassination was political .. it wasn't an insult to India's dignity, if he'd had really wanted to assassinate Rajiv Gandhi he could have done that even after Rajiv Gandhi became Prime Minister ... And LTTE chose to not do it because then it would mean insulting 90 crore odd indians ... Mr.Prabhakarans was fighting for his people and Rajiv Gandhi allowed his ego to cloud his political decisions and coaxed LTTE to do certain things that would have only put Sinhalese at the helm as far as the political Situation in Srilanka was concerned. Rajiv Gandhi paid for his political hubris ... and in return Sinhala Army committed a genocide and killed even the unarmed teenage son of Mr.Prabhakaran ... is that even politics ..

[@chinmaysharma9424]

@@truesoldier6871 I don't know about the exact political situation and the assasination but I want to point out a thing that in the movie madras cafe by the end john Abraham's character says that they killed my PM and cries and the media also reports things like this that he was the PM when he got assasinated but he was not he was a candidate and was in a strong position to win but didn't win yet and wasn't a sworn PM. Secondly, about the dignity thing well I think it hurts a little because they killed a huge prominent leader of the country who was a candidate for PM and especially during an election, I think this is a little concerning but not as much as they make it out to be. And tbh who was the one to send IPF in sri lanka we shouldn't have interfered in the first place.

[@onetrueindian1]

@@chinmaysharma9424 This man called Madras Cafe a "Brilliant Movie" ...🤣🤣🤣😂😂🤦 ...Hard to take him seriously anymore .... That's the movie that got everything wrong about Tamil Struggle . A Sinhala soldier hit Rajiv Gandhi's head with his rifle during one of his visits, for he assumed that Rajiv G andhi was being too helpful to Tamils... If only RG had recognized at that moment the vile virility of Sinahala fascism that was capable of insulting india today things would have been different. India made a very big political mistake of treating this man Vellupillai Prabhakarans actions as anything but political. .. he took up arms and did what he did because he had no choice ... He gave up his life But Sinhala Fascist forces killed his unarmed young son and india thinks that's fair .. and look at the state of India's influence over this subcontinent ... Srilanka has become a Chinese colony literally ... If LTTE had been a terrorist organization .. A fictitious movie or a webseries has to have fictious settings and Characters and not come off as a spinoff trying to de legitimize the history behind the humongous struggle of millions of Tamils in the name of entertainment, This way of sabotaging the spirit of a legitimate struggle is the most vilest form of attack on the fundamental political rights of any large section of people belonging to a particular ethnicity. LTTE was a liberation army, portraying them as terrorists is a sacrilege, if they had been a terrorist organization india would have faced more problems than it even couldn't have imagined....

[@NeelkanthMehta]

Hello Shekhar Gupta Ji, A story very well told. I could visualise it. You are a master storyteller with a high amount of conviction. I could not take my eyes and ears away from your eyes on my computer screen. You narrated a truth, however painful it was. I have not read your books, but soon arrange to get them either digital or printed copies. I am sure they tell a story with your storytelling style. However, a gift of books duly signed by you will be great. Politics is such a dangerous place to be. You and other journalists have inspired me to be a journalist at the body age of 60 years. I am starting with writing comments on an article. I am looking forward to seeing you soon.

[@kranthinagothu542]

My word.....Indo-srilankan Tamil issue is so complex that hardly any one can think they know it all..This premadas helping LTTE as president of SL is stunning. He also mentioned Raw is helping prakaran to fight IPKF...This is very very complex possibly a content for a good book.

[@1ineed]

Yeah. That's why the 90's kids of this country who were barely born that time are even churning out their own versions of these stories in social media these days. AS IF THEY SAW IT 😂😂😂 but they don't even know it

[@anujithkbabu340]

One among the best of cut the clutter

[@hairstuff371]

Thank god he mentioned madras cafe i think that was and should have been film of the year but also film of the last decade..... 3 idiots would have been in the last decade but madras cafe deserves that place for 2nd decade of 21st century at least in hindi cinema

[@premraj2896]

Again after so many years it's not LTTE killed rajiv death ,. But I think this may be the reason... As usual all stories ,rumours ,no proof ... This proof would have been confirmed if all Sami's /narayanas had been inquired and reffered to their role ... Why no one talks about these important issues,if one is really interested in the truth... All involved had a role to play... They have made us tamizls as terrorist....

[@subhashishdeb6602]

Brilliant piece. This is what journalism ought to be. Analytical and full of corroborated data points. Hats off to Sekhar Gupta ji.

[@kavin546]

Rajiv Gandhi killed by telugu dravidian DMK party not( ltte) b.coz.every time Mr rajapakshey srilanka pm.visit thirupathi temple .b.coz their ancestors are telugus...Rajeev Gandhi was attacked once in srilanka military parade ( by sinhala man.).. dont talk rubbish.........No Tamil bloods ruled tamilnadu .jayalitha Karunanidhi are telugu.....mgr malayaliee......... Tamils facing losing their rights in North India even by south Indians also.

[@MsRosy777]

@@kavin546 If a man thought of injustice all his life he would be a very unhappy person.. for nothing is within our control in this world... if a man can accept the injustice he faces as amends to the injustice caused is what is known as karma..we Hindus believe so.. If we want happiness from life ...you can't achieve it by weapons...you have to lay down arms & the ideology of struggle ... as Mr Nelson Mandela & our very own Bapu, Gandhi did... this is the way to earn respect and freedom if it was for peace sake... Did they not achieve their Goal ...? Was it at the expense of innocent lives for a struggle that was in vain... The struggle is always within...! Long ago in our very own motherland India, there came the greatest man of all time.....a Lord Buddha named Gautham.., he taught to fight the enemy within us... if you really see ...there is no enemy out there..! if you have only hate for a man that caused you trauma ...you are only making it your karma to face your vengeance..! life is short.. we only need to harbour good... what good would it be to take our ill past to our grave... what if we can see things differently....? hope for peace...let it begin with you...THIS IS IN REPLY for all who died in vain... (death is not sweet for them..nor is the life after..!) Had they not seeked PEACE....

[@dinotooth]

Whatever your political & ideological views are, and whether you agree or disagree with SG - have to give it to this man's experience as a political journalist, love how SG takes you back in time.

[@antonypator5788]

By the way, why was no Tamil politicians killed along with Rajiv? " A food for thought".

[@kavin546]

Rajiv Gandhi killed by telugu dravidian DMK party not( ltte) b.coz.every time Mr rajapakshey srilanka pm.visit thirupathi temple .b.coz their ancestors are telugus...Rajeev Gandhi was attacked once in srilanka military parade ( by sinhala man.).. dont talk rubbish.........No Tamil bloods ruled tamilnadu .jayalitha Karunanidhi are telugu.....mgr malayaliee......... Tamils facing losing their rights in North India even by south Indians also.

[@raghu8467]

@@kavin546 Dey Loosea NTK thumbi yada nee..yaaru unga nonen Seeman sonana..aduthu ungala than da pottu thalanum..Tamil Naatla ukarthutu Privinaivatham panitu irukinga... LTTE killed Rajiv Gandhi period..

[@niresh3141]

Sir prabakaran is the bravest and truthful man he told he is not responsible for this assassination(video is in online) . Because when China 🇨🇳powerful country asked the port HAMBANTOTA. PRABAKARAN Refused.now the same port is given to China for parking warships .now at present India vs China it is the best Stratigical point to destroy India to avoid this he denied with guts long ago(sir now you can google it related to China and now that port(contains uranium) for lease lanka gave to china ) Second America super power asked permission to keep observatory at thirikonamalai to prabakaran he refused with guts because it will be stratigical point for gather and spying Indians from that high altitude near India ALL most all the military powers around The world either they will drink or in enemies place they will loot and rape the civillians in historirs we can see in U. N also more the certified genuine 5000 video proofs for tails genocide and rape in worlds unethical warefare rules.if you type in youtube and Google you can find srilankan army killing and raping tamils. All humans in this world either they will get anger or tears will be reflected after seeing this. Though srilankan army raped and boomed 💥 Tamil residence ,school airports. The counter strike by prabakaran on only srilankan army. Thought he had fighter plains weapons he didn't kill any singala lankan civilians, children's importantly no one from his army raped single woman in srilanka. Finally it took 20 countries (this was said by rajapaksa) to defeat this ltte army and mainly by illegal warfare . When hitler was about to loose he suicide with his family But prabakaran when he was about to loose his supporters offered options to escape with his family. He gave weapon and self destructive bombs to his wife and son.to fight in the war.The only leader who considered his people and family as same(it is evident he is not afraid of death) . So as he said he didn't involve in assassination.

[@NigarTamil]

@@niresh3141 true history well done brother.

[@kavin546]

I am not Indian dog to kill indisns.. India is developing.b.coz.of marathi.tsmil.brngali.punjsbi..mind it..not hindhi states.....India the name was given by .English.prrdon.1947 it was Madras presidency...bausters mind your words .....after Karnataka and Kerala and andhara sndtsmil Nadu states separate by language ...... Bauster ..seimens is not Tamil an.karunanifhi is not .founder of Tamil......every states has high Court in their names...bausters.... Why Tamilnadu had not its name..........in future China will help for separation of tsmilnadu. That time..every birth and other rascals will leave Tamilnadu defntly.... .....there are Telugu desam party....malayali.party.anf.kannada party.snd marathi.shiv sena party. Fighting for their rights...... Hindhi states nothing ploughed even a hair to India .......nagaland arunachal pradesh....Punjab.tamilnafu .Any time China will help ....don't think Indian government....bauster... Rajiv Gandhi send IPKF SIKH MILITARY to kill Tamil Force TAMIL TIGERS KILLED your Indian military 1145 person's.ltte was killed by Indian military .634 person's died...stupid.. after only they did Pooja to Rajiv Gandhi .in sriperumbudur ...porumboku...search history........karunanidhi thevudiyamagan...Telugu .(subramaniam brahmin....). .If there is no Punjab and tamilnadu marathi and bengal....india is hair...pooda porumboku.... Siemens is not only authority of tamils and karunanidhi they are not discovered the language ...... U r eating Tamil soil after that only.india........... Sonia Gandhi is Congress born Italy..Rajiv Gandhi is pure Hindian.not Indian...porumboku..

[@paramitamoitra8666]

Thank you for putting up this programme during 21st May. Otherwise we don't get to hear anything even on a special day.

[@Srinathrkz007]

We need a separate series like this atleast once in 2 weeks. Also SG sir if you’re reading this, please consider writing an autobiography. Imagine the amount of things that this man has seen and lived and us reading through it! Would definitely be a best seller!

[@djsunshine1]

Fascinating Shekharji! I hope you do a story of VP Singh and exodus for Hindus in Kashmir

[@nagesh5351]

Wait..so the president of Sri Lanka funded LTTE when his own army was fighting them? That's the worst thing a head of state can do to his soldiers.

[@nachiketdhende8681]

*CRPF jawans in Pulwama asked to be airlifted.* There was plenty of intelligence about a possible attack. This is not any less worse than what Premdasa did. Maybe SG will unravel this plot in a few years!

[@kavin546]

..Rajiv Gandhi killed by telugu dravidian DMK party not( ltte) b.coz.every time Mr rajapakshey srilanka pm.visit thirupathi temple .b.coz their ancestors are telugus...Rajeev Gandhi was attacked once in srilanka military parade ( by sinhala man.).. dont talk rubbish.........No Tamil bloods ruled tamilnadu .jayalitha Karunanidhi are telugu.....mgr malayaliee......... Tamils facing losing their rights in North India even by south Indians also..........India will lose its state r states will divorce India .like nagaland Punjab.T.N.arunachal.

[@jaideepc786]

Great account to hear, filled in all the blanks for me re Rajiv Gandhi's assassination. And loved it that SG took. a stand, that the killers be not released. Rajiv Gandhi in his 2nd term would have gone down as one of the finest Prime Ministers eger, as he was considerably wizened up after his 1st stint and clearly knew that India had to be put on a fast track and understood how to get there.. Premadasa robbed India of the privilege and cannot be forgiven.

[@susanvarghese4962]

I have always felt that it was a conspiracy with many Vibhishans. How come all the important leaders stepped away from such an important leader, just as the blast took place?

[@velliangiri1970]

Sekar ji Did you deny LTTE was great asset supported Indira Gandhi . Rajiv mishandled this issue by talking b jn Dixit

[@newsworld4735]

Srilankan former president R. Premadasa supplied weapons to LTTE to fight Indian Peace keeping force .

[@kavin546]

Rajiv Gandhi killed by telugu dravidian DMK party not( ltte) b.coz.every time Mr rajapakshey srilanka pm.visit thirupathi temple .b.coz their ancestors are telugus...Rajeev Gandhi was attacked once in srilanka military parade ( by sinhala man.).. dont talk rubbish.........No Tamil bloods ruled tamilnadu .jayalitha Karunanidhi are telugu.....mgr malayaliee......... Tamils facing losing their rights in North India even south Indians also.

[@crypticTV]

Because everyone was sick of the IPKF killing innocent Tamil and Sinhalese civilians at that point and the war seeming to never end as even the Indian RAW was working against IPKF to end the war.

[@saga1476]

Shekhar, these amazing backgrounds, Wow! Do you live next to the botanical gardens or what ?

[@kidzu209]

what an great insight, have to say this one of the best article from you , though we cant rank as all are best. lot of respect for you Sir.

[@manishjain7676]

We are happy to hear more stories more often sir ji :)

[@sahiltiwary3894]

I am a subscriber and I appeal to you guys to start a history story telling session and uncluttering them as I don’t really want to know the current affairs especially coz they are so sad..this episode is brilliant

[@ThePrintIndia]

Hi Sahil. Thanks for the suggestion and do keep tuning in daily!

[@truesoldier6871]

@@ThePrintIndia You call this Depth and Knowledge ... The fellow was only quoting experiences he had with a few Sinhala Politicians .. he hasn't even met one LTTE leader and has told a completely one-sided story that hides more truth than it reveals .... Mr.PRABHAKARAN WAS A REVOLUTIONARY.... Rajiv Gandhi's assassination was political .. it wasn't an insult to India's dignity, if he'd had really wanted to assassinate Rajiv Gandhi he could have done that even after Rajiv Gandhi became Prime Minister ... And LTTE chose to not do it because then it would mean insulting 90 crore odd indians ... Mr.Prabhakarans was fighting for his people and Rajiv Gandhi allowed his ego to cloud his political decisions and coaxed LTTE to do certain things that would have only put Sinhalese at the helm as far as the political Situation in Srilanka was concerned. Rajiv Gandhi paid for his political hubris ... and in return Sinhala Army committed a genocide and killed even the unarmed teenage son of Mr.Prabhakaran ... is that even politics ..

[@niveditaep3453]

Amazing insights and gossip. Look forward to more such episodes, atleast once a month

[@MotherNature05]

Here is something I would like to say to print readers.... Being localite No Politicians in Tamilnadu would dare to talk about LTTE or Prabhakaran.. Because they know the ground reality.... Prabhakaran is seen as hero in tamilnadu... whether it is Jayalalitha or MK stalin they wanted to release them this inevitably shows the wish of tamils

[@onetrueindian1]

This man called Madras Cafe a "Brilliant Movie" ...🤣🤣🤣😂😂🤦 ...Hard to take him seriously anymore .... That's the movie that got everything wrong about Tamil Struggle . A Sinhala soldier hit Rajiv Gandhi's head with his rifle during one of his visit, for he assumed that RG was being too helpful to Tamils... If only RG had recognized at that moment the vile virility of Sinahala fascism that was capable of insulting india today things would have been different. India made a very big political mistake of treating this man Vellupillai Prabhakarans actions as anything but political. .. he took up arms and did what he did because he had no choice ... He gave up his life But Sinhala Fascist forces killed his unarmed young son and india thinks that's fair .. and look at the state of India's influence over this subcontinent ... Srilanka has become a Chinese colony literally ... If LTTE had been a terrorist organization .. A fictitious movie or a webseries has to have fictious settings and Characters and not come off as a spinoff trying to de legitimize the history behind the humongous struggle of millions of Tamils in the name of entertainment, This way of sabotaging the spirit of a legitimate struggle is the most vilest form of attack on the fundamental political rights of any large section of people belonging to a particular ethnicity. LTTE was a liberation army, portraying them as terrorists is a sacrilege, if they had been a terrorist organization india would have faced more problems than it even couldn't have imagined...

[@existensistrubczthentruscatt]

@@onetrueindian1 நன்றி தோழரே💓🇮🇳☺️,நாம் தமிழர்..💪

[@jdudeshi]

Thanks Shekhar Gupta was this episode. Rich experience like yours should be shared.

[@66xx66]

“They deserve no sympathy ...” happy those traumatic days are over in Lanka . But those 1500 odd of our men who lost their lives over there . No one talks about them .They didn’t die for their mother land ,they died to keep up the word of their Govt 😞. Thank you Mr Gupta for this 🙏🏼

[@kavin546]

Tamil military is better than Indian army..Rajeev Gandhi stupid send Indian military.to eelam srilanka

[@tintunbirha]

@@kavin546 Nonsense. They (the army) were initially sent with hands tied behind their backs. Later when they cornered the LTTE their leader Prabhakaran convinced Sri Lanka PM ( Premdasa was it?) the problem can be solved between the two and the Indian army needs to withdraw. V.P.Singh for best reasons known to him withdrew ( After hearing this maybe rightly ). Ltte's politics was very egoless and ruthless.

[@rahulsharma8940]

@@tintunbirha but it was still stupid of rajiv gandhi to send indian army there and what did he even get look where sri lanka and india are now even china got a base in lanka not india

[@MsRosy777]

Well said & great documentary.. aftter all Sri Lanka is a sovereign state as India... no one need harbour cruelty in their hearts... DUE KARMA.. prison sentence as said.. is far too kind for the world's most cruel, cold blooded gurilla movement, the evil & the innocence taken from those children.. will not end until their karma is paid in full... this is the work karma... lest we forget.. Rajiv may your name live on....RIP

[@MsRosy777]

@@tintunbirha well said, our IPKF did corner the LTTE terrorists and would have wiped them off, (Evil can not prevail.. it is only short lived...) the good die young..! Rajiv Gandhi would have been alive today..our great leader..'Jayahe..'

[@sps6]

Excellent piece by shekar gupta..I think this video must be preserved as an archive about one piece of record of srilankan history..

[@harshacs1]

Amazing stories. Would love for you to talk more about the LTTE crisis and what caused them to take up arms against Sri Lanka, India's role in it and how it evolved, factions in India pro and against LTTE etc. Topics for a series of Cut The Clutter. I always wonder how India could have handled it better and what the outcome would have been. Also any recommended books on this topic?

[@kavin546]

Rajiv Gandhi killed by telugu dravidian DMK party not( ltte) b.coz.every time Mr rajapakshey srilanka pm.visit thirupathi temple .b.coz their ancestors are telugus...Rajeev Gandhi was attacked once in srilanka military parade ( by sinhala man.).. dont talk rubbish.........No Tamil bloods ruled tamilnadu .jayalitha Karunanidhi are telugu.....mgr malayaliee......... Tamils facing losing their rights in North India even by south Indians also.

[@hamptonraja6938]

This divided Island

[@JosephStalin-io5fp]

Tamils loosing their rights in north and other southern states. How?

[@anirudhhariharan9749]

@@kavin546 stop conspiracy peddling. No one can save LTTE because srilanka is completely a different nation. Tamil nadu is a state in india. It cannot involve in international issues. Karunanidhi had no powers to save tamil people in srilanka, because LTTE was declared a terrorist organisation by UN after 9/11 incident. If india involved, then that will become a geopolitical blunder from India. World will blame us for supporting a terrorist organisation, and there will be possible sanctions from other countries. Could bangladesh do anything while Myanmar did Rohingya genocide? It was the mistake of Prabhakaran, although he was a good leader, he did some blunders. He shouldn't have killed Rajiv Gandhi. Atleast he should have surrendered at the last moment which would have avoided a possible genocide in kilinochchi and mullaithivu.

[@moviemanian79]

There is a written by IPK commander

[@SP-oc7dm]

You made me watch Madras Cafe again

[@MahendranSomasundaram]

Sir a person wearing a bomb upon explosion will go into pieces but the said person who was a human bomb does not go in to pieces... small doubt? ....

[@tamanpara2682]

Exactly! The upper half of the supposed suicide bomber's her facial feature, head, upper half of body remained intact even though the powerful explosion killed 10+ people around and mutilated Rajiv's body.

[@mrin7087]

One of the best episode of CTC. We need more of this for sure.

[@shaunbird8051]

A Real story of murky, uncanny and intriguing stories behind the several assassinations of big leaders in Sri Lanka, which really makes me gasp. So very hard to believe the incidents which happened many years ago. The final say that you made is really a hit in the Bulls eye. Congratulations to Mr. Shekar for the lovely story.

[@maruthunayagam7199]

Premadasa might be an instrument. Let's bring an another angle to this. Late Yasser Arafat of PLO had warned Rajiv Gandhi of his assassination at a meeting between them. Most probably PLO came to know what CIA-Mossad was planning. White Zionists( USA-Israel) didn't like India to have a young secular socialist leader like Rajiv Gandhi. As they wished, Narasimha Rao became PM, India became White Zionists' great business partner, developing high anti-Muslim sentiments by media, Babari Masjid Demolition and rise of RSS/BJP. I just connected the dots. It could be wrong.

[@चराग़]

Sir please make one #CutTheClutter on America departure from middle east and Iran , China and Turkey becoming new player in middle east and why Americans are shifting to Asia pacific...and how it will impact india...

[@TandonOberoi]

Fantastic insight by one of the tallest journalist of our times... well done SG

[@SPoologaPandian]

I am from TN and l know LTTE was evil, just for political gain TN leaders portrait them as warior and none of the Rajiv Gandhi assassinators should be free. But this episode missed the other side of the narrative to what all evil Sri Lankan government did to tamil civilians, maybe you can have an episode for that as well.

[@Mskumar247]

I'm a Tamilian. But I couldn't take a stand. I'm confused

[@SM-gt9ux]

take a stand as an Indian then ??LOL

[@foodreligion78]

He is the prime Minister who is the founder of INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.

[@kavin546]

Rajiv Gandhi killed by telugu dravidian DMK party not( ltte) b.coz.every time Mr rajapakshey srilanka pm.visit thirupathi temple .b.coz their ancestors are telugus...Rajeev Gandhi was attacked once in srilanka military parade ( by sinhala man.).. dont talk rubbish.........No Tamil bloods ruled tamilnadu .jayalitha Karunanidhi are telugu.....mgr malayaliee......... Tamils facing losing their rights in North India even by south Indians also.

[@hardikshah3120]

Just facinating you are the best journalist in current times

[@vodanor4997]

India's best investigative channel. No other media house can match The Print and Shekharji!

[@vikashbaid526]

Boldly said and I agree. India has suffered too much. Now come and say as boldly the PM's mistake in not advance purchasing vaccines. He maybe a strong leader but a mistake is mistake and this has been a costly one

[@Joseph-zg7vs]

It's time to listen to SG so that I can be enlightened and fall asleep listening to sir's story...

[@rishabhpatel2051]

i also go to sleep daily by listening to him

[@kavin546]

Rajiv Gandhi killed by telugu dravidian DMK party not( ltte) b.coz.every time Mr rajapakshey srilanka pm.visit thirupathi temple .b.coz their ancestors are telugus...Rajeev Gandhi was attacked once in srilanka military parade ( by sinhala man.).. dont talk rubbish.........No Tamil bloods ruled tamilnadu .jayalitha Karunanidhi are telugu.....mgr malayaliee......... Tamils facing losing their rights in North India even by south Indians also.

[@rishabhpatel2051]

@@kavin546 south indians are so divided in themselves and , dream of making dravid nadu...🤣🤣🤣🤣.

[@Apv3_3]

SG sir... It's great how you explain topics.... Just one suggestion is that the prologue or the side steps can maybe reduced a bit ...