A Hero of our Epoch
M.K. Abbo Yusuf.,
Former Transport Minister, North East Provincial Government.
It will not be an exaggeration if we claim that the humanity that is at the threshold of the 21st century is exceptionally weak, because it could not save the life of a great personality like Comrade. K. Pathmanaba. Inspite of the remarkable achievements of science and technology so far made in the sphere of its socio - economic development.
Comrade. Pathmanaba’s death is an eloquent example of the weakness of the development of human civilisation in the recorded history full of stone age barbarism.
All those who are the contemporaries of Comrade. Pathmanaba will admit that he was one of the historic products of the present human development of an overall nature.
It is the logic of history that confirms the fact that the wealth produced by time, if used rationally will cause no destruction to humanity. The evidence of the death of Comrade. Pathmanaba in the cruel hands of LTTE’s fascism expresses the irony that the same wealth produced by time is equally responsible for destruction too.
Comrade Pathmanaba, in very simple terms, symbolised the human friendship in all it’s warmth and charm. It is
evident when we proudly claim that it is the greatest achievement of life to be a contemporary of Comrade Pathmanaba.
The eventful life Comrade Pathmanaba is the lively expression of the grim determination of all the comrades who are selflessly gathering below the banner of “Democratic Socialist Eelam” for the emancipation of our toiling masses. He has left a lasting impression of the stamp of his life’s truth on all of us.
The people who caused the death of Comrade. Pathmanaba will come to know the ferocity with which this death has given life to a revolutionary that will be all out to liquidate the heinous, gruesome and fascist crime of barbarism that was exhibitted by this death.
Comrade Pathmanaba was the product of the struggle that later became the inalienable part of his life and spirit. He was such a firm believer in Marxism - Leninism that made him to comprehend totally the content and form of the present worldwide democratic assault of socialism on capitalism. He flawlessly anticipated the future victory of communism over the total collapse of imperialism and its
appendages. Though he spoke very little in his short and sweet life, he achieved great feats. He was a pilgrim with a definite mission at the cross roads of our epochal history leading all of us towards a victorious struggle to establish socialism all over the world, by saving our national struggle from the influence of bourgeois nationalism. His marriage to Comrade. Anandhi exhibhitted his harmonious will to manure the pasture of revolution with his wedded life and to eradicate the influence of celebacy over revolutionary struggles of our times.
By his childlike smile, his love that kindled the feelings of all who got acquainted with him, his relentless corporation that influenced to work hard, his revolutionary determination to face all the challenges of our age, his understanding of the human weakness, his ability to identify human talents, his outlook that made him to love all humanity by transcending all the barriers of race, caste, language and religion and by his wisdom in accepting the scientific Marxist - Leninist ideology as the beacon of our struggle, Comrade Pathmanaba has become the hero of our epoch. He will live forever in all our hearts in all its depth and width inspite of his premature death.
