There was a massive protest organized in London recently. More than 1,00,000 people attended it. At least 10,000 bought the Eelam flag. Each cost 10 pounds. In your currency, that is like a total of Rs 1 crore. Now, will someone tell us where that money went? These benamis and operators of the LTTE are worse than termites.

But, will the common Sri Lankan Tamil go back to his homeland if a conducive environment is provided?

They are all leading a comfortable life here. Their children are European citizens and speak French, Dutch etc. They won't give all this up and go back. Most of these people did not flee Sri Lanka because of the war. It is like people from Kerala go to the Gulf nations. They came here for a better life and opportunities. There is nothing for these people back home in Sri Lanka.

Finally, what do you think is Prabhakaran's biggest mistake?

I haven't faced a tougher question in my life. For, he has committed so many mistakes. But the biggest, in my book, would be the fact that he killed the political dream of the Tamil people.

Till the mid 1980s, the Tamil youth were politically very forward-looking. He changed that made them mere foot soldiers for the militia of a fascist organisation.