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Happy Birthday M. A. Nuhman | Poems Rethabile Likes 🎂 Happy Birthday, M. A. Nuhman! Poet · Scholar · Linguist · born 10 August 1944 Today we celebrate the birthday of M. A. Nuhman — Sri Lankan Tamil poet, linguist, and academic. Here is his searing poem, “Murder of Buddha,” written in response to the deliberate burning of the Jaffna Public Library on 1 June 1981 , when over 97,000 books and irreplaceable manuscripts were reduced to ash. I'll repeat that... let it be for good measure: when over 97,000 books and irreplaceable manuscripts were reduced to ash. A massive loss for future generations. Murder of Buddha Last night I had a dream Lord Buddha was shot dead by the police, guardians of the law. His body lay drenched in blood on the step of the Jaffna Library. Under the cover of darkness, cam...