As before, too much is being read into the Heroes’ day speechwhen there has been no shift in the position of the LTTE on the "Tamil question." In the midstof the ongoing peace process, it is natural for analysts to look for nuances in the annual speech, Prabakaran,the LTTE chief gives on the eve of the Heroes’ day, to commemorate the deaths of his cadres in the ethnicstrife, many of whom have given up their lives voluntarily in the hope that one day, their leader would bringindependence to the Tamils.c