A daughter of Sri Lankan Tamil Uma Kumaran is contesting to be the Labour Party’s Member of Parliament for the London Borough of Harrow. Kumaran was born in London and raised in Harrow, but says she comes from a strong and closely knit family from Sri Lanka.
Uma
“My parents fled to Britain in the midst of a civil war, Labour MP Jeremy Corbyn worked tirelessly to help them settle here. They have since worked hard to rebuild their lives and raise a family in Harrow,” the Labour candidate says on her official website.
Kumaran says her late Grandfather was one of the first civil servants to break ranks and join the front of the trade union picket line defending workers’ rights. “It’s these values that I was brought up on,” she says.
“The community in Harrow has given me, my family and so many others everything – I’m determined to stand up for thousands of people like us against this Tory government. It’s a wonderful place to live, the most diverse borough in the country and a model for all the great things multicultural Britain can achieve,” Kumaran says.
She obtains a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Politics and a Master of Science (MSc) in Public Policy both from Queen Mary University of London and speaks Tamil, Sinhala, English, French and German languages.
Ben Hurling / October 18, 2013
I don’t know much about her background or what she stands for when it comes to Sri Lankan issues.
As a Sri Lankan I am very happy for her.
I hope she will not turn into yet another die-ass-pora mouthpiece.
I hope she will represent somehow all of us here in Sri Lanka. And work to build bridges among all Sri Lankans.
Cheers!
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Maithree / October 18, 2013
If she comes to SL, Mervin Rajapaksa the dwarf will bring her a proposal to marry her. So pl dont come to SL as you will not be safe from the maniac family.
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victor Wimalasingham / October 22, 2013
That is indeed funny
Good luck to her
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Native Vedda / October 18, 2013
Ben Hurling
“I hope she will represent somehow all of us here in Sri Lanka.”
I don’t want her to represent 20 Million stupid people.
If you stupid people leave her alone she may have great potential to be wise world state-person, because she is not polluted by Tamil/Sinhala parochialism, not yet anyway.
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Ben Hurling / October 18, 2013
Native,
Believe me London is heavily polluted by “stupid” Tamil parochialism.
Hope it has not affected her. Perhaps, she is wise enough to stay away from that kind of “stupid” crap.
I wish her all the best. Hope she will make us all proud her roots here in Sri Lanka.
Cheers!
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Native Vedda / October 18, 2013
Ben Hurling
“Hope it has not affected her. Perhaps, she is wise enough to stay away from that kind of “stupid” crap.”
It depends how crap your Sinhala/Buddhists and their exclusive state treat the minorities, including Muslims, Tamils, Christians, my people, ………others.
Could you put me in touch with her so that I can ask her to campaign on behalf of my people.
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JULAMPITIYE AMARAYA / October 19, 2013
N V,
NO WAY;
She says”, her late Grandfather was one of the first civil servants to break ranks and join the front of the trade union picket line defending workers’ rights.
“It’s these values that I was brought up on,” she says.
and further more;
“I’m determined to stand up for thousands of people like us”.
She is educated enough to Chose and decide what she would do.
So don’t Ask her to campaign on behalf of ONLY for your people.
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Native Vedda / October 19, 2013
JULAMPITIYE AMARAYA
“So don’t Ask her to campaign on behalf of ONLY for your people.”
Why not?
You have your diaspora nutters on both sides of the divide to make things worse for all of us. The state has its own Sinhala/Buddhist diplomatic missions to hide their undemocratic practices and war crimes from being questioned by ordinary foreign folks.
Okay lets compromise.
You can have 5% of her campaigning time for yourselves, equally divided between Tamils and Sinhalese. Rest of the 95% I like her to spend on campaigning my people’s plight including land grapping.
Its a good deal, take it.
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JULAMPITIYE AMARAYA / October 20, 2013
N V;
You have not kept any % to canvas for this young lady UMA for her own good self to elect.
That is an insult to the Lady Uma and Bias towards You.
I thought you are impartial and Peaceful guy.
when you say;
“Rest of the 95%, I like her to spend on campaigning my people’s plight including land grapping.
Again it is MY PEOPLE.
When you started get Selfish.
You looks like selfish Jarapassa and clan,
who are looking only for their benefit and luxury onhe expence of People..
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Native Vedda / October 22, 2013
JULAMPITIYE AMARAYA
Okay how about 10%, this the going rate here?
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JULAMPITIYE AMARAYA / October 20, 2013
N V;
WE sri Lankan wishing her to be the Next Margaret Thatcher of the U K.
And that wish will be come true in du course.
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Willy Brown alis Vallipuram / October 24, 2013
Well said. Sectarianism is the cause for human downfall.
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Dr.Easwaran / November 6, 2013
No more or no less than you people who are really with small mind. If this is what you can say:-“Believe me London is heavily polluted by “stupid” Tamil parochialism”. How stupid are you to write this crap statement. do not wish to spend time reading these crap comments. Sad to say that I have not seen any thought provoking intellectual comments written but just crap!
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Lanka Liar / October 21, 2013
How come the Tamils are doing so well everywhre they go. The other lot “Lie Lanka Matha”
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Javi / October 22, 2013
They are drowned in the Poop you cannoned at them.
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Rajakaruna / October 18, 2013
I wish her good luck and hope she can win the seat and work for the good of all Sri Lank ans irrespective of their race. If she can be brave as her grandfather she may go a long journey in politics.
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Thiru / October 18, 2013
Good luck to Uma Kumaran.
But please don’t let the likes of Tony Blair fool the MPs by finding weapons of Mass Destruction in the wrong places if you get elected.
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Amarasiri / October 18, 2013
Dear Ms. Uma Kumaran,
All Sri Lankans should be very proud of you and support you.
From your picture, I could not not tell if you you were Tamil, Sinhala or Indian, or even a non-Hijab wearing Muslim ( We still have many left).
Jayaweva, Cheers.
Amarasiri
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Native Vedda / October 18, 2013
Amarasiri
“From your picture, I could not not tell if you you were Tamil, Sinhala or Indian, or even a non-Hijab wearing Muslim”
To me, they all look the same.
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Amarasiri / October 19, 2013
Native Vedda,
Yes. I could not tell the difference. Even the original inhabitants Native Veddahs could not tell the difference. They all originated from the Southern Indian Gene Pool.
Even, the DNA would not be able to tell the difference.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genographic_Project
Then, how come, the Sinhala Buddhists, the Tamil Hindus, the Tamil Christens and the Sinhala Christians in decreasing participating order were going after each other throughout the last so many years and even today?
To Maintain the Buddhist Monk-Ruler Axis Hegemony?
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BBS Rep / October 19, 2013
Amarasiri and Native Vedda,
You both have a point.
However appearances are deceiving.
Anyway she is cute – I will give you that.
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Amarasiri / October 19, 2013
BBS Rep,
“Anyway she is cute – I will give you that.”
Amarasiri can agree on that, as this is based on observations and data, and not based on Myths on Nirvana, Nibbana, Samsara, Rebirth, Hell and Heaven etc.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/cute
cute [kyoot] Show IPA
adjective, cut·er, cut·est.
1. attractive, especially in a dainty way; pleasingly pretty: a cute child; a cute little apartment.
2. appealing and delightful; charming: What a cute toy!
3. affectedly or mincingly pretty or clever; precious: The child has acquired some intolerably cute mannerisms.
4.mentally keen; clever; shrewd.
Uma Kumaran, it is best to keep religion out.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Weinberg
His views on religion were expressed in a speech from 1999 in Washington, D.C.:
“‘Religion is an insult to human dignity. With or without it you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.”[14]
― Steven Weinberg, Nobel Prize Winner, Physics
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BBS Rep / October 22, 2013
Amarasiri,
I just commented on her looks. Nothing more nothing less. I am a layman and not a monk.
Why bring religion into it. You have your beliefs and I have mine.
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Amarasiri / October 23, 2013
BBS rep,
Yes, if we do not bring religion and myths, only supporting data, we can agree.
Yes, she is cute, and I may add looks pretty as well, in my opinion.
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kali / October 21, 2013
BBS Rapper,
You sound like a Bare Bodied Sinhalese ( BBS) ready for action
appreciating beauty.
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BBS Rep / October 22, 2013
I am a layman; not a monk. I am allowed to appreciate beauty.
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Thiru / October 19, 2013
Do you mean all women look the same to you?
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Native Vedda / October 20, 2013
Thiru
“Do you mean all women look the same to you?”
No.
The Sri Lankan Tamil and Sinhalese women look the same to me.
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jayam / October 18, 2013
Wish you well and all the best. PL visit SL and understand the current situation and the effort that is made to build bridges. Pl do not contribute to destroy the situation and destroy SL.
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crazyoldmansl / October 18, 2013
The best Sri Lankans are driven out of home so other countries benefit.
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Willy Brown alis Vallipuram / October 24, 2013
No. other countries do not benefit from the Bhajans they sing to flatter God. I am better of living in SL singing hymns for MR
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Pandaranayagam / October 18, 2013
Wonder who the grand-father is/was? It is time we had an MP in the
British Parliament now that soon it may be two in Ottawa.
Pandaranayagam
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Thurai Kumaran / October 18, 2013
Grand father was Chelliah Thurairajasingam.My father was Long time CP member. During ther t imes of C P De Silva,Peter Kennamen,N.M.Perrera ETC.Picket line was in Jaffna for the Local Municipal toilet workers.He crossed the cast devide long time before any one ever thought of it in Jaffna.He was sent out of his home for this act.Subsequently he served SLA as District Land Officer in Jaffna,Vavuniya.Puttalam and Killinochi.During his tenure in Puttalam Ali Marikar was the MP for Puttlam.We were close friends with Marikar family including the Naina Marikar,Abbas Master Etc.
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Thurai Kumaran / October 18, 2013
Grand father was Chelliah Thurairajasingam.My father was Long time CP member. During ther t imes of C P De Silva,Peter Kennamen,N.M.Perrera ETC.Picket line was in Jaffna for the Local Municipal toilet workers.He crossed the cast devide long time before any one ever thought of it in Jaffna.He was sent out of his home for this act.Subsequently he served SLA as District Land Officer in Jaffna,Vavuniya.Puttalam and Killinochi.During his tenure in Puttalam Ali Marikar was the MP for Puttlam.We were close friends with Marikar family including the Naina Marikar,Abbas Master Etc.
We crossed cast,creed race boundaries long time ago.
Uncle Kumaran
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Uthungan / October 18, 2013
Are you sure it is C.P. and not K.P.de Silva?
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Thurai Kumaran / October 18, 2013
From my recollection it is C P De Silva.In fact he has visited our Ancestral home in Jaffna with Pete and others.
Dad was subsequently in SL administrative service.
Uncle Kumaran.
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RajasH / October 19, 2013
Thurai
is this during the time of Tharmakulasingham?
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Upasiri de Silva / October 19, 2013
CP is Communist Party.
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Senguttuvan / October 19, 2013
Thurai,
NM, Pieter Keuneman were colleagues of the brilliant lawyer, historian and Marxist Dr. Colvin R. de Silva.
CP de Silva came from a distinguished Balapitiya family – was a Civil Servant highly held by the farmers of NCP. He joined the SLFP. I cannot recall if he was in SWRD’s Cabinet but he certainly was a senior Minister in Mrs B’s Govt and, thereafter, a senior in the UNP Govt of Dudley Senanayake. His sister was the late Paedetrician Dr. Stella de Silvia and his brother R.T. de Silva – one time Chairman/CTB.
As far as I know CPdeS was neither member of the CP or LSSP. K.P. de Silva – a clerk in the CWE – came in to politics in the late 1980s and I believe he was a nominated MP.
Senguttuvan
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Native Vedda / October 19, 2013
Senguttuvan
Tell me the secret of these second generation kids doing very well compared to their native peers?
Would they have achieved same level of excellence had they chosen to live in this island?
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Thurai Kumaran / October 19, 2013
The visit I am recalling is in the late 1960s. Before the formation of Mrs.B Govt.
Yes Colvin, Pete and C P De Silva were there.C P the civil servant.
Thurai.
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RajasH / October 18, 2013
Congratulations
while Gota is buildiing Pagoda in Killinochi, people driven away from Killinochi are building the future political landscape in Engalnd, Canada, USA, Germany, France etc and hence the future foreign policies of this countries
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Native Vedda / October 18, 2013
ela kolla
Great comment.
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RajasH / October 19, 2013
ela kolla ….great comment
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Burgher Boy / October 19, 2013
RajasH,
Superb cover-drive, dear chap. Hit the boundary. You give diarrhoea
to the Sinhala chauvinist wing with this diaspora nightmare. True,
though.
Burgher Boy
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RajasH / October 19, 2013
Thanks Burgher Boy…
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Peacelover / October 18, 2013
hey moda kolla go back to video games and elakiri website as your making a fool of yourself here,go tell your daddy that the CT guys are bad ba ba ba ;-)
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vishvajith / October 18, 2013
U GO GIRL. Best Wishes in your political career.
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RT GROUP / October 18, 2013
Well done and wish you all the best.
RT Group
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Uthungan / October 18, 2013
Uma Kumaran wish you all the best in your foray into British politics from the Labour party.
Now that you have made your choice to be Labour for Harrow, I hope you have a healthy opinion about people like Jeremy Corbyn and that formidable anti Blairite George Holloway who got sacked for exposing his lies about Iraqs WMD’s and calling the spade a spade.If so you have all my full support.
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Citizen / October 18, 2013
My best wishes.
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selvam kumar / October 18, 2013
THE BEST THING FOR UMA KUMARAN IS SHE SHOULD HELP THE TAMIL LLTE FORMER FIGHTERS, BOTH MALES AND FEMALES HAVE LOST THEIR LEG, ARM HANDS, EYES AND SO ON. CHILDRENS ARE ORPHANED, THEIR LIVES ARE VERY DIFFICULT. THEY EVEN STRUGGLE TO GET A MEAL A DAY. UMA KUMARAN SHOULD START A CHARITY FOUNDATION TO HELP THESE FOMER FIGHTERS.ALL DIASPORA TAMILS MUST NOT FORGET THAT THESE PEOPLE STOOD TILL THEIR LAST BREATH AND SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES FOR THE CAUSE OF TAMIL EELAM. NOW THE LTTE HAS BE SILENCED TEMPORARILY. THE DIASPORA TAMILS IN FIRST WORLD ARE WEALTHY, SO THEY MUST COME DOWN TO HELP THE TAMILS IN EELAM. THE DIASPORA TAMILS MUST NOT FORGET TAMIL EELAM IS OUR MOTHERLAND AND WE MUST FIGHT TO GET BACK. THE DIASPORA TAMILS IN BRITAIN, CANADA, AMERICA AND OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES MUST STAND UNITED TO CHARGE 1. MAHINDA RAJAPAKSE FOR WAR CRIMES/GENOCIDE 2. A UN REFERENDUM IS A MUST FOR THE TAMIL PEOPLE TO DECIDE THEIR FUTURE AND NOT THE SRI LANKAN GOVT
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Javi / October 18, 2013
Harrow is a Labour strong hold so she is a sure winner. We have seen CBK’s recommendations get elected from Labour strongholds but due to incompetence and greed they never got selected again by the party to contest.
Camembert secessionist what makes you think you are right disgusting smelly malodorous foul Mulligatawny??
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uuraawatch / October 19, 2013
Javi is a little trouble maker who should stop his racism and also learn to know what he types.
Harrow East has an MP Bob Blackman and he is a Conservative.
What is a “Camembert secessionist”?
What Javi writes stinks of colonial slave mentality.
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Javi / October 19, 2013
uuraawatch,
“What is a “Camembert secessionist”?
What Javi writes stinks of colonial slave mentality”.
You never tasted cured cheese to know the concept of that cheese in a nutshell poor sole.
Hey hey so you are the unabashed 2nd uooora on the thread trying Ding dong?
The world is not flat we all know that there is an east and west- school teacher.
So you use extractor fans on the 32!
Sounds like you’ve got foot and mouth disease.
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Burt / October 19, 2013
She is not contesting for the North of Sri Lanka, Irrespective of race, cast, religion or color of skin her first priority should be her voters. She is throwing her hat into politics to serve then and not her race or family.
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Commoner / October 18, 2013
Good Luck! I sincerely hope she will win and work towards a better world uniting all irrespective of race, creed and so on.
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Capucine da Silva / October 18, 2013
I do not know anything about her but going by her looks,she definitely is an asset that should be used on SL posters.million time better looking than the bitches in our parliament.That frustrated tart at the CEB will be jealous. Best of luck.
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gamini / October 19, 2013
You mean the one who was cooing on MR on a Political stage shown on a public photo? By the look on her face which I remember, I believe not even a platoon could satisfy her. She would have drained MR completely dry for years. No wonder MR is looking drawn and weird with such sluts around him.
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Native Vedda / October 20, 2013
gamini
” By the look on her face which I remember, I believe not even a platoon could satisfy her”
Could we have her contact details please, the armed forces in the North East need her.
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Probono Publico / October 20, 2013
chaps whom are you referring to? is it the lady whose name starts with a P?
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JULAMPITIYE AMARAYA / October 20, 2013
I think,
That Pa Is a grate machine used by Father and son.
better we avoid those talk as we are supporting to a lady who is challenging the colonial brits.
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Peacelover / October 21, 2013
are you sure? but she is a minister right ?
and isnt she too old for the son?
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J.muthu / October 18, 2013
She will win easily, good percentage of voters are tamils.
GOOD LUCK lady…
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Saul / October 18, 2013
Quite right, Tamil voters. That’s exactly why the UK is so concerned about human rights in Sri Lanka while making billion dollar trade deals with the totalitarian communist regime in China.
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Native Vedda / October 18, 2013
Saul
“Quite right, Tamil voters.”
You chased the Tamils away, now they are flexing their little muscle through various manifestations.
Remember my people let the stupid Tamils and stupid Sinhalese to share our ancestral land. However the Sinhala/Buddhist greed got the worse out of them.
Not only you lost all the best people but also stuck with crooks and war criminals.
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J.Muthu / October 19, 2013
Native,
I heard one of the srilankan Tamil doctor families eldest son graduated from Harward university with flying colors. He is in very good postion in one on of the american bank, he is planning to run for senate in 2020. He is just turned 23yrs old. Extreamly talented boy. Hope his dream will come true…..
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Rama / October 19, 2013
mr muthu, are you talking about harvard or howard. latter is a black uni in washington d c.
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J.Muthu / October 19, 2013
Harvard man best in usa man.
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Native Vedda / October 19, 2013
J.Muthu
“He is in very good postion in one on of the american bank, he is planning to run for senate in 2020.”
Good to hear that children of stupid people are progressing outside their parents homeland. I also hear that Sinhala diaspora children are doing well on par with the Tamils.
If that is the case shouldn’t I encourage both people to leave my island to seek greener pastures elsewhere which could make all of us happy?
I wish all the diaspora children well.
Hope some of the high achievers come back to this island and contribute to this country where they can help to clean up the political culture.
Please ensure you don’t send the likes of SWRDs, NMs, Athulaths, Sajins, Rudras, Balasingams, …………
You know what I mean.
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PalmSquirrell / October 19, 2013
I came back to SL recently; I want to start some small scale manufacturing but after dealing with merchants, contractors and municipal council people in Colombo, I’m thinking it is going to be a futile effort .
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J.Muthu / October 19, 2013
Todays world is different native, so many ealam tamils want to return and save their country. I am just little farmer slowly bring my land in vanni, to productable farm. My follow tamils never going to give up our land. we will never surrender, my dream and u r s same; if Sinhala Buddhist leave us alone we will be one of the best economy in the world….
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Javi / October 19, 2013
J.Muthu,
“Harward university with flying colors. He is in very good postion in one on of the american bank, he is planning to run for senate in 2020. He is just turned 23yrs old. Extreamly talented boy. Hope his dream will come true…..”
Have northern idealists ever given this a thought? VP the village jackal has left a legacy as the mother of all step fathers like Saddam?
If its land cant you see the mega rich living in yachts?
Get that bankster to give you the job in merchant banking then you simply swipe off billions of dollars because for each billion you are locked up for an year but don’t be like Raj R who took just petty cash and is rotting for 11 years (that’s gota’s I spy).
When you come out the whole Tamil diaspora would follow you add more billions then 1000 sq miles create floating dock somewhere in Asia(Helsinki style) There you could have Nallur temple, mango trees and your vasanti malige. Why not just thinking outside the box because you southerners and northerners both villagers have so much lust?
Then you are sure to be the new record holder miracle of Asia and ape shit king kong familial would put 2 fingers in their own booty than you taking the trouble and troubling 20 million folk.
How’s that for an idea because if I were to vote for a bankster then it would be Dick Cheney who nicked $80 billion oil of iraq and started gulf war 1. He did not kill many of his own people but they volunteered as patriots.
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Native Vedda / October 19, 2013
ela kolla
Try harder you will get there one day. Thanks for your comment anyway.
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Chandra Seneviratne / October 18, 2013
We all wish good luck and hope she will be sucessful
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Peacelover / October 18, 2013
Good luck to her and I dont know how many noticed it but Sinhalese is one of the languages that she is fluent in (that too being born in UK),I wonder how many Sinhales are fluent in Tamil living in Sri Lanka let alone abroad!
Another example of Sri Lankas loss is another countries gain
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T.D.Sathiamoorthy / October 18, 2013
Good Wishes from a Sri Lankan born Labour Supporter and the Labour Party member for than fifteen(15) years. Keep up your good work.
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punchinilame / October 18, 2013
DJ forecast this – not to internationalize the ethnic issues of SL. The
outcome is Tamils now form the largest diaspora in the world (?) and they are to stay with a say in Western politics: It becomes imperative that they serve their community links at all times. As Lankans we must wish
her well.
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Manivannan MP / October 18, 2013
Good luck to Uma Kumaran.
We hope that you becoming a MP. Will take our right forward and a voice for the voiceless !
Wish you the best of luck with your election !
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Leon / October 18, 2013
As a part of the Tamil Diaspora I wish you will be elected and do what is best for our community and all the people in Harrow. We must be thankful to
the successive Sinhala Government for doing the Tamils a great favour for providing the opportunity for us to realize
our full potential. You Uma is one the any young young people who make us proud.
All the best.
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Babsy / October 18, 2013
Congratulations! Uma is a role model for all Sri Lankan women. Only those who are jealous of her achievements would post comments criticizing and ridiculing her.
i really cant understand why men stoop so low to drag her ethnic background which is not relevant at ball. This shows how ingrain racism in this patriarchal society.
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S.Sivan / October 18, 2013
” She obtains a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Politics and a Master of Science (MSc) in Public Policy both from Queen Mary University of London and speaks Tamil, Sinhala, English, French and German languages”.
I dont think she is suitable for srilankan poltics. Look like highly educated.
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IOSalli / October 18, 2013
She ll be severe threat to Sri Lankans specially Sinhalese Buddhists
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sooriasegaram / October 19, 2013
Uma, hopefully, gets elected to the British parliament. She should serve all the people in Harrow irrespective of their race, gender and class. Additionally I hope her actions will help reconciliation and unity among Tamils, Sinhalese and Muslims both in Britain and in Sri Lanka.
Having been a member of the left movement in Sri Lanka and the British Labour Party for decades I welcome her candidature. I sincerely hope that she gets elected and remains true to her declared views and remain opposed to US’s past military aggressions against Vietnam, Indonesia, Chile, Iraq etc. and the continuing military interventions in the Middle East and elsewhere. I hope she will be guided more by MP’s like Tony Benn, Geremy Corbyn and George Gallaway than the Blairite Tories, if any left still inside the LP.
Uma appears to be a breath of fresh air to emerge from the largely inward looking Tamil Diaspora.
I wish her the success she deserves.
Sooriasegaram
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Uthungan / October 19, 2013
Blarite Tories are still there in the LP,who is David Milliband? Is he not New Labour of the Redrose type?
He certainly is not of the Redflag days of Labour’s glorious past.
You should know what I am talking about.
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Rama / October 19, 2013
i don’t support socialist parties wherever they are.
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Native Vedda / October 19, 2013
Rama
“i don’t support socialist parties wherever they are.”
Why not?
Could you name one socialist party which remains true to itself.
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Rama / October 19, 2013
native veddha, you are absolutely spot on. socialism is only a slogan. an educated girl like uma need not follow the socialist path. i think she is an opportunist who wants to be an m p and harrow probably is one of the safe labour seats owing to a large asian population who always vote labour. if i were to live in harrow i wouldn’t vote for her.
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Native Vedda / October 20, 2013
Rama
“i think she is an opportunist who wants to be an m p and harrow probably is one of the safe labour seats”
Whats wrong in aspiring to become an MP in the UK parliament.
After the expense scandal which I heard from my elders, the MP’s are highly scrutinized by British media and unable to claim false expenses claim. Therefore you can be sure that money is not the motivator.
Remember she is not contesting for the Sri Lankan parliament also she does not owe a thing to Sri Lankan people.
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Javi / October 20, 2013
“harrow probably is one of the safe labour seats owing to a large asian population who always vote labour”
It’s not the strictest of rules when its badagini for the whites too cause they refrain from voting.
Boris was a case in point for 34 seats that gave him the upper over ken the socialist.
The request of the industrious Tamils was not housing, employment but home back home- mampalam thinna asaya…..
Now with all the cuts biting into the poor and middle class they would go for the best of the worst – another hung Parliament.
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Sengodan. M / October 19, 2013
Thurairajasingham was a pioneer Leftist of the North. It is great that his grand daughter is taking to serious politics. All the Best to you, Uma!
Sengodan. M
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Piranha / October 19, 2013
Though born and brought up in the UK she also speaks Sinhala among many other languages. That is a good thing in that she will attract support from all Sri Lankan expats if she stays clear of racial politics. Good luck to her.
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Hooker / October 19, 2013
Piranha,
Here’s hoping Uma’s Sinhala is well-intentioned and not the bogus
and devious andara Demala of the Big Chief. Would love to hear her Sinhala. Here’s hoping it is as good as that of Sumanthiran’s.
Hooker
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Native Vedda / October 19, 2013
Piranha
“Though born and brought up in the UK she also speaks Sinhala among many other languages”
It sounds good.
She should be able to tell both people off in all these languages.
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