By Dayan Jayatilleka –
Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka
“…we’re going to talk today about President Sirisena’s thoughts about how to move Sri Lanka away from 30 years of war with the Tamils…”– Secretary of State John Kerry, Feb 12, 2015
Given that India is Sri Lanka’s only neighbor and that it is a huge country and an Asian power, it is correct that Sri Lanka regards the management of its relations with India as the top priority. Therefore, it is appropriate that the President Sirisena, preceded by the new Government’s Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera should make New Delhi their first destination. President Sirisena is quite correct to follow this up with a visit to China in March.
However, the new Foreign Minister visited Washington DC, and indeed London, before he visited Beijing. This is most unfortunate, given that Sri Lanka’s main identity should be as an Asian country and that China is perhaps the most important Asian power and certainly one of the two top Asian powers, with the other being India. Given the multifaceted strategic partnership, support and solidarity that China has always and unhesitatingly extended Sri Lanka for decades, it would have been both sagacious and ethically correct for Foreign Minister Samaraweera to visit Beijing after his visit to our neighbor New Delhi and before his visit to any other capital, and most certainly before he visited Washington DC. His failure to do so and his visit to the UK and USA prior to China is a clear indication of the external relations doctrine of the new Cabinet.
I emphasize the term ‘the new Cabinet’, because I believe that notwithstanding his occasional pronouncements during the elections, President Sirisena is naturally inclined to be a friend of China and to balance between India and China, rather than tilt to India, the USA or any emergent Indo-US axis. However, the new Cabinet is emerging as an autonomous power center, because President Sirisena has chosen not to exercise his Constitutional right to chair Cabinet meetings, and it is the Prime Minister who does so.
US Secretary of State John Kerry’s welcoming remarks on the occasion of his meeting with Sri Lanka’s new Foreign Minister revealed two basic truths. Firstly, that even at its most friendly, the US has a slightly prejudiced, if not warped perception of Sri Lanka. Secondly that Foreign Minister Samaraweera is no Lakshman Kadirgamar, the man he succeeded during his first stint in the post under President Rajapaksa.
Speaking in Washington DC on February 12, 2015, Mr. Kerry concluded his remarks of welcome with the line “…we’re going to talk today about President Sirisena’s thoughts about how to move Sri Lanka away from 30 years of war with the Tamils to a country that is inclusive and prosperous and peaceful.”
Earlier in his remarks, Secretary Kerry talked of the January 8th election as a “vote to move Sri Lanka in a new direction, to open up greater accountability…and putting together a government that will speak for and to the people…”
Mr. Kerry is a highly intelligent man, and in any case the LTTE or Tamil Tigers are sufficiently well known, for him to have been aware that Sri Lanka did not wage or experience “30 years of war with the Tamils” but with a separatist terrorist army or militia. So, either the US views the LTTE as being representative of the Tamils or it thinks that Sri Lanka waged a war for 30 years against the Tamil community. Whichever it was, it is damaging, distorted, insulting and dangerous.
One can imagine that had he faced a similar welcome, Foreign Minister Kadirgamar would have, in his own remarks, gently but clearly set the record straight, rectifying the egregious error. He would certainly not have let his country and its contemporary history be misrepresented; he would certainly not have taken it lying down.
For his part, Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera not only failed to diplomatically correct the utterly false perception of and unfair reference to our country and implicitly its armed forces, he failed to mention the 30 years of war at all!
Secretary Kerry’s referred to the election as a vote to move Sri Lanka in a new direction “opening up greater accountability”. This demonstrates that the hypocritical invocation of accountability hasn’t stopped and that it remains on the front burner of the US agenda on Sri Lanka. There is therefore a gap between US expectations of Sri Lanka under the new administration, and the national, state and security interests of Sri Lanka, not to mention the views of the majority of Sri Lankan people.
Of course Secretary Kerry’ remarks were ironic in the extreme because the person who “moved Sri Lanka from 30 years of war”, was not President Sirisena but his predecessor President Rajapaksa, and that was five years ago. It is nice of Mr. Kerry to hope that President Sirisena would move us to a peaceful and prosperous Sri Lanka, but we’ve been peaceful and prosperous for five years, on President Rajapaksa’s watch.
Following her visit to Sri Lanka, Asst. Secretary of State Nisha Biswal and more importantly, US National Security Advisor Susan Rice referred to assisting in Sri Lanka’s transition. At one level, the US view rests upon an interesting inaccuracy because Sri Lanka is not really in the kind of transition that the other countries named in their officials’ statements are or were. Sri Lanka is not in transition from a military or any other kind of dictatorship or autocracy. It was always a multiparty democracy in which competitive elections were held. This time the Opposition won and there was a smooth transfer of power following a peaceful election. So Sri Lanka is not a transitional state or society. However, the use of the term ‘transitional’ by the US official reflects the view that Sri Lanka is in some kind of a transition. This can only be a transition from one kind of external relations paradigm which was realistically oriented towards Eurasia, mainly but not only Russia and China, to a competing paradigm which incorporates Sri Lanka into the Western orbit, specifically the US pivot to Asia and most concretely, the Indo-US condominium in the Indian ocean region.
The US usage of the term ‘transition’ with respect to Sri Lanka may have an internal dimension too, in that the new Government may restructure the state, transitioning it from a strong centripetal unitary state structure with a powerful center and an executive presidency, to one which is essentially a parliamentary and quasi-federal system, less able to resist centrifugal ethnic pulls from Tamil separatism and the neighboring South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, and withstand external pressure. Sri Lanka seems to be in transition to a State form and model that is less able to safeguard national sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity. The US may be happy to assist in transition to such a looser, weaker State.
The new Cabinet is overwhelmingly a United National Party cabinet. The UNP under the leadership of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is officially a member of the International Democratic Union (IDU) which is a collection of rightwing parties headed by the US Republicans and the UK Conservatives. As such the UNP government is more likely to be oriented towards a potential US-India axis. The Foreign Minister seems to represent the view of the UNP dominated government, rather than of President Sirisena who is the new leader of the centrist-nationalist Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP).
While it will be in Sri Lanka’s national interest that the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) wins the upcoming parliamentary election and re-balances the country’s political equation, it is unlikely at the moment. This is because there is ideological and political confusion in the ranks of the SLFP. Right now, the UNP has been given the advantage by President Sirisena because he has appointed the UNP leader as Prime Minister and a predominantly UNP Cabinet, despite the fact that the UNP has not won an election nor has the support of a majority in parliament. It is ironic because President Sirisena is the new leader of the SLFP. But he has conferred an unfair advantage on the rival UNP by empowering it. He and former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga have further confused the SLFP by collaborating with the UNP and attacking ex-President Mahinda Rajapaksa who won the majority of the Sinhala majority at the recent elections, though he lost in the island as a whole. Mr. Rajapaksa won 58% of the 75% of the population who happen to be Sinhalese. The SLFP needs Mr. Rajapaksa’s popularity to win the upcoming election but the new SLFP leader seems determined to attack him politically. In this deliberate confusion, it is likely that the UNP will win. The only thing that could change that scenario is if ex-President Rajapaksa makes a political comeback at the parliamentary election through the SLFP or an effective new nationalist formation. If the SLFP wins, especially with a Rajapaksa component, then the foreign policy of the SLFP will be closer to that of the Rajapaksa years, though there would be greater balance between China, India and the USA, and especially between China and India. However, if the UNP wins, foreign policy will continue its present shift sharply towards the US, the West and a Washington-Delhi axis.
India can play a very constructive role in the economic, political and diplomatic arenas. Just recently the elected semi-autonomous Northern Provincial Council of Sri Lanka’s Tamil majority area passed a Resolution with the outrageous and aggressive allegation that successive Sri Lankan Governments since Independence in 1948, committed “genocide” against the Tamil community. India can help Sri Lanka’s rehabilitation process by helping oppose trends towards political and ethnic radicalization and polarization. It can do so by making it very clear to Sri Lanka’s and South India’s Tamil politicians that Delhi strongly opposes such a Resolution and will not countenance such anti-Sri Lankan and potentially separatist postures on the part of the Tamil politicians. India can also assure Sri Lanka of support for the island’s sovereignty in any effort to counter moves by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to move forward with an inquiry into Sri Lanka’s successful war against separatist terrorism in 2009.
Problems of a tactical nature between India and Sri Lanka, such as the issues of illegal fishing and Tamil refugees, can be dealt with jointly. What may prove more problematic are two strategic issues, namely India’s concerns about Sri Lanka-China equation and Sri Lanka’s political handling of its Tamil Question.
AVb / February 16, 2015
“However, the new Foreign Minister visited Washington DC, and indeed London, before he visited Beijing.This is most unfortunate “
Could somebody please stop this lunatic..please.. Order of visiting countries is so important to this lunatic.. “most unfortunate” #$#@#…I didn’t read after this… Those countries FM visited are democratic countries. FM should go to communist China ASAP too, asking assistance in manufacturing and exporting strategies, but not about good governance. also should request to reduce interest rates of all loans comparable to IMF and world bank….
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Thiru / February 16, 2015
If Dayan were to shave his head, beard and the mustache, and wear an orange robe he would be the modern day reincarnation of Mahanama thero propagating the Mahavamsa philosophy of Sinhala Buddhist Supremacy over the island that was endowed by Buddha to the Sinhalese Buddhists as promised land!
He will, of course, wait for the re-appearance of the modern day Dudagemuna in the coming months to condemn maitri and his coterie to the dust bin of history.
Until then please keep writing your gospel.
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sach / February 16, 2015
such hatred for mahanama thero, he must be a big thorn for you people you cannot attain your political aims because Sinhala people’s history is recorded.
Try finding any source for your mythical history that can counter argue or even compare to mahavamsa
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Siva Sankaran Sarma / February 16, 2015
How about Tamilnet? or “eelamnutjob#186762spersonalblog.blogspot.com”? :D
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Duhwood Blocker / February 16, 2015
Siva Sankaran Sarma aka Blocker David, we don’t see you that often on CT? What happened? How is your boss Goat Abaya doing these days? Heard he was questioned by the CID. Better keep a low profile…they might be around to question you too. :D
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Native Vedda / February 17, 2015
Duhwood Blocker
“Siva Sankaran Sarma aka Blocker David, we don’t see you that often on CT?”
As a senior wee Thamihz journalist D: Siva Sankaran Sarma Menon is too busy working for wee Thamihzs and Northern Provincial Chief minister C V Wiggy exposing genocide to wider world.
If you are free why don’t you help him?
Probably the CID would have known David Blocker for his bark than his bite.
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Taraki / February 16, 2015
Sach, did you know that Wilhelm Geiger was also a ‘racist Singala Buddhist’ He translated the Mahavamsa into German in 1912 but it is all false. That’s why he took so much trouble and spent so many years learning Pali. It had already been translated into English by George Turnour (another Singala racist)in 1837.
However ‘The Dīpavaṃsa and Mahāvaṃsa and their historical development in Ceylon’ was translated by E.M. Coomaraswamy in 1908. I wonder whether she was a Singala racist too.
https://archive.org/stream/mahavamsagreatch00geigrich#page/n5/mode/2up
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sach / February 16, 2015
The tamil point is not all mahavamsa is racist. When ever they need mahavamsa to base their arguments, it becomes a good sources. But as soon as it doesnt help their political objective it is a comedy book written by a racist monk…
they have a love -hate relationship with Mahavamsa. :)
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Native Vedda / February 16, 2015
sach
“such hatred for mahanama thero, he must be a big thorn for you people you cannot attain your political aims because Sinhala people’s history is recorded. “
You confirmed you have not been relying on Mahawansa but on inscriptions. What did change your mind (if you have one of your own)?
Mahanama was a pervert, first half was old pornography. He enjoyed writing about incest and bestiality.
Do you know inbreeding is likely to increase mortality and morbidity?
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sach / February 17, 2015
Aney idiot,
I said I used stone inscriptions when discussing history and sinhala language evolution at that argument. I can understand your intelligence and comprehension level now.
What you aswer does not know is mahavamsa’s history totally tally with what is mentioned in stone inscriptions. That is why it is considered as surprisingly accurate by historians.
The tamil behind vaddha mask’s hatred for mahavamsa is obvious.
what can inbreeding do? hmm I can see the results looking at you. You are a waste of oxygen
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Double standards / February 17, 2015
Mahawamsa is a great source of history – in fact indian history is dated only because of it. Why is this great work not taught is Sri Lanka ?
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Native Vedda / February 17, 2015
Double standards
“Mahawamsa is a great source of history”
Of course it is for perverts, who enjoy reading bestiality, incestuous relation and parricide which deals with beast beauty copulation which produces human offspring hence access to advanced knowledge of genetic engineering.
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sach / February 17, 2015
may be that is the only thing you see in Mahavamsa. The rest of historians use it as a worthy source for history. And even tamil ones who want to manufacture history cannot live without it.
If one were to abandon ancient books because of beastility or incest majority of Hindu, Christian and Muslim sources would have to be dumped. So please grow up….even if the facts are not comfortable for you.
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Tamil from the north / February 17, 2015
Hey Sach, you racist why have you come back here?
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sach / February 17, 2015
yeah need to contain you racists ne
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Native Vedda / February 17, 2015
sach
“yeah need to contain you racists ne”
Tamil from the north is also free to be a racist just like you, Dayan, ……….. Lal loo, OTC, Sinhala Buddhists and others.
Why do you think and behave as if you alone has the rights to being a racist?
Anei its unfair nay the (no)?
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Tamil from the north / February 18, 2015
Hey NV from a tree, the last thing I would ever do is to become a racist. Half my friends and many of my family are Sinhalese. So, there you go. But I see a racist, I will attack the way I attack this piece of shi* called Sach
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sach / February 18, 2015
You dont attack men. You cant do any debate. You just throw insults thinking attacking.
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sach / February 18, 2015
When i first came to this site i was a federalist…NOw i know you people well. I know a lot a of things I did not know then.
Whenever I have to tackle open racists like TFN and closet racists like you I will be a racist.
Dayan, and even OTC had always condemned sinhala nationalism and even BBS. They have stood for power devolution. If you think otherwise, it is your inability to understand what they say or deliberately change what they say to attack them.
If we have to be a racist to tackle racists I will be..If you take a person like Mahindapala he is a very honorable person, an open racist who doesnt hide behind a mask….a very honorable than you who hinde behind a mask….
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sach / February 18, 2015
“Why do you think and behave as if you alone has the rights to being a racist? “
I think I asked this from a Tamil before. SO you are copying what i said…..aren’t you ashamed?
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Punitham / February 16, 2015
The oppressed people around the world are wasting their time and energy till the UN is reformed:
Oppressive regimes not only oppress their own citizens but oppress their UNCTs too: then these UNCTs pass gross misinformation to UNHQ which believe what their ”field official, ie Resident Coordinator” tells them:
For many years, Sri Lanka’s armed conflict was a matter of grave international concern. The United Nations supported political efforts to resolve the conflict and, during its final stages in 2009, strongly advocated respect for human rights and a humane and orderly end to the fighting. In the aftermath of the conflict, the United Nations, through the work of its funds and agencies on the ground, has assisted with the safe and dignified return and resettlement of civilians uprooted by the conflict. – Sri Lanka, http://www.un.org/wcm/content/site/undpa/main/activities_by_region/asia
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Ajith / February 16, 2015
You don’t need to stop publishing this lunatic, rascist, fundamentalist thug’s writings. Ignorantly, there are few people in the past believed that this lunatic was a man who speaks for oppressed. His writings now expose his true monsterous face. He is mentally retarded and his violent inside is trying to create another bloodshed in this soil. Even modaya Mahinda well understood his real face. He is a good Presidential candidate for BBS.
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AR007 / February 16, 2015
There is only one sure lunatic -one with vested interests- in this forum. It is YOU AVb.
If you are hoping for lower interest rates from the blood suckers known as the IMF and the World Bank, you know nothing about the global economy and the history of money lending by these usurpers.They represent the evil Jesus rebelled against.
Wait till they prescribe their medicine to Ravi K, probably with a big chunk to a Swiss Bank!
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sama / February 16, 2015
This bakapandithays should let alone TODAY be aware of the facts – if the current regim failed to delay the UNHRC report as scheduled- THINGs would have gone very bad for the most corrupted though he was defeated by people’s votes.Knowing all these he should change his speak ends at least from this day.
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Burning Issue / February 16, 2015
“Kerry to hope that President Sirisena would move us to a peaceful and prosperous Sri Lanka, but we’ve been peaceful and prosperous for five years, on President Rajapaksa’s watch.”
What does this man smoke? The country was peaceful on the exterior only! Rampant gerrymandering, corruption, intimidations, killings and gaging dissent mean peaceful to this Political Scientist! In the North and East, the army was allowed to run businesses and conscript land and sexually harass and rape women. In the North the Rajapaska sponsored EPDP militia fully armed and carryout intimidation, thuggary, and racketeering unabated. He calls this peaceful; what man!
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sach / February 16, 2015
Before Rajapakse came and finished the war, LTTE terrorists run businesses, conscript land, forcibly recruit young children and a a worse form of mafia was inplace for 30 years…the northern area was decades behind the rest of the country and the world.
It was MR who laid the basis for development in North and ended the war so that ungrateful hypocritical fellows can go and have a picnic in north
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Native Vedda / February 16, 2015
sach
“Before Rajapakse came and finished the war, LTTE terrorists run businesses”
Yes I remember Tiran Alles briefing on the record that MR also did a fantastic business deal with LTTE terrorists just before his first presidential elections.
I was told a tidy sum was paid to VP for his life time services to liberal democracy.
What a good democrat MR was and what a neat idea the deal was.
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sach / February 16, 2015
So MR paying LTTE (as you allege) means LTTE did not do what i mentioned above? Please read what you wrote again and think slowly…then you will understand that it is a stupid thing to say.
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Ranjan / February 16, 2015
Here we go again. Another lunatic obsessed with MaRa, this lunatic sincerely believes that MaRa laid down all the battle plans and single handly won the war.I don’t blame you, like you said Sinhalese are hypocrites indeed. They forgot MaRa the same way you forgot the war criminal Sarath Foneska and his men and their contribution to the genocidal war.
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sach / February 16, 2015
i know you admire MR and SF in side your hearts. between i did not vote for MR
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Vibhushana / February 16, 2015
Imagine if Chelvanayagam’s political career was cut short somehow midway? All the associated problems downstream would have been avoided isn’t it?
Chelvanayagam’s political twin, C. N. Annadurai started on the same year in Tamil Nadu campaigning against India. Although the Indian govt had the foresight to make secession illegal in 1969. That would have undoubtedly directed the entire Tamil separatist effort towards Ceylon.
Although it was only in 1983 Ceylon introduced the 6th amendment – 13 years after India prohibited against violation of its territorial integrity.
In addition to preventing corruption etc, “Good governance” must also have measures that nip things in the bud before it escalates.
The govt machinery should have come down hard on Wingeswaran like a tonne of bricks. His civic rights should have been cancelled straight away. The entire council dispersered if it kept going.
The analogy is how you train a puppy. It might wee on a curtain. Although if you catch it first and come down hard it leaves an life long lesson with the puppy isnt it? That seems to how Tamils work too.
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jansee / February 16, 2015
Vbushana:
“The govt machinery should have come down hard on Wingeswaran like a tonne of bricks. His civic rights should have been cancelled straight away. The entire council dispersered if it kept going.”
When PM Cameron went to the North and literally had the SL regime running after him and subsequently had a press conference in Colombo where he had told off the regime in strong language, even to the extent of setting a deadline, no one came down hard on him like a tonne of bricks. I wonder why? Do you know the reason(s)?
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Vibhushana / February 16, 2015
PM Cameron’s deadline? The one that was ignored you mean?
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Burning Issue / February 16, 2015
“PM Cameron’s deadline? The one that was ignored you mean?”
Ignored my foot; haven’t you noticed, Mangala Smaraweera has been jetting around hoping to delay the publication of the UN report? Wasn’t it what Cameron said; he would use his position to push for an international inquiry!
By the way; if Anagarica Dharmapala hadn’t created the victimised maid-set among the Sinhala Buddhist, SJVC would not have had a platform! Have you thought about that? The British thought that Dharmapala was a homosexual; wished he had a partner!
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sach / February 16, 2015
such hatred for mahanama thero, he must be a big thorn for you people you cannot attain your political aims because Sinhala people’s history is recorded.
Try finding any source for your mythical history that can counter argue or even compare to mahavamsa
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Burning Issue / February 16, 2015
You mean the Mahavamsa the mythical story that depicts incestuous behaviour and bestiality!
You repeatedly said on these forums that you never supported MR; you now licking your wounds! It is the people who rejected MR not me; why are you taking it out on me!
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sach / February 16, 2015
i never supported MR and nor did I vote for MR in 2015. I am one who voted for change.
It is this warped mindset of yours that thinks Sinhala people are of two sides with two different political points and views on devolution. It is this lack of ability to understand what makes you post a lot of inaccuracies in the comment section.
But I agree with a lot of things Dayan says.
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sach / February 16, 2015
I have repeated this many times here. Mahavamsa being a book written in 5AD has a lot of mythical stories. At the same time it is the biggest source of history. It is incredibly accurate on its description in many events in SL and India and about the history behind Stupa, tank…
That is why no historian (not a bogus fellows) refer to Mahavamsa whenever SL history is discussed.
Dont go further. K.Indrapala wrote historical evolution of ethnic tamils in SL with funding from an Ausi Tamil society. He bases his history on mahavamsa and unknown historian who appears in DBSJ site from time to time , JL Devananda bases his history on Mahavamsa..
In short Mahavamsa is the source that cannot be ignored to any historian in SL.
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Taraki / February 16, 2015
That’s right the Mahavamsa that details the last four Tamil kings of Kandy.
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Native Vedda / February 16, 2015
sach
“because Sinhala people’s history is recorded.”
Where
When
How
Why
by Whom
What for
Does the history also mention DNA affinity and the arrival of Kallathonies from South India whose descendants now call themselves Sinhala/Buddhists?
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sach / February 16, 2015
Mahavamsa…and read my reply to BI, i cant make it more simple for you…..try hard to understand
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sach / February 16, 2015
what relationship between Dharmapala and Chelva?
I think I had this debate with you. let me put this in a way that is easy for you to understand.
1. Dharmapala did not instill any so called victimhood in Sinhala people. Sinhala people were already victims of foreign occupation during his time. And he started a movement to make sinhala people aware that they are being trampled by foreigners in their own land. There is NOTHING wrong in Dharmapala did and he did the right thing. I consider him to be one of the best sinhala leaders even above DS.
2. How did Dharmapala give rise to Chelva? Please elaborate.
3. Dharmapala was against British, catholic missionaries, Sinhala elite and Muslim trading immigrants. As far as I know he hasn’t attacked any Tamil or tamil politics. The Sinhala Tamil divide arose after his demise and after GGP’s racist politics.
4. Dharmapala had more reasons to find fellowship with tamils. He viewed christianity as a common threat. Anti beef movement was a outstanding movement of Dharmapala.
5. Unlike what you want to believe, Dharmapala did not have takers in Sinhala society. Dharmapala could not transform Sinhala mindset you are giving too much to that man’s accomplishment. When British arrested him in India, then Ramanathan sent a letter to British that Dharampala had no takers in SL and therefore not a problem.
6. And your cheap shot at Dharmapala saying he is homosexual shows your hatred for him. Hatred for simply being a sinhalese who stood for his people. Do you know whether he is homosexual or not? Even if he is how does it matter? Dont be a racist bigot who is prejudiced against gay people.
Many people compare Navalar in Jaffna with Anagarika Dharmapala. They might share their disdain for christianity but Navalar was striving hard to sustain their caste suprimacy and keep the lowest castes under subjugation while Dharmapala was concerned in raising the economic prosperity and respect for one’s nation.
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Aia / February 16, 2015
Don’t trying to compare TN, at least their States work as a full fledge decentralized autonomous entities. Here the situation is vastly different, all the rights recognized to protect the minorities in the constitution have been gradually nullified, that was the problem. Selva didn’t ask for TE in 1956. If state sponsored pogroms unleased on innocent minorities what you want them to do?. If VP took up arms, you say it is terrorism; if Wiggy passed a resolution with majority in a democratically elected Council, you say his civil rights to be taken out and the council should have been dissolved; if complained to the IC you say plotting against SL sovereign, so how could be resolved this, ton bricks? . That is not what Tamils votes for good governance. People are allowed to be able to express their view, at least through their elected members. If a minority burnt to death on a capital city while security forces looked on, what is you say about that killing?. Do you want Tamils to keep their mouth shut on the name of peace or good governance?.
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Vibhushana / February 16, 2015
Buddy Ala,
Now I am not going to repeat this again for you.
Selva did not ask for “minority rights”. Tamils already had minority rights. What Selva demanded was a thing called “national rights”. i.e. something like what Scotland has – a right when culture exist in an area for yonks.
Tamils on the other hand are a culture imported to do labour work. So there is no Tamil national rights in Ceylon.
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Burning Issue / February 16, 2015
Once an imbecile always an imbecile!
“Tamils on the other hand are a culture imported to do labour work. So there is no Tamil national rights in Ceylon.”
Did you hear this in your head last night? The voices in your head are causing havoc; you need to seek help. You are mistaken; the Arab Countries are currently hosing the Sri Lankan labourers; do you have relations among them?
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Vibhushana / February 16, 2015
Hello Burning Phaggot,
You would not have this much of a problem trying to sustain it if your culture had any natural affinity to the NE – isn’t it?
If you cannot politically sustain it without running behind India like a cheap whore, if you cannot take it by force, then that means something doesn’t it?
Its not like I haven’t told you this before. Go read Mahavamsa. It just does not seem to get written to your feral hardware isn’t it?
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Aia / February 17, 2015
I still call you a buddy, because Vibhushana in the ipic Ramayana was an innocent guy, and I liked him for his deed.
As for your response, it is nothing but a rejection due to sheer frustration; not knowing how to handle the matters raised. Hope you have not been sleeping all those days not to know this. One of the reasons majority have had and to start the destructive pursuit against Tamils was that they disproportionately holding high positions aftermath of the independence. If you say they were doing labor, not me, but your forefathers souls might be whispering in your ears, moda putha, do not open a can of worms.
As for Indian Tamils, they had been the back bone of this country since they arrived. They didn’t loot this country. What did you do for them?. Compare those Indian Tamils who migrated to South Africa, Mauritius and Fiji, the those countries recognized their contribution and, today they have integrated into the majority and called the adopted country as theirs. In Fiji, one them became the PM. And, you know, Navipilly was the ex CJ of SA.
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MirakRajBanda / February 16, 2015
Are you crazy DJ? Chinese the folks always something ‘wrong’ let be good governance, business ethics or quality of products or services!
I went only once to China and I swear I’ll never set foot in that monster’s country again!!!!
You can only compare them to Rajapakse Sri Lanka or North Korea in disguise!!
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Aia / February 16, 2015
Dear Ex Minister of Planning & Youth Affairs in the North-East Provincial Council under Mr V Perumal and Current Political Scientist.
Thought you have got to be grateful to Tamils as who else would give you a minister position without being elected by people. I knew you feel a bit happier to see Gotta who said you are a donkey being grilled by CID.
The climax of your con is this “It is nice of Mr. Kerry to hope that President Sirisena would move us to a peaceful and prosperous Sri Lanka, but we’ve been peaceful and prosperous for five years, on President Rajapaksa’s watch.” This is contempt of popular people verdict. Who this ‘we’ you are referring to?. Insinuating soft racial hatred should also be banned in this county as not only politicians but those who aspire for plum positions also have started to go down this dreadful path.
Just because your mind was in peace, as a result of a plum position given to you although you know nothing about how diplomatic affairs to be managed at high office as the UN, where very diplomatically savvy minds meet, don’t think 5.6M voted against MR can be taken for granted. This, despite you yourself said in one of your past articles that MR won the war but not peace. Doesn’t it contradict as usual? Time to time you change your view?. Better check the articles get past the Stanford graduate you referred or Tamara. Who would go after China even if it becomes a super power; Gotta didn’t go; Basil neither, maybe you, Tamara and Vasu can end up there, but you insisted that you want a position in France.
Whatever you try, the world view about the 30 years is that not SL Army and LTTE terrorists fought but there was a war between Tamils and Sinhalese. If you expand on this, both sides can extend on it.
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jansee / February 16, 2015
White van culture, human rights abuses, indiscriminate murder of journalists are the hallmarks of Rajapakse. I am beginning to wonder in the midst of all these, including the unceremonious way Sarath Fonseka was carried away from a hotel, that Dayan never was the target of Rajapakse’s hitmen. May be this is his way of keeping himself “afloat” and may be we can excuse him for that.
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sick DJ / February 16, 2015
what is “most unfortunate” is DJ degenrating to unbearable levels. USA is one of the key proponents of the resolution against SL,hence it makes alot of sence to visit the US of A.Mangala samaraweera may not be a lakshman kadiragama,but he certainly is way better than his predecessor GL Peiris and need i mention the mess that was our foreign service with such appointments as Sajin vaas as monitoring MP under MR’s govt and the Shenanigan that led to Chris Nonis’s resignation? it was one of the most disgraceful incidents to have happened and unsurprisingly it had to happen under MR’s watch.
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Samuel Jayaweera / February 16, 2015
DJ alswas feel that he is the person to know it all well, better than anyone else.
Anyways this partiuclar self-proclaimed analyst/political veteran/MR lacky is not welcome by anyone in the current adminstration – seem to cause DJ very hurt.
DJ- as a pudit of malicious order would anytime be ready to join the current adminsitration, if they would ask him to join hands them in shaping up all diplomatic contacts that deliberately eroded by the previous leadership. There he would even criticise his beloeved leader who looted the nation tot core – since there he will see his personal gains.
This rare form of Katussa would never see it before the nose.
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Podi Appuhami / February 16, 2015
Dayan,
You are trying to create unnecessary suspicion among Chines. I think you are doing a Sri Lanka foreign analysis for the chines and not for Sri Lanka. You are also trying to project an image that you are a foreign policy expert and the FM should appoint you as his advisor or at least give you a Head of Mission posting. I bet you Dayan, if you are appointed as a head of Mission, for reasons only known to you, you will become silent?
Don’t play out you theories of Majority among the Majority. You are, as claimed by you, a political scantiest, is unable to understand that the majority support of the people of the country that made the current president win the election not the ethnic divisions.
With regard to your Northern Provincial Council’s resolution on genocide, I also don’t agree that the resolution should been brought now and the wordings should been used more carefully than it is. But, Dayan what is your thoughts about the incidents listed in the resolution such as 1956, 1983, burning of Jaffna library etc.
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sach / February 16, 2015
what are your thoughts of 1939 navalapititya racist speech of GGP that resulted the sinhala tamil divide?
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Burning Issue / February 16, 2015
Take responsibility for what you have done since 1948. Racism has been the main centre point in everthing that you have done since 1948. You cannot shift the blame onto others. I say it again that Anagarega Dharmapala became the father of the Sinhala Buddhist chauvinism full stop; you even have a statue erected to thank him!
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sach / February 17, 2015
So having a statute erected is a reason to say he began so called chauvinism? Dharmapala was a social reformer who worked for oppressed natives.
And please bring a proper argument with evidence to support your claim. Saying “I say it again that Anagarega Dharmapala became the father of the Sinhala Buddhist chauvinism full stop” in a commanding nature doesnt make your point correct.
I guess you have grown up to understand that you sounded silly. And saying what you say is correct without being able to defend the claim is a bit arrogance and lack of maturity.
After all many of tamil claims are like that simple arrogance, racism and total lack of concern for others. Either myway or highway. This was shown by every tamil leader from prabha to wiggie
And between what came first? 1939 or 1948? 1945 or 1948? 1922 or 1948?
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AVB / February 17, 2015
This guy “Sach” remarks remind me of MR interview with AljezEera. MR said cause of recent ethnic unrest was “some Muslims rape Sinhalese girls, then Sinhalese retaliate… “, after that some wording to say this is normal in multicultural societies… I felt ashamed of humanity of having this kind of elected public leaders after 4000 years written civilisation….
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Park / February 16, 2015
Oh my God! This guy will not stop.
First of all Dayan you are not Lakshman Kadirgamar either. You lied to UN and Lakshman never lied. Secondly present Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera is much smarter than you, that is the reason today he has a job and you do not have one. Do not put your two cents into the pot. Mangala knows what he is doing.
I am sure you are being funded by China to write these articles. When Mahinda Rajapakse was the President you were in his pocket, now reading your articles it appears that you are in Chinese pocket.
Please do not interfere in the Maithree-Ranil-Chandrika administration. Just sit on the sideline and watch the transformation of Sri Lanka into a Just, Free and Maithree Samajaya.
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Punitham / February 16, 2015
”Secretary Kerry talked of the January 8th election as a “vote to move Sri Lanka in a new direction, to open up greater accountability…and putting together a government that will speak for and to the people…”:
Kerrys of the world, pl note:
Nobody can untie the knot of knots of knots Sri Lnka was put into by the Rajapakses. It all started with the Rajapakses paying the LTTE to stop Tamils voting in the election of 2004. Who else but the Rajapakses could manipulate UNCT to do dirty tricks:
i.The North and the East remain highly militarised and had only retired military officers as Governors(until a few weeks back after the election) who stood in the way of sustainable development while the other provinces had retired civil administrators as Governors who facilitated the work of their provincial councils. So what is the point in sending the youth from the oppressed councils on a Peace Train ”to improve interaction, understanding and coexistence” when the very government was standing in the way and not even holding the *election for Northern Provincial Council?: Over 200 students from Northern, North Central and Eastern provinces board the Peace Train, 21 April 2013, http://www.lk.undp.org/content/srilanka/en/home/presscenter/articles/2013/04/21/over-200-students-from-the-northern-north-central-and-eastern-provinces-board-the-peace-train/
(*though the war was over in May 2009 the President had been refusing to hold the election till September 2014 two months before CHOGM2013 to ward off looming boycott by CHOGs – sending them on a ”peace” train is muddling the students’ heads)
ii. This is not peace-building with the students:
In the last few decades school textbooks produced by the Education Dept began to be issued freely to all school children. But in the last few years in the army-occupied Northern Province, the President’s son issues them with aprivate message – please note his tweet at the end:
‘’Distributing school books in Mullativ and Killinochchi. I do this every year ….. Closer scrutiny of the picture reveals that every cover of the school books are emblazoned with pictures of MP Namal Rajapaksa in various outfits and poses. Some of the book covers feature pictures of President Rajapaksa at an event’’ – Namal Rajapaksa: Building A Cult Of Personality In The North, 23 Feb 2014, https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/namal-rajapaksa-building-a-cult-of-personality-in-the-north/
iii. The President has been oppressing the ethnic minorities in all possible ways like the previous governments and additionally by heavily militarising the North and the East and letting the armed forces engage in economic activities without returning huge swathes of High Security Zones to displaced people living in camps for up to 25yrs , depriving them of livelihoods ii. grabbing more land as Economic Zones and No Entry Zones iii. not releasing political detainees imprisoned for up to 10/15/20 yrs without charges and iv. not implementing Official Language Policy and not giving Tamils reasonable opportunity in employment in government institutions. To hide all these he had a Ministry called National Languages and Social Integration as a facade.
It is therefore unacceptable that UNDP colluded with the government and established an office in Jaffna to obfuscate the absence of justice and peace: Opening of the Northern Provincial Centre of the Ministry of National Languages and Social Integration with the support of UNDP, 21 July 2014,
http://www.lk.undp.org/content/srilanka/en/home/presscenter/articles/2014/07/21/opening-of-the-northern-provincial-centre-of-the-ministry-of-national-languages-and-social-integration-with-the-support-of-undp-/
iv.UNDP built facilities for the thousands of Sinhalese fishermen colonised in Mullaitivu coastal villages while the original residents were compulsorily detained in Menik farm camps with the Vanni made inaccessible till the beginning of 2010 and the East of A9 inaccessible to Tamils in 2010/2011/2012 till the Sinhala fishermen were settled reasonably well: http://www.lk.undp.org/content/srilanka/en/home/presscenter/articles/2013/05/27/undp-hands-over-newly-built-fish-collection-centre-in-mullaitivu-to-the-fisheries-cooperative-societies-union-/
Tamil fishermen were displaced from Mannar and Trincomalee coastal areas:
http://groundviews.org/2015/01/22/will-there-be-maithree-and-yahapalanaya-for-navy-occupied-mullikulam/
http://groundviews.org/2015/01/28/revisiting-sampur-how-long-will-it-take-to-return-home/
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Punitham / February 16, 2015
Dayan
I guess the gongs-on between the Rajapakses and you.
You were the only one who could have brought about the UNHRC resolution of 27 May 2009 after a ”bloodbath” that ended just 9 days before.
Probability of another such Dayan is very low and hence the Rajapakses will cherish you most and shower you with diamonds if they come back to power.
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justice / February 16, 2015
Hundreds of tamil girls from the north, recruited by the army under false pretences – that they would be doing mainly clerical duties, but were forcibly put in uniform under threat of court martial if they refused, and shown in army videos marching in front of army brass – are now not to be seen anywhere, not even in the army website.
Their relatives are searching for them.
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Japwatch / February 16, 2015
Oh wow! This person has so much free time. Somebody please hire him and let him spew his venom till its done. And we can all ignore him and go on living a trouble free life with the new regime.
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Simon / February 16, 2015
This is good news. Dayan is putting his head out of the stinking Sinhalese Communal cesspit and giving free advise.
Put on that suite buddy and get out of the pit. You can get back there when the time is right – when no one wants to read your CV.
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Native Vedda / February 16, 2015
Simon
“when no one wants to read your CV”
In case you change your mind here is his CV:
http://www.maayajo.org/IMG/SIMC/CV_H.E.%20Dr.%20Dayan%20%20Jayatilleka.pdf
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dcn / February 16, 2015
The President, The PM, and the Foreign Minster are all intelligent and are aware of the priorities
In our foreign relationships and accordingly the Foreign Minister visited India first followed by a visit to USA where the previous regime has not maintained any great relationship which had to be repaired and reestablished. Ther present regime has got its act together in rebuilding our foreign relationships and they will not need the advice of know it all” DJ in this instance.
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curtis hellfire / February 16, 2015
The reason Mangala has visited India the US and Europe before China is abundantly clear.
Sri Lanka exports 87-95% of its products to the EU-US. If these two economic areas place sanctions, which seems almost definite if they do not co-operate over war crimes investigation, Sri Lanka will be bankrupt within 6 months So unless China is willing to pick up Sri Lanka’s export bill approx 70- 90 billion dollars (depending on who you believe, the Sri Lankan state Bank, or the independent credit agencies, were broke , financially finished, Somalia here we come {which the Chinese would love).
If Sri Lanka continues its alignment with China (vis a vis allowing Chinese submarines to dock in its territory, while at the same time placing its economic head in the Chinese noose), India will invade Sri Lanka to protect its own security ! Sri Lanka is to India, what Cuba was to America during the cold war. Furthermore it would have a damn sight more justification securing its security to the international community, than Russia ever will invading Ukraine.
All this talk of Western international conspiracies to take over Sri Lanka ! What bunkum, Europe doesn’t give a flying fook about this part of the World Strategically, all they are bothered about is the massive market that is India and absolutely nowt else.
America is sitting back and watching developments at their leisure, it would suit America if China did get closer to Sri Lanka, after all India is surrounded by hostile neighbors, the more they get twitchy about Pakistan, China and now Sri Lanka, the more India will become drawn closer to Uncle Sam, and like Europe, Uncle Sam would like a good slice of that market.
Rajapakse placed Sri Lanka in a no win situation in Geo Political terms, for his short term personal gains, but more importantly for the short term political gains of the Sinhalese majority At the end of the day he was unfortunately for the Sri Lankan people the Emperor with no clothes, but alas for his people he was the Emperor with absolutely no brains.
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justice / February 16, 2015
Dayan J appears to be very distraught that President Sirisena is doing well so far, and has not adopted the style of MR.
The poor chap was dismissed by MR and is now totally ignored by Sirisena and has ended up in the dustbin of lankan politics.
His idiotic criticism of the UNP as usual, is boring.
Dogs bark, but the caravan passes on.
This caravan is on the right track and is doing well so far.
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Antany Peter / February 16, 2015
The West will continue to isolate China, at the same time will do everything to put a foothold in Sri Lanka. Nobody can beat the West when it comes to isolating. I am a victim of the West’s isolation, and I am talking through my own experience. China must do more than being part of the infrastructure program of the developing countries. It has to understand how the West has shaped the people’s mind for 450 years as colonial Masters. China has to open up and build trust with the developing countries. How many Sri Lankans got permanent residency visa or citizenship of China? It is very clear how much China has to accomplish to catch up with the West. I also would like to point out one more important issue for Asia. Muslims in Asia must educate the Muslims all over the world; otherwise disasters will destroy Asia as it has happened in the Meddle East. The West created Muslim Brotherhood, Mujaheddin and Bin Laden to make Islam as a violence religion for its own benefits, especially to defeat Russia. The ISIS is a new game; it has been created by the Masters of divide and conquer strategy to create disasters in the Middle East and Asia. Remember, they are less than 10% of the world population; therefore, they must constantly divide others to keep themselves on top to rule the world.
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Kail Rajah / February 16, 2015
Older people will remember The Editor of The Ceylon Observer, Mr. Tarzie Vitachi observing after the 1958 riots, that the Depath Naya (the two headed snake) a well known politician of that time, created most of the mischief.
We now have a Depath Naya who is beginning the mischief.
Message to all Sri Lankans ‘ Beware ‘
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Lanka Watch / February 16, 2015
….how to move Sri Lanka away from 30 years of war with the Tamils-
Secretary John Kerry – Feb 12/2015
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Some one should have corrected Mr. John Kerry’s statement that Tamils fought a war in Sri Lanka. They never fought a war in the recent times and the last war the Tamils fought was by King Elara against Dutu Gemunu, centuries back, when Sri Lanka were two sovereign countries as per history. Since independence, Tamils were treated as second class citizens and down trodden and successive govts.took them for a ride, scrapped all the pacts entered with the Tamil parties under flimsy excuses and Tamil parties & Tamils were sidelined by using excessive force. Tamil youths, who got agitated due to avenues of employment and university entrances closed to them by ‘Sinhala only ‘ policy and
‘standardisation policy’ where a Tamil student had to get 90 plus marks to gain entrance to a Uni, introduced in the 70s ,took up to armed struggle,in shear desperation as Tamil political parties were made inactive and JVP youths did exactly the same but did not last long and they resurrected themselves quickly and joined main stream politics. Both actions were insurrections against an authority who took up a hard stand and it cannot be called a war. A war is always fought between two or more countries. For convenience sake, the politicians called it a war to win votes. Ordinary Kandiah and Kadiravelu did not take part in the so called war nor had arms hidden or provided logistic support but they were only at the receiving end and parted with their young children and their gold jewellery, which is now in the hands of the former regime. It is very unfortunate that both insurrections ended up in heavy loss of lives and property and this could have been prevented if the past govts. did not take a
communal line from the very start and worked hard for the unity of all communities and these problems would not have got internationalised
and misunderstood by the majority and now faced with UN war crimes tribunals and threats of sanctions from the west and what not.
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K.A Sumanasekera / February 17, 2015
Dyan says UNP will win the Election..
Can Ranil and his Christian Faction win the vote of the UNP Sinhala Buddhist Faction, let alone the 5.7 Million who didn’t want Ranil even for 100 days?.
Ranil hasn’t so far given even one descent gig for any of the Sinhala Buddhists supporters who are in the Elite class.
Ranil is even importing a geriatric ex Lankan to run Ranil’s agenda from the PM’s Office.
My Elders tell me UNP of the past had some heavy weight ( not in calories) Sinhala Buddhist Elite and even Mudalalis who thought they were Elite class.
What has happened them?.
Cousin Chandrika hates Rajapaksa, big time.
But, where is young Kumaratunga Bandaranayaka is going to get a gig if there is no SLFP.
Preident Sira couldn’t careless after the 6 years,
The Son and the Brothers I don’t think are apt to look after the Dalits, let alone Elite and the Anglicans.
Vellalas and the SLMC Hakeem , Bathdeen and Assath Sally will have their own ISGA by then.
Cousin Chandraka may come back after a recharge in London ( or is it Scotish Highlands ) and decide to reconcile with Ranil and get the boy a Gig in the UNP.
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Tamil from the north / February 17, 2015
Hey Dayan, why don’t you simply shut up and disappear into oblivion. You are one disgusting racist.
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Navin / February 17, 2015
It is so sad to see that our very own Political Scientist Dayan Jayatillaka is very sick.
As I see it he has two problems that need attention:
1. The wrinkles around the rear orifice need reaming out
2. The gray matter inside his head needs rearranging.
Any volunteers?
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Tamil from the north / February 17, 2015
@Navin, please pick me. I am not a doctor but a sportsman. I have bats in many shape or form and have not used them for a while. Can I bring them with me to meet Dayan? Then I can enlighten this racist fool.
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K.A Sumanasekera / February 17, 2015
Put that in your application why you want a Dual?
And our Taylor boy will expedite it because your mate seems good at reaming..
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Tamil from the north / February 17, 2015
KA Sumanasekeram, is Taylor a Vellalah Anglican Elite who is also a Diasporian?
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Crana / February 17, 2015
This site seems to attract a lot of the LTTE supporters who hate not just Mahinda, but anybody who has got anything positive to say about him. I am not a huge supporter of Mahinda. But I don’t trust this current government either. I am especially worried about appointing traitors like Mangala as the FM. As a nation, we need to know our friends and our enemies. The US/UK axis has been the #1 enemy for a long time, trying to first break up the country, and then trying to bring our war heroes before war crimes tribunals. On the other hand, China stood firmly behind us. India of course supported the LTTE first, but we know the reasons. We no doubt have to have good relations with India. They are like a big brother to us. But if we get caught in the traps that Americans set for us, we will once again be facing terror attacks in no time. Mangala is not smart enough to deal with a super efficient US foreign policy establishment. I hope Maithripala Sirisena has the guts to take charge of foreign relations, and take power away from the UNP, which has always tried to ‘sell’ the country to our enemies.
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sach / February 17, 2015
we need people like you.
Please take a stand to reverse the constitutional changes. Talk with your friends and even politicians if you know anyone
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Crana / February 17, 2015
It is rather scary to see how the LTTE sympathizers seem to have identical views to the UNP supporters. I have voted for the UNP too. But I never voted against SL’s national interests. Ranil/ Mangala group seems to be working against SL’s national interests. And that is the definition of a traitor.
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Mallaiyuran / February 17, 2015
When one see Dhayan’s “Washington-Delhi-Amsterdam-Notredam-Pyongyangdam Axis” stories, they may feel like he is still stuck in the 19th century Lenin’s and 17th Century Marx’s comedies of communist jargon. But he really did a Scientific Political study in this.
If you hear CIA, FBI, code cracking and these and others, one may feel complicated and obscured. But the American are simple and straight forward than you might think. If a Yankee like you, he will pull you and hug you and kiss you and if he hates you he will kick you. There is reason for Dhayan to get concerned the terminology Secretary Kerry used. That is why, word by word, Transition to Tamil, he is checking the meaning of them in his Sinhala Intellectual terminology Dictionary and interpreting.
As an open and outward critic of war and pressure on rowdy nations that America has been putting, John Kerry’s arrival as the secretary was a concern for Tamils. They were looking for justice. They look forward America to put pressure on Lanka and UN. When they saw a man against putting pressure on this White Van nation, they expressed disappointment. Specially, Mangala the Architect who gave money to LTTE and brought the Old King to power to destroy the LTTE, now has given promises to TNA and has brought the new King to power. Now, there are indications that TNA’s face is turned towards the LTTE’s departure path, with no come back. As his usual, grabbing the opportunities and scaring the panicking crowd as his entertainment, Dhyan picked up a tiny news piece that is attached to the White House website to play his game. Based on that, he has created this new big, hala bola.
“There is no minority in Lanka, Humanitarian Rescue Mission, War for Peace, 13 Plus, “Upper Chamber”, Dismantling the 13A to recognize the Tamils’ right……..” these all Sinhala Intellectuals’ Terminology. Secretary Kerry has not lived with Sinhala Intellectuals for 2500 years, so no point in attempting to interpret these terminologies for him. In that handicapped situation for Tamils, Mangala Landed in America with the new offer of fighting the terrorism joining the hand with America. Nobody needs any explanation beyond that. If Secretary Kerry had accepted and said, let us fight terrorism together, that might have been a deadliest end for Tamils. Because of he does not know of whom Mangala meant by terrorist. Exactly the Tamils!
Before he was killed by the army’s sharp shooters of the old King, Kathirgamar was used by CBK, with the promise of PM of Lanka. He was not elected by Tamils or Sinhalese. This Kathirgamar, the one highly praised by Dhayan, for or in behalf of CBK, put together an international consortium to fight terrorism. This consortium was the one fought the Humanitarian war in Lanka. The Ban-ki-Moon and the Vijenambiar’s UN were also in Lanka when the war started. Because the war was named as Humanitarian Rescue mission, Ban-Ki-Moon’s and Vijenambiar’s UN decided, “Come on Man, we the UN do not fight Humanitarian Rescue Mission war, we only fight, real wars; so let’s us get out of here” and they left Lankave. Ban-Ki-Moon and Vijenambiar too did not know there is another dictionary exists in Lanka, with the Sinhala Intellectual s ’meaning. Otherwise they too have joined the Royal Government in the fighting. Because Humanitarian Rescue mission fighting is not Vijenambiar-Ban-Ki-Moon’s UN’s R2P and they had left without fighting Humanitarian Rescue Mission fight to rescue the entrapped Tamils, now, UN does not know what happened in Lankave. This is where, the rescued Tamils form North, want to tell their story to UN (or UNHRC or ICC).
Here is where, again, the problem got complicated, though not to an extent to un-understandable. So we can proceed to look into that. As another Humanitarian operation, it is government that fought the Humanitarian Rescue Mission is offering to Listen to the Tamils’ complain, instead of UN. This is a kind hearted action of the Sinhala Intellectuals like Dhayan. Dhayan came forward with kind offer in 2009 May. But the Adamant Tamils are yet to have to accept.
Mangala went and offered to fight terrorism with America, but in Sinhala Intellectuals’ Terminology. Secretary Kerry said in English’s generally accepted Terminology that he would like to see Lankave take a turn from fighting the war with Tamil for 30 years. Secretary’s position of America fighting wars is clear and obvious. So the Sinhala Intellectuals want to add it to their terminology as it is a rubber stamp for them to fight for ever against Tamils. Mangala went with “changing Constitution” in the Sinhala Intellectuals’ terminology. In other words, or in the American, British…..International English, changing the Constitution to a way to stop the Tamils from interfering into the EP election and refreeze it by an election within 90 days to water out the 2/3 majority. Government has to two more years to go. Leaving the SLFP’s 2/3 majority can mean even Secretary Kerry might pressure Lankave to achieve some solution to Tamils with that 2/3. But the Secretary’s contention is “Transition for betterment” in American English, Where a slave origin has been enabled to become even president. Again, a man who by nature understands the Sinhala Intellectuals’ Terminology and the American plain English terminology, Dhayan Jeyathilake know what was promised by Lanka and what has been understood by Kerry; so he see a reasonable difference in between them to be of concerned.
When the election was about to be completed, Secretary Kerry called the Old king, and told him that the King may have to play by the rule with the election results. Unfortunately as the secretary did not had the pre knowledge of the secret pact that Ranil, Old King and the New King all had on protecting the Old Kind from investigation, Secretary’s pressure was little overdone, on that night. So, using the opportunity to hide the secret pact, Lanka media spread a rumor that the American State Secretary had called and threatened with sending the American troops, so the Old King was concerned about the American troops and left the Temple Tree house. This is how the Sinhala Intellectual fooled the American Secretary, Tamils, International Community….. and anybody who was watching the election.
When Suren Surenthiran, Secretary, GTF , said to BBC that the Old King losing his post will ease the international Investigation, other than the Sinhala Political Pundits who were with Suren in the program, Mangala was the first one to challenge if anybody can have get the Old King out of Lankave to investigate. This Mangala went to America with the promise of investigating the internal war crime allegation. The Old King’s departure was nothing to do with anything of America Pressure. In fact, there no left that the Sinhala Intellectuals believe, cannot be fooled, san China. From Old king, Prince Gota, Ranil, New King and up to Dhayan, all Sri Lankan, have a respect for China, because of the Lankan computers. This arm is not easily reachable to American rulers, so Lanka does not give a damn about America. So the talk of American “Transition” will be easily over turned by Lanka. In that issue, Dhayan is neither the start nor end. When PM Camron came to Lanka, Bikkus and BBS protested. When Navi Pillai came to Lanka it was the case. If Secretary Kerry comes, that is the likely reception.
The trigger handle of the promise of “transition” was the visit of Pakistani International Law expert Aitzaz Ahsan. Somewhere after the last UNHRC resolution, Old King becomes little bit nervous. He consulted, Nawaz Sharif, in contrast to India. Nawaz sent this guy to Lanka. He is the one advised Lankave to corporate with UNHRC. In fact, as rush action, he advised Lankave to request a special session to cover up what was neglected by Lankave in the regular sitting. Things looked that bad and investigation was so sure at that time. There were so many things, in this regard, took place, between that advice and the last election. So when election was lost, the pact with Ranil came into operation, and the fault of it was put conveniently on the head of American Secretary, as the culprit who threatened with the American Army.
So what is the trick behind the “Transition”? As Dhayan, who understands” both Sinhala Intellectuals’ Terminology and American English, there was never, ever a promise given to American State Secretary, under Sinhala Intellectuals’’ Terminology; it was only mistake from his part to interpret it in American English.
Dhayan did a very scientific analysis on this essay. If someone says,” what Dhayan is talking? Isn’t the new Royals put all these promises in the election and won the minority votes based on that?” well, then, it is their fault of taking a statements in Sinhala Intellectuals’ terminology into plain English terminology. It is not Dhayan’s fault or mistake in his analysis. For to be fair for Dhayan, one must consider Dhayan’s action towards his defense too. Dhayan never supported Old King leaving the chair. He did not just justify the Old King in 2009 at UN, he is one of the very few did not abandon the boss and run to Ranil for Minister Post. He might be aware of the existence of Ranil-Old King’s secret pact; Ranil might be his deadliest enemy; but just for that he will not allow friction develop between him and his boss.
Now, the hope for the Tamils, this time, is the American leaders may quickly realize the terminology confusion they made in the talks. Next time, they may request the Lankave to talk in English or they may too come down and talk in Sinhala Intellectuals’ terminology. Stopping the April election is impossible for anybody. After that, the 2/3 Majority in the government may not come for a long, long time. There will not be any constitutional change to accommodate the lost Tamils’ right into constitution any sooner. American can do nothing for that in the future. Still, when they find out the truth, they may start again to push for the investigation.
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Lasanda / February 17, 2015
Sirisena must abolish the executive presidency for sure as promised within 100 days, If not people will take the power to their hands!!!
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s sathkumara / February 17, 2015
Sometimes I wonder how this guy’s brain works?
Did he get his PhD from the same university where Mervyn Silva got his PhD?
It is clear by non-stop writing to CT, he is trying to be relevant.
Mangala was a guest of the U.S. and Kerry possibly could have used Tamils and LTTE interchangeably. What is the big deal? Should one try fix it and embarrass him on the spot.
Do you really know how Kadirgamar would have responded to such a remark?
Democracy under Rajapakse! Is this guy high on some drugs? I thought Wele Sudha is still in custody!
U.S. has was warped view on where SL is heading? Yes finally we have a democracy and people can express their views without fear. I do not know why this idiot has to keep singing the songs of Rajapaksa today.
Why should Mangala visits China after India? Rajapaksa mortgaged SL to China. China should get the message that corrupt deals will not be tolerated in SL going forward. China is used to “Banana republic” type deals they do in Africa and they found the right dictator in SL for that.
DJ what is important is not who got the majority of the Sinhala vote but who got the majority of the SL vote. In an election, each vote is weighted equally and you do not seem to understand that in your racist, pig head!
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K.A Sumanasekera / February 17, 2015
Modi is ecstatic after meeting Jayanthi and Maithri..
He says his destiny and our destiny are one.
Wonder whether Modi is eyeing a Dual too.
Our Harbour City even without the Chinese extension is not a bad destiny.
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We have fresh Crispy Clean Sea breeze every morning and afternoon. Clean Roads, No turds to dodge
Gourmet eateries from Sanga’s Baked Mud Crabs from SLMC East to Jaqui’s Hot Hoppers and German Bier in Barrels in the old Dutch Hospital.
Modi might even want to find a Srilankan partner as a Dinning Companion.
Finding a suitable match is no probs, because Modi is from the same Aryan stock as our Sinhalese… Right…
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D.Nimal / February 17, 2015
The nexuses of emerging world power politic are different in the nature and their in balance of New Global economic power rivals be at risk of hard landing development of economic also uncertain by US new way of international ties.
Development of international politics power are complex that decaling and emerging of US, China and India. Cut through a complicated mess is not an easy task to be re-order in Globally.
Center of US ‘pivot to Asia’ strategy, that uninterruptedly and regularly has been attempted curtail China Global development of its due historical role playing in the world new emerging balance of power.
Changing historical development of this critical moment by US and China relationship is turning into new level, that created new epoch of international politics. US has to accepts peaceful rise is China will contributed to Global development in every spheres of Life, that its benefitted vast majority of People of world. By China has an open NEW World Market and driving force to Billions of People.
Mid of 60tees that Past US and USSR cold war era; instead of peace and development that replace by more for rival of political power of hegomoinism by CPSU leadership since 1956.. Then USSR turn into capitalist path after death of Stalin 1953.The CPSU become then great splitters of international socialist movement by leaders of USSR.
Socialists camp split ,that international socialist movement led by USSR turn into certain imperialist features that led by CPSU leaders at core. Restoration of state capitalism in USSR ,CPSU has lost her economic development all round way. Lead to war footing moribund economy by USSR ,being unable challenged poor economic performers to US giant growth of development .
The Weak nation(USSR) challenge by US outstanding development that USSR become declined state in world community. Rival in USSR lost her country by US manipulated international politics .Cold war era ended with tragedy of that split of USSR into Russian Federation 1991.
Where is India stand now? she is emerging country with complex of Capitalism path of unsustainable development in every sphere of nation. Her international role become weak, due to uneven & uncertain path of imbalance national economy. Vast majority people India is suffering poverty level, gap between new rich and rural & urban poor is unbelievable. Largest ‘democracy of India’ has been challenge by poverty and misery of people of India. Her international role being more and more weaker due to country become mess of poor democracy governances and unending corruptions of politics, that is nationally and internationally her role played by non entry voice.
US, CHINA and India that we have to learn on their development of politics of internal factors is the base of stability of Global relationships.
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