By Dayan Jayatilleka –
As always Tamil nationalism has overreached; acted unilaterally and overplayed its hand. As always this overestimation based on (congenitally?) misplaced arrogance undermines its Sinhala moderate counterparts and negotiating partners.
This has been so for decades, from the anti-Sri campaign of 1957 which undermined the B-C Pact, through the Vardarajaperumal NEPC’s confrontational adventurism vis-à-vis Premadasa in 1989-’90 and the LTTE’s ISGA/PTOMS which rendered Ranil and Chandrika easy political targets, right down to the latest NPC resolution and the TNA’s attempt to gatecrash a military camp.
The NPC resolution spontaneously triggered an anti-federal reaction on the part of the SLFP (Mahinda Samarasinghe), UNP (Kabir Hashim, Ajith P. Perera), JVP (Vijitha Herath) and FSP (Pubudu Jagoda). This happened on prime time TV news within 24 hours and without a single word from Mahinda or Gotabaya Rajapaksa– neither of whom was in the country when the story broke. They have yet to say something on the matter.
Thus the NPC resolution and the TNA’s federalist stance has already caused a programmatic and ideological fissure in the Jan 8th 2015 Yahapalana bloc.
Most interestingly, Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe went on to explain the official SLFP’s position, which it is safe to assume, reflects the views of its leader, President Sirisena. The Minister said that if there were any powers that should have been devolved according to the 13th amendment but were not, then the Government would consider the matter, but that would be about it, and federalism was well off the table.
Minister Samarasinghe is an enlightened moderate representing the liberal moderate wing of the SLFP. He widely tipped to be the embarrassing Mangala Samaraweera’s successor in the event of a Presidential intervention and reshuffle. What his remarks make clear is that even in the Yahapalana coalition there is common denominator and a bottom line: devolution not federalism, with the 13th amendment as base and framework of any new deal.
This may leave the federalists Ranil, Mangala, CBK and Jayampathy, together with usual ‘reconciliation’ suspects (un-rehabilitated Sudu Nelumites), out on a limb, with their TNA buddies for company.
The negative reaction to the NPC resolution and to Mr. Sampanthan’s alleged intrusion into a military camp, indicates that the government is fast arriving at a crossroads where the choices are: political survival and governmental stability, or ideologically-driven dogmatic reform? Internal realities and domestic power balances or external alignments and compulsions?
Now it is quite possible that the UNP-TNA-CBK bloc and its external patrons assume that no retraction of the neoliberal reform agenda, no slowdown, no recalibration, is needed because a split in the SLFP will weaken Sinhala nationalism– but that may not be the case.
In the first place a new survey by Ayesha Zuhair for the CPA (“Dynamics of Sinhala Buddhist Ethno-Nationalism in Postwar Sri Lanka”), reveals a post-election resurgence in Sinhala nationalism.
In the second place, a split in the SLFP would give birth to a dynamic new movement which would be more influenced by a more untrammeled populist nationalism than the SLFP currently is.
It is a toss-up. While it can be argued that a clean split in the SLFP will purge that party of its nationalist wing and render it a more moderate entity, more amenable to partnership with the UNP and the TNA in the project of federalization and accountability, the converse can also be argued. Southern populist-nationalism will no longer be contained within the framework of the SLFP, and if a new movement succeeds in mustering the support of the majority of elected SLFP representatives at all levels, then an adversarial nationalism will have more momentum and velocity than ever before—perhaps not since 1956 itself.
From a systemic perspective that is not necessarily a good thing, because it would reverse the basic contribution of SWRD Bandaranaike which was to deeply root a two party system in this country by creating a moderate democratic nationalist alternative to the UNP, interposing the SLFP between a pro-Western UNP and a radical anti-systemic opposition movement.
The split in the SLFP will erode the middle ground, because it takes place in the context of and is a response to the coalition between the UNP and the SLFP. Had the SLFP still been an anti-UNP force or were it to pivot to its traditional anti-UNP stance, then the space for a neo-nationalist Mahindaist movement would be eroded.
However, the way things are now, the two party system would be ended and the country would be back to pre-1956 or even pre-1951, placed between the UNP and a radical anti-imperialist mass movement (albeit of a different ideological persuasion than in those days).
Meanwhile the official, non-Mahindaist SLFP would be further subdivided between those who find a home in the UNP, those who move towards the dynamic new movement for future electoral benefit and those who stay put.
Faced with the competition from the Mahinda movement, and with elections early next year, the official SLFP may be less rather than more willing to collaborate with the UNP-TNA bloc in federalization and accountability hearings.
Crudely put, the need to compete on two fronts, against the UNP and the Joint Opposition at the local government elections of early 2017, makes it utterly unlikely that the SLFP can be seen to support the UNP on controversial, polarizing issues (federalization, Geneva, Hanuman Bridge, IMF cutbacks and retrenchments) which are not only electorally expensive but also at drastic variance with the SLFP’s traditional positions and ideology.
The official SLFP will not wish to lose its orthodox voters to Mahinda on the one hand and its revisionist voters to the UNP on the other, reducing it almost nothing.
At its deepest level, the instant, across-the-board, multiparty consensus from right to left in response to the NPC resolution reveals an existential truth. For the Sri Lankan mainstream, or more cynically, the ‘greater South’, what Fidel once said determinedly and defiantly in the face of Gorbachev’s glasnost, perestroika holds true of the Sri Lankan state formation: “if the choice is to stop being what we are, we would prefer death a thousand times”.
Truth / April 27, 2016
People expected Wigneswaran to be a balanced Tamil leader, similar to Sumanthiran and Sampananthan. His emergence as an extremist shows that he is now a puppet of the rich & powerful Tamil Diaspora, who appear to be grooming him to be the leader of TNA in the future.
At the previous US election, it was believed that Hillary Clinton was funded by the TAMILS FOR CLINTON & THEN OBAMA LOBBY. They are likely to be funding her campaign and can exert diplomatic pressure on Sri Lanka, if she wins the Presidential campaign.
Wigneswaran has opened the Pandora’s box and skilful handling of this development by people of the calibre of Mahinda Samarasinghe is required to defuse this bombshell!
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Bunjappu / April 27, 2016
Nations so called self proclaimed pundit has returned to his job again.
Anyways, all kind of nationalisms is not to overlooked in this country. If a southern goes to up country, there, they talks abot their high values. If onesmove across the country, low caste lankenss are attacked by the high casste men and women even today. There are sinhalayas known to me make their heads like big, just because of they went to colombo schools though ended up as just school leavers. Rajapakshes rhretoric are mostly filled with nationalistc agendas. Gonampanila and Buruwasnse make every effort to widen the gap between portions withitn the parties. This man Buruthilaka has always been on and on … whenever he finds time to do so, making every efforts to see guys become apart rather than get together… this is the natural to lankens… they will never find it the way to converge wit their thoughts to permament peace. Some TAMIL fellow srilankens are also do their job forgetting peace. We ve been battledy by war for the last 30 years. And we ve beent aken back 30years from the any good devleopments that the nation could achieve if had united one another.
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Native Vedda / April 27, 2016
Truth
“His emergence as an extremist”
extremist –
a person who holds extreme political or religious views, especially one who advocates illegal, violent, or other extreme action.
Synonyms for extremist
fanatic, radical, zealot, fundamentalist, hardliner, dogmatist, bigot, diehard, militant, activist; sectarian, chauvinist, partisan; informalultra, maniac, crank.
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Burampisincho / April 27, 2016
I have a kind request to you DJ.
At the time people rallied round to chase away Rajaakshes home, there were powerful young UPFA men like Galle Manushka Nananyakara, did almost everything to attack the election common candidate perhaps to the very same manner, nation s paronid Wimal Weerawanse has always been upto.
We can always learn from the other.. you are also entitled to do so.
Anyways the young men of the described above – have finally thought only wayout them to help the nation would be to join the govt and do their part, as Dayasiri or others now have been – So dont you think DJ you has a person who toured and based on several destinations of the globe representing country adequately or not, as per average yo should have collected experience in the line of lanken external politics. Having read your articles, one would feel that you are alert person with current day global politics, for you the best ot help your juniors with your experience rather than wasting your time just being showed up in VIntage point or the other….. why not you think rationally, we would not live eternal to keep the ultral nationalistic agendas in our heads forever – we all should die oneday with a mind that we have done best ot our fello men communities and entire mand kind. … Why you rather trend to promote hatreds, divisions, splits than standing by the other way around. I believe we are humble enough see it back, each of us can change our attitudes.
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Seelawathie / April 27, 2016
It is thenature of lanken – be them DJ like educated or average educated ones – do the same to lanken manner.
Looking at the manner GLP and RajeewaWijesinghe wasted their times, anyone with a bird brain would feel, it s the nature of lankens not to have their knowledge though they are proved scholars.
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Ajith / April 27, 2016
The dirty minded Sinhala Fundamentalist Dayan’s true face is nothing different to Gotapaya Rajapkse or BBS. Wigneswaran is always a moderate leader like any other Tamil leaders and telling the truth is not extremism. Federalism, Devolution of power, resistence to discrimination, demanding justice and equal rights are not extremism. Exremism is about oppressing people by use of power, denial of rights, discrimination etc. Burining of a library or burning of people or denial of food, medicine and excess to shelter are counted as terrorism and Sinhala Fundamentalists are the Terrorists by any means of civilisation.
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Sama / April 28, 2016
Please forigve him and lethim roam this way, He is brain sick.
He has been suffering from NEW FORM of superiority complex -but lying with all the last like Buruwanse even today.
This man Dayan has not the least knowledge about current realities. His vendetta against RW encourages him to work this way. Longer he stays with dogs, more damage he has to face in the life not even allowing him least to work for the nation. He will never be albe to represent srilanka in international stage.
Nor would he be posted – for sure. His unreliable nature can isolate him to his 4 walls for sure – that is certain.
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Paul / April 28, 2016
He belongs to one of these Sinhalese castes that has a very recent immigrant low caste Indian Tamil origin. These descendants of these recently Sinhalised Indian Tamil immigrant slave/indentured labour are the biggest anti Tamils
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Rajash / April 28, 2016
The Tamils have been hammering for bi lateral nationalism in the form of federalism
A Sinhala federal state and a Tamil Federal state.
The Sinhala politicians have unilaterally rejected it for the last 68 years and have paid the price for it and still paying the price for it and will continue to pay the price
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Sama / April 28, 2016
DJ as unemployed person could better join MR and the bunch when they are now makin plans to be exile.
That way DJ could allow us a break. I would not miss you for sure. MR needs your and your support to clean and whitewash them – that will be your assignments in the years to come. Please join the men and leave us.
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Paul / April 28, 2016
They will all be balanced if they have to deal with balanced Sinhalese leaders, however sadly from the time of independence all Sinhalese leaders, including the current ones and the establishment and the armed forces/police have been extremist not balanced at all. Their only aim is to hoodwink the world and ultimately destroy the island’s Tamils
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Rifki / April 28, 2016
It is not Tamil nationalism because Tamils have no nation.
It is Tamil racism.
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Sylvia Haik / April 27, 2016
Welcome back Dr.Dayan [Edited out] Despite your views, a split in the SLFP would be a good thing for the country. It would be like separating the chaff from the wheat. The ultra nationalists like your idols the Rajapakse clan and their sycophant, who robbed us mercilessly, could be sent to oblivion for a renewed prosperity to our country. By the way, you may lament the return to 1956 but that was the last time we thought this country belonged to all the communities within, but that’s an anathema to you.
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Funlover / April 27, 2016
Sylvia dont wait with open mouth while the prosperity is supposed to be cumming (excuse the wrong spelling; but then the spelling is not wrong, no). We all worked hard to banish Nivata Jayatilleka’s patriots, only to find they were replaced by the Nariya looking Sirisena and the slime ball Ranil. The country is doomed. It will never be redeemed. See the other Article about SriLankan … blotting out the billions in losses with our money…. like our money was Ranil’s grandmother’s dowry property.
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Vibhushana / April 27, 2016
The insular and backward nature of Tamils emerges from low-esteem and lack of self-confidence.
The Tamil nationalism is just a crude way of attempting to gain self-esteem.
The other more sustainable path to self-esteem visible to Buddhists is not visible to them because the wisdom just isn’t there.
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Burning Issue / April 27, 2016
Like you gain your self-esteem by concocting history and telling unfathomable lies!
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Native Vedda / April 27, 2016
Burning Issue
“Like you gain your self-esteem by concocting history and telling unfathomable lies!”
It is not Vibhushana who is typing.
The voices in his head urge him to type the way he types hence he has no control over his fingers.
Please bear with him.
However, you mustn’t forget that Vibhushana is a self-proclaimed scholar of Sangam literature 250 BC to 250 AD).
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Kumar / April 27, 2016
Burning Issue
Vibhushana is suffering from the same symptom that most Sinhalese suffer, a majority with a minority complex. He believes that the Sinhalese are trapped between the devil (80 million Tamils to the North) and the deep blue sea (to the South). This kind of Panic Disorder or fear Psychosis was instilled in the minds of the Sinhalese by none other than the Mahavamsa author when he wrote, Dutugemunu felt that he could not stretch himself because of Tamils to the north and the deep sea to the south. As long as they believe in this kind of myth that is not based on reality (delusions), especially unfounded fear or suspicion, we should expect such outbursts from people like Vibhushana. It is a kind of mental illness that many of them suffer.
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King Wala Gemba / April 27, 2016
Now I can understand the reason why Vibhushana gets agitated like a Monkey whose tail is on fire…LOL!
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soma / April 28, 2016
Kumar
“He believes that the Sinhalese are trapped between the devil (80 million Tamils to the North) and the deep blue sea (to the South)”
I too believe in this.
Soma
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Native Vedda / April 28, 2016
somasss
“I too believe in this.”
You believe in anything. So it is not a surprise.
The best thing is to cross the Palk Strait and join your 80 million brethren.
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jim softy / April 28, 2016
In Tamilnadu, Tamils are a back ally community. Else where in the world, Tamils are coolies.
Even if occasionally, one comes out of the pack, he/she goes to jail for corruption. Jayalalitha, Galleon J are just two examples.
Only in Sri lanka, Tamils bully Sinhala people. Because, they are, being buddhists, are backward and mahavamsa mindset is always slow to react.
On the other hand, Tamils don’t like to understand how slow reacting Sinhala buddhist sloths lived for millinia under South Indian Tamils.
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cholan / April 28, 2016
he he he
go and see what is your Sinhala buddhists are doing in arab countries
Sinhala babies are doing daytime one job..night time another
cheers
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Celeo / April 28, 2016
“In Tamilnadu, Tamils are a back ally community. Else where in the world, Tamils are coolies.”
Looks like Jim Softy has made a typing error, instead of Sinhalese he typed Tamil.
The Sinhalese women are the number one coolies in the world. In the mid-Eastern Arab countries they do not work as CEOs or rocket scientist, they work as menial and sanitary coolies (House Maids, Janitors/Cleaners and Nannies). Hundreds of thousands of Sinhala women work as coolies in Arabia, if you visit the major cities in the Middle East such as Dubai, Riyadh, Doha, and so on, it can be noticed that in most of the public institutions such as the Airports, Hospitals, Schools, and other major institutions such as big hypermarkets, shopping malls, etc. where people from all over the world live and work, the toilets and floors are cleaned by none other than the Sinhala women considered as good Janitors.
By the way, if you do not know,
Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Tech giant Google is a Tamil from Chennai. Indra Krishnamurthy, CEO of PepsiCo is a Tamil from Chennai. There are many such prominent people from Tamil Nadu in the entire world.
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NAK / April 28, 2016
But,most of the coolies in the former British raj are still tamils!
and its not comparable with house maids in the middle east.
A sizeable number of them too are muslim and tamil.
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Native Vedda / April 28, 2016
NAK
“A sizeable number of them too are muslim and tamil.”
Could you provide us total number of Sri Lankan working in the medieval middle east kingdoms and an analysis/breakdown of people as per their race/religion/linguistic affiliation.
Basically, what you are saying is that this is a nation of coolies but most of the descendants of Kallthonies have already converted to various religions and some of them are trying very hard to shrug off their historical identity.
Probably you are suffering from residual historical identity.
I can understand your dilemma.
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Celeo, / April 28, 2016
NAK
Can you define coolie?
You are talking only about the labour class here. If you consider the labour class, today the only coolies are the Sinhalese women working in the Arab countries, they are not only house maids but also janitors/cleaners too.
Why don’t you talk about others as well? Most of the white collar jobs in the Ceylon Civil Service during the British period were held by the Tamils. The Tamils were holding top positions in the government service whereas the Sinhalese were working as peons and drivers.
Ask your grandparents, they will tell you that the doctors, postmasters, PWD overseers, and most of the executive officers in the public/civil service were Tamils, even in remote Sinhalese village government dispensaries, the doctors were Tamils whereas the laborers, attendants, peons, and drivers were the Sinhalese.
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Kumar R. / April 27, 2016
Vibushana,
It is possibly not even a week or two ago that your cohort sad Sach argued valiantly that it is the superiority complex of the Tamils that was the root cause of all evil in Sri Lanka. And now you have a diametrically opposite view! Any which way that suit your guy’s convenience to mask the pains of self-inflicted wounds, as you keep your head buried deep in the sand – right?!
When Tamils had equal right to education and employment, and the country thrived, with the Western nations competing with each other to source doctors, engineers, lawyers, accountants and teachers from Ceylon, you “kavun kannos” could not contain your racial envy to chase the hard-working out of the country. Now you are green all over again having witnessed firsthand how the Tamils had successfully spread their wings over practically the full spread of the global reach. In the meanwhile, you guys vote in goons like MR on just the promise that he would guarantee 50,000 (or was it 500,000) “porin jobs” – and you vote him in more than eager to send your wives, mothers, daughters, and sisters to wash Arab posteriors, if not more.
Do you still need more proof as to who is riddled with and has conceded “inferiority complex” so much so as to enthusiastically bestow their women folks for a handful of dinars, even if they would return only in body bags! What national pride, my boy! Congratulations!
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Ravi-Telugu / April 27, 2016
The Sinhala only/Buddhism only is just the crude way of showing the madness.
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Rajash / April 27, 2016
“The insular and backward nature of Tamils emerges from low-esteem and lack of self-confidence”,
@vlookup “Tamils” replace with Sinhalease in the above sentence
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Alahakoon / April 27, 2016
Dayan is still trying to analyse Tamil community problems and, in my view, trying to help our Tamil brothers to fix their problems like ugly nationalistic thinking.. Good.. but what about your own Sinhalese community, who is going to analyse Sinhalese problems and help them to be better humans? Aluthgama, couple of KM from Dayan’s hometown, Sinhalese Buddhist thugs & terrorists burnt 200 Lankan Muslim houses and randomly shoot Lankan Muslims.
Dayan, why don’t you analyse their behaviour and help those SB thugs in your hometown? Have you seen Prof Niranjan’s recent article analysing & criticizing Tamil leader Sampanthan.. I see Niranjan as helping his own community first. Why don;t you use brain and wisdom to help Sinhalese first?
Prof Niranjan was studying at Pera Uni at the same time as you, but opposite sides Mahaweli river.. But what a contrast of two First Class honours graduates in the opposite sides of Mahaweli river….
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Paul / April 28, 2016
He is too frightened to analyse his Sinhalese community, as he is afraid of what awful things he will have to reveal. Starting from their Mahavamsa fairy tales
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Sama / April 28, 2016
But he is still better than burupala in Ausiland who has always been obsessed to explain about Vellala caste.
These both have much in common – they are born to do the job well.
Being loyal to any kind of culprit leaders, they go on brain washing. ONly idiots get caught while others attack them both constantly.
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JJ / April 27, 2016
Isn’t this the same guy who hoisted an EPRLF flag in Jaffna?
And here’s an excerpt from something he wrote in the February 1982 Lanka Guardian:
“The Tamil guerillas, while being in the phase of ‘Strategic Defensive’, are accumulating strength through a series of relatively minor tactical offensives. The massive retaliation by the State reveals to the Tamil people their enemy in all its bestial ferocity. But this is not all. The repression which, making no distinction between the armed combatants and unarmed youth, encompasses in its scale and scope, the entire Tamil nation in the North. Every Tamil there, by the very fact of his or her Tamilness, is deemed an enemy and treated as such in practice. This forces the Tamil people to see themselves as the State sees them at the very time it tries to deny it, i.e., as a separate nation! Thus, the inexorable dialectic of vanguard violence and state repression enables the Tamil people to know themselves and know their enemy. It raises their political consciousness from the level of a nation un sich to that of a nation fur sich. The dialectic also forces sectors like the TULF and the Sinhala Left to take up positions on either side of the fence. Trying to straddle the barbed wire proving uncomfortable to their lower extremities.”
That last line about the “lower extremities” must have been prophetic for him, judging from his subsequent actions. How this worm has turned!
There’s more of this if anyone wants to Google and check it out.
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Vanguard / April 29, 2016
“How this worm has turned”
So the was he right the first time? Maybe he has been rehabilitated?
“Thus, the inexorable dialectic of vanguard violence and state repression….”
“Vanguard Violence?” – this is good time to point out I am against violence.
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Trotskyist / April 27, 2016
Dayan Jayatillake’s morph from a 20-something LTTE sympathizer to a full blown Sinhala chauvinist was quite amusing to watch in the last 30 years.
Has the fact that you’ve been wrong about pretty much everything in the past 5 years yet struck you? Like the ‘sure thing’ MR victory in January, the ‘sure thing’ after the drunken mob gathered at Nugegoda (you said you will retire from public life if you were proven wrong there – you were proven wrong but are unfortunately still around in that garbage TV show of yours).
Now DJ is running around on his TV show claiming he “expected it” anyway. So he’s right when he’s right and right when he’s wrong. What a remarkably infallible man!
Just to dispel any residual doubt that the man has some standards however, apart from the endless barrage of fallacious arguments, he can even be seen spouting utterly racist BS like the argument that Sirisena shouldn’t have won unless a majority of the majority supports him. Does anyone believe this to be a valid argument? So if a majority of the majority are willing to oppress minorities, the minorities are not entitled to vote hand over feet to defeat that? DJ will be in fine company with the bigoted halfwits who are distributing maps of Eelam superimposed over Sirisena’s majority win districts.
The chap also saying the notoriously political GMOA Padeniya should be believed for his misinformed knowledge Economics (not medicine) purely because he forged his way into a government sponsored post graduate programme at Oxford (Dayan as usual selectively chooses who he should believe without giving a hoot for how that person acquired their so called ‘credibility’)– a week after saying one should not believe Rajitha about legal matters as he is a dentist and not a lawyer – was particularly laughable recently.
Anyone who thinks that a bunch of drink sodden paid-off half-wits showing up at a rally is a ‘sign of things to come’ is either seriously deluded, or thinks the rest of us are delusional.
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srinath.gunaratne / April 27, 2016
Up to the point, The mind set of Tamil politic is so warped with racism, They have no margin for reconciliation! They think it is only SL government that must reconcile!
If Mahinda spent the money he spent to develop North and East to South,
He could still be president. Lies upon lies were spread to tarnish the good work carried out.
Not a single word of appreciation from Tamils for what he did, They think all those things are obligatory!
What is enough for Tamils is the separate country their sun god made to believe. They will stoop to any level to achieve this, What kind of political party with principles would encourage their people to vote to Sarath Fonseka, the very same military leader who destroyed their sun god and partly responsible for the so called genocide? It is the lowest of the lowest of Tamil Political leadership gone so far!
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Burampisincho / April 27, 2016
what are u talking about…. good work has done bla bla… are they not srilankens according to you .. like us the ones from southern, they are also entitled to all developments.that must not be seen as concessions. it is their right or not.. why you feel that bugger et all did …(in the same manner, the ilk you supported thought that current regime was elected by minority voters…. are they not srilankens ?) for that purpose the guy was elected as the president.
Why to resound that he did a good work…. regardless of the areas, peoples ethinicity, reglions and others, a president of a state should work for all the people equally. You the kind of punnaku eating men spread just hatreds further putting you guys on altra looking down the tamil srilankens even afte rthe 30 years long war.. I think the mentality should be subjected to full clean up.
The media units OF Rajaakshe did not telecast the real grievances of the people- not only tamils but also sinhala poor people that still live on huts .. clay huts.. as got to see from Sirisa tel documentry programs lately., but wheree their political interestes were they the buggers showed up… MR was the most abusive leader among all the presidents since indepennce. He knows nothing but to abuse people in diverse manner. In the post war period, he had almost everything directed on him, enjoying so called 2/3 majority unlike the case with his predecessor CBK, but being intoxicated by power .. but power,.. he ruined almost everything. Here not that SLFP or UNP, the person s grediness misguided him putting him in a deep well. Even today, his brother Basil is on a campaign to split the SLFP…. thinking that they will have a better future if only woudl do so.
Basil should be sent to a long term jail session, for all what he has done in the line of high profile funds abuses. All these will come to surface with the time, but the ruling men are also
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Native Vedda / April 27, 2016
srinath.gunaratne
“What is enough for Tamils is the separate country their sun god made to believe. “
It is strange, how you think about separate state and sun god very often than the LTTE supporters. Sun god must have left a remarkable impression on you and your fellow doomsayers.
Sun god is dead and gone. However, it appears you chose to die a slow death day by day thinking about him and his failed project. He would be happy in his grave that though dead, still be able to kill one more person without a shot being fired.
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soma / April 28, 2016
TNA offially declared a fortnight ago that the Tamils who practise Islam as their religion is a separate group on their own. Which effectively leaves only Hindu and Christian Tamils inhabiting North as the “Tamil Nation ” henceforth. Do u know their percentage?
Soma
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Paul / April 28, 2016
And also the east. The Sinhalese have only arrived in the east in the last 50 years with the help of all Sinhalese governments( including the current one) as illegal settler and the Indian origin Tamil Muslims a few centuries ago as refugees fleeing Portuguese and then Sinhalese persecution.
Now the illegal settler and the refugee are joining hands together to oust the real owners of the east, the Tamils from their homes.
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Park / April 27, 2016
In an environment when none of the Southern political parties are able to provide any proposal to TNA, there is nothing wrong in TNA requesting a Federal System. What TNA is doing now is putting forward a proposal for consideration. However, the NPC passing a resolution to this effect is wrong. I am of the opinion that India had an hand on NPC passing this resolution. After PM Ranil’s visit to China and agreeing to restart the Chinese projects in Sri Lanka, India got pissed off again. The way India always acts is by creating internal disturbance for the Sri Lankan Government. Unless the Yahapalana Government and Southern political parties realize this and move forward with a concrete proposal to TNA, there is going to be more trouble created by India. President Sirisena came to power promising a solution to the minority issues, where is his proposal? JVP too said equal status should be given to minorities, where is the proposal from them. As usual SLFP which has always been a racist party has no proposal to give, similarly JHU and PHU have nothing to offer. So at the end there is only one proposal on the table that is from TNA. What about UNP?
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Dr. Gnana Sankaralingam / April 28, 2016
You are right about intentions of India. About 25 years ago a Sinhala accountant told me that India will never allow peace in Srilanka, as peace will result in prosperity and India does not want a prosperous Srilanka at their door step.
I have a feling that recent arrests of rehabilitated LTTE fighters are being done at the instigation of RAW, who want to create an unsettled situation among Tamils. Unfortunately Srilanka government is playing this game to suppress Tamils.
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Ananda / April 27, 2016
Vibhushana, your assumptions and generalizations about ” The insular and backward nature of Tamils emerges from low-esteem and lack of self-confidence”, just displays the level of your prejudice, not to mention your stupidity!
“Nationalism” whether Sinhala, Buddhist or any other, is (as you point out) a “crude way of attempting to gain self-esteem”, so why restrict your barb to “Tamils”?
And don’t talk about “Buddhists” in that ‘generalized’ way of yours, as we are all aware of how some so-called “Buddhists” behave. The BBS, for example, is not known for its “wisdom”!
And finally, you are in no position to pontificate about “wisdom”, when you are so obviously lacking in it judging from your inane comment.
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Non PhD / April 27, 2016
DJ , any sensible Sri Lankan will understand that you together with joint opposition ( gang of 4 ) want to bring back Rajapakse regime at any cost to the country.
Your conclusion above, totally contradicts all the views that were expressed by Mervyn De Silva on the ethnic issue that used to appear in the Saturday Review.
DJ you always claim you are a true smart patriot. If that is the case then there is a golden opprtunity for you. Go on the joint opposition May Day Rally and make a speech on stage that reflects your views.
Will you do it ? I’m sure you will chicken out or if you speak you will not repeat the above views or similar views because of China and India and their foreign policies particularly on the plight of minorities within Asia.
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Seelawathie / April 27, 2016
Dont suggest ideas to the man who are now squeezed by all educated known to him – calling him a bastard to have betrayed them. So, if he would hold a speech as was the case with Nugedgoda, mudukku type rally – he will have to find an another island to continue his rest of life. So please dont persuade him to commit suicide sooner than the nature has planned it for him.
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Antany Peter / April 27, 2016
You want all the people who are against the temporary victory to commit suicide. Trust me, we will defeat you in due time. Otherwise, we will be betraying billions of Asians and the East.
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Antany Peter / April 27, 2016
Federalism won’t work for Sri Lankan Tamils.
When we talk about Sri Lankan Tamils we are talking about the people who destroy their own people and motherland in the name of freedom. If Sri Lankan Tamils have little brain, or little love for their people or little respect for their motherland they would have accepted Indo-Lanka agreement in 1987. They took the country to bloodbath to please the foreign power. How can we trust them ever again? We don’t see any change in their ideology. Federalism is working positively in India, USA, Canada etc. The people embraced federal system of governance as they see fit to improve the economy of the country as a whole. However, the Americans, Indians and Canadians know what is patriotism. They love their motherland and their people. Don’t compare Sri Lankan Tamils with Indians, Americans or Canadians. Therefore, federalism won’t work for Sri Lankan Tamils.
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Burning Issue / April 27, 2016
Anthony Peter,
We know your father was the private secretary to SJVC. You sound like a very bitter man and it seems that you think that you have the divine right to be included in the current Tamil polity!
You do not know the difference between the Tamil people and the LTTE. You lumped all together in order for you to score a cheap point! Why did the LTTE assassinate the TULF leaders? Why did the TNA had toe the LTTE line?
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Antany Peter / April 28, 2016
You don’t include smart Tamils, that is why you are going nowhere. You are so stupid, you have no idea what is smart decision, other than following New Delhi and the white masters. Tamils are five times in population in the world compare to Sinhalese, but you are in a sad status. My message is clear, ignoring smart Tamils, irritating Sinhalese leaders and adoring Indians and the Westerners won’t take Tamils anywhere. This is what you have been doing for the past 40 years and gone nowhere. Tamils must learn from African Americans to deal with discrimination or you will continue to go backward.
I challenge you to get devolution of power while adoring the Westerners and Indians. In 2005 I pushed the government to get help from China to get rid of the LTTE which was the puppets of India then it became the puppets of the West. I will continue to push the government to deal with the puppets of foreign powers. Tamils will go backward, if they continue to ignore smart Tamils but adore foreigners.
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Burning Issue / April 29, 2016
You are a smart Tamil and I am stupid! What else I can say to this arrogant disposition?
Did you coin the term Smart Tamil by yourself or you borrowed it from “smart patriot” the term that the discredited self-proclaimed political scientist, Dayan de Silva?
You pushed the MR regime to seek help form China to get rid of ltte! You talk of as if without you MR would have been swimming with no direction. The Sinhala Chauvinists have a lot to thank you for!
You are now intoxicated with churlish pride that you cannot distinguish between the ltte and the Tamils!
As far as I can see; SL have signed up to the UN Resolution and thus mandated to grant a viable political solution for the Tamil question. I also note that the TNA is working with the government to progress to this end. I am sure there will be setbacks and disagreements but both parties are still there. I also know that the government of SL is more in need of the West than the TNA! You term the west and Indians as foreigners but happily get into bed with the Chinese!
I tell you something that you, Antony Peter, should not be allowed anywhere near the Tamil politics. If I were to hear your name in such situations, I would personally campaign to remove you from any links with the Tamil polity. You go and get into bed with the Chinese and see where that will get you!
One indisputable reality that you need to know about, that is, it was India that created the ltte and destroyed it. India can make or break SL. It is manifestly obvious that you are bitter; you need to chill and enjoy life as you have nothing to offer for the Tamils!
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jim softy / April 28, 2016
During the entire Tamil history on earth, Tamils did not have their own country except for less than a century.
On the other hand, If they get federal State, what they would do.
Tamilnadu is the evidence.
It is still exploiting “Tamil” and talking Tamil and english mixed dialect.
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Paul / April 28, 2016
Haven’t you heard of the ancient Chera Chola Pandian Pallava dynasties that not only ruled large parts of India but most of SE Asia and the Sinhalese for centuries and spread the Indian culture and Hinduism and Buddhism. The ruins of Angkor Wat and Borobudur is living evidence of this.
Have you also not heard of the Tamil Jaffna kingdom that ruled the north Puttlam/Chilaw Trincomallee in the east. Even most the so called Sinalese kings were from Tamil dynasties. Your Kandyan kingdom and Kotte kingdom was ruled by Tamils. The court language of the Kandyan kingdom was Tamil.
We do know that you are Sinhalese extremist and soft on the head.
Which history and history book are you reading? Fairy tales posted by the Karawa queen at Lankaweb? Even your Mahavamasa fairy tale speaks of Tamil kings/chieftaisn and Tamil kingdoms and lands in the island
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Burt / April 27, 2016
I thought the “DA” would be busy writing May Day speeches for the likes of, MR, Gota but he has also found time to write crap on CT.
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Tungsan Yu / April 27, 2016
“if the choice is to stop being what we are, we would prefer death a thousand times”.
LOL! must have come to mind after a bottle of good old Pol.
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Dr. Rajasingham Narendran / April 27, 2016
Dr.Dayan,
” As always Tamil nationalism has overreached; acted unilaterally and overplayed its hand. As always this overestimation based on (congenitally?) misplaced arrogance undermines its Sinhala moderate counterparts and negotiating partners.”.
You are right after a very long time. However, the reason is not generic Tamil Nationalism, but the congenital stupidly of Tamil politicians, with propensity to play their shortsighted games at the wrong times.
Dr.Rajasingham Narendran
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Kumar R. / April 28, 2016
Rajasingham,
When you concede “congenital stupidly of Tamil politicians,” would that include pretend-politicians, for instance who were duped into believing they were “special delegates” by the MR regime?
While wanting to paint yourself as a champion of transparency, and an intellect worthy of disseminating political wisdom, why do you clam-up on transparency requirements when it comes to your own pretend-political dealings with MR? Too ashamed? Wouldn’t that count as “congenital stupidity, with propensity to play shortsighted games” for a mere handful of rupees and a free luxury vacation?
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Non PhD / April 27, 2016
Just now a friend called and told me Vasudeva will be in Cuba for the May day. So is Tamara. Vimal will be in Italy. DEW will be in Moscow. Tissa will be in Beijing. To take care of the SL working class DJ too will be in Cuba. By this way DJ like JR in 1983 is going to instigate a Black May in Colombo & down south in Galle.
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jansee / April 27, 2016
Dayan, you can’t even bring the Sinhalese together, why then are you moaning about others? Looks like your wisdom has either been berated or they take you for a fool chasing clouds. May be you are still licking the wounds inflicted by your Sinhalese clan who had dumped you unceremoniously.
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Sri- Krish / April 27, 2016
Dayan may be right at least in this particular instance.
Let me elaborate.
There is an axiom that Communalism of one community begets the communalism of the rival community.
Thus in Sri Lanka, Tamil communalism begets Sinhala communalism and vice versa
This axiom is proved by what happened to BC Pact in 1957/58 and what is happening presently to the moderates by actions of CVW.
SWRD Bandaranaike and SJV Chelvanayagam had signed an agreement IN 1957 and extremists in both communities cried “sell out”.
The extremists in this particular instance was JR Jayawardene from the UNP from the side of Sinhalese and Mr GG Ponnambalam from the Tamils side.
The moderates felt uneasy”
SWRD and SJV were compelled to prove that neither of them had betrayed their communities.
SWRD sent ” Sinhala SRI” buses to Jaffna to prove his heroism and as a countermeasure SJV started his anti Sri campaign and this led to abrogation of the BC Pact by SWRD and plunging the country into riots causing undue suffering to the Tamil community.
Now coming back to the present, Maithiri, Ranil and Chandrika were alleged to have a secret understanding in 2014/15 with Sambanthan of TNA for an amicable resolution of ethnic problem to the satisfaction of both communities in the event of maithiri’s victory.
This getting together of moderates across party lines ensured 2015 electoral victories.
Now the resolution of the Chief Minister Mr Wigneswaran in the NPC had put the moderates. and extremists in both side of the ethnic divide into unenviable difficulties.
The moderates of the fragile winning coalition of 2015 were placed on an embarrassing situation.
The camp of Mahinda Rajapakse gleefully started to beat the drum of communalism instigating similar reactions from the Government side.
Not to be outdone Mr Sambanthan and Sumanthiran took extremist stand in the Tamil issue.
Mr Wigneswarans action had strengthened the hands of extremists and weakened moderates.
The moderates wre very pitiful creatures!
God have mercy on the moderates and save them from extremists!
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Dr.Rajasingham Narendran / April 28, 2016
Sri-Krish,
Well said. This also the sad truth.
Dr.RN
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sekara / April 29, 2016
“SWRD Bandaranaike and SJV Chelvanayagam had signed an agreement IN 1957 and extremists in both communities cried “sell out”.”
There were no Tamil extremists at the time. JR Jayawardene was a Sinhala chauvinist, but no extremist. GG Ponnambalam said things to embarrass the FP. Each had his agenda.
One could say that the “Sri” number plate was a move to placate the Sinhala nationalists or even provoke the FP.. But sending”Sinhala Sri” buses to Jaffna was not any kind of ‘heroism’.
Jaffna needed new buses and FP leaders drove around in cars. C Vanniyasingam is said to have demanded an EN number plate vehicle from the insurer to replace his wrecked motor car rather than a new Sinhala Sri vehicle. If that is true, it is simply ducking the issue.
Why did the FP wait for the buses with Sri number plates to arrive? Certainly not love for Tamil.
It was not poor SJVC who stared the silly anti Sri campaign but his immature colleague from the North.
There was no planning or discussion of the move in the FP.
The anti Sri campaign did not lead to the abrogation of the BC Pact by SWRD but to the tar brush campaign in the South and then communal violence.
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Mallaiyuran / April 28, 2016
Sometime back Kathirgamar’s family asked the Yahapalanaya Government to re-investigate his murder. This murder was one of the cases American Ambassador Blake also wanted Lankawe to investigate to establish its sincerity in Human rights and an international help was provided to Lanka on this. The commission, which lacked Carrot and Stingray tail whip, resigned citing the investigation’s standard cannot be aligned to International Level as the Udugama Commission was not willing to take the advices on the correct procedure. The current Constitutional Council Member Radhika Cumarasawmy was involved in releasing this report for public. But she had not; even that flawed commission’s report! That kind of extensive cover up of many murders is the one prompted, after government change, the family of Kathirgamar to request for reinvestigation. Ranil, who has promised of no investigation of any of the crime, took place during the Old Royals’ time, talked about it in the parliament. He told the he is aware of the murderers in that matter and if the Old King wanted to challenge him on that he would go ahead on that investigation. Basically Ranil’s claim was the former SLFP Prime Minister Candidate was murdered by paying money to LTTE which he subtly connected to the theory of LTTE’s objection to participate Tamils in the 2005 presidential election, and which in turn explained by political pundits as deprived the chance of Ranil becoming the president in 2005. After that, now the family has gone silent. Like Ranil, a similar complaint was put forward by Pillaiyan and Yahapalanaya movement is continuing on the process of silencing him permanently. Kathirgamar, a known anti Tamil activist, promoted by Chandrika to be utilized like Mahenran’s or Illakakoon’… way. The Old Royal’s specialty is eliminating lovers or enemies in their path. Perceived Kathigamar as one time contender to Prime Minister Post, they eliminated him. This is how the Thero Dayan De Silvas’ moderate counter parts act. They always want their victory. Those moderates created the 18A to hang on the power.
Unlike Chandrika or New King, leading their party to victory is not in Old King’s or Ranil’s traits. The difference between them Old King and Ranil is, Old King continues to struggle to capture the power by hook or crook way. This is what delivered the murder Verdict to Kathirgamar. Kathirgamar, unlike Fonseka, who was only a threat to the fame, was a continuous threat to Old King’s position. Other than 2010 election, Old King did not come to power by his own efforts. 2010 election victory was because the brutal wipe out of Tamils and lying of it as Zero casualty by Thero Dayan in UNHRC. Old King used Chandrika to get on to Prime Minister Seat by having Ranil sacked. Ranil had beaten him. 2005’s election victory is by Tamil abstaining from voting. He lost two elections in 2015. In the third in 2016, he would face the death of his political carrier. Old King’s losses to Ranil are more than Ranil lost to him. That is what the statistical summary explains though Ranil did not get power but he got it. Basically he has been abandoned by SLFP, which is his father’s Party. Other than invalid Anura, I do not remember anybody has suffered that kind of fate in Lanka. Even Anura’s loss was due to a family feud, While his mother and sister were still in control of the party and the government. But Old Royals, the entire family is being eliminated from SLFP.
Now the moderates are convulsing to capture power by illegal means. That has prompted the arrest and detention of many long ago rehabilitated & released Tamils youth. Sampamathar has been threatened to be treated like Amirthalingam, ex. Opposition leader- 1977. That is the new message Dayan has brought here.
“if the choice is to stop being what we are, we would prefer death a thousand times”. Here Thero Dayan is reminding me the story of Waver Bird and the monkey. Some won’t change. Thero Dayan is hinting that he wants him be let alone as another Modaya. Because, nobody else is saying what Thero Dayan is saying.
The Unilateralism Of Tamil Nationalism
……As always Tamil nationalism has overreached; acted unilaterally and overplayed its hand We need to thank Dayan for taking a “U” from his earlier position of blaming LTTE to now accepting LTTE’s position is Tamils uniform thinking.
The Sinhala Only was dated to 1956. Anti-Sinhala Siri, nonviolence Campaign was against implementing Sinhala Only. This is 1956. By these oppositions, Banda-Chelva pact came in. Banda-Chelva Pact is in middle of 1957. JR walked Kandy in fall of 1957. Pact was torn off in spring of 1958. In their Party Convention, FP announced to another nonviolence campaign. In May Anti Tamil pogrom. Summer(August) Tamil special usage act. 1959 First political murder by a Thero Dayan’s moderate Buddhist monk extremist. Solomon West Ridgeway Dias was butted on the chest by his own ram. I am not sure the meaning of Thero Dayan’s talk of “This has been so for decades, from the anti-Sri campaign of 1957 which undermined the B-C Pact,” As usual and as a man Dayan doesn’t know Lankawe history, if he has written something on his own, that is not a big deal. But anybody thinks 1956 Anti-Sinahala Siri Campaign had the forced the Banda-Chelva Pact to be torn, please enlist your evets here, I can correct mine. Now our Thero has a complain of Varathar. He did not have it when he was drawing the minster salary. That is a question has be to answered by his former boss Varathar.
“The NPC resolution spontaneously triggered an anti-federal reaction on the part of the SLFP . I do not see why that should not draw any opposition or I do not a reason why NPC resollution for Federal State is wrong because that may draw opposition. Thero Dayan like anti-democratic communist always takes any talks as challenge against the communist party’s central bureau. But NPC need not give a damn about that to bring out the Tamils’ opinion as a resolution. If that is what Tamils wants then let it be so it.
”Minister Samarasinghe is an enlightened moderate . There is no doubt that Thero Dayan also crack jokes once in a while. But not just Tamil, even the UNHRC and IC saw when his man was struggling at UNHRC with a team, including the Sinhala Cinema supporting actress, to take forward Thero Dayan’s lies of “Zero Casualties” and failed twice to convince IC that Lankawe is anything of moderate. Now That minister is doing the same service to Yahapalanaya Government.
Solomon West Ridgeway Dias proposed federal government with ill will; He formed the party with ill will. He draws the pact Banda-Chelva to fool Tamils. Buddha gave him his verdict. Now, it is the time the ill will party he created is to face it judgement from Buddha. Slowly and surely it is coming. Those who gave the birth to the child are squeezing its neck. Thero Dayan is twisting it.
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BBS Rep / April 28, 2016
“As always Tamil nationalism has overreached; acted unilaterally and overplayed its hand. As always this overestimation based on (congenitally?) misplaced arrogance”.
Oh really Dayan. Just for the exercise replace the word ‘Tamil’ to Sinhala in the above phrase. And now you see the truth or fallacy of your opening statement.
It is sad that you still remain racially segregated in your thinking.
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Hexar / April 28, 2016
” As always Tamil nationalism has overreached; acted unilaterally and overplayed its hand.”
As opposed to Sinhalese nationalism? Look at the whole picture.
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Agnos / April 28, 2016
DJ,
In other words, Tamils and the NPC can’t say anything about their needs and aspirations unless they get permission from you and other racists with whom you have been aligned. Sinhalese paranoia brought about thought policing in the form of 6th amendment, making it a crime to peacefully advocate separation. As if that wasn’t enough, Sinhalese politicians raise a hue and cry when someone even speaks of Federalism.
Such politicians are making it impossible for Tamil people to lead a life of dignity within a united Sri Lanka, thus justifying the position of Tamil hardliners who say no co-habitation is possible with such a paranoid, racist society in the South. DJ as usual is living in an upside down world where his racism is the only good thing in life, and everyone else who challenges it has done something unutterable.
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sekara / April 29, 2016
Agnos
Parochial thinking is there on all sides. One cannot stop it.
One kind of parochialism feeds one or more of other kinds.
When you keep arguing with someone who has lost his senses, you too risk appearing like him/her.
The question before the Tamil people of the North is what the NPC is doing for them.
There was much expectation when it was elected, but nothing has been fulfilled.
There is resolution after resolution much of it appealing to outsiders about things that are not attainable and without tangible purpose.
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Agnos / April 30, 2016
Sekara,
I agree that the NPC has been a disappointment, and they should focus on the day-to-day problems of the Tamil people, leaving the policy proposals and resolutions to the TNA at the national level; but they are entitled to free speech. DJ, with his sordid history of baying for blood while civilians were trapped in the Vanni, and his alliance with war criminals, is hardly the person to talk about it.
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sekara / May 1, 2016
Agnos
Political matters are too important to leave to any political party.
What the NPC exercises is not ‘freedom of speech’, but plain opportunism.
What is needed is taking issues to the public sphere– something that the TC, FP and their successors have avoided for decades now.
When anyone is intellectually dishonest, you achieve little by prolonged debate.
Some relish the publicity like the saying “All publicity is good publicity” goes in show business.
Thus, an occasional, desirably subtle, comment exposing hypocrisy should do.
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jim softy / April 28, 2016
Any way, Tamils are very good comedians.
They give something to laugh at.
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sach / April 28, 2016
From daily mirror,
“Apart from the Federal structure and the re-merger of the northern and eastern provinces, the Northern Provincial Council (NPC) has proposed a separate administrative unit called ‘Upcountry Regional Council’ for Tamils living in the central part of the country, it is learnt. The NPC, controlled by the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), unanimously adopted this resolution calling for the implementation of political proposals. NPC member M.K. Sivajilingam told the Daily Mirror that it had been proposed to set up the North-East State. He said a separate autonomous region had been proposed within the proposed State for Muslims living there. “We will unveil the proposals to the public on Saturday. We have sought power sharing based on Federal structures prevailing elsewhere in the world. We have not asked anything more other than that,” he said.”
This is the other ridiculous demand by NPC. Not only they want a federal state in NE but also a separate regional council for upcountry tamils. I dont know whether any unreasonable set of people other than tamils can even live in world.
1. The upcountry tamils were brought by British for estates and forcibly settled among sinhala population after chasing them away.
2. Instead of letting the estate tamils to absorb into the sinhala community they were given the opportunity to have a tamil language schools and ability to use tamil language which obstructs any natural absorption.
3. have other Tamil laborers in countries like South Africa given special regions?
This can become a very serious issue in the future, like their northern counter parts these fellows too would manufacture some history and finally the sinhalas will lose their homeland.
The SL government should take steps to break this estate tamil ethnic ghetto and make them dispersed among sinhalese. Now we realise why the Sinhala leaders did made estate tamils to leave SL and why it was a good move.
Take action before too late.
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NAK / April 28, 2016
Its already too late sach.Digambarams and Ganeshans have high hopes for their own governments, unlike Thond’s.
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Native Vedda / April 28, 2016
sachoooooooooooooooo the stupid II
“This can become a very serious issue in the future,”
Of course, it can, only in your head.
“like their northern counter parts these fellows too would manufacture some history and finally the sinhalas will lose their homeland.”
Is there a homeland for Sinhalas in this island? Where is it? Probably in Hambantotta or in your head.
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jim softy / April 28, 2016
In the first place a new survey by Ayesha Zuhair for the CPA (“Dynamics of Sinhala Buddhist Ethno-Nationalism in Postwar Sri Lanka”), reveals a post-election resurgence in Sinhala nationalism.
I personally like if SLFP is destroyed.
then it will be against the UNP – unpatriotic party of Sri lanka.
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Native Vedda / April 28, 2016
jim softy the dimwit
“then it will be against the UNP – unpatriotic party of Sri lanka.”
What is patriotism?
Are there any patriotic parties in this island? If true, could you give us the names of those patriotic parties.
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Sajith / April 28, 2016
Suggesting federal solution for a pluralistic country is well known existing succeful practice to unite a country and effective mechanism to devolvede power to the people. I am sure you know this in depth. If you are conscious of the dignity of the people who feel that has been taken away from them you will welcome this form of development in devolution for further discussion and strongly condem the actions of those claim by suggesting a form of federal administration they are dividing the country. You should file a case against VW for better political environment for progress. They are very much keen to see likes of LTTE in the seen for their looting and hooting. If you keep the emotions low can see a light for you to carry it through in this dark tunnel! That is possible if you still carry Che in your heart.
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cholan / April 28, 2016
He He He
you can’t sleep peacefully for a long time
in Tamil Naadu a new political party using LTTE symbol and leader s photo is getting momentum …and youths are joining this party daily..which is contesting in forthcoming state election
Here in North-East growing kids are asking where is my father ..mother..brother ..sister ? what happened to them ?
so next????
Cheers
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Dez / April 28, 2016
Well here is a wolf in wolfs clothing.
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Dez / April 28, 2016
This guy has a twisted personality ,why would you waste your time lingering in the past writing such a article that is not beneficial.
The writer should be finding solution’s to unite the people of Sri Lanka,but no it does not serve his purpose,because he wants to sow the seeds of hatred.
There is a power shortage in the country why not explore the possibility of having solar panels on every household by the year 2020.
And there is a serious garbage problem that needs to be addressed.
Seriously without writing bullshit , address the current economic issues of Sri Lanka.
In my opinion a blessed Island with a evil minority.
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Dez voice in the wilderness / April 28, 2016
i have noted the Tamils and Sinhalese are Dravidian,separated by language and not so much by religion .
It is mysterious as to why Dayan has a passion to write mainly about nationalism ,may be he is not Dravidian,probably half cast neither here nor there.
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jim softy / April 29, 2016
What is the Political Solution for Wellawaththa Tamils ?
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cholan / April 29, 2016
Same solutions for Sinhalese in Ampara .Anuradapura and Polanaruva .who have been colonized by Sinhala rulers …
Tamils in the South bought lands and build houses at their own expense …
Cheers
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