I remember 1983 and I am sure all Tamils, who are worth their salt, remember this year and its significance. I do not wish to read the ravings of Sinhalas who ‘think’ they have crushed the Tamils.

What most Sinhalas fail to realise is that the Tamils are the original residents of the island from the days of Ilamuridesam. The Sinhals are made up of a few Dravidians who continued to live in the south of the island till the 17th 18th centuries when they absorbed a whole load of Indian tribes fleeing from the Muslim invasion. The Aryan Buddhist monks who were chased out of the Hindu/Dravidian Tamil land of southern India and northern and eastern Eelam, found a home among these southern Dravidian remnants who had mixed up with a whole load of other Indian and foreign tribes.

These southerners call themselves Sinhalas but most of their language is made up of Tamil and Tamil words. Buddhism is not a religion but the monks have made it so. Every Buddhist ‘Temple’ has at least one statue of a Hindu God. What place has a ‘Temple’ in Buddhism which is a philosophy? It is this uncertainty about their origin that has made the Sinhalas so violently self centred. The more sensible of the Sinhalas know this. Prof Satratchandra made his doubts public and was ostracised and died unmourned!

It is best to ignore such ignorant people like you !!

Do you know that 90 % of the top government servants were Tamil until early sixties. That was because British wanted to keep the Sinhala Buddhists out of those jobs during their rule. It was the same story for Malay in Malaysia. Malay’s managed to solve it in their own way for they had patriotic leaders like Mahatheir and the minorities (Chinese and Tamils) understood the reality.

It is natural everyone wanted their share of the pie. But, Tamils didn’t want to accept that they have to come down of their number to accommodate others. And that had had been the foremost problem.

So, as of now, I understand you want your share of the pie. And we Sinhalese believe you are entitled for an equitable share in every field. Now that LTTE is no more, I believe, its only a matter of time before Tamils reach high positions in armed forces etc. For example, very many have joined the police, already.

Let me give you an example: I am sure you know how that annual cricket safari ended in England where Tamils, Sinhalese and a few Muslims have been participating for many years. LTTE banned it for segregation had been their strategy. Now that LTTE is no more, you can see more and more Tamils participating in that cricket match.

raj: This anecdote is about racism in UK that you say there never was. I went to England first in the mid sixties. I’ve seen shop window add for a room to let in New Cross saying ‘No cats, No dogs, and No blacks’. Stupid of me, I thought I am no black and went on to seek the room from the white lady only to get the the rude shock. British have introduced race relation act since to stamp out such degradable happenings.

Have you ever seen such adds here in Sri Lanka. No. What put you up or down here is money and affluence not the cast, the creed or the race. Sinhalese by and large are not racists.

As for Tamils, they have no alternative. So, leave the extremists out. Ordinary Tamils have to stuck a chord with Sinhalese. And we for our part, should lend them a hand. But not for Eelam, Self Determination, Federal, Home Land, 13A and etc.

I say, LTTE is finished. LTTE rump is on the wane. Eelamists will moan but they are getting nowhere. So ordinary Tamils should think whole of Sri Lanka, not just a little part of it. Buy a land, build a house and live next to me in my village hamlet, I well come you with both hands.

Orchestrated, organised and executed by JR, Premadasa and Cyril Mathews with to “Teach” our tamil brothers and sisters a lesson.

Darkest patch in our history and some bigots even now relish.