Devil In A Blue Dress
I am addressing this communication to the Editor of The Sunday Leader newspaper and wish to offer my comments for approval or rejection by you. It’s nothing but an absolutely shameful article under the heading “The Exodus.” You obviously belong to the new modern trend of our society.
I am a mother (to be a grandmother soon) with four children, all of whom are graduates of the Sri Lanka premier universities – Kelaniya, Colombo and Sri Jayewardenapura – none of my children belong to the category of “Pushpendra” – yearning or craving to leave the shores of Sri Lanka. I’d like to ask you four basic simple questions – where in the world do you not have stress, pressure or strain, where in the world do you not have personal safety – can an accident not happen anywhere in the world? Where in the world do people live in dignity and have respect for another fellow human being?
I have brought up four children with absolutely sound and good values being a young widow and can today proudly claim they are on their feet, well educated, doing good jobs – and happily married – I was only a government school teacher and all my four children had Rs. 2 lakhs each in their savings accounts when they married – we are a happy united family too – who live by the Dhamma where none of my children have to be more, bigger or higher than the other – people who claim they cannot save are those who live beyond their means in Sri Lanka – I made sure every month I put little as Rs. 500 a month in to every book of my children from my salary, up to the time they were 21 years and with the interest accrued, a substantial amount was collected at the time of marriage.
As esteemed newspaper as yours, the “Sunday Leader’ which brings to focus and highlights “crap” and “muck” of columns threat to personal life, cannot save, stress, pressure and strain, do you not think you got to see if its your duty as an editor to think and see beyond what you write?
The fact children do not come back to Sri Lanka after studies is only because people are virtual seekers of comfort, luxury for which only the parents of such children can be blamed – and proper values and guidance not given. No where in the world would be “unflawed” or “ideal” – it is only the pure and absolute greed for money that people choose to live overseas and sadly find it to their task to condemn Sri Lanka and hit back their own motherland with corruption, malpractices, indiscipline etc., certainly not confined a particular to Sri Lanka.
Life is certainly not easy anywhere in the world, all of whom sacrifice their mothers, fathers, homes, brothers and sisters when they decide to leave the shores of Sri Lanka – with four or five or six covered, gloves, stockings, jerseys, mufflers they wear during winter, commute to work, travel long distances is because of their greed for money – it is indeed a very sad irony that people are just used to an easy way out to condemn the country, its leader, blame the government – life can be made easily or difficult by us alone – we are now only a nation of sick people as the “open economy” opened its doors wide for material gain, junk food – go to any private hospital and if you have the people, they are of varying different ailments ranging from small children to teenagers and adults.
It would be interesting to find out who “Pushpendra’s” parents are – they obviously are those with distorted and unsound values going along with tide and trend and could feel proud and their growing moment to see their son for higher studies sent abroad and find the flaws of their mother country which to me is nothing but shameful, discouraging and utterly disgraceful. We are certainly not “backward country” in any sense as you have reported – we have a long cherished rich history of 2500 years or more and a culture that every citizen who loves this country can be proud of. We do not come anywhere near a “backward country” either.
“Your article caters to the larger section of our country, but you got to see the other side of the coin as well to see if what you write means sense and not write just taking a biased, prejudiced view. To me, it means no sense at all.
Even in the rural areas, the values are fast disappearing and situations have visibly changed from then to now. This is because people want everything easy without really working hard for it. Surely, are people of this country not happy today? The country has been salvaged from a 30 year long conflict, free from the clutches of terror, a ruthless terrorist outfit vanquished – with all this your article reports on people living in refugee camps, lawlessness, harassment, intimidation, arrest of innocent people and abductions, killings continue, bribery and corruption rampant etc., it may be true – if one weighs the good against the bad – do we feel good or bad in the end?
I wish I could meet Mr. and Mrs. Pushpendra Kodituwakku and his dear parents Mr. and Mrs. Kodituwakku – they all need to be grateful for what this country has offered them, particularly if they are professionals, to pause and take a serious look at their thinking and certainly to have their priorities correct and the right perception of life, without condemning their motherland – This is nothing but sheer ingratitude and they should not feel proud, but utterly ashamed at themselves.
You may or may not highlight my article, but if you have to report in like manner for the future, let the pains and my efforts to highlight the other side of the coin be well repaid and I will only be happy. I cannot reveal or disclose my name since I have lot of media connections from my maternal and paternal sides and my late uncle was a media personality, well respected and well known.
See yourself in perspective
Make no comparison with anyone
Life is not a smooth straight line
Nothing in the world falls to an ideal perfect mould
Cultivate good habits
Lead a disciplined life.
Follow the Dhamma; Live by the Dhamma
Acknowledge the flaws in you; mindfully rectify them
Consciously reduce the flaws in yourself
Do not follow the trend
Have an independent mind of your own
Do not be swayed, tilted towards glory; fame position – these are cherished only by fools;
Dress modestly
We have to leave this world one day – may be sooner than later
Avoid junk food
Be open, truthful and honest all the time
Life is a struggle for everyone
Never, never resort to wrong doing
Associate people worthy of association
See what a difference it would make in your life.
A Reader Of The Sunday Leader
Editor’s Response: At The Sunday Leader we say it as we see it. We are not afraid to call a spade a spade. The free media serve as a mirror in which the public can see itself. From us you learn the state of your nation, and especially its management by the people you elected. Sometimes the image you see in that mirror is not a pleasant one. But while you may grumble in the privacy of your armchair and remain anonymous as you have chosen to do in this instance, the journalists who hold that mirror up to you do so publicly and at great risk to themselves. That is our calling, and we do not shirk it. We stand tall. Unbowed and unafraid. As for junk food – I love it. I believe the female form is one of the most beautiful created. And as for dressing modestly — I believe, if you have it flaunt it!
Fredrica. That is your opinion. When a journalists takes her opinion to be the fact because of a few of her firends that seek greener pastures it does mean one thing. You are putting yourself above all the other ordinary people. You are talking for the Burgher mentality. The fled Holland and other areas because of the misery and poverty and took to their heels as soon as the majority rule was imposed here in Sri Lanka. Your Boer cousins are fleeing South Africa with their racists mentalities. When you write you speak for yourself please. Do not generalise. You have no right to do that.
As a Chief Justice H.N.G. Fernando once told the infamous GG Ponnambalam “Counsel your knowledge is not evidence. I am not interested in it”. Crown vs Kularatne and two others
Wow you do really hate the Burgher’s dont you?
Watch out.
Don’t you ever speak bad of Burgers.
If you do…………………..
I HAVE DESCIBED FREDRICA IN A APPOPRIATER MANNER BUT MODERATOR STOPPED SAME. HER OPINION GOT BATALANDA AGENTS KILLED DUE TO WRONG REPORTING WHICH PROVED BEYOND DOUBT NOW. SHE SAYS SUNDAY LEADER SAY IT AS THEY SEE IT THEN THEY SHUD GO TO A OPTICIAN – WHAT A JOKE! YEAH YOU CAN FLAUNT YOUR ……. FOR A CHANGE INSTEAD YOUR TOUNGE.
I agree with all the comments made by the anonymous writer. I left Sri Lanka 30 years ago and lived in the UK ., New Zealand, Australia, Canada and also China. Except China in the other 3 countries you are a second class citizen. The white man treats you behind your back as a coloured immigrant. You get the same treatment at interviews. I have a Ph.D and still teach in Universities. The Editor lives in a world of her own . People say they go for greener pastures but they are never treated as equals in those countries. In London they call you ‘Black Man’ to your face .
P.A.Samaraweera, Australia
@Samaraweera PA
When in London try wearing a mask. Things might change.
I CANNOT HELP BUT AGREE ON CERTAIN POINTS MADE BY THE WRITER AND OF ‘ROWDY PETER ‘. YOU CANNOT CLAIM THAT THE PEOPLE CAN SEE THEMSELVES LIKE IN A MIRROR BECAUSE THE EDITORS AND JOURNALISTS DO NOT ALWAYS REFLECT THE PUBLIC OPINION AND QUITE OFTEN TRY TO PUSH THEIR OWN SELF INTERESTS. AT TIMES THEY BREACH JOURNALISTIC ETHICS TO CONVEY THIS AS WE HAVE SEEN IN THE RECENT PAST. WE SAW A FAIRLY HIGH STANDARD OF ETHICS AND FORTHRIGHT COMMENT IN THE LEADER DURING THE TENURE OF LATE LASANTHA WICKREMATUNGA BUT WE OBSERVE A GRADUAL DETERIORATION IN THE SUNDAY LEADER TOO IN THE RECENT PAST. ITS HARMFUL FOR WHATEVER REMAINS OF DEMOCRACY AND LIBERAL VALUES IN THIS COUNTRY !
The writer is apparently suffering from some kind of pathological disorder relating to pseudo-patriotism and denial of ground realities. She is proud of her achievements as a mother (to be a grandmother soon, thus further contributing to the overpopulation problem which is one of the countrys cancers). So be it. But it does not mean that she can shroud the fact that we are a glorious third world country so proud and uppity as to deny visas-on-arrival to foreigners but without the means to subsist without tourist dollars. We are so proud as a nation of our 2500 year old heritage but are unable to provide our mothers with decent jobs or subsistence that they need to go to Arab countrys to get nails pressed into their flesh. What a shame. What a sham. This writer and her children appear to be imbued with the frog-in-the-well mentality. Good for them. But they need to realize that the freedom of choice, whatever it may be, is purely a personal matter and an unalienable human right. So, her her patriotic ramblings in attempting to emulate JFKs inaugural address pinging on patriotism are ill-placed, laughable and out of context. Perhaps she has a political motive, but again, that is her choice which nobody can deny. But one thing is certain. With her attitude towards those yearning for self-development, we lankans will still be a third world country another 2,500 tears later. Good luck Ma’am, but dont castigate Frederica. She is one of the countrys best investigative journalists and has done ample justice to the subject she has written on, So, dont shoot the messenger. Just look inwards, at your own philosophy..
FREDRICA HAS HER OWN AGENDA. WHY DO U PEOPLE NOT COMMENT ON THE BATALANDA FIASCO WHAT FREDRICA WROTE?? HOW MANY OPERATIVE LOST THEIR LIVES?
I do agree with some points of the writer – if you chose to send your child overseas or to the moon even to study is your choice, but do not critisise your motherland – I am Burgher myself and extremely patriotic and proud to be a Sri Lankan, believe that children should be taught values about everything so that they pass it on to their own children. The writer has said that people who go overseas for employment do so purely for greed and money – well that is a totally unfair statement to make – we all as human beings want a better life and the choices we make to make it happen is not always for greed – just wanting a better life!! I myself have been working overseas for over 25 years and even migrated downunder, however the love for my country at the end made me choose my motherland to retire so do not generalise your comments. Regarding how one chooses to dress is a matter of choice and the last time I checked we lived in a country of freedom. Burghers have always been an easy target for many a disgruntled sinhala person but with very little of us left in Sri Lanka is it not your own kind that walks around with the latest fashions which incidentally there is nothing wrong with – if you have instilled values in your children and let them make thier own decisions as adults nothing should go wrong
Although I agree with most of what is written, I cannot agree that all will think the same way as the writer who probably had everything as a child. I admire simplicity which is not practised by 99% of people. One thing the writer says is ‘be grateful for what the country has offered’. What the country offered is one thing, but what it could have offered everyone is another matter. The country is in a mess because of the politicians who have used up all the resources themselves and the majority are in poverty. This country could have offered everyone much more if we had the brains to chase the rogue politicians from our shores. To be happy with what has been given to us is slave mentality.
People as well as animals always migrate from one place to the other to improve their circumstances. Generally only the risk takers take this challenge as getting uprooted from ones known domain and getting established at another foregin soil is not for a faint hearted. If somebody do not want to leave the country for all sort of reasons, that is their choice but please do not try to label others.
It is incorrect to blame the migrated people as somewhat lesser patriotic and blame their parents for not teaching to live within their means. I am not sure from where this writer got these views. If not for the migrant community we would have been even at a worst situation when considering the blance of payment and also fighting against the false propaganda against mother lanka!
If migration is bad how did the Sinhala & Tamil come to Sri Lanka???
Fredrica, no other editor of a news media in this country would dare allow the kind of prominance that you give this writer.It speaks for your couarge and a sure sign that you’re a cut above many others in your profession. Once again Sunday Leader proves that it’s Unbowed and Unafraid.in the practice of its journalism. Perhaps the writer will accept it. Nevertheless, for the writer , a big thank you for this beautifully written essay which I consider is a good read for anyone that enjoys pleasureable reading. However I fear it is subject to some prevarication in a subtle way.What she points out is a status quo situation that can be true of any society . I believe that true journalists of a national free media in a democracy are its watchdogs .They ceratainly cannot be its masters dogs.
Agreed
I am an Indian Tamil at a loss of words for the suffering of my eelam tamils at the hands of sinhalese racists. One consolation is that media like Sunday Leader and its editors hold out hope that not all sinhalese are racists and irrational.
Pray folks such as editors of Sunday Leader prevail in Sri lanka.
Madam, let me ask you a question. Why are more than 1 million Sri Lankans not in Sri Lanka? I’ll tell you why. The vast majority of them are poor women working as maids for Arabs so that they can keep their families alive and improve their lot, something mother Lanka cannot do for them. In other words, they don’t have the strength or the connections to suck good on Mother Lanka’s tits. The professionals have fled not because of greed as you say but because they are sick of the system here — the politics, the nepotism, the throat-cutting in workplaces. That is why every sasthara karaya tells their clients: Your fortunes are about to turn; you’ll get a chance to go abroad! That is why even Sinhalese are willing to pay big money to get out of Sri Lanka and get a life!
Ranbanda,
You did not mention the Tamilss who left the country, most of them persecuted by Racist governments.
It’s true that all countries have problems, but some more than others. And some places are less corrupt, less dangerous and more fair than others. Some places respect the rule of law; in others its a joke. In some countries, ministers storm media establishments with kudu karaya gangsters and tie the powerless to trees and humiliate them. And they are untouchcable! In some countries, it’s not what you know but who you know that matters where prospects are concerned. In some countries, if the powerless have a problem with the powerful, they dare not walk into a police station to lodge a complaint. In some countries, a woman can walk the road or go in a bus without being the target of obscene harassment. In some countries, people follow road rules. Some countries have laws against uncivilized rubbish disposal. Some countries are more clean and healthy than others. In other countries, things are in general far better than here. So some people might prefer to live in such countries. And 2,500 years of history is just that — history. People are living in the here and now and some want a better present, more than a glorious history. (And no one knows what life was like for ordinary people in the past. We know only about the elite and their power and glory.) So why vilify those who went abroad and made a better life for themselves than what this country could ever offer them?
Some journilists become biased and imbalanced in order to show the world that they are ” great investigative journalists”.To my understanding they lack professionalism and also mentally imbalanced. A professional is defined as ” a person who has perused ” a recognised discipline” in a scientific manner ,of course ending with proper evaluation and whose behaviour governed by a code of ethics To .say the least, It is sad state that some of the journalist ,in this context , do not have the moral right to practice .
We should simply ignore them..That is the best response a responsible citizen can make……
i appreciate the contents of the article by the writer. Sri lankans in the country as well as overseas can learn immensely from the said article in shaping their LIVES . EDITOR”S RESPONSE DISPLAYS LACK CONCERN FOR OTHRS POINT OF VIEW QUIT APART FROM LACK OF PROFESSIONALISM
I’m really, really sorry about the exodus of the Burghers. They have enriched this place in every sphere, from sports to politics to architecture to teaching to archaeology to medicine. They make fine Bruder and lamprais. They are good friends. I had many good friends among them. And their women are vivacious and quite lovely to look at. They enriched our social tapestry. I miss them. I wish they would come back like Shakira.
Ranbanda, dont moan. We still have Frederica Janz. Shes an angel though she likes to call herself the devil in the blue dress. Thank God for small mercies.
Hello Samaraweera PA! As per your words you are treated equally only in China,I presume. Then why are you still in Australia instead of China? As Ranbanda questions why over a million Srilankans are not in Srilanka. When did you last see one of the ‘Blacks’ treated so badly by the ‘whites’ , with whom you are obviously working with at the moment, driving nails into the body and send back home? Talking of ‘Bad treatment ‘, I will tell you a story. On my last trip to Srilanka, a group of our family was on our way to Nugegoda to see a friend of ours. At an Army check point we were asked to get off and our passports were checked. All, except my B-I-L’s daughter had their place of Birth mentioned as Colombo ,Badulla and Birmingham ( that of her husband) in their British Passport. This girl’s place of birth was mentioned as Jaffna. So she was pulled to a side and questioned for more than half an hour. Mind you when this girl came to UK, she was only 5 years old and obviously she did not know much about the LTTE or its leaders and so forth. Now I know there will be some comments coming out of some of the ‘Patriots’, as things like that ‘ all the tamils are ‘ terrorists’ and especially from Jaffna so the Forces are doing their ‘duty’. So that is how the Srilankans are treating their minorities.So you must be greatful to the Australians to treat you as a ‘ lecturer’ with you ‘PhD’. As far as I am concerned I am happy the way I am treated here in this country at least for the last 27 years. So if you are unhappy the way you are being treated by the ‘Whites’ you must go back to Mother lanka and get down all the other house maids from the middle East and so on and work hard to provide them with better jobs and a good life. Then let the ‘whites’ know that you can do better without their country and their jobs, even I might come back and throw myself at your feet and humble myself.
II agree most of the things written by the writer. For sure, if you live by dhamma of your own religion, in return dhamma will save you all the time. The main reason to leave Sri Lanka was purely to educate my children. I always wished my children to become citizens of a global village with the unique Sri Lankan identity. I belonged to the lower middle class and had only the educational qualifications. I was a lecturer at a University in Sri Lanka but did not have any personal contacts to enroll my daughter in to a popular Buddhist School. What I learnt was not to help corruption. I never tried a back door or dirty tricks for my personal gains. At the same time I saw most people who had money and good contacts could enter their children to those schools. What is the meaning of teaching at a University If I cannot enter my own daughter to a School other than my village school? Is this the gift a loving father who is a well respected professional can give to his own daughter? I sold all my credentials earned by hard work and migrated. My daughters are very happy here. They are receiving what they deserve. Although we are far away from our motherland we live by dhamma. We all practice it genuinely.
Ultimately, we are merely animals that seek a better life. Thus, people come and go seeking that state where equilibriums happens. Those that criticize people who seek have never experienced the joy of seeking. After all; it isn’t the end state that is the joy; it is the process of seeking that is the joy.
I myself never left even though I have never lived in SL as an adult. I merely went where I wondered what was there. Once here, I kept wondering and seeking and even went there.
Well, some are born wanderers, others stay put all their lives, not interested in even visiting the next town. These people — and you find them all over the world — tend to be like frogs in a well, imagining their well is the universe and the best universe at that. To each his own.
Well… all our mothers are not blessed with influential media personnel from maternal and paternal sides..Most mothers are without influence, without inherited wealth, without big school names to drop, without help. But they still want to make their children’s lot betther than theirs. That is why they suffer, go in to debt to educate children and bless them when they want to go out seeking better education, better lives.. they scrifice themselves in the process and do not hold back their children’ s free will. The writers article also comes in the same issue as with the highlighted story of another poor woman who suffered torture at the hand of her employer. Will the writer have a heart to say this woman went to Saudi because she was greedy ? Sri Lankan frog in the well menatlity is seen through this article. Generalising everything and all bad things happen only to others, we are spared , we are so good, menatality.
You may have a point but Fredrica is a woman who has no morale character, she writes filth and her analysis is full of low quality garbage. She is not a political analyst but she thinks she is everything. I have no question about Fonseka’s gob, he must have said the white flag story, if ever I have any doubt about it, it is only because this woman Fredrica reported it. She is so unintelligent that she could cook up a story like that.
I am in total agreement with your views ( s.a.b). The values preached by this
Teacher-writer mother is to hide her identity yet calls to “associate with people worthy of association” – does this include the Patriotic Leaders whom the idiotic
Voters thought are fit to Govern?
The Sunday Leader enlightens all its readers, as they think fit. It is your choice
to accept it or not. Keep it up Madame Editor.
Fredrica, Your comment shows your arrogance and stupidity, nothing else. Your newspaper has slid down like an earthworm in a slipery drain in the last year or so. You claim you to report as you see them, but in reality your unintelligent lot always gives their opinion making the news item irritating to read. Promoting junk food and flashing knickers, you are proving that you have no ethics nothing but your paper is a third grade tabloid. Amazing they keep you as the editor, is that because you are open for everybody in the office? New authors are even funny. Indi Samarajiva is one for example.
hi writer !!! You are a great lady. Hope you enjoy the peace the rest of your life
Anand…. Let your eelam Tamils know its time to live and let live.
If you feel sorry, take them to Tamil Nadu… there you have vaiko and their eelam.
Basic fact is that all those who are overseas are out there for the money & comfort & the luxuries.
Even the maids enjoy these.
As for frerica…. she is a loose cannon who is capable of doing the Demi Moore thingy.
Quote Editor; At SL we say as we see it….YES. ABSOLUTELY RIGHT…. YOU DON’T THINK. YOU WRITE SEATED ON YOUR BRAINS.
Dagobert
After garments and tea, our foreign remittance is the next larges source of foreign exchange. Last year it was US $3.5 BILLION. More than 85% comes though ‘maids’, unskilled labor in the middle east.
How DARE you accuse the maids of enjoying luxuries at the same time this newspaper has an article about a poor lady with nails in her body. And no, this is not a story that is ‘cooked up’ by the sunday leader.
While you enjoy your electricity, oil-based thermal energy being one of the biggest drainage on our foreign exchange, why don’t you read up on the reasons we needed an IMF rescue.
We need foreign exchange and you can kick, scream and cry trying not admit it, but part of the good life YOU lead in sri lanka is sustained by ‘those who are out there for the money & comfort & the luxuries.’
Secondly, Tamils living in sri lanka are sri lankan. They cannot be ‘taken’ by Tamil Nadu.
Dagobert,
Do you know how many of our poor women are mistreated in ME countries ? They sacrifice dignity and go through untold suffering including sniggers of our own people, because they go and work as maids in horrible conditions and send their hard earned money so their poor parents can receive better medical care, so their children can have three meals and go to school. Don’t forget they bring in the most needed foreign exchange to our economy. Where have you lived so far ? Maids in ME enjoy luxury???!! I am sure people like you can paint them in any colour you want because these poor women are not represented here in these columns where we write comments using the internet.
avtar
I think the name Dagobert was mis-spelt.
It may be Dogabert.
I appreciate the well disciplined Dhamma life which this writer brags, with her gutless anonymous presentation, but all Srilankans cannot be filled in her boat, she seems to be out of touch with reality of Srilankan life.
I too agree with Sheik Al Banders comments.
SHERRIF ARE U FASTING!! SEEMS VERY DAZED !! OUT OF SORTS.
MARK, MUST BE A REASON FOR YOUR BEING DAZED. MAYBE U SMOKED YOUR FATHERS POT. RELAX AND EXHALE SLOWLY YOULL GET BETTER SOON.
My parents were teachers too. But I am very sorry for this teacher mum’s article. Too much extremism is not good at all. Mr.Ranbanda’s comments are very realistic. SriLanka’s Economy still runs thanks to the poor people who work in the Middle Eastern countries.
It’s true that all countries have problems, but some more than others. And some places are less corrupt, less dangerous and more fair than others. Some places respect the rule of law; in others its a joke. In some countries, ministers storm media establishments with kudu karaya gangsters and tie the powerless to trees and humiliate them. And they are untouchcable! In some countries, it’s not what you know but who you know that matters where prospects are concerned. In some countries, if the powerless have a problem with the powerful, they dare not walk into a police station to lodge a complaint. In some countries, a woman can walk the road or go in a bus without being the target of obscene harassment. In some countries, people follow road rules. Some countries have laws against uncivilized rubbish disposal. Some countries are more clean and healthy than others. In other countries, things are in general far better than here. So some people might prefer to live in such countries. And 2,500 years of history is just that — history. People are living in the here and now and some want a better present, more than a glorious history. (And no one knows what life was like for ordinary people in the past. We know only about the elite and their power and glory.) So why vilify those who went abroad and made a better life for themselves than what this country could ever offer them?
In a way, it’s good for more people to go. The Tamil Tigers promoted and facilitated massive Tamil migration to the West knowing that they would send money back willingly or by force. When more people leave, SL will need less resources to accommodate the remainder and our expats will send dollars back and come on holiday and spend more here. So, let those who want to go, go. Vermin Silva sent his darling son abroad because he was too much to handle even for the father. Fervently hope the Vermin would also join his son. That would be good riddance of bad rubbish!
It may be good for more people to get out. The Tamil Tigers promoted and facilitated massive Tamil migration to the West knowing that they would send money back willingly or by force. When more people leave, SL will need less resources to accommodate the remainder and our expats will send dollars back and come on holiday and spend more here.
Ranbanda
Where were the Tamil Tigers in 1983?
Did not the Tamil victims of the then Govt. leave the country?
I appreciate and agree with Al Bander and Ranbanda. These intelligent and realatically thinking guys seem to have got it right. This fellow Ruwan Ferdinands seems to be having some other agenda with Fredrica and seems to some sort of a nut. Why is he reading and commenting in her third grade tabloid.
MohMad, They were being trained and fed and spoiled in Tamil Nadu, the land of the Tamils and killing each other in Madras and SL, until the Sun God had a monopoly on terror against SL, backed by India. They were also getting ready to ethnic cleanse all Muslims from Eelam, which they did efficiently. Go and ask the Muslims who lost everything, still suffering in camps. The Eelam wallahs stole everything from the Muslims there. Did u come down in the last shower?
As usual, Frederica is spot on. She has had the courage to publish that letter and her comments are actually reality. We live in a world of complexities. As democracy spreads we have evolved and we all have choices. going abroad is one and attcking something you are unhappy about is yet another. Long live Freedom of Expression, Long Live The Sunday Leader. Everyone thought after Lasantha it would also die; in fact the Leader is elling more papers than it ever has in its existence. Well Done Freddy, Very Well Done
Fred is doing a good job, but the sexy slim she-devil in blue leotards is wishful thinking on her part. Fred would be hard put to squeeze into that kit now. But when she flaunts it in her sari and sleeveless hatte, she’ s jes fine. And the lady’s got balls!
Jansz claims she is not afraid to “call a spade a spade”…. but it seems she is also not afraid to call it anything else either.!