Displaced Sinhala in Vavuniya-Bogaswewa, Kokilai and Kokkeliya villages need our help.
Posted on March 27th, 2016
By Charles.S.Perera
The Tamils opposed the resettlement of the Sinhala dispossessed of their land and property under terrorism. But about 2400 Sinhala families were settled in Bogaswewa-Kokilai and Kokkeliya by the previous Government.
In the name of reconciliation and to please the West and the Tamil Diaspora the present Yahapalanaya government of President Maithripala Sirisena is all out resettling the Tamils and Muslims dispossessed of lands under terrorism, giving them lands, deeds, and houses in publicised ceremonies.
I77 acres of land liberated by the Naval force in Sampur is to be handed over to the Tamil at a ceremony by the Yahapalanaya President. Yahapalanaya President also handed over land and deeds at a ceremony to farmers displaced under Moragahakanda –Kalu Ganga Irrigation project. There is also a proposals to build modern houses with Solar panel electricity and pipe water to the resettled Tamils in the North .
But the Sinhala people similarly dispossessed of their lands and property live in extreme living conditions in their villages in Vavuniya. The roads to their villages have not even been tarred let alone being carpeted and people specially the children suffer from constant breathing of dust. They live in sheds without any privacy. There is no fresh water or electricity.
During the previous government the Army Camps looked after these people by providing them with water, food and sanitary facilities. But with the coming of Yahapalanaya the Sinhala families in these settlements in Vavuniya have been completely neglected. The Army Camp which sent a water bowser regularly to provide water for them has stopped that service as well since the change of government in January,2015.
These Sinhala families are constantly intimidated by the Tamils. TNA MPs chase away surveyors who come to measure lands for these families. There are no shops in close vicinity to these Sinhala Villages.
The Tamils enjoy themselves living with the Sinhala in the south, but these Sinhala people in Bogaswewa and other villages in Vavuniya are being threatened and the Tamils and Muslims show hostility to them with the intention of making them leave these villages.
These poor Sinhala people meeting with various other hostilities from the Tamils, put up with their discontentment as they have no body to appeal to or from whom to seek protection. There is no police station any where close by. MP Swaminathan determined to send these people away from the area has become a nuisance and a creator of trouble for these Sinhala people, refusing them any assistance.
Many Sinhala villagers have already left the settlements. When appeals are made on behalf of these people the yahapalanaya officials ask them to got to Mahinda Rajapakse who settled them there.
President Maithripala Sirisena and Ranil Wickramasinghe are taking a more important interest in helping the resettled Tamils and Muslims providing them with carpeted roads , houses, clean water, medical facilities etc., but unfortunately these Sinhala settlers in Bogaswewa, Kokilai in Vavuniya live in pitiable conditions, completely neglected and left to themselves without any help.
For the 2400 Sinhala families only 360 houses have been built , others have been given one acre of land for each family, with a few zinc sheets to put up sheds. They also suffer from kidney diseases. The children suffer from skin diseases and breathing difficulties. There are no schools for the children. There are no Buddhist temples.
These are important Sinhala settlements that would thwart any attempts of the Tamils to combine North and East to make one Province. The Tamil Parliamentarians aware of this are therefore all out to make the living conditions of these people worse as possible to make them decide to leave the villages. Therefore it is imperative that patriotic Sri Lankans wake up to the necessity of helping to maintain these villages until the Government wakes up to serve these people not forgetting that they are also the citizens of Sri Lanka.
It is important that the living conditions of these Sinhala people are improved to encourage them to continue to live in these Sinhala settlements. They have about 5000 votes and they had voted for a Muslim candidate hoping he would help them to live peacefully under better conditions. But the Muslim Parliamentarian has not even shown himself after the election.
Some of the people who are fishermen are Catholics and even the Catholic Priests do not visit the Sinhala Catholic settlers. Bodu Bala Sena Movment is making an effort to help these Sinhala villagers without differentiating between the Buddhists and Catholics by visiting them with clothes, dry ration, water, and medicine.
No one else has shown any interest in these people. Not even the new minister Sarath Fonseka the bugle player for the Yahapalanaya, making his duty as a parliamentary taking revenge from Mahindha and Gotabhaya Rajapakse, speak of the Sinhale people displaced during the terrorism. He has a right to be concerned about them as he was then the Commander of the Army.
Those of us who feel for these poor people could contribute to their well being through the Bodu Bala Sena Movement. A minimum of 70 US$ or 60 Euros is roughly about Rs. 10,000,00 and that will go a long way to ameliorate the living condition of these people.
Those who are willing to make a contribution could pay it to the following account:
Account No. 74948616 (swift code: BCEYLKCX), Bodu Bala Sena Subhasadana, Bank of Ceylon, Thimbirigasyaya
March 26th, 2016 at 5:28 pm
Charles, Sinhalese people are the worst ene,ies of Sinhalese people. If Sinhalese are united bloody racist Tamils can be crushed. Tamils do not want any reconcilliation with Sinhalese. Muslims are lookingafter Muslims. Those free loaders are lookingafter themselves. Tamils take the upperhand and thriving enjoying the best of the both worlds. I will do my best.
March 26th, 2016 at 7:05 pm
This is an utter disgrace. Blame goes to all governments since 2010 for neglecting Sinhalese in the north and the east. As Stanley says Sinhalas must organise without petty political figures. Draft a list of demands and present to politicians of all parties. If they don’t agree, don’t vote for them no matter what. Voting for the “least bad” option cannot help Sinhala interests.
This is what a young monk in the area had to say.
කන්න නෙවෙයි යකෝ, හදන්නයි තියෙන්නේ මේ පාර. හැම එකාම කනවා මේකේ පාලකයෝ පත්වෙන එවුන්. මේ අනං මනං, ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථා මේ රටේ එදා හිටං දැක්ක දේ, අපි දැක්ක දේ, අපිට තේරෙන දේ. ඒ නිසා ලේ කකියනවා අපේ. එකෙකුට මේක පේන්නේ නෑ, එකෙකුට මේකෙ ඇස් ඇරෙන්නේ නෑ. අර ව්යවස්ථාවයි, මේ ව්යවස්ථාවයි, අර ආණ්ඩුවයි, මේ ආණ්ඩුවයි, ඔය එක මගුලක්වත් අපිට වැඩක් නෑ. අපිට අවශ්යවෙලා තියෙන්නේ පාර, අපිට අවශ්ය වෙලා තියෙන්නේ සෞඛ්යය, අපිට අවශ්ය වෙලා තියෙන්නේ අධ්යාපනය, අපි මේ පාරට බැස්සේ ඒකයි. අපි මේ පාරට බැස්ස එක නතර කරන්නෑ මෙතනින්. කොළඹ ඉස්කෝලවල, ජාතික පාසැල්වල අපි ඇවිල්ලා පදිංචි වෙනවා. මිනිස්සුත් එක්ක බස් වල ඇවිල්ලා, නැගලා. මාරාන්තික උප්වාසයකට යනවා…
මේක සෝමාලියාවත් නොවෙයි ඉතියොපියාවත් නොවෙයි. මේක බුදුන්ගේ දේශය, ශ්රී ලංකාව. අන්න ඒ නිසා කරුණාවෙන් කියන්නේ, එන්න මේ පාරට. ඇවිල්ලා අපිත් එක්ක කතා කරන්න.
March 26th, 2016 at 7:15 pm
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ආරක්ෂක අංශවල සැලසුම වී තිබුණේ බෝගස්වැව නැවත පදිංචි කිරීමේ ව්යාපෘතිය යටතේ මේ ගම්මානවල සිංහල පවුල් හාරදහසක් පදිංචි කරවීමය. අංග සම්පූර්ණ පාසලක්, සෑම ගමකටම පන්සලක්, ජලය, විදුලිය, සෞඛ්යය, මාර්ග පහසුකම් ආදියෙන් ඉතාමත්ම දියුණු ප්රදේශයක් ලෙස නඟාසිටුවීමට පිඹුරුපත් ද සැකසී තිබිණි. පැවති රාජපක්ෂ ආණ්ඩුව සමයේ බෝගස්වැව නැවත පදිංචි කිරීමේ ව්යපෘතිය ආරම්භ කරමින් එහි පළමු අදියර ලෙස නිවාස දහසක් ඉදිකර සිංහල මහා වීර පවුල් දහසක් පදිංචි කරවීය. උතුරෙන්, දකුණින්, වයඹින්, බස්නාහිරින් ලංකාවේ හතර දිග්භාගයේම රණවිරු පවුල් මේ ගම්මානවලට පැමිණ පදිංචි වී සිටිති. සෑම නිවසකටම විදුලිය, ජලය, ගම්මාන හරහා වැටුණු පුළුල් මාර්ගයේ වැඩ ද පටන්ගෙන ලහි, ලහියේ කරගෙන ගියේය. එහෙත් ආණ්ඩුව වෙනස්වීමත් සමග බෝගස්වැව නිවාස ව්යාපෘතිය එකතැන නතර වීය. ගමට ලබාදෙන වතුර කැපිණි. පරාක්රමපුර සිට කිලෝ මීටර් විසි පහක් යන තෙක් තාර නොවැටුණු වැලි පාර වල්වැදී ගියේය.
JUSTICE SHALL BE DONE TO THESE SINHALESE
1, Has anyone asked any question in the parliament ?
2. Has anyone spoken about this in hug meetings held recently ?
3. Shouldn’t the government and the President are forced to act to protect these people ?
4. Are there any leaders willing to call a huge meeting to protest and just to let the whole Sri Lanka know about this rather than crying about ill treatment to themselves ?
March 26th, 2016 at 8:15 pm
ඉර නොපෑයූ ගමක් වවුනියාවේ
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යුද්ධය අවසන් කිරීමෙන් පසු මායිම් ගම්මාන ඉවත් කිරීමේ අරමුණින් උතුරු වසන්තය වැඩසටහන යටතේ පිහිටැවුණු බෝගස්වැව ගම්මානය තවමත් අති දුෂ්කර ගම්මානයකි.
වව්නියාව නගරයේ සිට ත්රිකුණාමලය පාරේ කිලෝමීටර දෙක හමාරක් ගොස් මාමඩුව හංදියෙන් වමට හැරී (903/1 බස් මාර්ගය) කිලෝමීටර 40ක් පමණ ගිය විට බෝගස්වැව ගම්මානය හමුවේ. මීට වසරකට පහකට පම පෙර ගන වනාන්තරයක්ව පැවැති මෙම ප්රදේශය හෙළි පෙහෙළි කර 2011 දී ජනාවාස ඉදි කිරීම ඇරැඹිණි.
උතුරු පළාතේ වව්නියාව දිස්ත්රික්කයේ වව්නියාව දකුණ (සිංහල) ප්රාදේශීය ලේකම් කාර්යාලයයේ පාලනය යටතේ ඇති බෝගස්වැව ගම්මානය අයත් වන්නේ සී213සී පිරප්පම්මඩුව් ග්රාම සේවා වසමටය. නව ගම්මාන යටතේ ඉදි කැරුණු නන්දිමිත්රගම, සැලලිහිනිගම හා නාමල්ගම පසු කරද්දී කරද්දී බෝගස්වැව හමුවෙයි.
එම මාර්ගයේ ලංගම බස් රථ දෙකක් හා පෞද්ගලික බස් රථයක් ධාවනය වන අතර ඇතැම් දිනවල ධාවනය වන්නේ බස් රථ දෙකක් හෝ තුනක් පමණි. මාර්ගයේ ගමන් කරද්දී මුහුණ දෙන දුෂ්කරාතා නිසා බස් සේවකයෝ ද මෙම මාර්ගයේ බස් ධාවනය කිරීමට මැලි කමක් දක්වති.
බෝගස්වැවට යෑමට ඇති කිලෝමීටර 40 ක පමණ මාර්ගයේ සෑම අඩියක් පාසාම වළවල් හැරී ඇති අතර පාරට තාර හෝ කොන්ක්රීට් අතුරා නැත. වව්නියාවේ බලධාරීන්ගෙන් ඒ ගැන විමසද්දී ඔවුන් කීවේ මෙම මාර්ගය තම බල ප්රදේශයේ ඇතත් එහි සංවර්ධන වැඩ භාර දී ඇත්තේ මිහින්තලේ මාර්ග සංවර්ධන අධිකාරියට බවයි. මාර්ගය සකස් කිරීම ගැන සඳහන් නාම පුවරු තැන තැන ගසා තිබිණි. දුෂ්කරතා රැසක් මධ්යයේ මහජනතාව ගැන සිතා අකමැත්තෙන් වුව ද බසය ධාවනය කරන්නේ යැයි නම හෙළි කරනවාට අකමැති වූ බස් සේවකයෙක් කීවේය.
උසස් පෙළ විභාගයට තාක්ෂණ විෂය ධාරාවෙන් ලබන වසරේ පෙනී සිටීමට නියමිත බොගස්වැව පදිංචි එස් ඩී දිලංජන් සඳුන් තිලකරත්න සිසුවා කීවේ ගෙදරින් යද්දි සුදු පැහැති පාසල් නිල ඇඳුම පාසලට යද්දී ගුරු පැහැ ගැන්වී තිබෙන බවයි.
උසස් පෙළ කිරීමට බෝගස්වැව පාසල් නැහැ. වව්නියාවේ නගරයේ උසස් පෙළට සිංහල මාධ්ය පාසල් දෙකක් තිබෙනවා. ඒ මඩුකන්ද පිරිවෙන සහ මඩුකන්ද ජාතික පාසල. මම ඉගෙන ගන්නේ මඩුකන්ද ජාතික පාසලේ. බෝගස්වැව සිට වව්නියාවට බසයක් එන්නේ උදේ 6.30ට. එම බසයේ වව්නියාවට ඇවිත් පාසලට යද්දී උදෑසන අට විතර වෙනවා. එවිට පළමු වැනි කාලච්ඡේදයෙන් කොටසක් ගිහින්. සතියකට දවසක් දෙකක් බස් රථය නැති වෙනවා. එදාට පාසල් යන්න ලැබෙන්නේ නෑ.
සුදු ඇඳුම් ඇඳගෙන උදෙන්ම ලස්සට ලෑස්ති වෙලා ආවට වැඩක් නෑ . වව්නියාවට එද්දී ඇඳුම් ගුරු පාරයි. කොණ්ඩෙත් තඹ පාටයි. පාරේ දූවිලි නිසා ඇග කසන්න ගන්නවා. ‘‘ යයි ද දිලංජන සිසුවා කීවේය.
ගම්මානයේ සෑම පවුලකටම ඉඩම් අක්කරය බැගින් ලැබී ඇති අතර බොහෝ වතු වල ඉරිඟු, කුරක්කන්, මඤ්ඤොක්කා, ගස්ලබු, තිබ්බටු ආදී බෝග වගා කර තිබිණි. දැඩි අව් රෂ්මියට එක් ප්රදේශයක ගස් වියැලී ගොස් තිබුණු අතර ගමේ තව පැත්තක වර්ෂාව නිසා බෝග හානි වී තිබිණි.
ගමේ ගෙවල් පහ හයක් හැර ඉතිරි සෑම නිවසක්ම කටු මැටි ගෙවල්ය. ඔවුනට තිබූ එකම පහසුකම විදුලි බලය පමණි. කටු මැටි ගෙවල් රැසකට විදුලිය ලැබී තිබිණි.
2012 දී පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ මැදිහත් වීමෙන් තමන්ට ඉඩම් ලැබුණු බවත්, නිවසක් සාදා ගැනීමට තහඩු 12ක් ලැබුණු බවත් බෝගස්වැව ගොවි සංවිධානයේ ලේකම් අර් පී අයිරාංගනී (53) මහත්මිය කියන්නීය.
අපේ මහින්ද මහත්තයාගේ කාලේ නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහත්තයා මැදිහත් වෙලා අපට ඉඩම් දුන්නා. පවුල් 2600කට පමණ ඉඩම් ලැබුණා. තහඩු 12ක් ලැබුණා. අපි මැටි ගසා ගෙවල් හදා ගත්තා. මාස හයක් පමණ යන තුරු වියළි සලාකයක් ලැබුණා. ඉන් පසු එය නැවතුනා. ගොඩින් අක්කරයයි මඩින් අක්කරයයි දෙනවා කියලයි ඒ කාලේ නිලධාරීන් කිව්වේ. නමුත් තවම මඩ ඉඩම් අක්කරය ලැබුණේ නෑ. උතුරු වසන්තය යටතේ අපට විදුලිය ලැබුණා. ඒ ගැන නාමල් මහත්තයට ස්තුතිවන්ත වෙනවා.
ගමේ තියෙන ලොකුම ප්රශ්නය තමයි මිනිස්සුන්ට ජීවත් වෙන්න රස්සා නැති එක. කුඹුරු කරන්න මඩ ඉඩම් දුන්නෙත් නෑ. සමහර වෙලාවට වැස්ස නිසා වගා පාළු වෙනවා. නැත්නම් අවුව නිසා පාළු වෙනවා. ගල්, සිමෙන්ති වලින් ගෙවල් හදා දෙනවා කිව්වට තවම ලැබුණේ නෑ. මුල් කාලයේ වගා පාළු වුණාම ගානක් දුන්නත්, කාලෙකින් එය ලැබුණේ නෑ. සමෘද්ධි සහනාධාර ලැබුණෙත් නෑ.
මෙහෙට පානීය ජලය නෑ. එයත් ලොකු ප්රශ්නයක්. ගෙවල් 26කට පමණ එක් නළ ළිඳක් තියෙනවා. ඒ වතුරත් බීමට ඒ තරම් හොඳ නෑ. ජල ප්රශ්නය උග්රයි. ‘‘ යයි ද අයිරාංගනී මහත්මිය පැවසුවාය.
ගම්මානයේ පවුලවලට ඉඩම් අක්කරය බැගින් දුන්න ද අද වනතුරු ඔවුන්ට ඉඩම් ඔප්පු හිමි වී නැත. ඔවුන් අනවසර පදිංචි කරුවන් නොවන බව ප්රාදේශීය ලේකම් කාර්යාලයය කියයි. වසර තුනකට ආසන්න කාලයක් ගොසිනුත් ඉඩම් ඔප්පු ලබා නොදුන්නේ ඇයිදැයි විමසූ විට නිලධාරීහු නිරුත්තර වෙති.
කළින් සිටි ප්රදේශයේ ඡන්ද නාමලේඛණයෙන් නම ඉවත් කළ ගමන් බෝගස්වැවෙන් ඉඩම් දුන්නද ගම්වැසියන්ට ඔප්පු පිරි නැමීමේ වැඩ පිළිවෙළක් සකස් නොකළ බව ගම්වැසියකු මෙන්ම ලේඛකයකු ද වන අරුණ සංජීව මහතා (40) කීවේය. 2006 දී ඩී ආර් විජයවර්ධන සම්මාන උළෙලේ කුසලතා සම්මානයක් දිනූ ඉන්ද්රචාපා නවකතාව අරුණ මහතාගේ කෘතියකි.
මෙහේ මිනිස්සු හිතාගෙන ඉන්නේ මිනිස්සුන්ට තිබෙන ආදරේට ඉඩම් දුන්නා කියලයි. යුද්දෙන් පස්සේ මායිම් ගම්මාන නැති කරන්නයි මෙහේ ගම්මාන හදලා මිනිසුන් පදිංචි කළේ. කළින් සිටි ප්රදේශයේ ඡන්ද නාමලේඛණයෙන් නම අයින් කරගත් ගමන් මෙහේ ඉඩම් දුන්නත් තවම ඉඩම් ඔප්පු ලබා දී නැහැ. ගමේ ගෙවල් රැසකට හරියට වැසිකිළියක්වත් නෑ. වැසිකිළි ආධාර දුන්නේ හිතවතුන්ට. ගමේ තිබෙන දුෂ්කරතාව නිසා සමහරු ඉඩම් අතහැරලා යනවා. වහින කාලෙට මෙහේ පාරවල් වල යන්නත් බෑ. පායන කාලෙට යන්නත් බෑ. වහිද්දි මඩ ගොහොරුවක් වෙනවා පාරවල්. පායද්දී දූවිලි.
ගමේ පාසලේ රජයේ ගුරු පත්වීම් ලැබු අය ඉන්නේ කිහිප දෙනයි. අතිරි පිරිස ස්වේච්ඡා. ඔවුන්ගේ අධ්යාපන සුදුසුකම් ගැනත් ගැටළු තිබෙනවා. රෝහලේ නේවාසික පහසුකම් නෑ. රෑට වෛද්යවරයෙක් නෑ. පාරත් හොඳටම සවුත්තුයි. හදිසියේ අසනීපයක් වුණොත් වව්නියාවට ගෙනියන්න වෙනවා. ඒ පාරේ ගෙනියද්දි ලෙඩා මැරෙනවා.‘‘ යි අරුණ සංජීව මහතා කීවේය.
රුපියල් දෙකෝටි පනස් තුන් ලක්ෂ හැට තුන් දහස් පන්සිය පහක වියදමින් ඉදි කළ බෝගස්වැව රෝහලට ප්රතිකාර සඳහා දිනකට රෝගීහු 150ක් පමණ යති. එනමුත් එහි සිටිනුයේ එක් වෛද්යවරයෙක්, සාත්තු සේවිකාවන් තිදෙනකු හා ස්වේච්ඡා සේවකයන් කිහිප දෙනකු පමණි. අඩු තරමේ එක් හෙදියක හා ඖෂධවේදියකුවත් රෝහලේ නැත. දිනකට ප්රතිකාර ලැබීමට එන රෝගීන් ප්රමාණය අනුව අඩු තරමේ වෛද්යවරුන් තිදෙනකු, හෙද නිලධාරීන් හය දෙනකු, ඖෂධවේදීන් තිදෙනකු හා සාත්තු සේවකයන් හය දෙනකුවත් අවශ්ය වේ.
රෝහලේ සිටින එකම වෛද්යවරයා වන එස් අයි ජයවික්රම මහතා කොළඹ පදිංචිකරුවකු වන අතර සෙනසුරාදා ඉරිදා දිනවල ඔහු කොළඹ යයි. එනිසා සෙනසුරාදා ඉරිදා දිනවල රෝහලේ කටයුතු සිදු නොවේ. වෛද්යවරයාට නේවාසිකව සිටීමට නිල නිවසක්වත් එහි නැත. එනිසා රෝහලේ රාත්රියට වෛද්යවරයකු නැත.
රෝගීන්ට නේවාසික ප්රතිකාර ලැබීමට බෝගස්වැව රෝහලේ පහසුකම් නැති නිසා ගම්වාසීන් දැඩි දුෂ්කරතාවන්ට මුහුණ දෙන බව ගම්වැසියකු වන ඩබ්ලිව් එම් කුමාරසිංහ (38) මහතා කියයි.
ප්රදේශයේ නව දහසක් පමණ ඉන්නවා. ඒ සැමටම ඉන්නේ එක වෛද්යවරයයි. රෑකට අසනීපයක් වුණොත් බෙහෙත් කරන්න කෙනෙක් නෑ. සෙනසුරාදා ඉරිදා දිනවලට බෙහෙත් කරන්න කවුරුත් නෑ. රෝහලේ නේවාසික පහසුකම් නෑ. හදිසියේ රෑකට අසනීපයක් වුණොත් කිලෝමීටර 40ක් ඈතින් තිබෙන වව්නියාව රෝහලට ගෙනියන්න වෙනවා. පාර හරි හැටි හදා නැති නිසා වව්නියාවට යන්න බොහෝ වේලාවක් ගත වෙනවා.
රෝහලේ කාමරවල බාරහිර ප්රතිකාර ඒකකට 1, 2 ආදී වශයෙන් ගසා තිබෙනවා. හදිසි ප්රතිකාර ඒකකය, විශේෂඥ වෛද්යවරුන් සඳහා කාමර ආදිය තිබෙනවා. නමුත් බඩු මුට්ටුත් නෑ. වෛද්යවරුත් නෑ. සූතිකාගාරයක් නෑ. අඩු තරමේ වින්නඹු අම්මා කෙනෙකුත් නෑ. හදිසියේ අමාරු වුනොත් වවුනියාවට ගෙනියන අතර මග ළමයා හම්බෙනවා.
රෝහල ආරම්භ කළ කාලයේ කාර්ය මණ්ඩලය නැති නිසා ගමේ කිහිප දෙනෙක් ස්වේච්ඡාවෙන් වැඩ කළා. ඔවුන් තවමත් ස්ථිර කර නෑ. සත පහක්වත් නොලබා තමයි වැඩ කරන්නේ. වෛද්යවරයාට නවතින්න තැනක් නෑ. රෝහලේ බොන්න වතුර නෑ. ඇම්බියුලන්ස් එකක් තිබුණත් වෛද්යවරයකු නැති නිසා එය දුවන්නේ නෑ. ඇම්බියුලන්ස් රියදුරුට නවතින්න තැනකුත් නෑ. ‘‘ යි කුමාරසිංහ මහතා පැවසීය.
රෝහලේ සායනයට වකුගඩු රෝගීහු 200ක් පමණ පැමිණෙති. එහෙත් ඔවුනට විශේෂ ප්රතිකාර දීමට තරම් පහසුකම් රෝහලේ නැත.
ගමේ පාසල බෝගස්වැව මහා විද්යාලයයි. ළමයින් 500කට අධික පිරිසක් සිටියත් එහි රජයේ පත්වීම් ලැබූ ගුරුවරු සිටිනුයේ විදුහල්පතිද සමග හතර දෙනකු පමණි. සරත් බණ්ඩාර, සචින්ත ද සිල්වා, ඩී එම් මද්දුමබණ්ඩාර සහ රජිතා චිත්රලතා ඔවුහුය. පාසලේ ගොඩනැගිලි පහසුකම් ප්රමාණවත් නොවේ. එනිසා වැඩි පිරික් ඉගෙනුම ලබන්නේ ටකරන් මඩුවලය.
ගොඩනැගිලි පහසුකම් නැති නිසා වැසි දිනවල සිසුන් අපහසුතාවට පත් වන බව එම පාසලේ සිසුවකුගේ මවක වන ආර් ශාන්ති කුමාරි මහත්මිය කියන්නීය.
පාසලේ සුදුසුකම් තියෙන ගුරුවරු අඩුයි. වැඩිපුර ඉන්නේ ස්වේච්ඡා ගුරුවරුන්. සමහර විෂයන්වලට එහෙම ගුරුවරයෙක්වත් නෑ. වැසි දිනවලට ටකරන් ශාලාවල ළමයින්ට ඉගෙන ගන්න බෑ.
මේ ගමේ මිනිස්සුන්ට ඉඩම් ඔප්පු නෑ. ජීවත් වෙන් මාර්ගයක් නෑ. මැටි වෙල්වල ඉන්නේ. ගමේ ගෙවල් දෙක තුනක් හදන්න පටන් අරගෙන අතර මග නැවැත්තුවා. දැන් ඒවා නටබුන් වගේ තියෙනවා.
ළඟදි නිල ඇඳුම් වෙනුවට වවුචරයක් දුන්නා. වවුචරේට රෙදි ගන්න රුපියල් 200ක් වියදම් කරගෙන වවුනියාව නගරයට යන්න ඕනෑ. ඒ වවුචරේට ගන්න පුළුවන් සිල්ක් රෙද්දක් විතරයි. හොඳ රෙදි ගන්නවා නම් අතින් සල්ලි දෙන්න ඕනෑ.
රෝහලේ පහසුකම් නෑ. එක වෛද්යවරයයි ඉන්නේ. අවුරුදු 4යි මාස 11ක් පමණ වන මගේ පොඩි පුතාට අසනීප වෙලා බෙහෙත් අරගෙන දුන්නා. නැවත රාත්රි අසනීප වුණා. රෝහලේ වෛද්යවරයෙක් හිටියේ නෑ. එනිසා වෙනත් රෝහලකට අරගෙන ගියා. එහෙදිත් හරියට බැලුවේ නෑ. මෙයාට යකෙක් වැහිලද ඇහුවා. ටික වේලාවකින් ළමයා නැති වුණා.
මේ ගම්මානේ මිනිස්සු ප්රශ්න ගොඩක් මැද ජීවත් වෙන්නේ.‘‘ යැයි ද කුමාරි මහත්මිය කීවාය.
ස්වයං රැකියා කිරීමට උදව් උපකාර කරන්නේ නම් පවුල් රැසක් ශක්තිමත් වන බව සිව් දරු මවක වන එම් චාලට් ප්රියංකා මහත්මිය (43) පවසන්නීය. රැකියාවක් නැති නිසා දරුවන් ජීවත් කර වීමට ඇය කුළී වැඩ කරන්නීය. කටු මැටි නිවසෙ ඇත්තේ මඩ ගොහොරුවකය. වැස්ස නිසා ඇගේ නිවස වටා මඩ ගොහොරුවක් වී ඇත.
‘මට දුවලා තුන් දෙනකුයි පුතෙකුයි ඉන්නවා. දුවලා දෙන්නෙක් මෙවර සාමාන්ය පෙළ ලිව්වා. අනිත් දුව තවම පොඩියි. පුතාට රස්සාවක් නෑ. මම කුලී වැඩ කරලයි පවුල ජීවත් කරන්නේ. මෙහේ රස්සාවල් නෑ. ස්වයං රැකියාවක්වත් කරන්න උදව් ලැබෙනවා නම් ගොඩක් හොඳයි.‘‘ යි කුමාරි මහත්මිය පැවසුවාය.
ජේ ජයරත්න මහතා (58) මේ ගම ගැන වැඩිපුරම දන්නා පුද්ගලයෙකි. බොහෝ දෙනකු ඔහු හඳුන්වන්නේ ජයේ අයියා ලෙසය. ඔහුගේ බිරිය චන්ද්රලතා මහත්මියයි.
-J-Jayarathna‘1968 තමයි මම මුලින්ම මේ පැත්තට ආවේ.අපේ තාත්තාලා එක්ක ඇවිත් ගොවිතැන් කළා. යුද්ධෙ කාලේ තාවකාලිකව නැවැත්තුවා. යුද්ධෙන් පස්සේ ආයෙත් ඇවිත් ගොවිතැන් පටන් අරගෙන දැන් කරගෙන යනවා.
මේ ප්රදේශයේ බොහෝ දෙනකුට නිවාස ප්රශ්නය තිබෙනවා. ජීවත් වෙන්න ජීවනෝපාය මාර්ගයක් නෑ. බොහෝ දෙනෙක් කරන්නේ කුලීවැඩ. ගමේ රෝහලේ එක දොස්තර මහත්තයයි ඉන්නේ. ඒ නිසා ඒ මහත්තයත් අමාරුවේ වැටෙනවා. ගමේ උදවියත් අමාරුවේ වැටෙනවා. දවසක් අපි දැක්කා දොස්තර මහත්තයට උණ ගැනිලා ඇස්දෙකෙන් කඳුළු එද්දිත් අනිත් අයට බෙහෙත් කරනවා.
ඡන්දෙ කාලෙට පොලිමේ එනවා දේශපාලනඥයො. ඉන් පස්සේ කවුරුත් මොනවත් බලන්නේ නෑ. අපි වඳින්න යද්දි අහක බලා ගන්නවා මොනවත් ඉල්ලයි කියලා බයේ. පාර හදා දෙන්න , ගෙවල් හදා දෙන්න කියලා කොච්චර ඉල්ලීම් කළත් තවම මොනවත් කළේ නෑ. ‘ යි ජයරත්න මහතා කීවේය.
බෝගස් වැව ගම්වැසියන් ජීවත් වනුයේ ප්රශ්න රැසකට මැදීවීය. එනමුත් ඔවුන්ගේ ගැටළුවලට විසඳූම් දීමට රාජ්ය නිලධාරියකු හෝ දේශපාලනඥයකු මෙතෙක් ඉදිරිපත් වී නැතැයි ගම්වාසීහු කියති. ඔවුන්ට ඉඩම් ඔප්පු පිරිනැමීමේ වැඩ පිළිවෙළක් ද නැත.
මේ ගැන විමසීමට ප්රාදේශීය ලේකම් කාර්යාලයයට ගිය විට ප්රාදේශීය ලේකම් නොසිටි අතර එදින වැඩ බැලූ නිලධාරියා කීවේ එම ප්රදේශය ගැන තමා නොදන්නා බවයි. තමා වව්නියාවට පැමිණියේ අලුතෙන් බව ද ඔහු කීවේය.
නම හෙළි කරනවාට අකමැති වූ ප්රාදේශීය සභාවේ නිලධාරියකු කීවේ බෝගස්වැව ගම්මානයේ ප්රශ්න ගැන ඇසිය යුත්තේ ප්රාදේශීය ලේකම් කාර්යාල නිලධාරීන්ට වඩා උසස් නිලධාරීන්ගෙන් බවයි. මේ ගැන වැඩි තොරතුරු හිටපු දිස්ත්රික් ලේකම්ගෙන් විමසීම වඩා සුදුසු යැයි ඔහු කීවේය.
වව්නියාව හිටපු දිසාපති බන්දුල හරිස්චන්ද්ර මහතාගෙන් මේ ගැන විමසූ විට ඔහු කීවේ තමා දැන් ස්ථාන මාරු ලැබ වෙනත් ප්රදේශයකට ගොස් සිටින නිසා අදහස් දැක්වීම නුසුදුසු බවයි.
එම ගම්මානයේ වැසියන්ට ඉඩම් ඔප්පු ලබා දීමේ වැඩ සටහන යළි අරඹා ඇති බව පමණක් කිව හැකි බව ද ඔහු කීවේය.
තරිඳු ජයවර්ධන සහ සිතුම් චතුරංග
March 26th, 2016 at 8:32 pm
I will do my best.
stanley perera machagn why this kolaveri???/
March 26th, 2016 at 8:58 pm
Dilrook says “If they don’t agree, don’t vote for them no matter what. Voting for the “least bad” option cannot help Sinhala interests.”
100% TRUE. But then there is no one to vote for.
I was in Sri Lanka during 1986-1989. There was time I approved every time a UNPeerer got killed by Deshapremi Janatha Viyaparaya. I went to work overseas and visited to do a project and was travelling to South with some foreigners when we heard strange music in the radio on the way back. People were celebrating with fire crackers. Reason – death of Premadasa.
March 27th, 2016 at 1:03 am
@Dham,
No; there will be parties. What is presented to them is a well discussed set of demands for which there is wide consensus within the community. At that level it is more agreeable.
For instance we may demand 100% free from corruption. But when it is discussed and a wide consensus is build it will become a reduction of waste and corruption by 20% a year or closing some key avenues for corruption.
In that event politics will not be a lucrative field. Politicians will be more willing to perform or retire than contest election after election.
March 27th, 2016 at 1:29 am
Dilrook,
Sorry, not going to happen.
Tell me which party had a election promise to remove 13A ?
As long as MY3 and MR live there will not be a proper SLFP. There will not be a proper opposition.
UNP will not promise us to remove 13A. When we need “remove 13A PLUS”, we are getting “give 13A PLUS”. After that , when people talk about it, we are getting “implement LLRC in 1 year”. These are the types of politicians we are gathering behind because people have to settle for “least bad option “.
Actually it is the same everywhere, USA, Australia you name any country. But the strange thing is all parties agree on National Interests and Issues in ALL OTHER COUNTRIES except Sri Lanka.
People are waiting for next moaning music. Many National Moaning Days. One after other.
March 27th, 2016 at 1:46 am
Dham Thank you for the information on the village I had to go by the video for the information I collected. I hope some thing wuld be done by the Yahapalanaya I posted the article in the face books of the Prime Minister and President with videos, hoping it will haven impact atleast with the UNP members who look into these face books.
March 27th, 2016 at 2:03 am
A lot of merit to you Charles.
March 27th, 2016 at 2:05 am
We had a celebration to commemorate the 68th independence day yesterday (little belated to suit the arrival of HC). The key not speech was by an academic serving in the country. He gave a brief history of our country and at the end of his speech his remark was : we have been slaves foreign powers for a long time. Then we have been slaves to our politicians for 68 years. Are we better off?. Did DS try to end slavery. I do not think so. Minister Kannnangara had to wait until he left the country to present the free education bill. He too wanted the poor to be slaves. Today all the poliitcos of Diyawanna want to send as many as possible uneducated youths to ME and Korea for slavery so that they can enjoy the fruits of their labour.
The book by Lenard Wolfe describe about chena cultivation of Sinhalese about a hundred years ago and their extreme poverty. We still hear the Sinhalese falling from their little huts built on trees to escape wild elephants in their chena and dying. All these happening when foreign governments fall over each other to build housing and infra for the North east people at our cost. Sinhalese are caught in web of deception of politicians of all hues. They rob to the maximum and use that money to escape punishment when out of power. Some is used for the destabilisation of the country when the opposition rule. I believe the professionals should get together to change this system.
March 27th, 2016 at 2:07 am
Sorry, keynote
March 27th, 2016 at 2:52 am
I’m too thankful to Charles for writing this up so quickly. The BBS visit happened just a week ago. Also thanks for the bank details. We should be able to collect some money and deposit.
@Dham
That is the issue. The Sinhala civil society has not come up with it and it takes whatever politicians present as important. For instance a ‘political solution’ to the ‘ethnic problem’ based on ‘devolution’ is now a fashion in all election manifestos. It obviously didn’t come from the society. It was imposed by political parties without any thought.
March 27th, 2016 at 3:45 am
Our thanks to Charles for this article.
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*. We hope the GoSL will step in to help the Sinhala villagers, the sooner the better. We appeal to the President to help these Sinhala villagers soon. Will the PM join in ?
*. We also hope a Buddhist Temple is constructed in that area soon.
March 27th, 2016 at 7:07 am
Charles
please post village video to all Tamil web media & all TNA MP include Opposition leader Hon Sampanthan .
March 27th, 2016 at 10:12 am
The Muslim countries financially help the Muslims and the Tamil diaspora and the businessmen help their own. We should start a fund to help these people. Why does not the Sinhalese civil societies set up such a fund and appoint reliable and trustworthy people to mange it. Not only the Sinhalese diaspora living out side but loyal people also can join. I will join.
Do we not have such societies in Sri Lanka.
March 27th, 2016 at 10:19 am
I think that BBS is one organization that may be able to it, but they need to change their strategy and tactics and do things intelligently in the same manner the Muslims and Tamils do.
March 27th, 2016 at 10:24 am
CHARLES !! I WAS A REGULAR VISITOR TO MINERAL SANDS CORPORATION, PULMODDAI AS MY LATE BIL WAS THE CHIEF ENGINEER AND CEO OF MINERAL SANDS. IAM VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE BOGASWEVA AND KOKILAI AREAS. IN KOKLAI, TAMILS, MUSLIMS, AND SINHALESE LIVED IN GREAT HARMONY. KOKILAI LAGOON I BELIEVE IS THE LARGEST LAGOON IN SRI LANKA. BY SUNSET, THERE ARE ATLEAST A THOUSAND CHULU LIGHTS ON THE SHALLOW LAGOON, ALL ENGAGED IN CATCHING PRAWNS/SHRIMP. JUST A CHULU LIGHT AND A FUNNEL SHAPED CANE CONTRAPTION, CATCHES PLENTY PRAWNS. HUGE PRAWN COME UNDER THE LIGHT, AND THE BASKET IS PUT OVER THEM. THEN THE FISHERMAN PUTS HIS HAND INTO THE BASKET, AND TAKE OUT THE PRAWN, AND PUT IT INTO HIS BACK PACK. BUYERS ARE WALKING UP AND DOWN THE BEACH. YOUNG BOYS EARN AS MUCH AS TWO/THREE HUNDRED RUPPEES AN EVENING, WITH THEIR CATCH. IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT TO WATCH IN THE EVENINGS.
IT IS UNBELIEVABLE THAT ETHNIC ISSUES HAVE PROPPED UP IN THAT AREA. IT WAS SO PEACEFUL THEN.
March 27th, 2016 at 10:28 am
We agree with Dingiri Bandara.
Suggestions :
Smaller projects as for clean water may be undertaken by civil societies under one Umbrella organisations. Funds must be handled by a few trusted people. Or else funds will not come in.
If the BBS is to be the Umbrella organisation and handle such projects, they must put out their project plans for the public to see, have various scholars and Universities work with them to formulate and carry out the plans, Project Leaders, Time lines, etc. and have trusted persons (trusted widely by the public of Lanka), handling the funds.
However, the main project of village development must be in the hands of the GoSL, including Security issues.
A Budddhist Temple a must in that area.
March 27th, 2016 at 10:54 am
Why are there no Sinhalese /Buddhist NGOs organized in Sri Lanka by Srilankans. There are enough extremely wealthy people to fund such organizations. Funds can come from from the diaspora too.
March 27th, 2016 at 2:38 pm
Dingiri,
The Sarvodaya Movement has been active in doing social work in Sri Lanka for a long time now. Please Google and see details.
The YMBA/YWBA groups ought to be organised better to do social services in Lanka.
There are other smaller groups as well. The Land Reform (Mrs B, 1970s) removed many wealthy Sinhala /Buddhist families from actively taking part in social services.
March 27th, 2016 at 5:30 pm
SA Kumar, I thought you are a friend of true Sri Lankan free of racism.
March 27th, 2016 at 7:21 pm
All Sinhalayini,
“http://www.bbc.com/sinhala/sri_lanka/2016/03/160326_smbp_reconciliation_journalists”
Please look at the photograph how even Sinhala letters have been Tamilzed in the name of a South African “Reconciliation” model introduced to Sri Lanka totally unnecessarily.
Now this abuse is in full gear , taken advantage by UNP betrayers and CBK drunkard.
Instead of Tamils apologising for their criminal activities based on a myth of living 2000 years with Sinhalese and a bogus discrimination claim, now the Sinhalese have to apologise to the terrorists.
Anyway I believe MR group is helping to sabotage these activities but we must push them to ridicule “reconciliation” completely than to take only the political advantage and carry on with the same thing after getting power.
March 27th, 2016 at 9:25 pm
I thought you are a friend of true Sri Lankan free of racism.- I want to be , you Sinhala sakodaraya(big brother in same family of mother lankan) also have very great responsible .
end of the day we all want to live happy for ever !!!
live & let’s live United Mother Lanka .
March 28th, 2016 at 12:09 am
Thank you so very much, Charles, for opening our eyes into this tragedy. I can’t avoid the same helplessness that I felt during CBK’s time through the war, seeping into my mind. We’ll not only go mad but end up finishing off some politicians if we really are in that situation.
As Dham said, NO party wants to abolish 13A because that is the equivalent of ”beggar’s wound” these politicos have in order to win and maintain power. They enter into secret deals with minorities promising the implementation of this unholy 13A as a means to get their vote. That is the truth.
We have exhausted every avenue under democracy in finding the right political system for our country and still continue to fail 68 years after independence. If you seriously look at the way things are happening, you won’t disagree with me if I say that Sri Lankans do not know the meaning of freedom and liberty and how to exercise that.
In my opinion, more than anything else, what the country need today is ”discipline”. We will never achieve anything with the current system unless we have a dictator, a well-educated man out of politics. Someone who knows our history and respect for our heritage. A man who feels for the downtrodden who are battling it out in places like Bogaswewa, who are the real owners of the land, whose family members who spilled their blood to save this land.
Now where is this so called JHU?? Aren’t they the ones who should be talking about our ”Hela Urumaya”??, and where is JVP who are the guardians of ”nathi bari janathaava”??
There is a deafening silence from our academics who should be taking the lead in questioning the corrupt politicos and taking them to task. Instead, they too have become poodles of corrupt uneducated politicos.
I understand their lives are in danger if they go against those politicos, but at least why can’t they voice their concern over a national issue like this, educate the masses and do something and find a solution for this crime ??
March 28th, 2016 at 2:44 am
the current system unless we have a dictator,
your JHU?? ”Hela Urumaya”??JVP”nathi bari janathaava”??
our vp & co , all other 19 groups (POLTE, telo ETC…) ?
Tried all defeted by capitalist for ever !!!
machang kaput !!!
March 28th, 2016 at 9:08 am
Thanks Fran Dias,
I plan to be in Sri Lanka, in a couple of months. I will contact them and make whatever contribution I can make, financially. I will also discuss with them to find out how I can organize financial support from those who live here.
March 28th, 2016 at 1:45 pm
This article addresses the very important issue of how to provide effective support for the most vulnerable people of our community. Displaced people needing political, legal and financial help to get their lands back, needy war veterans and their dependents, legal help for defence personnel now being threatened with execution, poor children needing support for their education to join the ranks of the professional well-to-do, and improving the quality of village schools, are among those issues.
Those of us residing abroad can very easily make a very significant difference for the price of one dinner out a month.
Charles suggests sending funds to the BBS, but the BBS is very controversial. Can Charles provide a report on the HONESTY and EFFECTIVENESS of the BBS program to LankaWeb readers, assuring that the contributions will go towards the intended charitable purposes?
Can Stanley Perera also investigate this during his trip to SL and report to readers at LankaWeb on the effectiveness of this BBS program for helping Sinhala people living in these areas?
Dingiri Banda asks “Why are there no Sinhalese /Buddhist NGOs organized in Sri Lanka by Sri lankans?” Good point … we need such organizations in Sri Lanka and abroad.
Sinhala Buddhist diaspora organizations setup for this purpose are very few, and those that exist are very disorganized. There is a great need to do this so we can help our own people honestly and more effectively at this time when the Sinhala Buddhist community is being politically MARGINALIZED! Given the loss of their political power in the country, PRIVATE organizations must be created and step into that void.
There is one such organization, the “RanaViruFund … dot …. org” based in the UK that is focused on helping disabled war veterans. It was quite effective during and in the immediate aftermath of the war. I was involved in that then, and still contribute to their various projects. Although interest in it has waned since its heyday, it could form a model for handling the contributions in a transparent way.
Just my two cents worth.
March 28th, 2016 at 3:00 pm
Dingiri,
Good luck to you ! Our very best wishes to you and your group.
We ourselves have participated in social services programs from 1995 with contributions to orphanages etc.
March 28th, 2016 at 3:00 pm
Ananda-USA wellcome back
March 28th, 2016 at 4:51 pm
“Can Stanley Perera also investigate this during his trip to SL and report to readers at LankaWeb on the effectiveness of this BBS program for helping Sinhala people living in these areas?” = Ananda USA
This is a good question. Looking at the luxury vehicles used by leaders people may question their honesty and become suspicious. However, they are the only group highlighting these grievances and Muslim invasion going on for a long time.
Even if they don’t directly help, they are helping in giving publicity. That is a positive aspect.
March 29th, 2016 at 1:36 am
Ananda USA
Doubt is a bad enemy, which stops us from trusting somebody and support him to do some thing we like to help him to do. It is true that when we contribute some money for some one to carry out a project we would like to know where the money goes. But it is not possible when we are so far away to verify the bona fides of the people.
We have to take them into trust to get them to do some thing we like them to do. Therefore if we want to contribute for the upliftment of the condition of living of these people in Bogaswewa we have to take the risk.
Bodu Bala Sena consists of Buddhist Monks and if we doubt their honesty then we cannot do any thing. We cannot ourselves go and start this project. Even if we were to do it, we will have to have people to organise the project and find again people who we can trust etc, therefore the best thing we can do , if we want to help this people , who no doubt want help, is to trust the BBS and make a small contribution without raising the demon of doubt. If not what ever little we can do for this people is nipped at the bud before we start of to do something.
Bodu Balasena is the only Organisation which came in a big way to help these people.
It is because of this question of trust that I said to contribute a Minimum of US$ 70. That sum is around what we would spend in the West for a good meal in a Restaurant. Even if the person at the other end robs he may at lease pay half of it for the purpose for which the money was sent.
Therefore, those who like to contribute may do so and if others do not want to contribute it is quite OK. If the question of doubt is raised it only discourage even those who would like to make a small contribtion, that is sad Ananda.
Why appoint Stanley, Charles or any one else to go and control what Bodu Bala Sena is doing with the contributions we send ? Some at some point of time is sure to questions the reliability of Stanley and Charles. Some one may say Stanley and Charles are given a Bakshi by BBS to lie.
Same thing happened once before when One Mr. Jayantha Liyanage of Sinhala Jathika Peramuna appealed for help when he was filing a FR case against TNA. He had a problem of transport and he wanted a cab to carry publicity material When an article was published giving the Bank Ac. No. Some one (I think Lorenzo) , raised the same issue of trust and control of the contributions. That was the end of it. Once this boggy of doubt is raised that ends old good intentions to do some thing to help people in need.
I think it is doubt raised about President Mahinda Rajapakse that made people want a change. See what is happening now ?
March 29th, 2016 at 2:28 am
Dham I agree with what you say. I believe in BBS what ever negative publicity is forced upon them.
S.A.Kumar I posted that Video in many face books even in that of Ranil Wickramasinghe qand Maithripala Sirisena. One Tamil person from Jaffna had relplied to the video posted in Ranil’s face book saying that I am a racist idiot.
March 29th, 2016 at 5:14 am
You are exactly correct Charles.
March 29th, 2016 at 7:25 am
Ananda-USA, welcome back to the Lankaweb Forum. I know you used to write bad language, but let’s not do it again. Your contribution is excellent. I have a problem with my good friend Charles: that is if some one puts a yellow robe he is a patriot. Why I disagree is because there is Buddhist temple in Aaatul Kotte and it is a BROTHAL. The head priest goes to orphanages brings teenage girls to his temple to teach Buddhism, but the opposite happens. They become SEX slaves. Now, do you think the yellow robe covers every thing up? NO! Buddhist monk is the same as a Catholic Bishop. There is good and bad. The recently appointed Bishop of JAFFNA is a Criminal he killed Tamils on the orders of Prabhakeren. I suggest we leave them alone and DO NOT GIVE ANY MONEY TO BUDDHIST MONKS. If some wants to give money to a specific set of villages, then give it to Col.(retired) Anil Amerasekara, He has a non profit trust fund. He has resettled thousands of Sinhala Villages in the Northern and Eastern province. Instruct him to give to a specific village and he will do it.
S.A. Kumar, do not take what my good friend Stanly Perera writs as criticism, that’s who he is. Susantha Wijesinghe I strongly recommend you contact Col. (Retired) Anil Amerasekara. (He was in the front lines during the WAR)
March 29th, 2016 at 8:31 am
Charles
One Tamil person from Jaffna had relplied to the video posted in Ranil’s face book saying that I am a racist idiot.- ignore one Tamil so many hundred or thousand Tamil appreciate with you .
forward to TNA & muslim MPS
March 29th, 2016 at 3:28 pm
I am in Sri Lanka these days. I will visit these three villages and report back to you. But I do not like the behaviour of that bafoon monk. It is not good to behave like a larrican. I support Charle’s idea about the doubts of the honesty of the luxury monk. Forget the petty ideas and let us be a united front. War widows of the North and East also not to forget. Diaspora may be taking care of them. But the GOSL must be mindfull of all displaced no matter who they are.
March 29th, 2016 at 4:17 pm
Sorry Stanley. I have trust in Venerable Gnanasa
March 29th, 2016 at 4:22 pm
Sorry Stanley. I have trust in Venerable Gnanasara Thero of BBS. Please do not call names , like Sarath Fonseka. BBS is a great support for the Sinhala Buddhists in Sri Lanka today. This monk is the one who fearlesly stand up to defend Sinhala Buddhists against the racist Tamils, and Muslims. He is not a racist but he defends Buddhism which is his role as a Buddhist monk.
March 29th, 2016 at 5:18 pm
Charles,
I did not criticize or doubt the value of your suggestion, but asked you for more information …. if you have it … on the BBS program, and asked others to assist you, only because it would help you raise more money for the worthy cause, which I support, of helping those Sinhala people in those critical areas of the North East.
Sometimes, funds that I have contributed to many seemingly good causes over the years, have been wasted because I had let my emotions rule my head in those instances, leading to disappointment and loss of faith in one’s own. Although I tend to trust and support Buddhist monks and their activities because of my experience with honorable monks while growing up in Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka’s culture seem to have degraded in recent years. So, we need to be cautious, because trust once violated leads to loss of faith in the community … which can be disastrous to the community as a whole.
I am now cautious because I have been let down by a few monks. For example, the head Buddhist priest of the temple I attended in the SF Bay Area stole the title to the temple building we authorized him to buy with our non-profit Sinhala Buddhist community funds that we had painstakingly gathered over many years. I had befriended this priest, and had helped him in many ways including his medical care, and that of his aging mother. I had also supported his proposal to buy the temple building, but when I found he had put the title in his own name and refused to restore it to the non-profit temple, I advised him to return it immediately. When he refused, as the co-Chairman of the lay Temple Committee I led the legal action against him to recover the property, which we did successfully because the temple was registered as a non-profit organization whose assets cannot be alienated to private individuals under California Law.
Our appeals for help to solve the problem a(voiding the courts) to the head of his main temple in Sri Lanka were of no use whatever; they supported the priest blaming the lay devotees for daring to demand restitution, because they too wanted to hang onto the property. It was a devastating revelation of how avaricious some monks can be, and how they exploit the faith and trust of the laymen.
I have NO WISH WHATEVER TO DEFAME all monks, but I learned the hard way that they are sometimes greedier than the laymen. By the way, when the temple was recovered, the priest left the temple, went to New York, discarded his robes and got married!! So, we CANNOT TRUST PRIESTS just BECAUSE THEY ARE PRIESTS; we must TRUST, but VERIFY!
Having said all of the above, I agree with you that the BBS is about the ONLY ORGANIZATION in Sri Lanka that has not yet forgotten the Sinhala Buddhists they claim to REPRESENT whereas the JHU seems to have joined our enemies!
In the present instance, it would really help if a few people WE TRUST can do the necessary DUE DILIGENCE INVESTIGATIONS on our behalf! Such an approach can lay a firmer foundation for channeling much more money to this worthy cause than an isolated unsupported appeal to people to blindly throw money towards it. I will write more in another comment on this should be done.
There is NO other person at LankaWeb that I TRUST MORE to lead this effort than you, Charles! Why don’t you organize it in a more systematic way with the help of other like minded people at LankaWeb?
Please don’t think I am canvassing for a role in it; I AM NOT! I am already involved up to my neck in running my own personal patriotic charitable foundation, funded solely by my own money, and have neither the time nor the energy to take on additional responsibilities.
March 29th, 2016 at 5:33 pm
Lankaputhra,
Thank you for the kind words.
My “bad language” you referto was directed against a particularly bad and persistent undercover Eelamist propagandist infecting LankaWeb.
He actively argued for the ousting of MR and UPFA GoSL, that has put us in the present quandry our motherland is in now. He then turned against the Yamapalanaya that he helped bring to power hoping to be accepted by patriots back into the patriot fold.
My language was not vulgar but hard hitting, accurate and narrowly targeted … just as Ven. Anagarika Dharmapala’s words were in his time!
March 29th, 2016 at 5:43 pm
I am sorry Charles. I will be careful but I like Sarath Fonseka’s “Paaharayo” We must change the title of Politicos to Free loader Paaharayos”. Two cars to both hand. Just imagine if those Paaharayos had two mouths.
March 30th, 2016 at 7:04 am
It is OK Stanley. I wish I was in Sri Lanka we could have gone to North together. I love the yellow Robe Stanley, even if my friend Kith finds fault with me for that
March 31st, 2016 at 4:03 am
Dear Ananda-USA
Thank you Ananda for the trust you have placed on me. But Ananda I am now 84 years of age, very much handicapped to do things of the nature you suggest. I got that letter published in Lankaweb, after receiving an e-mail and after making a contribution to the Bank account of BBS. I thought bringing this to the notice of the Lanakweb readers some at least may make a contribution to help these poor people.
As we cannot do this ourselves we have to take some one into our confidence to do it. BBS is already in place and they have started doing some work for the welfare of the people. Therefore it is best we take BBS into confidence.
It is true quite often we get disappointed with the people on whom we place our trust. But that is how it is. We get hurt and discouraged because of our strong personality belief( sakkaya ditthi). If we understand that and try to control it as far as possible we can then put up with these human failures in others, without accumulating mental defilements (kilesa).
Anger disappointment, loss of patience etc. are not caused by those out side us who are beyond our control, but from our own mental reaction to their actions. Therefore, understanding that even if they have don the yellow robes they are still human beings subject to human defects (pruthagjana), we could atleast to a certain extent forgive their errors, and be patient with them. Otherwise our reaction will only cause us mental suffering.
Therefore, instead of trying to do this ourselves investigating what has already been done etc, which would take lot of time it is best I think, that we make a small contribution and hope some thing will be done with that for those people in need, who had already been waiting long enough for help.
April 3rd, 2016 at 9:40 am
Dear Charles,
It is wonderful that you are still working for the good of Sri Lanka even at 85 yrs of age. Our heartfelt Congratulations on your achievements.
May you live long and prosper, and continue your good work.
We hope the Vavuniya Sinhala Village issues are sorted out soon, in a long lastiing and amicable manner. GoSL must help and we hope that all the NGOs work together for the common cause, with honesty and integrity.