{"id":120034,"date":"2021-11-05T16:20:44","date_gmt":"2021-11-05T23:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=120034"},"modified":"2021-11-05T16:22:29","modified_gmt":"2021-11-05T23:22:29","slug":"sri-lankan-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2021\/11\/05\/sri-lankan-nation\/","title":{"rendered":"SRI LANKAN NATION"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Jayantha Liyanage,<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>There is no such thing as Sri Lankan nationalism, because there is no Sri Lankan nation and there was no Ceylonese nation before 1972 either. It was DR N.M Perera tried to create a Ceylonese nation but failed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Only a Sinhala\nnation exists in substance without an official recognition. There is no mention\nabout the name of a nation in any of the Constitutions (Solbury, 1972 or 1978\nRepublican constitution). In 1972 Constitution, the Preamble says  as a\nNation\u201d but without a name. The question arises as to why Dr. Colvin forgot to\nsay  as a Sri Lankan Nation\u201d and it could not have been a mistake. There is no\nother legal documents exists which says that the name of this country\u2019s nation\nis Sri Lanka. I have read all the Constitutions including the Solbury\nConstitution (the Order in Council). But I could no find the name of the\nnation. The reason is because Sri Lanka cannot fulfill the necessary criterions\nto become a nation according to the internationally accepted definition for a\nnation. Sri Lanka does not have the two most important requirements, <em>common\ndecent and the language<\/em> requirement. The is no such thing as the Sri\nLankan language. But the Sinhala nation has all the requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was King\nPandukahabaya who created the Sinhala nation in the year 437 BCE by uniting the\nfour tribes and it was during that time, the nations started to arise. The\nSinhala nation lasted until 1815. The British under their Divide &amp; Rule\npolicy denied the Sinhala people their historical national rights and have even\naccorded illegal immigrants equal status to that of the Sinhala people.&nbsp;\nGota, MR, Sajith, Ranil are the protectors (Kalusuddhas) of the British Divide\nand Rule policy under the false Sri Lankan nation concept in political stages. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sri Lanka is\nonly a state because it has been recognized by the UN and other countries. As\nlong as Sri Lankan nation myth exists, the Sinhala nation cannot raise its\nhead.&nbsp; The two party domination will continue as long as this myth exits\nand the Sinhala people are unaware their historical rights. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The end result\nof this Sri Lankan nation myth is that various ethnic groups are trying to grab\na piece for themselves. Tamils in the North, Muslims in the East. The Sinhala\npeople are divided and fighting each other under the myth of Sri Lankan nation.\nThe main parties have created a kind of mental terrorism \u2013 do not think as a\nSinhala nation because it is Jathivadaya (Sinhala nationalism) \u2013 that would\nhurt the Tamils &amp; Muslims. An utter nonsense?&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Tamils\nunder their Thimpu Principles (see the attached doc) asking the Sri Lankan\ngovernment to recognize Tamils as a nation.&nbsp; The Muslims have just one\nagenda \u2013 turn the whole world Muslim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SJP is the\nonly Sinhala nationalist organization that is trying to end this Sri Lankan\nnation myth and restore the historical rights of the Sinhala people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Sinhala\nconstitution project is aimed at restoration of the historical rights of the\nSinhala people. First as bargaining strategy when the government is going to\nenact another Republican constitution with full powers to the Provincial\ncouncils under the Indian pressure.&nbsp; Mere protesting will not do, as\nbefore the government would certainly ask WHAT IS YOUR ALTERNATIVE? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jayantha\nLiyanage,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jayantha Liyanage, There is no such thing as Sri Lankan nationalism, because there is no Sri Lankan nation and there was no Ceylonese nation before 1972 either. It was DR N.M Perera tried to create a Ceylonese nation but failed. Only a Sinhala nation exists in substance without an official recognition. There is no mention [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-forum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120034\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}