{"id":52525,"date":"2016-03-02T04:46:30","date_gmt":"2016-03-02T11:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=52525"},"modified":"2016-03-02T04:46:30","modified_gmt":"2016-03-02T11:46:30","slug":"reply-to-prof-carlo-foneska-the-national-anthem-and-nation-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2016\/03\/02\/reply-to-prof-carlo-foneska-the-national-anthem-and-nation-building\/","title":{"rendered":"Reply to Prof Carlo Foneska :The national Anthem and nation building"},"content":{"rendered":"

RANJITH SOYSA<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

I refer to the reply of Prof Carlo Fonseka on his view regarding the singing of the national anthem in Tamil. it is indeed interesting note\u00a0 that he has hardly hanged his position from peaceful, negotiated settlement he professed sometime ago with the LTTE even though he told me – trust he can\u00a0 remember our meeting-at the residence of a well known Sri Lankan musician\u00a0 soon after the\u00a0 LTTE was defeated that he was wrong in pursuing a peaceful\u00a0 solution to the LTTE issue.<\/p>\n

The fact that only available solution to the scourge of the LTTE was the\u00a0 total war against them was proved to the Nation in May, 2009.<\/p>\n

It was not at all a tribal war. It was war of liberating the nation from a fascist armed group which was on the verge of establishing a separate country.<\/p>\n

In such an unenviable situation the whole nation looked towards the defense forces of Sri Lanka to defend the country and the nation. They completed the job expected of them in a skillful manner when compared to the unstable situations prevailing in other countries on account of armed violence. I cannot agree with Dr Fonseka when he attempts to paint the unforgettable victory of Sri Lanka ‘s armed forces when the nation was facing the heavy odds as a martial victory of a tribe. It was a war waged to save the Nation and all the nations with such experiences including in the West celebrate their victories to reaffirm their trust and confidence in the armed forces which in fact protected them.<\/p>\n

When Dr Fonseka says that by requiring to sing the national anthem in Sinhala one is forcing other groups to do so. But, for example in India with many linguistic groups they sing the national anthem in one language only. Is it a\u00a0 case of forcing others or is it a wonderful effort of getting all diverse groups together in an attempt to forge a unified nation? There are many countries in Asia and West which have one national anthem sung in one language, may be to\u00a0 strengthen to nation by getting together.<\/p>\n

Finally, Dr Fonseka says Vijaya Kumaranatunga would have rejoiced the singing the national anthem in Tamil if he was living. I agree with Dr F with his observation as Viajya K when he was living once visited a LTTE camp with his partner and to prove his genuine feeling towards the LTTE comrades engaged in real shooting practice using the LTTE rifles by firing at mock Sri Lankan soldiers!<\/p>\n

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RANJITH SOYSA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

RANJITH SOYSA I refer to the reply of Prof Carlo Fonseka on his view regarding the singing of the national anthem in Tamil. it is indeed interesting note\u00a0 that he has hardly hanged his position from peaceful, negotiated settlement he professed sometime ago with the LTTE even though he told me – trust he can\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-forum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52525","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=52525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52525\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}