{"id":55514,"date":"2016-06-12T19:10:42","date_gmt":"2016-06-13T01:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=55514"},"modified":"2016-06-12T12:06:01","modified_gmt":"2016-06-12T19:06:01","slug":"new-constitution-and-the-myth-of-eelam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2016\/06\/12\/new-constitution-and-the-myth-of-eelam\/","title":{"rendered":"New  Constitution  and  the myth of  Eelam."},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em>L.K.N.PERERA\u00a0 ( LL,B\u00a0 Cey )\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><em>Advocate,\u00a0 Labour\u00a0 Consultant, Ex Judicial\u00a0 Officer.\u00a0<\/em><em>Ex President- Lanka\u00a0 Academic\u00a0 Association.\u00a0<\/em><em>Vice\u00a0 President- Seruwila\u00a0\u00a0 Chaityawardena\u00a0 Samithiya<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><strong><em><u>New\u00a0 Constitution\u00a0 and\u00a0 the myth of\u00a0 Eelam.<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Opposition\u00a0 leader\u00a0 Mr Sambandan\u2019s\u00a0 recent\u00a0\u00a0 justification\u00a0 of\u00a0 LTTE\u2019s \u00a0\u00a0struggle \u00a0to\u00a0 form\u00a0\u00a0 an\u00a0 Elam\u00a0 State \u00a0and \u00a0the\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 unanimously passed\u00a0 resolution\u00a0 in the\u00a0 Northern Provincial\u00a0\u00a0 Council \u00a0to \u00a0form \u00a0\u00a0an autonomous\u00a0 state in\u00a0 North and East\u00a0 Provinces ,\u00a0 need\u00a0 immediate \u00a0\u00a0attention\u00a0 of\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 peace\u00a0 loving\u00a0 members\u00a0 of\u00a0 all\u00a0 communities. \u00a0At the same\u00a0 time it Is reported that \u00a0terrorist \u00a0leaders\u00a0 such as\u00a0 Nagulan who are responsible\u00a0 for\u00a0 mass\u00a0 murders\u00a0 and\u00a0 who\u00a0 were \u00a0\u00a0believed\u00a0 \u00a0to be\u00a0 killed\u00a0 in\u00a0 the\u00a0 last\u00a0 war,\u00a0 are\u00a0 now surfacing\u00a0 one by\u00a0 one. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Also \u00a0\u00a0it is reported that the\u00a0 Labour\u00a0 Party\u00a0 in\u00a0 England\u00a0 has already\u00a0 given assurance to\u00a0 Tamil Diaspora\u00a0 that\u00a0 they\u00a0 will\u00a0 support\u00a0 for self determination\u00a0 for a separate\u00a0 state.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It is\u00a0 unfortunate that none of\u00a0 our academics\u00a0 in\u00a0 our Universities\u00a0 who are paid by public\u00a0 funds\u00a0 and\u00a0 who are more qualified to answer\u00a0 this\u00a0 baseless\u00a0 Eelam\u00a0 theory\u00a0\u00a0 have failed to respond Mr Sambandan and\u00a0 Wigneswaran\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 up to\u00a0 date. Also\u00a0 the\u00a0 learned members of\u00a0 Sri Lanka\u00a0 Branch\u00a0\u00a0 of Royal\u00a0 Asiatic\u00a0 Society\u00a0 have\u00a0\u00a0 paid\u00a0 no attention\u00a0 to\u00a0 this\u00a0 important\u00a0 issue .\u00a0 The more\u00a0 unfortunate\u00a0 factor\u00a0 is\u00a0 that\u00a0\u00a0 leaders\u00a0 of\u00a0\u00a0 Hela Urumaya\u00a0 or National\u00a0 Freedom\u00a0 Front\u00a0 who undertook\u00a0 to\u00a0 protect\u00a0 the interests of\u00a0 Sinhalese\u00a0 have\u00a0 failed to expose\u00a0\u00a0 the\u00a0 bogus\u00a0 nature\u00a0 of\u00a0 the Eelamist\u2019s claim\u00a0\u00a0 for a separate\u00a0 state\u00a0 and the\u00a0 International\u00a0 Community\u00a0 is\u00a0 made unaware\u00a0 of the\u00a0 actual\u00a0 history\u00a0 of\u00a0 this country.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0On a careful \u00a0examination\u00a0 of \u00a0Mr\u00a0\u00a0 Sambandan \u2019s\u00a0\u00a0 justification\u00a0 and approval\u00a0 of\u00a0 LTTE \u00a0activities,\u00a0 it is quite\u00a0 clear\u00a0 that\u00a0 it\u00a0 is an approval\u00a0 of\u00a0 Prabakaran\u2019s\u00a0 inhuman\u00a0\u00a0 terror campaign that\u00a0 existed\u00a0 for\u00a0 the\u00a0 last\u00a0 thirty years . The \u00a0irony\u00a0 is\u00a0 that\u00a0 he\u00a0 has forgotten the misery\u00a0 of\u00a0 his own\u00a0 people during the war.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Undoubtedly\u00a0 by such irrational\u00a0 statements\u00a0\u00a0 Mr Sambandan<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0approves ,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><em>a) the killing\u00a0 of\u00a0 thousands\u00a0 innocent\u00a0 civilians\u00a0 by\u00a0 bomb attacks .\u00a0 <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>b) the attack on the sacred temple of\u00a0 tooth relic at\u00a0 Kandy\u00a0 <\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>C )the attack\u00a0 on\u00a0 innocent Buddhist\u00a0 Pilgrims and killing\u00a0 of 200\u00a0 pilgrims\u00a0\u00a0 at the\u00a0 sacred\u00a0\u00a0 Jayasirimaha Bo\u00a0 tree at\u00a0 Anuradapura. <\/em><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><em>D) the keeping of camps in which\u00a0 thousands of\u00a0 Tamils who opposed to Prabakaran\u2019s\u00a0 tyranny were inhumanly treated and killed.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>E )Killing of\u00a0 600\u00a0 Police Officers\u00a0 who\u00a0 surrendered during\u00a0 Premadasa Regime.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong><em>F) Not only that by his above justification he\u00a0 approves\u00a0 the brutal\u00a0 killing of\u00a0 his\u00a0\u00a0 own \u00a0leader\u00a0 late\u00a0 Mr\u00a0 Amirthalingam and \u00a0the killing of Indian PM Rajive Gandi and\u00a0 Sri Lankan President\u00a0 Premadasa .<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol>\n<li><em>G) Killing of Politicians like\u00a0 Dureiappah\u00a0 and \u00a0\u00a0civilians\u00a0\u00a0 like\u00a0 Dr Rajini Thiranagama\u00a0 who was\u00a0 gun\u00a0 down\u00a0 by\u00a0\u00a0 her own\u00a0 pupils . Those\u00a0 murderers\u00a0\u00a0 must\u00a0 be\u00a0 having\u00a0 luxury\u00a0 livings\u00a0 as members of the noble medical\u00a0 Profession\u00a0 by\u00a0 now\u00a0 .<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 At a time the\u00a0 present\u00a0 government\u00a0 is\u00a0\u00a0 probing into\u00a0 activities of Intelligence\u00a0\u00a0 Units\u00a0 in\u00a0 Army\u00a0 who brought peace\u00a0 to\u00a0 all the communities\u00a0 in\u00a0 Sri Lanka , surely\u00a0 it is\u00a0 the\u00a0 government\u2019s\u00a0 duty to probe\u00a0 into\u00a0\u00a0 atrocities\u00a0 of\u00a0\u00a0 LTTE\u00a0 too and \u00a0bring\u00a0\u00a0 all those\u00a0 who\u00a0 are\u00a0 responsible\u00a0 for\u00a0 those\u00a0 mass\u00a0 inhuman\u00a0 murders,\u00a0 in order to\u00a0 bring \u00a0\u00a0peace\u00a0 to \u00a0Sri Lanka.\u00a0 So that\u00a0 extremists\u00a0 of\u00a0 both\u00a0 sides\u00a0\u00a0 will not\u00a0 be able\u00a0 to\u00a0 set\u00a0 fire\u00a0 to\u00a0 Sri Lanka .\u00a0 Also\u00a0 it\u00a0 is\u00a0 the duty to\u00a0 probe\u00a0 into the\u00a0 killings\u00a0 of\u00a0\u00a0 brutal\u00a0 murders\u00a0 of\u00a0\u00a0 important\u00a0 figures\u00a0 like\u00a0 Mr Amirthalingam,\u00a0 and\u00a0 Dr. Rajini\u00a0\u00a0 Senior Lecturer\u00a0 of Medical Faculty\u00a0 of\u00a0 Jaffna\u00a0 as one of the \u00a0first\u00a0 steps \u00a0in bringing\u00a0 peace\u00a0 to\u00a0 Sri Lanka .\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0When\u00a0 one\u00a0 peruse\u00a0 the\u00a0 role of\u00a0 Mr Sambandan\u00a0 in\u00a0 Seventies\u00a0 as elicited in\u00a0\u00a0 Sansoni\u00a0 Commission\u00a0 Report ,\u00a0 Mr\u00a0 Sambandan\u2019s\u00a0 justification\u00a0 of terrorists activities\u00a0 is\u00a0 nothing\u00a0 new\u00a0 to\u00a0 him.\u00a0 He\u00a0 is one of\u00a0 the\u00a0 leaders\u00a0 who\u00a0 advocated\u00a0 violence to Tamil\u00a0 youth in seventies\u00a0 as\u00a0 revealed \u00a0\u00a0in\u00a0 Sansoni\u00a0 Commission Inquiry Report.\u00a0\u00a0 Leaders\u00a0 like\u00a0 him\u00a0 were always\u00a0 behind\u00a0 the\u00a0 atrocities committed by\u00a0 LTTE.\u00a0 They tacitly\u00a0 approved\u00a0\u00a0 the bomb blasts. They\u00a0 tacitly approved\u00a0 mass\u00a0 murders. They\u00a0 never condemned\u00a0\u00a0 such activities in those days.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0However before dealing with the question whether Eelam is a myth or not,\u00a0 \u00a0I would like\u00a0 to\u00a0 pose\u00a0 the\u00a0 under mentioned questions\u00a0 to be\u00a0 answered by \u00a0\u00a0Mr Sambandan or Mr Wigneswaran\u00a0 or Higher Ranks\u00a0 of\u00a0 TNA\u00a0 or TULF\u00a0 to\u00a0 any\u00a0 educated member\u00a0\u00a0 of\u00a0 the\u00a0 Tamil\u00a0 Diaspora\u00a0 or\u00a0 even\u00a0 Jayalalitha\u00a0\u00a0 or\u00a0 Karunanidi\u00a0\u00a0 to\u00a0 and\u00a0 justify their\u00a0 Tamil Eelam Theory.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1)\u00a0\u00a0 If\u00a0 Tamils\u00a0\u00a0 had\u00a0 their\u00a0 own kingdoms\u00a0 in\u00a0 North\u00a0 and\u00a0 East\u00a0 please explain\u00a0 as to why\u00a0 Robert Knox\u00a0\u00a0 who was arrested in\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Kottiar ( near Trincomalee ) ,\u00a0 was\u00a0\u00a0 handed\u00a0 over\u00a0 to\u00a0 Kandiyan King\u00a0 instead\u00a0 of\u00a0 taking him\u00a0 to\u00a0 Jaffna the\u00a0 so\u00a0 called\u00a0 Capital of\u00a0 Eelam.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2)\u00a0\u00a0 What\u00a0 have you\u00a0 got\u00a0 to say\u00a0 about\u00a0 Wallipuram Gold Plaque which\u00a0 categorically\u00a0 confirms\u00a0 that\u00a0 Sinhalese King\u00a0 named Wasaba\u00a0 was\u00a0\u00a0 ruling\u00a0 Jaffan\u00a0 too\u00a0 even\u00a0 before\u00a0 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Century\u00a0\u00a0 BC.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3)\u00a0 What\u00a0 have\u00a0 you got to say\u00a0 about\u00a0 three\u00a0 Buddhists Pagodas\u00a0 in Delft\u00a0 Island and\u00a0\u00a0 Buddah Foot\u00a0 Prints\u00a0 and\u00a0 caskets\u00a0 found\u00a0 in\u00a0 Jaffna Peninsula\u00a0 and\u00a0 kept at Jaffna Museum\u00a0\u00a0 for\u00a0 exhibition. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 4)\u00a0 What have you\u00a0 to got to say\u00a0 about\u00a0 Kantharodaya Buddhist Temple at\u00a0\u00a0 Chunnakam. In Mahawamsa it is\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 described as\u00a0 Kaduruboda Temple at Hunugama. .<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5)\u00a0\u00a0 What\u00a0 have you\u00a0 got\u00a0 to say about\u00a0 historical \u00a0records \u00a0\u00a0in\u00a0 British\u00a0 Museums\u00a0 which\u00a0 confirm\u00a0 that most\u00a0 of\u00a0 the\u00a0 Tamils\u00a0 in North and East were\u00a0 brought\u00a0 to\u00a0 Sri Lanka\u00a0 by Dutch and\u00a0 British for the purpose of\u00a0 cultivation\u00a0 of\u00a0 Tobacco. Firstly\u00a0 It is\u00a0 the\u00a0 Dutch\u00a0 who\u00a0 got down\u00a0 Tamil workers\u00a0 from\u00a0 India\u00a0 for\u00a0 Tobacco\u00a0 cultivation.\u00a0 It is\u00a0 the duty of the Government\u00a0 to\u00a0 publish\u00a0 these\u00a0 documents\u00a0 even at this\u00a0 later\u00a0 stage.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a06)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What\u00a0 have you\u00a0 got\u00a0 to\u00a0 say\u00a0 about\u00a0 King\u00a0 Gajaba\u2019s\u00a0 wars\u00a0 in\u00a0 South India which\u00a0\u00a0 are\u00a0 described\u00a0 not only\u00a0 in\u00a0\u00a0 Mahawamsa\u00a0 but\u00a0 in\u00a0 South Indian Stone\u00a0 Inscriptions\u00a0 too.<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a07)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What\u00a0 have\u00a0 you got to say\u00a0 that when\u00a0 Dutch captured\u00a0 Jaffna, from Portuguese,\u00a0\u00a0 they went\u00a0 to\u00a0 Kandiyan King\u00a0 for\u00a0 legal title\u00a0 and\u00a0 entered into\u00a0 a Treaty\u00a0 called\u00a0 Tennekumbura\u00a0 Treaty in\u00a0 the year 1766.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a08)\u00a0\u00a0 What\u00a0 have\u00a0 you got say\u00a0 about\u00a0 ancientness\u00a0 of\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sinhala\u00a0 language\u00a0 compared\u00a0 to\u00a0 Tamil\u00a0 language\u00a0\u00a0 which\u00a0 is said to\u00a0 of\u00a0 recent\u00a0 origin as stated by Professor\u00a0 Neelakanta Sastri.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a09)\u00a0\u00a0 What\u00a0 have\u00a0 you\u00a0 got\u00a0 to say\u00a0 for\u00a0 non\u00a0 selection\u00a0 of\u00a0 Tamil\u00a0 language\u00a0\u00a0 by\u00a0 Americans\u00a0 as\u00a0 an\u00a0 ancient\u00a0 language\u00a0 and the selection of\u00a0 Sinhala Language\u00a0 as one of\u00a0 the oldest languages.\u00a0 It is\u00a0 appropriate to mention\u00a0 here\u00a0 that\u00a0\u00a0 Sinhala language\u00a0\u00a0 was selected\u00a0 by them after critical examination\u00a0\u00a0 as\u00a0 one\u00a0 of\u00a0\u00a0 the\u00a0 few\u00a0 oldest \u00a0languages\u00a0 in this world\u00a0 and was\u00a0 exhibited\u00a0 in\u00a0\u00a0 moon.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a010)\u00a0 What have you got to\u00a0 say\u00a0 about \u2018 Mahawamsa\u2019 which is recognized\u00a0 by\u00a0 eminent\u00a0 historians\u00a0 all over the world\u00a0 as the only book that describes a\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 continuous history of\u00a0 a country\u00a0\u00a0 for\u00a0 a\u00a0 period of well over 2000 years.\u00a0 One has to bear in mind\u00a0 that\u00a0 Mahawamsa\u00a0 stories\u00a0 are corroborated\u00a0 by\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Stone\u00a0 Inscriptions\u00a0 not only\u00a0 in\u00a0 Sri Lanka but in\u00a0 South India too. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a011)\u00a0\u00a0 What\u00a0 have\u00a0 you got to say\u00a0 about\u00a0 the book\u00a0 on\u00a0 \u2018South Indian\u00a0 History\u2019 by\u00a0 Professor\u00a0 Neelakanta Sastri\u00a0\u00a0 who describes\u00a0 the\u00a0 history\u00a0 of\u00a0 South India with no reference whatsoever\u00a0 to\u00a0 a\u00a0 Tamil\u00a0 Homeland in\u00a0 Sri Lanka.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Origin of\u00a0 Sinhala language\u00a0\u00a0 goes back\u00a0 to Anglo Saxon\u00a0 age.\u00a0 Sinhala is an Indo Aryan Language\u00a0 unlike\u00a0 Tamil.\u00a0 History\u00a0 of\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sinhala\u00a0 language\u00a0\u00a0 is divided\u00a0 to \u00a0several\u00a0 eras,\u00a0 such as\u00a0 present\u00a0 day\u00a0 Sinhala, Mediaeval\u00a0\u00a0 Sinhala and\u00a0\u00a0 Ancient\u00a0 Sinhala\u00a0 etc. \u00a0From that\u00a0 it\u00a0 goes\u00a0 to\u00a0 Prakrit,\u00a0 Sanskrit\u00a0 and to \u00a0\u00a0Indo\u00a0 Aryan\u00a0 and\u00a0 finally\u00a0 to\u00a0 Anglo\u00a0 Saxon\u00a0 family .\u00a0\u00a0 It\u00a0 was\u00a0 German Professor\u00a0 Wilheldem\u00a0 Gaiger\u00a0 who\u00a0 found\u00a0 similarities\u00a0 in\u00a0\u00a0 Sinhala and\u00a0 German\u00a0 languages.\u00a0 Therefore\u00a0 Sinhalese\u00a0 have\u00a0 an inborn\u00a0\u00a0 right\u00a0 to\u00a0 seek\u00a0 assistance\u00a0 from\u00a0 UK and\u00a0 Germany\u00a0 to\u00a0\u00a0 protect\u00a0 and save\u00a0 their brethren\u00a0 Sinhalese\u00a0 from the\u00a0 grip\u00a0 of\u00a0\u00a0 Eelamist\u00a0 Tamils who\u00a0 have become a headache\u00a0 to them also.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Eelamist\u00a0 claim\u00a0 for\u00a0 an\u00a0\u00a0 independent\u00a0 state\u00a0 or\u00a0 province\u00a0\u00a0 is\u00a0 based\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0on a \u00a0never \u00a0existed\u00a0 Eelam\u00a0 State.\u00a0 The so called\u00a0 Eelam\u00a0 State \u00a0does not\u00a0 have\u00a0 any \u00a0historical\u00a0 or archaeological evidence\u00a0 in Sri Lanka or\u00a0 in India. \u00a0It is\u00a0 the\u00a0 Tamil politicians\u00a0 who\u00a0 propagate\u00a0 this\u00a0 myth . \u00a0\u00a0Stone\u00a0 Inscriptions\u00a0 found\u00a0 in\u00a0 the\u00a0 North\u00a0 and\u00a0 East\u00a0 are crystal clear\u00a0 evidence that\u00a0 it\u00a0 was\u00a0 Singhalese\u00a0 kings\u00a0 who\u00a0 ruled\u00a0 North and<\/em><\/strong><em>\u00a0 <strong>East \u00a0areas in \u00a0our history<\/strong> . Portuguese\u00a0 came\u00a0 to\u00a0 Sri Lanka\u00a0 in\u00a0 the\u00a0 15<sup>th<\/sup> Century . Before \u00a0\u00a0Portuguese\u00a0 conquered\u00a0 Jaffna,\u00a0 It was \u00a0the\u00a0 representatives\u00a0 of\u00a0\u00a0 Kotte\u00a0 Kings\u00a0 who\u00a0 ruled\u00a0 Jaffna. <strong>Prince Sapumal \u00a0was the last\u00a0 in\u00a0 line\u00a0 In the\u00a0 year<\/strong>\u00a0 <strong>1412 AD\u00a0 became \u00a0the\u00a0 last\u00a0 Sinhalese\u00a0 ruler in\u00a0 Jaffna.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0If there were \u00a0Tamil\u00a0 kingdoms\u00a0 in North and\u00a0 East\u00a0 in \u00a0Sri Lanka\u00a0 as claimed by\u00a0 Mr. Sambandan,\u00a0 surely\u00a0 there\u00a0 should\u00a0 be \u00a0evidence\u00a0\u00a0 such as\u00a0\u00a0 Tamil\u00a0 stone\u00a0 inscriptions \u00a0\u00a0to that effect. Not only\u00a0 that\u00a0 there should be\u00a0 archaeological\u00a0\u00a0 evidence.\u00a0 One has to bear in\u00a0 mind\u00a0 that there\u00a0 is\u00a0 not\u00a0 a\u00a0 single\u00a0 piece\u00a0 of\u00a0 an\u00a0 archaeological\u00a0 evidence\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0regarding\u00a0 the so\u00a0 called\u00a0 Tamil\u00a0 kingdoms in North\u00a0 and\u00a0 East. \u00a0\u00a0Whereas\u00a0 the\u00a0 very existence\u00a0 of\u00a0 Three Dagobas\u00a0 in Delft Island\u00a0 is a clear proof that\u00a0 there existed\u00a0 Singhalese\u00a0 kingdoms\u00a0\u00a0 even beyond\u00a0 Jaffna\u00a0\u00a0 from immemorial\u00a0 time.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The\u00a0 most\u00a0 unreasonable\u00a0 factor\u00a0 in\u00a0 this\u00a0 Eelam theory\u00a0 is\u00a0 that\u00a0 Tamils\u00a0 should have a\u00a0 separate homeland\u00a0 in\u00a0 north and east\u00a0 provinces \u00a0just \u00a0because\u00a0 they\u00a0 are\u00a0 the present day \u00a0majority . \u00a0At the same\u00a0 time ,\u00a0 under this theory\u00a0 they also \u00a0have the sacred\u00a0 right to\u00a0 live\u00a0 any\u00a0 part of\u00a0 Sri Lanka. \u00a0But\u00a0\u00a0 the\u00a0 Sinhalese \u00a0have no\u00a0 such\u00a0 right\u00a0 to\u00a0 live\u00a0 in\u00a0 North and\u00a0 East. The\u00a0 end result is\u00a0 that\u00a0 Sinhalese\u00a0 should\u00a0 live\u00a0 in South\u00a0\u00a0 only.\u00a0 That\u00a0 too\u00a0 along with\u00a0 Tamils and\u00a0 Muslims.\u00a0\u00a0 The other obnoxious\u00a0 factor\u00a0 in\u00a0 this\u00a0 theory\u00a0 is\u00a0\u00a0 that\u00a0 Eelamists \u00a0\u00a0do not\u00a0 speak about\u00a0 a\u00a0 homeland\u00a0 for\u00a0 Sinhalese\u00a0 who \u00a0are\u00a0 \u00a0the original inhabitants in this Island. \u00a0The fact that\u00a0 Sinhalese\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0have\u00a0 a\u00a0 well established\u00a0 continued\u00a0 history\u00a0 for\u00a0 a\u00a0 period\u00a0 well\u00a0 over\u00a0 Two\u00a0 Thousand\u00a0 Five Hundred\u00a0 ( 2500) years \u00a0has been completely\u00a0 ignored\u00a0 by the\u00a0 founders\u00a0\u00a0 of this so called \u00a0Eelamist\u00a0 theory.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Primarily\u00a0 It was\u00a0 late Mr S.J.V Chelvanayakam\u00a0 who\u00a0 propagated this\u00a0 myth\u00a0 among\u00a0 the\u00a0 Tamils\u00a0 while\u00a0 ignoring\u00a0 historical\u00a0 rights\u00a0 of\u00a0 Singhalese\u00a0\u00a0 to\u00a0 the\u00a0 North\u00a0 and\u00a0 East. He paid\u00a0 no\u00a0 attention\u00a0 what so ever\u00a0 to\u00a0 archaeological\u00a0 evidence \u00a0manifestly available in those\u00a0 two provinces.\u00a0 His only consideration\u00a0 was\u00a0 the\u00a0 majority\u00a0 number of\u00a0 Tamils\u00a0 living\u00a0 in\u00a0 those\u00a0 two provinces.\u00a0 Moderates \u00a0like Dureiappa \u00a0\u00a0Mayor of \u00a0Jaffna\u00a0 were\u00a0 gunned\u00a0 down\u00a0 at the very beginning\u00a0\u00a0 with the blessings of\u00a0 TULF leaders. Other\u00a0 leaders of Tamil Community\u00a0\u00a0 such\u00a0 as\u00a0 Amirtalingamm\u00a0 Sivasubraminum and\u00a0 Sambandan\u00a0 followed \u00a0Chelvanayakam \u00a0\u00a0while\u00a0 knowing\u00a0 very well\u00a0 that\u00a0 their\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 claim\u00a0 for\u00a0 an independent\u00a0 state\u00a0 in\u00a0 North and\u00a0 East\u00a0 has\u00a0 no\u00a0 justifiable historical \u00a0basis.\u00a0 They\u00a0 based their\u00a0 Eelamist \u00a0\u00a0theory\u00a0 mainly\u00a0 on\u00a0 the \u00a0\u00a0majority number of\u00a0\u00a0 Tamils\u00a0 living in\u00a0 North and\u00a0 East. Present day \u00a0Population was\u00a0 the only\u00a0 criteria \u00a0that mattered\u00a0 . It is unfortunate\u00a0 none of\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Sinhala\u00a0 leaders,\u00a0 \u00a0have challenged\u00a0 \u00a0these\u00a0 Tamil\u00a0 leaders for\u00a0 \u00a0them\u00a0 to \u00a0justify\u00a0 their\u00a0\u00a0 claim.\u00a0 Instead\u00a0 of\u00a0 that,\u00a0 all\u00a0 leaders\u00a0\u00a0 in\u00a0 successive\u00a0 governments\u00a0 have\u00a0 granted\u00a0 their\u00a0 demands\u00a0 one by one \u00a0\u00a0and\u00a0\u00a0 JR Government\u00a0 went\u00a0 into\u00a0 the extent\u00a0\u00a0 by accepting\u00a0 that\u00a0 North\u00a0 and\u00a0 East\u00a0 as\u00a0 their\u00a0 traditional\u00a0 homelands\u00a0 while\u00a0 ignoring\u00a0 rights\u00a0 of\u00a0 Sinhalese\u00a0 in those two\u00a0 provinces.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The\u00a0 following\u00a0 passage\u00a0 of\u00a0 an\u00a0 article\u00a0 written by Mr\u00a0 Sivasidambaram\u00a0 one time\u00a0 President \u00a0of TULF shows\u00a0 as\u00a0 to\u00a0 how\u00a0 they\u00a0 justified\u00a0 Tamil\u00a0 Eealm\u00a0 State in North and\u00a0 East\u00a0 Provinces.\u00a0 His position\u00a0 is\u00a0 that\u00a0 by becoming\u00a0 majority\u00a0\u00a0 in\u00a0 an\u00a0 area, such area\u00a0 \u00a0could\u00a0 be named\u00a0 as\u00a0 a\u00a0 homeland.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0In Sunday Observer 0n 26<sup>th<\/sup> September 1993 \u00a0Late\u00a0 Mr\u00a0 Sivasidamparam \u00a0President TULF\u00a0 said\u00a0 \u2018\u2019\u00a0\u00a0 It is also\u00a0 significant\u00a0 to\u00a0 note People in Jaffna, Vavunia, Mannar\u00a0\u00a0 Batticoloa\u00a0 and Trincomalee\u00a0 voted for\u00a0 the candidates\u00a0 of\u00a0 Tamil Parties.\u00a0 Ie the\u00a0 Tamil Congrees, The Federal Party and TULF.\u00a0 In the face of all\u00a0 these\u00a0 a\u00a0 person\u00a0 with even the\u00a0\u00a0 meanest\u00a0 intelligence will\u00a0 accept\u00a0 that\u00a0 North and East \u00a0are \u00a0\u00a0the\u00a0 Traditional Homelands of\u00a0 the\u00a0 Tamils and\u00a0 Muslims <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The irony\u00a0 is\u00a0 that\u00a0 during\u00a0 his\u00a0 lifetime\u00a0 Muslims\u00a0 were\u00a0 chased\u00a0 out\u00a0 from\u00a0 North by Prbakaran\u00a0 for which \u00a0\u00a0Mr Sivasidambaram\u00a0 or Mr Sambandan or\u00a0 any\u00a0 other leader\u00a0 in TULF \u00a0\u00a0had \u00a0\u00a0no comments . \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Needless to\u00a0 say\u00a0 that \u00a0the so\u00a0 called this Eelamist\u00a0 theory is\u00a0 a\u00a0 draconian\u00a0 \u00a0theory . \u00a0It ignores\u00a0 the\u00a0 rights\u00a0 of\u00a0 other communities . For instance\u00a0 under Eelamist\u00a0\u00a0 theory, surely\u00a0\u00a0 Muslims\u00a0 in\u00a0 Kashmir\u00a0 Province\u00a0 have\u00a0 the right\u00a0 demand \u00a0\u00a0a\u00a0 separate homeland in that\u00a0 Province because\u00a0 they\u00a0 are\u00a0 the\u00a0 present\u00a0 day\u00a0 majority.\u00a0 Sometime\u00a0 later\u00a0\u00a0 in this\u00a0 century\u00a0 Tamils\u00a0\u00a0 in UK or\u00a0 Canada \u00a0too \u00a0will\u00a0\u00a0 claim\u00a0\u00a0 that\u00a0 they\u00a0 have\u00a0 a\u00a0 right\u00a0 to self determination\u00a0 regarding\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 areas \u00a0they\u00a0 predominantly\u00a0 reside .\u00a0\u00a0 At this\u00a0 rate In the next \u00a0few\u00a0 decades\u00a0 they\u00a0 will\u00a0\u00a0 assert\u00a0 their\u00a0 rights\u00a0 to\u00a0 the\u00a0 Towns\u00a0 like\u00a0 London or\u00a0 Bermingham\u00a0 of\u00a0 UK\u00a0 \u00a0and\u00a0 \u00a0some\u00a0 areas\u00a0 in \u00a0\u00a0Canada\u00a0\u00a0 as their\u00a0 homelands, once\u00a0 they\u00a0 become\u00a0 the\u00a0 majority living in those\u00a0 areas.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0It is\u00a0 unfortunate\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0that\u00a0 both \u00a0the present \u00a0as well as former Government\u00a0 machinery\u00a0 have \u00a0failed to counter\u00a0 these bogus\u00a0 claims.\u00a0 \u00a0Professor G.L.Peiris\u00a0 the\u00a0 former\u00a0 Foreign\u00a0 Minister \u00a0is directly\u00a0 responsible\u00a0 for the\u00a0 present\u00a0 situation. He\u00a0 failed\u00a0 miserably\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 to \u00a0\u00a0counter\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0this\u00a0 false\u00a0 propaganda\u00a0 work\u00a0 of\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Tamil Diaspora at that time.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Instead of\u00a0 countering\u00a0 this\u00a0 false\u00a0 propaganda, he \u00a0was \u00a0\u00a0having\u00a0 only\u00a0 pedagogue\u00a0 talks during\u00a0 his\u00a0 period. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 As a result\u00a0 of\u00a0 removing \u00a0the subject of \u00a0History\u00a0 form\u00a0 school syllabus\u00a0 in Seventies\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0by \u00a0former\u00a0 Prime\u00a0 Minister\u00a0\u00a0 Mrs\u00a0\u00a0 Bandaranayake\u00a0 on\u00a0 the advise of\u00a0 Mr Bardudeen Mohomed, the Minister of Education at that time, \u00a0today the\u00a0 younger\u00a0 generation\u00a0 of\u00a0\u00a0 Sinhalese and Tamils \u00a0are \u00a0\u00a0denied\u00a0 of\u00a0 learning\u00a0 the\u00a0 true\u00a0 history . It is sad to say\u00a0 that many of\u00a0 Sri Lankans\u00a0 \u00a0irrespective of\u00a0\u00a0 their\u00a0 community\u00a0 are\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0unaware\u00a0 of\u00a0 the \u00a0true\u00a0 history\u00a0 of\u00a0 this\u00a0 country. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The\u00a0 myth\u00a0 of\u00a0 a\u00a0 never existed\u00a0 Eelam\u00a0 \u00a0State \u00a0propagated by\u00a0 the\u00a0 Tamil \u00a0Politicians\u00a0 who\u00a0\u00a0 live in\u00a0 luxury\u00a0 in Colombo made the youth in\u00a0 North to join\u00a0 a\u00a0 war. \u00a0Mr Sambandan, Amirthalingam, Senadirajah\u00a0 were\u00a0 in\u00a0 the\u00a0 fore front \u00a0of \u00a0their\u00a0 hatred campaign \u00a0in seventies as reported\u00a0 \u00a0In\u00a0 Sansoni\u00a0 Commission Report.\u00a0 However\u00a0 one has to bear in\u00a0 mind\u00a0 that\u00a0 not even\u00a0 a single\u00a0 child of\u00a0 these\u00a0 leaders \u00a0\u00a0joined the war\u00a0 and\u00a0 died\u00a0 in battle.\u00a0 It is\u00a0 the\u00a0 ordinary \u00a0Tamil \u00a0youths\u00a0 who\u00a0 sacrificed\u00a0 their\u00a0 lives \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0at the\u00a0 instigation\u00a0 of\u00a0 these\u00a0 politicians . Sinhalese\u00a0 politicians\u00a0 as well as\u00a0 Tamil\u00a0 Politicians\u00a0 almost\u00a0 forced\u00a0\u00a0 the\u00a0 Poor\u00a0 to\u00a0 have their\u00a0 education\u00a0 in\u00a0 Sinhala\u00a0 or\u00a0 Tamil\u00a0 languages\u00a0 while\u00a0 they\u00a0 sent\u00a0 their\u00a0 children\u00a0 to\u00a0\u00a0 Sorbonne ,Oxford\u00a0 and other Universities abroad .\u00a0 Now the same \u00a0politicians\u00a0 are \u00a0again \u00a0adopting\u00a0 the\u00a0 same\u00a0 method\u00a0 \u00a0to\u00a0 drag\u00a0 the\u00a0 innocent\u00a0 youth from both sides \u00a0to a new war, \u00a0not \u00a0for\u00a0 any\u00a0 other reason \u00a0\u00a0but\u00a0\u00a0 for their\u00a0 own survival or\u00a0 existence. \u00a0Readers\u00a0 are\u00a0 advised\u00a0 to\u00a0 examine\u00a0 the\u00a0 Sansoni \u00a0Inquiry\u00a0 report\u00a0 for\u00a0 better\u00a0 understanding as it\u00a0 explains\u00a0 hypocrisy\u00a0 of\u00a0 several\u00a0 politicians who\u00a0 dragged\u00a0\u00a0 the\u00a0 Tamil\u00a0 Youth\u00a0 to\u00a0 the\u00a0 last\u00a0 war.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dragging\u00a0\u00a0 the\u00a0 Sri Lankan\u00a0 Army to\u00a0 the\u00a0 30 year old \u00a0War,\u00a0 was\u00a0 a stupid\u00a0 decision\u00a0 taken\u00a0 by \u00a0late Mr Premadasa.\u00a0 \u00a0JR government\u00a0\u00a0 handed over\u00a0 the\u00a0 war to Indian Army and was\u00a0 able\u00a0 to\u00a0 keep the \u00a0\u00a0Sri Lanka Army\u00a0 out of war\u00a0 which was a blessings in disguise . \u00a0\u00a0During\u00a0 the \u00a0stay\u00a0 of the \u00a0Indian Army\u00a0\u00a0 in\u00a0 Sri Lanka,\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0not\u00a0 a single\u00a0 death of\u00a0 Army\u00a0 was\u00a0 reported .\u00a0 However\u00a0\u00a0 when Mr\u00a0 Premadasa\u00a0\u00a0 came into\u00a0 power he \u00a0was ill\u00a0 advised\u00a0 by his\u00a0 battalion of\u00a0 advisers \u00a0and\u00a0 without\u00a0 considering\u00a0 the consequences, \u00a0he \u00a0\u00a0gave\u00a0 definite\u00a0 dead line to\u00a0 Indian\u00a0 army\u00a0 to\u00a0 leave\u00a0 Sri Lanka . Not only\u00a0 that \u00a0he \u00a0boasted that\u00a0 the\u00a0\u00a0 conflict\u00a0 is\u00a0 an\u00a0 internal\u00a0 matter \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and\u00a0 India\u00a0 should\u00a0 leave\u00a0 the\u00a0 Problem\u00a0\u00a0 to\u00a0 Sri Lankan Government and\u00a0\u00a0 LTTE\u00a0 to solve \u00a0\u00a0by\u00a0 themselves.\u00a0 Not only\u00a0 that\u00a0 he is\u00a0 said to have given assistance\u00a0 to\u00a0 LTTE in various\u00a0 forms\u00a0 to \u00a0fight with \u00a0\u00a0Indian\u00a0 Army and\u00a0 ultimately\u00a0 he\u00a0 lost\u00a0 his\u00a0 life too. \u00a0If JR policy was\u00a0 continued,\u00a0 surely\u00a0 our Army\u00a0 would\u00a0 not\u00a0 have\u00a0 to\u00a0 face\u00a0 such a\u00a0 number of\u00a0 casualties in the last war.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The role\u00a0 played by JVP in \u00a0sending\u00a0\u00a0 Indian\u00a0 Army back\u00a0 is also\u00a0\u00a0 questionable . The leaders of\u00a0 JVP\u00a0 surely \u00a0cannot\u00a0 escape\u00a0 from\u00a0 the\u00a0 responsibility\u00a0 of \u00a0dragging\u00a0 our\u00a0 Army\u00a0 to\u00a0 this\u00a0 war\u00a0 bringing\u00a0 30 thousand\u00a0 deaths\u00a0 in\u00a0 the\u00a0 three\u00a0 forces\u00a0 unnecessarily .\u00a0 \u00a0Their poster campaign to\u00a0 chase\u00a0 Indian Army\u00a0 labeling\u00a0 the \u00a0\u00a0Indian as a Monkey\u00a0 Army\u00a0 too may\u00a0 have\u00a0 been\u00a0 a supportive \u00a0reason\u00a0 for\u00a0 Mr\u00a0 Premadasa\u00a0 to\u00a0 make\u00a0 that\u00a0 stupid\u00a0 decision . JVP\u00a0 in\u00a0 addition\u00a0 to\u00a0 the Poster Campaign\u00a0\u00a0 as I\u00a0 remember\u00a0 \u00a0got\u00a0 involved\u00a0 in killing\u00a0 one or two members of\u00a0 Indian Army by sporadic attacks\u00a0 as\u00a0 reported in\u00a0 those days. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Needless to\u00a0 say\u00a0 that\u00a0 It was an indirect\u00a0 support\u00a0 given to\u00a0 President\u00a0 Premadasa to\u00a0 hand over\u00a0 the\u00a0 war\u00a0 to\u00a0 Sri Lankan Army.\u00a0\u00a0 In those\u00a0 days it was reported in papers\u00a0 that\u00a0 when dead bodies\u00a0 of\u00a0 Indian\u00a0 Soldiers\u00a0 reached\u00a0 their\u00a0 homes, general\u00a0 public in India \u00a0\u00a0went\u00a0 against\u00a0 LTTE \u00a0and the support give to\u00a0 them\u00a0 greatly\u00a0 diminished. \u00a0If the Indian Army\u00a0 was to\u00a0 continue\u00a0 the\u00a0 war, surely people in Tamilnadu \u00a0\u00a0would have\u00a0 openly\u00a0\u00a0 opposed\u00a0 LTTE by now\u00a0 instead\u00a0 of\u00a0\u00a0 supporting\u00a0 them.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>What\u00a0 we\u00a0 learn\u00a0 in\u00a0 our\u00a0 school\u00a0 days\u00a0 regarding \u00a0both Portuguese \u00a0and\u00a0 Dutch\u00a0 periods , \u00a0was that\u00a0 when\u00a0 Kotte Kingdom\u00a0 became\u00a0 weak,\u00a0 the rulers\u00a0 in\u00a0\u00a0 distant\u00a0 parts,\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0become independent\u00a0 and\u00a0\u00a0 Jaffna\u00a0 was\u00a0 no\u00a0 exception.\u00a0 In the year 1519 \u00a0\u00a0the\u00a0 ruler who\u00a0 had\u00a0 close\u00a0 links\u00a0 with\u00a0 Kotte\u00a0 Kingdom was \u00a0deposed \u00a0from power\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0by\u00a0 his\u00a0 son in law\u00a0 \u00a0named\u00a0 Sangili.\u00a0 Thereafter\u00a0 the deposed Ruler \u00a0requested\u00a0 assistance\u00a0 from\u00a0 Kotte\u00a0 and\u00a0 a\u00a0\u00a0 Portuguese\u00a0 army\u00a0 was\u00a0 sent .\u00a0 But Sangili was\u00a0 shrewd\u00a0 \u00a0enough\u00a0 to\u00a0 have\u00a0 separate dealings\u00a0 with\u00a0 Portugese \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and\u00a0 managed\u00a0 to\u00a0 retain\u00a0 his\u00a0 power\u00a0 for a\u00a0 considerable\u00a0 number of\u00a0 years.\u00a0\u00a0 However\u00a0 when\u00a0 Sangili\u00a0 started\u00a0 harassing\u00a0 Catholics,\u00a0 \u00a0Jaffna residents\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0sent\u00a0 some\u00a0 representatives\u00a0\u00a0 to\u00a0 Goa,\u00a0\u00a0 Head quarters\u00a0 of\u00a0 Portuguese Empire\u00a0 for redress.\u00a0\u00a0 They \u00a0requested \u00a0\u00a0the\u00a0 assistance\u00a0 of\u00a0 Portuguese\u00a0 to\u00a0 bring\u00a0 down\u00a0 a\u00a0\u00a0 Royal\u00a0 Prince\u00a0 from\u00a0 Kotte kingdom \u00a0for\u00a0 them\u00a0 to live in peace. \u00a0\u00a0Their \u00a0request did not\u00a0 materialize\u00a0 but\u00a0 the\u00a0 Portuguese\u00a0 some time\u00a0 later\u00a0\u00a0 captured\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Sangili\u00a0 \u00a0and\u00a0\u00a0 sent\u00a0 to\u00a0 Goa\u00a0 and\u00a0 he\u00a0 was later \u00a0beheaded.\u00a0 The interesting\u00a0 factor\u00a0 is that\u00a0 those rulers\u00a0 in Jaffna\u00a0 had\u00a0 given their\u00a0 daughters\u00a0 in\u00a0 Marriage \u00a0to\u00a0 Kotte Princes\u00a0 which\u00a0 shows\u00a0 that\u00a0 there\u00a0 was no such\u00a0 animosity\u00a0 between\u00a0 the rulers in Jaffna\u00a0 and\u00a0 Kotte\u00a0 or\u00a0 Kandy.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Thereafter\u00a0 there\u00a0 were\u00a0 few\u00a0 rulers in Jaffna \u00a0such\u00a0 as \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Puvirajapandaram, Kasinayanar, Sekarajasekaram\u00a0 and \u00a0Pararasasekaram,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 etc\u00a0 like\u00a0\u00a0 Prabakarn who\u00a0 ruled\u00a0\u00a0 part of\u00a0 Sri Lanka\u00a0 in the recent\u00a0 past.\u00a0\u00a0 This\u00a0 must\u00a0 be\u00a0 the\u00a0 so called\u00a0 Jaffna kingdoms\u00a0 Mr\u00a0 Sambandan\u00a0 speaks\u00a0 about.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><em>\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sinhalese \u00a0were\u00a0 never\u00a0 treated\u00a0 as\u00a0 enemies\u00a0 of\u00a0 Tamils\u00a0 in\u00a0 those\u00a0 days. By the time\u00a0 Portuguese\u00a0 came\u00a0 to\u00a0 Sri Lanka\u00a0 in\u00a0 the\u00a0 15<sup>th<\/sup> Century\u00a0\u00a0 Tamils community \u00a0had\u00a0 a greater power\u00a0 in \u00a0\u00a0Administration \u00a0in\u00a0 Kotte\u00a0 Kingdom.\u00a0 They were holding\u00a0 powerful \u00a0front\u00a0 posts. Minister\u00a0 Alagakkonara\u00a0 is\u00a0 said\u00a0 to\u00a0 be\u00a0 a\u00a0 Tamil\u00a0 who\u00a0 had\u00a0 much\u00a0 influence\u00a0 on\u00a0 \u00a0Kotte\u00a0 King.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In\u00a0 this\u00a0 connection\u00a0 it\u00a0 is\u00a0 worthwhile\u00a0 to\u00a0 note\u00a0 that \u00a0in the year\u00a0 1617\u00a0 \u00a0Portuguese\u00a0 entered\u00a0 into\u00a0 a\u00a0 Treaty\u00a0\u00a0 with\u00a0\u00a0 Kotte\u00a0 King\u00a0 regarding\u00a0 Jaffna \u00a0Mannar\u00a0 and\u00a0 Trincomalee\u00a0 to\u00a0 have\u00a0 a\u00a0 \u00a0legal\u00a0 title to those\u00a0 areas.\u00a0\u00a0 In the same\u00a0 way\u00a0 Dutch too\u00a0 entered\u00a0 into\u00a0 a\u00a0 Treaty\u00a0 with \u00a0Kandyan King \u00a0in the year\u00a0 1766\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0and\u00a0 got\u00a0 the legal\u00a0 title\u00a0 to Jaffna etc\u00a0 which was\u00a0 under\u00a0 their\u00a0 occupation\u00a0 at\u00a0 that\u00a0 time.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Going\u00a0 back\u00a0 to\u00a0 the\u00a0 early part of\u00a0\u00a0 history of\u00a0 this\u00a0 Country, there is\u00a0 clear\u00a0 historical and\u00a0 archeological\u00a0 evidence\u00a0 that\u00a0 Sinhalese\u00a0\u00a0 had\u00a0 their\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0kingdom \u00a0in Anuradapura\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0before\u00a0 2500\u00a0 years . King\u00a0 Pandukabaya\u00a0 established \u00a0\u00a0Anuradapura Kingom in the year\u00a0 437 BC.\u00a0 \u00a0It was Sena and\u00a0 Guttika\u00a0 two\u00a0 merchants\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 who\u00a0 invaded\u00a0 Sri Lanka for the\u00a0 first\u00a0 time.\u00a0 This\u00a0 happened\u00a0 in the year 247 BC\u00a0 and\u00a0 this\u00a0 is\u00a0 recorded\u00a0 in Mahawamsa\u00a0\u00a0 as the first\u00a0 ever\u00a0 invasion . \u00a0Thereafter\u00a0\u00a0 Elara\u00a0\u00a0 invaded Sri Lanka \u00a0\u00a0in the\u00a0 year\u00a0 205 \u00a0BC by\u00a0 defeating\u00a0\u00a0 Sinhalese King\u00a0 Asela\u00a0 and\u00a0\u00a0 became\u00a0 the\u00a0 King. He was a chola\u00a0 and\u00a0 he \u00a0ruled\u00a0 the country\u00a0 for\u00a0 a period\u00a0 well\u00a0 over 40 years.\u00a0 In the year 161BC\u00a0 King Dutugamunu\u00a0 was\u00a0 able\u00a0 to\u00a0 defeat\u00a0 him and \u00a0\u00a0bring the whole\u00a0 country under\u00a0 hid\u00a0 sway. Kalinga Marga\u00a0 too\u00a0 was\u00a0 another invader. Arya\u00a0 Chakrawarthy\u00a0 was\u00a0 the\u00a0 last\u00a0 to invade.\u00a0 \u00a0Remarkable\u00a0 factor\u00a0 is\u00a0 that none of them\u00a0 were\u00a0 Tamils\u00a0 and\u00a0 people\u00a0 who\u00a0 remained\u00a0 in\u00a0 Sri Lanka\u00a0 after their \u00a0defeats\u00a0 could \u00a0not be\u00a0 regarded\u00a0 as\u00a0 Tamils under\u00a0 any\u00a0\u00a0 circumstances.\u00a0 Apart form\u00a0 those invasions\u00a0 some\u00a0\u00a0 Sinhala\u00a0 kings \u00a0have \u00a0got\u00a0 down\u00a0 armies\u00a0\u00a0 from\u00a0 India\u00a0 to safeguard\u00a0 their\u00a0 interests\u00a0 from\u00a0 internal rebellions.\u00a0\u00a0 King\u00a0 Mugalan\u00a0 got down\u00a0 Pandyan\u00a0 army\u00a0\u00a0 against\u00a0\u00a0 his\u00a0 brother\u00a0 King\u00a0 Kasyapa\u00a0 who\u00a0 constructed\u00a0\u00a0 Seegiriya\u00a0\u00a0 which is\u00a0 a world\u00a0 heritage\u00a0 now.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Anuradapura \u00a0Kingdom\u00a0 was \u00a0\u00a0close\u00a0 to\u00a0 India\u00a0 and\u00a0 guarding the\u00a0 Capital \u00a0from Indian\u00a0 invaders was\u00a0 found difficult . Thereafter\u00a0 \u00a0Sinhalese\u00a0 Kings\u00a0 were in search \u00a0of \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0more\u00a0 secured\u00a0 places. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0They\u00a0 shifted \u00a0Kingdom\u00a0 to \u00a0\u00a0Polonnaruwa\u00a0 which\u00a0 is\u00a0 said to\u00a0 be the\u00a0 second\u00a0 Kingdom\u00a0 in\u00a0 our\u00a0 history.\u00a0 From there too \u00a0\u00a0they\u00a0 had to shift\u00a0 the\u00a0 kingdom\u00a0\u00a0 to further south \u00a0\u00a0and\u00a0 later Sinhala Kings \u00a0\u00a0established\u00a0 their kingdoms\u00a0 in\u00a0 Gampola, Yapahuwa, Panduwasnuwara ,Raigama\u00a0 Kotte, Setawaka\u00a0 and\u00a0 finally \u00a0in \u00a0Kandy.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 These\u00a0\u00a0 are\u00a0 well known \u00a0facts . \u00a0Anybody\u00a0 can\u00a0 read Mahawamsa\u00a0 which\u00a0 is\u00a0 recognized\u00a0 by the whole\u00a0 word\u00a0 as\u00a0 the oldest Record \u00a0\u00a0in\u00a0 any\u00a0 country . Also any body can \u00a0check\u00a0 aforesaid \u00a0\u00a0treaties\u00a0 in Goa\u00a0 and\u00a0 \u00a0Dutch \u00a0\u00a0museums\u00a0 if\u00a0 they\u00a0 are\u00a0 really\u00a0 interested\u00a0 in\u00a0 knowing\u00a0 the\u00a0 true\u00a0 history\u00a0 of this\u00a0 country\u00a0 rather\u00a0 than\u00a0 accepting\u00a0 the\u00a0 Tamil\u00a0 politicians words\u00a0 as\u00a0 gospel\u00a0 truth . Also\u00a0 it is worthwhile to mention\u00a0 here\u00a0 \u00a0that\u00a0 distorting\u00a0 history\u00a0 and\u00a0 instigating\u00a0 youth\u00a0\u00a0 has\u00a0 become\u00a0 a\u00a0 method of\u00a0 earning\u00a0 easy \u00a0\u00a0money\u00a0\u00a0 for \u00a0Tamil\u00a0 Diaspora. \u00a0They are\u00a0 employing\u00a0 professors\u00a0 in Western Countries\u00a0 to give\u00a0 a distorted\u00a0 history to \u00a0Tamil Expatriates \u00a0and\u00a0 Political \u00a0leaders in those\u00a0 countries. For instance King\u00a0 Kasyapa\u00a0 who \u00a0\u00a0constructed\u00a0 Seegiriya \u00a0which has\u00a0 now\u00a0 become a\u00a0 World\u00a0 Heritage\u00a0 has been labeled by\u00a0 Tamil Diaspora as a Tamil King . A \u00a0hired\u00a0 professor\u00a0 has delivered a\u00a0 lecture\u00a0 and\u00a0 King\u00a0 \u00a0Kasyapa\u00a0 was\u00a0 labeled as a Tamil king.\u00a0 His \u00a0name \u00a0was \u00a0\u00a0distorted \u00a0and\u00a0 he was\u00a0 identified\u00a0 by\u00a0 a\u00a0\u00a0 Tamil name\u00a0  Kassappaah\u2019\u00a0 \u00a0When\u00a0 this\u00a0 Professor\u00a0 put\u00a0 forward\u00a0 the\u00a0 said theory\u00a0 before\u00a0 a\u00a0 seminar\u00a0 in\u00a0 UK\u00a0 a\u00a0 member of\u00a0 Seruwila Chaityawardena\u00a0 Committe\u00a0\u00a0 Professor\u00a0 Wijayaratne \u00a0an\u00a0 authority on \u00a0\u00a0Archeology\u00a0 had\u00a0 asked\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 speaker\u00a0 the name, the speaker \u00a0\u00a0would\u00a0\u00a0 give\u00a0 to\u00a0\u00a0 Arahat\u00a0 Kasyapa and\u00a0\u00a0 the\u00a0 bogus theory was\u00a0 exposed. \u00a0\u00a0It is interesting to note\u00a0 \u00a0that\u00a0 this Professor who was \u00a0funded by Tamil Diaspora,\u00a0 thereafter\u00a0 did not deliver such\u00a0 public\u00a0 speeches. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 How ever\u00a0 if\u00a0 Mr Sambandan \u00a0\u00a0did not\u00a0 know\u00a0 the above \u00a0historical\u00a0 events,\u00a0 really \u00a0he should be\u00a0 ashamed\u00a0 of\u00a0 his\u00a0 ignorance\u00a0 of\u00a0\u00a0 the history\u00a0 of\u00a0 this\u00a0 country.\u00a0 By propagating\u00a0\u00a0 myths\u00a0\u00a0 of\u00a0\u00a0 a homeland\u00a0\u00a0 and spoiling\u00a0 the\u00a0 minds\u00a0 of\u00a0 Tamil youth\u00a0 he\u00a0 and\u00a0 his\u00a0 \u00a0party\u00a0 has\u00a0\u00a0 dragged\u00a0 Tamil\u00a0 youths\u00a0\u00a0 to\u00a0 an \u00a0unnecessary\u00a0 war during the last\u00a0 three\u00a0 decades.\u00a0 However\u00a0 I\u00a0 believe\u00a0 that\u00a0 Mr\u00a0 Sambandan\u00a0 and\u00a0 Vigeswaran\u00a0 like\u00a0 my self\u00a0 had\u00a0 school\u00a0 education\u00a0 with\u00a0 history\u00a0 as\u00a0 a subject.\u00a0 Therefore \u00a0\u00a0Mr Sambandan \u00a0or Mr Wigneswaran\u00a0\u00a0 cannot\u00a0 escape\u00a0 from\u00a0 the\u00a0 responsibility\u00a0 of dragging\u00a0 Tamil \u00a0youths\u00a0 to a new\u00a0 war again\u00a0\u00a0 by \u00a0spoiling their minds\u00a0 like in the past. \u00a0\u00a0In the given circumstances\u00a0 I \u00a0leave it\u00a0 to\u00a0 the readers\u00a0 whether\u00a0 these\u00a0 leaders\u00a0 could be\u00a0 regarded\u00a0\u00a0 as \u00a0genuine\u00a0 leaders or \u00a0not.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0When Indian Peace Keeping Army was in Sri Lanka, Brigadier\u00a0 Haturusinghe was\u00a0 the chief commander in Trancomalee area. \u00a0One day he come to my chambers\u00a0 for\u00a0 some\u00a0 matter\u00a0 and\u00a0 I found that\u00a0 he was having\u00a0 a half a dozen of\u00a0 Books\u00a0 on Robert Knox, \u00a0purchased from Lake House Book Shop. When I asked\u00a0 the reason\u00a0 for him to purchase those\u00a0 books, his reply was that\u00a0 Indian Generals were asking\u00a0 him as to\u00a0 why\u00a0 Sinhalese\u00a0 do not leave\u00a0 Trincamalee\u00a0 which they\u00a0 have\u00a0 no\u00a0 right\u00a0 to\u00a0 live. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Brigadier Haturusinghe has\u00a0 informed them\u00a0 that Sinhalese were the original\u00a0 inhabitants \u00a0\u00a0of\u00a0 this\u00a0 area\u00a0 and\u00a0\u00a0 promised them to bring\u00a0 independent evidence\u00a0 to establish\u00a0 their\u00a0\u00a0 rights\u00a0 to\u00a0 North and\u00a0 East\u00a0 Provinces. That is the reason for him to purchase\u00a0 those books .\u00a0 Later I came to know that Indian Generals were shocked\u00a0 by reading\u00a0 those\u00a0 books.<\/em><em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Role\u00a0 played by\u00a0 NGOs\u00a0 too\u00a0 should\u00a0 be\u00a0 exposed\u00a0 as\u00a0 they too\u00a0 are\u00a0 responsible for\u00a0 setting the \u00a0two\u00a0 communities\u00a0 at\u00a0 War. While their\u00a0 mother countries\u00a0 were\u00a0 actively\u00a0 engaged\u00a0 in\u00a0 selling\u00a0 arms\u00a0 to\u00a0 both\u00a0 side\u00a0 those NGO intervened in Sri Lanka\u00a0 to\u00a0 settle\u00a0 the war in\u00a0 Sri Lanka.\u00a0 Some occasions they\u00a0 secretly\u00a0 assisted\u00a0 Prabakaran\u00a0 in numerous\u00a0 ways. \u00a0\u00a0For instance \u00a0\u00a0Redbarana\u00a0 a\u00a0 Norvegian\u00a0 Organization\u00a0\u00a0 has\u00a0 funded\u00a0 Gandhi\u00a0 Movement\u00a0\u00a0 to\u00a0 settle\u00a0\u00a0 down\u00a0 upcountry\u00a0 Tamils\u00a0 in\u00a0 Wanni\u00a0 District\u00a0 in violation\u00a0 of their own\u00a0 rules and regulations\u00a0 which\u00a0 restrict\u00a0 them\u00a0 to\u00a0 fund only for projects\u00a0 for\u00a0 children.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Danger of\u00a0 \u00a0this\u00a0 Gandhi Movement \u00a0funded by\u00a0 Red Barna was\u00a0 brought\u00a0 to\u00a0 the notice of then\u00a0 JR Government by\u00a0 Mr A.T. Fonseka\u00a0 Superintendent of Police by\u00a0 a\u00a0 special report. But it was ignored.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Not only\u00a0 that\u00a0 JR\u00a0 Jayawardena did away\u00a0 with\u00a0 Army\u00a0 patrolling in\u00a0 Velvateture\u00a0 beach\u00a0 to satisfy\u00a0\u00a0 late Mr Amirthalingam, which\u00a0 foolish decision\u00a0 made\u00a0 Prabakaran\u00a0 and his clique \u00a0to have\u00a0 easy\u00a0 access\u00a0 to\u00a0 India.\u00a0 This\u00a0 fact\u00a0 was\u00a0 revealed to me\u00a0 by\u00a0 late\u00a0 Brigadier Donald \u00a0Hewagama\u00a0 Judge Advocate . Any body\u00a0 can\u00a0 verify\u00a0 the\u00a0 truth\u00a0 of this\u00a0 statement\u00a0 from\u00a0 Army\u00a0 records.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Records\u00a0 in\u00a0 Army\u00a0 will\u00a0 further show\u00a0 that\u00a0 JR government\u00a0 gave\u00a0 strict\u00a0 instructions\u00a0 to\u00a0 deploy \u00a0two\u00a0 army\u00a0 members,\u00a0 one to have\u00a0 the rifle and\u00a0 the other to have ammunition in patrolling\u00a0 beach.\u00a0 This\u00a0 ridiculous\u00a0 procedure \u00a0was \u00a0of no\u00a0 use\u00a0 and \u00a0made\u00a0 the\u00a0 Army\u00a0 to\u00a0 abandon\u00a0 patrolling\u00a0 the Velvatiture\u00a0 beach\u00a0 allowing\u00a0 Kuttimani\u00a0\u00a0 and\u00a0 others\u00a0 to\u00a0 smuggle\u00a0 arms\u00a0 ammunitions\u00a0 easily \u00a0from India. In addition\u00a0 to all\u00a0 these facts JR government\u00a0 made a historical error by\u00a0 accepting\u00a0 that North\u00a0 and East are the traditional homelands\u00a0 of Tamils\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 One of\u00a0 the\u00a0\u00a0 reasons\u00a0 for\u00a0\u00a0 the\u00a0 Western \u00a0powers\u00a0 to\u00a0\u00a0 ignore\u00a0 the\u00a0 rights of\u00a0 Sinhalese\u00a0 \u00a0to\u00a0\u00a0 North and\u00a0 East ,\u00a0 \u00a0is\u00a0 the Government\u2019s\u00a0\u00a0 failure\u00a0 to\u00a0 convince\u00a0 Western\u00a0 powers\u00a0 \u00a0of \u00a0\u00a0historical\u00a0\u00a0 rights\u00a0 of Sinhalese\u00a0 to\u00a0 these\u00a0 areas.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Norwegians\u00a0 too are not\u00a0 aware of the true\u00a0 history\u00a0 of\u00a0 Sri Lanka.\u00a0 \u00a0So\u00a0 we have to blame our selves and\u00a0 not\u00a0 others.<\/em><em>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 There\u00a0 are several\u00a0 \u00a0reasons\u00a0 for\u00a0 the\u00a0 Western\u00a0 powers\u00a0 to\u00a0 divide\u00a0 this\u00a0 small country. One\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0is\u00a0\u00a0 the\u00a0\u00a0 possibility\u00a0 of\u00a0 having\u00a0 oil.\u00a0 Other\u00a0 reason\u00a0 is\u00a0 the\u00a0 trade and military\u00a0 value\u00a0 of\u00a0 Sri Lanka in the Indian Ocean.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Today many\u00a0 foreign\u00a0 NGO s\u00a0 are\u00a0 operating\u00a0 in\u00a0 Sri\u00a0 Lanka\u00a0 with\u00a0 hidden\u00a0 agendas\u00a0\u00a0 and\u00a0\u00a0 their\u00a0 main\u00a0\u00a0 aim is \u00a0to\u00a0\u00a0 destabilize\u00a0 our\u00a0 government. \u00a0The\u00a0 present\u00a0 provocative\u00a0 statements\u00a0 made by\u00a0 Tamil Politicians\u00a0\u00a0 may\u00a0 be\u00a0 the\u00a0 result of those\u00a0 NGO activities\u00a0 because these\u00a0 NGOs\u00a0 cannot\u00a0 survive\u00a0 without\u00a0 conflicts.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Norwegian\u00a0 Peoples\u00a0 Aid \u00a0\u00a0was\u00a0 such\u00a0 an\u00a0 organization\u00a0\u00a0 that openly\u00a0 as well as \u00a0secretly,\u00a0 assisted\u00a0 the\u00a0\u00a0 separatist\u00a0 movement. \u00a0\u00a0Prabakaran\u2019s\u00a0\u00a0 Satellite Antenna\u00a0 was \u00a0a hot topic\u00a0 on\u00a0 those days.\u00a0 Another\u00a0 hot\u00a0 topic\u00a0 was\u00a0 sending\u00a0 bullet proof\u00a0 jackets\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 to\u00a0\u00a0 Kilinochchi\u00a0 but\u00a0 detected \u00a0\u00a0in\u00a0 Vavunia by\u00a0 Army.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Defence\u00a0 Ministry was well\u00a0\u00a0 aware\u00a0 that\u00a0 it\u00a0 was\u00a0 \u2018Norwegian\u00a0 Peoples\u00a0 Aid\u2019\u00a0\u00a0 who\u00a0 took\u00a0 Prabakaran\u2019s\u00a0 Satellite\u00a0 to\u00a0 Vavunia\u00a0 and\u00a0 thereafter\u00a0 it was taken\u00a0 to Kilinochhi\u00a0 from Vavunia\u00a0\u00a0 by\u00a0\u00a0 a\u00a0 very\u00a0 senior officer\u00a0\u00a0 of\u00a0 UNO but\u00a0 no\u00a0 attempts\u00a0 were\u00a0 made to expose these\u00a0 activities even during the\u00a0 period of\u00a0 Mahinda Rajapaksa. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It is\u00a0 the duty of\u00a0 the\u00a0 Government\u00a0 machinery\u00a0 to\u00a0 convince\u00a0 the International\u00a0 Community,\u00a0 the bogus \u00a0\u00a0nature\u00a0 of\u00a0 this homeland\u00a0 claim\u00a0 of\u00a0 Eelamists. Eelamist\u00a0 should be\u00a0 exposed under any cost. Their\u00a0 should be counter propaganda in countries\u00a0 where\u00a0 Tamil Diaspora is\u00a0 formidable.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Deterioration\u00a0 of\u00a0 Public\u00a0 Service\u00a0 is\u00a0\u00a0 one\u00a0 of\u00a0 the\u00a0 reasons\u00a0 for the unrest of\u00a0 \u00a0minorities.\u00a0 \u00a0Granting\u00a0 political rights to\u00a0 government\u00a0 employees\u00a0 by S.W.R.D Bandaranayake Government\u00a0\u00a0 in 1956\u00a0 and\u00a0 abolition\u00a0 of\u00a0 the superior\u00a0 civil service called\u00a0 CCS\u00a0 are the two\u00a0 main\u00a0 reasons\u00a0 for this chaotic\u00a0 situation.\u00a0 Those days politicians had no say in administration. \u00a0\u00a0They\u00a0 had\u00a0 only\u00a0 the right\u00a0 to complain\u00a0 regarding the conduct of an officer to the Minister in charge of the subject. <strong>People\u00a0 sought\u00a0 relief form\u00a0 Government Officers\u00a0 and\u00a0 not\u00a0 from\u00a0 Politicians.\u00a0 The rule\u00a0 that \u00a0every complaint\u00a0 should be replied within\u00a0 seven days\u00a0 was strictly\u00a0 followed by those\u00a0 officers who too were supervised by eminent\u00a0 civil servants\u00a0 unlike\u00a0 today.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 When\u00a0 grievances\u00a0 of\u00a0 public\u00a0 are\u00a0\u00a0 not\u00a0 met,\u00a0\u00a0 unrest\u00a0 arise. They start\u00a0 thinking\u00a0 that\u00a0 because they\u00a0 are\u00a0 from\u00a0 a\u00a0 different community,\u00a0 they\u00a0 are\u00a0 ignored by government.\u00a0 Today\u00a0 no\u00a0 replies\u00a0 are\u00a0 sent\u00a0 to\u00a0 public\u00a0 and\u00a0 people\u00a0 are\u00a0 compelled to\u00a0 go\u00a0 after\u00a0 politicians\u00a0 for\u00a0 redress .\u00a0\u00a0 This\u00a0 becomes\u00a0\u00a0 the harvesting\u00a0 field of\u00a0 politicians\u00a0 like\u00a0 Sambandan.\u00a0\u00a0 To Counter\u00a0\u00a0 this\u00a0 baseless propaganda of\u00a0 a homeland theory,\u00a0 time has arisen\u00a0 for the Government\u00a0 to \u00a0\u00a0arrange\u00a0 eminent scholars\u00a0\u00a0 from both\u00a0 sides\u00a0 to\u00a0 have\u00a0 a\u00a0 TV debate \u00a0on the subject .<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I\u00a0 believe that this letter will\u00a0 be\u00a0 an\u00a0 eye opener to both Sinhalese and Tamils\u00a0\u00a0 who like to\u00a0 live in peace .\u00a0 It is the duty of the government\u00a0 to\u00a0 refuse\u00a0 demands\u00a0 for\u00a0\u00a0 separate\u00a0 provinces for Tamils\u00a0 under\u00a0 the new constitution.\u00a0 However if their demands are granted , to some extent even \u00a0\u00a0in the\u00a0 name\u00a0 of\u00a0\u00a0 non existing\u00a0\u00a0 Tamil cause, \u00a0surely it affects\u00a0 India too.\u00a0 \u00a0For\u00a0 instance\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Kashmir\u00a0 Problem\u00a0 too\u00a0 is\u00a0 somewhat\u00a0 similar \u00a0to\u00a0 Eelam\u00a0 Problem. \u00a0Muslim community \u00a0has\u00a0 now\u00a0 become\u00a0 the\u00a0 majority in that\u00a0 State during\u00a0 the\u00a0 last\u00a0 few\u00a0 decades.\u00a0 They\u00a0 are\u00a0 now \u00a0at war\u00a0 for\u00a0 a\u00a0 separate\u00a0 state\u00a0 like\u00a0 Tamils\u00a0 in\u00a0 Sri Lanka\u00a0 who\u00a0 have\u00a0 become\u00a0 the\u00a0 majority during\u00a0 the\u00a0 British\u00a0 period as many\u00a0 of\u00a0 them\u00a0 were\u00a0 brought to\u00a0 Jaffna\u00a0 for\u00a0 tobacco\u00a0 cultivation. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Please see the records\u00a0 available\u00a0 in\u00a0\u00a0 British Museums \u00a0. It is\u00a0 the Dutch who\u00a0 started in\u00a0 bringing\u00a0 \u00a0workers from\u00a0 Kerala for Tobacco\u00a0 cultivation.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0At the same time\u00a0 one\u00a0 has to bear\u00a0 in\u00a0 mind\u00a0 that\u00a0 there were\u00a0 few number of\u00a0 Cholas\u00a0\u00a0 who\u00a0 remained in\u00a0 North\u00a0 after defeat\u00a0 of\u00a0 King\u00a0 Elara\u00a0 a\u00a0 Chola\u00a0 Invader\u00a0 who\u00a0 is\u00a0 recognized\u00a0 by\u00a0 Sinhalese\u00a0 even to day\u00a0 as\u00a0 one of the most\u00a0 humane\u00a0 kings\u00a0 in\u00a0 our\u00a0 history. He was given a\u00a0 royal\u00a0 funeral\u00a0 and\u00a0 the public was\u00a0 prohibited in\u00a0\u00a0 travelling\u00a0 by\u00a0 Horse or\u00a0 by\u00a0 dola when\u00a0 passing\u00a0 the Tomb of King\u00a0 Elara. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Out of\u00a0 the defeated Army\u00a0 of\u00a0 King\u00a0 Elara \u00a0a few\u00a0 remained\u00a0 in\u00a0 Sri lanka without\u00a0 going\u00a0 back to their motherland\u00a0 India .\u00a0 Sometimes\u00a0 the off springs\u00a0 of\u00a0 them \u00a0\u00a0could\u00a0 be\u00a0 identified\u00a0 by\u00a0 their \u00a0\u00a0ancestral\u00a0 names.\u00a0 Harijans\u00a0 are also\u00a0 said\u00a0 to be\u00a0 Sinhalese who\u00a0 got\u00a0 defeated\u00a0 in\u00a0 various\u00a0 battles. Also\u00a0 there\u00a0 is evidence\u00a0 that\u00a0 King\u00a0 Gajaba\u00a0 brought\u00a0 a\u00a0 large\u00a0 number\u00a0 of\u00a0 Cholas\u00a0 as\u00a0 prisoners\u00a0 to\u00a0 Sri lanka .\u00a0 Also\u00a0 there\u00a0 is\u00a0 a\u00a0 large\u00a0 number of Tamils, Malayalams, Pandiyans\u00a0 who\u00a0 got\u00a0 settled\u00a0 down\u00a0 in various\u00a0 parts of\u00a0 Sri \u00a0Lanka and\u00a0 mixed\u00a0 up\u00a0 with\u00a0 either sinhalese\u00a0 or\u00a0 tamils.\u00a0 Therefore\u00a0 purity of\u00a0 the\u00a0 Tamils as\u00a0 well as\u00a0 Sinhalese\u00a0 is\u00a0 only\u00a0 a\u00a0 myth and\u00a0 to fight for\u00a0 a\u00a0 separate\u00a0 country\u00a0 for \u00a0\u00a0Tamils\u00a0 is\u00a0 meaningless . \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Also\u00a0\u00a0 it is necessary\u00a0 for the\u00a0 Indian\u00a0 Government\u00a0 to realize \u00a0that\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0granting\u00a0 an\u00a0 autonomous\u00a0 state\u00a0 by dividing\u00a0 this\u00a0 Country\u00a0 will be\u00a0 the first\u00a0 step\u00a0 to\u00a0 divide\u00a0 India\u00a0 too.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Unlike\u00a0 in\u00a0 the\u00a0 past, \u00a0\u00a0present day \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Politicians\u00a0 in\u00a0 the\u00a0 Western C<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>ountries too are\u00a0 corrupted as\u00a0 same\u00a0 as\u00a0 politician\u00a0 in\u00a0 Asian Countries. Recent\u00a0 Panama\u00a0 Scandal\u00a0 show\u00a0 British Prime\u00a0 Minister Camaron\u2019s\u00a0 Father too \u00a0has \u00a0deposited\u00a0\u00a0 huge sum\u00a0 of\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 money in those\u00a0 accounts. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0I am made to\u00a0 understand\u00a0 that\u00a0 his\u00a0 father\u00a0 is\u00a0 not\u00a0 a multi millionaire\u00a0 \u00a0businessman\u00a0 who\u00a0 can\u00a0 invest\u00a0 money\u00a0 in\u00a0 Panama.\u00a0 Therefore\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 one can assume\u00a0 that\u00a0 this\u00a0 \u00a0ill gotten money\u00a0 should\u00a0 be\u00a0 Tamil Diaspora\u00a0 money.\u00a0 As we all know\u00a0 they\u00a0 are\u00a0 spending\u00a0 millions and\u00a0 millions on Politicians.\u00a0\u00a0 Otherwise\u00a0\u00a0 how\u00a0 can\u00a0 the British\u00a0\u00a0 PM\u00a0\u00a0 have\u00a0 such\u00a0 a sympathy \u00a0\u00a0on\u00a0 Tamil\u00a0 Community\u00a0 in\u00a0 Sri Lanka\u00a0 which\u00a0 he\u00a0 does\u00a0 not\u00a0 have\u00a0\u00a0 to\u00a0 his own\u00a0 people .\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><u>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In the\u00a0 given\u00a0 circumstances , \u00a0\u00a0I\u00a0 believe\u00a0 that\u00a0 all\u00a0 Sri Lankans\u00a0 should\u00a0 unite and\u00a0 oppose\u00a0 TNA \u00a0efforts\u00a0 to\u00a0 divide\u00a0 Sri\u00a0 Lanka\u00a0 which\u00a0 is\u00a0 now\u00a0 surfacing\u00a0 as\u00a0 a\u00a0 non\u00a0 violent\u00a0 movement . \u00a0In Seventies Tamil Politicians\u00a0 started\u00a0 a\u00a0 similar\u00a0 campaign\u00a0 in\u00a0 the same fashion\u00a0 as\u00a0 reported in\u00a0 Sansoni\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Report.\u00a0 Their\u00a0 next\u00a0 step\u00a0\u00a0 will\u00a0 be\u00a0 the\u00a0 sporadic killing\u00a0 of\u00a0\u00a0 Police Officers.\u00a0\u00a0 Third\u00a0 step\u00a0 will\u00a0\u00a0 be to have ad hoc hartals \u00a0here and there.\u00a0 This\u00a0 method\u00a0 happened\u00a0 in\u00a0 Seventies. Therefore\u00a0 we\u00a0 have\u00a0 to\u00a0 nip\u00a0 the bud\u00a0 by taking\u00a0 meaningful\u00a0 steps unlike\u00a0 President J R Jayawardena \u00a0who\u00a0 tolerated\u00a0 all\u00a0 these\u00a0 activities\u00a0 in\u00a0 the\u00a0 initial\u00a0 stages.\u00a0\u00a0 Nobody\u00a0 wants\u00a0 a\u00a0 second\u00a0 Elam\u00a0 war.\u00a0 Lack\u00a0 of\u00a0 statesman\u00a0 like late\u00a0\u00a0 D.S.Senanayake\u00a0 and Mr Kadiragamar\u00a0 is severely\u00a0 felt\u00a0 in\u00a0 these\u00a0 days . \u00a0\u00a0<\/u><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mr D.S.D.Senayake was\u00a0 instrumental\u00a0 in\u00a0 establishing\u00a0\u00a0 settlement\u00a0 in\u00a0\u00a0 North\u00a0 and\u00a0 East.\u00a0 He had the vision\u00a0 to have one nation. For this purpose,\u00a0 he\u00a0 distributed\u00a0 lands\u00a0 in\u00a0 south\u00a0 to\u00a0 Tamils. \u00a0Ratmalana\u00a0 is one of\u00a0 such areas <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0where\u00a0 Hindu vidyalaya\u00a0 was\u00a0 established.\u00a0 If his mission\u00a0 succeeded\u00a0 surely\u00a0\u00a0 the\u00a0 next \u00a0generation\u00a0 of\u00a0 these\u00a0 colonies\u00a0 would\u00a0 be\u00a0 a mixed\u00a0 one\u00a0 who\u00a0 would\u00a0 speak\u00a0 both\u00a0\u00a0 Sinhala and Tamil\u00a0 languages\u00a0\u00a0 and \u00a0there would\u00a0 be \u00a0no\u00a0 room\u00a0 for the\u00a0 Racists\u00a0 like\u00a0 Sambandan\u00a0 and Wigneswaran . <\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 At a time\u00a0 when \u00a0all\u00a0 communities\u00a0 are living\u00a0 in harmony,\u00a0\u00a0 I am\u00a0 at\u00a0 a dilemma\u00a0 as to why\u00a0 the Government\u00a0 is not taking\u00a0 legal\u00a0 action\u00a0 against\u00a0 all those,\u00a0\u00a0 for\u00a0\u00a0 repeated\u00a0 provocative\u00a0 statements\u00a0 and acts\u00a0 based on\u00a0 an unfounded bogus\u00a0 history\u00a0 created\u00a0 to suit\u00a0 their\u00a0 false claims\u00a0 for\u00a0 a\u00a0 separate state\u00a0 called\u00a0 Eelam.\u00a0 In India\u00a0 laws\u00a0 are very strict and if somebody\u00a0 speaks for\u00a0 separation \u00a0he will be kept in\u00a0 custody\u00a0 for\u00a0 months and months. There fore\u00a0 It is the duty of this\u00a0 government\u00a0 to adopt such laws\u00a0 in the new\u00a0 constitution. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mr Wigneswaran\u00a0 has already\u00a0 failed in\u00a0 his administration. He has proved that he is unable to solve\u00a0 drinking water\u00a0 problem in Jaffna even. \u00a0Lorry loads\u00a0 coming from\u00a0 South\u00a0 with\u00a0 drinking water bottles \u00a0show\u00a0 hisr poor administration. If he was \u00a0\u00a0really\u00a0 interested\u00a0 in\u00a0 uplifting the living standards of the people in his areas\u00a0 surely\u00a0 he should have\u00a0 used \u00a0hisr office\u00a0 to\u00a0 call financial assistance from\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 members of\u00a0 Tamil\u00a0 Diaspora who live in luxury \u00a0\u00a0in foreign countries . At the same time\u00a0 he should have\u00a0 called them to\u00a0 give\u00a0 little\u00a0 assistance\u00a0 to\u00a0 Sinhalese too. That\u00a0 is\u00a0 coexistence\u00a0 we expect from \u00a0Mr Wigneswaran. Public cannot be cheated\u00a0 always by slogans . \u00a0\u00a0Poor attendance\u00a0 to the so called\u00a0 recent memorial\u00a0 meetings show\u00a0 that\u00a0 Jaffna\u00a0 youth\u00a0 are\u00a0 not that foolish\u00a0 unlike the youth in\u00a0 Seventies who were misguided\u00a0 by \u00a0his \u00a0predecessors. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Also\u00a0 it\u00a0 is\u00a0 bounden\u00a0 duty\u00a0 of\u00a0 the \u00a0\u00a0Government\u00a0 to\u00a0 probe\u00a0\u00a0 the\u00a0 activities\u00a0 of\u00a0 all\u00a0 foreign\u00a0\u00a0 NGOs\u00a0 who\u00a0 may\u00a0\u00a0 create unrest\u00a0\u00a0 in\u00a0 Sri\u00a0 Lanka\u00a0 again\u00a0 like in\u00a0 Arab\u00a0 countries\u00a0 of\u00a0 which\u00a0 Siriya\u00a0 is\u00a0 the\u00a0 newest\u00a0 example.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>L.K.N.Perera.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Advocate<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Ex President Lanka Academic Association.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0lknperera@gmail.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Annexed Document- Sunday\u00a0 Observer\u00a0 Article\u00a0 21.09.1997 about Dr.Rajini Tiranagama.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Copies\u00a0 &#8211; Hon\u00a0 President\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Hon\u00a0 Prime Minister<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hon\u00a0\u00a0 Speaker\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Hon\u00a0 Chairman\u00a0 Constitutional Committee<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 High Commissioner\u00a0 India\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0High Commissioner,\u00a0 United Kingdom\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 High Commissioner,\u00a0 Canada\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Ambassador\u00a0 of\u00a0 USA.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Secretary\u00a0 Ministry of \u00a0\u00a0Foreign\u00a0 Affairs . \u00a0\u00a0Secretary,\u00a0 Ministry\u00a0 of\u00a0 Defence<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Opposition Leader\u00a0 Mr Sambandan\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Chief Minister Northern\u00a0 Province Mr C. 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