http://groundviews.org/2007/03/19/reaching-out/ Groundviews is an award winning Sri Lankan citizen journalism initiative Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:47:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://groundviews.org/2007/03/19/reaching-out/#comment-2424 groundviews Thu, 22 Mar 2007 05:33:30 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/2007/03/19/reaching-out/#comment-2424 Haven't seen Charred Lullabies in a while in any SL bookstore, but it's on Amazon <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Charred-Lullabies-E-Valentine-Daniel/dp/0691027730" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Haven’t seen Charred Lullabies in a while in any SL bookstore, but it’s on Amazon here.

]]> http://groundviews.org/2007/03/19/reaching-out/#comment-2423 SH Thu, 22 Mar 2007 05:15:09 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/2007/03/19/reaching-out/#comment-2423 True. Highly recommend "Charred lullabies" by Valentine Daniel. We talk about the "Tamil problem", the "muslim issue" etc. but it is a human issue. How...we can be manipulated to hate or fear the "other". True. Highly recommend “Charred lullabies” by Valentine Daniel. We talk about the “Tamil problem”, the “muslim issue” etc. but it is a human issue. How…we can be manipulated to hate or fear the “other”.

]]> http://groundviews.org/2007/03/19/reaching-out/#comment-2422 Suresh Thu, 22 Mar 2007 02:22:47 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/2007/03/19/reaching-out/#comment-2422 This isn't new to those of us who have lived in this country since '83. Many Sinhalese helped Tamils when their houses were being burnt and everything they owned destroyed. After the tsunami, the spontaneous and most useful help was from the communities, unaided by NGOs or the Government or anyone else. The Sinhala Koti (Sinhala LTTE) tirade of the present day government can't erase those who want to coexist in peace and harmony. But the problem is that today our message of peace is being hijacked by politicians in power. People can only hear them and their hate. This isn’t new to those of us who have lived in this country since ’83. Many Sinhalese helped Tamils when their houses were being burnt and everything they owned destroyed. After the tsunami, the spontaneous and most useful help was from the communities, unaided by NGOs or the Government or anyone else. The Sinhala Koti (Sinhala LTTE) tirade of the present day government can’t erase those who want to coexist in peace and harmony. But the problem is that today our message of peace is being hijacked by politicians in power. People can only hear them and their hate.

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