The truth is, many Sinhalese from all walks of life regard the Tamils as aliens. They feel that the Tamil homeland is Tamil Nadu and Tamils have no right to claim a second homeland in the island. They wonder why Tamils are claiming a homeland in Sri Lanka out of much of the land when Tamil Nadu itself is twice the size of Sri Lanka and home to 60 million Tamils. The Sinhalese regard Sri Lanka as their homeland, where their civilisation and language developed and flourished.

I highly doubt that Tamils in Tamil Nadu are ready to accept the notion that Tamil Nadu is not the homeland of the Tamil people, and likewise I don’t think the Sinhalese in Sri Lanka are ready to accept the notion that Sri Lanka is not the homeland of the Sinhalese people.

Comparing Sri Lanka and Tamil Nadu, do you think you can convince the people of Tamil Nadu to change the name of their state to something less ethnically biased ? What about providing parity of status for the Telugu language which is spoken by more than 10% of the population?

Like that conflict group report recently said, ignoring Sinhalese thought/ nationalism comes with its own perils, and a better understanding of it is needed if peace is to be attained in Sri Lanka.

Any society can have sick people whether wearing robe or not who thinks extreme non humane measures when it comes to solving problems. The question is how many people in a society supporting that view.

One can find such a manifesto and write lengthy articles using Buddhism or Oxford dictionary and some people can harshly react to it.

The bottom line is, there is no sizable credible threat to evict minorities from Sri Lanka.

People will react after a bomb blast of an assassination and that is human nature.

Sinhalese never had a master plan with a map highlighting their territory and never will even though Sinhalese and Muslims have been evicted from certain parts of NE. It is still happening within Jaffna University as well. More and more people are accepting the fact that this is our world, it is a multi cultural and multi ethnic nation.

If I ever come across a Sinhalese showing me a video propaganda asking money to fight a war against Tamil to eliminate them, I will never write him a check and then whine about Sinhala suffering. Rather I will kick on his bottom and throw him out of my house.

Hope this article a good learning one for all of us to understand the danger of supporting destructive minds.

It is as absurd to think that the present-day Tamils in Sri Lanka have been here from the time of Vijaya, as it is to postulate that Europe is the homeland of Moors because Shakespeare wrote about Othello, the Moor of Venice. The Tamils who were here then have long been Sinhalised. The present-day Tamils share so much in common in terms of language, culture, religion – and most importantly, identity – with their Tamil Nadu siblings, that they simply could not have been here for more than a few centuries, if that.

The monk argues, with some merit, that it would be best for both parties concerned if Sri Lankan Tamils were indeed sent back to the Tamil Nadu state where the Tamils are the dominant ethnic group. If Tamils are willing to relocate, this is a fantastic idea, and I don’t think the great poet whose heart aches for his brothers should have anything against it, but I don’t think it’s a pragmatic nor advisable a policy to evict them by force. As Gamini says, they were born here, and they have a right to be here if they so wish. However, this right is conditional upon them extending the same for non-Tamils to live in peace in Tamil dominated areas in the North, which is not possible today.

The Sri Lankan ethnic issue must be studied in the context of Sinhalese being an repressed and insecure minority in the sphere of influence of Tamil Nadu with its 60 million Tamils, hostile to 15 million or so Sinhalese in Sri Lanka. Sinhalese are not the big bad bully, but the small courageous battler fighting with his back against the wall for survival. If all the Sinhalese in Sri Lanka are either killed or Tamilised, that would be the end of the Sinhalese civilisation. The same does not hold true for Tamils who have populated every nook and cranny in the world including Singapore, Malaysia, Fiji, Mauritius, South Africa, Guyana, Canada, Norway and others. The total assimilation, eviction or even (hypothetically of course) annihilation of Tamils in Sri Lanka will not make a difference in the grand scheme of things, but the same happening to the Sinhalese is the same as the extinction of a threatened species, because we’re unique and native to this country, which the Tamils are not.

I can understand one deranged mind. but so many professors expressing solidarity with such a statement is beyond belief!

Who are these Professors?
Are they still faculty in our universities?
If so, this is no laughing matter and serious action will have to be taken about it.
I wonder why our media has not come out openly against this type of mad uttererances?

P. N.Gamage

Sri Lanka proves to us that reverse evolution is possible. The leaders are advocating and also taking part in thuggery and violence. The problem is who is funding all these people. So lets us not blame only the Sri Lankans. Monkeys have no sense of logic, so are the Sri Lankans. Once upon a time there was book in which Sri Lankans were called Monkeys. Sri Lanka is slowly but steadily (reverse) evolving towards cave people.Knowledge and education is what differentiate a man from an animal I live in Canada, the dogs know how to cross the street at the intersections. So if Sri Lankans don’t know what they are doing, arn’t they less evolved than dogs. This is my proof of reverse evolution.
The president and the Peter Hill incident and Mervyn Silva and his goons, what do they tell us. Sri Lanka is very close to being cave people. Man has evolved to become are negotiating and compromising species. Man wants to live in peace. In this backdrop where do Sri Lankan politician fit in? To ask other countries to ban LTTE and then resort to the same behaviour cannot be understood. Sanctions are the way to bring Sri Lanka back to normal.
I left Sri Lanka 30 years ago, I have fopund an excellent country to work and contribute to the development of the Human race.
At this age I spend most of my time protecting and developing human rights.
I owe this to Canada. I have a huge debt to pay off to Canada and its institutions. I hope the people of Sri Lanka will get a chance to live in peace and harmony.