Granted Alex Fernando.. There has been anti-Tamil violence prior to 1983 (but thats not what I was talking about in my previous post). Prior to 1983 for the Sinhalese too there existed the provocation that that Tamils wished to help themselves to a vastly disproportionate portion of Sri Lankan resources. Of course the Tamils didnt have the numbers and power to do to the Sinhalese what the Sinhalese did to them. But when they gained that power they freely visited the same kind of violence not just on the Sinhalese but also the Moslems who they claim to represent as fellow Tamil-speaking peoples. So one doesnt have to revise history to note that no one has covered themselves in Glory in Sri Lanka’s 60 years of independence.

But 1983 imho was a warteshed moment for the conflict. Reversing its consequences are proving to be near impossible.

Ex. http://www.busesworldwide.org/material/galleries/1633.jpg
http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/47764294.jpg

Tamil letters are printed small because the the same name in Tamil in quite long. When you optimize the space, Sinhalese and English names will comparatively look bigger.

I think it’s a very just problem to point out.

Work with the community instead of aggravating those so called “old wounds”. We want to put them behind, achieve something better and beautiful. Not sit in the old mire like a bunch of pigs and wallow in it.

@Davidson. Why don’t you do something about the “typos” instead of yapping about it. Do you think the community will impeach your efforts. I don’t speak Tamil. Otherwise I would help.
The government has done its bit, do you expect them to spoon-feed the rest too? Put officials to catch people who type stuff wrong in Tamil. What hilarity. Join, work together and make it happen. You’re not doing anything with your constant whining.

Sri Lanka’s history of anti-tamil riots have been happening long before 1983 and before the LTTE existed – some of the commentators on this site seem to enjoy revisionist history as much as the Rajapakses 🙂