In every country of this world the majority gets “preferential” treatment. No one can deny that. That is what is happening in Sri Lanka too. In the US the Spanish speaking population is close to 25% (much higher than % of Tamils in SL) and has no self rule or preferences to Spanish language.
Northern Tamils need to adjust and thrive like their counter parts in Colombo and other areas of the south.

The present problem originated when Sinhala Only was enacted in 1956 replacing the common English. Now more than 94% of the government jobs, 100% of the Security, 99% of the police, 99% of the institutions such the government, corporations, banks and judiciary, goverorship of the provinces are controlled by the Sinhalese, jet, they have the audacity to claim that minorities want special privilages. As emphacised in the article unless there is ” equal nationality on the basis of equality and self-determination” within undivided Sri Lanka all these constructions and developments won’t last for long..

Sri Lanka has a 3 million + Tamil population of which about 12% voted in the North. Hence characterising the vote of a strong Tamil Nationalist area, as a verdict of the Tamil people is an exaggeration. Recognise it for what it is. It is a Land slide victory for the TNA. It is also an endorsement of the TNA manifesto. What that is, needs no spelling out.

What has happened to the Muslims of the North? Only 676 Muslims have voted.

Certainly there is a Historical Tamil habitat as much as there are Historical Muslim, Sinhalese and other habitats. There is absolutely no harm in recognising a Historical Tamil Habitat as long as History supports the boundaries claimed. The British imposed administrative boundaries are not the boundaries of habitation. It cannot be, as Lanka had 80% forest cover and a 340,000 indigenous Tamil population during British times. This is absolute fact and is supported by History. It is thievery to claim otherwise.

This is an observation from Prof Pradeep Jeganathan

the very idea that Sri Lanka is made of discreet, competing communities of Sinhala, Tamil and Mohemedan is
very much a colonial idea; first mooted in Colebrokke Camaron Reforms of 1833, which simultaneous with the misappropriation of Mahavamsa and the Vamsatthappaksini for a parochial European debate about the
chronology of South Asian Kings. The idea that the Sinhala need a Sinhala representative and the that Tamils need a Tamil one, that the ‘Moors’ need a ‘Moor’ one is a colonial idea, a rupture in the human history of this island, that had seen settled, civilized human habitation for over 15, 000 years. This idea then, to repeat, was folded into the idea culled from a misreading of the Mahavamsa that history of this island is a series of battles between Sinhala Buddists and Tamil Hindus. There is no historicity to this, what so ever. We really must abandon this idea, that we are in grip of a 6th century Sinhala-Buddhist historical consiousness; this is a recent, colonial construction. Treating products of colonial interventions as a timeless essence adds to our difficulties, not allowing for the necessary plurality of imaginings of Lanka’s history to emerge in present times.
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Lastly no right thinking Sinhala would look down on another just because of his/her race. Nor would a right
thinking Tamil, Moor, Burgher or Malay do so. There is evidence that Tamils who did not find acceptance amongst Tamils found it amongst Sinhalese villagers.

What Lanka needs is Honest deliberation, that will convince the majority of her citizenship (irrespective of ethnicity) that they are getting a fair deal.Current political rhetoric is a far cry from that. Such rhetoric is the breeding ground for extremists.

Are you awake? Sinhalese are the people who were given preferential treatment ever since SL got independence!! The whole trouble started from the time Sinhala only, standardization etc. etc.

One point you are saying that Tamils are invaders and then you say Red Indians are not given special powers thereby comparing Red Indians to Tamils. You seem to be confused or you just hate the Tamils, just because they speak a different language!!!

We also can see the significant steps taken by government to develop the North and east areas where people must support the government to achieve the development disregarding the political or ethinic differences.

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Are the tamils in your opinion now Invaders or natives? 😀 You are speaking about invading tamils and from native red indians? [Edited out]

NO one is concerned about them.
Navi Pillay has to see into their plight.