Comments on: Mahinda has reduced APRC to a parliamentary Select Committee http://federalidea.com/focus/archives/288 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:30:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: dingiri http://federalidea.com/focus/archives/288/comment-page-1#comment-5979 dingiri Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:25:25 +0000 http://federalidea.com/focus/archives/288#comment-5979 Selva, Mahaweli Ganga means Great Sandy River in Sinhalese. There are other place names with the same Maha suffix. Maha Eliya, Maha Iuppallama, Maha Oya etc etc. The East was part of the Ruhunu Kingdom. If Sinhalese always lived west of the Mahaweli why do we find Somawathie Chitya, Thiriyaya, Seruwavila, Digavapi, Kudumbigala, Dimbulagala, Gokanna, Mahiyangana amont 300 other Buddhist sites on the Eastern side of the Mahaweli? Why, the paucity of Hindu sites of any significan antiquity? How about the Eastern Place names? There is nothing inconsistant with rice from the Mahaveli basin being exported to Tamil Nadu. Sri Lanka was a very prosperous land by world standards at that time in History. So was Tamil Nadu. The banks of the Kaveri are also supposed to have produced vast amounts of rice according to the Sangam litterature. Of course there were Tamils in Sri Lanka from ancient times. They however interbred with the indigenous people and evolved a separate but related language and culture over 2000+ years. So if you may we sinhalese are the ancient Tamils with a smattering of North Indian and Vedda blood too. Northern and Eastern Tamils have not had such a long separation from its parent body in South India. That is why their language and culture has not diverged to the same extent. Interesting theory about Malaria being the reason for why Tamils are the minority and Sinhalese the majority!! Selva,

Mahaweli Ganga means Great Sandy River in Sinhalese. There are other place names with the same Maha suffix. Maha Eliya, Maha Iuppallama, Maha Oya etc etc.

The East was part of the Ruhunu Kingdom. If Sinhalese always lived west of the Mahaweli why do we find Somawathie Chitya, Thiriyaya, Seruwavila, Digavapi, Kudumbigala, Dimbulagala, Gokanna, Mahiyangana amont 300 other Buddhist sites on the Eastern side of the Mahaweli? Why, the paucity of Hindu sites of any significan antiquity? How about the Eastern Place names?

There is nothing inconsistant with rice from the Mahaveli basin being exported to Tamil Nadu. Sri Lanka was a very prosperous land by world standards at that time in History. So was Tamil Nadu. The banks of the Kaveri are also supposed to have produced vast amounts of rice according to the Sangam litterature. Of course there were Tamils in Sri Lanka from ancient times. They however interbred with the indigenous people and evolved a separate but related language and culture over 2000+ years. So if you may we sinhalese are the ancient Tamils with a smattering of North Indian and Vedda blood too. Northern and Eastern Tamils have not had such a long separation from its parent body in South India. That is why their language and culture has not diverged to the same extent.

Interesting theory about Malaria being the reason for why Tamils are the minority and Sinhalese the majority!!

]]> By: selva http://federalidea.com/focus/archives/288/comment-page-1#comment-5055 selva Sat, 09 Feb 2008 05:06:29 +0000 http://federalidea.com/focus/archives/288#comment-5055 Dingiri # 28 The British people carefully carved out these two provinces because they had been a different ethinic group. It would have been true that the East was under Kandian Kingdom when the Portugeese came. While UNP was doing an ethnic cleansing in the east SLFP was doing it in the upcountry. Instead of sending the Tamils back to India if they could have sent all the Upcountry Tamils to North east ,Sinhala Sri lanka would have Ethinc cleansed of Tamils and the Tamils too would have lived peasefully. But what the governments are doing by migration is makingmSinhalese every where majority. They want to be masters in each an every corner. A Tamil book called Patinapalai written 2300 years ago says rice grown along Mahawali Nadi were imported to Tamilnadu. It coinsides with the Thutu Gamunu , Ellala Sinhan war because Thutu gamunu defeatd nearly 35 Tamil pety kings who ruled along Mahawali in that one year old war. Through out the history the Sinhalese were always living western side of Mahawali. Do you know Mahawali itsef a Tamil name. In the televenth century when the Maleria attached severly people were dying in thousands. The Sinhalese population went almost near extinction during that time. So the Sinhalese moved to southwest where there is no maleria moskito. Still the Tamils were dying of maleria the Sinhalese population was multiplying fast. Under british rule only they started taking the census. During that time the Sinhalese population growth was three times that of Tamil. During Dutch Time and English time also Tamils died of malaria in thousands . Even when we got independence the Sinhalese population was only 69%, Sinhalese becoming majority only caused the problem. Dingiri # 28 The British people carefully carved out these two provinces because they had been a different ethinic group. It would have been true that the East was under Kandian Kingdom when the Portugeese came. While UNP was doing an ethnic cleansing in the east SLFP was doing it in the upcountry. Instead of sending the Tamils back to India if they could have sent all the Upcountry Tamils to North east ,Sinhala Sri lanka would have Ethinc cleansed of Tamils and the Tamils too would have lived peasefully. But what the governments are doing by migration is makingmSinhalese every where majority. They want to be masters in each an every corner. A Tamil book called Patinapalai written 2300 years ago says rice grown along Mahawali Nadi were imported to Tamilnadu. It coinsides with the Thutu Gamunu , Ellala Sinhan war because Thutu gamunu defeatd nearly 35 Tamil pety kings who ruled along Mahawali in that one year old war. Through out the history the Sinhalese were always living western side of Mahawali. Do you know Mahawali itsef a Tamil name. In the televenth century when the Maleria attached severly people were dying in thousands. The Sinhalese population went almost near extinction during that time. So the Sinhalese moved to southwest where there is no maleria moskito. Still the Tamils were dying of maleria the Sinhalese population was multiplying fast. Under british rule only they started taking the census. During that time the Sinhalese population growth was three times that of Tamil. During Dutch Time and English time also Tamils died of malaria in thousands . Even when we got independence the Sinhalese population was only 69%, Sinhalese becoming majority only caused the problem.

]]> By: dingiri http://federalidea.com/focus/archives/288/comment-page-1#comment-4973 dingiri Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:15:48 +0000 http://federalidea.com/focus/archives/288#comment-4973 Selva, I am glad to note you are an environmentalist. I too feel that if there is one tragedy that is worse than the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka it is the loss of our forrests and rivers due to the Gal Oya, Mahaveli, Udawalawe and other irrigation schemes. Far better to have imposed draconian controls on the population like in China and somehow kept it under 10 million. Its population pressure that is the root of all evils in Sri Lanka and maybe the war is natures way of bringing it down to a sustainable size. Anyway, we cannot turn the clock back and you cannot chase the Sinhalese away from Gal Oya and Trincomalee and Tamils from the south against their will. I also reject the idea that the entire North and East province within their current borders should beconsidered exclusively Tamil where a Sinhalese has no right to live. There is no historical or demographic basis for this. When the Portugese arrived the North i.e. Jaffna, Kilinochhi and Mulaitivu was an independant and selfsufficient Tamil state. So why should it not be now?The East was part of the Kandian Kingdom. This doesnt mean that Batticaloa Tamils should not have land rights. They should have equal land rights but not more. There is a perception among the Sinhalese that the Tamils have always wanted more than their fair share whether it is Parlimentary representation (50-50), University places, Govt jobs or land entitlements and have always been quick to cry foul or claim adverse discrimination whenever misguided governments have tried to artificially right the imbalance. This is at the root of much of the resentment that you see today. Again its due to too many people chasing too few resources. If any future settlement is to have any chance of succeeding it needs to be water tight in its fairness and leave no room for the anti-peace groups to scupper it on claims of unequal entitlement. You are right. It would be an excellent idea to reserve the remaining forrest lands as jointly/commonly held National Parks and devide the rest which is the farmland, towns and cities among the communities. Selva,

I am glad to note you are an environmentalist. I too feel that if there is one tragedy that is worse than the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka it is the loss of our forrests and rivers due to the Gal Oya, Mahaveli, Udawalawe and other irrigation schemes. Far better to have imposed draconian controls on the population like in China and somehow kept it under 10 million. Its population pressure that is the root of all evils in Sri Lanka and maybe the war is natures way of bringing it down to a sustainable size.

Anyway, we cannot turn the clock back and you cannot chase the Sinhalese away from Gal Oya and Trincomalee and Tamils from the south against their will. I also reject the idea that the entire North and East province within their current borders should beconsidered exclusively Tamil where a Sinhalese has no right to live. There is no historical or demographic basis for this.

When the Portugese arrived the North i.e. Jaffna, Kilinochhi and Mulaitivu was an independant and selfsufficient Tamil state. So why should it not be now?The East was part of the Kandian Kingdom. This doesnt mean that Batticaloa Tamils should not have land rights. They should have equal land rights but not more.

There is a perception among the Sinhalese that the Tamils have always wanted more than their fair share whether it is Parlimentary representation (50-50), University places, Govt jobs or land entitlements and have always been quick to cry foul or claim adverse discrimination whenever misguided governments have tried to artificially right the imbalance. This is at the root of much of the resentment that you see today. Again its due to too many people chasing too few resources.

If any future settlement is to have any chance of succeeding it needs to be water tight in its fairness and leave no room for the anti-peace groups to scupper it on claims of unequal entitlement.

You are right. It would be an excellent idea to reserve the remaining forrest lands as jointly/commonly held National Parks and devide the rest which is the farmland, towns and cities among the communities.

]]> By: S.Yougendra http://federalidea.com/focus/archives/288/comment-page-1#comment-4970 S.Yougendra Wed, 06 Feb 2008 08:33:39 +0000 http://federalidea.com/focus/archives/288#comment-4970 Dear Mano Sir, I was surprised that you decided to speak back to those who were throwing mud at you. Just ignore them and continue your good work. I know for a fact that you are a non- racist who works for the betterment of all your people Dear Mano Sir,
I was surprised that you decided to speak back to those who were throwing mud at you. Just ignore them and continue your good work. I know for a fact that you are a non- racist who works for the betterment of all your people

]]> By: selva http://federalidea.com/focus/archives/288/comment-page-1#comment-4961 selva Tue, 05 Feb 2008 23:47:53 +0000 http://federalidea.com/focus/archives/288#comment-4961 Dingiri , Thanks for your responce. The ground water you find only in jaffna peninsula. But still half of the wells are salty water. In the islands, Jaffna city etc..The fruits what you buy in colombo are home grown. Nobody can do it in large scale because there is no land. nearly half of the soil is salty soil. Before 1983 from every house one or two will be working in colombo in the offices or in shops. Those days they used to say jaffna economy is money order economy because everybody look for the money order coming from colombo. Starting from Elephant pass what you find below the ground granite stone and loose soil. Because the soil is too lose digging well also very difficult. Kilinochi to Mullitivu you can dig well. South of kilinochi upto Vavuniya it is difficult and not much ground water to irrigate. Those days all the fishermen from south came to Mannar , Mullaitivu , Trinco, Batticaloa as migrant fisherman and they never had any problem. Even now nobody is telling Sinhalese cannot fish in the north. Problem is only about the land. If they don't like the Tamils enjoy more land let all the remaining forests be as forest forever. Why should we distroy the nature with the name of colonozing. There should be an end to the colonizing, distroying the jungle. When we think of devolution what everybody's mind thinking is occupying and colonizing. Even before independent what striked in the Sinhaleses' mind is occupying the land in Tamil areas.If we can put a full stop to that and say all the lands are reserved forests and even the government cannot use it, all the problem could be solved. Then comes the Trinco harbour. Not even a single ship can be birthed because the land is so streep from the shore it it difficult to build pier. The prema flour mills built pier by brakeing a mountain in the shore and filling. I don't know if there is anymore mountain to brake and do so. Trinco is a good harbour for the navy vessels to hide but not for cargo handling. Colombo is one of the best harbour in Asia and Hambantota is five times bigger than Colombo and not only that Hambantota is in the international highway. That is why recently an american diplomat was telling that they are not interested in Trinco because it is far from the shipping route.Those days need is hiding, presently the needs of supper power is policing, that is why China wanted to come before anybody. Dingiri , Thanks for your responce. The ground water you find only in jaffna peninsula. But still half of the wells are salty water. In the islands, Jaffna city etc..The fruits what you buy in colombo are home grown. Nobody can do it in large scale because there is no land. nearly half of the soil is salty soil. Before 1983 from every house one or two will be working in colombo in the offices or in shops. Those days they used to say jaffna economy is money order economy because everybody look for the money order coming from colombo. Starting from Elephant pass what you find below the ground granite stone and loose soil. Because the soil is too lose digging well also very difficult. Kilinochi to Mullitivu you can dig well. South of kilinochi upto Vavuniya it is difficult and not much ground water to irrigate. Those days all the fishermen from south came to Mannar , Mullaitivu , Trinco, Batticaloa as migrant fisherman and they never had any problem. Even now nobody is telling Sinhalese cannot fish in the north. Problem is only about the land. If they don’t like the Tamils enjoy more land let all the remaining forests be as forest forever. Why should we distroy the nature with the name of colonozing. There should be an end to the colonizing, distroying the jungle. When we think of devolution what everybody’s mind thinking is occupying and colonizing. Even before independent what striked in the Sinhaleses’ mind is occupying the land in Tamil areas.If we can put a full stop to that and say all the lands are reserved forests and even the government cannot use it, all the problem could be solved. Then comes the Trinco harbour. Not even a single ship can be birthed because the land is so streep from the shore it it difficult to build pier. The prema flour mills built pier by brakeing a mountain in the shore and filling. I don’t know if there is anymore mountain to brake and do so. Trinco is a good harbour for the navy vessels to hide but not for cargo handling. Colombo is one of the best harbour in Asia and Hambantota is five times bigger than Colombo and not only that Hambantota is in the international highway. That is why recently an american diplomat was telling that they are not interested in Trinco because it is far from the shipping route.Those days need is hiding, presently the needs of supper power is policing, that is why China wanted to come before anybody.

]]> By: dingiri http://federalidea.com/focus/archives/288/comment-page-1#comment-4926 dingiri Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:31:58 +0000 http://federalidea.com/focus/archives/288#comment-4926 What Jaffna lacks in perrenial rivers it makes up in ground water. Or so I learnt in geography. Jaffna was also the only place in the country where onions grew and the only place outside Nuwara Eliya where potatoes grew. The Grapes, Mangoes and Jack Fruit from Jaffna are better than those from anywhere else in the country. Would you not agree? The south has similar problems with impoverished soil. I have some paddy fields in the Central Province which have water but are so infertile that every rice crop and vegetable crop has failed. The rice land in the country is so old that the soil is impoverished. Only new lands in the Eastern Province and NCP plus Dehiattakandiya and Girandurukotte and opened up under the Mahaveli schemes have the rice productivity that you talk about. The wet zone soils are very poor especially for rice. On the other hand the sea around Jaffna is hugely more productive in fish catches than in the south. If there is oil they can have that too. What I am trying to say here is the land is a mixed bag and trying to bargain on the productivity of this or that is only going to give ammunition to the JVP and JHU who are waiting scupper any agreement saying the Sinhalese have settled for less. What I have proposed is the only fair resolution I see where both parties can walk away without feeling robbed by the other. Whatever resolution if it is to have any chance of solving the ethnic issue has to be reciprocal, mutual and symetrical where each community should be prepared to concede to the other whatever it claims for itself and also vice versa. Basically, If I want 0.8 acre of land per capita for my people I must be prepared to offer the same to the other side. What Jaffna lacks in perrenial rivers it makes up in ground water. Or so I learnt in geography. Jaffna was also the only place in the country where onions grew and the only place outside Nuwara Eliya where potatoes grew. The Grapes, Mangoes and Jack Fruit from Jaffna are better than those from anywhere else in the country. Would you not agree?

The south has similar problems with impoverished soil. I have some paddy fields in the Central Province which have water but are so infertile that every rice crop and vegetable crop has failed. The rice land in the country is so old that the soil is impoverished. Only new lands in the Eastern Province and NCP plus Dehiattakandiya and Girandurukotte and opened up under the Mahaveli schemes have the rice productivity that you talk about. The wet zone soils are very poor especially for rice.

On the other hand the sea around Jaffna is hugely more productive in fish catches than in the south. If there is oil they can have that too.

What I am trying to say here is the land is a mixed bag and trying to bargain on the productivity of this or that is only going to give ammunition to the JVP and JHU who are waiting scupper any agreement saying the Sinhalese have settled for less.

What I have proposed is the only fair resolution I see where both parties can walk away without feeling robbed by the other. Whatever resolution if it is to have any chance of solving the ethnic issue has to be reciprocal, mutual and symetrical where each community should be prepared to concede to the other whatever it claims for itself and also vice versa.

Basically, If I want 0.8 acre of land per capita for my people I must be prepared to offer the same to the other side.

]]> By: Mano Ganesan http://federalidea.com/focus/archives/288/comment-page-1#comment-4909 Mano Ganesan Mon, 04 Feb 2008 09:03:36 +0000 http://federalidea.com/focus/archives/288#comment-4909 Over to Msrs.Sethukavakar and Selva, Thanks for the concerns. I love discussions at all levels hence I take part when ever I have time. No matter if some throw mud. I have come through the worst. And I will go back home asap. That is why I refused to travel to the west and stayed closer home. This is conflict ful decisive time. I guess, I am very much needed back home now than any other time. There will be plenty during peace time to take charge, I believe, I can take time off than. Over to Msrs.Sethukavakar and Selva,

Thanks for the concerns. I love discussions at all levels hence I take part when ever I have time. No matter if some throw mud. I have come through the worst. And I will go back home asap. That is why I refused to travel to the west and stayed closer home. This is conflict ful decisive time. I guess, I am very much needed back home now than any other time. There will be plenty during peace time to take charge, I believe, I can take time off than.

]]> By: selva http://federalidea.com/focus/archives/288/comment-page-1#comment-4888 selva Sun, 03 Feb 2008 01:49:06 +0000 http://federalidea.com/focus/archives/288#comment-4888 Dear Mano, Please don't go back to Sri Lanka until an acceptable solution to all community is put forward. You put forward proposals very stategically and it could easily convince anybody. So the Tamils of Sri Lanka need you alive. Even if you loose your MP post just Mano Ganesan is much worth because you are regognized by India,US and EU. So be in India and work. Dear Mano, Please don’t go back to Sri Lanka until an acceptable solution to all community is put forward. You put forward proposals very stategically and it could easily convince anybody. So the Tamils of Sri Lanka need you alive. Even if you loose your MP post just Mano Ganesan is much worth because you are regognized by India,US and EU. So be in India and work.

]]> By: selva http://federalidea.com/focus/archives/288/comment-page-1#comment-4886 selva Sat, 02 Feb 2008 22:45:26 +0000 http://federalidea.com/focus/archives/288#comment-4886 Attn. Dingiri (15) You write quite honestly and that is why I would like to shair my ideas with you. You are right the LTTE's Eelam map is too large. Did they ever talk about Puttlam district in any negotiation. So that means unnesesarily they are doing an anti propaganda against the Tamils. Puttilum district should be considered as forgotten land Again you are right the people in the North cannot decide about the Muslim of Northeast or the Tamils of East. In a democretic country who has the right to talk about their people is the elected members. So who would have gone to the negotiations is not Tamilchelvan but the MPs of TNA and Muslim congress. These two parties has won mandate for autonomy. So they are the people who can deside about their region. Also the government must agree to what they ask because they are elected members. Third thing you said the land they are claiming has to be propotion to the population ratio. That is wrong accoding to the international regulations. Just see India where Hindi speaking people are about two third but they live only in four provinces even those provinces has people speaking different other languages. Moreover North and East are the dryest land in Sri Lanka. Having one acre Paddy field in Polgahawela is worth than having ten aceres in Vanni. In the north there is no river but only few sesonal streams flows . It rains only in Oct, Nov, & Dec. in the north. People harvest paddy only in this season. Only few hundred acres are irrigatable. Government gave my father ten acres for paddy harvesting . My father tryed ten years but ony two years he recovered the money he spent .Because my fathers land is not irrigatable and only weed grow if the rain doesn't flood the field. After ten years he aboundtant it and now it is again a jungle. Vanni is good in only to leave it as jungle. Aileast 50% of Vanni has to be left as jungle. Singaraja jungle and Vanni jungle are most presious in the world because nowhere in the world you find the species or plants found in these jungles. It is the same with the high land farming. If you have one Clove plant in Kurunagala it is worth than having 10 mango trees in Mankulam. Twenty percent of the solid tyres used in Earth moving vehicles are made in Sri Lanka and they bring millions of dollars. Can you immagine to grow a rubber plant in Northeast or any of the spices or tea. There are Petrolium and Ilmanite in the northeast and let the Colombo government take it, because they are not going to last more than 50 years. People of northeast is asking for self rule not because the land is big but they fear of ethnic cleansing. In 1947 there were 9 seats in the East and in the 1947 election 5 Tamil MPs and 4 Muslim MPs were elected and there were no Sinhalese to elect a Sinhalese MP. Now the Sinhalese are about one third and they were all colonized people. So in the dry land the irrigatabe wet lands are given to the Southern Sinhalese. When we got independent the North central province,Puttalum District and Monoragala districts were lesser in population than North or East. At the same time they were opening new irrigation schemes in those Sinhalese regions and migrating only Sinhalese into the Tamils land also they were bringing in the Southern Sinhalese. They were always telling two third of the Tamils are living out side of North East but they never thought to bring out side Tamils into the Tamils traditional land. That is what called ethnic cleansing, by making the Sinhalese majority in every corner of the country and bringing the Sinhalese domination. Attn. Dingiri (15) You write quite honestly and that is why I would like to shair my ideas with you. You are right the LTTE’s Eelam map is too large. Did they ever talk about Puttlam district in any negotiation. So that means unnesesarily they are doing an anti propaganda against the Tamils. Puttilum district should be considered as forgotten land Again you are right the people in the North cannot decide about the Muslim of Northeast or the Tamils of East. In a democretic country who has the right to talk about their people is the elected members. So who would have gone to the negotiations is not Tamilchelvan but the MPs of TNA and Muslim congress. These two parties has won mandate for autonomy. So they are the people who can deside about their region. Also the government must agree to what they ask because they are elected members. Third thing you said the land they are claiming has to be propotion to the population ratio. That is wrong accoding to the international regulations. Just see India where Hindi speaking people are about two third but they live only in four provinces even those provinces has people speaking different other languages. Moreover North and East are the dryest land in Sri Lanka. Having one acre Paddy field in Polgahawela is worth than having ten aceres in Vanni. In the north there is no river but only few sesonal streams flows . It rains only in Oct, Nov, & Dec. in the north. People harvest paddy only in this season. Only few hundred acres are irrigatable. Government gave my father ten acres for paddy harvesting . My father tryed ten years but ony two years he recovered the money he spent .Because my fathers land is not irrigatable and only weed grow if the rain doesn’t flood the field. After ten years he aboundtant it and now it is again a jungle. Vanni is good in only to leave it as jungle. Aileast 50% of Vanni has to be left as jungle. Singaraja jungle and Vanni jungle are most presious in the world because nowhere in the world you find the species or plants found in these jungles. It is the same with the high land farming. If you have one Clove plant in Kurunagala it is worth than having 10 mango trees in Mankulam. Twenty percent of the solid tyres used in Earth moving vehicles are made in Sri Lanka and they bring millions of dollars. Can you immagine to grow a rubber plant in Northeast or any of the spices or tea. There are Petrolium and Ilmanite in the northeast and let the Colombo government take it, because they are not going to last more than 50 years. People of northeast is asking for self rule not because the land is big but they fear of ethnic cleansing. In 1947 there were 9 seats in the East and in the 1947 election 5 Tamil MPs and 4 Muslim MPs were elected and there were no Sinhalese to elect a Sinhalese MP. Now the Sinhalese are about one third and they were all colonized people. So in the dry land the irrigatabe wet lands are given to the Southern Sinhalese. When we got independent the North central province,Puttalum District and Monoragala districts were lesser in population than North or East. At the same time they were opening new irrigation schemes in those Sinhalese regions and migrating only Sinhalese into the Tamils land also they were bringing in the Southern Sinhalese. They were always telling two third of the Tamils are living out side of North East but they never thought to bring out side Tamils into the Tamils traditional land. That is what called ethnic cleansing, by making the Sinhalese majority in every corner of the country and bringing the Sinhalese domination.

]]> By: G.S.Sethukavalar http://federalidea.com/focus/archives/288/comment-page-1#comment-4814 G.S.Sethukavalar Thu, 31 Jan 2008 04:06:41 +0000 http://federalidea.com/focus/archives/288#comment-4814 Dear Mano, I was surprised that you decided to speak back to those who were throwing mud at you. Just ignore them and continue your good work. I know for a fact that you are a non- racist who works for the betterment of all your people; Sinhala, Tamil, Muslim etc. You have hit the nail on its head when you said that India’s vengeance against LTTE should not result in the interests of the Tamils being harmed. I know you have great clout in India, both in New Delhi and in Chennai. Please use this to bring dignified peace to all Sri Lankans. Dear Mano,
I was surprised that you decided to speak back to those who were throwing mud at you. Just ignore them and continue your good work. I know for a fact that you are a non- racist who works for the betterment of all your people; Sinhala, Tamil, Muslim etc. You have hit the nail on its head when you said that India’s vengeance against LTTE should not result in the interests of the Tamils being harmed. I know you have great clout in India, both in New Delhi and in Chennai. Please use this to bring dignified peace to all Sri Lankans.

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