Indian social problems are because of Indian social problems . The political structure has nothing to do with it . If anything it is a massively stabilising force allowing different states to follow their own models. And laggard states often end of copying the models of successful ones . Similarly your HDI is not a result of centralisation , that is again superficial nonsense
No he has a point. Sri Lanka’s economic development and HDI is due to centralization. This was all achieved amidst brutal terrorism for 30 years. Centralisation leads to quick decision and action. Actually London school of economics and political science once said in a conference after research into SL’s model that it is the reason for development even during political instability.
For good or bad , tamils want to preserve their language and culture . And they frankly have a right to a framework that gurarantees that . History has nothing to do with it , their numbers alone justify their demands . If other ethnicities don't insist on such a framework , that doesn't make their demands any less reasonable.
No one has blocked tamils from preserving their language and culture. Have you ever been to SL? Do you know Tamil is an official language in SL and that majority of Tamils live among Sinhala?
It is ridiculous to say need to preserve the language and culture makes federalism a reasonable demand? Where does that end? Take UK for example, how do tamils there preserve their language and culture? Ask federalism from British? Unlike in British, Tamil language has official status in SL, Tamil language schools, cultural centres are funded by government. SL government does everything to safeguard tamil culture?
If we are to go ahead with your argument, wont that apply to religious minorities as well? Does that mean religious minorities need federalism? Even your country does not have a fully fledged federal set up, but a quasi federal set up.
Federalism is really not for SL because the basic requirement for its applicability which is historical existence as separate nations does not exist in SL. If every minority end up asking for federalism because they want to preserve culture, where would that leave countries all over the world?
I suggest you to come to SL and see for yourself whether SL gover preserve the tamil culture and language? After all what TN is for?
I am not suggesting that there are no racist ideas among sections of tamils. The solution to such ideas is peaceful debate ,and not imposed state violence
Of course peaceful debate that is what I am saying. And debate about what? Every debate on SL issue end up in history. Because that is the real root cause. There never was state violence, but sporadic ethnic riots and state violence are two different things. I think India also experience caste, religious riots even to this day, so you should have the ability to distinguish the two.
Currently you not devolving even police powers to the tamil provinces
Yes. Because SL is not confident on doing that. Few weeks back an SL policeman was shot in North and gover did not reveal it to media and public. This was how problems began in 70s. So SL will never ever take a risk. We have our own security concerns and based on that we take actions. Just because someone who lives in another country feel like we should do that, we are not bound to do anything.
Do you know SL gover released upto 13000+ LTTE cadres to society after rehabilitation? So we have security concerns. I think even india will take their security concerns seriously, so does SL.
Now you know that your military did commit mass rapes of tamils , among other attrocities .
What mass rapes? What do you know about that? Why does even UN failed to mention about mass rapes. Charges against SL are not with substantial evidence just here say. I remember a UK paper published that 1400 people die a day after war. When asked for sources and the reporters of UK paper accepted they made a mistake and published wrong news. But they never corrected the news. So likewise a lot of misinformation goes around SL. So we are not bound to answer for crimes we did not do.
And police represents the state sanctioned violence .
How does police represent state sanctioned violence? Is that the way in India?
Do you really think they will feel secure knowing their local elected politicians can't even control the police , especially considering what your forces have done . Do you think that is a climate for peaceful reconciliation .
What have our forces done? Then why did Tamil civilians cross the defence lines and came towards SLA fleeing from LTTE front lines? Why? Does a victim run towards an aggressor looking for protection? What sort of logic is that?
The police have been in action in Jaffna from 1995 and in rest of north since 2009. There have never been such a case informed.
Racist ideas come and go . When a peoples security and cultural rights are guaranteed , most of them them gradually opt for peace .
Can’t the same be said to Sinhalese?
You don't chanllenge ideas with violence or threat of violence or threats of cultural destruction
Of course that is why I said we need a proper debate on History and solve it for all. That is what caused the war. That was what the conflict was about. It was you who threw the violence and weapons to this conflict and made it bloody. You should realize it.
There was the aryan invasion theory doing the rounds in tamil nadu in the 50s . It all but gone now.
That is TN ne. TN is the undisputed tamil homeland and people in TN have every right to ask for devolution and to strive for preservation of their culture and language. SL’s North and East is a disputed issue where both parties do not agree on history. So what should be done is solve that debate.
You don't have the economic , social , geographical depth to handle violent conflicts.
For your information, the conflict is over. And we handled not one but three conflicts. It is apparent you know nothing about SL.
What is the meaning of violent civil war racism? Does that even have a meaning?
The forefathers of the conflict was Ponnambalam who insulted Sinhala people as a mongrel race made up of North Indians and indigenous SLns and that SL is a tamil country. I think you have sense to realize Sinhala people will not be silent at the face of such racism.
The issue with SL is the ultra tamil racism of early 20th century. For your information Tamil leaders like Arunachalam whom is taught to SL students as a progressive Tamil leader in SL talked about an Eelam in 1922. That was 28 years before SL’s independence. So this is not certainly a reaction towards so called Sinhala oppression
These lankans are so anti-Tamil no wonder the Tamils made LTTE to protect themselves. To the singer lankans, you adopted Indian Buddhism and culture, so you're as foreign to the land as Tamils are.
How does a adoption of a religion changes that? Isnt that wierd logic? Are you saying non Hindu Indians are outsiders. This is the problem your logic begins with your religion. Ours begins with civilisation. A christiam, Hindu, Buddhist or Muslim SInhalese is the same to us.
