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Right folks thread has been cleared. No more please. After this its sanctions and bans.
 
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Right folks thread has been cleared. No more please. After this its sanctions and bans.
@waz , kindly delete post #6 if you may, it is poorly worded and brought about the entire discussion. And then this post too. Thanks.
 
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The so called 'Sinhalese monks' have been reigned in by the government fast, scores were arrested, their facebook groups banned and visible policing.
Here's a good article on it;

https://www.telegraphindia.com/cult...brand-of-nationalism-in-sri-lanka/cid/1676393

Key extracts;

That as many as 25 Buddhist monks are in jail for committing some hate crime or the other is proof that not all is well between Sri Lanka’s communities.

In March, soon after violence instigated by social media posts went out of control, the Sri Lankan government declared a state of Emergency and temporarily blocked access to social media platforms. Facebook, which has over 55,00,000 users in Sri Lanka, was also asked to introduce more filters on Sinhalese content and hire Sinhalese-speaking content screeners besides instituting a direct point of contact with local authorities.

Post crackdown, some Facebook pages have become dormant. Messages to the Facebook pages maintained under the BBS name remain unanswered. According to those in the know, BBS is one of the most violent groups.

Sinhalese nationalism was one of the most important factors in Tamil Genocide that was perpetrated in Sri Lanka. The buddhist monks were the main driving force behind it. If anyone ever been to Sri Lanka, on their airports there are reserved seats for monks where you wont be allowed to sit at, to me that was an evidence of monks power within Sri Lankan society. I havent been back to Sri Lanka for 5 years now, so I can not comment if this is still the case.

One thing, under no circumstances we should make this assumption that Tamils are a monolithic group as they do have Hindu's, Christians and Muslims among them. From what my experience is, Hindu Tamils are very pro-India (nothing wrong with it) when compared to Christians and Muslim Tamils, regardless of their nationality.
 
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Ilaiyaraaja, one of the 10 Greatest film composers in Cinema History

Top 10 list.

10. Jerry Goldsmith
9. Ilaiyaraja
8. Alan Menken
7. Michel Legrand
6. Tōru Takemitsu
5. Nino Rota
4. Bernard Herrmann
3. John Williams
2. Max Steiner
1. Ennio Morricone


Tamil song on BBC's Top Ten

Ilayaraja's composition "Adi Rakkamma Kaiya Thattu' tops the BBC World Service Top Ten chart followed by Cliff Richard's "We Don't Talk Any More" and Cher's "Believe".
 
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Please accept my heartfelt thanks, though the state in India i stay in is a virtual antipode of Tamil Nadu, i can wholeheartedly share your thoughts. Amazing people, beautiful culture, art and music. It pains me when people speak ill of them. Thanks again.
Hey nice name. :D
 
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