This was Minister of Anti Tamil Affairs Cyril Matthew's map of places to be occupied in the North & East in 1970. He published the map in his book in 1980. He's regarded as one of the key Ministers responsible for instigating the anti Tamil pogrom of July 1983 #NeverAgain
@lankaunited99@MarketNewsLK In the 1930s the word politics shifted to racism, and that affected the Sri Lankan as well. This led to the first Sinhala Tamil riot in 1939 and many more in the 1950s and the famous one in 1983.
@lankaunited99@MarketNewsLK The Donoughmore commission (1927) brought in the possibility of Universal Franchise, which gave a vote to every one, irrespective of Caste, creed ot ethnicity. The strong political position of the Tamil community was thus threatened.
@lankaunited99@MarketNewsLK ""highest" castes. The Sinhalese were further split into Low-country and Kandyan, an existing division which was exploited to weaken their power.
@lankaunited99@MarketNewsLK Prior to about 1935, the politics of caste was more important than the politics of race, and there was little race animosity. Racial representation was begun by the British, who appointed reprentatives to the Legislative council, based on race and restricted to the
@lankaunited99@MarketNewsLK I’m not brain washed. I’m married to a Sinhalese and I understand both cultures and histories better. I’m just saying stop talking as if the majority are saints and that the minority just out of nowhere felt that they wanted a separate land.
@lankaunited99@MarketNewsLK The Tamils wouldn’t ask for a separate state if the Sinhalese made them feel like this was their home too and never suppressed the minority! Understand the history!
@yaboiwasantha@MarketNewsLK You seriously need to visit the North and speak to the affected before you generalize your opinion based on the news and knowledge you gained from government media sources! Innocent Civilians who were not a part of the LTTE were raped by the army and children were killed.
The difference of alliances of Arab countries & Western countries:
Israel 🇮🇱: Help!
Americans/Europe: “Tell me what you need, I will send them in 24 hours”
Palestine 🇵🇸: Help!
Arabs: “This is sad, Im sorry you are going through this, Prayers are with you”
@KrosaniTy Remember Sanath struggling as a captain of @mipaltan and then when he was relieved of his responsibility, scored tons. It’s better to select captains based on their game IQ and leadership qualities rather than talent and form!
@shmit_happens@iamsrk It had bad reviews cz the director copied all his scenes from various movies and made a mixture. So if you’ve watched Korean, English and some Tamil movies you’d realize it’s just the same thing again. If you’d leave all that out you’d be able to enjoy the movie !
@madu_malka There is a criteria to ban products: first there must be definite physical harm or trade related harm. No study was able to prove all smokers will develop COPD/ CA. In that case the government has a responsibility to Maximize choice for its citizens!