PM Cameron Meets CM Wigneswaran In Jaffna
By S.Sivathasan -November 16, 2013
S.Sivathasan
Knowing full well that a very productive meeting will take place between two stalwarts in a face to face engagement, I spoke to Chief Minister on 15thnight. He was happy to speak quite precisely about the path breaking discussion he had with Prime Minister Cameron.
Uppermost in the Chief Minister’ mind was the effective functioning of the Northern Provincial Council. Towards this end, he requested support from the Prime Minister and also his assistance. He supplemented his conversation with a prepared document outlining six issues of great concern. They were:
1) Demilitarisation of Northern Province and Transition from Military to Civilian Governor. The CM pointed out the clear statement in the Manifesto and the overwhelming vote received for its endorsement.
2) Full implementation of the 13th Amendment with a view to obtaining maximum devolution possible. To ensure meaningful devolution, the need to assign land and police powers to NPC was stressed.
3) Strengthening and building Institutional Capacity of Northern Provincial Council and Provincial Administration. The importance of grants and technical assistance including info-communication assets was urged.
The Sinhala-Tamil Cross-Pollinated Siblings
Prof Kumar David
If Lanka’s Tamils and Sinhalese are slaughtering each other like pathological morons don’t blame the genes. All the research material I could lay hands on supports the view that Sinhala-Tamil genetic mixing is large. I chased web-accessible research material and found that though there are differences, the degree of admixture was always described as large. Nowhere could I find the opposite view that admixture is small canvassed. One startling discovery was that Demalas are Sinhalayas, not the other way round! OK I’m dramatising to get your attention; let me explain.
Surprise-surprise: Who are the Ceylon Tamils related to?
(Gautam K. Kshatriya: Population genetics researcher, University of Delhi)
(Gautam K. Kshatriya: Population genetics researcher, University of Delhi)
We are accustomed to the story that testosterone laden Chola warriors discharged their overflow into the local gene pool, and that South Indian traders and workers in Colombo and the small towns in colonial times, were mischievous pailwans! The conventional view is that the Sinhalayas are presumed heavily impregnated by theDemalas. So you could have knocked me down with a feather to learn from a University of Delhi population geneticist Dr Gautum K Kshatriya, whose results to the best of my knowledge are unchallenged, that it’s the other way round. Ceylon Tamils, he says, overlap genetically 55% with Sinhalese, 28% with Bengalis, and only 17% with South Indian Tamils. Other studies found no significant differences in blood grouping, genetic markers and “single-nucleotide polymorphisms” between Ceylon Tamils and Sinhalese. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_studies_on_Sri_Lankan_Tamils
Genetic studies on the Sinhalese produced rather a welter of inconsistent results. Different techniques have been used and the results differ. ( A summary of the inconsistencies can be found here )
Genetic studies on the Sinhalese produced rather a welter of inconsistent results. Different techniques have been used and the results differ. ( A summary of the inconsistencies can be found here )
