The Ariya Sinhala Suit: A Plea For Clarification
Prof. R.S.Perinbanayagam
In
recounting one of his heroic deeds in a recent article in a newspaper,
a government servant describes one of his contacts as wearing an “Ariya
Sinhala suit”. I have seen this description of a particular style of
clothing in other accounts as well.
What exactly is an Ariya Sinhala suit? What is the origin of this form
of dress and the provenance of this concept ? Did it originate with
what our history books call “the Ariyan immigration”? Did Vijaya and
his associates wear the Ariya Sinhala suit, since he was of course the
first Aryan? Did they however wear the bifurcated pajama which
originated in Iran before ot migrated to other places? Incidentally what
did the young prince’s first inamorata, the beautiful, and according to
all accounts, quite irresistible Kuvenie wear? Was she clothed at all?
Is an Ariya Sinhala suit only worn by those to the manner born to be
Ariyas? If the dravidians wear some version of it does it then become a
Dravidian suit?
I wish some of the learned contributors to this website will explain the
term,and its historical and sociological origins as well describe its
stylistic features.
Surge Of Tamil Nadu In Vehicle And Ancillaries Manufacture
S.Sivathasan
Delivery of nearly 1.7 million vehicles a year, consisting of passenger cars and other types is the current performance in Tamil Nadu. By 2016, a figure of 2 million will be reached or surpassed. Most of the plants are clustered in Chennai. Adding strength to manufacture of vehicles, is the fabrication of components. Another stream helping in high performance is the production of tyres. Tamil Nadu is now the automobile capital and the tyre capital of India. Together with components, where too she is foremost, an eminent position has been reached. In vehicle exports TN has an enviable share ranking first among the states. For vehicles and components 35 percent in revenue is reported. With all these constituents, TN has emerged as the auto hub of India.
Attractions for Investment
From the fifties, Tamil Nadu (TN) enjoyed a reputation as one of the few well administered states of India. The Centre and the state being of the same political hue, they moved in tandem. On this account there was substantial funding from the centre for infrastructure and for industrialization. There was encouraging investment from other states as well. The most profound change in governmental policy came about in 1991 with liberalization and dismantling of much of license control constrictions. TN was advanced enough to profit by it and investment friendly policies came to be in place. They gave a spur to FDI and to the advent of MNCs, foreign technology and of personnel
With the green signal of liberal land allocation and fiscal incentives, discussions were initiated in 1995 for Ford and Hyundai to set up two major factories in proximity to Chennai. By late nineties they were on stream and both recorded remarkable performance. They became the template for other automobile investments to follow. Other prestigious names were BMW, Renault-Nissan Alliance and Mitsubishi. Except for the sixth, the other five have been on the growth mode ever since their inception. Read More
