Sinhala People Have No Other Land: What And Which Zone Of Agreement?
“If the Tamils’ cry for separatism is given up, the two communities could solve their problems and continue to live in amity and dignity.” - M.C. Sansoni, CJ—(Sessional Paper No. 7 of 1980)
“Sinhala people have no other land [place to go].” - Wigenswaran-CM, NP
Vessantara-traitor dilemma
Where Tamils live (Source map: Tamilnation.org website 1/25/2010
Wigneswaran
Between getting branded as a Tamil traitor (even GG Ponnambalam was once called a Tamil traitor) or a Sinhala Vessantara/Siri Sangabo, Wigneswaran and MahindaR, respectively, could find the zone of agreement that Dayan Jayatilleka is talking about, if both of them act honestly and reasonably. Beyond the picture-taking oath ceremony, and the prohibited word “unitary” (Dayan talks of a united not unitary), there are serious but simple questions one could ask. When Wigneswaran (W) says that Sinhala people have no other land [except this island], then he accepts the history and geography of the country. But is this because the visiting Indian foreign minister told him to say so? If it was his own genuine realization, then is he ready to forget the Tamil homeland myth of SJV Chelvanayagma? Since nobody calls Tamils buying land in Colombo as Tamilisation would he stop using the word Sinhalisation when Colombo government does anything in NP or EP? Then only one can think of W or one his granddaughters one day becoming a Tamil Obama in Sri Lanka or at least a reincarnation of Lakshman Kadiragamar or even a Jeyaraj Fernandopullai. More Tamils live outside NP like a scrambled egg. Read More
