posted May 13, 2000 06:46 PM         

They even dont have a calendar of their own, so they copied 'Tamil New Year' as theirs and called it 'Avrudhu'.

once I worked with a Sinhalees gentleman called Mr Alvis. He was a forman in the SL railways. He told me that when he was a little boy, they didn't even have any sinhala books for kinder garden kids. (Now, imagin the wealth of tamil literature we have, I think 'Thirukkural' was written some 2000 years ago). So as Tamils we should help these sinhala people to educate themselves.

posted May 13, 2000 11:41 PM            

Your culture is based on Hindu religion and South Indian culture so I suggest you go back to Tamil Nadu and carry on with your Thiruklkkanamaisns or whatever!!!

posted May 14, 2000 05:00 PM         

Remember our old Sinhala sayings,...

Pirunu Kale' Diya Nosale'
Ballek Buruwate' Kandakk Paathwaida?

posted May 15, 2000 12:34 AM            

Wee guess what ... I invited my South Indian Tamil friend o come and stay ... but he couldnt find it on the map?

posted May 15, 2000 12:47 AM            

Thirukkural - 300 B.C.
Dipavamsa - 4 A.D.

Case closed.

posted May 15, 2000 07:20 PM         

'Thirukural' the Tamil ethics translated in to more than 50 languages and the writings are still relavent, Only if you guys can read or understand it.

posted May 15, 2000 09:43 PM            

The original topic was how the Singhalese movies were copied from Tamil movies. And by your stand on the issue, it seemed like you thought the Singhalese culture was older than the Tamil culture.

I was merely stating the huge time difference between such reputed works which proves that the Tamil culture did precede the Singhalese culture and therefore the possibilities of Singhalese texts being copied from Tamil ones do very well exist. Thats all.

And besides, isn't a culture's superiority and age based on how early communication, especially the written word, is discovered in that culture? If that is the case, you know the answer to your question on which culture is superior.

posted May 16, 2000 05:25 PM         

Well, I cannot agree or disagree with you there because I don't know enough of either of these reputed works (the two books).

>And besides, isn't a culture's superiority and age
>based on how early communication, especially
>the written word, is discovered in that culture?

Age yes, Superiority no. In my opinion a culture's superiority depends entirely on it's acts. And it is by no means a historic issue. In any case I strongly believe such arguments regarding culture and religion is futile and unethical.

posted May 17, 2000 05:58 PM         

The harvest day for Tamils is in January and its called 'Thai pongal'. We do not harvest in April, may be you guys are.

posted May 22, 2000 05:13 AM            

It`s not only the Sinhalese who copy the stories and songs, Kamal has copied many Hollywood movies. Copying is not an unusal thing, Kanna!

posted May 22, 2000 05:19 PM         

Personally I cannot understand why anyone other than Tamils would want to copy Tamil movies and songs. I would think that Tamil movies and songs would have their own styles which might not neccessarily blend properly into other languages. But since I do not watch Tamil movies or listen to Tamils songs I could be wrong here. In any case the only way to prevent someone from copying is to use the copyright laws.

posted May 25, 2000 07:08 PM         

Thanks for responding..

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posted May 26, 2000 05:43 AM            

The first South Indian movie, "Keechaka Vadham" was made by a certain Nataraja Mudaliar in 1919. Only six years after it's Hindi counterpart.

Talking about the influence of cultures on movies, an upcoming movie by a Tamil actor, Kamal Hassan (A personal favourite of mine) is to be called "Thennali" where Kamal plays the role of a Sri Lankan Tamil escaping to Tamil Nadu. It seems he has some Sinhalese lines and so is learning Sinhala at the moment.

posted May 30, 2000 06:21 AM         

ha..ha..ha....Its funny. In 1930 you guys are half monkeys.

posted February 06, 2001 07:29 AM         

I could answer your question in engineering point view.
First, I think that you know that Geography and Geology of land of Sri Lanka, if not, does not matter.
I accepted that old Sinhala Kings contributed particularly for Irrigation Engineering as canals, and big lakes. Reason that apart from Jaffna, land of Sri Lanka(Ceylon) contains naturally many rivers.So they used futher.
In Jaffna, we used wells (because of limestone), For Irrigation, depends on Raining. That why Jaffna people had good knowledge in astrolgy(astrolgy were abstracted by knowledge of astronomy. They used astrolgy, for finding raining seasons. How ever, Jaffna people had good engineering knowledge,as to build wells(you could call well engineering). I think that you heard of that one well in Jaffna, even continued to pump water from the well , water level was not reduced as expect.
In Jaffna, there is no natural river, but there is artficial river, it is called Thodamann aru(river). I think that It was built by Jaffna Tamils(or their King).

Jaffna people are group of small numbers of people, they could not contribute as tamil nadu people to Tamil literature, cinema( early times, Jaffna society did not accept . specially for women , to act in cinema, but we see cinema), etc. Jaffna people completey depended on Tamil Nadu, but that also Tamil, what is wrong with that.
I knew that Sinhala History, but I did not know Sinhala literature, unfortunately I could not read Sinhala language fluently.

posted February 22, 2001 05:38 PM         

So you mean things like the Ruwanveli Saya, Avukana and Lanka Thilaka were built by Tamils ? What proof do you have for that ? Why would Tamils (who were mainly Hindu at the time) build such magnificent Buddhists Temples, stupas, structures etc, while not building any such Hindu structures ? Why were only the Hindu structures destroyed by the Europeans while leaving many of the Buddhist structures intact ?

Peacekeeper,
Is this the link about Tamil Cinema in Sri Lanka ? (that you wanted to give Speedy)
www.frontlineonline.com/fl1604/16040780.htm

http://www.indiaserver.com/thehindu/2000/02/06/stories/09060222.htm
Doyen of Sinhala cinema
Lester James Peries, who won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the IFFI, portrayed existential realities and nuances
of rural life in his films. D.B.S. JEYARAJ feels that Peries's training as a documentary film-maker and his penchant for
creative literature are reflected in his works.

LESTER JAMES PERIES, the pioneer of authentic Sinhala cinema, was the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 31st International Film Festival of India that concluded last week in New Delhi. Last year it was awarded to Italian film maker Bernardo Bertolucci. It was fitting indeed that the
doyen of Sri Lankan film directors was honoured so in New Delhi because it was that city which catapulted Peries to fame
36 years ago. His "Gamperaliya"( Village Upheaval ) received the Golden Peacock award for Best Film then.

The first Sinhala movie was "Kadawuna Porunthuva" (Broken Promise). Made in Madras it was released in 1947. Most Sinhala films in the first decade were heavily influenced by Hindi and Tamil "masala" films. It was said that the only thing "Sinhala" about them were the actors and the dialogue. The pioneering departure from this trend was by Lester in 1956 when his maiden feature film "Rekawa" ( Destiny) was released. Shot entirely in Sri Lankan outdoorlocations the path breaking film altered the destiny of Sinhala films. From "Rekawa" to his last
film so far "Avagira", the auteur has left his celluloid imprint in a productive career that has spanned five decades.

Critics have described the nature of his films as the "cinema of contemplation". India's greatest film maker Satyajit Ray considered Peries to be of the same mould as him and once referred to the Sri Lankan as his "closest relative East of the Suez". In spite of the creative affinity between the two, Peries was not influenced by Ray when he made his first film. Regi Siriwardena, the well known Sri Lankan writer and critic, says that Peries had not seen "Pathar Panchali" or "Apu Sansar" when he made "Rekawa". Siriwardena who worked as scriptwriter with Peries on some films, told this writer by telephone that the first Ray film seen
by Lester was "Aparajitho" and that too after "Rekawa" was made. "It is a classic instance of two great Asian directors being of the same creative wavelength and proceeding on a parallel course independent of each other" says Siriwardena. The octogenarian director was born on April 5, 1919 in Dehiwela, a suburb of Colombo. Born to Catholic parents with an affluent westernised background, Lester had his schooling at St. Peter's College. His parents wanted him to become a lawyer or doctor while his teachers wanted him to be a priest. Lester, however, wanted to study literature and began writing stories, poems and plays from his
student days. He was also an incurable film buff.
After leaving school, Lester went to London where he led a bohemian existence that
bordered on the avant garde. While working as correspondent of the Colombo-based Times
of Ceylon, Peries also engaged himself in making short films and documentaries. A short film "Soliloquy" made in 1949 won an award for artistic and technical merit from the Institute of Amateur and Research film makers of Great Britain in 1951. Returning to Ceylon or Sri Lanka as it was known then in 1954, Peries joined the Government Film Unit and began churning out several documentaries. Associated with him at the GFU were cameraman Willie Blake and editor Titus Thotawatte. Yearning to create meaningful films the trio resigned from the GFU and embarked on the "Rekawa" venture. The trio broke up later, with Blake migrating to Australia and Thotawatte becoming a film director in his own right. Thereafter Peries worked with a number of different artistes and technical personnel in different pictureswithout being tied down to a particular team for long.
The only exception was his wife Sumithra who has been editing his films and assisting in
screenplays. In later years, Sumithra blossomed into a successful film director who could portray feminine, but not necessarily feminist, issues sensitively on screen. She also served as Ambassador to France where her husband received the French Legion D' Honour. Lester's early training as a documentary film maker as well as his penchant for creative literature were reflected in his films. According to Regi Siriwardena, the twin hallmarks of Lester's auteuristic film making approach were his stylistic "construction of narrative" and ability to "capture and
project actualities in a realistic manner". "His documentary experience as literary background made this possible" says Siriwardena.

After "Rekawa", Peries made "Sandesaya" (Message), a historic drama set against the
Portuguese conquest of the Island. Then came "Gamperaliya" in 1964 that made its mark in
the New Delhi film festival. It was the first of a trilogy based on novels by the late Martin Wickremasinghe, a Sinhala literary colossus. The others were "Kaliyugaya" (Era of Kali or Kaliyug) and "Yuganthaya" (End of an era). The three films made after long intervals of time depicted on celluloid the collapse of the old order and the emergence of the new. Together they comprise an epic of transition portraying vividly on screen the struggle between a dyingworld and another struggling to be born.
His greatest movie however was "Nidhanaya"(Treasure) made in 1970. Based on a novelette by G. B. Senanayake, it won the Royal Lion award at the Venice film festival. It is also included in the global list of 100 best films to be ever made that was compiled by the Cinematic Institute of France to mark the World Film centenary. Nidhanaya also won the award at Sri Lanka's Golden Jubilee of Independence for being the best Sinhala movie in 50 years. It also won critical acclaim as one of the ten top Asian films for all time.

Though a citizen of the world with a cosmopolitan background, he succeeded greatly in portraying the existential realities and nuances of rural Sri Lanka and its ontological veneer.
Some of his milestones include "Delovak Athara" (Between Two Worlds), "Golu Hadawatha"(Silent Longing) "Ran Salu" (Golden Robe), "Akkara Paha" (Five Acres) "Ahasin Polowata"(From Sky To Earth) and "Beddagama" (Village In The Jungle).

The only English film made by Peries was "God King", a Sri Lankan-German co-production.
With a blend of foreign and local artistes, the film was shot in Sri Lanka. The story revolved around a Sinhala monarch Kassyap who built the Lion Fortress- palace rendered famous by its frescoes on Mount Sigiriya. The stipulations of a foreign-funded movie restricted Peiris's creative control and cramped his style severely. The result was quite visible in the finished product which was not one of the director's best work. As a pioneer of authentic Sinhala cinema, the trail-blazing Lester has been inspiring two generations of film makers in the
country. He has also introduced a number of artistes and technicians who went on to make a name for themselves. He has been on the jury of several international film festivals. Peries has also been conferred honorary doctorates by several institutions.
Lester James Peries has received a number of awards in a lifetime of film making. The IFFI is to be commended in bestowing upon the veteran director on January 20 this year the Lifetime Achievement Award in what is probably the crowning glory of a hectic, eventful and productive life.

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posted March 13, 2001 10:17 AM         

where do you think hindi film industry get most of it's story from? From the south indian cinema and most of it is from Tamil film industry.
Since the Sinhalese don't want anything to do with Tamil cinema then how come one of the top sinhalese actress Sabhita Perera acted in a tamil movie and that also in a low budget film.

Who wants to copy Tamil stuff? The Tamil language has got to be the harshest
language to listen to! My god its like hearing people fight amd rip each other to
shreds. No thanks!

Then how come top hindi stars such as Aiswarya Rai to Manisha Koiralla is learning to speak tamil?......even your favorite Hero Shah Rukh Khan spoke tamil in a tamil movie. How come none of them is bothered to learn Sinhala?

Our race is mixed with Hindi people and so we have the right to copy Hindi
songs and movies.

Funny!none of u guys look remotely like them and that statement is one of the stupidest one I ever heard.

posted March 14, 2001 11:47 PM            

And yes, Peace Keeper is right. The first Sinhala movie, "Kadawuna Poronduva" was made by a Tamil by the name of S.M. Nayagam. In fact, a lot of the directors, producers, cinematographers, music directors, etc...were Tamils. Further most of the major theatres were owned by Tamils as well.

posted March 15, 2001 05:11 AM         

http://www.lankatimes.com/music/CT_evergreen/Track9.ram

http://www.lankatimes.com/music/CT_evergreen/Track10.ram

http://www.lankatimes.com/music/CT_evergreen/Track11.ram

posted March 15, 2001 03:59 PM         

tamilgallery.com/RealMedia/Minnale_2.rm
(if this takes too long to download, then try the songs below, they'll be quicker!)

Some Movie trailers for Tamil movies (listen to the songs):

http://mounaragam.com/RealVideo/KKondenTrailer_2.rm

http://mounaragam.com/RealVideo/AlaiPaayuthaeTrailer_2.rm

http://mounaragam.com/RealVideo/AlaiPaayuthaeTrailer_3.rm

Another Tamil movie, 'Muthu' has sold out in Japan! Not some dubbed version, this was hardcore Tamil. It grossed more than any other foreign movie in Japanese history!! Even more than 'Titanic'! To this day it's still playing in Japanese theatres and it's billboards are visible in downtown Tokyo. A Tamil music director A.R.Rahman (who has written and directed some Eelam songs) recently was signed up by none other than Andrew Lloyd Webber to do a coproduction due to the former's 'music genius', to use Andrew's own words.

Eelam Songs:

www.tamils.com/enter/songs/sound/Kaalam.ram

www.eelaminfo.com/songs/aandandu.ram

posted March 16, 2001 08:42 AM         

Further, Sri Lankan tamils cannot claim fame to songs or films made by Indian Tamils who infact, SPEAK a different form of Tamil to Lankan Tamils. Thus the cultural aspects of Sri Lankan Tamil society is rather dry (bone dry infact).

I listened to the clips and the watched the movie trailers and that still did not change my mind about Tamil. However, what did hit me was that all the actresses are imported non-tamil ones. How can the film really be Tamil when the lead roles are played by those who are't Tamil? Aren't there any beautiful, fair Tamil girls out there? I though Tamils were 100% dravidian - so why this white (fair) worshipping? SHAME SHAME SHAME.

Sway to the beat of SWEET, SENSUOUS SINHALA.

Meh Jivithe (This Life)

http://walawe.engga.uwo.ca/jukebox2/smi_root/disk1/dir09/Various29.smi

http://walawe.engga.uwo.ca/jukebox2/smi_root/disk1/dir05/SakuraMal.smi

http://walawe.engga.uwo.ca/jukebox2/smi_root/disk1/dir04/NandaMalini64.smi

The below is a song on Sri Lankan Unity (unlike all the eelam songs - there is not ONE Tamil song like this I'm sure! Everything with most Lankan Tamils is for division and hatred).

posted March 16, 2001 01:38 PM            

The bloody song is in Sinhala!!! How is a non-Sinhala speaking Sri Lankan supposed to be feel united when hearing words that they cannot understand?

posted March 16, 2001 07:15 PM         

Henry, what in the world have Tamils given world civilization? I noticed you have brought Tamils under the banner of Hindus and Hindu civilization, but yet you salivate with anger when Buddhism and the Sinhalese are associated together...any reason for this two faced stand? The Sinhalese were once Hindu, and now most are Buddhist.

Speedy, the fact that the song is in Sinhala is great, becasue it is fostering a sense of unity among the Sinhalese with regards to the Tamils (termed dravidians in the song) and Muslims. There are so many songs like that in Sinhala, but I have yet to see a Lankan Tamil song which promotes unity, instead of division. I guess this is a reflection of how the two communities view peace and harmony.

Peacekeeper, I seemed to have touched nerve. Why is that many of the like of you are so keen on ethnicity. I've read that in ancient Tamil texts, the ideal beauty was extremely dark, with lustrous black hair and 'eyes that look like those of a doe'. It seems this has changed over the years hasn't it? Sinhala films don't ahve any imported actors, look at thsoe two little Sinhalese and Tamil girls who have never acted before, in the film SAROJA. Their brilliant perfornmaces are 100% Lankan. I've been to several messageboards, and most of the people have a low opinion of Lankan Tamils in general, and LTTE supporters in particular. The Forumhub messageboard even documents the hostility Tamils face by Malayalees - terms like "panna pandi" etc etc. Why, there is even a thread that exposes the differences between Indian Tamils and Lankan Tamils. Most of India is indeed behind you LTTE crackpots...dream on.

ONE blockbuster spoken entirely in the Ceylon Tamil dialect? Ho Hum! what thrills. Is that it? One movie?

posted March 17, 2001 07:27 AM         

http://www.yasiru.com.au/cinetra/selects/saroja/saroja.htm

http://www.lanka.net/lakehouse/2000/10/29/ent03.html

Film on Sinhala-Tamil unity breaks box office records.

http://www.timesofindia.com/170900/17ente6.htm

posted March 19, 2001 03:33 AM            

1. Tanks
Sinhalese are world famous for its irrigation system. Toursists who visit North Central province surprise by the Tanks Sinhalese had made thousands of years before. In history it says one tank was totally made by a single Sinhalese with the help of his wife. Today most of these tanks are damaged by LTTE and were damaged greatly by British rulers. When Canadian engineers were asked to do a certain part of Mahaweli project , they were surprised to find the high knowledge of Sinhalese engineers. To get a fair idea of Tanks of Sinahalese please read book written by Brohiern (a well known british writer).

2. Dagaba
Dagaba is another wonderful creation of Sinhalese. It is beleived that Sinhalese used a new mathematical concepts to determine the curvature of Dagabas and later that knowledge was destroyed by frequent south indian invasions.

3. Building architecture
Sinhalese had their own building architecture. This architecture was applied in most of the buddhist temples. Ruwanweli maha seya , Lowa Maha Paya are some examples that demonstartes Sinhalese ability in building architecture.

2. Medicine system
Sinhalese has their own medicine system that is completely different from Ayurwedic medicine system. This medicine system is based on a thing called "Ghana". "Horiwila wedamahatthaya" is one such great Sinhalese doctors who treats lots of patients a day. Many foreigners visit him to get medical treatments. Some western doctors had shown their surprise over the ability of this "Veda mahattaya". History says how a Sinhala king who mastered this medicine did brain operations.

3. Martial art
Sinahalese had a martial art very specific to them. Even today this martial art can be seen in remote villages. This martial art system is based on identifying the deadly spots of thebody.

4. Music
Sinhalese had a unique music which used to be sung in day to day activities. This music is called "Janakavi".

5. Sculpture
Sinhalese showed a great competence in Sculpure too. "Samadhi" buddha statue in Mahamevuna Uyana and "Sandakada Pahana" that we see on most of the buddhist temples are some examples that prove that unparalled beauty of Sinhalese sculpture.

Following are a few of modern Sinahalese who contributed their knowledge , ability and thinking to the world.

1. Lester James Peiris
He is a very competent film director who is in the category of Sathyajith Rai, Akira
Kurasava.

2. Cyril Ponnamperuma
Very talented Sinhalese Scientist of the world. He did lots of reasearches on moon's soil to uncover any life in moon.

3. Name can't remeber
He too is a Sinahalese scientist who designed the camera of "Rover" which was the space vehicle used to explore the life of the Mars.

4. A.N.S. Kulasingha
He is world famous for his Concrete technology. Most of the world's constructoin firms get his ideas in implementing Concrete related constructions.

11. Gamini Fonseka, Neeta Fernando , Anoja Weerasigha This a list of few world class Sinhalese actors and actresses. Neeta and Anoja won medals at international level.

12. Samitha Mudunkotuwa, Rohana Baddage
These are two prominent Sinahalese singers who won world awrads for music. Rohana Baddage is Sinahalese singer whose singings totally based on tarditinal Sinahalese music. His song "Sasanda Sasabda" won the one of the best twenties of the world songs.

posted March 19, 2001 09:34 AM         

Prof. Ponnamperuma and his experiments and theories are discussed in many university level texts books as well. He his well known and respected in the scientific community, even after his death.

posted March 20, 2001 04:05 AM         

And oh Henry, are you so uneducated? Tamil hisotorian Rasanayagam reveals that Vijaya built the earliest Hindu Kovils on the island, not to mention the Sinhala king Bhuvanaike Bahu building the esteemed Nallur Kovil in the Jaffna Peninsula.

And guess what? A Tamil has never won a Noble Prize either! WOW! As far as I know, Tamils haven't given anything to world civilization except perhaps a new definition of TERRORISM and that's thanks to Sri Lankan Tamils.

Trying to rope in Tamils under the huge banner of Hinduism is pathetic really, because you are talking about the contribution of the Sinhalese to world civilization as an ethnic group, and the Tamils as part of Hinduism...LOL!

Deva, I'll tell you one thing the Sinhalese invented: It was the Biso-kotuwa or sluice. The oldest remains of such a device are found in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. The Buddhist Tripitaka was first put down to writing by the Sinhalese. And finally, the chronicling of non-religious history was pioneered by the Sinhalese - the Dipavamsa, Chulavamsa and the Mahavamsa.

By the way, why is it that most non-tamil Indians, have a low opinion of Tamils in general? I'veheard they think the Tamils ahve an inflated opinion of their self-worth as a society and that they like fights. I've met so amny Indians and the first thing theya sk is whether I'm Sinhala or Tamil. And then later they confide they don't really hang with Tamils.

posted March 20, 2001 07:03 AM         

I knew very well as one famous tamil film, Nalla Neram (Good Time) acted Tamil famous actor MGR(He was also chief Minister of Tamil Nadu) ,which was copied without any alternations as Sinhala Film(I could not recall name of the sinhala flim). But Gammini Ponsekara acted as hero in the film. you could regonise that film story as Elephants were best friends for the hero. During 70s, Gammini Ponsekara mostly copied from the themes as MGR flims. People called sinhala MGR, because he acted, and fellow as MGR.

posted March 20, 2001 01:03 PM            

I, for one, do not doubt the richness of Sinhalese culture. Deva has provided evidence of that. The Tamil and Sinhala cultures are equally great but often the nature of that greatness of the Sinhala culture has been exploited by Sinhala politicians of the past and present which has resulted in the Tamil politicians emphasizing the greatness of the Tamil culture in defense.

A totally redundant topic people.

posted March 21, 2001 02:16 AM         

Some people even think cleopatra was a Tamil! (see www.forumhub.com for more laughs) and that North Indians arose from some obscure backward Tamil caste! These people are so sulf-indulgent in "tamil glory" they equate everything and anything dravidian and South Indian as Tamil. It was this isepid thinking that inspired chelvanayakam to vouch for seccession before independence (before any alleged discrimination). The claim that there was an independent tamil kindowm covering the entirety of the Northern and Eastern provinces is another pathetic armgument based on a grand illusion.

This arguing on who is better is indeed pathetic, but I want to give it as good as I get. I'm not going to take a back seat to *panna pandis* who think they rule the roost.

I still think that Tamil is a harsh, unpleasant language to listen to. And I know that many others share my view (both Lankan and Indian). Actors named after Tamil films stars. Hah hah good joke there...

To the Sinhalese, here is another thing Sinhalese have contributed to the world....Anuradhapura, Polonnaruva, Sigiriya, Dambulla, Kandy....all of which are World Heritage Sites. Nothing which Tamils can compare to in their dry, arid and overpopulated homeland called "Tamil Nadu"

[h]And yes, there is one thing that the Sinhalese have that the tamils will never ever get.....and what's that? A sovereign country where they are in the majority....A national anthem in the mother tongue...what do u think of that? [/b]

cheers.

posted March 21, 2001 07:37 PM            

but if you wanna go tit for tat .. i think websites last comment says it all ...

"And yes, there is one thing that the Sinhalese have that the tamils will never ever get.....and what's that? A sovereign country where they are in the majority....A national anthem in the mother tongue...what do u think of that?

The Tamils have a country which VP and the LTTE is trying their hardest to get them to deny - that is SRI LANKA. So that comment above is aimed at all the LTTE groupies and keyboard warriors in this forum ... keep typing boys ... its all in vain anyway ... your myth of eelam is never going to happen - for all peaceloving Sinhalese, Tamils and Muslims/Burghers etc a peaceful solution will be found in the context of one strong united SRI LANKA. You guys can stay in Canada, UK, US wherever - we dont want you back anyway.

posted March 22, 2001 04:08 AM            

This is what we've been trying to say all this time - Sinhalese think Sri Lanka is their country because its the abode of Sinhala-Buddhism!!! Thats the whole point behind the LTTE and Tamils asking for a separate country for themselves!!

posted March 22, 2001 04:58 AM         

And to peacekeeper, Polonnaruva was *indeed* built by Rajaraja....after all, Cleopatra was Tamil, and the aboriginals of Australia are descendents of Tamils...

posted March 22, 2001 07:04 PM            

if you want my view, and i am sure you read this and conveniently chose to ignore it ...

"The Tamils have a country which VP and the LTTE is trying their hardest to get them to deny - that is SRI LANKA. ........ for all peaceloving Sinhalese, Tamils and Muslims/Burghers etc a peaceful solution will be found in the context of one strong united SRI LANKA."

posted March 23, 2001 01:51 AM         

I didn't realise my comments would cause such a strom. Before you start wringing your hands and pulling your hair out *joke*, please understand my views aren't God's words, so don't take it to heart - after all, they are simply words.

If anyone got the wrong idea that I'm totally against Tamils, sorry. But if you've realised I'm against Tamil racism and the LTTE - good on you. Sometimes I do get carried away reading all this LTTE junk, but that does not meen I'm a monster.

I still think Tamil a rather unpleasant language to listen to, but that's matter of personal choice - hey, I even taught myself to read Tamil, so before you start getting your blood all hot...think about that.

posted March 24, 2001 06:23 AM            

oh well .. i can see the LTTE has taught you well after all they are the masters of deception, propaganda and twisting things around.

posted March 24, 2001 07:35 PM            

Website: Don't bet your bottom dollar on it. But thanks for your continual revelations regarding the Tamils, Sinhalese and Sri Lanka as the only homeland for the Sinhalese. Way to give into primordial fears.

posted March 25, 2001 12:44 AM         

Do you always make it a point to glamorize drug usage and ethnic hatred?. The reason is simple: you argues that we can all live together happily without laws, like the members of some 1960s-style dope-smoking commune.

To everybody else, If Speedy is victorious in his quest to vilify our history, character, values, and traditions, then his crown will be the funeral wreath of humanity.