03 July 2024

Gajalakshmi Paramasivam

 

 

 

IMAGINARY ETHNIC PROBLEM

 On 28 August   2021, I wrote in my article - National Status for Tamil in Sri Lanka:

[Last year KKS Perera wrote as follows in his Daily News article ‘Colvin the fighter’

During the debate on Official Language (Sinhala only) Bill in Parliament in 1956, he stated, “… Do we want an independent Ceylon or two bleeding halves of Ceylon which can be gobbled up by every ravaging imperialist monster that may happen to range the Indian Ocean? These are issues that in fact we have been discussing under the form and appearance of the language issue… One language, two nations; Two languages, one Nation…”]

 

Today, I was drawn to his article – ‘History of promises on language issue; politicians & 13A’ published by Daily Mirror. As per my experience, an article beckons  me to read it to complete the ‘other side. I believe that every completed experience, becomes common energy at that level. As per my discovery, this is the way Democracy works.  The power is with the true citizen.

The beauty of this nuclear solution is that it spreads itself exponentially.  In Hinduism this Energy is known as the power of   Brahma the creator.

The true citizen, would own problems, as if s/he had caused it.  This leads to finding the solution that s/he is capable of driving.  Ownership comes with Divine power. We refer to the source  as  Soul /Ātma. Scientists refer to this as nucleus of the atom.

 

 

In his current article, KKS refers to leader of the Opposition’s visit to Northern Sri Lanka, as follows:

[During a visit to the Northern Province, Sajith Premadasa, while opening the 225th computerised classroom in the North under his ‘Sakwala’ programme, made a significant declaration to fully implement the 13th Amendment. His initiative to open ‘Smart Classrooms’ in backward schools is unprecedented for an Opposition leader and is indeed commendable, regardless of the funding source, whether it be casino tycoons or otherwise. ]

KKS quotes also as follows:

[ As Isaac T Kulendran put it [DM-5/09/19] “Sir John Kotelawala came to Jaffna in 1955, where he made his famous speech opening his lines with “I’ll give you parity of status”. However, at the Kurunegala sessions of the United National Party, held a month later, the party changed its policy to Sinhala Only.’]

Kurunegala is Sinhala majority area  and Jaffna is Tamil majority area.  The problem was imaginary and therefore the promise ‘I’ll give you parity of status’ was imaginary.

The fundamental discovery used by KKS is Russian:

“Politicians promise to build bridges even when there are no rivers.”-- Khrushchev :Premier of Russia-1958/1964

The Ethnic problem in Sri Lanka is an imaginary problem in the minds of Politicians.  Citizens independent of politics know this. Given that I am self-governing,  I do not need a bridge between my home areas of Jaffna & Colombo. Those who ‘see it’ own it and therefore they must find their solutions. Those who come into my circle of belief have automatic access to powers of Self-governance at global level.