Gajalakshmi Paramasivam

21 July  2019

Easter Bombings – Insiders and Outsiders

Today, two articles about the Easter Bombings came to my attention. One was by the Australian under the heading [Sri Lankan bomb impact ‘felt like electric shock’]. The other was by Ceylon Today under the heading ‘We Shall Not Forget’.

The Australian article is at surface level and how individual victims were affected by what happened. The Ceylon Today article is about Policy failures. Australian support would help the Australian victims heal faster than their Sri Lankan counterparts due to weaker commitment to  Policy by the Sri Lankan Government, relative to the Australian Government.

Reading the Australian article brought back my experience as an individual when my daughter and husband were seriously injured while crossing the road on a pedestrian crossing. At community level, my mind was filled by my direct experience with victims of the bombings of the ethnic war in 2009. Most of those with whom I shared were Tamil civilians.  Some were children to whom I listened with my heart – as if they were a part of me – a part that had no voice of its own.

In its article - Ceylon Today states [Three months later, we are still grieving. The pain hasn’t lessened. It never will. But it has now been replaced by another emotion:  anger.

During the last three months dozens of suspects were rounded up, several groups identified as harbouring extremist views have been banned. The President appointed a committee to probe the incident , and the committee appointed by parliament is still conducting investigations. Former IGP Pujith Jayasundara and Secretary to the Ministry of Defence Hemasiri Fernando were arrested by the CID and later released on bail.]

Yes, my pain in the family experience is as intense as it was 30 years ago if I recall just the accident details. But it is far less anxiety prone when I recall with those details – my own contribution towards prevention – after knowing what can go wrong even on a pedestrian crossing, where the pedestrian has the right of way. It is our personal contribution to prevention and protection that protects us from anxiety that we felt when we had lesser credit with prevention and protection systems.

Jermayne, who responded to theAustralian article also identifies with this in her/his own way:

[The developed world must not forget about the developing world ( third world).
Lets start with airports. On a recent visit to Singapore from Melbourne I noticed some high tech scanners in operation in both airports. The check points and procedures were similar. However, if one visits a country like Sri Lanka none of these extremely high tech scanners and procedures are present. How does this protect our citizens who visit or any citizen for that matter? Sadly, it doesn’t.
Similarly, local laws in each country, domestic training in terms of intelligence etc to protect people from this menace vary across the globe. Analogous to global warming matters, there needs to be a united  and uniform effort to ameliorate the impact of terrorism on humans. ]

Recently a Sri Lankan argued with me that using  Pythogorean  theorem and a manual measure could not be directly related. I said that by purpose they were common. Likewise measuring pain at emotional level and at common level.

When I learn about similar accidents to Australian individuals – I do feel pain but not the anxiety that it might happen to me again. My ‘projected vision’ is now based on my true experience not only of the direct damage but also my contribution to its prevention. I now know also that I was able to draw on the Australian system’s true contribution to healing and recovery as if I made that contribution.

Non-Tamils known to me did not express feelings for Tamil victims of war  - the way they are expressing in the case of Easter bombings  pain as if it was theirs. Hence one is entitled to conclude that they are ‘outsiders’ to the victims of the Sri Lankan ethnic war. Likewise Tamils who overwhelmingly identified with the victims of the 2009 battle – demonstrated weaker identity with Easter Bombings’ non-Tamil Sri Lankan victims.

This means that if they think they are Sri Lankans – they are part of the problem. When driven by benefits – we tend to divide and separate.

Ceylon Today highlights this as follows:

‘The Executive President of this who is the Head of State, Head of Government – Head of Cabinet of Ministers and Commander- in- Chief of the Armed Forces who is also the Minister of  Defence as well as Minister of Law and Order – did not even once apologize to the nation for the failure to safeguard them.’

The duty of the Governor in President’s position – is to facilitate the nation to see itself through its truth. If therefore the President did not feel responsible – it was his duty to show that and he did.  Ceylon Today continues as follows:

[The Prime Minister, however, apologized to the nation for the failure to prevent the attacks. But mere apologies  are not enough.  Own up to your mistakes. ]

As an individual – the PM’s apology were to victims as individuals. The truth within that is that he failed to develop systems that would prevent and protect. If Mr Wickremesinghe owns up to his mistakes – then he paves the way for Mr Rajapaksa to become Prime Minister. Then we would have thousands of deaths instead of hundreds.

A big part of the problem is the duality of the government. In a reliable structure – seniors have authority to develop structures and juniors have the duty to follow Due Process until they know / learn through experience that the seniors’ structure is not reliable. From then on they are entitled to be driven by their own truth but not replace the structure including by simple majority acceptance. Hence the two thirds majority rule in relation to fundamental structural changes.  

Fundamentals are of exponential value because they are based on truth realized by the owners. Any place where truth is realized by a person/group – is her/his/their homeland. If this is not visible – then it is a nation.

Where juniors such as JVP or LTTE did not win enough votes to form government – they who opposed the government become their opposition in Democracy.  Had the Sri Lankan government developed Democratic structures that facilitated such opposers to be Equal Opposition – the Easter attacks would have been prevented as Muslims would have become opposers of Buddhists in the provinces where they are more independent than the Buddhists.  In provinces where Muslims are majority they would have hope of becoming government one day. That is the way of Democratic policy.

This government called the leadership common but it was really Divided – because it was born out of a divided country for which the then government took credit. The parallel of that in a natural environment is for Muslims who defeated the government – to take credit for their killings as ‘victory’. Emotions without belief change form according to one’s desires and fears. Truth changes form according to the needs of the time and place. Both are beyond calculations and therefore could only be identified with by a self-governing person.

Insiders don’t need structures. Those insiders who own the problem from the victims’ side – already have the basis for the solution. The path of outsiders is slow and requires repetitive learning. Even self-governing person who feels at home in Sri Lanka – contributes to the solution at its roots.

Gajalakshmi Paramasivam

20 July  2019

Women – Heritage Developers

Yesterday, I was feeling a little bit down. Then I received an email regarding the value of home-maker. It was sent by a Tamil Diaspora leader. It lifted my spirits. It is usual for us to expect current returns for our work. This is more usual in Westerners than in Easterners. The above email shows the value of the woman’s work in terms of money value. The root value is the heritage that the woman makes by accepting a structure that gives her lesser reward for equal work. Since the money earner’s work and the home – makers work come under different structures, the common measure is time. Usually the Eastern woman rises before her male partner and retires to bed after him.

In her Financial Times article headed ‘Expand employer-backed childcare to close the gender gap in Sri Lanka’ author Aarthy Arunasalam recommends as follows:

[In Sri Lanka, women’s formal workforce participation is at only 36%, compared with 75% for men. Sri Lanka could raise its gross domestic product by as much as 20% in the long-run by closing the gender gap in the workforce, according to one estimate]

 In Northern Sri Lanka’s villages more women go out to work now, than they did when I was growing up there. This is largely due to financial needs  heightened by the war. But this results also in the kids not getting the parents’ mind structure but rather that of those who care for them. I started working at the age of 17 and continued until I was 48. I continue to work but more as a homemaker at family level and community maker at community level – especially in Sri Lanka’s North. These are natural expansions of our world which happen without our consent. I was drawn into it due to my bitter experience at the University of NSW. But I learnt through that experience that Natural forces include those who have been abandoned by human systems. To me realising that not one unit of my work was wasted because I did it with Belief was the best compensation for that pain I endured.  To my mind, it happened due to unjust natural discrimination at the workplace.

Ms Aarthy states [To tackle the topic of employer-supported childcare in Sri Lanka, International Finance Corporation, in partnership with UNICEF and the Australian Government, recently launched a report on ‘Tackling Childcare: The Business Case for Employer-supported Childcare in Sri Lanka’.2 The report features 10 case studies from employers across several sectors, including banking, manufacturing, and information technology.]

When I worked in NSW Public Service – my children took care of themselves. As babies they were cared for by domestic maids in Sri Lanka, who had to be closely supervised by me in many ways. The value of my work in Australia is underpinned by all that sacrifice that put myself through. But the rewards came not through the Australian Government but through Lend Lease Group where I was a contractor for a short period but was recognized highly for my contribution. Geoff Fardell who was then Finance Director of the section I serviced recognized my work on merit basis. That value less the money and status I received became of heritage value. Years later our daughter Uma joined Lend Lease independently and worked there for a long time. It was during that period that Uma had the opportunity to be a beneficiary of the Child Care centre facilitated by Lend Lease. 

 I therefore do not think highly of Australian Government’s role in this. The Australian Government lacks heritage Energy to appreciate the value of Common Minorities. Each time a Sri Lankan migrant working woman is denied Equal Footing by the Government the Government loses the opportunity to develop positive heritage in Democracy. When it has the opportunity to right wrongs, through current measures – and yet it fails to do so, its negligence becomes negative Energy.

Women who go out to work due to need – would be helped by the very Energy that the need generates. What form such Energy takes would depend on the heritage developed by their own home areas/lands/environments. The rest is calculated. The calculated part needs to fit the heritage base for there to be harmony between the two. One structure does not fit all.

One taxi owner-driver  in Jaffna often shares with me his problem in finding help to take care of his three children. His wife is a teacher in one of the islets and comes home only for the weekends. In the case of another taxi owner-driver  - the kid is with his wife whose family is in Kilinochchi which is a few hours’ drive from Jaffna. This father lives with his parents for work purposes. He was the one who demonstrated joy when he saw the tourist coach outside Jetwing – which meant business for him. His wife does not work but his child is taken care of – the same way Jaffna fathers worked in other parts of Sri Lanka – leaving their wife and children in Jaffna. That is part of my heritage as well.

In essence heritage needs to be recognized before current values are added through structures. This is why horoscopes are still matched in the case of marriages in Northern Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan Political leaders are not exception to consulting with their horoscopes even to fix election dates. This often happens when they become idle in the current pathways. Women who have a true need would be supported by the Energies of other women before them who developed positive Mother Energy. But such mothers are often ‘forgotten’ when we are comfortable in our current environments. The root power is in that heritage. Like in rebirth – it happens when our environments change – including through emigration. When we take only the truth from the old environment – that is of positive heritage value that connects us to Universal resources.

It is for this reason that Hindus worship Shakthi / Energy in woman form. If the woman also makes more money and develops less heritage – then we demote ourselves. Good heritage needs to be preserved through First Respect – the way we attribute to Indigenous Community in terms of Land. 

THAT is a Lesson that the Sri Lankan Government could learn from the Australian Government.

Gajalakshmi Paramasivam

19 July  2019

Is the Law proposed to be the Boss of the President of Sri Lanka?

As per my interpretation of the Media Release dated 18 July 2019, and headed ‘THE NEED FOR A NON PARTISAN PRESIDENCY’ – by the National Peace Council of Sri Lanka, the Council is seeking change of structure through 20^th Amendment to the Constitution as follows:

[The National Peace Council, therefore, calls for a 20th Amendment to the constitution by which any person elected as the president would be required by law to step down from all party political positions and be a non-partisan president who works for the well being of all. ]

To my mind this amounts to cheating. An elected President is a reflection of the Truth – taking Sri Lanka as One body/Family/Nation. The parallel of President  at electorate level is the elected member of Parliament. The Prime Minister is elected by the party with majority seats. The fact that Sri Lanka has the President from one party and the Prime Minister from another confirms the Truth – that the Parliament is vastly different to the collective thinking of Sri Lankans.

The constitution helps the nation develop a higher thinking President. Hence the two alternatives are Truth and Law. An elected President confirms the Truth. A lawful President confirms our ultimate goal – i.e. the level at which we want seek our consolidated Truth to be seen by ourselves in common and by others. To be latter – the elected President needs to carry in her/his heart – the highest developed citizen without any political portfolio.  This is not possible in Sri Lanka by a Buddhist - when the President bows to Buddhist clergy in political affairs. The difference is whether the leader is visible god possessed by the leadership or Abstract Philosophy accessible to all.

As per Hindu Philosophy – we are all god. One who identifies with her/his truth identifies with  the pathway to access Universal Power of One God/Truth/Love.

In the human structure this is represented by One brain through which we perceive the world that we are part of . When we perceive it as per our five senses – the risk of divided / split personality  - scientifically recognized as Dissociative Identity Disorder is high. One way to prevent it is to follow the Due Processes of a structure by the person / group driven by brain. Copying other brains without belief also amounts to being strongly sense driven.

Truth unites us naturally. But there may not be enough members through whom to expressly share  our truth. Say for example – the true work of the National Peace Council  while having the power to unite the nation – is not likely to  have enough believers if the leader of the Council were to seek the endorsement of the People, through majority vote. A President who ‘includes’ both in her/him – is the ideal.

Due to Buddhism foremost clause in the Constitution – the Common work of non-Buddhists will not empower a leader who expressly bows to Buddhist clergy. Likewise the work of non-Hindus in majority Tamil Political areas.  Special status to one naturally separates that one from the rest.

To my mind, when Democracy is used by someone who is naturally autocratic – s/he develops into a split personality.  This becomes more and more apparent with age in repetitive learners  until they think they are free to do as they thought  because they are leaders. We saw this happen in Sri Lanka, in October last year.

The most recent example of the Prime Minister also being at the risk of separatism was revealed as follows:

[ Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has advised State Minister Ranjan Ramanayake to refrain from utterances that would hurt the feelings of the Maha Sangha in future, it was revealed today. ]

The State Minister’s response is reported as follows:

[“The Premier told me not to hurt the Maha Sangha and asked me as to what exactly I said in my statement. I told him that I never used the word Maha Sangha but used the word ‘those who are in saffron robes," the State Minister told journalists after coming out of the meeting with the Premier. 

“I showed Mr. Wickremesinghe a file which contained details on monks who have been abused by chief incumbents of temples and he was shocked by it,” he added. Mr. Ramanayake said he would only tender an apology to those monks who practice the teachings of the Buddha but would not apologise to monks who behave in an aggressive manner in public.]

If the Prime Minister was shocked by the misconduct of Buddhist clergy – then he has been ignoring /forgetting the truth that some  Buddhist clergy have been in Politics – especially in terms of promoting - Sinhala only Sri Lanka. This happens when one forgets her/his ‘other role’. That which has been raised to the higher level – would not be separated. Those that exist as individuals – would forget the less important role. Right now the Prime Minister is in political mode and hence Buddhists have become more important than the common citizen driven by Truth or Common Law.

An elected person can only be dismissed / demoted by the electorate. That is the limit place on us by Democracy. Demotion is part of the dismissal process. Hence to demote by law AFTER election – is to cheat. It is in effect negates the validity of article 35 – according to which the President is immune from prosecution. Using the law to promote is effectively to prosecute – with the law in the middle. When used in Administration – the Law becomes the President’s boss.

The proposal by National Peace Council makes a mockery of Democracy  in which we separate once we grow taller than the Parent / Leader. Hence the Separation of Powers between the Judiciary and the Executive.

Gajalakshmi Paramasivam

18 July  2019

Refugees v Orphans

This morning’s  mail brought communication regarding Tamil refugees in Indonesia. Yesterday there was one regarding a Vietnamese lady and the email was headed ‘AUSTRALIA -- Catholic baby in detention rushed to hospital’. There is the continuous consciousness of the victims of war who have a need. So how do we share our resources?

As I often say – the three levels are as per the ‘seen’, the known and the truth. I tend to be driven by my truth these days because that is the most peaceful pathway. At the seen level – one has to have belief  based emotions to be a genuine contributor.  Initially they are our immediate family. We did sponsor family members who were affected and were at the risk of becoming greater victims if they remained in Sri Lanka. But personally, that experience brought us unhappiness – due to huge gaps between our expectations from them and theirs from us. As per our knowledge, we are not the only sponsors to experience this disappointment.

Majority members of the Sri Lankan Tamil community have been adversely affected by the war in Sri Lanka. The way we experienced the pain and loss would vary not only as per the externally visible damages but more deeply due to loss of value in our investment in our own culture. This is true not only of members of the Tamil Diaspora but also of politicians and others in Sri Lanka who abuse global resources – especially global laws and principles  must underpin our community based actions at global level. In other words, we need our own parallel of Thesawalamai to sustain our ability to resource such victims who leave Sri Lanka. This is essential if Tamils are to rank ahead of other communities – such as the Vietnamese Catholic.

Our contributions need to be true for their power to be naturally universal. True contributions result in the power of our contributions extending beyond the local at current times and/or being preserved for time-based sharing by our heirs. Our true heirs are those who have a genuine need for our services and are able to independently access them. That connection happens through the Universal power of truth.

Tamils who were persecuted by Tamil militants are also victims of war. Their immediate refuge must come from Tamils opposed to militants. This diversity is essential if we are to not make the same mistakes that the Sinhalese government made – to show unity. Mr Wigneswaran is also calling for that kind of unity against TNA. The core reason I identify with is the ‘free’ and unregulated mind environment in which infections happen. By promoting LTTE leader - Mr Wigneswaran promoted militancy above higher education. This kind of easy credit turns youth away from the harder pathway of higher education.

Militants tend to ‘find fault’ at the primary level. Recently, when we were buying goods for our opportunity shop in Vaddukoddai in Northern Sri Lanka, the young mother was demonstrating strong attachment to the goods without realising that if she did not sell them – she would need to given them away free. But her older husband was generous and brought the price down. When he heard that it was for ‘service’ purposes – he said ‘take them free’. But I took them as One unit and found the middle way out. I paid more than he stated but without finding fault with the wife. In fact when the husband said that his wife was ‘attached’ to most of the things – I understood that and said I was also like that in my younger days. Even now, there are some items that I withdraw when I do not feel that they would be valued by the purchaser. To me that valuation needs to be total – starting with the one who made that item. But by not finding fault with the wife – I was able to include her . The money was paid to the husband.

The parallel of that in refugees and orphans is to include those who expect as per the successful applicants – but show the outcomes not at their level but at the higher thinking  leadership  level. That level needs to be made up of successful applicants who include the juniors as part of themselves. As a refugee seeking community – we need to be true to ourselves to preserve our natural sovereignty.

The fact that India that gave us refuge more than any other country has not included Chennai as a destination connecting to Northern airport at Palaly – confirms that they also feel disappointed and unhappy with the Sri Lankan Tamil community. (Ref Hindustani Times article Flights soon from Sri Lanka’s Jaffna to 4 Indian cities but not Chennai. Here’s why)

Gajalakshmi Paramasivam

17 July  2019

Religious Universities & Cultural Laws

I believe that truth is Universal power. Those who live in truth do not need external laws but usually the conduct of such folks would  be in harmony with any reliable law. Universities are institutions that have as their core purpose – the seeking  and finding of truth.

The Sharia University in Eastern Sri Lanka has attracted much attention after the Easter bombings this year. That institution does not qualify as a Sri Lankan University for the simple reason that it was funded by Saudi Arabia. To be Sri Lankan, it needs to be resourced by Sri Lankans. When ownership is recognized  largely at money level – it leads to radicalization. Likewise Administration by majority rule.

Customary laws are part of Sri Lankan governance. But they tend to also alienate the practitioner from other cultures and from wider world where common law is practised. This isolation combined with unearned authority, results in a pattern of behaviour that we often describe as  radicalisation.

The example that comes to mind is the treatment of Throupthi – the wife of five Pandava princes in the legend Mahabharatham. When she was to be stripped in the then parallel of today’s parliament, Throupathi argued that she was not a vasthu / thing. In Hinduism – mother is recognized  as Shakthi / Energy  - due to her lesser apparent status despite performing at the same level or higher than her husband. In essence this means that  earned  benefits foregone get converted as Energy. It is this Energy that becomes common power.

In Sri Lanka, minorities became Equal Opposition in National Parliament due to this Energy. Any minority who has foregone earned benefits becomes such Energy which is Universal power.

University of Jaffna happened due to such power that educated Tamils had. But when revenge was taken by militants – that true ownership power became a possessive tendency. Tamil investment in higher education was demoted from Shakthi / Energy to ownership by possession. One of the internal causes is education for money.

The Sharia University confirms money for education. Muslims are not the only ones in Sri Lanka to become radicalized. Buddhists who enforce their laws and thoughts through unearned authority – are also Radicals. One radical does not have the authority of Truth to punish another radical.

Religion and Culture help us find the truth and to that extent universities catering to particular cultures are healthy. Easter bombings do question the validity of the title ‘university’ to the Sharia institution. Likewise the armed militancy in Northern Sri Lanka – that has a Hindu University. A community that demonstrates  physical violence loses the deservedness to University education. Buddhist  Sri Lanka led the way to establishment of Universities that would promote radicalization – which is a disease caused by mixing systems at the primary level. In this instance Buddhism and Democracy were mixed at the primary level. The current president – Mr Sirisena himself was jailed for JVP activities when he was 19. Secular education and Politics mixed at primary level – confirm radicalization. This has now translated as the President claiming that drug offenders were the cause of Easter bombings.

Gajalakshmi Paramasivam

16 July  2019

Eliminate Drugs & Eliminate Executive Presidency

I must say that  I was rather shocked to read the headlines ‘Drug gangs behind Sri Lanka Easter bombings, president claims’. If the President is of such mind structure – then one is entitled  to conclude that majority Sri Lankans are also of that mind structure. To me that is essentially the message in the saying ‘When in Rome, do as Romans do’. I needed to therefore become the opposition at that level of mind structure.

I learnt about this by living in Toddy Tapper village of Thunaivi. Initially our cultures were very different. But for every positive step they took to meet me I took many more to meet them. Due to isolation being the easier way out for them to escape discipline by seniors in the community – they placed a ceiling on their mental development. But many in my educated group continue to pretend that this separation does not exist.

Recently when reading through a speech by Mr Wigneswaran at Chulipuram not far from my base in Thunaivi, I realised that Mr Wigneswaran was demonstrating greater  awareness  of the problems of sections of the Tamil Diaspora from that area than the problems of locals. Education was his suggested recommendation to this area – which includes victims of rape by their own relatives. I learnt by living in Thunaivi that education without belief in those who gave us educational structures leads to abuse of information. It is when we respect those who developed those structures that we take knowledge with that power to discipline ourselves. Sharing structures requires common belief.

Chulipuram’s Victoria College is the alma mater of  the Hon Appapillai Amirthalingam as well as that of Mrs Ananthi  Sasitharan – who was promoted to Ministerial position during Mr Wigneswaran’s  leadership as Chief Minister of Northern Province of Sri Lanka. The question that comes to mind is – When Mrs Sasitharan was promoted, did Mr Wigneswaran require an elected representative to demonstrate commitment to higher thinking – through education ? As per the outcome one is entitled to conclude that he did not.

Mrs Ananthi Sasitharan’s credentials in this regard are presented as follows:

[Ananthi was educated at Victoria College, Chulipuram. Whilst at school she met Velayutham Sasitharan (alias Elilan) who was active in the political wing of the rebel LTTE. Ananthi fell in love with Elilan but Elilan told her to concentrate on her studies. After school Ananthi studied accountancy but gave this up in 1992 after getting a job at the Jaffna District Secretariat]

In his speech, Mr Wigneswaran blames the 30 year war for the backward movement of the Northern folks. This therefore includes LTTE leadership as a causal force. There is clear evidence of this from the records in Jaffna ledgers (mental  libraries) – confirming  that the LTTE distracted youth from schools. One of them actually killed Appapillai Amirthalingam 30 years ago. His details are as follows:

[Rasiah Aravintharajah alias “Visu” hailed from an upper-middle class family at Vathiri in the Vadamarachchi sector of the Jaffna District. He abandoned higher studies and joined the LTTE after the anti-Tamil pogrom of July 1983. Visu obtained weapons training as part of the LTTE’s second batch of recruits from the Indian military at Juwalamukhi in Himachal Pradesh,  NorthIndia. After training, Visu returned to Sri  Lanka and worked under Gopalswamy Mahendrarajah alias Mahathaya who was the LTTE commander for the Wanni region at that time. ] DBS Jeyaraj

By killing the Hon Appapillai Amirthalingam who raised his mind through higher education from a humble beginning, LTTE killed education energy itself. Yet Mr Wigneswaran refers to LTTE leader as Thambi – younger brother. When we become dependent on younger relatives we promote reverse autocracy. In contrast, I  distance myself from juniors who indicate such tendency.

I find the parallel of the above in President Sirisena who is reported to have stated that ‘the leading Buddhist monk Omalpe Sobitha had advised him to resume hangings and not to abandon his war on narcotics’

The stand that the Ven Omalpe Sobitha took in this regard is presented as follows:

[Sobitha Thero played a key role in bringing a new government to power in 2015 by defeating Mahinda Rajapaksa. He supported the common candidate Maithripala Sirisena for the presidency, and Ranil Wickremesinghe to form a new government and campaigned for the release of Sarath Fonseka. The Thero was an ardent campaigner against the executive presidential system of Sri Lanka and acquired a reputation for his stand on social justice and for educating the youth on the dangers of drugs and alcohol abuse.] Wikipedia

If  the Buddhist monk was Mr Sirisena’s guru then Mr Sirisena ought to have renounced he powers of Executive Presidential system and used governance powers of transformation instead of threats of  Death Penalty which are part of the Executive Presidential system which resulted in the deaths of civilians in the ethnic war.

Truth is the basis of Good Governance.

Gajalakshmi Paramasivam

15 July  2019

The Global Tamil & Mr Boris Johnson

This morning I received an email headed ‘BORIS  JOHNSON .....and the revenge of the Turks!’. I included Mr Johnson in one of my email lists to share my feelings based thoughts on Tamils and Sinhalese of British origin who have made strong impact with the British. Truth being Universal – I feel that even if my emails are not read – the positions held by the recipients would be strengthened by the power of true sharing. I do receive acknowledgements without fail and that to me is confirmation of orderly administration at the primary level. At the other end – is belief based sharing without any form to confirm such sharing. To the extent I am genuine – I believe that the other side receives it. This may or may not be the individual named therein but the position or beyond that the issue of ethnic diversity. It could have been Mr Navin Dissanayake who is part of the Sri Lankan government  and who did respond in his own way.

I believe that every completed interaction empowers the relationship and that every completed relationship empowers common ownership. I completed mine with Mr Navin’s father the Hon Gamini Dissanayake who was our Law lecturer at the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Sri Lanka. I believe that all that also contributed to the Hon Gamini Dissanayake supporting  Tamil Politicians to take their due place in Sri Lankan politics, which is presented by Mr DBS Jeyaraj as follows in his recent article about Mr Amirthalingam:

[Former Mahaweli Development Minister Gamini Dissanayake was strongly supportive of the Indo-Lanka Accord and resultant peace efforts. He played a prominent role in encouraging self-exiled TULF leaders to return and be re-absorbed into the political mainstream during the latter stages of the J.R. Jayewardene Government. Gamini Dissanayake in 1988 took the initiative in ensuring the security of TULF leaders when he was a minister.]

With this sharing of commonness as my investment in Mr Borris Johnson my interests were drawn by the message ‘In a few days from now, Ali Kemal Bey’s great grandson, Boris Johnson, may become Prime Minister of the UK!’

The message was based on the write up by Dr Norman Finkelstein – an American of Jewish origin who is reported to have been banned in 2008 from entering Israel for 10 years for criticizing Israeli policies. The Facebook message in essence is as follows:

[At this time a century ago, the Interior Minister of Turkey was Ali Kemal Bey, who had established the Anglophile Society, advocating that Turkey become a British protectorate (like Kuwait, Qatar and Johor were at that time). He was hopelessly on the wrong side of history!

When Atatürk completed the reconquest of Turkey from British, French, Italian, Greek and Armenian control in November 1922, Atatürk’s colleague, General Nureddin, had Ali Kemal captured; he was then lynched and hanged from a tree.

In a few days from now, Ali Kemal Bey’s great grandson, Boris Johnson, will become Prime Minister of the UK! (Ali Kemal’s son, Osman Wilfred Kemal, changed his name to Wilfred Johnson, taking his maternal grandmother’s maiden name).

Ali Kemal was a journalist and politician, just as his grandson Stanley Johnson was. Stanley’s sons, Boris and Jo, are both former journalists and ministers, and their sister, Rachel Sabiha Johnson, carries Ali Kemal’s second wife’s name as her middle name!]

To my mind, the above is a clear confirmation of dual-policy mind that develops dual personalities – when duality is stronger than commonness. Truth makes us common. When we are dual – and we are taken as policy makers  or academic leaders – we develop our other side position – the same way I develop the common reader in my writing work. There are takers at various levels and at the point I read mine  Dr Finkelstein ‘s had 94 Comments and 273 Shares. The one who passed on to me was one of them and of Sri Lankan Tamil origin and this risk of duality  is of concern to me.
 

In that response to  Sri Lankan Minister Mr Navin Dissanayake, I included the following:

[As for the Kingdom of Kandy – A few years back I wrote referring to  the last king of Kandy ‘King Vickrama Rajasinha’ as per Wikipedia. Months later when I was looking for accommodation I came across Raja House about which experience I later wrote as follows last year:

 ‘I felt that I received the blessings of the above King when I was looking for accommodation in Colombo a couple of years back and my usual host was away in London. I found the place called ‘Raja House’ along Rajasinghe Road in Colombo 6 – commonly known as Tamil suburb. The morning after my arrival – I discovered the pictures of Sri Wickrama Rajasingha wearing the ‘Pottu’ – representing the third eye and usually worn by Hindus. As per my experience, Sinhalese do not wear the Pottu and hence the Pottu became a feature through which Tamil women were identified more easily by attackers in Colombo. I recall that in 1977 when I was pregnant with my daughter Gayathri – I consciously removed the Pottu when going to work – so there was less risk of me becoming the target of those attacking Tamils. Had King Rajasingha manifested in Colombo as he was when he passed away on 30 January 1832, it is likely that he would have been butchered on the roads of Colombo while commuting between work and home.’]

We do carry certain cultural marks reflecting our identities. But once we emigrate and become ‘common’ those marks are like the planetary positions in our horoscopes. If driven more by the horoscope than by the present – we go back living in the past. This is a block in realising the full value of our present.

Let us take for example the following example of a Tamil leader Sir Ponnambalam Ramanathan  who is the closest Tamil parallel of Mr Johnson I can think of right now and who is reported to have been described by the first democratically elected Prime Minister of Ceylon / Sri Lanka  and the founder of Mr Navin Dissanayake’s political party  – the Hon D S Senanayake as "the greatest Ceylonese of all times".

The following confirms that the commonness was through the merger of Western culture with Hindu spiritual life.

[Ramanathan was made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in the 1889 Birthday Honours. He was made a Knight Bachelor in 1921. Ramanathan founded two schools in northern Ceylon – Parameshwara College, Jaffna and Ramanathan College. In 1907 Ramanathan rebuilt the Sri Ponnambala Vaneswara Temple at Sea Street in Kochchikade, founded by his father. He helped establish the Hindu Education Board in 1923 and served as its president and manager of schools. He was also president of the Thiruvalluvar Maha Sabai in Madras.  Ramanathan and other leading figures founded The Ceylonese, an English-language newspaper, in 1913. He was president of the Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club from 1917 to 1930. Ramanathan opposed extending voting rights to the people and urged reservation of franchise only to men of the Vellalar caste.] Wikipedia

If we now criticize now – the caste based structure – we become time based dual citizens. One creates the other unless we merge through the truth from the past into our present. That truth is there as the invisible energy. If we show it in our current life – we lose the higher enjoyment through commonness.

The problem at the University of NSW got worse due to American trained academic / Vice Chancellor  of Australian origin - who knew very little about the then current needs of the University but used the language of democracy through his autocratic position. Even though of Sri Lankan origin I had become more Australian than the American of Australian origin. Hence I invoked Australian powers to which I also had contributed. This warned me against hasty actions in Northern Sri Lanka  where citizens are highly conscious of militant power. This includes University of Jaffna established by energy of  the greatest Ceylonese.

To be a uniting force – current custodians of power of the University need to feel connect to the founders. That is when militants earn the name ‘freedom fighters’ instead of terrorists.

If Mr Johnson does merge his ancestries – then he would contribute strongly to merger of Islamic and Christian cultures.