Now, time has come to bury the hatchet and move together as one Sri Lanka nation led by the first leader of post independent sri Lanka who is articulate in all three languages , English, Tamil and Sinhalese and committed to the cause of developing all of Sri Lanka as a happy home land for all of it’s peole as Sri Lankans , irrespective of ethnicity .

Let us all join him and support him in this effort, as this would be what is best for all .

Please allow me to re-iterate. Malabar culture is an import to Celyon. The origins of Tamil cutlure is elsewhere.

Critic Vibushana (Oct.20), I guess is a non-Tamil. For the benefit of this correspondent, I cite the following lines from Prof.K.M.de Silva’s ‘A History of Sri Lanka (1981). “The British did not set up a unified administrative system for the whole island till 1832…The Colebrooke-Cameron reforms of 1832 provided the legislative and administrative (including judicial) framework for Sri Lanka’s unification” (p.235). The Sinhala lion flag never reached Jaffna and Batticaloa until 1832. I also want to make a comment on the chosen pen-name Vibushana. Vibishana (a sibling of King Ravana), from which I guess you have adopted your name, is considered as a traitor in epic Ramanayana, who switched sides. As such, his name has suffered historically and no child is given this traitor’s name among the Hindus.

If you all are really interested to know the truth, read SJV’s son in law’s book on the biography of SJV. As a learned man, Prof. Wilson had given credit to GG and had acknowledged that GG was a great leader of Tamils. But like SJV, GG was not an extremist. In Sangam website you can find the speech GG made to state council in 1947, asking for balanced representation. It was not 50:50. Balanced representation was much different from 50:50.

In the state council when the independence bill was argued in 1947, GG was in Whitehall, UK fighting with the Lords to delay the grant of independence to Ceylon. He knew then that if independence is granted without adequate protection to Tamils, Sinhalese would over power due to their numbers. Knowing GG’s political sagacity [something SJV totally lacked] DS Senanayke rushed the bill and the TAMIL members voted in favor. On return GG was shocked to learn that his Tamil counterparts had let him down. He went into seclusion out of frustration.

When he came out, he proposed and eloquently argued for balanced representation which is sarcastically known as 50:50. That also failed. SJV was with GG even at this stage. When everything failed, GG said the only hope is to work with the majority and get the maximum out it. SJV said no. SJV wanted to continue the collision course with the majority. Then came the defection.

By accepting the ministerial post of Minister of industry, GG developed the north and east which no other person had done as of this day. Had he continued or had he been allowed to continue, north and east would be flourishing today.

What SJV had done to the Tamils and to the Tamil land? Nothing other than emotionally charging them. The only difference between SJV and VP is that the former advocated only non violence and VP advocated violence. Finally both ended in destruction. At least in death bed, SJV should have acknowledged the wisdom of his leader, GG.

Again never say that GG voted depriving the citizenship of Tamils of upcountry. Careful when you write something wrong more seriously like this. First learn the history from original sources instead from Tamil tabloids.

Tamil leaders fight among themselves to form political parties and lead them but auction themselves for ministerial posts. Mahakavi Barathiyar would have sung,’ when will Tamils’ thirst for party leadership be quenched, when will they stop surrendering their principles for ministerial portfolios’?