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SRILANKA & TAMIL’S DIRE POLITICS
By Kanthar P Balanathan
DipEE(UK),GradCert(RelEng), PGDipBus&Adm(Finance), CEng.
, MIEE, MIE(Aust), CPEng.
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Sinhala Society
As a pupil, I grew up in Kamburupitiya and Matara, Southern Division, in the 1950s.
My...
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SRILANKA & TAMIL’S DIRE POLITICS
By Kanthar P Balanathan
DipEE(UK),GradCert(RelEng), PGDipBus&Adm(Finance), CEng.
, MIEE, MIE(Aust), CPEng.
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Sinhala Society
As a pupil, I grew up in Kamburupitiya and Matara, Southern Division, in the 1950s.
My understanding of the character
of the Sinhalese is that high proportion of the Sinhalese are, gentle, kind, caring, sympathetic, and embrace all humans
with open arms, irrespective of race, religion or ethnic group.
Sinhalese preach & practice Buddhism, which is measured
a humane philosophy also practiced by billions of humans around the world.
Majority of the Schools in the South had Tamil medium streams with Tamil Teachers.
While in Kurunagala in 1966, I met
teachers who were teaching Tamil to students.
Well, to generalise, I can state that in any part of SriLanka, Tamil stream
was available for Tamil students.
Does this mean anything to the Tamils?
In Kamburupitiya (1950), there were beetle and spice shops owned by Punguduteev
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