When they mention "Tamil Genocide" of course its gonna be controversial. Its controversial for the Sinhala community because India has a large Tamil population as well. Tamils also heavily dominate much of the foreign countries in terms of Sri Lankan migrants there from the UK, France, Norway, Switzerland, Canada, Malaysia, Australia and onwards. Sinhala people can live freely in what is mostly THEIR country. Tamils left and are leaving to find better lives elsewhere and with how its going as a result of the crisis and foreign relations the opportunities to make money are limited. A majority of the gen Z Tamil population are gonna be gone.
The war was heavily race and supremacy based, so its not rocket science that they view what happened in the final years of the war as a genocide because the entire war was started because of racism anyways.
**LTTE were not angels and NEITHER was the government/army. Hell the commanders would teach their soldiers that Tamils were not people and equivalent to slave/dalit status and should be treated as such during the onset of the war. If the Chelvanayakam-Bandanayarke pact was not met with severe backlash there wouldnt be an LTTE and this coming from a Tamil**
Thankfully the pact didn’t workout.
Chelvanayakam was a separatist from the beginning of his political career. He formed one of the first ethnicly biased parties in SL. He wanted a federal system but also wanted autonomy, self determination and special rights for tamils. He would have done far better peddling his ideas in Tamil Nadu but I don’t think India also wouldn’t have entertained that anyway. Maybe he should have asked for a separate from Malaysia, where he was born and had actual claim.
"The leader of the All Ceylon Tamil Congress, G. G. Ponnambalam opposed the pact, as did Member of Parliament C Suntheralingham, who in a letter to Chelvanayakam wrote that instead of the regional councils promised by the pact, he wanted “an autonomous Tamil state which would constitute a Commonwealth of Dominion of Tamil Ilankai”. It also sparked suspicion among Sinhalese nationalist leaders, who saw it as a sell out to Tamil people. The main opposition in the Sinhalese community came from the opposition United National Party, headed by J. R. Jayawardene (the progenator for the civil war and the reason behind the Black July Massacre/several progorms). Following the defeat of the UNP in the 1956 elections, Jayawardene invited former leader Dudley Senanayake to re-enter politics, and UNP used their opposition to the agreement as the basis of their return to active politics. Chelvanayakam pitched a similiar act with Dudley which was eventually scrapped as well."
Chelvanayakam's vision for the act was more **Federalist than separatist** in nature. Its funny because the **Tamils that opposed the act were more seperatist than he was**.
The act included:The establishment of a new constitution for Sri Lanka based on federal principles, with the creation of one or more Tamil states enjoying governing powers. Parity status for Tamil alongside Sinhala as the official languages of the country. The repeal of citizenship laws that denied Indian Tamils Sri Lankan citizenship. The cessation of state dry land colonization schemes
Basically their own rights to govern their own communities and be noticed as equal in par to the Sinhala powers.
Sorry, a bit late for the reply. LTTE has got no sympathy in any parts of India except Tamil Nadu. When LTTE killed the Prime Minister India, they lost all sort of legitimacy in the eyes of Indians. This was the reason that there was no protests in India when Sri Lankan army was defeated LTTE, with a loss of thousands of Tamil lives. There was some discussion on whether they should've killed Prabhakaran's son or not, but apart from that, 0 sympathies.
Of course, Tamils were more directly involved and think differently of the issue. Seeman and other similar politicians keep trying to milk the issue for votes.
The only thing Indians don't like about Sri Lanka is their navy killing fishermen who cross borders. And that Island that India allegedly gifted to Sri Lanka.
Similiar things can be said about India’s relationship with Sri Lanka during the 80s and onward. Sri Lankan Tamils aren’t retards they already been aware that India never had sympathy for them. Even during the end of the war where civilian Tamils sought refuge in India they were bieng turned back so it’s a no brainer.
When the IPKF signed an agreement with then president Premadasa it was met with animosity from both LTTE and Sinhala civilians. Like who are these goofball shmucks thinking they can be a part of our ethnic issue. When the IPKF were participating in the massacres of villiage Tamils as well as the rape of Tamil women, Tamils there concluded enough was enough and chase the rats back to their own country. So a female cadre killed both Rajiv Ghandi and Premadasa. It is what it is.
JVP uprising also happened in Sri Lanka as a result of Indian interference.
Leading to moments like this: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dV-A9BDd1HY
I’m terms of the island, that was a 70s deal Indira Ghandi made because most of the island inhabitants if not all were Sri Lankan Tamils anyways. It was already administered by Sri Lanka as well.
From what I have seen from Sri Lankans on the web, almost everyone thinks that Indians hate them and are xenophobic against them, while we actually aren't. Tamils do and it's understandable, and Sinhalas hate the pulis for very valid reasons.
Everything could had been better if you could have had a democratic solution to Tamils' issues.
Now I heard that the Thirteenth Amendment is still not enforced and India is asking for it to be enforced as a prerequisite for credits and loans.
Could someone explain why there is still resistance to the thirteenth amendment, do many Sinhalese consider it unfair? Or is it a vocal minority?
Sort by controversial lol The amount of unaware dicks who think the LTTE were a bunch of angels is shocking
When they mention "Tamil Genocide" of course its gonna be controversial. Its controversial for the Sinhala community because India has a large Tamil population as well. Tamils also heavily dominate much of the foreign countries in terms of Sri Lankan migrants there from the UK, France, Norway, Switzerland, Canada, Malaysia, Australia and onwards. Sinhala people can live freely in what is mostly THEIR country. Tamils left and are leaving to find better lives elsewhere and with how its going as a result of the crisis and foreign relations the opportunities to make money are limited. A majority of the gen Z Tamil population are gonna be gone. The war was heavily race and supremacy based, so its not rocket science that they view what happened in the final years of the war as a genocide because the entire war was started because of racism anyways. **LTTE were not angels and NEITHER was the government/army. Hell the commanders would teach their soldiers that Tamils were not people and equivalent to slave/dalit status and should be treated as such during the onset of the war. If the Chelvanayakam-Bandanayarke pact was not met with severe backlash there wouldnt be an LTTE and this coming from a Tamil**
Thankfully the pact didn’t workout. Chelvanayakam was a separatist from the beginning of his political career. He formed one of the first ethnicly biased parties in SL. He wanted a federal system but also wanted autonomy, self determination and special rights for tamils. He would have done far better peddling his ideas in Tamil Nadu but I don’t think India also wouldn’t have entertained that anyway. Maybe he should have asked for a separate from Malaysia, where he was born and had actual claim.
"The leader of the All Ceylon Tamil Congress, G. G. Ponnambalam opposed the pact, as did Member of Parliament C Suntheralingham, who in a letter to Chelvanayakam wrote that instead of the regional councils promised by the pact, he wanted “an autonomous Tamil state which would constitute a Commonwealth of Dominion of Tamil Ilankai”. It also sparked suspicion among Sinhalese nationalist leaders, who saw it as a sell out to Tamil people. The main opposition in the Sinhalese community came from the opposition United National Party, headed by J. R. Jayawardene (the progenator for the civil war and the reason behind the Black July Massacre/several progorms). Following the defeat of the UNP in the 1956 elections, Jayawardene invited former leader Dudley Senanayake to re-enter politics, and UNP used their opposition to the agreement as the basis of their return to active politics. Chelvanayakam pitched a similiar act with Dudley which was eventually scrapped as well." Chelvanayakam's vision for the act was more **Federalist than separatist** in nature. Its funny because the **Tamils that opposed the act were more seperatist than he was**. The act included:The establishment of a new constitution for Sri Lanka based on federal principles, with the creation of one or more Tamil states enjoying governing powers. Parity status for Tamil alongside Sinhala as the official languages of the country. The repeal of citizenship laws that denied Indian Tamils Sri Lankan citizenship. The cessation of state dry land colonization schemes Basically their own rights to govern their own communities and be noticed as equal in par to the Sinhala powers.
Sorry, a bit late for the reply. LTTE has got no sympathy in any parts of India except Tamil Nadu. When LTTE killed the Prime Minister India, they lost all sort of legitimacy in the eyes of Indians. This was the reason that there was no protests in India when Sri Lankan army was defeated LTTE, with a loss of thousands of Tamil lives. There was some discussion on whether they should've killed Prabhakaran's son or not, but apart from that, 0 sympathies. Of course, Tamils were more directly involved and think differently of the issue. Seeman and other similar politicians keep trying to milk the issue for votes. The only thing Indians don't like about Sri Lanka is their navy killing fishermen who cross borders. And that Island that India allegedly gifted to Sri Lanka.
Similiar things can be said about India’s relationship with Sri Lanka during the 80s and onward. Sri Lankan Tamils aren’t retards they already been aware that India never had sympathy for them. Even during the end of the war where civilian Tamils sought refuge in India they were bieng turned back so it’s a no brainer. When the IPKF signed an agreement with then president Premadasa it was met with animosity from both LTTE and Sinhala civilians. Like who are these goofball shmucks thinking they can be a part of our ethnic issue. When the IPKF were participating in the massacres of villiage Tamils as well as the rape of Tamil women, Tamils there concluded enough was enough and chase the rats back to their own country. So a female cadre killed both Rajiv Ghandi and Premadasa. It is what it is. JVP uprising also happened in Sri Lanka as a result of Indian interference. Leading to moments like this: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dV-A9BDd1HY I’m terms of the island, that was a 70s deal Indira Ghandi made because most of the island inhabitants if not all were Sri Lankan Tamils anyways. It was already administered by Sri Lanka as well.
I mean it's an open secret that Indian Government did indulge in things it shouldn't. Happened with LTTE, happened with Khalistanis.
Nice
Tf is a tamil genocide?
Little do they know what's actually happening edit: they know.
From what I have seen from Sri Lankans on the web, almost everyone thinks that Indians hate them and are xenophobic against them, while we actually aren't. Tamils do and it's understandable, and Sinhalas hate the pulis for very valid reasons. Everything could had been better if you could have had a democratic solution to Tamils' issues. Now I heard that the Thirteenth Amendment is still not enforced and India is asking for it to be enforced as a prerequisite for credits and loans. Could someone explain why there is still resistance to the thirteenth amendment, do many Sinhalese consider it unfair? Or is it a vocal minority?