Mr. S W R D Bandaranaike speaks in 1956 to British Media

[buddhikaayu]

SINHALA IS THE STATE LANGUAGE ..THAT'S ALL .

[LankanChE]

muge bala thanhawa handa ratak winasa kara.. l

[blacktaged]

mun wage balayata thanhaa una eun thama rata keewe. muuth ekai, muge geenith ekai, muge duwath ekai.

[Tamilonthestreet]

SWRD is the man who ruined this beautiful country !

All my best friends are Sinhalese !

I live in Wellawatta !

I hate conflict ! Life is too short to fight the Tamil Sinhalese War !

Bath kana Miniha Those kana Minihata kamathi Naaa !

We are all fools !

[ruzzputin]

Platation (upcountry) Tamils were given the option to become Ceylonese. Those who didn't opt to do so were stripped their voting rights. This is in line with what happens everywhere in the world. Unless you do the required formalities, you cannot vote! Anyway it has been reinstated since 1970s. In short they had more years of voting rights than not!

[lalithtissera]

British literally looted the island, changed the demo graphical composition by bringing 2 million south indian tamils, who were slaves of brits.

[cyapa001]

sewala banda

[guruvasa]

A small island cannot develop and progress with Sinhala language spoken ONLY on this island amongst less than 10 million uneducated people. Even India with so many langauges and cultures chooses to use English now. African countries with tribes speaking different langauges chose to keep English. How can you keep pace with technology or learn from the world in language used ONLY on this island??? Obviously Bandaranaike wished to keep his people IGNORANT so that he can easily rule them!

[TheLambodara]

HOW ABOUT JAPAN U MORON?

[SriLanka4All]

Who says India's Official Language is English. Here is what article 343(1) says

"The Official Language of the Union shall be Hindi in Devanagari script and English could be also used for official purposes."

In sri lanka we have Sinhala, Tamil and English as official lanuages. Sri Lanka is country who has given most prominance to Tamil language than any other country in the world.

[maxelldemon]

Yes yes what you indicate is true. India's official language is not English but still most of the educated people seem to have a very fluent grasp of the language isn't it?

But Srilanka in which not only English is an official language but also one taught through out all the education intituitions but still the Srilankan youth has to sacrifice thousands of ruppees every year at the hands of those innumerable tuition masters 'claiming' to teach 'instant' English' ! Don't they?

[SriLanka4All]

My friend, what is the basis for your claim on "Most of the Educated people in India has good grasp of English" ? This is not a quantitavie observation. I have many Indian friends from various parts of India who would disagree with you. India's literacy level is much below SL (in their own native lanuage, let alone English)

[maxelldemon]

Srilanka's literacy is based on the ability of oneself to write their name. That is how we have been able to show a high rate of literacy.

And yes there might be Indians who are bad at their own language but I was reffering to the educated Indians.

I don't have quantitative data to prove the English knowledge of Indians and Srilankans but look at the way Indians are performing in the international arena and it's their English which has enabled them to do so.

[maxelldemon]

And I'm a teacher and so is my mother and I have a good understanding of the English knowledge of the youth in this country. We have a very talented younger generation just like in India but the only obstacle we have unlike them in taking them to an international level is English.

And havn't you seen this government campaign called 'speak english our way' trying to encourage people to speak English using famous personalities?

[maxelldemon]

If the youth can speak English why should the gov waste millions of ruppees on false campaigns?

Yes there were 'super schools' back then but there're super schools today as well but can even the leaders of this country can speak proper English let alone the youth?

The difference is those 'super schools' all taugh in English medium while all 'super schools' now are teaching mainly in Sinhala (thanks to this man's so called nationalism) and that can make huge difference & has already done so.

[SriLanka4All]

I think you did not get my point. I did NOT say majority of sri lankan youth can speak english well. I said most of them can Read and write but NOT speak. I explained my reasoning for that too.

Yes, I know about the campaign. This is actually a step to break that "Shyness" and change the attitude of the youth to start speak english, even it's not perfect and eventually we'll get there. Should have started way early.

[SriLanka4All]

I agree that metrics of literacy is very basic, but that' how it's measured every where in the world.

"Indians are performing in the international arena and it's their English which has enabled them to do so" . Yes I agree 100% and that proves my point. English is NOT national language of India either, yet some Indians have managed to harness it to perform internationally. Same with Sri Lankans. Of course you cannot match the numbers 1.1 billion vs 20 million.

[SriLanka4All]

BTW, most of the Indians you see in international arena are actually "Americans" or "Englishman" by all practical means. Most of them are 2nd or 3rd generation westerners, whose parents, grand parents have migrated to west. Indian Government officially referring to them as POIs (Person of Indian Origin) . Only their name and appearance is "Indian"

[SriLanka4All]

In same token, there are so many Germans ,Russians and Chinese performing well internationally (using English) even though English is NOT national or considered official language of their original countries.

However I do NOT argue that English is NOT important. But in 56, decision to make Sinhala the official language had helped majority of Sri Lankans to come forward.

From 1815 to 1948 Official language was English, yet 90% of the people were cornered, so it was needed in 56

[maxelldemon]

Mate, I agree with some of your points-SWRD's nationalism was not the sole cause to the ethnic conflict but it indeed fuelled it like no other single phenomenon has done. But I still can't makeup my mind to see SWRD's nationalism in a rosy glow.During the era it might have seemed very important but Srilanka had just gained indipendence and you cannot expect to see a cultural shift overnight.

[maxelldemon]

It takes time and being the wise man he was I'm sure he did see that but he didnt want to throw away the opportunity to seize power capitalizing on people's sentiments in the post colonial era.And I dont get your point that 90% of the people were cornered.Like I said the ball had just started rolling.You cant expect to see change overnight.

[maxelldemon]

My strong opinion is that had SWRD not entertained the lust for power and given English a longer period to remain as the official language things would have been different for the betterment.I mean language is a language.Just a means to communicate & if English ensures better communication among different ethnics why shouldn't one use it?And definitely language cannot erase the sentiments one harbours for his or her country and origins, can it?

[maxelldemon]

SWRD should have kept English as the state language and given the other two languages the place he gave to Tamil so all three would survive while neither Tamil nor Sinhala would achieve a higher or lower place than the other.And that way Tamils wouldn't have needed to learn Sinhala when they spoke both English and Tamil.That is simpnly unjust isn't it?Now the government is trying to make Tamil compulsory at schools and for government workers & struggles to get Sinhalese master English as well.

[maxelldemon]

Dont you think its simply ironic that government has had to struggle to make Sinhalese learn both Tamil and English now?And why are they doing it?As a means to resolve the ethnic conflict and to empower Sinhalese with English but it would all have been unnecessary had SWRD left English as it was!

[SriLanka4All]

English was state language for 100+ years before 56 and yet it had only helped elite and few exceptions. I agree that it might be different after Freedom. I also agree this have fueled the ethnic divide, but that was not just him.

Do you think most of the Sinhalese or Tamils living in 56 were able to do day to day activities in English, even after 100+ years of english rule?

This would only create larger class difference just like it had done for many African nations.

[SriLanka4All]

Except for few countries most of them who adopted "English" are having huge class, education and wealth difference. E.g. Nigeria (53% speak english)

Also only 8% of Indians speak English, but as number (90 Million) that ranks second in numbers, and that explains you observing more indians fluent in English. Also it says that 90% of that from few urban areas of India.

So English would have not much of a help for racial integration if only <10% speak in and that also in urban areas.

[SriLanka4All]

Now about "Instant English". Did you also know that most of these youth can read, write and understand decent level of English (any one who has passed O/L) but main obstacle they have is the "Spoken" english. This is due to shyness, or fear of failure.

As a person born and brought up in Sri Lanka I know this as a fact. What these "Masters" do is "Unlock" the skills they had learnt thru school.

[SriLanka4All]

Based on your comments it apears you have not lived in Sri Lanka or at least obtaied a Degree in Science in Sri Lanka. As a percentage Sri Lankans are more literate in English than Indians. All major science and technology streams are conducted in english in universities. English is introduced to children from the primary education.

It's the Racist tamils who wanted to eleminate Sinhala by making various attempts during colonial times to marginalize the majority.

[maxelldemon]

Before SWRD even the common youth in Srilanka had an English knowledge fit for elite British back then.But thanks to his nationalism we not only have a youth today who fears & hates English but also will forever have an ethnic issue that will never be solved even by winning ten thousand wars.

Yes he wanted to keep Srilankan the brainless patriot forever why else such a good fan of English would rally against it?But Im sure all SL politicians sp: current ones will 4ever b grateful to him 4 that!

[SriLanka4All]

"Before SWRD even the common youth in Srilanka had an English knowledge fit for elite British" - What is your source for this? Just repeating some one said? If your sample space is limited to elite society in Colombo, Kandy, Gall and Jaffna you may be correct. People who had the benifit of Missionary Education or Super school were fluent, and therefore they had top positions, not for real talent or skill but just because "English" fluency and class.

[maxelldemon]

How could you say that those politicians those days got to top positions solely because of their class & English?This man was called the silver voice of asia and don't yout think its a talent?& if you don't know about their talents go to the profiles of leaders like JR, NM Perera and more recently Kadiragamar & you'll see the real talent.But thanks to SWRD's nationalism leaders like that gets assasinated and library assistants become presidents!

[SriLanka4All]

I did NOT say that. They were great talented people. I was referring to general population. In any country any generation there were/are/will be such people.

Viewing SWRD'd nationalism as the root cause for terrorism does not hold water. Sri Lankan racial tension goes way before 56 to colonial times. Read about Ponnambalams "Racial" comments that sparked 1939 riot in Navalapitiya.

[maxelldemon]

And another thing (I'm sorry this conversation is getting too long :) youth back then were better at English not only becuase most of the schools taught in English medium but also due to the high value of Ruppee reading materials were easily accessible and affordable.For example Martin Wickremasinghe was not from a wealthy family at all but as a clerk in a grocery shop he could afford to subscribe to Britsh science periodicals and buy English books straight from the Britain!(refer 'Upanda Sita')

[SriLanka4All]

Don't worry. I enjoy the conversation :)

Again, I'm talking about general population not exemptions. Going back to the original discussion point, making Sinhalese the official language did not put any restriction (availability or price) on English materials published in SL or imported from UK.

[chamalka]

fucjer sri lankan tamils have an identity of their own .. nt all tamils n sl are plantation tamils ... people like u and the one in this video are reponsible for the civil war we had .. n u keep sooner or later we l go through another conflict again if we dun accept their rights to the north and east ..fuck u

[Dr196903]

Your level of comprehension shows in your communication and expression, I feel sorry for characters like you who get rewarded handsomely by the NGOs but seriously lack insight and have some superiority complex.

Learn to communicate first before talking for dollars.

[qaghzz]

@Dr196903 Dear doctor or anyone?, (i dont care). b4 speakin abt comprehension, i think u have not comprehended the fact of account what the guy in slang attempted to say...(srry 4 dat lol). When searching 4 the epicentres of the war, there r tangible factors such as language, human rights etc. Its not 4 the dollars. its common sense. What we had resulted 4 a 30 yr war, are the idiotic, lack of foresight, visionary zero decisions taken from very good educated fools like BANDARANAIKE

[Panditha666]

whats the diffrence between a sinahal and a tamil?

im still trying to figure that out.

[kevinhillvictoria]

@chamalka  tamils should be killed in to pieces you tamil piece of shit. then we will have peace.

[susantha245]

@chamalka

tamils do not have a right to any part of sri lanka.Sri lanka belongs to sinhalese.If they start another conflict we will destroy them in the same manner they were destroyed last may.we will fight them till the end

[ArgueEverything]

@susantha245 Except "you" won't be fighting anyone, you'll just be getting other people (poor young rural Sinhalese men, in fact) to fight for you, because you are a coward.

[alaFM]

People who blame SWRD for this, often forget that he was the 1st to propose at least "reasonable usage of Tamil" in Sri Lanka.

Any of the Tamil leaders before that didn't speak for their own language. They all wanted to keep their elite status and continue using English.

[nathanfornash]

That's irrelevant, for he was a hopeless puppet who succumbed to the will of the masses.

[chamalka]

thats right ,, and tamils wanted to use English too while keeping their langauge just like they do in any other multi racial country .. bt this dog changed that ... thank god someone killed this racist dog.

[hiyaluvu]

don't stop reading this just because u just now realized this is a forward :)

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5. Send this to 3 more videos

6. Tomorrow will be the best day ever

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Money- you will find a wad of $200 in cash

Love- Your crush or lover will kiss you or ask you out

[angloarabia]

Surely English as the national language with equal status to Sinhala and Tamil would have helped with keeping in touch with the rest of the world, be it getting good jobs abroad or attracting foreign investment. Incidentally educated Tamils such as Sir Ponnambalam Ramanathan were far from an elite and represented all the Ceylonese to the Legislative Council. Governments have not exactly been blameless, particularly since 1983, in their dealings with the common Sri Lankan, be he Sinhala or Tamil.

[chamalka]

100% agreed .. they should have done it back in 1948.

[NoEalamInSL]

Tamils have hated Sinhalese for the last 53 years without realizing logic behind Sinhala Only Act justified by S.W.R.D. in 123 seconds video footage.

Tamils have destroyed the Sri Lankan nation for the last 26years killing 100,000 lives and another 200,000 citizens disabled accusing Sinhalese for language discrimination. Tamils have disguised a Separatists Terrorism as an Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka to the world.

SEE MY VIDEO FOR DETAILS-

title: Sinhala Only Act (1956) SWRD

[ArgueEverything]

Hah, SWRDB - a B grade dimwit masquerading as a 'leader'.

Too bad that apologists for racism, like yourself, can't brush away the blatant racism of the SLFP's 1956 election campaign, for which a rich array of primary sources exist. SWRDB has already gone down in history as a racist slimeball; a thoroughly deserved legacy.

[Dr196903]

ArgueEverything,

You have not understood the history of Ceylon. The British brought the Tamils from India to do their work by dividing the Sinhalese. Therefore racism was usurped by the British among Sinhalese and Tamils. 1956 marked that SWRDB wanted to bring it to parity so that 70% of the Sinhalese has a say of things too. Prior to that the elite Tamils controlled the country. Making parity in the country is not racism mate.

50:50 by SJV Chelvanayakam was not practical, he planted racism.

[ArgueEverything]

No, Tamils have lived in Lanka for thousands of years, they were were not "brought from India" by the British (apart from the plantation workers). You seem to have a warped view of history.

Anyway, the Sinhala Only Act did NOT bring about 'parity'. It instilled virtual complete domination of the civil service by the Sinhalese, far greater than the 70% they constitute; it alienated Tamils, rich and poor; and most importantly, it laid the groundwork for the racialist politics of the next 50 years.

[Dr196903]

'Anyway, the Sinhala Only Act did NOT bring about 'parity' - incorrect. It did assist more than 90% of Sinhalese who were not conversant in English. The whole point of that was to iron out the difference of English educated privileged class and the working class Sinhalese majority, which in fact affect more Burghers than Tamils.

Now the national Languages are both Sinhalese and Tamil and you should acknowledge that fact. Tell me does India have Tamil as a national language despite 'Tamil Nadu'?

[ArgueEverything]

I am not disputing that Sinhalese should be an official language. Of course it should be - ALONGSIDE Tamil and English. This would have been the best policy maintain a harmonious society, which is why SWRD was a moron.

To date, no SL government has ever cared about the grievances of working class Sinhalese or Tamils. To illustrate: today it spends 20% of its budget on the war, while working class Sinhala children in the South prostitute themselves for Western sex tourists.

[Dr196903]

The national language of Sri Lanka doesn't have to be English as only less than 10% communicate in it. The only reason SWRDB changed from English to Sinhalese is like I mentioned before to set a parity in the country. This was grossly misunderstood by Tamil elites especially those of SJVC. Usually the common Tamils didn't want to be isolated. Both common Sinhalese and Tamils have more in common other than the language.

Spending 20% on budget is to crush the LTTE - to save innocent Tamils.

[ArgueEverything]

"The British brought the Tamils from India to do their work by dividing the Sinhalese"

I wish you'd present that thesis in some kind of public arena, so it would get ridiculed with the fervour it deserves. Are you seriously trying to say that the millions of Tamils in the North and Eastern provinces are all descended from British imports?!?!

[Dr196903]

The Up country Tamils were brought down by the British and there is no argument. But the fact is the Tamils who you refer to were not living for thousands of years, in fact they were the Chola-Pandya invaders from Tamil Nadu. Prior to these invaders there were people living in that part of the island and for that reason demanding Tamil Homeland is ridiculous.!

Tamils should have a reasonable voice in the Admin which they do always prior to LTTE eliminating them, i.e. Kadir, Fernandopulle etc.

[ArgueEverything]

Yes, the upcountry Tamils were brought by the British, though why that justifies stripping away citizenship rights, you haven't explained. By your (racist) logic, the US should strip Obama of his citzenship, since his father was a foreign immigrant!

Anthropological records show that Tamils have had a presence in SL since *at least* 200 BC, in places like Poonagari. But EVEN IF we take the Chola period as the beginning, that still means Tamils have lived in SL for >1000 years!

[Dr196903]

I'm not supporting for stripping away the citizenship of the upcountry Tamils. This claim for Tamil's presence since 200BC or even before does not justify carving out a land for a monoethnic purpose and that is where I stand. I believe in equal opportunities as always. The trouble starts when folks demand for unreasonable proportions and that is where I am against the LTTE. US is a country of migrants and only 200 years old.

Chola invaders chased the ancestors of Northern Sri Lanka, am I wrong?

[Tilan123]

@ArgueEverything

mate. even if they have come a long time ago, Sri Lanka is not THEIR country. It's everyones. Tamil homeland is TAMIL NADU. Nadu even MEANS homeland in Tamil language. Know your language and know where you came from. If you want to be in Sri Lanka and be SRI LANKAN and stop with this stupid race business, you wont have any problems. If you wonna go on about superiority, no one will like you.

[ArgueEverything]

@Tilan123 The homeland of SL Tamils is Sri Lanka, not Tamil Nadu. Sri Lanka is equally the homeland of Tamils as it is for Sinhalese, because Tamils have lived in Sri Lanka for as long as the Sinhalese (and maybe even longer).

YOU are the racist, because you claim that Tamil Nadu is the homeland of Sri Lankan Tamils, *even though most Sri Lankan Tamils have never been to India, and will never go there!*

How can somewhere be your homeland if you've never been there, genius?

[Tilan123]

@ArgueEverything another thing. why should the minority language be the national language in sri lanka? that is something my uncle also DISAGREES to. aren't you happy that you get news channels that are in Tamil EVERY DAY at a certain time? Here in Australia, Aboriginals are the minority and you will NEVER EVER get that. Feel lucky Sri Lanka does that for you. Dont take the country for granted. The main mistake with LTTE supporting tamils is that all they strive for is EALAM.

[ArgueEverything]

@Tilan123 There are many countries with more than 1 official language. India has something like 22 national languages, South Africa has around 13, Singapore has 4, and you're complaining about Sri Lanka having a meagre 3!

Sad thing is, by sidelining the Tamil language, you're disadvantaging Sinhalese people more than Tamils. You know why? Because many Tamils already learn all 3 languages (Sinhala, Tamil, English), so when Sinhalese people only learn Sinhala, they suffer in the job market.

[Tilan123]

@ArgueEverything are you saying that have Tamil news (with various channels ) is SIDELINING? thats absurd. theres tamil road signs and everything else. What you guys want is EVERYTHING to be tamil. stupid. ive lived in singapore and even tho u say they have 4 ive NEVER seen their news read in ANY OTHER LANGUAGE other than ENGLISH and Mandarin. Be thankful for what you have RACIST. Go claim another country to terrorise. If u want to be Sri lankan be it, dont be racist.

[ArgueEverything]

@Tilan123 I know you think Tamils should all rejoice because Tamil news is screened on SL television. You forget all about the Sinhala Only Bill and standardisation (which contributed in a big way to the current ethnic conflict). Why do you think the SL gov is STILL forcing Tamils to "register" themselves in Colombo, even after the LTTE has been crushed? How do you think Australians would react if the gov forced all Aboriginal people to register themselves?

[ArgueEverything]

@Tilan123 I've never lived in Singapore, yet I seem to know more about it than you. Singaporean students *must* study the official language that is their mother tongue (which can be Tamil), as well as English. Many learn another language on top. So the fact that Tamil is a national language in Singapore has huge significance - all Tamils must learn the language, which ensures preservation of the culture. This is why Tamil as a national language in SL good (unless you don't like Tamil culture).

[Tilan123]

@ArgueEverything give me some evidence that SL Tamils and Indian tamils the different. Even with Sinhala people, we dont care where they are from THEY ARE STILL SINHALA. Also, there is no racism in Sri Lanka. Explain why there is Murali in the team, ANGELO MATHEWS and also Russel Arnold was in the team. The way you guys make it sound like is that they would NEVER make the team because of their race! Take your ealam shirt of and put on SL Dilmah shirt! I'm going to the match at the gabba today;)

[ArgueEverything]

@Tilan123 Unlike you, race means nothing to me: if a person lives somewhere their whole life, they have every right to call that place their homeland. You've been brainwashed to think that SL Tamils have some close bond with Indian Tamils, when in reality most SL Tamils know nothing about India, and vice versa.

By your logic, the real "homeland" of the Sinhalese is North India, where you claim descent! That's your logic, not mine.

[Tilan123]

@ArgueEverything homeland means nothing to me. it only means so much for u since u mention it so much. you guys have been brainwashed to think that a rock has told u that tamils have lived in SL for ages. i frankly dont give a crap who has lived the longest. why does that matter TODAY? Oh. A lot of my mates that are SL tamils have RELATIVES in south india. hmmmm. and also why did a lot of LTTE terrorist camps base in south india? were u in one of them? u dont sound tamil to me, u sound LTTE

[ArgueEverything]

@Tilan123 LOL! Do you know why some SL Tamils have relatives in South India? Hint: refugees after the 1983 riots.

Man, you should really do your homework before putting forward more silly "arguments" like that.

For the record, I am not LTTE. I have never said anything pro-LTTE. The fact that you accuse me of being LTTE, shows that you have been brainwashed into thinking that everyone who is critical of the SL government is a Tiger.

[ArgueEverything]

@Tilan123 Actually, genius, YOU are the one who brought the concept of "homeland" to this discussion, by saying: "Tamil homeland is TAMIL NADU" (your words). I am not the one who brought up the concept of homeland, *you are*. You might have forgotten that, but the electronic record does not lie.

I am glad you now state that "homeland means nothing to me", considering that 2 days ago, you made the racist claim that Tamils' homeland is in India. I am glad that I have persuaded you otherwise =)

[ArgueEverything]

@Tilan123 BTW, also according to your logic, since Australians, English, Americans and Canadians all speak the same language and look the same, they should all be one country. Do you think all white Australians, Americans and Canadians should go back to England because that is their "motherland".

Tamils have been living in SL for even longer than whites have lived in Australia, yet you say Tamil Nadu is their motherland. Do you tell all your white friends that England is their motherland? LOL.

[Tilan123]

@ArgueEverything ok. its not ME saying Tamil Nadu is the mother land. its the tamil language. Nadu means Homeland. And for the record im learning the Tamil language. Cos its interesting and I have tamil mates and relatives that i talk to and itd be cool to talk tamil. But its great if u could stop with the whole race issue. ITS SRI LANKA. GET OVER URSELF!

[Tilan123]

@ArgueEverything Answer this question. Why is TAMIL Nadu given its name? If u want to be a terrorist go back to india. if u want to be SRI LANKAN, stop whinjing and complaining. NO ONE CARES ABOUT U!

[ArgueEverything]

@Tilan123 Your writing has degenerated badly; I guess you must be really angry about the cricket result! LOL.

Newsflash: Tamil Nadu was not given its name by the Tamils of Sri Lanka! It was named by *INDIAN* Tamils, and it is the homeland of INDIAN Tamils. The homeland of Sri Lankan Tamils is NOT Tamil Nadu, it is Sri Lanka - in particular, the North and East.

Incidently, the homeland of many Sinhalese is also in the North and East of Sri Lanka. Two ethnic groups can share the same homeland!

[Tilan123]

@ArgueEverything IM HAPPY ABOUT THE CRICKET MATE! WE WON THE SERIES! haha. oh and i got to take a picture of the legendary MURALI and ANGELO Mathews;) They're Sri Lankans. Not LTTE terrorists like u:P You keep mentioning about North Indians. Ive NEVER heard of Sinhala being spokin in ANYWHERE of india (except for lankan tourists). But in Tamil Nadu THEY SPEAK THE SAME LANGUAGE AS SL Tamils! So the relations r higher mate;) which means u guys came yesterday mate:P BUT UR WELCOME here,

[ArgueEverything]

@Tilan123 You are happy you paid money to see SL bowled out for 115 in 32 overs? You must really hate the Lankan cricket team!

I'm beginning to think that you are not even Sinhalese, since you know nothing about your own culture. Do you know who Prince Vijaya was? Do you know where he came from? (Hint: North India)

Why are you so insecure about yourself, that you have to call everyone who disagrees with you a terrorist? You keep accusing me of being an LTTE terrorist - what is your proof?

[Tilan123]

@ArgueEverything It was a great experience and I just loved watching the game. Dumbass, cant you see that I was happy we WON THE SERIES? As I can see now, you prove your youtube name. You argue EVERYTHING. At the moment you sound like an idiot thats spinning things to argue it.

Of course I know who he is. I accept Sinhala people are from India, but SL Tamils have more to do with India than Sinhala. Why, obviously because Tamil is commonly spoken in India, Sinhala is not.

[ArgueEverything]

@Tilan123 How ironic that you were calling me emotional, yet you are the one resorting to terms like "dumbass". Looks like you are the one getting flustered! But alright, if you "loved watching the game" where SL got smashed, so be it.

SL Tamils do speak the same language as Indian Tamils (though the accent and dialects are different), but that doesn't make Tamil Nadu the homeland of SL Tamils. Anyway, I think you accept that now. Tamil Nadu means "homeland" for Indian Tamils, not SL Tamils.

[Tilan123]

@ArgueEverything if Tamil Nadu was the homeland for only INdian tamils it would be called INDIAN TAMIL NADU. If it was for both SL and Indian itd be called TAMIL NADU...woops thats what its alread called!;)

Sri Lanka. LOVE IT, or LEAVE IT

[ArgueEverything]

@Tilan123 Since you are obsessed by semantics, and care more about names than facts, if someone names a dog kennel "Sinhalese Homeland" in the Sinhalese language, then you would accept that it is the homeland of Sinhalese. Because if it's named in the language of the Sinhalese, it must really be true that the kennel is the homeland of Sinhalese, right?

LOL. That's exactly how absurd your logic is. It's embarassing for you.

BTW, you still haven't shown where I supported terrorism.

[Tilan123]

@ArgueEverything *continued from last reply. just as long as u dont bomb us. Look. i have no problem with Tamils. What i do have a problem is when you guys want to be labelled tamils sinhala blah blah. Why cant we all be SRI LANKAN. No matter what race you are in Lanka, if u r a lankan citizen, it says u r SRI LANKAN. In Singapore ur passport says ur race. My uncle calls himself Sri Lankan rather than tamil. The guys a legend and loves lanka. You heard of Karuna Amman;)?

[ArgueEverything]

@Tilan123 LOL. This is too funny.

You do realise that Karuna is responsible for the deaths of thousands of Sinhalese? In one especially brutal act, he ordered the massacre of over 100 Sinhala policemen after they SURRENDERED, and raided Sinhala and Muslim villages in the East, where civilians were butchered in cold blood.

And you think this guy is a hero!

Seems like you don't care about the ordinary suffering people of Sri Lanka, whether they are Sinhala or Tamil: you just enjoy bloodshed.

[ArgueEverything]

@Tilan123 In some ways I feel sorry for you, because clearly you are young and probably have got most of your information about Sri Lanka from your parents.

Even if you don't like me and what I have to say, ponder this for a moment (it's just my opinion, but I think its pretty much accurate): the average Sri Lankan (both Tamil and Sinhala) who lives IN Sri Lanka, is far, far less racist than the average Sri Lankan who lives outside of Sri Lanka.

That goes for Tamils and Sinhalese.

[Tilan123]

@ArgueEverything I feel sorry for you because you are brainwashed by terrorist ideaology. Calling me racist won't solve problems. I just hate people who justify terrorism. You the one that loves labelling separating Sinhala and Tamils uniting as one. I like to call people from Sri lanka SRI LANKAN. Not SINHALA OR TAMIL. But your obsessed with LABELLING, SINHALA, TAMIL etc. I never talk politics with my parents. There are tamils in my family..so no. Sorry racist card doesnt work this time.

[ArgueEverything]

@Tilan123 You've accused me of being a terrorist about four or five times now (like a parrot), but you cannot provide a shred of evidence. When did I justify terrorism? You're the one who seems to support Karuna Amman, who is a proven terrorist. YOU support terrorism.

I actually consider people *human*, not Sri Lankan, Tamil, or Sinhala. I've used those terms descriptively and without prejudice, but YOU'VE used them in racist way, to exclude Tamils by suggesting their homeland is not Sri Lanka.

[Tilan123]

@ArgueEverything There must always be a parrot that has to repeat things to the dumb donkey. Thats how it works.

I believe in something called forgiveness. The employment of Karuna Amman proves that the SL government does not discriminate against Tamils. I feel sorry for you. You have a old fashioned unrealistic dream of 'Ealam'. Either pick tea leaves for me, or try and rebuild LTTE again. The way you speak would motivate you to that.

[ArgueEverything]

@Tilan123 Shocking that you so happily forget about the deaths of thousands of innocent Sinhalese at the hands of Karuna.

I'd understand if you didn't care about Tamil civilian deaths, because of your racist comments, but what truly surprises me is that you don't even care about Sinhalese deaths! Your love of Karuna shows you are disconnected from ordinary Lankans, and you just unquestioningly support the government.

Even if that means spitting on the face of Karuna's many victims.

[ArgueEverything]

@Tilan123 Again, simple question: show me where I supported terrorism. Back up your accusation with evidence.

[Tilan123]

@ArgueEverything another thing. you have become really emotional with your comments. you should learn law. we learn good stuff in it. like REAL facts and how to argue in peace. I kind of thought u were Lankan, but now. hmmm. You just seem to be obsessed with the whole Tamil thing. I assume you supported LTTE?

[ArgueEverything]

@Tilan123 By the way, I never said that Sri Lanka belongs to the Tamils only. I never even implied that in anything I've written here.

[Tilan123]

@ArgueEverything I am just sick of Tamil people purposely marginalizing themselves and complaining about the so called 'ill treatment' they get from Sinhala people, which is total Bu*lshit. The country is rapidly advancing (just look at the tourism boom). Why should we be talking about who came first? Calling me racist doesn't solve any problems. My own uncle is Tamil and he is like a father to me. I am not against Tamils, I am against LTTE supporters and you sound like one by the way you speak

[RTCRTN]

i agree with you whole-heartedly. but even i am lacking in knowledge about him. our history lessons haven't talked much about him.

[RTCRTN]

thank you very much for sharing. . .

obata theruwan saranai!

Tharaka.

[Saagara2009]

Excellent video. More needs to be known about that great and most reasonable gentleman SWRD Banadaranaike who has been much maligned by people who know so little.

[Dr196903]

Sagara,

Many of the folks don't know the credentials of SWRDB. He was an academic who did his best by learning and educating the less-privileged Sinhalese during the times of the independence. Understandably that hit the central-nerve of the privileged upper-middle class English educated Tamils who actually dictated terms in Ceylon till then. If not for SWRD/CWW Kannangara, the Sinhalese would have remained second class even now.

regards

Vidhura

[RTCRTN]

thx for posting this....keep up the very important video.

[irunika]

this is a very worth full video

[Dr196903]

Thanks Irunika for your comment.

regards

Vidhura

[Dr196903]

Ceylonlion,

Yes its a rare footage and I think Mr B made a clear point there subsequent to independence.

regards

Vidhura

[ceylonlion]

thanks Dr196903. I never seen him on video.thanks for the upload.