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2009-09-07 03:52

pari
Pj, Malaysia

Posts: 9

There is no other way to solve the dispute between the Ceylon Tamils and the Singalese. The UN should take over governance of Jaffna, in Sri Lanka and they should allow the Ceylon Tamils to live there in peace.

2009-09-07 03:56

pari
Pj, Malaysia

Posts: 9

Britain, India, China and the International community members should take the initiatives to get this done. If the UN does not have the powers to take over and rule Jaffna, then Britain and the others mentioned above should take the initiatives to make proposals etc for the necessary amendments so that the UN can be reformed. These reforms should enable the UN to take over and rule Jaffna in nothern Sri Lanka, and allow the Ceylonese to live there in peace and with happiness. Through the UN, there should be world rule over Jaffna while the Ceylonese are allowed to peacefully live there. The 'world rule' should give importance to each and every race on earth and it should help people to live peacefully on their land without fear of being conquered by the neighbours or others. The UN should, together with the Ceylon Tamils, cultivate the lands for exportation purposes so that the money can be used to re-establish Jaffna. Neither the Ceylonese nor the Sinhalese should be allowed to rule in/over Jaffna. The reasons why I say all this is given below. Please continue reading.

2009-09-07 03:57

pari
Pj, Malaysia

Posts: 9

Not much is actually known as to where the Ceylon Tamils came from. When I was young, my mother would tell me a lot of stories about the Ceylon Tamils' ancestry and her own ancestry. She would say that there were agreements between the Tamils of South India, Ceylon Tamils and the Sinhalese. These agreements had helped to keep the peace between these 3 groups of people. She would say that in ancient times, Aryans had mixed with the Dravidians who remained in Jaffna and that this was why the Ceylon Tamils were a little fairer and with some of the Ceylon Tamils having sharp, Aryan-like looks. She would say that the ancient Ceylonese people had an agreement with the Tamils of India with whom they were mixing and doing business with. They also had an agreement with the Sinhalese of Sri Lanka. The agreement with the Tamils of India was that the Ceylonese shall use the Tamil language and the official Tamil language was used in Jaffna for this purpose so as to keep the peace in Northern Sri Lanka. The agreement with the Sinhalese was that the Sinhalese were to be used as the Brahmins of the Ceylon Tamils in return for peace so that the Ceylonese and Sinhalese did not fight for control over the lands of the other. These agreements helped to keep peace in that whole area. I would say that there must have been some form of agreement, if not, what are the Sinhalese Brahmins doing within the Ceylon Tamil community, conducting the prayers and ceremonies for the Ceylon Tamils. These agreements must have been like peace treaties with the Ceylonese giving up something for the right to have control over the lands in Jaffna so that they can live there in peace without trouble from the neighbours.

2009-09-07 03:58

pari
Pj, Malaysia

Posts: 9

When the British gave Ceylon its independence, it gave over the whole of Ceylon to the Sinhalese and the Sinhalese formed their government. The lands of the Ceylonese were thus also handed over to the Sinhalese. The Sinhalese tried to take over all the benefits that the Ceylonese had. They tried to act as the lord and masters. It can be very difficult to accept this considering that the Sinhalese are the Brahmins within our clan.

The Ceylonese are Hindus and their culture, customs and caste system is a crucial part of their religion and life. Now, we have the Sinhalese within our race as our highest caste. The Brahmin caste is the most respected and most superior caste within the Hindu caste system. Our ancestors had given off this caste to the people who are now trying to grab everything from the Ceylon Tamils and who are now our enemies. This is a terrible situation to be in. The Ceylon Tamils were such a proud clan and it was as if they were having a very, very bad fall because of the situation our caste system had put us into. We were a dignified clan but our caste system was giving greatness to the Sinhalese (who had become the enemies of the Ceylonese). It was a very pitiful state to be in and one would only understand what I am trying to say if one was experiencing what we were experiencing.

When the war broke out between the Ceylonese and the Sinhalese government, the Ceylonese in Malaysia had refused to use the Sinhalese priests here in Malaysia. So the Malaysian Ceylonese started using the Indian priests. The way the priests carried out the rites differed between the various Hindu races. Similarly, our rites were different but the Indian priests used their own styles which they were familiar with. This was increasing the anger and hatred in the hearts of the Ceylonese here because the rites should be done exactly as they should be done within the Ceylonese clan but instead they were being altered because the priests were not familiar with our rites. The rites and mantras are not supposed to be altered. The mantras and rites would not work if they were done differently and it wrong to do that. Thus, anger and hatred was growing in the hearts of the Ceylon Tamils and I was waiting for the day when this tormenting period would come to an end. It was tormenting to see my loved ones upset and I didn't like the situation which I, myself, was in. I began to hate the caste system and we began blaming and hating the British because they were the cause for what was happening in our religion and life. My mother would keep telling us that it is only the low caste people who convert and that we should never convert because we belonged to the highest caste within the Ceylonese community, the Landlord caste. Thus, we had to continue enduring what we were facing because of the altered caste system. In Sri Lanka, the Ceylonese had kept using the Sinhalese priests because that had become our custom based on ancient agreements. Actually, the Malaysian Ceylonese should continue using the Sinhalese priest because it is only they who are familiar with our rites.

2009-09-07 03:59

pari
Pj, Malaysia

Posts: 9

Recently, I had attended a wedding where my cousin, a Malaysian Ceylonese, had got married to a Ceylonese girl who had migrated off from Sri lanka because of the war there. Her relatives who had settled in Chennai and Britain had come over for the wedding. They were surprised on seeing what the priests were doing during the marriage ceremony and they said that this was not how our priests in Sri Lanka conducted the marriage. Later, another cousin of mine (a Malaysian Ceylonese) told me, “Why is this priest dragging the marriage ceremony for so long. Normally, our ways are now such that they are supposed to finish it off quickly.” I told her that the mantras are supposed to be good. But you know, the rites and mantras should not be performed in a different way. That is not good. The Hindu rites should be performed in the specific way in which it is supposed to be performed, then only will the vibrations, which the matras and rites produce, co-incide with the existing vibrations around us. When the vibrations are able to blend in with the existing vibrations, we receive help through that. These rites should not be interfered with. This may be a reason why many Malaysian Ceylonese do not have faith in the rites performed anymore. We are doing something else to make it look like as if it is done our way and the priests are doing something else based on another Hindu system. We should not play around with religious rites. We should allow the correct priests to do it based on the system which we are using. Only the Sinhalese priest would be able to do this because they are familiar with only our religious system. A priest should only be involved with one specific system. Each Hindu clan have different systems/customs etc. If the Brahmins who are only familiar with their system are used, then there cannot be any confusion and something different would not be done. Then only would the vibrations, produced by the specific mantras and rites, merge with the existing vibrations surrounding us to help us. We should go back to using the Sinhalese priests. But then, our people see the Sinhalese as enemies. So how are they going to go back to using the Sinhalese priests.

2009-09-07 04:16

pari
Pj, Malaysia

Posts: 9

Further, I am not a Sri Lankan. I am not sure as to how it is in Sri Lanka, but in Malaysia, the Malaysian Ceylon Tamils are referred to as the Ceylonese and the Sinhalese are referred to as the Sri Lankans. In 2002, the officers in the Identity Card department here in Malaysia told me that I could not identify myself as a Ceylonese anymore because the name of Ceylon is now Sri Lanka and so I have to state my race as “Sri Lankan” for identification purposes. Not knowing what to do and not wanting to create a scene at the department, I had agreed to my identification as a Sri Lankan. Later, when I informed my family that this had happened, they told me that I should have changed it to Indian instead of Sri Lankan because it is the Sinhalese who are Sri Lankans whereas we are referred to as the Ceylonese. I had said that the officer who had told me this was an Indian and that he may not have liked it if I had done that. Further, whether we refer to ourselves either as an Indian or a Sri Lankan, they are both not our correct identity. We are living with a false identity and this too can create unhappy and angry feelings within us. Moreover, according to the Hindu scriptures, Lanka was the Kingdom of the Devils. Thus, a Lankan is one who belongs to the Kingdom of the Devils. “Sri” is a title given to human beings who have taken a spiritual path, a godly path, and who have got elevated spiritually through that. There is no such thing as an elevated devil which is what “Sri Lankan” would mean. If we tell people, “I am a Sri Lankan”, it is as if we are telling people, “I am an elevated devil”. But there is no such thing as an elevated devil, so actually, we would be saying, “I am a Devil.” and we would be categorising ourselves as a group of devils. We are not devils. In the Hindu scriptures, the devils portray the vices in action. The human being cannot be called a devil. When the vices are in an emerged state within us and they are in control (during which time our behaviour is bad) then, it can be said that our behaviour is devilish but we are not devils. During the period when the Sinhalese and the Tigers were fighting, Sri Lanka did look like a devil's land because the vices were fiercely in control and in action. But it cannot be said that the Sinhalese and the Ceylonese are devils when they were fighting like that. The devils in the Kingdom of Ravana, in the Hindu scriptures, are just a portrayal of the vices in a human-like form. Ravana, the King of Lanka, was said to have 10 heads. How can a human being with 10 heads exist? The 10 heads represent the vices in action, which is why they are being portrayed in human form. The vices are just light energy and they do not have a human form. Further, the vices cannot get elevated. This is something which has to be understood. Only with due contemplation can one really understand the implications of this. A person who understands this would not want to be referred to as a Sri Lankan because when we keep referring to ourselves as a devil, we become that.

2009-09-07 04:17

pari
Pj, Malaysia

Posts: 9

There should be changes in Sri Lanka, and peace should prevail in Sri Lanka. However, matters would never change so long as the Sinhalese remain in control of Jaffna because our religion, culture, customs and caste system would be constantly reminding us of what had happened to us and anger, hatred etc would keep emerging in the hearts of the Ceylonese. And why do the Ceylonese want the return of their land in Jaffna, despite the fact that the Hindu scriptures refer to the island, which was once there, as Lanka (the Kingdom of the Devils)..... well, it had been the home of our ancestors and it is still the home of the Ceylon Tamils.

I am still receiving a lot of sms from the Ceylonese relating to how the homeland of the Ceylonese can be returned to them again. Now, it would seem like as if the Ceylonese are getting angry with the governments who had supported the Sinhalese government, on the basis that they were the government of Sri Lanka, without understanding our position.

Rajiv Gandhi is a North Indian. In India, there is North Indian rule over the country. The South Indians are treated like inferior beings. In the Hindu scriptures, the North of India is identified as the land where Rama, a godly divine king lived. North India is identified as God's land and Lanka is identified as the Devil's Kingdom. The South of India is identified as the land where the inferior beings who were half human and half animal lived. The stories in the Hindu scriptures are based on what happens at the end of each cycle of time. The Hindus believe that time travels in a cyclic pattern. In English, the 4 ages of the cycle are : Golden Age, Silver Age, Copper Age and Iron Age (Kaliyug). At the end of Kaliyug, God comes and transforms the vicious world into a divine world. The stories in the Hindu scriptures relates to this time. It relates to the battle between the vices (within Man) and Man's ability to emerge the virtues into a victorious state and thus being able to live in a virtuous manner. At the end of Kaliyug / Iron Age, the virtues go into a victorious state through God's help. The vices (portrayed by the devils) will be conquered with God's help. This is why Lanka is shown as getting burnt by Hanuman (the monkey god from southern India, in the Hindu scriptures). In the Hindu scriptures, the half animal-half human beings are the helpers of God. Since the vices can still emerge in them to take control of the human being, these helpers are portrayed as half human-half beasts. Further, North India, is the land where the Aryans lived. But the Aryans were divine and peaceful. They were fair (white), with black hair, black eyes and were tall (6 footers). The animals which lived during the time of the Aryans were also huge. The cows were so huge then but are very small now in comparison. Things have changed and the people are not what they were anymore. The North Indians identify themselves as Aryans or as the descendants of the Aryans and they think very highly of themselves because they are the people of the north. However, they do not behave like the Aryans nor like Rama. The North Indians should compare their behaviour to the behaviour of the devils in the Kingdom of Ravana in Lanka (in the Hindu scriptures). If they compared themselves, they would say, “Hey, I am behaving like the Devils in the Kingdom of Ravana. How did I think that I was a descendant of the Aryans?”

2009-09-07 04:18

pari
Pj, Malaysia

Posts: 9

The North Indians treat the South Indians like inferior people (thinking that they are very superior because they are the descendants of the Aryans). The North Indians see the Ceylonese as Dravidians (the dark inferior people) who can be pushed around on the basis that they are inferior. Lanka is associated to the devils, in the Hindu scriptures. This may also have influenced the North Indians' behaviour towards the Ceylon Tamils when they were interacting with the Ceylon Tamils because of the war between the Ceylonese and the Sinhalese. The North Indians and Rajiv Gandhi should not have tried to interfere in the battle between the Ceylonese and the Sinhalese. They are not Mahatma Gandhi. They are North Indians. Now, news is spreading around among the Ceylonese that Sonia Gandhi had helped the Sinhalese to kill off the Ceylon Tamils in the recent final victory of the Sinhalese over the Ceylonese. Sonia had married a North Indian and she is mixing with the North Indians. Thus, one can understand why she had taken the decision that the Ceylon Tamils could just be treated and killed off like animals as had just happened.

The Spanish had killed off the people of Maya (an ancient civilization) and had burnt off all their religious books etc, just to take over their lands completely. The British had not acted in this way. I don't know the Spanish and so I can only make a comparison. Since Italy is not far from Spain, one would wonder if the ways of the Italians are similar to the ways of the Spanish. Sonia is actually an Italian, isn't she.

When Obama became president, a question was put forward as to why the South Indians have not done anything to help themselves as the blacks have done in the US. I had said that our Hindu scriptures portray the Aryans as a divine and worship-worthy clan. So we can't do anything. It will be like going against our religious ways. What a sorry state this is to be in. The North Indians have not treated the South Indians in a humane manner because they think they are superior. The South Indians are treated like animals or inferior beings. The South Indians have just accepted this based on religion and allowed the North Indians to get away with everything that they are doing. To attempt to kill off the whole Ceylon Tamil race in Sri Lanka for the sake of one North Indian was too much. The North Indians should never have got involved in Sri Lanka. They had only tried to push their weight around in Sri Lanka, like superior beings.

2009-09-07 04:19

pari
Pj, Malaysia

Posts: 9

News is that the Chinese government had supplied weapons ( arms, munitions, fighter planes) to kill off the Ceylonese in exchange for a Chinese naval base to be built on the Sri Lankan coasts. There are a lot of Chinese in Malaysia and I have mixed with a lot of them. The Chinese have a business habit of killing their business enemies etc so that their own business can flourish. One of the reasons why the emergency rule is continuing in force, in Malaysia, is because the Chinese are willing to resort to violence and killing for the sake of benefits. The people in Malaysia do not complain about the emergency powers still being in force because it has kept the peace. It may be the influence of the business-related trait of the Chinese, that there is nothing wrong in killing people to maintain profits in their trade, that the Chinese government had provided the arms to the Sinhalese for a benefit. This kind of behaviour should not be accepted by the International community as being lawful. If the International community allowed this, it would be like acknowledging that it is OK to kill for benefits and the Chinese would think that their business culture of killing for benefits is alright.

The North Indians, Chinese and the Sinhalese should not be allowed to get away with planning the killing of people for selfish needs and desires.

The Tigers should not have threatened to kill the Ceylonese who did not support them. They had no right to prevent the Ceylonese from visiting their relatives in Ceylon. Jaffna was our homeland and we have a right to go back there whenever we want to or whenever there is a need to. How could the Tigers have stopped us from going back to Sri Lanka. That was the biggest mistake which they had done. They lost support from the Ceylonese community all over the world because they had done that. People would support the survival of their ancestry but they would not do something which might put their own existence in danger. It is not right to kill others and it is a sin to give money so that people can kill each other. It has to be done through a peaceful way. Even though, we were told not to come back. We could understand their anger and why they had said that because we also experienced anger and hatred within our own hearts because of the caste system etc. I can also understand the frustration which had made the Ceylonese and Sinhalese kill.

Anyway, the past is past and we should look towards building a future. However, since the ancestors of the Ceylonese had altered our culture, customs etc through altering our caste system, this will always be there facing us and invoking the anger and hatred in the Ceylonese for all those people who had put us in this state.
The only way out of this mess is through bringing in a situation where the Sinhalese would not be seen as an enemy by the Ceylonese. Thus, only if rule of Jaffna is taken away from the Sinhalese can this situation be rectified.

One of the peaceful ways of rectifying the problem is for Britain and others to take the initiative, and take the matter to the UN, on the basis that the British had made a mistake by handing over our lands to the Sinhalese. In fact, this may be the only effective way of solving this issue. It was the British who dispensed with the system of separate administrations and brought all the lands in Ceylon under a single unified administration in 1832. Through this the independent entity of Jaffna became part of a united Ceylon. Then, they handed over this united land over to the Sinhalese. It was like as if they helped the Sinhalese to conquer the lands of the Tamils. The English had created a unity in Great Britain too but what was achieved there cannot be achieved here. Thus, the British should take steps to bring the matter to the UN as mentioned above. Both, the Ceylonese and the Sinhalese are not worthy to rule jaffna in Sri Lanka. They have been fighting for so long that they have drifted further and further away from the concepts of virtuous living. The UN should take over.

From,
Pari
e-mail : bkpari28@gmail.com

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