Embrace of Buddhism by Emperor Asoka and Introduction of Buddhism in Sri Lanka

 

Embrace of Buddhism by Emperor Asoka and Introduction of Buddhism in Sri Lanka

Emperor Asoka had been involved in the bloodiest conquest war prolonged into many years and resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of human lives, during the 8^th year of his reign between years of BCE (273 to 232). Emperor felt very remorse about the way the cruel Kalinga war was conducted over the years and could not relieve himself of that remorse for some time, and in search of peace of mind, and gradually adopts Lord Buddha’s preaching as of way of peaceful life, this thinking was further strengthened by meeting and marring Devi a knowledgeful lady of Lord Buddha’s teachings a daughter of a famous merchant of East India.  These all happened (250 to 300) years after Lord Buddha attained Nirvana. Thus, the Kalinga Royal couple decides to reconcile the war-affected Kalinga through the Love and compassion of Lord Buddha’s preaching and not by any means conquering by force anymore.

 

Royal Couple of the Mauryan dynasty of India (Kalinga) decided to induct people to embrace Buddhism outside Kalinga as well and foresaw the need for very trustful and knowledgeable monks to be sent as missionaries to foreign soil outside his rule. In order to fulfill that meticulous requirement, Buddhism devoted Royal couple took a very bold decision to ordain their children when they attained the mature age of 20, under carefully selected monks principled by Buddha’s teachings. A Righteous Decision by a Righteous Leadership. As such elder Daughter Ayapali and the younger son Mahendra became Arahant Sangamithha and Arahant Mahinda respectively following proper ordination.  King Asoka is the first Monarch to adopt Lord Buddha’s principles (Dharma) of the way of life as a religion. 

Introduction of Buddhism in Sri Lanka

Many so-called Buddhists of Sri Lanka or rather thinktank of Sri Lanka has wrongly interpreted the above embrace of Buddhism by Emperor Asoka and later inducting others to embrace the teachings of Buddha in by conquering manner, in contrast to what actually did by the Royal couple of Kalinga.

During BCE 3^rd Century, Lanka had been ruled by Mukta Sivan’s son Deva Nambi Theesan, these names are very accustomed to Saivism ritual beliefs and the Tamil language.  The Name Mukta Sivan reflects that he will attain Siva Moksha on his demise through his good deeds to the community. In the modern world Deva, Nambi, and Theesan are very common names among Tamils, and in the rarity of combination as well.  There are some Saiva temples still in existence around the Royal Park believed to be founded by Mukta Sivan when he was ruling Anuradhapura, modernly known as Maha-meghavana Park.

In order to fulfill his father’s wish Arahant Mahinda, arrived in Lanka along with six other monks not by any means of force but by mutual understanding, with Deva -Nambi–Theesan and his father Mukta Sivan, and the mission could have included the language knowledge that was spoken locally within the Island at that time. Emperor Asoka who had meticulously planned the Righteous pilgrimage of spreading the Buddha Dharma, wouldn’t have missed the convincible conversation language an inevitable component for the successful mission of spreading the Lord Buddha’s Dharma life, to-wards South of India and beyond and anywhere else. 

During BCE 3^rd century languages in use in Lanka has been Tamil and Sanskrit as witnessed by the existence of Pancha-Easwara Temples even before the so-called “Vijaya Arrival period” which has been acknowledged by eminent historians of Sri Lanka and by the fact that the listed ancient living languages are     Tamil, Greek, Hebrew, Sanskrit, and Chinese^. These languages have been spoken for thousands of years and still have millions of speakers today, although they have also undergone changes over time.  Many historians of Sri Lanka also acknowledge that the Sinhala Language emerged as a spoken form 3 centuries later after the Arahant Mahinda ensemble arrived in Lanka. (Even in the 4th and 5th centuries A.D., what was to eventually become the Sinhala language had not evolved to the point where it was suitable for the compilation of important treatises like the Dipavamsa, Mahawamsa, etc.)  

Therefore, the important point stressed here is Arahant Mahinda’s ensemble traveling through South India to Sri Lanka could have been well equipped with knowledge of Tamil and Sanskrit in order to relate the Lord Buddha’s Righteous Path in Pali Language.

 It wouldn’t have been much difficult for the son of the Emperor of the Maurya Empire to pass the Chola Empire that had been extended up to South East Asia and reach the tip of South India to accomplish reaching Lanka. Another point stressed here is though Emperor Asoka victoriously fought the Kalinga war to retain/expand the Maurya Empire never conquered Chola Empire, both coexisted as separate entities. This very much facilitated Arahant Mahinda’s spreading of Buddhism born by Asoka Dynasty in South India.

Arahant Mahinda’s ensemble reach Mihinthalai Mountain in the outskirts of Anuradhapura through the river banks of Lanka and met Deva Nambi Theesan then King of Lanka, as rendezvous, of Arahant Mahinda’s ensemble, addressed the purpose of his mission to Lanka and over the days the conversation in convincible language followed – convincible language had been Tamil – Sanskrit – Pali – resulted in Arahant Mahinda was able to make Saiva Deva Nambi Theesan and his Saiva subjects (Tamils), to embrace the  Lord Buddha’s Preaching in 246 B.C.

 It is a sacred belief of the Majority of Buddhists in Lanka all this introduction of Buddhism to Lanka took place on a Poson Full Moon Day at Mihinthalai Mountain,

where thousands of devotees gather to pay homage to Mahinda and his mission. Other important Buddhist sites in Anuradhapura as well attract many pilgrims and visitors during Poson. Poson Full Moon Day is a day of joy and gratitude for Sri Lankan Buddhists, who honor the legacy of Mahinda and his contribution to the spread of Buddhism in their country and beyond.

When the Sinhala Language was made to attain writeable form, Mahanama, a Buddhist monk, the younger son of King Dhathusena, along with other monks observing two groups of people in the 5th century A.D. – Saivist, speaking Tamil and the converts (Buddhists) inducted to speak the new language (Sinhala), and as dissented Tamil speaking converts of Buddhism travel through extinction, concocted the story in Pali of  Vijaya and his 700 followers (Bengalis), about 1000 years after their alleged landing, with an ulterior motive of projecting the Buddhists as a separate ethnic group, the Sinhalese, which could have been for the fear of South Indian intrusion ; (the contradicting fact here is there is no scientific evidence of Indians originating in India who spoke Sinhalese to date)since then, unfortunately, Saivism and Tamil names were conivingly converted to Sinhala, for the project to be successful, and hence  Lord Buddha’s Sacred preaching that was introduced by Arahant Mahinda deviated from its path to righteous a greater decree.

 

 

 

Attempt to Live the Past – and Forcing upon the Believe of the Gullible into the Smart thinking Population

Attempt to Live the Past – and Forcing upon the Belief of the Gullible into the Smart Thinking Population

 

I recall our history lessons of 1965 and 1966 in the classes of 6^th and 7^th Standards which claimed that “a princess of Kalinga, who was abducted by a lion who forced her to bear him a child. The child, Sinha-bahu, killed his own father and, for this crime, was told to leave the country on a ship. He traveled to a special island in the south known as the Island of Gems. There, he met a yakshini (Kuveni) and together, they had children”. During these history classes, the entire classroom went into a bout of laughter, a stern look from the teacher brought the class to silence.

The education system of the Sri Lankan government, which is heavily aligned of Theravada Buddhism found a way to introduce the beliefs of Theravada Buddhism into the Tamil Stream, which are only either Saivist (Hindu) or Islamic followers t, which is wrongly interpreted as the history of Sri Lanka. If the beliefs of Theravada Buddhism have been introduced through lessons in Social Studies on the subject of Various Religious Believes of Sri Lanka, history lessons wouldn’t have been a laughing stock of classrooms and more importantly, this Nation wouldn’t be a laughed at for seeking to dominate through one Language one Religion entire nation, under the banner of Buddhism.

The Entire system of Sri Lanka tries to enforce this through the forces and Government institutions, because the greedy politicians wanted to successfully trade in the forcing process for the gullible electorate, whereas allowing for spontaneous attraction of True Lord Buddha’s Sacred preaching – are untradable amongst the gullible electorate. (As per the thinking of the politicians).

Who knows if the post-independent rulers have allowed the prevailing of true Lord Buddha’s prescription of peaceful living – rather than of politically motivated intermediated thinking – non-Buddhist minorities would have consumed the living prescription of Lord Buddha, and everything has taken place for the good, as Lord Buddha suggested.

Modern-day history is a scientific affair unlike centuries ago, it was forced by Kings to write it the way they wished – for the ardency of the Royal family to prevail in the future – rather the truth of evidence-backed. Thus, history is too controversial to liven after many centuries based on it. 

 

Believing of manuscript chronicles which is claimed to have been written to elevate Theravada Buddhism and its secure is absolute right of the people who believe it,     

But forcing it on those who predominantly traditionally believe in other faiths is absolute pandemonium creating and trying to survive personally than the religion forcing itself, because human psychology is that whatever is forced upon bound to be rejected by the community, and as well totally against Lord Buddha’s teachings of compassion.

A chronicle that is claimed to have been written to elevate and secure the status of a firm belief by the authors themselves at the end of each chapter is a prejudiced address to the followers of that faith, and consists of many controversial claims to be true and so that it cannot be forced into the other faith believers in whatever pretext.

Centuries-old History as well is prejudiced according to the wishes of the king’s family and thus any truly Democratic Country should not live or try to live history against the wishes of the people following the faith than the “Theraravadism”. Such an action as well totally against the Great Lord Buddha’s preaching of Peaceful living through consensus.

 

“True Buddhism Preached by Lord Buddha can prevail anytime anywhere but not by the Intermediatory forces”

 

Vesak Message

Lord Buddha Identified that human life revolve on worrying for various issues, which is universal problem not just or confining to one race or religion only.  

Sadness emancipates through jealousy, comparison and intolerance – brought about by greediness, lust for power and expansion more than that of need for peaceful life.

Thus, Lord Buddha preached that Liberation from Sadness (dukkha) is possible only by Tolerance, Compassion and Middle Path of every aspect of Life – all which again not confined one race but for entire human being and for whole Governing System.

Thus, Lord Buddha never prescribed veneration of artefacts because he understood that it would induct competition and aggression and unpeaceful situations.    
 

Lord Buddha in his enlightening preach understood that his prescription of Tolerance, Compassion and Middle Path will behold universal attraction.

Spontaneous attraction and passion cannot be brought about by power mongering or by rule of majoritarianism at gun point, or by overpowering privately owned lands for artifact veneration.

The walk towards the Diamond Jubilee of Sri Lankan Independence

 

The walk towards the Diamond Jubilee of Sri Lankan Independence

 Did I term the title correctly, did we walk towards or backwards the time, all exigencies of entire Sri Lankan population point-out that it has been a disastrous walk backward, still is the same way and the contingencies are such that dangerously poised for a longtime of blundering economy by the name of economic recovery.

The perspective of the heading is to point out the backwardness of the time travel of Sri Lanka, and it is quite simple that the forward march is indispensable, and whys and wherefores   

Finding a Solution for Language based Conflict  

All the successive governments shall bear the responsibility of a simple language problem to be grown-up as a conflict that protracted for 30 years – and walked the nation 30 + years backward – and still the spill-outs of that protracted war walking nation further backward; classic example is that the entire nation has run hysterically into the menace of doping and underworld gang proliferation. Those who constructed and concluded the mechanical warring in the North 13 years ago, still continuing  suppressing the Tamil’s cultural traditions and economic revival – the police and security forces occupying private lands, overtly overlooked or being part of – drug trafficking proliferation within the northern province – despite reporting it to parliament – the attitude continued and now the menace has engulfed the entire nation – school children and University Students the future generation are dangerously exposed to doping. Another unequivocal example for the political drama to suppress one section population will affect the entire population.

Though it can be welcomed that the present government has taken a positive step towards resolving the language-based conflict, but based on post-independent history the process is just only a speculative hope. The language conflict that began 74 years ago with the colonization scheme, towards marginalization of entire Tamil speaking minorities in the East but it had been the just a launch for different means marginalization throughout with single objective. Though Tamil politicians throughout the post independent period genuinely and foresightedly interacted with Sinhalese politicians to resolve the emanating worsening situation in years to come - unfortunately Sinhalese leaders who have been overwhelmed by euphoria of independence, never wanted give up the opportunity making the issue a political milage to date, portraying aggression towards minorities in order to portray themselves as nationalistic patriotic among the gullible mass of voters, never interacted genuinely towards resolving the issues and led to the protracted war.  Now they’re very reluctant to address the problems created by the war itself because rulers not ready to give up the domination by majoritarian rule.  Instead of involving in genuine dialogue to resolve issues – created and creating by inducting Sinhala nationalists to maintain volatile against minorities and now targeting historically important Saiva Temples and the lands attached to them, on various pretexts and it has become a challenge for the Saivist to protect them survive their cultural rituals. 

    It is here reminded to the ruling political leaders providing opportunity for uninterrupted access for food and education for the entire population equally is the responsibility of the government and that responsibility cannot be counted against – any civilians’ rightful demand for living free of fear and anxieties, - which Sri Lankan rulers miserably failed to provide to Tamil speaking population throughout post independent history of Sri Lanka. This has been amply explained in my blogger Regression to Bankruptcy by System Politicization of May 8^th 2022. Whenever Tamils demanded and struggled for living free of fear and anxieties and respectfully, rulers never understood this fact and counted the rulers’ responsibilities as countering argument. Have the rulers understood this core of the issue prevailing now? 

 

When the struggle erupted in Sinhala predominant area with all ethnics participating on April 9^th 2022, for fearing inability to feed their loved ones uninterruptedly and anxiety over scarcity of kitchen commodities – rulers are branding them as drug addicts and terrorists. When core of the issues is not understood resolving it as well fails and culminates in system failure. Struggle for survive the language and cultural entities of a race culminated in entire population struggling for essential commodities for daily living and for livelihood affecting poor of the majority community.

The Backwardness of Under Estimating a Language

On the 13^th of December 2022, I watched a TV program telecasted by Vasantham TV a Tamil channel of Independent Television Network (ITN) of Sri Lanka, it is a name selected by Sri Lankan authorities to just only to portray that it is an independent organisation – never an independent entity of – no second to the National Telecasters Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC) in reflecting the heavily politicalized views of the rulers. The program I watched quite accidently – though advertised – was inserted replacing originally scheduled popular program, was presented by majority community Singhalese who had just passed out from learning Tamil Language for official and professional purposes through an instructor by the name of Wickeramaratne.  Why this has to be telecasted through a popular Tamil channel – a reflection of an aggression mindset depicting that they have conquered the Tamils/Tamil language; while I congratulate those  innocent students for acquiring knowledge in conversing capacity of Tamil language – even though the presented program was good in the perspective of their mother tongue is not Tamil – it was with of flaws full pronunciations not fitting into a channel recognized as for Tamil Language speaking audience. Wickeramaratne could have benefitted more if this program had telecasted in a Sinhala medium channel.

This criticism as well is very fitting to all the majority community politicians who tries to speak in Tamil they know, in order to attract the Tamil voters through a comedic manner, a common mistake many politicians make internationally as well, they speak in a language foreign to them, but not ready to give due recognition to the same language in the governing system. The cheap stun-tic marketing mind-set of politicians is well understood by all Tamils whatever origin of this nation, that this uttering of Tamil words coming with the authority of aggression and hoodwinking mindset.  These witty non-Tamil politicians who make the singing the National Anthem in one of the Official Language Tamil as a big issue but comically want to address the Tamils in Tamil.

Singing of National Anthem in their own language, attracts those section of population into the governing system patriotically specially when there is accepted and recognized translation is readily available since the Independence of this Nation, which is an official language as well and banning the singing of National Anthem in a language that has been acclaimed globally as oldest language in use, is an absolute backwardness distancing the reconciliation within the volatile society– cannot be explained however, how such singing  will damage the reputation of Sinhalese, unless it is for domination mindset, with intention of marketing it to the gullible Sinhalese majority.

Before finding a political solution for Tamil grievances, the accepted and recognized Tamil version of the National Anthem should be allowed to be sung in official functions where ever needed, otherwise the any political solution becomes useless. Respectfully using the Tamil language which is an official language along with majority communities’ mother tongue Sinhala, within the entire governing system of the nation is important for the governing system and for meaningful reconciliation within volatilized community.     

Sinhala has been made Official Language very correctly, but Tamil the Globe’s oldest language including Sri Lanka where it most probably originated 5 thousand years ago – though of completely through a different geographical landscape has to struggle get its official status. This is because visionary lacking politicians targeting the voter base only – also imagine foolishly (or made the gullible so) that suppressing Tamil – will thrive the Sinhala language, but in contrary it has been proven historically and scientifically that is a myth of political goons for fooling the gullible mass. The scientific fact is higher the number of genuinely spoken language within a region – better for each language used.

When the governing system fails to recognize and to give due respect to all the official languages equally – it reflects within the entire society – friction begins – this is our post independent our history - Department of Official Language can play a pivotal role in bringing about natural reconciliation that paves way for rapid development of the nation should take the Centre stage as Department of Official Languages Implementation.  

It is very regrettable to note that many public name boards and sign boards reflects the mind-set of the designer of particular wrongful sign rather than depicting the directing the public it is intended for; these wrongful designs cannot be ignored as just mistakes of the designer or the authority who ordered the sign board – but as depict of collective attitude of the society that represented by the designers. (Deliberately ignored by power grabbers)

I will explain the above phenomenon with some examples below, as these so-called mistakes are found only with Tamil Language-not with Sinhala Language.  Here I am referring to sign boards that all-three languages are used in Government and semi-Government institutions and in the public transport system for the public to get access to public service easily. It has been noticed in many places Tamil letters does not carry the instruction that is supposed to carry – and rather misdirecting! There are some signs boards that carry part or partial of a Tamil alphabet that do not form a Tamil letter or word – which supposedly reflects that as of the Department of Education has barred the teaching Tamil Language. After all this is a country which the ruling system deliberately disturbed an International Academic Scientific Research Conference, for the reason the research subject was of Tamil Language – an outcome of politicization the right of Language use (1958 to 1974).     

 

 

The Tamil version above picture of an admission card for the convocation ceremony   depicts two former Prime Ministers being beleaguered in utter filth by the person or by the University itself or whoever prepared that admission card! It is very difficult to consider it as just mistake, for it has originated from one of the Sri Lankas high esteemed University of Moratuwa.

Following video taken from public domain You tube which has been virally circulating internationally for some time as Tamil being Popular Language depicts how the system of Language Implementation in Sri Lanka become a comic internationally 

 

https://www.facebook.com/100000241185632/videos/316363160266090/

 

 

The above is the name board of Colombo North Teaching Hospital (Ragama) which is a   component of Medical Faculty of the Kelaniya University. It seems Kelaniya University badly require Tamil Language knowledge. Here the entire purpose of a name board for an important unit of public seeking health- aid is completely lost – especially for the public who does know only Tamil, and do not understand Sinhala or English. Ragama is a larger town, resided by of quite a considerable number of Muslims and Tamils who knew only Tamil spoken, and Ragama Teaching Hospital is teasing those people – not to come to that “hochpidal” according to that “English” written using Tamil letters!   

In the picture below According to the Tamil version CEB is selling fish instead of supplying electricity and there are partial alphabets that do not form a letter; in the next one below a government institution is providing prostitution service! -There is no such word as ‘பெருனர் ‘ in Tamil, the correct one is பெறுனர்… Before I wind up this prolonging list of illustrations here, which otherwise become a book running into many pages.  In the video clip above a bus plying between Kandy and Monaragala carries destination board in Tamil “குண்டி” instead of correct கண்டி – Kandy is a town that always attract large number of tourists, tourists of any origin easily understand the meaning of “குண்டி” and hence will understand the sadism carried by the painter/designer of that name board as well as the political implications within Sri Lanka, irrespective of whatever picture Sri Lankan rulers tried to paint. 

Language is a mean of expressing the feelings of anyone, hence it is a very sensitive issue, especially when the language globally recognized oldest living language that still carries its virginity where it has most probably originated.  Are Sinhalese being Jealously of this fact and don’t want to hear about those research findings?    

 

 

Department of Official Language should have a key role in appropriate use of letters and words in preparing the sign boards without just leaving to the relevant peripheral units which creates un-uniformity and inappropriate sign boards. Department of Official Language shall open up an online Official Language Implementation Unit (SLOLIU) using all modern technology providing translation readily for any purpose except for books, required by any public service. For e.g.  If a public transport system requires translation for destination board, head of the unit contacts the SLOLIU and on the spot correct lexicon is provided within matter of seconds, like wise a Registrar of a University   can contact this for any doubt for letters to be used in cards; even private sector can use this facility for a fee.  Expenditure incurred in implementing SLOLIU shouldn’t be a constrain since ensuring all three-language usage very respectfully ensures understanding among the each other ethnic communities - the failure of which have kept afloat the friction against each other throughout the 74 years as result of failed strictness by the Department of Official Languages Implementation.

Panadura Base Hospital had a unique system (not sure whether still intact) to implement the all three-language policy; Hospital authorities formed an internal committee and a Tamil Doctor looked after the Tamil for all sign boards, within the Hospital. Likewise, all institution should be inducted to form internal committee for official languages policy.     

Department of Official Languages Implementation (Dept.OLI) shall notify all peripheral governing system in public service that all units shall interact with Dept.OLI whenever name/sign board designing is needed through SLOLIU and shall understand that conversing capacity of person in a language does not anyway confirm that person is capable of writing correctly of any language.    

Resolving the Ethnic Problem born out Language Ethnicity

The Indian prescribed model was seen as best at the hype of escalated a war at that time.  Ironically the people who opposed Indian involvement in political solution, are the same people who created and creating Sri Lankan ground situation volatility, are now perilously trying to expose the nation as battle field for India and China. All these points out to the necessity of expediently grating a viable political solution for Tamil speaking peoples’ problem so that nobody uses it for voter base.

Proper use of Mother tongues of all ethnic population and a common language that originates and enhances the scientific and professional knowledge are very important for faster development of a nation. Introduction of English from grade 1 and reintroduction of English as Language of medium in Law College is welcomed, Schools educating English from Grade 1 should be used as a tool for school level reconciliation.   

The rulers must understand that any language or the religion cannot be forced upon to any community not inborn to them neither by connivance nor by honey topped tongue, after all the 74 years of marginalization aggressively at all possible opportunities. The 74 years old habit for whatever connive objective along with politically hanging onto the power mongering for conveniently looting the nation – to push the 11.08 million people of this Nation to the poverty level, have to be diverted towards the genuine forward march towards prosperity of Nation Sri Lanka.

I have only one question pertaining to ethnic issues towards the rulers – do you all still wanted stay struck into thick mud of single language and one religion majoritarian rule singularity drag the country further backward or really come out of that drowning thick mud with the visionary light of recognizing the pluralistic society’s respectfulness to each other without fear, suspicious and anxiety to one another and become a pinnacle internationally?

If you stay in that mud it is continuing to waste your time and resources into the unabated squabbling - depicting improper governance and system failure of the rulers.

Therefore, finding a political Solution for conflict born out of Language based ethnicity is inevitable and should be expedited to recognize the pluralistic society’s respectfulness to each other without fear, suspicious and anxiety to one another and to be visionary of prospering Nation Sri Lanka, and that is way out of present wretched situation.

When Sinhala only Language policy was tabled in Parliament in 1958 Late Dr. Colvin R. de Silva reacted by saying “One Language two nations but Two Languages Single Nation” – prophesying the mediocracy of turmoil that has been rolled out for next 74 years. But in 1972 that prophesying was swallowed up into the mediocracy system of marketing to the Gullible and became the enactor of very controversial 1972 constitution that completely marginalized Tamils – rolling out the mediocracy.  

At the present context only, a Federal System would be the best solution for Sri Lanka to be viable and to fast tract the unreversible economic recovery. The 13^th Amendment to the constitution never satisfied the aspirations of the minorities, its clauses are such that the mediocracy of the majoritarian rule to continue, with a stroke of a pen the majoritarian rule overhauls the entire purpose of devolution objectives. Therefore the 13+, the political leaders are coining now, should be formulated as Federal System – that covers all the aspirations of minority Tamil speaking population.

  

 In such a setup, council of North and East should be amalgamated and the powers for land, police law and order along with Judiciary should be bestowed to the elected Federal council.  Federal council shall have powers towards Agriculture, Irrigation, Electricity Generation, Export, any income generation projects and to receive foreign aids directly. The last one to receive foreign aids directly is very imperative in the context of the past, majoritarian rule have diverted the medical equipment and aid funds towards North and East – including tsunami relieve funds to the majority community and or to pickpocket – a habit of aggressive marginalization of 74 years.  

Do not fear the word Federal, but understand the coherent meaning it carries globally within it, fearing federalism even after eliminating the separatists who became deadliest by the protracted war is underestimating the soldiers and their capacity of bravery for any challenges. If anyone claims that demand of federalism as trying to achieve separation that couldn’t be achieved through the war, - it reflects that buildup of protracted war has been for ethno-cleansing, continuing the aggressive marginalization and politicians have not understood the coexisting system or pretending to be so to continue the deceiving the gullible mass their own voters.

Give us (North and East) the Federal System that

We will teach how Electricity Generation could be cheap for the entire Island

We teach how to utilize the foreign aids what it is meant for without siphoning and pocketing

We will prove how to manage a Governing System efficiently without wastage

We will prove that ruling personal does not need commission for foreign funded projects and be a Governing System that wins accolades for further foreign aids and projects

We will demonstrate you how an agriculture revolution could be done with minimum utilization of Chemicals and become completely green gradually,

We will teach how to improve dairying industry with cattle population available

We will prove how to manage the irrigation system with limited resources for all the people equally utilize resources, without thwarting it for political reasons

Recognize entire Tamil Speaking Population’s right to live peacefully and perform their rituals within a Federal State within Sri Lanka and led that entity prove the rest of Sri Lanka the efficiency and be effective part prospering Sri Lanka.   

Further Plunging the National Economy by Bi-Annual Electricity tariff increases

Proposed Electricity tariffs will further/disastrously damage the current economic status than it will be by the assumed 8 hour power cut next year.

When opposition pours and mounts criticism to the Bi Annual tariff increase proposals by the Minister for Power and Energy Kanchana twitted

"Participated in the discussion held this morning on Structural Reforms for Economic Recovery & Sustainable Growth under the leadership of President @RW_UNP with IMF, WB, ADB, JAICA, AIIB, Min of Finance & CBSL. Energy Sector reforms & cost reflective pricing was also discussed"

By this Tweet Kanchana is trying to justify his wrongful proposal of bi-annual tariffs increase as of cost effective.

If so what happened to the findings of the previous Parliamentary COPE committee, on the Director Board of the Ceylon Electricity Board?

When the said COPE found Board of Directors, Ceylon Electricity Board of numerous fraudulent activities, Parliament COPE was changed, and fraudulent activities of allowed to continue, the salient point is Current President, was the Prime Minster, when those financial misappropriations was reported by Parliamentary COPE committee.

Some of the Board of Director members CEB are drawing salaries of RS. One million and few others nearing that amount, and those colossal amount of salary drawers, paid their due tax realised upon the salary they received, paid amounting to Rs. 4.8 billion through the commuted fund of the CEB allocated for development and maintenance of the CEB. Apart from colossal amount of salary drawing and stealthy tax evasion, those blood sucking parasites of CEB further burdening the cost of Electricity Generation, by drawing misappropriated allowances amounting to Rs. 1,544.4 million in the year 2020 and Rs. 2,134.9 million in 2021;with those Bord of Directors and their indiscriminate stealth is still intact, how can the cost effective calculator would be justifiable? Does the Fraudulent CEB is so powerful, than the Minister, Parliament and Executive President, to bring about their indiscriminate tariffs increase against the general public?

Do the International aiding organizations such as IMF, WB, ADB, JAICA and AIIB, with which you are claiming to be discussed the tariff increase of CEB aware of those colossal financial misappropriations taking place within the same main National Electricity providers of the Nation?

  

Kanchana, should understand that, rapid enhanced effort to reduce the cost of electricity generation by all possible means is the best way of addressing the unprofitable electricity generation. It is pointed out here that bi-annual tariffs increase is totally against the basic economic growth principles since the electricity depending day to day essential industrial system will be heavily affected that paves for further spiraling cost of living. That is why national economic will be rendered unrepairable dilapidation than the assumed drought and 8 hours power cut next year. Frequent Tariffs increases to electricity is setting up coffins for National Economy.

Kanchana you are too young to realize that easiest options are never be best solution, and indicates too lazy for thinking nationally rational.

National Electricity Supply is not a single lonely entity, a back bone of national economic dimensions which cannot be managed by just frequent tariffs increases. Further you failed to consider the increasing individual customers naturally neutralizing tendency of cost management. First of all completely revamp the activities of Board Directors of the CEB enabling, recently increased electricity tariffs to be cost effective.