What a funny argument! So just because some set of Tamils (living in a majority Sinhala area) became ‘Sinhalised’ you thing the formula will work for the entire country. What a funny man you are, Justmal.

For your kind information, this phenomenon of ‘naturalisation’ has seen in the opposite way. For examples the Koviars which constituted 7% of the Jaffna district population in 1948, were earlier Sinhalese.

It was natural that minorities becoming ‘naturalised’ in a society they do not have a dominant power. That happened everywhere.

However, in the present circumstances, that will not happen and even tying for such impractical ‘solutions’ is useless.

Have not we already leant the lessons of these useless experiments? Already 70,000 died. How many more we want to die till we get some senses?

Sri Lanka only needs two languages, and Tamil isn’t one of them. Multi-culturalism is a failed experiment the world over.

Not that we have not tried following Malaysia, but we badly failed. Why do you think we want to make Sinhala the only official language in 1956, knowing very well that Sinhala is not poised up for that and doing so will obviously have negative impact not just on minorities but on Sinhalese as well?

In other words, we used every available opportunity (Sinhala Only policy, standardization, 1958, 79 and 1983 riots) to forcefully ‘naturalize’ (‘Sinhalize’) the minorities. Unlike their Malaysian counterparts, Sri Lankan Tamils vehemently opposed and we all know what followed.

Therefore, please do not advocate repeating failed experiments. If Ca precipitates Ag from AgCl in 1956, it will do so in 2007 too. Please do not expect any different results.

The Sri Lankan government providing funds for Tamil language schools and Islamic uniforms for Muslim students, has only made the problem worse by allowing these minorities to avoid assimilation with the national culture. We should follow Malaysia’s example for national integration by discouraging separate ethnic-minority identities.

It is sad that even today some people promote the concept of educational institutes based on religious grounds. Even in Grade One admissions issue this has become a noteworthy criterion.

When do we able to rise up from our petty religious and ethical constrains and think as Sri Lankans?