'THIS IS NOT WHO WE ARE '............

This is not who we are ……………….. ( BORROWED WORDS)

According to the some of the reports of mulpitu,(front pages) reported by the ‘mulpituwa’ by a mul putuwa of the most tallest HOUSE of our country

Some do not want Sri Lankans to be participated in ‘THE OLYMPICS’

My opinion here is that one must first understand the meaning of the ‘OLYMPICS’ 

ALL THE VERY BEST LONDON OLYMPIC -2012 ! 

What is this ‘Olympics’ in short? Here is my explanation please remember that I am not an expert in giving explanation on things I see and say things according to the my knowledge and understandings on certain things on ‘society’ and other things 

Olympic is not just ‘GAMES’ that is a sign and true peace broker of ‘PEACE AND HARMONY’. Olympic is not for showing any territories of a, country that is a ‘world’ (one word but ‘PLURAL’)

Who wants peace? Who does not want peace? Think a while

Let me stop here for a moment and proceed to the same direction but in a little different way.

Following is a little description of a person I know very much since childhood.

Name – Thanippullige Teran Lasantha

Year Born – February 17, 1976

Place of birth (upan sthanaya)– Jaffna (Army Hospital Thellipallai)

After note …………….

This one is a man but not a ‘porak’ I am not good in translating some Sinhalese words in to English because I m not good in that subject.

But I know that this word is in use in the normal society amongst some people, peer groups but this is not the word used in ‘written language unless it is really necessary to explain something and also for ‘official matters’ ‘ advanced’ ( this word has a broader sense) things on our society

Following are few of the words that you may hear that some use if you just walk a little from here to there or from there to here or to some where and to everywhere 

A pora , ara pora, mara porawal, hari porak thamai , mehemath porawal, unuth porawalda, etc 

I understand some of the ‘anwartha namayan’ that people on certain things of the society that some use on some purpose but to tell you frankly I sometimes don’t understand this ‘numberization’’ flowerization’ colourizations’ or and some .com things on some of the things this I have noticed since couple of months or so. But I very well understand ‘the words’ ‘globalization’ generalization’ etc 

I thought this morning ……….

Whether some ‘misunderstands’ the things I say or write ‘ I have no ill wills behind what I am writing or saying. Also I thought whether I should use the following words before every note I write or before every saying I say

‘Nam gam manakkalpithai’ ‘following bare no resemblance to any one or any place in particular’ like some use in some things on some purposes. That is also not possible sometimes because I write things on I see and hear or watch or observe, read’

but in certain incidents I particularly aiming or aimed certain a particular group or a person I accept and admit that honestly. I am sure that some of you have read ‘dear ministers of gas and milk powder and cement’ 

 So I like to say that ‘footpath is my life’ ‘I love this path’ I NEVER USE THIS PATH TO INSULT ANYONE OR ANYTHING……..  

‘Rata thamai palamu thena’ ‘our country is the first’ and there is nothing above that everything else second to this word and its meaning - ‘country’

So let me come back to the ‘little description’ of the person that I mentioned earlier but before that I always have few questions on some things I hear these days. So I thought of sharing those thoughts with you this time as well…………..

On what basis we can say or use some wordings, sentences or the ideas  that we generally use in general conversations, un official things, the conversations that generally have outside ‘big discussions of responsible personal’ ( official) such as ……..that ‘this is mine’ this part is ours’ ‘that part belong to them’, don’t take them’ ‘take them’, ‘ stop giving orders’, ‘ don’t take that serious’, ‘ they are bad’, ‘we are good’, ‘ we need the big share’, ‘ we need at least a little share’ ‘ we need them in writing’ ‘give them nothing’, ‘don’t love them’ ‘ they have no brain’, ‘ common tap/ well is not public but private’‘ we have the brain’, ‘how dare you say so’, ‘ only my friends are good’ ‘all others are bad’, ‘ no right to rehabilitate’, ‘ don’t rebuild’ ‘ they did nothing’ ‘ we did everything’,

All parts, areas, districts, provincials, of our country belong to all the people. No way can we mark territories, NEVER in a wrong manner.

We HAVE ONLY ONE ‘DEED’ and have not issued any duplicates according to my knowledge.

All these are MY PERSONAL VIEWS AND PLEASE REMEMBER that I HAVE NO FAMILY MEMBER IN THE PARLIAMENT and I AM NOT A GOVERNMENT WORKER. THE TRUTH IS THAT I AM A CITIZEN OF THIS COUNTRY that can not be changed for any reason. Every word that were written on this foot path is solely and purely mine no one is responsible for what I m saying or writing. 

Have you heard about that person before? ( the little description given earlier)

 He lives in an old kingdom about four kilometers away from the capital of that last kingdom of our beautiful, brave, country. You may see him flying with a three wheels and sometimes walk with his foot neat and demandable in work that he is good at popular among friends, little arrogant only when he sees his siblings have moved away the ‘paapissa’ from where it should be kept. He is particular about the right ‘aliment’ he does not want others to move his ‘cup of tea’ from where he keeps to some other place. ‘Father like and I become a child before him. I was the big boss earlier lost my place after ‘he became about 5.8” tall. This person is taller than me in many ways. I have the certificates of this and that and I have the photograph taken on the day that I graduated, but before this person all that become ‘nothing’ this particular person has a very little to show, including his birth certificate, identity card, driving license, school leaving certificate etc but this person has many other valuable things ‘within’.  

I have fallen in love with Jaffna mainly because of this person who has a ‘very strong biological bond’ with me other than that who will not fallen in love with that particular ‘district’ ‘area’ because it is  a MAJOR PART OF OUR ONE AND ONLY COUNTRY WE HAVE. ‘THIS IS ALL WHAT WE HAVE’ all other things come second to this and have less value.

 He took my thoughts back to the Jaffna peninsula this morning . There was a time that we teased him saying only when we have little fights, he recently visited ‘Jaffna’ with few of his friends we used to tease him ‘ah game yanawa wage neda kaalekata passe’

(generally we say ‘game yanawa’ – when one is heading to his/her birth place or to home town, kaalekata passé – after a long time) just because he was born in Jaffna. 

He has not visited Jaffna during war period because he is not a member of all brave forces and only has seen the news updates of battle on television and I am sure he has read many things about it. He has his own views on ‘politics’ and on many other things that he sees and hears.  He is the same person who sends a bag full of daily necessities when my amma comes to Colombo to see nangi and me. 

So thinking of my own memories about Jaffna I remember ‘Shivamani’ and ‘red onion’ these are the only things I remember of Jaffna ‘hearts’ who helped my mother and my father a lot back in 1976.

Ah one more thing ‘raa’ ‘toddy’ i remember these words were very popular 

Wait a moment I‘ll tell you who that person is?  ‘Patience’ is a lovely word but I know that is a ‘hard to practice word’ ‘only the winners know the word better.

It is my everyday habit that I visit ‘Malinda words/poems’ every day (except on some days) 

‘This is not who we are’ I like the title more than the poem because of many reasons. And that has become one of the most visited/read poems of his collection of poems and that is there on the list after lovely poem ‘nangi if you just visit his page you will notice that. So I thought of using the same title to explain my views on these things and here I shared what I did with you. Shall I use the words ‘I borrowed the title’( I did not get his permission to use his words here) 

Say yes to terrorism NO NEVER!‘ this is not who we are’ I thought of these words after reading the poem and I tried to apply this ‘meaningful words’ to the ‘whole society’.

We say NEVER to terrorism. This is who we are. 

Dear President Defeating the LTTE was NEVER A CHALLENGE FOR YOU’  and for that you got adequate support from all the brave heart groups of all three forces, police, the village level guardians, civil committee members, the village level guardians (gam batta - I use this word with love-and with respect) and the citizens of this country were with you. 

How come this ‘rarely visit’’ little think about country’ ‘not shed a drop of sweat for the sake of our people, for the sake of the country’ ‘not sent a single pill for the sake of any group’ on behalf of not even of their own parampara will ever be a challenge for you and it is very difficult to believe such a saying sir.

And I BELIEVE  that the person whom I am describing ‘giving you some information’ has NO RIGHT TO SAY THAT JAFFNA IS HIS NIJABIMA JUST BECAUSE HE WAS BORN IN THAT SOIL. BECAUSE I KNOW THAT HE HAS DONE NOTHING FOR THE SAKE OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE AND HE HAS NOT CONTRIBUTED ANY LABOUR OR OTHER WISE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT PARTICULAR AREA OF OUR COUNTRY EVEN BEFORE OR AFTER THE ‘HUMANITARIAN WAR AGAINST TERRORISM’ ( THE LTTE)

  And I also very strongly believe that he is not that stupid to believe so.

 As a citizen of this country we also have some ‘right’ towards working or talking on behalf of our country and for the development of the whole mankind of the whole world it is not ONLY  a duty of the police department of a country also that is a responsibility of a ‘citizen’.

So let me tell you now who that person is ‘HE IS MY BROTHER’ ……………..