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By Dr. Victor Ragunathan

We only asked decision making equal opportunity
We only asked a federal system
We only asked to be respected and
We only talked about our rights

We didn’t ask a separate state
We didn’t ask any preferential treatment
We didn’t talk about our homeland and
We didn’t start the fight

You asked why minority want equal rights
You asked why minority want federal system
You said minority is asking for preferential treatment and
You have picked the fight by killing innocent Tamils (since 1956)

You wouldn’t be asking this if Srilanka has Tamil Majority government (and Sinhala minority)
You wouldn’t be asking this if the (majority Tamil) government has massacred (minority Sinhala) youths for attending Sinhala language research conference.
You wouldn’t be asking this if (majority Tamil) the government burned your schools, library and Buddhist temples
You wouldn’t be asking this if you were sacked from the job, demoted from the job for not learning the Tamil. Instead

You would have asked equal right with majority Tamil
You would have asked for a federal solution.
You would have asked a separate Sinhala state and
You would have fought with the majority Tamil Government

Only if the tables have turned