tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264651636809122309.post2221928155489416165..comments2023-05-08T20:47:09.222+05:30Comments on Peradeniya Engineering Faculty Memories: Oriravu (One Night) : PART 1 - by S. SivasegaramE-Fac Memorieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07875303094141882942noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264651636809122309.post-21845935717040820372015-08-01T20:50:36.633+05:302015-08-01T20:50:36.633+05:30The July 1983 Riots that Created a Collective Trau...The July 1983 Riots that Created a Collective Trauma<br /><br />http://transyl2014.blogspot.ca/2015/07/the-july-1983-riots-that-created.html<br /><br />Violence against Tamil Students at the Peradeniya University in 1983 May<br />Nearly two months before the Black July Tamil students of the Peradeniya University were savagely assaulted by a group of Sinhalese students led by W.A.D.T. (Thulsie) Wickremasinghe and A. Ekanayake - 4th year science students from Arunachalam Hall and another group led by Dr. S. Gamage, a passed out dentist who was motivated by personal considerations. (Sri Lanka: The Arrogance of Power: Myths, Decadence and Murder - Rajan Hoole). The violence against the Tamil Students at the Peradeniya University could have had links with assaults and expulsion of the Sinhalese students from the Jaffna University by some radical Tamil students in early years. In 1976, the University Registrar Mr Wimal Sundara was beaten and chased out from the university by these radical groups. Although the university’s head, K Kailasapathy wanted to maintain the multiethnic character in the Jaffna University by 1978 most of the Sinhalese students of the Jaffna University were moved to other universities.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264651636809122309.post-34205316947192281772014-12-25T05:23:21.397+05:302014-12-25T05:23:21.397+05:30Prof Sivasekaram deserve a medal for bravery for s...Prof Sivasekaram deserve a medal for bravery for saving the life of a hapless tamil from the mob .Whatever happened to Balasoorian now? <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264651636809122309.post-38912255685181348482011-06-17T18:33:19.056+05:302011-06-17T18:33:19.056+05:30This is about Oriravu (One Night) by Prof. S.Sivas...This is about Oriravu (One Night) by Prof. S.Sivasegaram<br /><br /> As one of the characters appearing in this<br />narration, I am happy that my good friend Siva has penned this down and that<br />it appears in the Web.It corrects the one sided story (which goes against all<br />ethics of public documentation) publicised by the UTHR which appears<br />prominently in the Web entries under my name.The UTHR should have been decent<br />enough to contact me and got my story also if they wanted a fair and just<br />documentation. I am happy at last that Siva, a total outsider to this drama<br />enacted that night at Hilda Obeyesekere Hall, has put down what he saw and<br />experienced on that night.Only a person who lived through those dismal times<br />in those trying circumstances would know what one had to undergo facing an<br />anonymous mob of some hundred "outsiders" ( people from other parts of the<br />campus)Nobody , especially the bleeding hearts of the UTHR talks of those who<br />were killed by mobs in those times. As far as I and my sub-wardens were<br />concerned we have saved the life of Balsuriyan from a mob who would very well<br />have beaten him to death.<br /> K.N.O.Dharmadasa<br /><br /><br />Prof. K.N.O.Dharmadasa<br />Dept. of Sinhala<br />University of Peradeniya<br />Peradeniya<br />Sri LankaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264651636809122309.post-16598440765387449752011-01-06T13:18:06.326+05:302011-01-06T13:18:06.326+05:30Add your comments here.
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