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From: eknchan@acs.ucalgary.ca (Esther Kien-Nhi Chan)
Subject: Re: Forwarded article
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 92 18:06:49 GMT
Organization: The University of Calgary, Alberta


>This is the first time I am writing to S-C-SL. I read everything  that every
>one else writes  but never had the urge to write back. That was until I saw
>some loser called Sarath write something that I just had to show my point of
>view.
>This guy who most probably was born in Sri Lanka,  lived there and went to
>school there for the better part of his life comes to Canada and prides him
>self on the fact that he got out of the "hell=whole of lanka".
>So to you Sri Lanka is a hell eh? What are you? a Canadian! Well ask the white
>guy next to you what he considers you as.
>I am not questioning your right to say that, but what I am asking is why cant
>loser like you see the better aspects of Sri Lanka and its society. I have
>doubts about what people like you gain by comming to the west but I have no doub
>   t
>about what you have lost. Your Identity. Go talk to a fifth generation Italian
>or a second generation Polish or an Irish, they will be proud the of the fact
>that they are originally from those countries.
>So to you  Lanka is hell and I suppose you think that the great US of A or
>Canada is going to take care of you. Good luck to you buddy. I just hope that
>if I ever bring up kids in this country they don't turn out to be lost,
>clueless individuals without an identity like dear ol Sarath.

Well Lanka=Hell because

1) I know a few girls who had to sleep with MPs to get teaching
positions.

2) Remember what they did in 1971. They  put Aliya bottle
(CCS pepsi) into anal or vaginal opening and break it inside.
This was one of the famous torturing technique and it was
done in public. As a little kid I had the golden oportunity
to witness it.

3) You don't get anywhere in your career if you don't know
the right people but you are willing to work hard.

If Italian or whoever keep their identity, should I follow that.?
What is this Canada or USA is going to take care of me? Would you
mind telling me how SL is taking care of you?
Goto SL and see how you can do anything with a few $.
Could you write  good point about our culture? I believe the
stupid talks about SL culture was created just to exploit poor people.
(are you familiar with the saying IHATHA ATHME PINKARALA
THIYENAWANAM MAY ATHME SAPAWIDINNA PULUWAN)

If I don't fit into your nice little image of a SLankan
, then I am a loser? Why did you get all upset by reading just
lanka=hell? Do you belive it is true? If you want to raise your
kids in HEAVEN (= SL) go ahead and do it! Who is stopping you!



Merry christmas!!


Sarath (sarath@hydra.cis.mcmaster.ca) using Chans account.
































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From: nanda@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.sri-lanka
Subject: New Tax Treaty With SL??
Date: 2 Jan 93 13:51:41 CST
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services


Pardon me if this has been discussed before but,  does anyone know what the

Please reply to be directly,

Praba@research.rgsps.ukans.edu

Thanx in advance



new tax treaty is all about?  How does is affect us (Sri Lankans)?
From: m1pkd00@fed.frb.gov (Prasad K. Dharmasena)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.sri-lanka
Subject: Re: Calling USA Directly from Sri Lanka using Calling Cards
Date: 23 Dec 92 16:06:28 GMT


<sumane@grapes.Stanford.EDU> (Thilaka Sumanaweera) writes:

> Has anyone used this service? How expensive is it? Can one use
> any ol' phone by the road for this purpose or do you have to go
> to a phone with IDD capability?

A friend of mine used her US calling card to make intn'l calls
from SL.  Another friend got a "collect call" from SL which was
billed under the local phone bill.  During a collect call, the
SL operator cannot bill it to a calling card.  That's my $0.02.

prasad
Newsgroups: soc.culture.sri-lanka
From: jwithana@tan.Princeton.EDU (Janaka Withana)
Subject: Re: HAPPY NEWYEAR
Originator: news@nimaster
Organization: Princeton University
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 19:51:00 GMT

In article <1993Jan1.003633.772@uoft02.utoledo.edu> kmurali2@uoft02.utoledo.edu writes:
>			HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
>
>Hope The Turmoil will soon end, and Peace Will prevail through out SRI_LANKA!!
>
>			PEACE ON EARTH!!
>
>MK

we can always hope, but pardon me if i am a bit cynical of the politicians....

--j
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From: m1pkd00@fed.frb.gov (Prasad K. Dharmasena)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.sri-lanka
Subject: SL Population Growth rate
Date: 21 Dec 92 18:51:12 GMT



A recent SLNet news article says that Sri Lanka's population growth
rate is 1.33 per cent, down from 2.8 per cent in the 1970s.

However, I remember seeing another aritcle sometime back that said
SL's pop growth rate is comparable to that of India and Pakistan.
(Above 2 range.)

Does anyone know the correct figure?  (Vasee?)

prasad
From: sumane@grapes.Stanford.EDU (Thilaka Sumanaweera)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.sri-lanka
Subject: Calling USA Directly from Sri Lanka using Calling Cards
Date: 22 Dec 1992 01:53:55 GMT
Organization: Stanford University Computer Science Department
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: grapes.stanford.edu


According to a posting in SLNET, you can call USA directly from
Sri Lanka and bill the call to your US phone number. Here is a
piece of the posting (reproduced without permission):

---------------------------------------------------------------------

**  THREE MORE NEW FIELDS TO WIDEN TELECOM SERVICES

The private sector which has introduced mobile telephone
service and data communication by investing a massive Rs. 1,200
million is due to provide three more new services shortly, Posts
and Telecommunications Ministry secretary Asoka Gunasekera said.

He said applications would be called from private sector
companies to provide card phone service, home country direct
dialling service and absentia service.

Mr. Gunasekera said the card phone service and home country
direct dialling service have already been tested. The home
country direct dialling service, in which a foreigner on a visit
here is entitled to call his country and is billed in his home
country is now available for United States only. The ministry
wants to expand the service to other countries.
---------------------------------------------------------------------

Has anyone used this service? How expensive is it? Can one use
any ol' phone by the road for this purpose or do you have to go
to a phone with IDD capability? (IDD = International Direct
Dialing---a service which is not the default when you get a phone
in Sri Lanka).

Thilaka

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Thilaka Sumanaweera
Stanford University School of Medicine
Department of Radiology
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From: cs304001@scs.carleton.ca (Chulaka Ailapperuma)
Subject: Re: Forwarded article
Organization: School of Computer Science, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 02:08:04 GMT

In article <92Dec27.200235.17915@acs.ucalgary.ca> eknchan@acs.ucalgary.ca (Esther Kien-Nhi Chan) writes:
>In article <1992Dec25.194853.26138@cunews.carleton.ca> cs304001@scs.carleton.ca (Chulaka Ailapperuma) writes:
>
>>>2) Remember what they did in 1971. They  put Aliya bottle
>>>(CCS pepsi) into anal or vaginal opening and break it inside.
>>>This was one of the famous torturing technique and it was
>>>done in public. As a little kid I had the golden oportunity
>>>to witness it.
>>
>>I guess that's why you are one messed up dude eh ?
>From the few articles that I posted you have judged me as a
>messed up person! You must have left your brain at home:-)

.......
>So far two readers did not like my equation HELL = SL.
>Any volunteers who could teach me good points about our culture?
>Please assume I don't know anything good about our culture and
>restrict the discussion to our culture. You know I could read
>about racial discrimination of white/yellow/brown/black in lots
>of books or in newsgroups. Why do readers tend to forget that in
>SL how they(the people who have the power) humiliate and exploit 
>the poors and then they use the religion and so called
>traditional values to cover them up? 
>

Simply because the "people in power" abuse the power they do have,
does not mean that the culture is "Hell". Politics is politics. It is
not Culture. Maybe you should read some history books eh ? If you say
the a culture is bad simply because the leaders are screwed up, then
you could say that about almost every culture.

>Here in NA I have met two types SLankans. There are people who
>talk about SL culture very highly but they do everything to
>stay in NA or any other developed country. If they can't find
>any job or immigration loop holes (like marriage of convenience)
>then they start criticizing the way of life in developed countries.
>They go back and start exploiting poor while preaching about
>the culture.  People like me would fall into the other category.

Poor you. You should go out more and meet more people. There are many
reasons why people leave thier own country. Mostly, it is not becuase
thier culture is Hell. Mostly it is becuase they want better jobs etc.
It has nothing to do with culture. I have yet to meet someone from any
country who has come here because thier culture is "Hell". BTW what is
your category ? You did not define it. It would be nice to know what
you think of your self.
>




Xref: sparky soc.culture.sri-lanka:1538 soc.culture.tamil:4669
From: eknchan@acs.ucalgary.ca (Esther Kien-Nhi Chan)
Subject: Re: Forwarded article
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 92 20:02:35 GMT
Organization: The University of Calgary, Alberta

In article <1992Dec25.194853.26138@cunews.carleton.ca> cs304001@scs.carleton.ca (Chulaka Ailapperuma) writes:

>>2) Remember what they did in 1971. They  put Aliya bottle
>>(CCS pepsi) into anal or vaginal opening and break it inside.
>>This was one of the famous torturing technique and it was
>>done in public. As a little kid I had the golden oportunity
>>to witness it.
>
>I guess that's why you are one messed up dude eh ?
From the few articles that I posted you have judged me as a
messed up person! You must have left your brain at home:-)
>>
>
>thing for the tamils it would have been great.
>huh ?
>>Could you write  good point about our culture? I believe the
>>stupid talks about SL culture was created just to exploit poor people.
>>(are you familiar with the saying IHATHA ATHME PINKARALA
>>THIYENAWANAM MAY ATHME SAPAWIDINNA PULUWAN)
>>
>
>If you can't think of any, I guess it good you don't live in SL. Who
>needs fools like you. we have more the enough already !
I can't think any good points about SL culture so would you mind
telling me those. But please don't repeat the wealth of info you have
given in the previous sentence. 

>
>>If I don't fit into your nice little image of a SLankan
>>, then I am a loser? Why did you get all upset by reading just
>>lanka=hell? Do you belive it is true? If you want to raise your
>>kids in HEAVEN (= SL) go ahead and do it! Who is stopping you!
>
>Yes sir. you are a LOSER ! LOSER LOSER LOSER !!
                    ^^^^    ^^^^  ^^^^^ ^^^^^
I like to think that you have not  set up your editor properly. 
You see, I used to repeat the same word when I was a little
kid to make a point.

So far two readers did not like my equation HELL = SL.
Any volunteers who could teach me good points about our culture?
Please assume I don't know anything good about our culture and
restrict the discussion to our culture. You know I could read
about racial discrimination of white/yellow/brown/black in lots
of books or in newsgroups. Why do readers tend to forget that in
SL how they(the people who have the power) humiliate and exploit 
the poors and then they use the religion and so called
traditional values to cover them up? 

Here in NA I have met two types SLankans. There are people who
talk about SL culture very highly but they do everything to
stay in NA or any other developed country. If they can't find
any job or immigration loop holes (like marriage of convenience)
then they start criticizing the way of life in developed countries.
They go back and start exploiting poor while preaching about
the culture.  People like me would fall into the other category.

***
Sarath (sarath@cis.mcmaster.ca) using Chan's account.




Newsgroups: soc.culture.sri-lanka
From: eknchan@acs.ucalgary.ca (Esther Kien-Nhi Chan)
Subject: SL = HELL ( SL culture .ne. HELL)
Summary: Nothing valuable: this is usenet (: - 
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 92 08:19:14 GMT
Organization: The University of Calgary, Alberta
Keywords: oh I forget
Followup-To: /dev/null




I thought I made my point clear. What I said was
SL (whole country) = HELL. (In my opinion). 

I did not imply SL Culture = HELL.  Don't try to put word into my
mouth.  Remember how it started, one person got little bit upset
with me for calling SL=HELL and he kindly suggested me to look at
our culture and heritage. I just wanted to know some good points
about our culture.  I believe the culture (I am talking about the
culture they talk in national politics (stupid one)) is part of
the reason for SL=HELL. Once again this is my opinion. I don't
have any scientific evidence ((:-) to support this, all I have is
just anecdotal evidence. 

I am bit reluctant to believe the great things about our culture
given in history books. A few years back I read somewhere, the
character of ANDARE (our joker in kings time) is fictitious. There
were more, but this is all I remember. 

******

Sarath (sarath@hydra.cis.mcmaster.ca) using Chan's account.
From: kmurali2@uoft02.utoledo.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.sri-lanka
Subject: HAPPY NEWYEAR
Date: 1 Jan 93 00:36:33 EST
Organization: University of Toledo, Computer Services

			HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Hope The Turmoil will soon end, and Peace Will prevail through out SRI_LANKA!!

			PEACE ON EARTH!!

MK
Newsgroups: soc.culture.sri-lanka
From: zubair@venus.ycc.yale.edu
Subject: Badiudeen
Organization: Yale Computer Center (YCC)
Date: 28 Dec 92 16:03:03 EDT

Just wondering about the claim that somebody made that Badiudin Mohamed, the
Education Minister in the 70's pushed standardized admission to Universities 
based on language, so as to favor Muslims. Does anyone have evidence for this?
I know that the bulk (over 90%) of the Muslims study in Tamil and would have
thought that language-based standardization would have diminished the number of
Muslims in University - in a situation where the fraction of Muslims in 
Universities has been far below their fraction of the population for a long 
time ( not so bad now). 

On the other hand, maybe this argument is just used to deflect fighting 
partisans  from each other. Not a bad idea. 

Lareef (conflicts of interests: a fake Muslim. Also, I said hello to Badi once 
as a kid of 9, when he visited the school my father taught in.)
From: m1pkd00@fed.frb.gov (Prasad K. Dharmasena)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.sri-lanka
Subject: AIDS
Date: 22 Dec 92 15:17:50 GMT


{ The following article has been taken with permission from the 
  bi-weekly newsletter "Sri Lanka News Bulletin" published by 
  the Embassy of Sri Lanka at Washington, DC.   -- prasad }



**   YOUTH SYMPOSIUM TO MARK WORLD AIDS DAY

On December 1, World AIDS Day, 250,000 village based youth
club members, will gather in 3000 different locations islandwide
to pool their capacities as social workers and change agents
to combat the AIDS menace.

The youth mobilisation program is implemented by Worldview
International Foundation's Sri Lanka Media Centre in
collaboration with the National Youth Services Council's
Federation of Youth Clubs.

The objective of the effort is to bring into focus the
role youth organisations must play, in educating the rural youth
in particular, and the rural population in general on AIDS and
preventive measures, a Worldview news release said.

According to Dr. Michael Merson, Head of the Global Program
on AIDS, (WHO), the HIV that causes AIDS Is spreading at an
alarming rate of one new infection every 15 seconds.

There are about 18 million men, women and children
throughout the world who are infected with HIV. The virus
spreads primarily through sexual intercourse, but can also be
transmitted by sharing injection needles, blood transfusions
and from infected mothers to their unborn and newborn children,
he said.

Worldview Sir Lanka has already launched several AIDS
awareness and communication programs based on this year's AIDS
Day theme - Community Commitments.

Worldview's special AIDS Awareness and Communication Project
funded by NORAD has so far trained 30 national level youth
leaders and 100 district level youth leaders in AIDS
communication, through a series of five day residential
workshops. The AIDS Day seminar series will be coordinated
by these trainees.

Two other components of the campaign will be launched on
December 1. The inaugural symposium to sensitise ayurveda
practitioners on AIDS, will be held on December 1 at the
Bandaranaike Central College Hall, Gampaha. Over 100 ayurveda
physicians in Gampaha district will participate.

Another important activity scheduled for AIDS Day is the
launch of a 52 week radio program series for the dissemination
of AIDS information and motivational messages. The series will
be aired by the SLBC's Commercial Service.
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From: lohi@falcons.ent.ohiou.edu (Lohitha Dewasurendra UES)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.sri-lanka
Subject: Happy Holidays
Date: 23 Dec 92 13:14:50 GMT
Organization: College of Engg. & Tech., Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
Originator: lohi@falcons.ent.ohiou.edu


    *.....................................................................*
    .                                                                     .
    .              Wishing you all the warmth and happiness               .
    .                   this Holiday Season brings                        .
    .                                                                     .
    .                 Lohitha & Dhammika Dewasurendra                     .
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.sri-lanka
From: cs304001@scs.carleton.ca (Chulaka Ailapperuma)
Subject: Re: Forwarded article
Organization: School of Computer Science, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 23:14:40 GMT

In article <BzM93p.M7t@acsu.buffalo.edu> CRAJAPAK%KNOX.BITNET@uicvm.uic.edu writes:
>This is the first time I am writing to S-C-SL. I read everything  that every
>one else writes  but never had the urge to write back. That was until I saw
>some loser called Sarath write something that I just had to show my point of
>view.
>This guy who most probably was born in Sri Lanka,  lived there and went to
>school there for the better part of his life comes to Canada and prides him
>self on the fact that he got out of the "hell=whole of lanka".
.....

Well said. We should be proud of our culture. I am, however, ashamed
of some of our polititians. (Who isn't ?) ;=) .

Seasons greetings !
End of Exams !
From: na@abb-sc.abb-sc.com (Aru Arunasalam)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.sri-lanka
Subject: Re: SL Population Growth rate
Date: 22 Dec 92 21:13:42 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: ABB Systems Control Company, Inc.


In article <10687@arccs1.fed.FRB.GOV:, m1pkd00@fed.frb.gov (Prasad K. Dharmasena) writes...
: 
:..... 
:However, I remember seeing another aritcle sometime back that said
:SL's pop growth rate is comparable to that of India and Pakistan.
:(Above 2 range.)
: 
:Does anyone know the correct figure?  (Vasee?)
: 
Asiaweek has the numbers in the "social indicators" section every week.
I do remember the SL number being closer to those of the "dragons" than our
neighbours on the subcontinent.

Aru/                                 na@abb-sc.com
From: 02h@oasys.dt.navy.mil (CDR Fred C. Wyse)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.sri-lanka,alt.adoption
Subject: Seeking Information/Contacts
Date: 23 Dec 92 13:40:57 GMT
Expires: 22 Jan 93 00:00:00 GMT
Reply-To: 02h@oasys.dt.navy.mil (CDR Fred C. Wyse)
Followup-To: soc.culture.sri-lanka
Organization: Carderock Division, NSWC, Bethesda, MD

My wife and I are looking for information and contacts.

In 1990, we adopted an infant boy.  He is now a terrific, intelligent,
lovely, delightful 2 1/2 year old.  We could not be happier with our son.
We now would like to adopt a second child, a younger brother or sister
for our little boy.

Our son's birth mother is Sri Lankan, even though he was born in the
United States. (And because of this, I have been reading S.C.S-L for
the past year.)  We feel that if we are able to adopt a second child, 
it would be a great benefit for both to have Sri Lankan heritage.

Can anyone help us with information, or possibly refer us to someone
or some organization that might assist us?

We have some experience with international adoption procedures, but
do not know anything about Sri Lanka's requirements.  Information in
this area would be welcome, particularly about individuals or agencies
who have experience.

A home study is available, and it is our intention to use an accredited
social service agency to manage placement, post-placement supervision,
etc., and to fulfill all requirements to legally complete an adoption.

What we can offer to a child is a loving home, a secure environment,
and the most adorable "big brother" anyone could want.

If you have information that may help us, please E-Mail to
"02h@oasys.dt.navy.mil", or in the United States, call 301-227-1516.

					    Sincerely,
					    Fred Wyse
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