Tamils have Tamil Nadu Muslims have Arabia, Christians have the West, we Sinhala Buddhists only have this little island

I'm sure you have heard a version of it at some point in your life. No? Lucky you. Growing up I used to hear its variations of this sentiment about as frequently as bomb blast during the war years. Not very often. Just enough to stay in the mind. Thankfully voiced by non immediate family …

July 83 riots Sri Lanka – childhood memories

Mob barged in through the front gate just before lunch. Most of them armed with metal bars. I was too young to understand what was going on. I remember clinging to my father's trouser leg asking what was going on. His calm "don't worry putha its going to be all right" wasn't very satisfying. A …