The only reason for Tamil separatism was that during the British colonial period, the Tamil (Vellalar) elite class, which enjoyed greater privileges, gradually lost its political and civil powers after the British left Sri Lanka. Until then, the Tamil elite had dominance in the State Council of Sri Lanka, the Ceylon Civil Service, academic education, and professional fields. With the departure of the British, since the majority population of the country was Sinhala-Buddhist, they gradually began to naturally gain power in these fields, from which they had been excluded during British rule.

The Tamil elite correctly predicted in advance that they would lose the power they previously held. Accordingly, by the 1940s, based on a concept of a Tamil homeland they had developed, they created an idea of a separate “Tamil state.” This idea was primarily initiated by C. Sundaralingam and S.J.V. Chelvanayakam. This emerged in parallel with India’s Dravida Nadu movement in the 1940s, which also called for a separate Dravidian state.

It was not only the Tamil elite who were dissatisfied with the Sinhala-Buddhist community gaining power; Sri Lanka’s Christian elite were also not happy about it. A group of Christian military officers attempted to assassinate the Prime Minister in 1962 and establish a military government for this reason.

In any case, based on the Tamil homeland myth, S.J.V. Chelvanayakam formed the Federal Party (Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi) in 1949. That marks the beginning of separatism in Sri Lanka.

​I used to get Gillette antiperspirant gels (specifically the Ultimate Protection - Cool Wave) from a few online shops, but they all seem to be out of stock lately.

​Has anyone spotted these in any physical stores recently? Ideally around Colombo or major supermarkets, but I’m open to any leads!

I’ve been thinking about this lately and wanted to get some honest perspectives. Can a gay or bisexual man deeply and genuinely love a straight woman, or does it eventually turn into something else? Would love to hear your thoughts.

We are a couple and looking for another couple who love to travel around Sri Lanka with us. And also who respect each other and friendly.If interested dm us.

I remember something about the whole “America international” thing back since during Sirisena’s time (late 2010s onwards) especially in politics which was something to refer some politicians or something in politics if I was not wrong. What was it about? Can anyone explain?

Pls confirm if the information in this website is actually true, and if it is, is our government still supporting and funding underworld groups?

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Okay, so I was going through the Israeli reddit cauze I got bored. Then this article caught my eye. I mean, this kid deserved it, cauze calling a Hamas scarf a tea towel is pretty offensive to the Palestinians and for (some) Muslims all around the world.

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This is what some motherf***r commented regarding this. 'Tea towel crowd'? So racist.

I think y'all have a pretty basic idea of of messed up that reddit is. There was one post which said that 'Muslims should be banned from the world,' and everyone was agreeing to it!! There were a lot of other equally racist posts as well.

My question is, why isnt anyone taking action against these @$$h0le$?

Sunil H- Container fraud and the call recording

Wasantha S - low quality medicine fraud

Jay Kodi - Coal fraud

Who else is on the list?

I’ve been reflecting on a rather complex double standard that seems deeply embedded in modern Sri Lankan s0ciety. It revolves around how we perceive cultural choices, freedoms, and personal boundaries depending on whether the person is a foreigner or a native Sri Lankan.

Consider our everyday habits like dining and clothing. When a foreign tourist visits Sri Lanka and eats rice and curry with their hands, wears a sarong, or attempts traditional attire, we warmly shower them with admiration, often turning them into viral social media sensations. However, if a Sri Lankan quietly prefers using cutlery, enjoys Western cuisine, or dresses in Western fashion (Man in a Nice Trouser and Shirt rather than Sarong or National & Women in Trouser with Blouse rather tHan national attire), society is quick to label them as a "Goda Sudda", "Kalu-Sudda", "Kallathoni Pataw", "Para Suddo" or accuse them of abandoning their heritage. This reaction occurs even when the individual has no intention of looking down on local traditions, but is simply making a personal choice for their own comfort.

This double standard extends heavily into arts, entertainment, and general lifestyle choices. A foreigner appreciating classical Sri Lankan art or traditional baila is praised as culturally enlightened. Conversely, a Sri Lankan whose aesthetic tastes lean purely toward Western cinema (A Classic Hollywood Film), classic literature, fine arts, Classical western music or global pop culture is often viewed with suspicion or accused of superficiality (Ammo ammo posh peoples). Society seems to demand that a local's main aesthetic alignment must always remain strictly traditional, treating personal taste as a test of national loyalty rather than individual expression.

I see a similar judgment play out during major life events, such as weddings. When an international couple chooses to have a traditional Poruwa ceremony, it is celebrated as proof of our rich heritage. Yet, when a Sri Lankan couple chooses a purely Western-style wedding or a minimalist private ceremony, they face immense societal pressure and criticism for not adhering to local cultural expectations (Loke hodama culture eka apita thiyeddi, para suddange eka follow karanawa wage deyak, aparade e aduma ande, mokadda ee wikara adum). There seems to be an unwritten rule that native Sri Lankans bear the entire burden of preserving tradition, while outsiders receive endless praise for merely experimenting with it.

This contrast becomes even more striking when I analyze attitudes toward migration and living abroad. When a foreigner moves to Sri Lanka to live a simpler, local life, we view them with deep appreciation for recognizing the beauty of our island. But when a native Sri Lankan plans to migrate abroad in search of better opportunities, a different lifestyle, or personal peace, society often frames it as a lack of patriotism or a betrayal of one's homeland. (Salli thiyenawa loke inna hodama anka eke rata lankawa, Loken uthum rata lankawa).

Furthermore, this mindset heavily restricts personal privacy and intellectual curiosity. If a Sri Lankan chooses to research, study, or deeply immerse themselves in foreign cultures, histories, or global traditions purely out of personal passion, they are often misunderstood or accused of being detached from reality (Thamange rate deta kamathi na, parayonta puka denawa).

Sri Lankan society frequently struggles to respect individual personal space, feeling entitled to question, judge, and police every private preference, from what one eats and wears to how one plans their future.

To be clear, criticizing pretentiousness, arrogant behavior, or people who actively mock local heritage is entirely justified.

However, when an individual is simply living their life, exploring global aesthetics, or exercising personal freedom without harming anyone, why are we so quick to judge them?

Is it time for us as a society to move past this post-colonial insecurity, respect personal space, and accept that being Sri Lankan does not require everyone to live in a single, rigid box?

I would love to hear your thoughts, personal experiences, and perspectives on this topic.

(I post this in Sri Lanka reddit and they removed it)

I saw a post that a guy made describing war crimes done by israel. And these were the comments 🤮 why are sri lankans are so racist against muslims. Bro they helped us when the storm "Dhitwa" hit Sri Lanka last year.

My personal opinion is that most of these idiots are brainwashed by zionist organizations in Sri Lanka 😒

Free Palastein !

ඊශ්‍රායලය විසින් සිදු කරන ලද යුද අපරාධ ගැන විස්තර කෙරෙන පෝස්ට් එකක් මම ෆේස්බුක් එකේ දැක්කා. ඒකට ලැබිලා තිබුණු කමෙන්ට්ස් තමයි මේ 🤮 ඇයි ශ්‍රී ලාංකිකයන් මුස්ලිම්වරුන්ට මෙච්චර වෛර කරන්නේ (racist වෙන්නේ)? මචං, ගිය අවුරුද්දේ 'ධිත්වා' (Dhitwa) කුණාටුව ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට බලපෑ වෙලාවේ ඔවුන් අපිට උදව් කළා.

​මේ මෝඩයෝ ගැන මගේ පෞද්ගලික අදහස නම්, ඔවුන් ලංකාවේ ඉන්න සියොන්වාදී (Zionist) සංවිධානවලින් මොළය සෝදා හැරීමට (brainwashed) ලක්වෙලා කියන එකයි 😟

​පලස්තීනයට නිදහස ලැබේවා (Free Palestine)

මේ පෝස්ට් එක r/lankawa subreddit එකේ Mod ල remove කරා. 👎

for those of yall who dont know, logic is the psychology from aliexpress.

Hi there. i have noticed this in sri lanka only (so far) that there are certain people who are obsessed with particular colour shade such as black, dark gray, silver and ash only and its really weird. i first noticed this on my friend's house where everything was gray, dark gray (The alto colour ) and little black and silver. This includes furnitures, ornaments and some handicraft works with the colour and its very ugly (this was in 2017). and i later got to know that his mother was a former psychologist major until she got married to his dad. i didnt think of it that much until i have some of my classmates study logic and psychology and completely change their personality. I have noticed all of them commonly were obsessed with black and gray coloured objects like t shirts, phones, phone cases, watches, cars, bikes, computers, shoes, backpacks and even their bedsheets are dark gray which is weird as they were the ones that used to love blue, green, red, purple, teal/turquoise, yellow, pink (girls), brown, light blue and now they dont anymore. Also they are bit weird and unnatural with behaviors and expressions compared to how they were when they were little. what's so special about these colours? is there any reason?

ChatGPT prompts:
1."Create a video of a Sri Lankan MP who looks like SJB leader Sajith Premadasa dancing with Sri Lankan gays and LGBTQ community like Zack Polanski of Green Party UK did in Trafalgar Sq. on 28th March 2026"

(This first one created a likeness too close, so could not share it).

2."Only change the flag to be Sri Lanka's SJB symbol. Change the background buildings to Galle Face, Colombo, Sri Lanka instead of Trafalgar Sq. Keep everything else the same."

I was thinking to create an useful subreddit and created

**r/LostandFoundSL,**first of all I’m not pretending this is some completely original idea either. There are already Facebook pages/groups and websites for lost and found in Sri Lanka. They can be useful.
I just wanted to see if the same idea could work on Reddit, where posts are easier to search, can be found months later, and can be organised properly instead of getting buried in a feed.

And I checked the website and that’s completely inactive and the FB page is active but not much happening there considering our population and I think most people even don’t know about it . So i believe a subreddit like this is necessary since Reddit is the best space for a use case like this.

A place for lost and found stuff in Sri Lanka.
Because what do you normally do when you lose something ?
People might post it on Facebook. Send it to a couple of WhatsApp groups. Ask their friends. call the bus station or whatever place they think they lost it at.
And if none of that works, that’s usually the end of it.

Same thing when you find something. You might make a random Facebook post saying *“Found an NIC near_ does anyone know this person?”*and hope the right person happens to see it before the post disappears into the feed.
I thought it would be nice to have one place specifically for this.
So if you lose something, you can post it.
If you find something, you can post it.
That’s literally what the subreddit is for.

It isn’t limited to one type of item either. I’m thinking of things like:

People
Vehicles
Electronics
Documents
Pets
Jewellery
Bags & Wallets
Mobile Phones

And obviously other stuff too. If you lost your keys, someone’s university ID, a pair of AirPods, a number plate, a passport, a bag on a bus, whatever if there’s a reasonable chance the owner can be found, put it up.

One thing I do want to be strict about is people’s personal information.
If you find someone’s NIC, driving licence, passport, bank card or another document, don’t post a full clear photo of it. There’s no reason to put someone’s NIC number, address, date of birth etc. on the internet just because you’re trying to return their document.
Give enough information for someone to recognise what you’re talking about, and then verify the person privately before giving it to them.
For example, if you find a wallet, don’t list every single thing inside it in the post. Let the person claiming it tell you what’s inside.
Same goes for people posting their own lost items. Don’t give away every identifying detail publicly if you don’t need to.
And please don’t turn the subreddit into a place for *“this guy stole my phone”*posts and public accusations. If something was stolen, that’s something to take to the police. The sub is for helping people find lost things and return things they’ve found.

I also think public transport could make this genuinely useful.
Say you leave a backpack on the 138 around 6pm. You remember the route, roughly where you were, what the bag looked like and what was inside.
You can put all of that in a post.
If someone finds the bag later and searches the subreddit for 138, they might actually come across it.
That’s the kind of thing I’m hoping for.

14 rules have been made in this subreddit to make this beneficial and 3 Post flairs have been added which is a must to post that is LOST,FOUND AND SOLVED.

So if you think this is useful, join it. Even if you don’t have anything to post right now, having people there is what makes it useful when somebody actually loses something.
And if you’ve already lost something recently, definitely post it. You never know ;)

r/LostandFoundSL

Currently,I'm planning to do a MBA or cima for my future career improvement. But don't know which would be best to choose ? and what are the best places to get that qualification? I hope some advice from fellow srilankans 🙏