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sequel to previous blog....

Foreign ban postmaster leaves job

A postmaster from Nottingham who refused to serve customers who could not speak English has left his job. Mr Kumarasiri said most people supported him but a "small minority" launched a petition against him. "I was forced out by a small minority of people who don't want to integrate into society," he said. He claimed he was threatened and said Muslim leaders in the community started a petition against him, so he moved at his own request. He said he would now work at a different branch. "Serves him right for trying to be too smart. End of the story.

Post Office boss bans customers who don't speak English | The Sun |News

"AN IMMIGRANT postmaster has BANNED customers who cannot speak English — so they learn the language.

Sri Lankan-born Deva Kumarasiri said: “If you come to Britain you have got to speak English. It’s as simple as that."

Video Link http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7950914.stm

Why am I interested in this?

It is not because the man is a Sri Lankan. What is curious here is how people would interpret this in light of racism.

The comments people have made in response to this were very interesting.

Most of the ethnic minority have disgustingly rejected his way of thinking, the obvious reaction.

But even more interestingly, the majority of British people who have commented on this have gone even further to label him as a racist !

There comes the confusion! Is this man a Britisher or a Sri Lankan for him to become a racist against the ethnic minorities?

My answer is he is even British than an average Britisher.

He has come to this country 18 years back and now is a legal British citizen.He has a British flag mounted on his car and also has one hanging in front of his house. He even runs his own web site called http://www.britishnessforever.co.uk/. where the head banner runs the slogan;

"Let’s fly the British Flag to honour our brave Soldiers and to say we are proud to be British"

Brits have lot to learn from him !

This man has severed all of his old roots and got himself replanted in this country with all of his heart and soul.He is not a Sri Lankan anymore!

Now I don't blame him for that. He is living by the principles that he think is right.He became a hardcore Brit and making a big effort to show it to the world.

The question is, in spite of what ever he does, will he ever be accepted as an equal by his other "fellow Britishers" in this life time?

Answer lies in the part of the article that I have quoted..

There he is still an "immigrant post master - Sri Lankan born Deva Kumarasiri......"

I feel sorry about you.

Define Human

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These are some of the horrific pictures I received today of poor innocent people who were brutally murdered by LTTE in north.They have received this ultimate punishment for trying to escape from the war zone in north of Sri Lanka.

Some of them had been shot and others were allegedly burnt alive, obviously giving a strong message for the other civilians who are trapped in their area. 

These murderers, the self appointed saviors of Tamils in Sri Lanka, can we call them humans?These are their own people, the very people who they say they are fighting for! 

Forget about the killings. Have you seen the status of the innocent people who have already escaped from their grip? Suffering is written all over them. Malnourished, robbed and deprived of all the defined basic facilities of the civilized world. They suffer heavily at the hands of their own saviors.

When does the Tamil diaspore is going to realize these facts and stand against this murderous clan, the LTTE ?

Aching Heart

Away from my people, away from my country my heart is aching. I go to bed thinking about my country and wake up every morning thinking about the same. To touch that dry soil, to smell the aroma of green leaves, to hear the  songs of  flowing streams.... or how I  love it. I would give anything to get away from this ever running world and get in to the womb of my beloved motherland back again. The most beautiful place in the world..... the one, the best....

Sri Lanka.....

Thats my country and where I belong.That is where my every single breath goes.

Circumstances dragged me into this part of the world  years back. I work here, eat here and sleep here. But I do not live here. 

Sri Lanka, that's where I live, at least in my heart.

Don't ask me why I don't go back if I so wanted to. I can't. Not now. But one day I will go back. Just the mere thought of going back brings joy into my heart.

I know I am not the only one. There are a lot of sons, husbands and fathers just like me. And a lot of daughters, wives and mothers as well . Living so close yet so far away from our countries.

I make this little note a tribute to all of them. If you think like me come and share your thoughts.....!

Welcome

Hello everybody. Welcome to my blog. For me, this is a way of broadcasting my thoughts, in  a way which will give me some inner peace. 

For you, for the time I don't know which way this is gonna help you. But with time I will make this more interesting and fruitful so that anybody who wish to join in can share and gain something out of this.