Sinhala/Tamil Nation?
It seems that for most of our 2500 or so years of
recorded history, there was no "Sinhala/Tamil" nations. No one
advanced such bankrupt racist theories and our historical chronicles
such as the Mahavamsa speaks of "Lanka" not "Sinhala" or "Tamil"
nations. Even the meaning of the word Sinhala seems to have changed
over the years.
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The enemy of the people
Henrik Ibsen was Norwegian. He was Norway's most
well known dramatist. One of his best works is 'The Enemy of the
People'. It revolves around an altruistic, idealistic doctor, who
finds that the public baths in the town, the tourist attraction, are
contaminated which is the reason behind illness amongst the
tourists.
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