Colombo, was predominantly sinhalese until very recently, By your own account you say that now tamils make-up about 40%. At the same time, you charge that the govt deliberately, try to change the ethnic make-up. Why would the govt or sinhalese allow tamils to increase in numbers, significantly, in the heart of the country, if there us organized or state sponsored racism? I am not saying that there haven't been social injustices in the past to tamil communities or for that matter sinhalese poor in the south. I live in the US now and it's amazing how the whites here had discriminated against the black minority just a few decades ago. Blacks were not even allowed to dine in the same restaurent or take a leak in the same restroom. But the good thing is things have changed, significantly, through means of non-violence. It's not a perfect society but heading in the right direction. Sri lanka has moved a long way in that respect and sinhalses have always been a tolerant and easy going community, probably influenced by buddhism. May be in India things were fine and dandy for all the layesr of the society.
