At present some people are working hard to fabricate an accurate picture to the West regarding Sri Lankan situation. They work tirelessly by extracting statements, photographs, history (poetry) books, figures and international slogans to manufacture a appalling picture of the Sri Lankan situation. The aim of this letter is relieving these people of this difficult task once and for all and give them a quick reference for addressing foreign diplomats, parliamentarians, HR organizations, aid agencies etc.

I begin with the current household situation in the country. Most families have four members including the parents. While unit and apartment dwelling is not popular, many people live at least in a three bedroom house. The quality of these houses range from mud huts to brick homes with tiled roofs. One thing is common to all of these houses in that they all have a bunker dug in the back yard and in the front yard of Sinhalese houses there is a stash of light weapons, such as swords, machetes and pistols, which are kept there to kill any Tamils coming to their village unauthorized. Since 1983 Sinhalese have been killing Tamils similar to English hunted Sri Lankan Elephants in the 19th century. This is a popular past time of many Sinhala families.

Country`s economy depends heavily on exports such as tea, rubber coconut and garments. Ownership and the employment of these industries are mainly in the hands of Sinahala majority. Especially in the upcountry, that is the central province of the country, many Sinhalese work as estate workers in plantations set up on forcibly acquired land from Tamil inhabitants. These original owners of the land are now forced to live in substandard housing called `lines`. They continue to suffer without access to basic human needs while Sinhala estate owners and the workers enjoy the benefits from the exports.

In other areas of the country, especially in the capital Colombo, all main businesses are owned by Sinhalese majority. Textile imports and computer spare part business bear evidence to this disgusting situation. The handful of Tamil traders suffer immense difficulty in doing business in this environment as officials at the main port of Colombo discriminate heavily by imposing due tax on their imports.

In education, Tamils are not allowed to study in their own language at both the secondary and primary level. The university education prefers Sinhala majority. To enter the same program Tamil students must score at least 20% more marks at the entrance examination. The handful of Tamil students who get accepted have to then face NAWAKA WADAYA, the physical and mental ragging of Tamil students by Sinhala students to forcibly impose Sinhala-Racist political ideologies on Tamils. This has caused many Tamil-Hindu students to convert to Buddhism or call it a quit.

Transportation is a nightmare to majority of Tamils. While trains and buses travel on-time to Sinhala areas, services to Tamil areas are deliberately disrupted. At ticket counters none speaks Tamil and Tamil people are denied boarding trains because of this. Those who manage to hop in to a bus or a train must offer their seats if a Sinahala person had to travel standing. In some services two or three rear seats are allocated for Tamils. Usually Sinhala people do not prefer to sit side by side with Tamils in public transport.

Except in star hotels and places where foreigners visit, public toilets are markedly separated as Men, Women and Tamils. The worst is that Tamil part of the toilet is not regularly cleaned. This has caused spread of disease among Tamil minorities. The hospital facilities in Tamil areas are not at all served by the government, while all Sinhala people receive free health care services on presenting their nation identification card. Recently, police have arrested a few Tamils who kept forged identity cards to achieve these benefits.

The Tamils suffer heavily as their language is not used in any public office or main stream media. Tamil programs are subdued in TV and radio, while sponsorship for the handful of Tamil programs is hard to come by. Tamil journalists are jailed and operation of Tamil newspapers are suspended without giving reasons for not supporting majority Sinhala views.

I have only cited certain sectors that international community may be interested in. Further investigation into these matters require funds to form a non-government organization, which will be started soon. The initiation of such organization is a daunting task considering the current political climate and the cost in millions of dollars. I believe this letter will be a guide to many parties who are concerned about minority rights not only in Sri Lanka, but also all over the world.

Amen!