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?????????????????????????????????????????????????Tuesday, July 25, 2017
Jaffna judge, policeman, 1983 & humanity
A
heartrending video is circulating in social media of a crying Jaffna
high court judge M. Ilancheliyan worshipping and apologizing to the
widow of the police sergeant who died protecting him from a shooting.
Judges are mostly a segment who distances themselves from society.
Professionally, there is big gap between a high court judge and a police
sergeant. Also, the dead sergeant was a Sinhalese and the judge is a
Tamil. Taking everything else aside, this poignant incident shows
humanity, which is the essence here.
Yesterday was July 23, which was the 34th anniversary since the Black
July of 1983, which saw the Sinhalese cutting down, setting fire to
thousands of Tamils. That ignited racist fire claimed hundreds of
thousands of lives for three full decades. We still live amidst the
remnants of that crime.
The judge tendered an apology to a wrong he did not commit
intentionally. He apologized as a man with an honest conscience for the
policeman who laid down his life to protect him. However, 34 years
later, leaving alone apologizing for the crime committed against the
Tamils, the Sinhala society’s majority is not prepared at least to admit
it as a crime. That is the bitter truth.
The axis that drives our Sri Lankan society is racism. As long as we do
not learn to accept people irrespective of their race, every passing day
will be darkened by the smoke of that Black July. How many of you are
prepared to understand the humanity of judge Ilancheliyan in a Sinhala
society that treats anyone who is sensitive to the Tamils’ problems as
the enemy? That percentage could be minimal. But, in that we have the
only hope for the future.
Video credit to newsalertsrilanka facebook page
https://web.facebook.com/newsalertsrilanka/videos/344525589321053/
https://web.facebook.com/newsalertsrilanka/videos/344525589321053/