Sunday, July 19, 2009 / 2:49 AM
Research:
-British colonised Sri Lanka between 1796 aand 1948. They favoured the Tamils.
-The government in Sri Lanka today is controlled by the Sinhalese.
-They Ceylon Citizenship Act of 1948 granted citizenship only to those whose forefathers were born there.
-Many Indians became stateless.
-Indian Tamils did not have basic rights such as;
- Education
- Jobs
- Housing
- Voting
-Indian Tamils still contributed significantly to the Sri Lankan economy by working in tea plantations.
- The different races in
Sri lanka are not evenly distributed throughout the island.
-Sinhalese peasants were moved from densely populated southwestern and central areas to tamil areas in the north.
-Buddhist monks and the Sinhalese army occupied tamil lands.
-Tamils were not happy.
-Sinhala became the official language of Sri Lanka in 1956.
-Tamils were given 3 years to learn Sinhala or be fired from their jobs.
-Because of that, it was hard for the Tamils to find jobs or get promoted.
-The new University admission criteria was introduced by the government in 1970.
-Tamil students must score higher than the Sinhalese students to get into the same course together.
-There are less tamils entering University because of this requirement.
-Tamils were not happy with the way the government treated them so they had a meeting to discuss the tamil's demands. (Peacefully)
-They were rejected.
-They formed their own group, Liberation of the Tamil Tigers of Eelam (LTTE).
-Began terrorising Sinhalese people.
Plot:
Main characters : Divya and Genga.
- Genga wants to join the University to be a doctor.
- She was reminded that she had to score higher to get into the University.
- Fustrated, joined the LTTE somewhat forcefully. (Got brainwashed by the LTTE of all the good things she could accomplish)
- Divya held a grudge as Genga didnt tell her anything and left without saying goodbye.
- LTTE was about to attack Sinhalese people in the south.
- Genga was opted to be the Suicide bomber.
-Villagers packed up and prepared to leave for India (Divya included)
- Divya and her family had to go to the south to be able to escape to India.
- She was in a village southwest of Sri Lanka.
- Genga was to bomb that area.
- They met.
- Genga changed her mind and tried to catch up with Divya.
- After hearing what Genga said to her Divya decided to be friends with her again.
- But it was too late, the bomb was being controlled by the LTTE.
- She was left with a minute.
- She shouted at Divya to run away with her family before it was too late.
- Divya couldnt bear to part with her friend.
- In the end she ran away and Genga was left to her fate.
- The story ends with a teardrop on Divya's face.
