Over thirty years ago, when I was growing up in Sri Lanka, people whom present day Sinhalese “intellectuals” refer to as English-speaking pariah?s were derogatorily referred to as “karapoththas”. They were referring to the Burgher community of Sri Lanka and about 200,000 of them packed their bags and immigrated, mainly to Australia.

Then the others the Sinhalese “intellectuals” of the “pariah thoughts refer to as the “Para” demala?s also packed their bags and about a million of them emigrated all over the world.

During this time all the fad among Sinhalese “intellectuals” with “pariah” thoughts was about “Mau-Basa” and those who spoke English were referred to as “Kaduwa danawa”.

It must be noted that many of these Sinhalese “intellectuals” who advanced “Mau-Basa” “intellectuality” educated their children in the Queens country in “pariah” English.

Thirty years later, when we return to the “motherland” (not to be confused with the previous “mother country” as referred by Ceylonese to the “Queens country”) we no longer hear about the “Kaduwa” or the “Mau-Basa” as the peasants are going broke paying for “Singlish” classes and the posters advertising “Singlish” classes are fighting for wall space with “suba Anagathayak” posters.

Why, even the government is encouraging the peasants via TV advertisements not to be shy to speak “Singlish” as an “apeyma ekak”.

But today, we have a new breed of Sinhalese “intellectuals” of the “pariah” thought kind.

Thirty years later, these Sinhalese “intellectuals” with the “pariah” thoughts have replaced “Mau-Basa” with “Mau-Bima” and “kaduwa” has been replaced with “traitor” and the circus goes on.

Since the peasants have finally wised up to the “Mau-Basa” Sinhalese “intellectual” canard and are now going broke paying for “Singlish” classes, it is certain than in another thirty years the same fate would befall the “Mau-Bima” and “traitor” intellectual concepts.

Then “Mau-Bima” would be no more, as it would be replaced by SAARC, with free movement of Capital and yes, Labour. Terrifying thought for Sinhalese nationalists! Will we be Swarmed???

Then peasants will no longer be looking at currency with a waving Rajapakse, but a common currency for SAARC which could be used all over South-Asia.

Those who don?t want to hang around for another 30 years will of course pack their bags and leave the field for the “intellectuals” of the “pariah” thoughts.