Draft 3 -Historical Narrative

The bloodshed of innocent, bodies of the dead and the tension between the two races. The smile which as long forgotten, Jeub, who is at his sixties, who still stay at the current refugee camp, lacked of cleanliness, felt unhappy. He could vividly remember the number of Tamil who survived the civil war.

Jeub and his mother were the only one that left in his family. His mother was the only parent left to fend and protect him. Lives were not so easy after all. The government were more in favors of the Sinhalese as mainly they were make up of Sinhalese too .They neglected the Tamils as they were being favored of during the British colony period, they were given more opportunities to work in the government with a better income than the Sinhalese .She had to find a job to ensure Jeub was fended.
Jeub asked his mother politely, looking into her eyes with curiosity “Mummy, why you always looked gloomy?”
“You would not know,” heaving a sigh of hopelessness, she added “life is not getting any better”
“And why is that so mummy?” Jeub questioned back his mum with curiosity filled up his mind.
“I have been finding for a single job high and low but not a single soul has employed me!”Feeling frustrated with the question Jeub has asked.
She was jobless for several months. Often, she had to beg from other people some money to buy food for him.

The Bill was passed by Parliament on 20 August 1948 and became law on 15 November 1948; just 285 days after Ceylon had gained independence from Britain. Only about 5,000 Indian Tamils qualified for citizenship. My mum was one of the unlucky one. She was the first generations of the Indian Tamil and was being discriminated by those Sinhalese. She eventually managed to find a low income job despite the Ceylon Citizenship Act in 1948.

Jeub at that time, that is at an early age of 2. He was very obedient and wasn’t playful like any other people child. He knew that his mom had a hard time providing for him.

Years after, he was 25. He managed to get into good school and score pretty decent scores. He did not want to let his mom got disappointed about him .His mother wrinkled skin often reminded him to do well in academic.

It was until the year 1972. The university admission criteria were changed. The points for Tamils were raised up for admission to university. More Sinhalese who are ineligible will have more opportunities to go in university. As for those Tamils who were once eligible for the university, they become unable to go into university. This resulted in much unhappiness among the Tamils against the biasness of Sinhalese. It led to the Tamils to form the Tamil United Liberation Front in 1976.

The Tamil United Liberation Front became the official opposition as result of the rout of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Tamil United Liberation Front 's success would lead to riots in which hundreds of Tamils were murdered by Sinhala mobs. Throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, the Tamil United Liberation Front was frequently blamed by nationalist Sinhalese politicians for acts of violence committed by militant groups such as the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam .In fact, the Tamil United Liberation Front represented an older, more conservative generation of Tamils that felt independence could be achieved without violence, more rival than ally to youth groups like the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam who believed in armed conflict.

He was when around the age of 60 when the war between the Tamil Tigers and Sinhalese government came closer to an end .The thought of the it was a joy, or was it just another beginning of a blood-shedding war?