Has Sri Lanka tried to strip its itself of its Tamil roots?
        
        
     
    
 replied to:  tbone
         
        
            
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        While Tamil are very much a part of the nations efforts have been made to make itself uniquely Sri Lankan
        
        
     
    
 replied to:  dbrunner
         
        
            
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        They once banned Tamil as the official language and insisted Singhalese be uses hence forcing all Tamilians to quit their government jobs