Sri Lanka, Nov. 7 -- If media reports are to be believed, 43 years after the 1983 government-sponsored pogrom against the Tamil community in the country, a number of NPP MPs have called for the appointment of a Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) 'to conduct a comprehensive investigation into the 1983 Black July riots and their impact'.
Let's hope the government MPs who sponsored the motion are not holding their breath until the Tamil community thanks them for the belated inquiry. First off, let's be clear. What happened in July 1983 was not a riot.
Mobs of the then government supporters who happened to be Sinhalese, armed with address lists of members of the Tamil community, went from house to house killing and assaulting Tamil citize...