9th April
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‘’I am talking about how if a 2D map is drawn and how if you take a Google map and keep this map on top of it, a 2D map, If it will show how it really is. Sometimes when we draw things based on our memory, we draw it based on the place that we are and how we remember it. I’m talking about how the place and our memory interacts. Over here Paxxx said that we should draw another map, because he can only remember the things that were in his area around him. So, you can start from there and draw a different map about how it was like on the 9th and what else was there at Gotagogama according to your memory. Based on what was in your surrounding areas. Paxxx says he was here, in this area, then you start from here.’’
‘’Wait a bit. We can only draw the line first. From the Galle face hotel side towards Galle face green.’’
‘’This is the pond that is near Kingsbury. On top of the pond this is there. This.’’
‘’Somebody marks that.’’
‘’I will say Kingsbury. We are first talking about the 9th, right? At Galle Face hotel near the roundabout close to it.’’
‘’Write it down as a sketch.’’
‘’Shall we put down Galle face as well? As a middle mark?’’
‘’Let’s say the ocean is here, where about is the ocean? That area is port city. Secretariat is here. Where were you? Paxxx which area were you at?’’
‘’If this area is where the Galle face hotel is, On this side of the Bandaranayke statue, Around this area. Yes, let’s separate it from Baladaksha Mawatha. We don’t have to think much about the scale.’’
‘’This is where Banda was.’’
‘’We actually had a lot of activity on this side. On the 9th, there was a lot in this area. This area was covered.’’
‘’Mark that down as a blocked area.’’
‘’Not that, later. However, I can guarantee and say that this place-in this part there wasn’t a different tent. This was the first tent. On this side Vixxxx was the one who put it up.’’
‘’The Galle face team had a tent on this side.’’
‘’We call it the tent that had lights on. I had a small tent to take battery packs to parties. We hoisted the national flag on top of it and put up the bulbs in it. So, it was known as the tent with the lights on all the time.’’
‘’There was a national flag. What about the Galle face flag, which area was that at?’’
‘’The Galle face flag was on this side in some area, I’m not exactly sure which area it was on. If you go, there you can check it.’’
‘’That is the purpose. ‘’
‘’Now I get what you mean. I can’t remember this because it was not relevant to my memory of that day. That means that it wasn’t relevant if it was there or not. However, I have a very good memory about the times after we were hit. Because we talked about it a lot. That the shot needed to be given, that we had to finish it up, that we had to take it on board. We talked about such things. Especially about April 9th – and after May 9th I have a good memory about it. Before that I didn’t really have a memory about it.’’
‘’Write that down there.’’
‘’However, that is really not relevant to me at all, because I don’t really consider the national flag. So, because of that it wasn’t a big deal to me.’’
‘’That and on that day itself another tent wasn’t put up on this side. On this side two more tents were put up.’’
‘’On the 9th when we were attacked there was a boy named Inxxx from Anuradhapura. After we were attacked on the 9th, his body is still paralyzed from below here. He had put up the tent and was staying alone. Was it May 9th or April 9th? It was the 9th of April, in this area.’’
‘’So that means there were two other tents that were here, and it was one of those tents. Who is Inxxx?’’
‘’The one who was paralyzed from below here, who was in the youth. I found out after he was bought from gate 0 back to this area and there was one man who didn’t speak to anybody. He would go and come back. Afterwards, when I asked him only I found out about him. Alright, there was a tent here on the 9th of April. Yes, so when did you put up the tent?’’
‘’After 12 midnight. When it was dark only everybody else…’’
‘’I remember I went at around 2:30 or 3:00. Later, in the morning Vixxxx had removed the tent and left. That means we had put it up for a considerable amount of time before everyone else. At around 10, because everybody else saw us and came up and put their tents significantly later than us. I remember after we had gone around the area and got back everybody else had put up tents. That means we had put it up a bit before because I came there at around 3:00.’’
‘’I think the time frame for that was at least after 10:00 or 10:30. I don’t really have a good recollection about the tents. I was also in that area. There wasn’t a big talk about the tents. I left around 10:00 or 10:30. I stay towards this side from here.’’
‘’If I saw it, it is because of the lights that were put up that I have a small memory about it. It’s definitely notable.’’
‘’I stay on this side from here. Chxxx left here between 10:00 and 10:30. I really don’t have a good recollection about it.’’
‘’I can check the photos and collaborate the exact times.’’
‘’I was there…Shall we take three different colors for each person?’’
‘’Mark down where you were.’’
‘’I am over here, I go to this side. I move.’’
‘’You were in this area, right? Pxxxx, Is this gate 0? In this area? There was no gate zero on that day, right?’’
-‘’Zero wasn’t defined.’’
‘’There was nothing else, right?’’
‘’There was, but it wasn’t at the area called gate 0.’’
‘’It was towards the front of it on the side of the road. It was just put up for people to talk a bit. Gate 0 was marked as the place.’’
‘’If Baladaksha Mawatha is here, then get zero is here, right?’’
‘’Towards this side of the junction in this area, there was a small crowd that was talking and waiting. This was later, on Baladaksha Mawatha, this is on the 9th.
What did you mean by a small crowd? Sets and sets of people were surrounding the area, so, different groups were talking in different areas.’’
‘’You don’t know who it is?’’
‘’No, Raxxx. It was not organized on that day.’’
-‘’Later, who was it?’’
‘’Are you asking about the people who came from that area? From what I understood this area was defined- this point was known as gate 0. This was formed on the 10th morning. What happened there was that there was a group of around 30 that had captured that area.’’
‘’There were people from Peratugami as well. SYU was that. Youtubers were there. All these people were there that day. They gathered afterwards.’’
-‘’Generally, SYU people ‘’
‘’I’m talking about the 9th about what was on this road. On the 10th it was established.’’
‘’These people on this side- these people on this side.’’
‘’This area wasn’t separated. Everybody was together by the 9th evening- there wasn’t an SYU like this. People were there.
Other than that, there wasn’t an SYU as an identity on that day. To our knowledge there was no such thing.’’
‘’That means there were people who were connected to the SYU.’’
‘’From what comes to mind I think there might have been people from the SYU.’’
‘’What about the Peratugami people?’’
‘’That is why I’m saying that there were SYU people as well.’’
‘’Ratta and the others were there. Eranga and them. Meanwhile, the Lochi Sulakana YouTube group was there as well.’’
‘’Those people were there as well. People that were connected to the SYU were there as well.’’
‘’They had occupied the area at the center of the road.’’
‘’Then you also said that there were Peratugami-‘’
‘’I would see Shxxx and the others over here, but I didn’t know he was Shxxx at the time.’’
‘’During any of these times- in this place, none of the groups were together as a group. You can’t break them up into groups like this. I remember this flag was hoisted. That day the Anthare group was in this area. That means, Wasantha Mudalige and the others.’’
‘’On the 10th or the 9th? What do you mean by the flag being hoisted?’’
‘’On the 9th on the pole at the secretariat, a flag was hoisted. At the time the Anthare people were only mostly here. The others were from different groups. My group of friends were there as well. They are not from Anthare, they are a group that went to private university.’’
‘’What was on the flag?’’
‘’Go home Gota was on it. I am sure. My friend sent me a photo of it on the 10th. This was taken on the 10th.’’
‘’There were such flags put up at a stretch along this road on the poles. They were mostly black flags that had designs on them that were mostly done by the Peratugami. Anthare means Peratugami. It had to be the Anthare. There were a lot of them. That was from the anthare. ‘’
‘’Afterwards if we were to fill more…’’
‘’I will write here.’’
‘’That wasn’t a situation that continued for long there.’’
‘’On the 9th there was mostly discussions.’’
‘’For many hours on the 9th, it was like this. There was nothing else. We stayed till night and needed to keep the people there and keep the place active. That was it.’’
‘’I will say, ‘No groups. Various people.’ ‘’
‘’When I say youtubers it is because they had captured the center and sat down on the ground and there were people surrounding them. It was like a fanbase that they had. That is why they were surrounded.’’
‘’The exact time in the photo is 6:20 on the 9th.’’
‘’I will say before 6.20. I mentioned here that there were no defined groups and that there were various people sitting on the ground.’’
‘’The place you can put that is here. I tried to come forward. The place suitable for this definition is over here. I think you can define this area as the youtubers. Everybody who was sitting on the ground there had some sort of small influence.’’
‘’Can you remember that there was a group of people that kept chanting Gota go home? A group of them moved, some came forward. Some went towards gate 0.’’
‘’Because I noted this very well.’’
‘’I didn’t go there. I stayed here.’’
‘’Yes, I would go here and there. I would check along the road. I was in that type of scene that day. Because I had noted very well that there was such a thing.’’
‘’When we would keep the speaker and start talking there was no one to speak in Tamil. I had to stay there for sure so because of that I would stay.’’
‘’I had taken note of this very well because I would be walking around the road here and there I noted it especially very well. In the middle of ordinary people when there were people that had an influence there it registered in my mind very well. So, there was a set of youtubers over here in the center of the road.’’
‘’At what time? I don’t need an exact time. Just if it was in the morning or the afternoon.’’
‘’It was at night after 8:00 PM. It was dark because it was after 8:00 PM. The time frame that I spoke about before was wrong. I told you that I left at 10:30 but I just realized that it wasn’t 10:30 but it was at 12 midnight that I left. I suddenly remembered that and that time I had to get a pickme and leave. It just came to my mind.’’
‘’I just remembered something else. I think it was that day that the whole vibe of a village was starting to set in place little by little. People brought stuff and containers to take water in and many other things. I can remember that it was all left in various places. Water that was brought over. In this area, drinks were distributed. I can remember that some drinks were being distributed in this area. Before the secretariat, in that part it was distributed. At Baladaksha Mawatha, in this part.’’
‘’Who distributed the drinks?’’
‘’Every one of us should take some color and keep it. You take one color, and you take another color as well, then it will be easy for us to track who wrote what. Later, that night the water that was left in these areas was collected by a group of people and brought here by morning. Drinking water that had been collected and left over in various areas were brought here by morning. If not, there was water that was brought and kept in various places.’’
‘’I came around 2:00 to 2:30. Where was One Galle Face?’’
-‘’In this area.’’
‘’Around 3:30 there were vehicles on the road then. It wasn’t blocked off. There’s one time when vehicles wouldn’t be going on the road. They were stopped. Around 3:30 in the evening vehicles would be going on the road anyway. There was no major issue. Later, around an hour later that area was blocked.’’
‘’Actually, after around 3:30 this area started getting filled up, there were a few people and then suddenly there was a spike in the number of people.’’
‘’It started raining after 12.’’
‘’So which area was blocked on the 9th? Did the people block the area?’’
‘’People did. I said the people blocked the area because when the crowds increased vehicles couldn’t travel anymore.’’
‘’After what time did the vehicles stop coming? By 4.30, there were no vehicles.’’
‘’I can’t really say exactly. I remember the road being completely occupied and there being no vehicles anymore. There was light during this time. When there was still daylight the vehicles stopped coming.’’
‘’Till around 4:30 while there was light there were vehicles. I remember There were vehicles. The road was occupied by around 4:30 or 5:00 while there was still daylight. I should have photos of it.’’
‘’I am saying that before sunset there were vehicles traveling on the road. Afterwards, from where to where did the crowd start filling up?’’
‘’Between 6.23 to 6.30 it was fully occupied.’’
‘’From Bandaranaike to the secretariat. This area was completely full.’’
‘’If I say that this area is where the epicenter was, is it correct? This area is where most of the crowd filled up, right?’’
‘’It is hard for me to say exactly. It is hard because there was a big crowd around the statue.’’
‘’This area was the densest. When I was there between 8:30 to 9:00 PM, the Anthare group in this area was there.’’
‘’By 4.00 it was fully covered.‘’
‘’This area is where the statue was, right?’’
‘’This is after 8:00 to 8:30 PM.’’
‘’In this area, when this was filled up it was around 3:00 to 3:30 when the crowds started coming over.’’
‘’The crowd started filling up from here.’’
‘’Everybody started gathering near the Bandaranaike statue. We came by 9:00 AM.’’
‘’By night time bread was being distributed close to this area.’’
‘’Shall we say it started at 8:00 PM? Between 8:00 to 9:00 it started around the statue. Around how many people were there?100 people.’’
‘’I think there were over 500 people there.’’
‘’When you look in that direction you couldn’t see heads. I had never seen such an image.’’
‘’Ok. Visually around 500 people. So, by night time there were people here and here as well.’’
‘’there weren’t many people here.’’
‘’Towards night it reduced in this area. It increased in the evening. In the night in this area there is barely anything. There would be people near gate 0’’
‘’Towards this side of Baladaksha Mawatha is where the crowd that moves, moved to.’’
‘’That means in this area by around 10:00 PM. Yes.
In this area there wasn’t much, right? This is anyway mostly grass, right? There were grass blocks and people were told not to go there, right? Yes.’’
‘’This whole stretch, up until where Galle face ends, was full of people. From this area onwards there would be people staying. There wasn’t a huge crowd. Suxxxx’s puppet was there as well.’’
‘’Yes, I saw Suxxxx taking some puppets with her grandmother. She would be going here and there.’’
‘’The crowd coming and going was also big. The crowd was there in this area.’’
‘’I only saw Suxxxx. She’s the one who would keep her grandmother and talk to people and motivate them. She would do this and go around the area.’’
‘’With a basin “Naki mainata parana sataka”. That was the 9th.’’
‘’Which area was the basin?’’
‘’It was around the Bandaranaike statue area. They went along this whole stretch in order to sell the basin. “Plastic naki mainanta parana sataka”. Old basins for old scarves. They would go the whole day and take a rest when they were tired. They kept it active.’’
“Naki mainata parana sataka-parana sataka valata parana besam”
-‘’I have that video.’’
‘’Old scarves and old buckets all day. What else?’’
‘’I told you that this area was the center. This is where the statue was. Towards the center of Galle face green close to the bus stand there were vehicles that had been parked. There was a belimal or Ranavara Dansala. Between 10:00 to 11:30 in the night there was at least one bus or one vehicle with a few people in it. There was a van that gave out a belimal Dansala.’’
‘’Suxxx was in this area, right?’’
‘’They put up a long banner and started shouting in the evening. After it stopped raining.’’
‘’What was on that banner?’’
‘’From what I remember, it was about the People’s Sovereignty.’’
‘’I am the one who asked where the flag was.’’
‘’When was the national anthem sung?’’
‘’That was much later. That was after May 9th as well.’’
‘’between April 13th to the 14th the artists started getting together and singing. Do you know why I can remember? They didn’t sing in Tamil.’’
‘’But that happened after the 9th of May.’’
‘’Around 6:54 they came and stayed in this area. When I took the photo, they were around the fence area.’’
‘’The fence area- that is this area.’’
‘’The port city fence.’’
‘’What is your color? Use any color.’’
‘’It is not checked like that. If you look at this and go and tell the others- you can’t copy.’’
‘’Is it the bakery people? I can’t remember exactly who. You have a brain.’’
-‘’The port city fence.’’
‘’The fence is more towards the front, right?’’
‘’At 6:30, what was on the banner?’’
‘’6:54, on that banner, it talks about how they should listen to the people’s voices coming from every direction. Another one spoke of how they should not be ashamed and should leave the political stage.’’
‘’You said there was another one here, right?’’
-‘’That is with Isxxx.’’
‘’This is July 9th- the day it broke down. No, on the 9th of May it broke apart from there when the people came to hit us.
Towards the temple trees area.
no no, Towards Galle face. This is the hotel, this is the canal. This is where it broke apart. The moment it broke apart was when Mahinda’s people….’’
‘’There is a documentary from the temple trees to the place that was attacked over here. There’s a live recording of the situation that took place.’’
‘’Now, this is where everybody comes.’’
‘’I drew two things here. One is the set of people that were talking here hung their phones on a pole. This was on the 9th. April 9th.’’
‘’This didn’t continue to work. It worked in one place, but it didn’t work for the whole stretch. I remember they put it up here and over here as well. That didn’t connect well. I can remember this.’’
‘’Over here I drew another thing, from near the Bandaranaike statue there was a line of people holding up boards. They were there here and there. I remember it very well because I was in this line as well.’’
මෙහිදී අපි කතා කරන්නේ 2D සිතියමක් ඇඳ එය ගූගල් මැප් එකක් මත තැබූ විට එය ඇත්තෙන්ම මොන වගේද යන්නයි. සමහරවිට අපි දෙයක් අඳින්නේ අපේ මතකයන් මූලික කරගෙන. එහිදී අපි කතා කරන්නේ place එකයි මතකයයි interact කරන්නේ කොහොමද කියන එක. මෙතනදී පැxxx කිව්වේ අපි තව map එකක් අඳිමු මොකද එයාට එයාගේ අවට දේවල් විතරයි මතක තිබ්බේ කියලා. ඉතින් ඔයගොල්ලෝ එතනින් පටන් ගෙන වෙනම map එකක් හදන්න 9 වෙනිදා මොන වගේද ගෝටාගෝගම ඔය ගොල්ලන්ගේ මතකයේ කොහොමද තියෙන්නේ කියන එක. ඔය ටික දෙනාගේ අවට දැන් පැxxx කිව්වොත් මම හිටියේ මේ හරියේ මෙතන තමයි ඔයා පටන් ගත්තොත්.
”පොඞ්ඩක් ඉන්න ලයින් එක තමයි කියන්න පුළුවන් Galle Face Hotel පැත්තේ ඉදන් ගාලූ මුවදොර වෙනකම්.”
-”මේ තියෙන්නේ කින්ග්ස්බරි එක ගාව තියෙන පොකුණ. පොකුණ උඩ මේවා එකක් තියෙන්නේ. මේක…”
-”එතන මාක් කරන්න කවුරු හරි.”
-”මං කියන්නම් කින්ග්ස්බරි කියලා. 9 වෙනිදානේ කතා කරන්නේ – Galle Face Hotel එකේ. එතන තියෙන roundabout එක.”
-”sketch කියලා ලියන්නකෝ.”
-”අපි Galle Face එකත් පොඞ්ඩක් දාමුද? මැද mark එකක් විදියට?”
-”දැන් මෙතන මුහුද කියමුකො. කොහි හරියෙද මුහුද? ඔය හරිය port city ය. secretariat එක මෙතන. ඔයා හිටියේ කොතනද කියන්නකෝ.
-”Paxxx ඔයා හිටියේ කොයි හරියෙද?”
-”මේ හරියේ ගෝල්පේස් හොටෙල් එක නම් බණ්ඩාරනායක Statue එක මේ පැත්තෙන්. මේ හරිය වගේ. බාලදක්ෂ මාවතෙන් වෙන් කරමු. scale එක ගැන වැඩිය හිතන්න ඕනේ නැහැ.”
-”මෙතන බංඩා.”
-”අපි ඇත්තටම මේ පැත්තේ ගොඩාක් දේවල් කලා. 9 වෙනිදා ගොඩක් තියෙන්නේ මේ පැත්තේ. මේ කෑල්ල වහලා දාලා තිබ්බනේ.”
-”ඒක දාන්න block කරලා කියලා.”
-”ඒක නැහැ ඊට පස්සේ… හැබැයි මට guarantee එකට කියන්න පුලූවන් එකක් තමයි මෙතන මේ කෑල්ලේ වෙන ටෙන්ට් එකක් තිබුණේ නැහැ. මේක තමයි පළමුවෙනි tent එක. මේ පැත්තේ… Vixxxx ගැහුවේ ඒක.”
-”ගෝල්ෆේස් ටීම් එක මෙහා පැත්තේ ටෙන්ට් එකක් තිබුණා තමයි.”
– ”ඕකට අපි ලයිට් දාපු tent එක කියලා කිව්වේ. මොකද මං ගාව parties වලට ගෙනියන බැටරි පැක් එකක් දාන පොඩි tent එකක් තිබුණා. ඒකේ අපි උඩ ජාතික කොඩියක් ගහලා ඉවරවෙලා බල්බ් වැල දැම්මා. ඒක හින්ද හැම වෙලාවෙම කිව්වේ අර ලයිට් ගහපු ටෙන්ට් එක කියලා. ජාතික කොඩියකුත් තිබ්බා.”
-” එතකොට අර ගෝල්ෆේස් කොඩිය කොයි හරියෙද?”
-”ගෝල් ෆේස් කොඩිය මේකට මේ පැත්තෙන් කොහේ හරි… මට sure නැහැ මේ පැත්තෙද ඒ පැත්තෙද කියලා. ගියොත් බලා ගන්න පුලූවන්.”
-”ඒක තමයි purpose එක.”
-”දැන් මට ඔයා කියන එක තේරෙනවා. මේක මට මතක නැත්තේ ඒක මට memory එකට අදාලත්වයක් තිබුණේම නැහැ එදා. ඒ කියන්නේ ඒක තියෙනවද නැත්ද කියන එක අදාලත්වයක් තිබුණේ නැහැ. හැබැයි මට ඔය ගහපු දවස් වලට පස්සේ memory එකේ මට මාර මේවා එකක් තියෙනවා. මොකද ඕක ගැන කතා කළා. ඕකට ශොට් එක දෙන්න ඕනේ. ඕක අඩ කුඹු කරන්න ඕනේ. ඕක බාන්න ඕනේ. ඔහොම ඔහොම කතා කළා. ඒක විශේෂයෙන් අප්රේල් 9 වෙනිදා. මැයි 9යෙන් පස්සේ මේක මගේ මෙමරි එකේ තියෙනවා. ඊට කලින් ඇත්තටම memory එකේ තිබුණේම නැහැ.”
-”ඒක ලියන්න එතන.”
-”හැබැයි මට නම් අරක අදාලම නැහැ. කවදාක්වත් අපි ජාතික කොඩි ගනන් ගන්නේ නැති නිසා මට ඒක සීන් එකක් නැහැ.”
-” මචං එදා මේ පැත්තෙ තව ටෙන්ට් වැදුනෙ නැ. මේ පැත්තේ තව ටෙන්ට් දෙකක් වැදුනා.”
-”අනුරාධපුරේ ඉxxx 9 වෙනිදා ගහපු වෙලාවේ එයා හිටියේ මෙන්න මේ හරියේ. අනුරාධපුර මල්ලි කෙනෙක් ඉxxx කියලා. මැයි 9 වෙනිදා ගහපු වෙලාවේ තවම මෙයාගේ පණ නැහැ මෙතනින් පල්ලෙහා. තනියෙන් ඉඳලා ටෙන්ට් එක ගහගෙන.
-”මැයි 9 ද අප්රේල් 9 ද? ”
-”අප්රේල් 9 වෙනිදා. මේ හරියේ.”
-”එහෙනම් ඒ කියන්නේ මෙතන තිබුණ තව ටෙන්ට් දෙකක් ඒ දෙකින් එකක්. කවුද? ඉxxx.”
-”මෙතනින් පල්ලෙහා පණ නැති වුනේ. Youth එකේ හිටියේ.”
මං දැන ගත්තේ ටෙන්ට් එක ගේට් සීරෝ එකේ ඉඳලා මෙහේ ගෙනාවට පස්සේ. එකෙක් ඉන්නවා කාත් එක්කවත් කතා කරන්නේ නැහැ. යනවා එනවා. ඊට පස්සේ කොහෙද කියලා ඇහුවම තමයි අඳුන ගත්තේ. ”
-”හරි මෙතන ටෙන්ට් එකක් තිබුණා. 9 වෙනිදානේ.”
-”ඔව් අප්රෙල් 9.”
-” එතකොට ඔයා කීයටද ඔය ටෙන්ට් එක ගැහුවේ.”
-” 12 න් පස්සේ ගැහුවේ. කලූවර වැටිලා ඉඳිද්දී තමයි අනිත් අය ආවෙ. ”
-”මම 2.30ට 3ට විතර ගියා මට මතකයි. ඊට පස්සේ Vixxx උදේ එළිය වැටෙද්දී ටෙන්ට් එක ගලවන් ගිහින් තිබ්බා. ඒ කියන්නේ අපි සැලකිය යුතු වෙලාවක් ගහගෙනත් ඉඳලා. අපි ටිකක් කලින් ගැහුවේ. මොකද ඊට පස්සේ අනිත් අය ඇවිල්ලා මෙතන බලලා අපිට පස්සෙ ටෙන්ට්ස් ගැහුවෙ. මට මතකයි අපි රවුමක් දාලා ඇවිදලා එනකොට තමයි අනිත් වුන් ටෙන්ට් එක ගහලා තිබ්බේ. ඒ කියන්නේ අපි ටිකක් කලින් ගැහුවා මං හිතන්නේ. මොකද මම එතන්ට ආවේ 3ට විතර”
– ”මම හිතන්නේ ඕකේ Time frame එක අඩු ගානේ 10 – 10.30 න් පස්සේ. මොකද මට එච්චර මතකයක් නැහැ ටෙන්ට් කතාවක් ගැන. මාත් ඔය හරියේ තමයි හිටියේ. මම 10 – 10.30 වෙද්දී ගියා. මම ඉන්නේ මෙතනින් මෙහා. මොකද ලයිට් වැලක් දාලා හින්දා පොඩි මතකයක් තියෙනවා. අනිවාර්යෙයන් note වෙනවා.”
-” මම ඉන්නේ මෙතනින් මෙහා. චxx 10 – 10.30 වෙද්දී මෙතනින් ගියා. මොකද ඇත්තටම මට මතකයක් තිබ්බේ නැහැ.”
-”මට ඇත්තටම Photos බලලා හරියටම වෙලාව collaborate කර ගන්න පුලූවන්.”
-” අපි පාටවල් 3ක් ගමුද? එක එක්කෙනාට”
-” ඔය ගොල්ලෝ හිටපු තැන මාක් කරන්න.”
-”මම මෙතන ඉන්නේ. මම මෙහේට යනවා.මේ මං move වෙනවා.”
-” ඔයා මේ හරියෙනේ හිටියේ පxxxx? ”
-”මේ ගේට් සීරෝ ද? මේ හරියෙද?”
-”එදා ගේට් සීරෝ එකක් නෑනේ.”
-”අනිත් එක මොනවත්ම නෑනේ.”
-”එතන තිබ්බා. ගේට් සීරෝ කියන තැන නෙවෙයි තිබ්බේ.”
-”ඒ ඉස්සරහම වගේ පාර අයිනේ. පොඩ්ඩක් මිනිස්සුන්ට කතා කරන්න දාලා තිබ්බා. ගේට් සීරෝ තැනනේ මාක් වුනේ.”
-”මෙතන බාලදක්ෂ නම් ගේට් සීරෝ මේ හරියනේ?”
-”හන්දියට මෙහා මෙන්න මේ හරියේ. පොඩි මිනිස්සු පිරිසක් එතන කතා කරගෙන හිටියා. ඊට පස්සේ බාලදක්ෂ මාවත. මේ 9 වෙනිදා. ”
-”පොඩි මිනිස්සු කියන්නේ? ”
-” සෙට් සෙට් වටවෙලානේ ඉන්නේ. ඉතින් යම් යම් පිරිස් යම් යම් තැන්වල කතා කළා.”
-”කවුද කියලා දන්නේ නැහැ?”
-”නැහැ රාxxx එදා තිබුණා වගේ organize වෙලා තිබුණේ නැහැ.”
-”පස්සේ කවුද?”
-”එතනින් ආව කට්ටිය කවුද කියලද අහන්නෙ? මට තේරුන විදිය අනුව මේ හරියේ මේ පොයින්ට් එක ගේට් සීරෝ නේ. ඒක 10 වෙනිදා උදේ තමයි form වෙන්නේ. එතන අල්ලගෙන හිටියෙ 30ක් විතර සෙට් එකක් තමයි.”
-”30 දෙනෙක් විතරද. රාxxx? ”
– ”පෙරටුගාමිනුත් හිටියා. SYU හිටියා. youtubers ලා හිටියේ මෙතනනේ. ඒ කට්ටි ඔක්කොම එදා හිටියා. රැස් වුනේ ඊට පස්සේ.”
-”මම කියන්නෙ 9 වෙනිදා තමයි පාරේ තිබ්බේ. 10 වෙනිදා තමයි පටන් ගත්තෙ. මේ ගොල්ලෝ මේ පැත්තේ මේ ගොල්ලෝ මේ පැත්තේ.”
-”මෙතන එහෙම දෙකඩ වුනේ නැහැ. 9 වෙනිදා හවස් වෙන කොට කට්ටිය ඔක්කෝම එකට හිටියා. SYU එකත් මෙහෙම හිටියේ නැහැ. ”
-”එහෙම නැතිව SYU කියලා identity එක තිබුණේ නැහැ. අපි දැනුවත්ව එහෙම හිටියේ නැහැ.”
-”ඒ කියන්නේ SYU එකට සම්බන්ධ කට්ටිය හිටියා. අපිට ඔලුවට එනවා නම් එන්නේ SYU කට්ටියක් හිටියා වගේ.”
-”එතකොට තව පෙරටුගාමී කට්ටියත් හිටියද?”
-”ඒකයි මං කියන්නේ SYU කට්ටියත් හිටියා කියන එක.”
-”රැට්ටලා හිටියා. එරංගලා හිටියා. ඩිලාන් හිටියා. තව ලෝචි සුලකනා you tube සෙට් එක එතන හිටියා.ඒ කට්ටියත් එතන හිටියා.SYU කට්ටියට සම්බන්ධ අයත් හිටියා.”
-”ඒ ගොල්ලෝ පාර මැද්දේ ඉඳගෙන එතන occupy කරගෙන හිටියා.”
-”එතකොට ඔයා කිව්වා එතන පෙරටුගාමි හිටියා කියලා.”
-”ඔය ශxxx ලා එහෙම මං දකිනවා මෙතන ඉන්නවා. හැබැයි ඌ ශxxx කියලා මං දන්නේ නැහැ.”
”මේ කිසිම වෙලාවක මේ තැනදී මේ දවසේ මේ වෙලාවේ කිසිම කණ්ඩායමක්, කණ්ඩායමක් විධියට හිටියේ නැහැ. මෙහෙම කඩන්න බැහැ. මට මතකයි මෙන්න මේ කොඩිය ගැහුවා. එදා මේ හරියේ හිටියේ අන්තරේ සෙට් එක. ඒ කියන්නේ වසන්ත මුදලිගේ හිටියා.”
-”10ද 9 ද? කොඩිය ගැහුවා කියන්නේ මොකක්ද?”
-”secretariat මේ කණුවේ 9 වෙනිදා කොඩියක් ගැහුවා. එතකොට මෙතන අන්තරේ කට්ටියක් තමයි ලොකු හිටියේ. අනිත් අය ඔක්කෝම එක එක දැන් මගේ යාලූවෝ සෙට් එකක් හිටියා. ඒ ගොල්ලෝ අන්තරේ නෙවෙයි. ප්රයිවට් කැම්පස් ගිය කට්ටියක්.”
-”මේ කොඩියෙ මොකක්ද ගැහුවේ.”
-”go home gota කියලා ගැහුවා. මට මතකයි මේ ෆොටෝ එක මගේ යහලූවෝ මට එව්වා. ෆොටෝ එක 10 වෙනිදා එව්වේ. මේක ගැහුවේ 10වෙනිදා.”
-”ඔය වගේ කොඩි එක දිගට මේ පාර පුරාවට කණු ගැහුවා. ඒකේ වැඩිපුර ගැහුවේ කලූ කොඩි. කලූ එක්ක අර design ටික ඔක්කෝම කරේ පෙරටුගාමී තමයි. අන්තරේ කියන්නේ පෙරටුගාමීන් තමයි. අන්තරේ කට්ටිය වෙන්න ඕනේ. අන්තරේ කට්ටිය තමයි ලොකු crowd එකක් හිටියේ.”
-”ඊට පස්සේ තව චට්ටක් fil කරොත් එහෙම”
-”මෙතන මම ලියන්නම්”
– ”ඕක දිගටම ඔතන තිබුන situation එකක් නෙවෙයි.”
-”9 වෙනිදා discussion විතරයි.”
-”9 වෙනිදා පැය ගානක් තිස්සේ එච්චරමයි. එතනින් එහා කිසිදෙයක් නැහැ. රෑ වෙනකන් ඉඳලා active තියා ගන්න කට්ටිය එතන පොඞ්ඩක් අල්ලන් හිටියා. එච්චරයි.”
-” කණ්ඩායම් නෑ. විවිධ පුද්ගලයන් විතරයි.”
-”යූටියුබර්ස්ලා ඒ ගොල්ලෝ සෙන්ටර් එක අරගෙන බිම ඉඳගෙන වෙනම අල්ලගෙන මිනිස්සු ඒක වටේ වටවෙලා හිටියේ. අර ඒ ගොල්ලන්ට තිබ්බ fan base වගේ. ඒක තමයි වටවෙලා හිටියේ.”
-”හරියටම 6.20 ට පොටෝ එකේ ටයිම් එක. 9 වෙනිදි 6.20ට”
-‘මං කියන්නම් 6.20 pm ට පෙර කියලා. මම මෙතන දැම්මා no define groups various people sitting on the ground කියලා.”
– ”ඕක දාන්න පුලූවන් තැන තමයි මෙතන. මම ඉස්සරහට එන්න හැදුවේ. මේ අදහසට ගැලපෙන තැන මෙතන. මං හිතනවා මෙතනට ගැලපෙන අදහස යුටියුබර්ස්ලා තමයි. එතන බිම ඉඳගෙන හිටපු ගොඩක් අය පොඩි influence එකක් තිබුණ කට්ටිය.”
-”ඔයාට මතකද ගෝටා ගෝ හෝම් කියලා කෑ ගහන ගමන්ම කට්ටියක් ඔතන හිටියා, කට්ටියක් move වුනා, කට්ටියක් ඉස්සරහට ගියා, කට්ටියක් ගේට් සීරෝ ගාවට ගියා. මොකද මං මේක හොඳට නෝට් කළා.”
-”මම ඔතන්ට ගියේ නැහැ. මම හිටියේ මෙතන.”
-”ඔව් මම එහේ යනවා. මෙහේ යනවා. පාර පුරා බලනවා. ඒ සීන් එකේ එදා හිටියේ. ඒනිසා හොඳට note මෙහෙම එකක් තිබ්බා කියලා.”
-”ස්පීකර් එක තියාගෙන කතා කරන්න පටන් ගත්තම ටැමිල් වලින් කතා කරන්න එකෙක් නැහැ. මම අනිවාර්යයෙන්ම මෙතන ඉන්න ඕනේ. ඒක නිසා මම මෙතන හිටියා.”
-”මට මේක නෝට් තිබ්බ හොඳට. මොකද පාරේ එහේ මෙහේ දිගට ඇවිද ඇවිද හිටිය නිසා මං මේක විශේෂයෙන් නෝට් කරා. මොකද සාමාන්ය මිනිස්සු ගොඩක් ඉන්න අතරේ අර influence එකක් තියෙන මිනිස්සු ටිකක් මෙතන ඉන්නවා කියන එක මගේ ඔළුවේ තිබ්බා. එතකොට මේකේ හිටියේ යුටියුබර්ස්ලා සෙට් එක පාර මැද්දේ…”
-”මොන වෙලාවෙද? හරියටම අවශ්ය නැහැ දවල් කාලයේ ද , උදේ කාලයේද ? ”
-”රෑ. රෑ 8.00ට පස්සේ. කලුවර වෙලාවක රෑ 8න් පස්සේ මං අර කිව්ව Time frame එක මට වැරදුනා. මම 10:30 ට ගියා කිව්වේ. මට දැන් මතක් වුනේ. 10:30 නෙවෙයි රෑ 12.00 – 12:30 ට මම ගියේ. මට එක පාරට දැන් මතක් වුනේ. පාන්දර pickme එකක් දාගෙන ගෙදර ආවේ.”
”මට තව එකක් මතක් වුනා. මං හිතන්නේ එදාම තමයි ගමේ වයිබ් එක සෙට් වෙන්න පොඩ්ඩක් පටන් ගත්තේ. කට්ටිය බඩු ගෙනල්ලා බානවා.වතුර අනං මනං… ඒවා මට මතකයි මේ මැද්දේ තැන් තැන් වල තිබුණා වතුර ගෙනල්ලා බාලා. මේ හරියේ මට මතකයි drinks වගයක් බෙදන්න පටන් ගත්තා. secretariat කලින් අර කෑල්ලේ. බාලදක්ෂ මාවතේ මේ හරිය වගේ.”
-”drinks බෙදන එක කවුද කලේ.”
-”අපි හැමෝම පාටක් මොකක් හරි අරගෙන තියාගන්න. ඔයා එක පාටක් ගන්න, ඔයත් එක පාටක් ගන්න, එහෙම track කර ගන්න කවුද මොනාද ලිව්වේ කියලා. ”
-”රෑ අන්තිමට තැන් තැන් වල එකතුවෙලා ඉතුරුවෙලා තිබ්බ බොන වතුර කවුරු හරි ගෙනල්ලා උදේ වෙද්දී මෙතන තියලා තිබුණා. එහෙම නැත්නම් තැන් තැන් වල වතුර ගොඩවල් ගෙනල්ලා තිබ්බා නේ බං. මම ආවේ 2:00 ට 2:30ට වගේ. ”
-” one galle face එක තිබ්බේ කොයි හරියෙද?”
-”මේ හරියේ.”
-”3:30 ට විතර වාහන යනවා එතකොට බ්ලොක් කරලා තිබ්බේ නැහැ. අර එක වෙලාවකට යන්නේ නැහැනේ. නතර වෙනවනේ. හවස 3:30 ට විතර වාහන යනවා කොහොමත්. ලොකු ප්රශ්නයක් නැතිව ගියා. පස්සේ පැයකින් තමයි එක පාරට අර පැත්ත බ්ලොක් කරේ කට්ටිය.”
-”ඇත්තටම 3:30 විතර වෙනකොට තමයි මේ හරිය පිරෙන්න පටන් ගත්තේ. මුලින්ම මිනිස්සු කීපදෙනයි හිටියෙ. එක පාරටම මේ ටික පිරෙන්න ගත්තා.”
-”වැස්ස පටන් ගත්තානේ 12 න් පස්සේ.”
-”එතකොට කොහෙද බ්ලොක් කරේ 9 වෙනිදා? මිනිස්සු ද බ්ලොක් කරේ?”
-”මිනිස්සු. මිනිස්සු බ්ලොක් කරා කියන්නේ සෙනඟ වැඩි වුනහම වාහන යන්න බැහැ.”
-”කොයි වෙලාවට පස්සෙද වාහන ආවේ නැත්තේ. ”
-” 4:30න් පස්සෙ වාහන තිබුනෙ නෑ.”
-”ඒක හරියට කියන්න බැහැ. මෙහෙමයි. මට පාර සම්පූර්ණ occupy වෙලා වාහන නවතිනවා මතකයි. එළිය තියෙන වෙලාවේ. එළිය තියෙන වෙලාවේ වාහන නැවතුනා.”
-”4:30 විතර වෙනකන් වාහන ගියා මතකයි. 4.30 – 5.00 වගේ වෙද්දී එලිය තියෙන වෙලාවෙ සම්පූර්ණ පාර ම අල්ල ගත්තා. මගේ ලඟ ෆොටෝස් ඇති. ඉර බහින්න ඉස්සෙල්ලා වාහන එහාට මෙහාට යන එක නැවතුනා. ”
-” එතකොට කොතන ඉඳලා කොතැනට ද සෙනඟ පිරුනේ?”
-”හවස 6- 6.30 විතර වෙද්දි ඔක්කොම පිරිලා මිනිස්සුන්ගෙන්.”
-”බණ්ඩාරනායක ඉඳලා secretariat වෙනකම්. මෙතන එහෙම මාර සෙනඟ.”
-”මේ හරිය නේද epicenter එක උනේ? මේ හරිය නේද මුලින්ම සෙනග පිරුනෙ? ”
-”මට නම් එහෙම කියන්න අමාරුයි. අමාරුයි කියන්නේ පිලිම වටේ සෑහෙන පිරිසක් හිටියා.”
-”මේ හරියේ තමයි වැඩියෙන්ම හිටියෙ. මම හිටපු වෙලාවේ රෑ 8:30 – 9.00 වෙද්දිත් මේ හරියේ අන්තරේ සෙට් එක හිටියා.”
-”හවස 4 වෙනකොටම මේ හරිය වැහිලා.”
-”මේ හරිය පිළිමෙ නේ.”
-”මේ රෑ 8:00- 8:30 න් පස්සේ.”
– ”මේ හරියෙ 3:00-3:30 වෙනකොට සෙනඟ. පටන් ගත්තේ මෙතනින්නේ සෙනඟ පිරෙන්න.”
-”මිනිස්සු ඔක්කෝම එකතු වුනේ බණ්ඩාරනායක පිළිමෙ ලඟ. උදේ 9.00 ට අපි ආවනේ.”
-”මෙතන රෑ වෙද්දී පාන් බෙදන්න පටන් ගත්තා පිළිමේ ළඟ.”
-”8.00 විතර පටන් ගත්තා කියමුද? ”
-”8.00-9.00 වෙද්දි විතර පිලිමෙ අවටින් පටන් ගත්තෙ”.
”-කීයක් විතර කට්ටිය හිටියද? ”
-”100 ක් විතර.”
-”එතන මං හිතන්නේ 500කට වැඩිය ඉන්න ඇති.”
-”අර පැත්ත බැලුවම ඔලු විතරයි පේන්නෙ. එහෙම දෙයක් මම කලින් දැකලම නැහැ.”
-”500ක් විතර පේන්න හිටියා. එතකොට රෑ වෙනකොට මෙතන කට්ටිය හිටියා. මෙතනත් කට්ටිය හිටියා. මෙහේ වැඩිපුරම හිටියේ නැහැ.”
-”මෙහේ රෑ ටිකක් අඩු වුනා. හවස මෙහේ වැඩියි. රෑ මේ හරියේ. මොකුත් නැහැ. ගේට් සීරෝ එක ලඟ තියෙන්නේ.”
-”බාලදක්ෂ මාවතෙන් මෙහා පැත්ත තමයි ඔය move වෙච්ච පිරිස move වුනේ.”
-”ඒ කියන්නේ මේ හරියේ. රෑ 10 වෙනකොට වගේ.”
-” ඔව්.
-” මේ හරියේ මොනවත්ම නැහැනේ වැඩිය. මේක කොහොමටත් තණකොල නේ. ඒ පැත්තට යන්න එපා කිව්වනේ.”
– ” ඔව්.”
-”මේ දිගට ගොල්ෆේස් එක ඉවරවෙන තැන තියනවනේ. මේ වෙනකම් මිනිස්සු ඉන්නවා දිගටම. මේ හරියේ ඉඳන් මිනිස්සු රැඳිලා ඉන්නවා. ලොකු පිරිසක් නැහැ. සුxxxxගේ puppet එකත් තිබුනා.”
-”ඔව් මං දැක්කා සුxxxx puppet ටිකත් අරන් ආච්චිත් එක්ක යනවා. සුxxxx එහෙට යනවා මෙහෙට යනවා.”
-”සෙනඟත් මෙහි එනවා යනවා වැඩියි. සෙනඟ හිටියේ මේ ටිකේ.”
-”සුxxxx විතරයි මං දැක්කේ. එයා ආච්චිව තියාගෙන මිනිසුන්ට කතා කරනවා. motivate කරනවා. ඒවා කර කර යනවා.”
-”නාකි මයිනන්ට පරණ සාටක-පරණ සාටක වලට අලුත් බේසම්’ ඒ කිව්වෙ 9 වෙනිදා.”
-”කොයි හරියෙද බේසම් විකුණුවෙ?”
-”බණ්ඩා පිළිමයේ අවට තමයි ඒක වුනේ. මේ දිගටම ඒ ගොල්ලෝ ගියා. බේසම් විකුණන සීන් එක. ‘ප්ලාස්ටික් නාකි මයිනන්ට පරණ සාටක. පරණ සාටක වලට පරණ බේසම් දෙනවා.’ දවසෙම ඕක කිය කිය යනවා. මහන්සි වෙනකොට ඉන්නවා. වැඩේ active තියාගෙන හිටියේ ඒ සෙට් එක.”
-”නාකි මයිනට පරණ සාටක… පරණ සාටක වලට පරණ බේසම් දෙනවා.’ මං ගාව ඒ විඩියෝ තියෙනවා.”
-”වෙන මොනවද?”
-”මෙතන. මං කිව්වේ මැද හරිය කියලා. මෙතන තමයි statue එක. ගෝල් ෆේස් ග්රීන් එකේ මැද හරිය. බස් ස්ටෑන්ඞ් අවට වගේ වාහන නවත්වලා තිබ්බා. මෙතන බෙලිමල් හරි රනවරා දන්සැලක් දුන්නා. රෑ 10 -11.30 වෙනකන් එක බස් එකක හරි එක වාහනයක හරි පොඩි පිරිසක් ඉන්නේ මිනිස්සු දෙතුන් දෙනෙක්. වෑන් එකකින් පිටිපස්සේ බෙලි මල් හරි රනවරා හරි දන්සැලක් දුන්නා.”
-”ඒ සුxxx ලා මේ හරියෙනේ හිටියේ.”
-”අර දිග බැනර් එකක් හවස තියලා කෑ ගැහැව්වේ. වැස්සෙන් පස්සේ.”
-”මොකක්ද ඒ බැනර් එකේ තිබ්බේ.”
-”මට මතක විදියට ජනතා පරමාධිපත්ය”
-”මමනේ ඇහුවේ කොඩිය කොහෙද කියලා”
-”ජාතික ගීය ගායනා කරපු දවස කවද්ද?”
-”අපෝ ඒක ගොඩක් පස්සේ. ඒක මේ මැයි 9 ටත් පස්සේ.”
-”අප්රේල් 13 – 14 පටන් ගත්තේ. කලාකරුවොත් එක්ක ගායනා කළා. මට මතක ඇයි දන්නවද? තමිල් වලින් ගායනා කලේ නැහැ ඒ ගොල්ලෝ.”
– ”හැබැයි ඒක වුනේ මැයි 9ට පස්සේ.”
-”6.54 ට විතර ඒගොල්ලෝ ඇවිල්ලා හිටියා මෙන්න මේ හරියේ. එතකොට මං පොටෝ එක ගද්දී ඒ ගොල්ලෝ වැට හරියේ හිටියේ. ඒ කියන්නේ මෙන්න මේ හරියේ.”
-”port city එකේ වැට.”
-”ඔයාගේ පාට මොකක්ද? ඕන පාටක් දාන්න.”
-”එහෙම බලන්න බැහැ. එහෙම බලලා ඔයා ගිහිල්ලා අරගොල්ලන්ට කිව්වොත්. කොපිකරන්න බැහැ.”
-”බේකරිය කට්ටියද? මට මතක නැහැ හරියටම කවුද කියලා. ඔයාට මොලේ තියෙනවා.”
-”port city වැට.”
-”වැට ටිකක් ඉස්සරහා වගේ නේද?”
-”6.30 ට මොකක්ද බැනර් එකේ තිබ්බේ.”
-”6.54 ඒ බැනර් එකේ තියෙන්නේ ‘හතර වටෙන් නැගෙන ජන හඬට කන් දෙන්න. තවත් ලැජ්ජා නොවී වේදිකාවෙන් බැස යන්න.”
-”මෙතන තව එකක් තියනවා කිව්වා නේද?”
-”ඒ ඉxxx ගාව.”
-”මේ ජූලි 9. කැඩිච්ච මොහොත.”
-”නැහැ. මැයි 9 ඔතනින් තමයි කැඩුනේ. ඔය ගහන්න යනකොට කට්ටිය.”
-”අරලිය ගහ මන්දිරය පැත්ත”
-”නැහැ නැහැ ගෝල් ෆේස් හරියටම. මේ හොටෙල් එක මේ කැනල් එක මෙතන තමයි කැඩුනේ. කැඩිච්ච මොහොත මහින්දගේ කට්ටිය අතින්.”
-”documentry එකක් තියෙනවා අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ ඉඳන් මෙතෙනට ගහන තැන වෙනකන්. වෙච්ච සිද්ධිය Live recording එකක්.”
-”දැන් මෙතන තමයි කට්ටිය ඔක්කොම එන්නේ.”
-”මං මෙතන දේවල් දෙකක් ඇන්දා. එකක් මෙතන මේ කණුවක් උඩ. මේ කතා කරන සෙට් එක ලඟ phones එල්ලූවා නැගලා. අප්රේල් 9 වෙනිදා..”
-”ඒක දිගටම වැඩ කලේ නැහැ. එක තැනකදී වැඩකලා. දිගටම ඔක්කෝම වැඩ කලේ නැහැ. මට මතකයි මෙතන දාලා මෙහෙටත් දැම්මා. ඒක connect වුනේ නැහැ. ඔහොම මට මතකයි. මෙතනම තව එකක් ඇන්ඳා. බණ්ඩා පිළිමේ ඉඳන්. පොලිමට බෝඩ් උස්සන් හිටපු මිනිස්සු එතනත් හිටියා තනි පොලිමක්. මෙහේ තැන් තැන් වලනේ හිටියේ. ඒ පෝලිමේ මමත් හිටිය නිසා මට හොඳට මතකයි.”
–நான் —-. —–ன் தங்கை
கோட்டாகோகம ஆரம்பித்து ஒரு வாரத்திற்கு பின்னர் பிரஜைகள் சபை ஆரம்பானது அப்போது நான் இதில் join ஆனேன். இதோடுதான் உண்மையில் நான் கோட்டா கோ கமையில் join ஆனேன். அதை தவிர இந்த பூமியில் பிரஜைகள் சபை ஊடாகத்தான் அதிகமான தொடர்புகளை மேற்கொண்டேன். அதை தவிர அப்பா பிரஜைகள் சபையில் இருக்க தொடங்கும்போது – பிரஜைகள் சபையின் பின்னால் இருந்து செய்ய வேண்டிய வேலைகள் அதிகமாக இருந்தது. இந்த வேலைகளில் நான் அதிகம் ஈடுபட்டேன். அதனால் இப்பூமியோடு இருந்த தொடர்புகள் கொஞ்சம் குறைந்து போனது. அதை தவிர்த்து நான் இந்த பூமியில் தான் இருந்தேன்.
என்னுடன் — — எனும் professor ஒருவர் இருந்தார். எங்களுக்கு இதை கொஞ்சம் document செய்யும் தேவை ஒன்று இருந்தது. mapping தான். இனி அதில் உண்மையில் — சொன்ன point of view ல் போராட்டம் என்பது evolution போன்றது. அதாவது எந்நேரமும் ஏதாவது ஒரு space ஒன்றுடன்தானே வேலைகளை தொடங்குகிறோம். இங்கே media … தொடங்குகிறோம் என்பது media வின் முக்கியத்துவம் போராட்ட களத்திற்கு வந்துவிட்டது என்பது தானே. அப்போது அந்த வேலை அங்கே ஆரம்பமாகிறது. அதன்பிறகு red cross ல் ஒவ்வொரு இடங்களிலும் நூலகம் உருவாகிக்கொண்டிருப்பது என்பது புத்தகங்களின் முக்கியத்துவமும்; போராட்ட களத்திற்கு வந்துவிட்டது என்பதே அதில் தெரிகிறது. இதுபோன்று போராட்ட களத்தில் உள்ள evolution களையே எனக்கு அதிகம் செய்யும் தேவை இருந்தது. memories தவிர actual களை document செய்யும் தேவையே எனக்கு இருந்தது. அதோடு நான் இதில் join ஆவது இதில், எவ்வளவு actual ளை என்னால் extract செய்ய முடிகிறது என்பதுடன் தான் நான் இதில் join ஆகிறேன். அதுதான் என் கதையில் இருக்கிறது.
-நான் —-
நாங்கள் சோசலிச இளைஞர் சங்கம் என்றே பிரதிநிதித்துவம் செய்கிறோம். அது எங்கள் — சகோதரரின் குழுவிற்கு தெரியும். நாங்கள் போராட்ட களத்திற்கு முன்– மார்ச் மாதமும் அதற்கு முன்னரும் போராட்டம் செய்தோம். நாங்கள் மார்ச் 18ம் திகதிதான் ஜனாதிபதி செயலக அலுவலகத்தை ஆக்கிரமித்தோம். அதை ஆக்கிரமித்து முன்னால் இருக்கும் பூமியையும் கைப்பற்றி Gota go home என்று கோஷமிட்டு பின்னர் மீண்டும் மார்ச் 9ம் திகதிதான் ஒரு அமைப்பாக சோசலிச இளைஞர் சங்கம் — இந்த பூமிக்கு வருகிறது. நான் சாதாரணமாக வந்து போன ஒருவன். நான் அதற்காக full time விரயம் செய்தவன் இல்லை.
முதலாவது 9ம் திகதிக்கு பின்னர் கடும் மழை – முன்னைய நாட்கள் நல்ல வெயில் காலமாக இருந்து அன்று கடும் மழை பெய்ததால் நாங்கள் அனைவரும் பெரிய தாக்கத்திற்கு முகம் கொடுக்க நேரிட்டது என்றே நான் நினைக்கிறேன். அதன் அடுத்தநாள் எங்கள் அனைவருக்கும் hut களின் தேவை முக்கிய காரணியானது. அதன்பிறகு gate 0 பாலத்திற்கு மேலே 20 மீட்டர் தூரத்தில் விரட்டுவோம் எனும் தலைப்பில் hut ஒன்றை அமைத்துக்கொண்டு நாங்கள் அமர்ந்திருந்தோம். நாங்கள் 9ம் திகதி வருகிறோம் தானே. மறுநாள் மழையோடு தான் நாங்கள் hut ஒன்றை அமைத்தோம். விரட்டுவோம் எனும் தலைப்பில் சோசலிச இளைஞர் சங்கத்தின் SYU hut. இனி தொடர்ந்து கருத்துகளை பரிமாறும்போது மீதமுள்ளதை நாங்கள் கதைப்போம்.
–நான் —
நானும் சோசலிச இளைஞர் சங்கத்தை தான் பிரதிநிதித்துவம் செய்கிறேன். எனது வருகையானது ஏப்ரல் 9ம் திகதிதான் இடம்பெறுகிறது. சோசலிச இளைஞர் சங்கம் என்றவகையில் நாங்கள் வெளியில் போராடும்போது –மக்களை ஒருங்கிணைக்கும் அதேவேளையில் இதை ஒரு பொது போராட்டமாக மாற்றி இதற்குள் இணைய வேண்டும் என்றுதான் ஏப்ரல் 9ம் திகதி நாங்கள் அந்த இடத்திற்கு வந்தோம். அதன்பிறகு எங்களது பிரதிநிதித்துவம் 9ம் திகதி வரை இருந்தது. 9ம் திகதிதான். நாங்கள் கூடாரத்தை withdraw செய்ய தீர்மானித்தோம். ஆகஸ்ட 9ல் தான்; தீர்மானிக்கப்படும.; அதுவரை எங்களது பிரதிநிதித்துவம் அப்படியே இருந்தது. அவ்வாறெனில் எங்கள் சகோதரி கூறியது போன்று அதுவரை பாலத்தின் மேல் தான் எங்களது பிரதிநிதித்துவம் இருந்தது. அதோடுதான் நானும் இருந்தேன்.
–நான் —-
நாங்கள் 9ம் திகதிதான் வருகிறோம். அதாவது மாவட்ட மட்டத்தில் சோசலிச இளைஞர் குழுவை கொழும்பிற்கு வருமாறு அழைப்பொன்று வருகிறது. அதனடிப்படையில்தான் நான் – நாங்கள் வருகிறோம். அதன்பிறகு இருந்திருந்து வந்து போவோம். அதன்பின்னர் 22 withdraw ஆகிறீர்கள் தானே. மீண்டும் பின்னுக்கு போகிறீர்கள் தானே? 22 பின்னுக்கு வந்ததன் பின்னர் கொட்டாகோ கிராமத்தோடு இணைகிறோம். தோடர்ந்து கடைசி நிமிடம் வரை இருக்கிறோம்.
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நானும் கோட்டாகோ கிராமத்திறகு முதலாவதாக 9ம் திகதி காலை 9 மணியாகும்போது தான் வந்தேன். அதற்கு முன்பு மார்ச் 29 — ஒவ்வொரு இடங்களிலும் செய்தவைகள். முன்னர் செய்தவைகளை social media பார்த்தேன். எனக்கு — தெரியாது. Facebook ல் பார்த்துள்ளேன். இது அரசிற்கு எதிராக பையன்கள் குழுவொன்று குழுவாக இணைந்து நடத்தும் சாதாரண விடயம் என்றே நான் நினைத்தேன். இதுவும் அழிந்துபோகும். எனக்கு idea ஒன்றும் இருக்கவில்லை. என்னால் கலந்துகொள்ள வரவும் முடியாது. இனி நான் பார்த்துக்கொண்டிருந்தேன். பிறகு மிரிஹான சம்பவத்தை கொஞ்சம் பார்த்தேன். — தான் முதலில் live கொடுத்தார். —, — live கொடுக்கும்போது பையன்கள் 15 -20 சின்னதாக சும்மா ஆத்தலுக்கு செய்யும் ஒன்று ஆத்தல் இல்லை – நோக்கம் இல்லாதது அது சும்மாவே அழிந்துபோகும் என்றே நான் நினைத்தேன். பின்னர் இரவு வரை அந்த மிரிஹான வீட்டின் கலவரம் live போயுள்ளது. இங்கே ஏதோ நடக்கிறது என்று அன்றுதான் எனக்கு விளங்கியது. எனக்குள் எரிந்தது அடுத்தமுறை நான் இதற்குள் join ஆவற்கு பார்த்துக்கொண்டு இருந்தேன். ஏனென்றால் எனக்கு சின்ன guilt ஒன்று இருந்தது. அதாவது step by step நான் அனைத்தையும் facebook ல் பார்த்துக்கொண்டிருந்தேன்.ஆனால் எனக்கு அதில் தொடர்புகொள்ள முடியவில்லை. மிரிஹான சம்பவத்தில்தான் இது peak க்கு வந்துள்ளது என்று புரிந்துக்கொண்டேன். ஏதாவது நடக்கும். அடுத்தமுறை நான் எங்கேயாவது போகவேண்டும் என்று நினைத்தேன். அப்போது தான் 9ம் திகதி one million Galle Face வரும் plan ஒன்று வந்தது. எப்படி அவசரம் என்று சொல்கிறீர்கள். 9ம் திகதி காலை 9மணிக்கு Galle face வர இருந்த நான் காலை 8.45க்கு Galle Face இருந்தேன். 9ம் திகதி காலை 9 மணிக்கு one million வரும் என்று தானே நான் அங்கு போனேன். கொழும்பிற்கு million campaign என்று போனதற்கு 9ம் திகதி காலையில் Galle Face தான் அது ஆரம்பமானது. நான் காலை 8.45 மணியாகும்போது Galle Face வந்துவிட்டேன். நான் வரும்போது 30-40 பேர் இருந்தார்கள். இங்கே மக்கள் குறைவாக இருந்ததை கண்டு இதுவும் Galle Face என்றே நான் நினைத்தேன். 9 மணி -9 1கூ2 மணியானது. காத்துக்கொண்டிருந்தோம். கொஞ்சம் கொஞ்சமாக மக்கள் வர தொடங்கினார்கள். 10 மணியாகும்போது 500 பேர் வந்திருந்தார்கள். பரவாயில்லை. இதில் இன்னும் கொஞ்ச நேரம் இருந்துவிட்டு வீட்டுக்கு போகலாம் என்று நினைத்தேன். எப்படியோ மத்தியானம் 1-2-3 மணியாகும்போது Galle Face மறையும் அளவிற்கு சனக்கூட்டம் பெருகியது. இருந்தும் எனக்கு idea ஒன்றும் இருக்கவில்லை. ஏனென்றால் உண்மையில் செய்திகளில் பார்த்தும், புத்தகங்களில் வாசித்தும் போராட்டம் – புரட்சிகள் பற்றிய idea இருந்ததற்கு நேரில் கண்ட அனுபவங்கள் ஏதும் எங்களுக்கு இருந்ததில்லை. மக்கள் ஒன்று கூடினார்கள். மக்கள் இரவாகும்போது போய்விடுவார்கள் – இன்றோடு இது முடிந்துவிடும் என்று நினைத்தேன். நல்ல கதை இதுதான் கொரியாவில் என்னோடு இருந்த எனது நண்பன் – இரத்தினபுரியில் இருக்கிறான். மனுசன் அங்கிருந்து வாகனத்தில் வந்திருக்கிறான். அவன் மச்சான் இன்றிரவு மக்கள் இருப்பார்கள் தானே என்று என்னிடம் கேட்டான். மக்கள் அலையில் கோஷமிட்டுவிட்டு போய்விடுவார்கள் இருக்கமாட்டார்கள் மச்சான் என்று சொன்னேன். ஒரே இடத்தில் இருந்து பல நாட்கள் போராடிய idea ஒன்றும் இருந்ததில்லை தானே – அதன் அனுபவங்களும் எங்களுக்கு இல்லை. மச்சான் அப்படி ஒன்று நடக்காது என்று நான் சொன்னேன். இல்லை இல்லை பையன்கள் இருப்பார்கள். என்னிடம் இரண்டு tent இருக்கிறது. நான் கொண்டு வந்து தருகிறேன். உணவு வகைகளும் இருக்கிறது நான் கொண்டு வந்து தருகிறேன். எனக்கு கொரியாவிலுள்ள பையன் ஒருவன் 50.000 ரூபா கொடுத்துள்ளான். நான் tent இரண்டையும், 50.000 ரூபாவையும் கொண்டு வந்து தருகிறேன் என்றான். மச்சான் உணவு, தண்ணீர் எல்லாம் வாங்கி கொண்டு வா என்றேன். tent என்றால் தேவைப்படாது. tent அமைக்கும் வகையில் இங்கே ஏதும் அமையாது உனக்கு விருப்பம் என்றால் கொண்டு வந்து கொடு என்று சொன்னேன். இல்லை இல்லை என்று அவன் பலவந்தமாக tent துணி இரண்டை கொண்டு வந்து கொடுத்ததான். மறுநாள் எனக்கு வேலை ஒன்று இருந்ததால் – எப்படியோ அன்றிரவு மட்டும் இருந்துவிட்டு வீட்டுக்கு போய்விட்டேன். 10ம் திகதி மத்தியானமாகும்போது tent அமைத்து அந்த இடம் புதுமையான உலகமாக தெரிந்தது எனக்கு பைத்தியம் பிடித்தது போல் இருந்தது. எனக்கு முதலில் — சந்திக்க கிடைத்தது. மச்சான் எங்கிருந்து இது கிடைத்தது? யார் இதை கொடுத்தது என்று கேட்டான்? யாரென்று எனக்கு தெரியாது. யாரோ tourism செய்யும் டயல் – அவனது வியாபாரம் வீழ்ச்சியடைந்த விட்டதாம். வந்தான் tent களை கொடுத்ததான் போய்விட்டான் என்றேன்.
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அதன்பிறகு இங்கே ஏதோ நடக்கப்போகிறது என்று எனக்கு விளங்கியது. அதாவது சின்ன tent இரண்டு. மூன்று அமைந்தது. தொடர்ந்து step by step சொல்ல தேவையில்லை தெரியும்தானே. தொடர்ச்சியாக library, media unit மேலும் red cross அந்த பச்சை நிறம் – St.John போன்றவைகள் அமையும்போது நான் இருக்க வேண்டிய இடம் இதுவே என்று விளங்கியது.
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எப்டியோ அன்று முதல் 2 1/2 மாதங்கள் போல நான் இருந்தேன். தொடர்ச்சியாக 5 நாள் இருப்பேன். ஒருநாளைக்கு வீட்டுக்கு போய் மறுநான் மீண்டும் வந்துவிடுவேன்
அங்கேயேதான் இருந்தேன். எப்படியோ 1 1/2 மாதங்கள் இருந்ததன் பின்னர் அங்கே இருப்பது வாரத்தின் 3 நாட்களாக குறைந்தது. ஆனால், தொடர்ந்து கடைசி நிமிடம் வரை நான் அங்கே இருந்தேன்.
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இது நடந்துகொண்டிருக்கும்போது “Gota Go Home” எனும் சுலோகம் social media ல் trend ஆக தொடங்கும்போது observe செய்வதில் நான் இருந்தேன். முதன் முதலில் பெதும் கேனர் go home gota 2022 ல் அதை ஒவ்வொரு இடத்திலும் சொல்லி செல்லும்போது இதற்கு பெரிய traction ஒன்று இருக்கவில்லை என்றே நான் நினைக்கிறேன். நானும் 2022 என்றால் என்னவென்று hashtag கேட்டது எனக்கு ஞாபகமிருக்கிறது. அதற்கு மனுசன் பதில் கொடுக்கவில்லை. ஒரு வாரம் – சிறிது காலம் சென்றபோது சின்ன traction ஒன்று வந்தது. அது வெளியில் – parallel சின்ன protest ஆக ஒவ்வொரு இடங்களிலும் இருந்தது என்றே நான் நினைக்கிறேன். கொஹ{வலையில் இன்னும் சின்ன சின்ன spontaneous வந்தவைகள் கொஞ்சம் இருந்தது அவைகளையும் அந்த slogan க்கே move செய்ய எடுத்துள்ளார்கள். அவ்வாறு எடுத்திருக்கும்போது எனக்கு personally நம்பிக்கை இருக்கவில்லை. இலங்கை தொடர்பில் hopeless போன்ற ஒன்று இருந்தது. பிறகு இதில் சின்ன சின்ன sparks வைக்கும்போது, ஒருவகையில் interesting ஒன்று முதன்முதலாக வரத்தொடங்கியது. போய் என்ன நடக்கிறது என்று observe செய்வது – அதுபோன்ற ஒன்றைத்தான் செய்தேன். அது மிரிஹான சீனில் என்றே நினைக்கிறேன் – மிரிஹானவில் அடிக்கிறார்கள் என்று தெரிந்ததும் – ஒன்றுமில்லாத சந்தர்ப்பத்தில் ஏதேச்சையாக திடிரென இதை அறியக்கிடைத்தது என்றே நினைக்கிறேன். திடிரென்று அங்கே போக நினைக்கும்போது இடையில் போக விடுகிறார்களில்லை. அப்போது அந்த வேலை முடிந்துவிட்டது. அதன்பிறகு அதோடு 9ம் திகதி 9க்கு சரி, 3ம் திகதி 3க்கு சரி என்ன campaign என்று எனக்கு சரியாக நினைவில் இல்லை. அந்த campaign வரத்தொடங்கும்போது ஏதோ organize இல்லாத mass project ஒன்றுக்கு போகிறோம் என்று சும்மா obvious போன்று எண்ணத்தொடங்கியது. ஏனென்றால் social media மற்றும் கதைக்கும் – நாங்கள் இருவரும் கதைத்து ஏதாவது செய்ய வேண்டும் என்ற தீர்மானத்திற்கு வந்தது எனக்கு ஞாபகமிருக்கிறது. ஒருவகையில் அது எங்களின் தேவையாகவும் இருந்தது. சில நேரங்களில் என்ன செய்து என்று வரும்போது – அதுபற்றி ஒரு சிலருடன் கதைத்தோம். பின்னர் இதுபோன்றவற்றில் பல காலங்கள் வேலை செய்பவர்கள் எங்களோடு கதைத்தார்கள். நிறைய கதைத்தார்கள். நாங்களும் இதற்கு எங்களால் என்ன செய்ய முடியும் என்று கதைத்தோம். அது ஏதோ பெரிய காரியத்தை செய்ய்பபோகிறது என்பதல்ல, ஆனால் அது இங்கே சில unorganized முறைகளை வெளிப்படுத்துகிறது தானே. அதாவது அந்த நேரத்தில் – அவ்வாறு ஒருங்கமைக்காமல் இவ்வாறு தொடங்கும் ஒன்று பெரும்பாலும் அராஜகமான இடத்தை நோக்கி சென்று பெரிய பேரழிவை கொடுத்துதான் முடிக்கும் என்பதையே எனது personal reading சொல்கிறது. அப்போது அதன் damage ஜ minimize செய்ய முடியும். ஏனென்றால் – எங்காளல் செய்யக்கூடிய level அதோடு செய்யக்கூடியவைகள் – இதற்கான campaign என்ன? இது சிறிதாக coverage செய்யக்கூடிய campaign. இவ்வாறான இடத்தில் இருந்துதான் எதையாவது செய்வதற்கு நாங்கள் try செய்தோம். அப்போது அதை base செய்து சின்ன manifesto ஒன்றை போடுவதற்கு அதுபோன்ற சின்ன கதைகள் கொஞ்சம் போனது. அது அவ்வாறு போகும்போது protest செய்யவும் தொடங்குகிறார்கள் தானே. இப்போ தியத்தவிலும் தொடங்குகிறார்கள்; தானே.அதற்கு சென்று என்ன செய்வது? அந்த தியத்தவில் occupy செய்ய சொல்லும் கதை எனக்கு நினைவிருக்கிறது – tents வகைகள் சில கொண்டு வந்திருந்தார்கள். அப்போ occupy தியவன்னா என்று இதில் எழுதி idea ஒன்றை நாங்கள் reach செய்ய வேண்டும் – இங்கே occupy செய்ய இதுபோன்ற சிறியவைகளை செய்துக்கொண்டிருந்தேன். ஆனால் மாலை வேளையில் மக்கள் இங்கு இருக்காமல் போய்விடுவார்கள் என்று விளங்கியது. நாங்கள் இருந்தாலும் அடி வாங்க வேண்டிய நிலைவரும் என்று தெரியும்தானே. அதனால் எப்படியோ களைந்துவிட்டோம். அவ்வாறு சென்றதன் பின்னர் 9ம் திகதி vibe ஒன்று இருந்தது. அதேபோன்று வெளியில் போடுவதற்கு வருகிறார்கள் என்றே நான் நினைக்கிறேன். அதோடு நிறைய நேரங்களில் – 9ம் திகதி 9மணிக்கு அது வரும்போது preparation க்கு போகும் என்ற நம்பிக்கை இல்லாமல் இருந்தாலும் நடந்தால் நன்றாக இருக்கும் என்று எனக்கு தோன்றியது. ஏனென்றால் நாங்கள் தொடக்கத்திலிருந்தும் காலையிலும் occupy செய்யக்கூடியதாக இருந்தால் நன்றாக இருக்குமென்றே கதைத்துக்கொண்டிருந்தோம். எங்களால் occupy செய்ய முடியாது தானே. அதனால் சின்ன சின்னவைகளை செய்துக்கொண்டிருந்தோம். மக்களுக்கு பதாதைகளில் வரைய வேண்டு;ம் என்றபோது சின்ன சின்ன பதாகளை வைத்து சிறிதாக வரைந்து கொடுத்தோம். ஆர்பாட்ட இடத்தில் அல்ல. காலிமுகத்திடலில் ஒருபகுதி முழுமையாக மூடப்பட்டிருந்தது. மறுபக்கத்தில் சிறியதொரு open area வில் இருந்தது. அங்கே தான் முலாவது tent அமைந்தது. சரியாக முன்னால் தேசிய கொடி உயர்த்தப்பட்டிருந்தது. நான் அந்தப்பக்கம் போய்வரும்போது protest site என்று ஒன்று இருந்தாக தெரியவில்லை. 1-2 மணி வரையிலும் காணவில்லை.
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நான் ஏப்ரல் 9ம் திகதி காலி முகத்திடல் வருவதற்கு முன் – மார்ச் மாதத்தில் கொஹுவல வேலையில் இணைந்துவிட்டேன். அங்கே தான் —, — அண்ணா குழு எங்களோடு இணைகிறது. அதன்பிறகு அந்த சம்பவங்கள் – நான் அதைப்பற்றி கதைக்கப்போவதில்லை . ஏனென்றால் அது தேவைப்படாத ஒன்று என்பதாலாகும். கோட்டாகோ கிராமத்திற்கு ஏப்ரல் 9ம் திகதி வந்ததன் பின்னர் personally எப்படியும் எமது குழுவிற்கு சின்ன idea ஒன்று இருந்தது. அதாவது, நாங்கள் முன்பிருந்தே சொல்வோமே ஒவ்வொரு இடங்களும் நிறைய அதை, இதை செய்துள்ளோம், நிறைய இடங்களில் அதை செய்து வருகிறோம,; இதை செய்து போகிறோம். கூடுதலாக எப்படியாவது அந்த இடத்தில் இருந்து எதையாவது செய்ய வேண்டும் என்பது – அதுபோன்ற சின்னதொன்று இருந்தது. அது ஏனென்றால், எங்களுக்கு பெரிய idea ஒன்றும் இருந்ததில்லை. எப்படியோ ஏப்ரல் 9ம் திகதி வந்ததன் பின்னர் அன்றிரவு நான் இருக்கவில்லை. எனக்கு வீட்டுக்கு வர நேர்ந்தது. வீட்டுக்கு போய் விடிய காலையில்தான் வந்தேன். விடிய மழையுடன் வரும்போது gate 0வில் – இங்குதான் இருந்தேன். எப்படியோ நான் கோட்டா கோ கிராமத்தோடு கொஞ்சம் சுறுசுறுப்பாக செயற்படத் தொடங்கியது legal aid அமைந்த பின்னராகும். நாங்கள் ஏப்ரல் 12ம் திகதிதான் legal aid அமைத்தோம். நான் அதை பிறகு கதைக்கும் போது விளக்கமாக விபரிக்கிறேன்.
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