Lanka PM concerned Sinhalese may die out

July 21, 2011 17:37

Sri Lankan Prime Minister DM Jayaratne expressed concern over the down sizing of families among the majority Sinhala community and feared that Sinhalese as a race may be extinct. "Sinhalese families are getting smaller and smaller with just two kids the most. You often see seven to eight children in a typical Tamil or a Muslim family."

Can you even imagine the consequences of a similar comment from PM Manmohan Singh, not that he would have ever said something so remarkably inflammatory.

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