What a great, interesting article. I’m so happy that the younger gens of Sri Lankans are embracing their historical names, their birthrights and culture. Sometimes I think I know my history and then hear a story like this and I realize I don’t know as much as I think I know. It humbles me. Forced erasure of names and culture was so common and so wrong. It makes me burn inside every time that I hear about it. For the person who decided that a name negates and disqualifies a person from a job, shame on her. Sadly, this is all too common. Thank you for this article! 😊😊😊
What a great, interesting article. I’m so happy that the younger gens of Sri Lankans are embracing their historical names, their birthrights and culture. Sometimes I think I know my history and then hear a story like this and I realize I don’t know as much as I think I know. It humbles me. Forced erasure of names and culture was so common and so wrong. It makes me burn inside every time that I hear about it. For the person who decided that a name negates and disqualifies a person from a job, shame on her. Sadly, this is all too common. Thank you for this article! 😊😊😊
Thank you for reading :)
I mostly read/lurk but came in to say how much I enjoyed this installment!
Thanks so much for saying so!
I've recently started using traditionally Irish names and spellings as I learn the language. It's helping me connect to the language and my heritage.
That's awesome!