Change of side: I’m with the Muslims :: RAG MADE THE CHANGE

I have been with the Sinhalese since the beginning of the ragging at E - Fac, University of Peradeniya. There are 3 groups in the Akbar Halls of Residence and Canteen.

1. Sinhalese
   
2. Tamils
   
3. Muslims
   

The Sinhalese are the largest in number. It comes to an approximate 210 boys and 39 girls. Thereafter are the Tamils and finally the Muslims. There are 35 Muslim boys in the Akbar excluding me.

I had some problems staying with the Sinhalese and as a so called Sinhalese senior had requested me to contact Muslim seniors; I was interested in making a conversation. A couple of days later at the gym I met Imash whom is a Muslim in my batch. We had a chat and there after I got to know some more Muslim boys and they asked me to come have lunch with them.

Thereafter I was able to find and be with the Muslim brothers for the first time. Since then I am with the Muslims and the Sinhalese have been trying to make a scene out of it. It may be because all the Kurunegala students go and join the Sinhalese. But I am not going to change my position. Sinhalese are the Majority but I'm not afraid of those Sinhalese.

There is a threatening point that is brought by the some Sinhalese seniors.

1. I will be with a small group
   
2. I will not be able to have a Kuppi (will explain later)
   
3. Will get neglected by both sides
   

They call to be massive than the Muslims and I agree that in number it's true. But qualitatively they are wrong. I can be deadly as any man could be and surely can take down a large number of students in a fight. There is lot about me, nobody knows.

This was the first time i felt Sinhalese students who come to University of Peradeniya are RACISTS or made RACISTS by so called Senior Students. I felt the country is going from bad to worse.

A Kuppi is sort of a class held by seniors to help the juniors who don't understand a subject or to have a better understanding. They say I will be a failure without it. I promise to challenge them in this matter. I have always studied alone and am sure that I can carry it on.

They say that I will get neglected by both sides. I have felt a very warm welcome from the Muslims. That attention is more than enough and they are helping me to study my religion. That's all I'd been looking for and that's worth any trouble that I have to face. It is because I aim the real world and to be able to achieve it. This imaginary world has no effect on me, I would like to live a luxurious life though. My priority is haven and only haven.

Other than that I am now going to the Mosque and no one is forcing me. Isn't that enough for a strong example for a positive change?

I am now with my kind. I may be Malay and the rest to be Moore. But that's not a problem as both of us are Muslim brothers and sisters.