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Anyone who is interested in Ceylon's history would have heard about Ponnambalam Ramanathan. Ponnambalam Ramanathan was a prominent Tamil lawyer, statesman, and religious thinker who played a key role in colonial Ceylon’s legal and political spheres. Everyone knows the name Ponnambalam Ramanathan. But knowing the name and knowing the person are two different things. He’s often projected as a "Tamil leader" especially by those who think anyone with a Tamil name and a Jaffna address automatically qualifies as a representative of the Tamils. But to say the truth, when you closely examine his politics and political action, you will eventually realise that Ramanathan’s politics had nothing to do with Tamil nationalism, Eelam, or even Jaffna for that matter. His political identity is made up of colonial loyalty, Saiva orthodoxy, and Vellala supremacy.  Tamilness? Cannot be found anywhere in this equation.   I am not making this point, or stressing on this statement o...