a new hope?
news reports quote former president kumaratunga as saying in her farewell speech on her 1st of december address to the nation, that the time had come to make revolutionary changes in the history for sri lanka. they quote her as saying “the history of nations has amply demonstrated that there are moments when leaders are called upon to effect revolutionary changes, which necessarily cause some dissatisfaction amongst some groups.”
i take it this means that the singhala buddhist ethos mixed with a socialist form of government will now prevail over the country. it also implies that she now acknowledges that the jvp and the marxist theories that it represents, will inevitably come to represent the wish of the majority. if correct, then the statement also accepts that a division of the country on lines of race is also inescapable. for if the singalese think that it is right that their will alone prevails over the entire country then it is equally right for the tamils to think that their will should prevail over those areas which they consider their traditional homelands. no. let’s not debate the rights and wrongs of this view. just accept that if one statement is okay then so is the other point of view.
chandrika leaves the office of president with sri lanka in a poorer state then when she was elected to office in 1994. moreover, unlike in 1994, the prospects for the future well being of sri lanka as an united country has never been bleaker.
it’s a bright and sunny saturday morning in colombo. the tropical depression hanging over the island seems to have moved away much to the relief of those at flood ravaged rr. there is some talk ( and news reports) that the new president has signed a secret deal with the ltte which resulted in the latter preventing people from voting in the north. there is also talk that mahinda will sideline or marginalize the jvp and put the country back on track. c. s. lewis’s “the lion, the witch and the wordrobe” is due for release on the 8th of december and i for one look forward to the movie with great anticipation. there is better hope in fantasy escapism than in political realities of sri lanka.
i take it this means that the singhala buddhist ethos mixed with a socialist form of government will now prevail over the country. it also implies that she now acknowledges that the jvp and the marxist theories that it represents, will inevitably come to represent the wish of the majority. if correct, then the statement also accepts that a division of the country on lines of race is also inescapable. for if the singalese think that it is right that their will alone prevails over the entire country then it is equally right for the tamils to think that their will should prevail over those areas which they consider their traditional homelands. no. let’s not debate the rights and wrongs of this view. just accept that if one statement is okay then so is the other point of view.
chandrika leaves the office of president with sri lanka in a poorer state then when she was elected to office in 1994. moreover, unlike in 1994, the prospects for the future well being of sri lanka as an united country has never been bleaker.
it’s a bright and sunny saturday morning in colombo. the tropical depression hanging over the island seems to have moved away much to the relief of those at flood ravaged rr. there is some talk ( and news reports) that the new president has signed a secret deal with the ltte which resulted in the latter preventing people from voting in the north. there is also talk that mahinda will sideline or marginalize the jvp and put the country back on track. c. s. lewis’s “the lion, the witch and the wordrobe” is due for release on the 8th of december and i for one look forward to the movie with great anticipation. there is better hope in fantasy escapism than in political realities of sri lanka.
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