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1. Abbey Says:
   July 8th, 2009 at 1:12 am

   An Interesting Raja Gedara Yarn

   Recent interview that the President of the country had with an Indian Journalist was an interesting story that brought some ideas to my mind. My rejoinder to this interview, I hope, will be of interest to many people like me watching the tides of humanity in the island. We are all very conversant with telling tales about our past leaders when they have long gone from the political arena. However, I thought of talking about the current set of politicians, as it is not my tradition to talk about the bad of dead and dieing. I also hope there is something in this tale that may arouse the minds of those who care about the future of Sinhala community as well.

   This story is told by a leader in power at its pinnacle, and has great details of inner workings. Being told to an outsider, specifically an Indian journalist, this carries more significance. As the tales are complemented by the leader’s own secretary, the story looks like a teledrama played live on the TV. The eye witness accounts an supporting role played by the Secretary makes it similar to tasting a delicious meal prepared by a great chef and tasted by the chef’s most trusted deputy. This secretary also proves to be the perfect yes man for any other leader reminding of someone else from the past.

   Detailed inscriptions of the tale widely published by the journalist in a popular outlet and the inquisitive nature opens a new page whether it was an exercise in mind reading, a parroteered (my word, left for your interpretation) custom of Hindu origin.

   This tale has its own merits given the two-fold nature of the relationship described by both parties involved in this tale, when analysed what come out from Indian power house. Though I had little interest in the content, there are some thoughts that came to my mind after reading part of the long tale.

   Given the conflicting comments from both sides of the Palks straits, it is timely to ask the position of the current leader of the country. Is the leader being treated as a local representative of Indian interests or an unwitting partner of free media talking to a preferred journalist of subcontinent who happens to have a favourable opinion? Is the journalist using the pretence of this favourable opinion to reach out to the leader with some other motive? Given the nature of the content in the tale, some are exclusively inner workings of a leader actively engaged in running the country, which could not be revealed or should be held onto as secrets for many years before releasing in many other countries. On the other hand, is it a tale with a lot of twists and turns to mask the truth about recent achievements that were considered nearly impossible by many others? Does the leader have good intentions above the country and its future? Unfortunately I am not sure what to say (I mean yes or no), but I am confident that time will tell that someday, and hope truth will come out as the true stories of other past leaders. But if it was the ancient art of mind reading, I am very sure that those who tried it should be more confused than before.

   It is a timely measure to shelve the concept of federalism. This arrangement is unique to extension of occupied lands under imperialistic rule and Sri Lanka is never an extension of any such empires. As a person who has first hand experience of living in different states with a strong federal (I should say feral) government, it is a nightmare to adjust to many different versions of dictates attached to the same task carried out by an individual under different jurisdictions. This has worked for larger countries to some extent where movement was not common between the states and where many are of criminal descents that do care very little about the so-called laws of the authorities. Given the small nature of the island, it is insanity to implement a federal solution, which will exacerbate the current turmoil. In fact those who promote such ideas are as good as anarchists and should never have been part of the country.

   The Provincial Councils are a quasi-federal set up imposed by Hindu-dominated Indian hegemony with the clear and pre-planned objective of using a minority of Indian origin to control the country. It is already proven to be an unworthy program and further strengthening of powers, especially without any central control will ultimately lead to anarchy. Whatever we may try to project, The outdated English-created system of governance operated by their chosen group of individuals have not changed much in their conduct. In many occasions, it was bent and ignored in many ways to accommodate the skewed interests of the population to reflect the intentions of the power-hungry politicians. Given the prevailing ethnic ghettos and the English concept based land division where nobody but the queen owned the land, things are going to get very ugly in the near future if continued with this set up. Those who try to engineer their way through this set up will be the victims fallen on their swords of trickery.

   There is a very high image of the Political and Military Leadership built on recent gains over Tamil separatist terrorism. With so much pain and suffering during the last three decades, the finishing off of the terror outfit in grand style has attracted legendary status. Obviously, there were real talent behind these achievements and most likely even had the godly help that shunned the mind of those devils who were a disgrace to humanity in whatever scale. Are these the talents of the front-runners in contention or of some others who gave their knowledge to the leadership in the hour of need? Were these top members not there earlier in influential positions to make such achievements to other leaders who were looking for miracles to save their skins? If anyone could do it many years ago, we could have saved many more lives and resources. Having the accidental exposure to some of the guiding forces behind the scene among the scum of all sorts, long before their rise to positions of influence, it is my belief that they were the real contributors to this victory, though I consider the victory just as a relief given the other challenges facing the country.

   Being an ex- ardent supporter of SLFP, I find it interesting to see the creation of the Rajapaksa Clan holding all the cards and remind the times of Bandaranayaka clan holding power. However, they are yet to become a matter of ridicule though there are emerging rumblings. As a southerner, I come from a background with detailed knowledge of who created the power base for this clan, which was driven by strong principles of their own. If we believe the great talents and convictions that we see today attributed to these leaders, I believe, they should have come to power in mid eighties, when the Bandaranayakas were given a descent fare well. Since it was not the case, the tide turned back to Bandaranayakas and selected one of them as leader ending with the last nail in the coffin of their clan combined with other mysterious events. There was a time in mid-eighties, that the current leaders did not have many places to hold a public meeting. Having held a major meeting in my own ancestral home in the south, I do admire the tenacity of these leaders for sticking with SLFP under trying conditions though we do not have an iota of the kind of such traits, but other forms of tenacity for matters that are relevant to us. With such close knowledge, I will be able to write a longer tale when their tenure ends some day in the future.

   Today, we have a sort of bully in the subcontinent representing the Tamil rights and aspirations. Before going to this very important issue, I thought of telling a sorry tale of our society that has become an open wound. Our country is engulfed in a Dansal Culture that is limiting all our aspirations and I am glad to see how the current leaders survive such a calamity. As I see, alien religious and political influences have made many humans living in the country that became resident under various conditions today, to totally depend on others to work harder for their living. There are a vast majority of humans doing trivial things under posh and benevolent terminologies that produce nothing to the living economy, but sapping the effort of true contributors. The free education, free medicine, free that and this (though there are not many free things of worth in reality), cost the country and the native Sinhala population though these actions are reflective of their certain attributes. In contrast, truly Sinhala people are donors, but not willing recipients unless they are offered by someone very dear to them. In general, it is an expectation of Sinhala community to make a contribution in return for what someone receives. Good faith, reasoning and honesty are vital to recognition and use of force, intimidation, deception or concocted arguments (eg: historically or politically backed up pseudo-genuine claims) do very little to convince them or to achieve any objectives of anyone.

   The Tamil rights and aspirations are a far cry from the truth, and Sinhala people got nothing to do with them. If there are any, they should be originated with Tamil Nadu leadership who are currently responsible for their plight. Any attempt to take away the rights of Sinhala people and standing in the way of their aspirations will prove fatal for the Tamil or any other community as proven by the history. Considering the historical events over many centuries leading to current turmoil, I am surprised for no collective Sinhala response to put an end to this menacing situation settled for once and all. Some of the historical and conscience based emotional issues prevailing among Tamils and Hindus against Sinhala people are a self creation of absurd conjectures to cover up their own failures in the face of natural challenges. One of the most agonising claims is the homeland concept perpetuated by false and criminal means. Having slaughtered the native Sinhala population in the northern part of the country and evicted under horrible criminal conduct during many invasions over the history, such claims of ownership will have very serious adverse effects on those championing such rights. Though Sinhala people do not look like others, no body should underestimate their potential capabilities to claim their identity or rights if desired to do so. I do not believe that there will a single truly Sinhala person, who would ever oppose a Tamil to be a 100% Tamil. But blames of inequality are a concocted theory even if someone sees the recent collective conduct of Tamil community in total contrast to Sinhala aspirations. Instead of pushing boundaries to marginalise Sinhala community with serious consequences not foreseen to date, Tamils living in the country should accept what comes their way just as the Sinhala people do without becoming pawns for someone else. If needed, seek help, but never demand.

   Now I am going to the best part of my tale. While many of us are stargazing, there are some Geological Events that are taking place around us. While fighting for territorial ambitions, there is a very likely chance of disappearing the landscape that is know to us for eternity due to our own contributions under pathetic leaderships and some beyond our contention. Though the self-appointed intellectuals of western descent are waiting for their masters to tell them just like every other thing they utter, we may miss the preparatory stage of the nature’s fury and will fly in to the eye of the storm like flies. If properly managed, we will have a much-enlarged island to accommodate my vision of expanding the Sinhala population to 400 million heads to counter the perennial threats directed from the subcontinent.

   Though the future of Sinhala community does not depend on the leaders operating this increasingly dysfunctional and outdated English System of government that will grind them slowly and surely to their graves along with the father-institutions in the west, those engulfed in this whirlpool can be saved only by total destruction of this self-destroying evil system and extending the truly native system of governance now functioning in the background with all its latest knowledge, which will allow the realisation of rights to life and aspirations of life for all. If not, it will raise its head high in the near future by Maha Sammatha consent as happened a long time ago or in the worst case by unimaginable scale of destruction. I hope the current leaders have a desire to reach out for life and avoid any horrible end to any living being. Instead of focusing on making a living out of crumbs falling from others, true leaders have the wisdom and capacity to come out with solutions within. Let the best part of my story be written by someone else in the near future.

   By P Abbey – Sinhala Upakaraka and Purvakaraka ekakaya

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