On Independence Day 2026
Posted on February 4th, 2026
Garvin Karunaratne
Let us live in hope
Let there be a new Programme
To Create jobs- Earnings for people
Alleviating their poverty
Making everything that we import today.
My mind rushes to the Matara of 1971
when I as Matara Disapathy
Ran Ariyadasa, DeeRrOo created
a Boatyard making seafaring boats
And we also established an Industry making Crayons
The method found by my Planning Officer
Vetus Fernando
struggling every night at
the Rahula College science lab
for a long three months
And let us find a Cooperator
like the parlimentu mantree Sumanapala Dahanayake
who established Morawaka Coop Crayon
fifty lads and lassies- all making crayons
Coop lorries moving crayons islandwide
We did make what we import today.
Let us live in hope
Now it is Anura at the wheel
Making everything we import
finding jobs for our boys and girls
Saving forex that we today pay for imports
That is a thought for 2026
Let us hope that this dream will come true
Garvin Karunaratne
Matara Disapathy 1971-73
04 02 2026