{"id":152788,"date":"2025-10-30T13:56:35","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T20:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=152788"},"modified":"2025-10-30T13:56:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T20:56:35","slug":"do-sri-lankans-lack-creative-imagination-of-einstein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2025\/10\/30\/do-sri-lankans-lack-creative-imagination-of-einstein\/","title":{"rendered":"Do Sri Lankans Lack Creative Imagination of Einstein?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Are Sri Lankan Government Officials &amp; Businessmen Asleep Whilst India, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Vietnam Forging into Euro-USA Markets?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bara Bada Bastua the Indian way: this is how Hindus celebrate the Festival of Lights in Espoo Finland!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yle.fi\/a\/74-20188474\">https:\/\/yle.fi\/a\/74-20188474<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The British introduced TEA from China, which became the main export!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rubber exports have dwindled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Textile &amp; Garments<\/strong> have strong competition from other <strong>Asian countries &amp; China.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thailand &amp; Vietnam<\/strong> imagination have created new consumer products from Coconut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Philippines<\/strong> have&nbsp; exports in <strong>Fish-Mango-Pineapple,<\/strong> for over 50 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>India <\/strong>has promoted <strong>Basmati &amp; Thailand has Jasmine Rice<\/strong> taking over the supermarkets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After Tamil Terrorism <strong>(Thanks to Rajapaksa Government) <\/strong>&amp; Covid-19, at least Tourism has recovered, but there is a lot to be improved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most above FMCG are packaged in Cheap &amp; Cheerful Plastic Shrink-wrapping or Tetra-pack!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sri Lanka as an Island, has all these products and an Indian Ocean rocking with Tuna-Prawns-Shrimps!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My family of four children &amp; their partners with children amounting to <strong>20 persons<\/strong>, visited Sri Lanka during <strong>10th -20th October<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>2025<\/strong> on a Beach, Culture &amp; Safari vacation, enjoyed the <strong>Sun-Sea-Culture-Food-Shopping for jewellery<\/strong>,&nbsp; staying in 5-Star luxury, the tour spending over&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>21&nbsp;262&nbsp;800,00<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;Sri Lankan Rupee.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sri Lanka Tourist Board has not tapped the wealthy Scandinavian markets &amp; the Seniors, Pensioners, who have the Time &amp; Money, with Education-Culture-Cuisine with Imagination!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Sri Lankans are Asleep on Top of a Gold Mine!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em><u>Express Your Opinion &#8211; Read What Others Say!<br>The Independent Interactive Voice of Sri Lanka on the Internet.<br><br>Please visit -: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/\">http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/<\/a><\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are Sri Lankan Government Officials &amp; Businessmen Asleep Whilst India, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Vietnam Forging into Euro-USA Markets? Bara Bada Bastua the Indian way: this is how Hindus celebrate the Festival of Lights in Espoo Finland! https:\/\/yle.fi\/a\/74-20188474 The British introduced TEA from China, which became the main export! Rubber exports have dwindled. 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