{"id":45926,"date":"2015-07-19T22:57:16","date_gmt":"2015-07-20T04:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=45926"},"modified":"2015-07-19T15:47:36","modified_gmt":"2015-07-19T22:47:36","slug":"through-the-lens-of-the-sri-lankan-diaspora","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2015\/07\/19\/through-the-lens-of-the-sri-lankan-diaspora\/","title":{"rendered":"Through the Lens of the SRI LANKAN DIASPORA ——–"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Concerned Diaspora<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

THEN \u2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • We supported the country, and promoted a positive image<\/li>\n
  • We rushed home after the Tsunami and donated funds<\/li>\n
  • We spent sleepless nights during the last days of the war<\/li>\n
  • We prayed for peace<\/li>\n
  • We heaved a sigh of relief when the terrorists were defeated<\/li>\n
  • We supported rehabilitation of our soldiers, assisted in the normalization of child combatants<\/li>\n
  • We helped with projects in the North<\/li>\n
  • We saw much progress, rejoiced at the development of the country, its security, and its beautification<\/li>\n
  • We were proud when the foreign press declared Sri Lanka, the #1 holiday destination<\/li>\n
  • We were upset when certain countries didn\u2019t appreciate our efforts to rid terrorism<\/li>\n
  • We met US Congressmen to state our case, wrote letters to President Obama, Foreign Relations Committee, UNHRC<\/li>\n
  • We were proud when President Rajapaksa spoke so eloquently at the UN<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    NOW-<\/strong><\/p>\n

      \n
    • We are sad at the state of affairs of the country<\/li>\n
    • We are angry at the unelected government\u2019s plundering of assets<\/li>\n
    • We are disturbed by the Foreign Ministry tactics<\/li>\n
    • We are outraged at clandestine meetings with terrorist groups<\/li>\n
    • We are nauseated by the way some minority diaspora groups are being wooed and appeased<\/li>\n
    • We feel left out of any reconciliation efforts<\/li>\n
    • We are tired of extremists crying, Genocide\u201d by the Sinhalese<\/li>\n
    • We are appalled at the way the courts and other institutions are exploited<\/li>\n
    • We are concerned about politicians manipulating a weak and indecisive President<\/li>\n
    • We are dismayed at appointments of cabinet ministers with ties to convicted criminals in international jails.<\/li>\n
    • We wish citizens will wake up and fix the chaos and confusion of the last six months<\/li>\n
    • We hope the voters will reject the Good Governance\u201d Mantra<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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      • We want our country\u2019s sovereignty and pride back-<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 For<\/strong> A Unitary Sri Lanka!<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        By Concerned Diaspora THEN \u2013 We supported the country, and promoted a positive image We rushed home after the Tsunami and donated funds We spent sleepless nights during the last days of the war We prayed for peace We heaved a sigh of relief when the terrorists were defeated We supported rehabilitation of our soldiers, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-forum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45926\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}