![]() ![]() Really? Is giving up of another country’s citizenship such a sacrifice? One even threw an extreme tantrum of making a big brouhaha over giving up citizenship of another country. And the war against green card holdes was won by green card holders. Many of them in the house have already been exposed their duality. As we watch the loquacious orations droning during the Independence Day, and every other day.Īnd how many of our representatives have the moral right to celebrate the day is another question. In a way, the Chinese and the West are picking the Sri Lankan nose (West in one nostril and the Chinese the other and Indian whatever that is left). Stennis Carrier fleet is anchored and we are told that “logistics are transported via Colombo Port and that it was a routine” while at the southern tip God only knows, what Chinese submarine is lurking underneath, while India seeps in the gaps that either the West or the Chinese have not taken, and I can’t sleep because I have no room to stretch my leg, so everyone else get lost.Ĭoming back to the nose (Nosy?) issues, I wonder where we have our country’s metaphorical nose ends. ![]() In summary at one port we had (Is it still there, USS John C. “How can people, who are just above mere vegetables, decide on the destiny of a country” (Or something on these lines). Ramanathan was against Universal Franchise at that time and asked: And one wonders how many of the voters “who are just more than mere vegetables” as Ponnambalam Ramanathan (In office 1892–1906) said in the Legislative Council during a debate on Universal Franchise said- can understand the implications of these mechanizations. The reality in terms of global geopolitics is very different despite these tamashas, however. I do not know if these were the exact words. Then they want us to become one of them”. In a way, the Chinese and the West are picking the Sri Lankan nose (West in one nostril and the Chinese the other and Indian whatever the hole is left to them to dig) and watching the loquacious orations droning at during the Independence Day and every other day “This colonisation thing is very funny,” popular stand-up comedian Trevor Noah said once.Ĭoming back to the nose (Nosy?) issues, I wonder where we have our country’s metaphorical nose ends. In other words the ceremony keeps us reminding the fact that once we were a colony of the British Raj and still strive to prove that by taking IELTS. Marking 71 years of freedom (Whatever it meant) from the United Kindom in (UK) 1948. Yesterday, Sri Lanka marked what it called its 71st Freedom Day. In fact, we have not yet become independent in spirit.Īs I penned this some white robe was glorifying in a monotonous drone how the country should “march forward” with education etc. The task of balancing is with Sri Lankan leaders. That’s how it is now and that is how it will be forever. That is how the world had been throughout history. It was geopolitics that had shaped human history since ancient times. ![]() Sri Lanka’s location on the map places it in a perilous position of balancing in global geopolitical power plays. When it comes to Sri Lanka, too many global powers want to go beyond her nose. who said: “Your Liberty To Swing Your Fist Ends Just Where My Nose Begins.” “Your liberty ends where my nose begins.”- a phrase wrongly attributed to many but was attributed to US Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. We have not yet become independent in spirit. ![]()
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