“Once upon a time in our beautiful land called
What the world did not see is that the average and sane Sinhalese and Tamil people were living their lives in harmony in
But this didn’t affect the politicos or the top hierarchy of the terrorists. NO, because as long as there was a war they had plenty of bounty to exploit and only the average citizen, Soldier, and terrorist conscript had to suffer in a plight not so different from hell. You must understand that not every terrorist who fought in the front lines or blew themselves up did it on his free will; in fact many of them were forced to be a terrorist because of poverty or because their families were held hostage by the criminal lunatics who posed as defenders of the Tamil race.
One cannot forget the sacrifices made by the soldiers, sailors and airmen of the armed forces. The semblance of sanity left in the country was because of them. At the same time one cannot compare the accomplishments of these brave men to the power hungry politicians who took all the credit for things they will never do in hundred lifetimes. When a battle is won the politicos came to the battle front to take photographs but when one was lost an officer was sacked or transferred. Those days Politicos were living gods, or devils one could argue.
So that was how our beloved country survived, along time ago. But eventually people realized that the country’s future should be in their hands and not in the hands of some charismatic aristocrat who could smile better than his opponent. The younger generation who wanted better things in their life other than constant check points and crappy jobs decided to face the enemy within and start a new chapter filled with peace and prosperity.
They worked hard, not settling for what they already have, they ignored the resistance for change, they minimized poverty and with it destroyed the terrorists (for when the people were wealthy no one wanted to fight against the state) and to top it all they weren’t scared of the “superpowers”. That is how today our country is a leading nation not handicapped or answerable to any other country. So in this independence day of year 2023 we shall remember what the people of
Every word in this article could be fiction… (Hope I don’t get shot) :-)..