29 Responses to “ශ්‍රී ලංකාව ‘ඉන්දියාවේ හොංකොං’ වීය යුතුයි”

1. Dr.K Says:
   September 12th, 2015 at 3:45 pm

   කතුවරයා ඉතා සරල ලෙස චීනය හමුවේ හොංකොං දියුණුව සීනිබෝල දවටනයක් ලෙස යොදාගනිමින් ශ්‍රී ලංකාව ඉන්දියාවේ සදා කාලික කොලනියක් බවට පත් කිරීමට අටුවාටිකා හුව දක්වා ඇති බව කිවමනාය. මෙහිදී කරුණු කීපයක් මතක්කර දෙනු කැමැත්තෙමි.

   1). මහා වංශයේ දක්වා ඇති විජය ආක්‍රමණයට පෙර සිට ශ්‍රී ලාංකීය හෙළයන් ජීවත්වූ බව ඔබ නොතකා ඇත.

   2).බවුද්දයන් සිය දිවිහිමියෙන් අගයන බුදු රදුන් ඉන්දීය සම්බවයක් ඇති බව කියමින් ඉන්දියාවට ඔවුන් ණයගැති බව පෙන්වා දී මට උත්සහ ගෙන ඇත.

   3). එදා ඉන්දිරා ගාන්ධි ඊළම් වාදීන් බිහිකර ඔවුන් පෝෂණය කර ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ උතුරු කොටස පළමුවෙන්ම වෙන්කර අත්පත් කර ගැනීමට කල උත්සාහය ඔබ අමතක කර ඇත.

   4). ද්‍රවිඩ ඊලම් වාදීන්ට එරෙහිව මහින්ද රාජ පක්ෂ රජය දැවැන්ත මෙහෙයුමක් දියත්කර තීබූ මොහොතේ ඊට අවශ්‍ය යුද උපකරණ දීමෙන් ඉන්දියාව වැලකි එම මෙහෙයුම අකර්මන්‍ය කල බව ඔබ අමතක කර ඇත.එහිද උදව් කලේ චීනයයි.

   මේ අනුව බලන කල CEPA අත්සන් කිරීමෙන් ශ්‍රී ලංකාව තමිල් නාඩුවේ දිගුවක් බවට පත්වෙන බවත් අවසානයේ දී ශ්‍රී ලංකාව තුල සිංහලයින් සුළු ජාතියක් බවට පත්වී යනබවත්. කිවමනාය. මේ පිළිබඳව දීර්ග පැහැදිලි කිරීමක් සිංහල බවුද්දයෙකු විසින් කරනු ඇතැයි බලාපොරොත්තුවෙමි

2. Hiranthe Says:
   September 12th, 2015 at 4:49 pm

   Becoming India’s Hong Kong is only a myth. At that time China was backward and Hong Kong opened itself to the world with British rule and with the power of English language to communicate. Hong Kong was a gateway to the world for China.

   Chinese people are innocent compared to Indians. They are not aggressive and they have been suppressed by the system. On the contrary, Indians are selfish and not innocent. They are very good at back stabbing. These qualities are evident in 90% of the Indians we meet in other countries… They want to learn from you and then betray you and take your position and destroy you.. Those who have associated with Indians closely will know this is true. I am not trying to be a racist but for the safety or our country one has to talk from the heart.

   Sri Lanka will never be India’s gateway to go to the wider world similar to Hong Kong to China. Indians are already having aggressive approaches and are well educated in English. They do not want to make use of SL to go to the world. They are already everywhere. The writer himself says many CEO’s in big businesses in SL are Indians. So they do not need Sri Lanka to use as a launching pad to success. They have already started invading us slowly. With CEPA it will have the legal backing and recognition to this invation.

   I am sure it will work the other way. They will set up factories and use our clever and smart labour force by providing employment to our people and do mass production of goods to export. The so called Indian CEO’s in Sri Lanka already knows the quality of our labour force which must be better than Indians due to our free education and high literacy rate than any other country in the region. All the residual waste will be dumped in SL. We will not have land left for agriculture. Instead, India is already good in agriculture and research.

   In addition to that, they will send all the Indian products to SL and make use of the 21 million strong market and as the next step, to export them using our Hambanthota harbour to the world. Singapore is a good destination for exporting Indian food items. They will transport Indian produce via the new bridge and to Singapore by sea, from Hambanthota. Fresh produce from the gardens in India to Singapore in 3 days at cheaper rate than air lifting… what a good idea??
   I do not thing this CEPA will benefit Sri Lanka by considering the other party’s intentions and inherent qualities.

   Although the writer is referring to King Vijaya as our forefather, many will not agree with him on this. We were here for much more thousands of years before Vijaya’s arrival. What actually happened was, we were invaded by Indians lead by Vijaya. Our women in Hela nation was screwed by a ship full of gangsters lead by Vijaya.

   We should not let this to repeat through CEPA and the new Bridge.

3. Christie Says:
   September 12th, 2015 at 6:05 pm

   මෙම ඉන්දියානු ගැති කයිය ගැන ෆේස් බූක් වල පලකල පිලිතුරක් එම අඩවිය විසින් අයින්කර ඇතිලු. ඉන්දියානු අදිරදයේ බලපුලුවන්කාරකමත් උන් ලෙවකන අයගේ යැපීමත් එයින් විදහා දක්වයි.

   Facebook has removed a response to this article. It shows how powerful the Indian Empire is and the dependence on Indian Imperialism of such suckers.

4. Christie Says:
   September 12th, 2015 at 6:15 pm

   බ්‍රහ්මනයිනේ: සින්හලය කොහොමද චීනයේ හොන්කොන්ග් වෙන්නෙ? ඒක මැකෞ වගේ චීනයේ කොටහක්, ඉන්දියානු පරපෝසිතයො සින්හලයට. සින්ගප්පූරුවට මැලේසියාවට යන්න ඉස්සර ඉඳල.

   Braamans: how can Ceylon be a Hon Kong of India? It was a part of China like Macau long before the Indian colonial parasites went to Ceylon, Singapore and Malaysia.

5. Christie Says:
   September 12th, 2015 at 6:35 pm

   Hirantha; ” They are very good at back stabbing. These qualities are evident in 90% of the Indians we meet in other countries… They want to learn from you and then betray you and take your position and destroy you.. Those who have associated with Indians closely will know this is true. I am not trying to be a racist but for the safety or our country one has to talk from the heart.”

   My personal experience is the same in Ceylon as well as in other countries. They are parasites and vermin. Reading news about Indian Empire they do the same within India. They takeover the land belonging to original inhabitants (Adhiwasis) in the name of development and they are no museum pieces after few generations. See what they have done in Andaman and Nicobar islands.

6. Christie Says:
   September 12th, 2015 at 6:36 pm

   Correction: “they are no museum pieces”; they are museum pieces

7. Lorenzo Says:
   September 12th, 2015 at 7:28 pm

   Poll finds almost a third of Americans would support a military coup!!

   “Almost a third of Americans could imagine supporting a military coup against their own government, according to a new poll.

   The YouGov survey showed 29% of Americans could imagine supporting a coup. Yet, 41% said they could not imagine supporting such an event.

   The overall numbers increased when participants were “asked whether they would hypothetically support the military stepping in to take control from a civilian government which is beginning to violate the constitution”. 43% said yes to this, and 29% said no.”

   “http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/sep/11/military-coup-some-americans-would-vote-yes”

   Now where is my USA friend who goes on imposing democracy in Iraq, Libya, Syria, Afghanistan, SL, etc.?

   Even USA is closing into REJECT “a civilian government which is beginning to violate the constitution”!!

   Isn’t that the case in SL. The SL YAAPA(LA)NAYA govt. is HABITUALLY VIOLATING the constitution.

   I’m sure more SLs support the RIGHT thing as they are MORE INTELLIGENT than Americans.

8. Chanaka B Says:
   September 12th, 2015 at 7:39 pm

   According to Mahavansa, Sri Lanka was founded soon after the demise of Lord Buddha (2498 years ago – (498 BC), where Vijaya, a Prince from northern India (Singhapura Village in Wanga Land of Lata Nation, located in the present day northern Bengal ) landed in Sri Lanka (Thambapanni). According to Mahavansa, Vijaya’s father was King Singhabahu; and Singhabahu’s father was a lion (was his hands and feet were like a lion’s paws?). Singhabahu’s mother was a princess of the same area (Kalinga).

   This is the accepted version of Sri Lankan history (up to now, we have accepted Mahavansa, the chronicled history of Sri Lanka, as the gospel truth). Also, read ‘ධර්මපාල ලිපි’ edited by Dr Ananda Guruge. Dharmapala stressed this version of the history.

   I agree, prior to Vijaya’s arrival, Sri Lanka was occupied by indigenous ’hela’ tribes (Yaksha, Naga Deva).

   The ‘hela’ people mingled with Vijaya’s clan (‘Singha’) and formed the race, ‘Singhala (Singha +Hela). Up to 1815, this country was called ‘Sinhale’.

   Those who did not mingle remained indigenous – the Veddahs. A small number of them exist even today

   Note, what the Eelamists say – according to them the Hela tribes (Kuveni) were their people. I have not seen anyone comprehensively attacking this blatant untruth

   With respect, the argument that Indians are aggressive people and Chinese are not is a shallow one. Our focus should be to work with everyone and make Sri Lanka a prosperous state. What I have articulated is purely an economic arrangement. I am not saying we should become a satellite state of India. I also agree there would be problems when working with the Indians in large scale; this is normal part of life. It is a matter of how we would sort things out.

9. Chanaka B Says:
   September 12th, 2015 at 7:56 pm

   I do not discount for a moment that India helped Prabhakaran to run camps in Thamilnadu. There are western nations that helped terrorism also. Just because of that we cannot disregard/ignore them. As a good member of the international community, we have to work with all nations. The crux of the matter is how well we can progress in dong trade and commerce with our giant neighbour, India. I have simply shown an opportunity that is available, which I believe, we should tap. That’s all

10. Lorenzo Says:
    September 12th, 2015 at 9:02 pm

    Chanaka,

    Endia cannot offer anything good for SL.

    1. HK did well because HK was under the UK until 1998. China could NOT dictate terms to HK because of UK. SL has NO such external sponsor.

    Now China continues HK’s development and some autonomy.

    Don’t forget HK protested against CHINESE RULE last year!! China put it down violently.

    SL should NOT be a part of Endia in ANY shape or form.

    2. SL is SL. Not Singapore or Hong Kong (recently created CITY STATES).

    3. Your suggestion will NOT work unless SL becomes a part of Endia (HK is a part of China.) It has more disasters than good.

    4. Hong Kong had no dividing ethnic nonsense. The CHINESE MAJORITY of HK found their relatives in China. NOT the case with SL. ONLY TAMILS have relatives in Endia.

    IF we have a HK like arrangement, ONLY Tamils will benefit.

    5. IF Endia started depending on SL as China depends on HK, Pakistan, China, etc. will DISRUPT and DESTROY SL because that will be an EASY WAY to destroy the Endian economy. SL has a LARGE pro-Pakistan and pro-China base.

    NOTHING GOOD came from Endia after the second century BC. Nothing ever will.

11. Chanaka B Says:
    September 12th, 2015 at 9:02 pm

    About Christie’s comment above:

    Christie (also known as Dalit Prawasi, whom I believe lives in Australia), who comments here in Lankaweb in a big way, has defamed me lately in a big way, on several internet sites including in his Facebook page, ‘Dalit Prawasi’. He even castigated me as a terrorist

    Christie’s (Dalit Prawasi ‘s) Facebook is full of anti-Indian propaganda. It has hundreds of anti-Indian pieces written by Christie (Dalit Prawasi)

    Upon request by me, Facebook and other internet sites correctly removed Christie’s blatant defamatory comments about me. They agreed he has no right to defame other people using their resources

    To say, the comment was removed at the instigation of the Indian Government is a blatant lie. Another attack by him on India. I have nothing to do with the Indian Government. Like any aggrieved person, I requested Facebook to remove the adverse comments and they complied (they are legally obliged to comply)

    Although Christies states so, nothing he has written about this Sinhala article has been removed by Facebook; as he has not yet posted any defamatory material about me. I am sure he willl

    I will refrain from commenting about Christie (Dalit Prawasi) any further

12. Lorenzo Says:
    September 12th, 2015 at 9:09 pm

    Now lets NOT abuse each other. EVERYONE has the right to their opinion. Chanaka is a PATRIOT and we should LEARN to peacefully and in a civilized way disagree with him.

13. Chanaka B Says:
    September 12th, 2015 at 9:24 pm

    Lorenzo, the terminology, ‘‘Sri Lanka should be the Hong Kong of India ‘is just metaphorical. I used it like a pproverb to stress the idea. I have seen lots of extreme poverty in Sri Lanka. It is time we improve the standard of living of our people, as our politicians have destroyed the country since independence. They took us the downhill pathway. If my suggestion works (it can work), we can come out of this cure – extreme poverty. All countries in the world are eager to do business with India. India is a member of G20, APEC and BRICS; so why not us? With this economic arrangement, all people of Sri Lanka will benefit – Sinhalese, Tamils and Muslims. And that should be the way

14. Senevirath Says:
    September 13th, 2015 at 5:47 am

    බුදු දහාම ඉන්දියාව්න් අතුගා දැමුවෙත් ඉන්දියානු හිදුන්ය අදුලුල වල යය හදුන්වා මිනිසුන්ට අඩන්තේට්ටම් කරන ඉන්දියානුවන් ලංකාවේ බෞද්ධයන්ට කෙසේ සලකයදා මේ යෝජනාව ජේ ආර් ගේ ටෝජනාවට අගුල් පත් තැබීමකි ජේ ආර් ට අවශ්ෂ්‍ය වුයේ ලංකාව ඉන්දියා වේ ප්‍රාන්තයක් කිරීමටය .
    ඉන්දියාවෙන් සිංහලයන්ට ලබාගත හැකි හොඳ සිරිත් විරිත් නැත එකිනෙකා කොටා ගන්නා උන් ගේ සල්ලි වලට වහ වැටුනොත් එය අපගේ අවසානයය් සිංහල පැවතුම් ඉන්දියානු පැවතුම් වලට වෙනස් ය

15. Christie Says:
    September 13th, 2015 at 6:03 am

    මෙය අදාල වන අයටත්, ඉන්දියානු අදිරදයට එරෙහියන්ටත් ලෙවකන්නන් වෙතයි. මගේ අදහස් උදහස් කියවා හිත් අමාරුවක් උනානම් සමාවන්න. කියවා යමක් දැනගත්තානම් මමත් ඔබත් සතුටු වෙමු.
    සින්හලයෝ විජයාගෙන් එන උන් යයි කියන අය රාමායනය, ඉන්ග්‍රීසි ඉතිහාසය හෝ බලන්ගොඩ මිනිසා ගැන කියවා හෝ අසා නැත.
    චීනයේ කොටසක් වන හොන් කොන් මෙන් අපිද ඉන්දියානු අදිරදයේ කොටසක් වීමෙන් අපිද හොන් කොන් වැසියන් මෙන් වියහැකියයි කීම 2014 අපේ ඉන්දියානු වෙලඳ හිඟය වන අමෙරිකානු ඩොලර් මිලියන් 3,353 ට කරන අවමානයකි.
    ඉන්දියානු අදිරදය අපිට කෙලින්ම කෙලින්න පටන්ගතේ චන්ද්‍රිකාගේ තාත්තාගෙන්ය.
    To whom it may concern and those who stand up to Indian Empire and who suck to it. My apologies to who are hurt by my views. If you have learned I am happy as you are. Those who believe in Vijaya may have not read Ramayana, history of the English or the Balangoda Man.
    Hong Kong is a part and parcel of China and those who think we should be the same insult our trade deficit of US$ 3,353 with the Indian Empire.

    By the way there was no India (Indian Empire in the days of Vijaya, it was lot of countries like Europe.

16. Chanaka B Says:
    September 13th, 2015 at 11:17 am

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    1987 හඳුන්වා දුන් JRගේ 13 අනුමත නොකරමි. මෙය ලංකාවට අද ලොකුම සාපයකි. පළාත් සභා යනු දැවැන්තම වූ සුදු අලියෙකි. 13 අහෝසි කිරීම සඳහා JR සමයේ මුල් බැස වැඩ කල කෙනෙකි මෙම ලියුම්කරුගේ පියා; ඊට ප්‍රථම 1980 මුල් භාගයේ දෙමල ත්‍රස්තවාදයට එරෙහිව. 13 අහෝසි කිරීම සඳහා 2012දී (උතුරු පළාත් සභා චන්දයට පෙර) ඉදිරියෙන්ම වැඩ කල කෙනෙකි මේ ලියුම්කරු (ඔහුගේ ලිපි/අත් පත්‍රිකා මෙහි lankawebහි archives ගොස් බලන්න.මා මිත්‍ර SL ගුණසේකර ආදරයෙන් මේ මොහොතේ සිහිපත් වේ). මේ ලියුම්කරුට ‘ත්‍රස්තවාදියා’ කියා මෙහි (lankawebහි) දේශප්‍රේමීයෙක් යයි කියාගන්නා කොමෙන්ට් ලියන කෙනෙක් වෙනත් වෙබ්සයිට් වල ගොස් කොමෙන්ට් දමන්නේ ඒ නිසා විය හැකියි – ධර්මපාල, සෝම හිමියන්ට පවා පහර ගැසූ සමාජයකින් ඊට වඩා වෙන කුමක් බලාපොරොත්තු වෙන්නද?

    2012 අපගේ ඒ ක්‍රියාවන් ප්‍රධාන වශයෙන් අඩපන කලේ දේශප්‍රේමින් යයි කියා ගන්න දේශපාලන පක්ෂ 2ක් (මේ පිලිබඳ ලිපියක් මතුවට‌). NPC යන වාහනය සාදා, විග්නේස්වාරන් නමැති බෙදුම්වාදියා නිර්මාණය කර, ඔහුට ඉදිරියේදී රට දෙකඩ කරන්න හැකි වාතාවරණය සහ ඉදිරියේදී මහා පෙරලි ඇති කරන්න අවස්ථා සලස්වා දුන්නේ දේශප්‍රේමී ලේබලය අලවා ගත් රජයක් නොවේද? අප දේශප්‍රේමින් එදා නැගු හඬ යම්තමින්වත් ගණන් ගත්තේ නැහැ නේද?

    ඉන්දියාව

    අද ලංකාවේ වැඩියෙන්ම තියෙන්නේ ඉන්දීය වාහන (මරුටි, අල්ටෝ, බජාජ්, හින්දුස්ටාන්, ස්ටේට්ස්මන් ), ඉන්දීය බස් සහ ඉන්දීය දුම්රිය. ඉන්දීය බෙහෙත්, ඉන්දීය සරොන්, සාරි, කමිස. ඉන්දීය බොලිවූඩ්, ඉන්දීය තොසේ, චපාති, නාන්. ඉන්දීය ටෝච්, කුඩ, විවිධ උපකරණ (මෙවැනි භාණ්ඩ වල නිමක් නැත), ඉන්දීය ඇපලෝ රෝහල. ශල්‍යකර්ම වලට යන්නේ ඉන්දියාවට. ඉන්දියාව ඔයතරම් නරක නම් මුදල් දී මේවා ගන්නේ මන්ද?

    ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ දුම්රිය සංවර්ධනය, විශාල පරිමානයේ නිවාස ව්‍යාපෘති (උතුරේ නිවාස 50,000ක්), සාම්පුර් ගල් අඟුරු බලාගාරය වෙනුවෙන් විශාල මුදල් පරිත්‍යාග කිරීමට ඉන්දියාව ඉදිරිපත්ව සිටියි. ඉන්දීයාව ශ්‍රී ලංකාව වෙනුවෙන් ඩොලර් බිලියනයකට අධික මහා බැංකු ණය අයිරා (line of credit), විනිමය හුවමාරුතා ගිවුසුමක් (currency swap agreement) දැනටමත් ක්‍රියාත්මක වේ. මේවා ණය නොවේ; ආධාරයි. ඉන්දියාව නැත්නම් යාල්දේවි දුම්රිය සේවය නැවත පටන්ගත හැකි වේදැයි සැකයකි. මන්නාරම දක්වා දුම්රිය මාර්ගය දැන් සාදා ගන යන්නේ මුලුමිනීන්ම ඉන්දීය ආධාර වලින් (ණය නොවේ). 2004 සුනාමියේදී ලංකාවට වැඩිම ආධාර දුන්නේ ඉන්දියාවයි- ආධාර පිරි රෝහල් නැවක්ද සමඟ සෙසු රටවලට කලින් මුලින්ම අප රටට ආවේ ඉන්දියාවයි. ඉදිරියේදීත් මහා විපතක් වුනොත් මුලින්ම ආධාර දෙන්න ඉදිරිපත් වනුයේ ඉන්දියාවයි; එහි කිසිදු සැකයක් නැත. ඉන්දියාවෙන් ආධාර ලබා ගන ඒවා පාරිභෝජනය කරන අතර ඉන්දියාවට බැනීම වැනි ක්‍රියාවලට ඉංග්‍රීසියෙන් කියන්නේ hypocrisy කියායි

17. Fran Diaz Says:
    September 13th, 2015 at 11:45 am

    Sri Lankans like Development too, not necessarily in the HK & S’pore style.

    Lanka is steeped in ancient history, unlike HK & S’pore with an ancient culture too. These factors have to be taken into consideration and Development done accordingly. Otherwise, it would be like “tearing apart petals to open the flower” and not a natural and gentle awakening. Keeping the self respect, self esteem and self confidence of the Nation paramount. These are priceless attributes compared to a few dollars more.

18. Fran Diaz Says:
    September 13th, 2015 at 12:30 pm

    I do heartily agree with Chanaka that DEVELOPMENT must happen.

    * I wonder whether starting with updated DWELLINGS is the best way to start (including updated bathrooms) and

    * next on to Mid-size and small INDUSTRIES, rather than gigantic ones, except for oil & gas industries, with Green Energy emphasised in everything possible.

    I read a recent report that stated Lanka is well on its way in the SERVICES sector and it is the INDUSTRIES that need to flourish.

    Frankly, I am wary of economic overplay with INDIA because of India earlier training of the LTTE, and Tamil Nadu proven machinations over decades to plunder resources (a billion dollars worth of fish/year now ongoing) and trouble with ownership of Kachativu island, whilst offloading their troubled low caste folk into Lanka and perhaps to even acquire parts of Lanka, whilst gaming with foreign interests. Also, when it suits India, they may offload sub-standard goods into Lanka as with TN pharma. Also, getting caught up in the Indian epic tale of the Ramayana can lead Lanka into tangled relationships too.
    India is poised to go ahead with her 100 Smart Cities. We wish her good luck with the massive project.

    To India I say : I do highly respect the Teachings of the Buddha and the Four Great Yogas, like the food & clothing but not the politics.

    Lanka should copy what is good only, from every country !

19. Independent Says:
    September 13th, 2015 at 2:48 pm

    චානක​,
    ඔබගේ මාතෘකාවට උත්තරය “නෑ” යන්නයි. මන්ද Hong Kong චීනයේ කොටසක් පමණි. ඔබ ලංකාව් එසේ වියයුතුයි කීවොත් මම “නැත​” කියමි.
    ඉන්දියානු වාහන අපේ රටේ මහා විපත්තියකි. විශේෂයෙන්ම බජාජ්.

    ඔබ කියා ඇති බොගහෝ දේවල් ගැන එකහෙලාම එකඟයි.

20. Chanaka B Says:
    September 13th, 2015 at 8:34 pm

    Fran, I clearly indicated when I say ‘Sri Lanka should be the Hong Kong of India ‘it is metaphorical (I used it like a proverb – (උපහැරණක් පමණයි ) – read my article and also the comment to Lorenzo (9.24 pm – 12/9/15).

    Hong Kong became a part of China in 1998; but it is still considered a Special Administrative Zone. Prior to 1998 it was governed by the British. I was referring to Hong Kong in the 20th century, when it was governed by the British. The mainland land Chinese still need a visa to travel to Hong Kong.

    I emphasised it was an economic arrangement to provide goods and services to India, nothing else. If we can enter into favourable economic agreements with other countries, including China, we should do so. That is the pathway to become rich.

    I know ‘India bashing’ is a fashion; but, we should not forget about the Sri Lanka’s down trodden. Don’t we need foreign exchange to improve the standard of living of the extreme poor (surely, we cannot keep on going borrowing)? Hundreds and thousands of people live in appalling conditions – the expressways did not help them. Lots of people still do not have sanitation, pipe borne water and electricity, lots of people live in huts, not houses.

    It was Camern who flew to Jaffna Library by an Air Force helicopter to meet with Wigneswarn and ran a media circus; not Modi (the NPC ‘vehicle’ was created in 2012 which would be used to form the Eelam) Who invited Chanel 4 to this country? If we had the guts to abolish all provincial councils in 2009 soon after the war (through 2/3) or 2012 (through referendum plus 2/3), the country would have been saved.

    What do you say to my ‘hypocrisy’ comments at 11.17 am on 13/9/15.

21. Lorenzo Says:
    September 14th, 2015 at 1:39 am

    Chanaka,

    It will not work because the WAY the 2 countries do business is DIFFERENT.

    Endia follows an EXPLOITATIVE DOOM THY NEIGHBOR economic policy.
    China follows PARTICIPATIVE DEVELOPMENT economic policy.

    This is why China is the largest trading partner of 140 countries. Endia just 5!! ALL those 5 countries are economically DOOMED!

    There is NO money to be made with ANY deal with Endia.

    We had Endia since 1947 but NO govt. came to any serious economic deals with it for GOOD REASONS. We entered into the rubber-rice deal with CHINA in 1951. This proves my point China follows PARTICIPATIVE DEVELOPMENT economic policy.

    We entered into a few political agreements with Endia and in ALL OF THEM Endian CHEATED!! If we become HK of Endia in any shape or form, they will cheat us for the 10th time.

    e.g. Sirima-Shanstri – cheated SL by NOT taking Tamils but SL had to give them citizenship!!

    e.g. Kachchativu – Endia nominally gave Kachchativu to SL but since then send all Endian fishermen to exploit it!!

    e.g. India-Lanka accord – promised to kill the LTTE if SL passes the 13 amendment. SL did it but Endia didn’t keep its promise.

    This is the track record of Endia. Disaster. Cheating.

22. Asanga Says:
    September 14th, 2015 at 1:44 am

    Chanaka,

    With respect to the CEPA agreement, hoping for the Indians to stick to any clauses that are favorable to us and less for them, is like the Native Americans to have hoped that the United States government respected their mutual treaties.

    It is not going to happen. They are going to populate our country with their unemployed professionals and our jackass sinhalas are going to give jobs to them because they will work cheaper.

    Guess who won’t give them jobs?? That’s right, the Muslim people.. LOL won’t that be ironic?

    But that is just my personal opinion, so take it for what its worth.

    This is also my personal experience: The ‘outsource frenzy’ of European nations to India and China is cooling down somewhat. You might know of the new outsource destination for European companies- Eastern Europe; Serbia and other Balkan nations are starting to be more attractive places for finding outsource solutions. I work in the Aircraft Industry, and a lot of Indian outsource companies sent their people here in the last decade. Those people are not here any more.

    So more and more young Indians, graduating from degree factories, are going to find themselves on the street with no jobs.

    So there is no way that they would stoop to give our unemployed any jobs over there. Its not going to happen, no matter how much sugar coating is on that bitter pill. No way, no how.

    So when you said above that people in SL live in appalling conditions, and this ‘collaboration’ will save those downtrodden, or at least give them a helping hand, I am afraid you are mistaken.

    The only way the ‘downtrodden’ might benefit, is if they rent their dwellings to the coming invaders.

    WHY would they do ANYTHING that would benefit us, and not them?? Its not now, nor has it ever been, their nature.

    Should India Bashing be a mere fad??No I think it should become a national pastime, and not only during a Cricket tournement!!!

23. Lorenzo Says:
    September 14th, 2015 at 1:49 am

    Actually I propose the exact opposite of what Chanaka says. SCRAP ALL business dealings with Endia. That will benefit SL enormously. Make SL China’s HK #2.

    e.g. TAKE BACK IOC and give it to a SL company – we can save $1 billion now going to Endia as profit and mgt. salaries.

    e.g. BAN IMPORT of Bajajs. Thailand has better 3 wheelers. Start a manufacturing plant in SL with Thai royalty.

    e.g. BAN GEM and GOLD export to Endia. Endians buy gems at dirt cheap prices in SL and sell to EU countries at 10 times.

    e.g. BAN the growing ORGAN SELLING BUSINESS done by Endians. Endians ROB kidneys, eyes, blood, etc. of SL cheating them with a little money and “good wishes”.

    e.g. BAN Endian TATA and ASHOK LEYLAND. Manufacture GREAT WALL buses in SL.

    e.g. REFUSE visa to Endian tourists unless they book at least a 3 star hotel for all days they plan to stay in SL at the time of arrival. Otherwise they work and TAKE MONEY to Endia. SL is heavily losing.

    e.g. POPULARIZE Chinese, south Korean and Japanese FILMS in SL and put a tax on Endian films.

    e.g. IMPOSE 75% import duty on ALL Endian imports so that SL farmers and manufacturers will benefit.

    These measures will DEVELOP SL.

24. Independent Says:
    September 14th, 2015 at 1:57 am

    IF WE ARE AS POWERFUL ECONOMICALLY AS USA WE CAN “THINK ” WHAT LORENZO IS ASKING TO DO. EVEN AUSTRALIA DARE NOT ANGER INDIANS AS THEY LOOSE BUSINESS.

    LORENZO, CHRISTIE ARE LTTTE AGENTS WHOSE AIM IS TO ANGER INDIA AND CREATE TROUBLE IN SRI LANKA. THAT IS ALL. THEIR REPEATED DEMANDS PROVE IT.

    NEVERTHELESS BANNING ALL 3 WHEELERS ON MAIN ROADS (NT JUST THE INDIAN MADE) IS A MUST. THREE WHEELERS CAN STILL BE USED IN VILLAGES AS A MEANS OF TRANSPORT.

    AKSER LAYELAND RUBBDISH , TATA LORRY BUSSES SHALL ALSO BE BANNED. TIME TO IMPORT PROPER BUSSES FROM CHINA. IF INDIA CAN POMPETE WE CAN BUY THEIRS TOO.

25. Chanaka B Says:
    September 14th, 2015 at 2:37 am

    Asanga
    I appreciate your comments
    I appreciate there had been difficult moments in our relationship (India/Sri Lanka), that spans over thousands of years
    I was concentrating on selling our goods and services to India; not India dumping goods on our doorstep.
    I did say we can do business with India without CEPA
    I did say I have reservations on the proposed bridge (due to Thamilnadu factor)
    Subject to international law, if there is any country that wants to buy our goods and services, we should sell them. Whether that is Timbuktu or India, I wouldn’t care. That is the best, significant way of earning valuable foreign exchange for the country
    As stated before, we cannot go on borrowing from overseas (we are already in serious debt). And earning foreign exchange through exports is the best recepie to pay off debt and become rich
    We must build an export oriented economy. India is the best place to send our goods (1.2 billion people, and a rising middle class)
    Lorenzo said we should become China’s 2nd Hong Kong. No one can build up export markets like that. It is a very difficult, pain staking exercise. Takes long time to build a business relationship. I do not think there are many things that China can buy from us, but we can certainly be the hub for India (due to proximity)
    If India breaches the laws, there are remedies available. WTO in Geneva, Switzerland is the place to go for arbitration. If we do not use these resources available, it is our problem
    Even now we send exports to India worth nearly $1 billion a year. The trade is flourishing between the two countries. ‘Because of India is such a bad country’ (this is India bashing by some Sinhalese), should we stop this?
    One person mentioned he hates ‘Indian Bajaj’, but, everyone uses them in Sri Lanka. The quickest and cheapest mode of transport (the problem is that there are too many of them and young people think it is the best way to earn an income. India has nothing to do with that problem)
    I did not mention outsourcing of services to India. It is not relevant to our trade with India. Manila is the outsourcing capital of the world
    You said “Should India Bashing be a mere fad??No I think it should become a national pastime” – looks like we are talking about apples and oranges
    ‘If Indians are so bad’, why do we accept all the free aid from that she gives us? Why do we continue to send our patients to India and our children to study in India? See what I mentioned about ‘hypocrisy’ in my comment above at 11.17 am on 13/9/15

26. Asanga Says:
    September 14th, 2015 at 3:56 am

    Chanaka,

    Thank you for your response. Maybe I misunderstood what you meant when I read this paragraph in your article

    මෑතක සිට අංග සම්පුර්ණවූ ආර්ථික සහයෝගිතා ගිව්සුමකට (CEPA – Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement) එළභෙන මෙන් ඉන්දියාව ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට උදක්ම ඇරයුම් කර සිටීයි. මෙවැනි ගිව්සුමකින් ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට සමස්ථ ඉන්දියාවටම විශේෂ සහනදායි ක්‍රම වේදයක් තුලින් භාණ්ඩ අලෙවි කිරීමේ හැකියාව ලැබෙනු ඇත. මෙය ඉතා සතුදායක පුවතකි. නමුත් ඉන්දියාවටද එවැනි මාර්ගයක් ශ්‍රී ලංකාව තුල සැලසීමෙන්, ඉන්දියාවේ ලාභවූ බඩු භාණ්ඩ සීමාවක් නොමැතිව ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට ඒමට සැලස්වීමෙන් ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ අද පවත්නා කුඩා අපනයන ආරිථිකය සහ දේශීය ආර්ථීකය තවත් කඩා වැටීමකට ලක්වේදැයි සාධාරණ බියක් රට තුල පවතී

    From the ‘ මෙය ඉතා සතුදායක පුවතකි.’ I thought that you were very pleased to see such a partnership taking place, maybe I was wrong in my interpretation.
    However I do see that you added a caution with that last sentence there- regarding breakdown of SL’s economy if we are flooded with cheap Indian stuff, which includes people wanting jobs as well.

    The point I was trying to make is that it might not be the wisest of decisions to regard an official signing of any trade agreement with India with starry eyed optimism.

    You said that we should seek help from the WTO in Geneva if there are breaches of the laws by India. I am sorry, maybe I am getting really skeptical in my old age, but the ability for any organization based in the west for offering a Balanced, non-biased solution (without wanting something in return) seems again to be a bit too unrealistic.

    I do agree with you, it all seems very hypocritical, our University students use Indian edition books over the original texts to save costs; the same can be said for sending our kids to their Universities for education.

    But none of that was donated to us, sending children to study in India, and so on. We still have to pay for all that. Not as much as for sending them to Australia or the US, but still we pay.

    Again, to reiterate my one and only point here- CEPA seems a very unwise thing to sign for, given the current situation in India economically, which is not as rosy as they might paint it.

    You did not mention outsourcing to India, that is true. I mentioned it, in order to say something about the way the things are heading employment-wise, across the world. It was meant to illustrate the fact again, that India is not doing too hot these days economically, relatively speaking. (Note I said relatively speaking, compared to the boom of the circa. 2005-2012 or so era. I am sure you can show me statistics about how their economy is still growing, in absolute terms)

    Let’s do trade, I am all for it. But please let’s not sign any agreement that will have their unemployed professionalls flooding our country and taking the jobs away from our own.

    The India bashing comment I made was merely a tongue in cheek one; but at the same time I was saying we should never stop being vigilant about the motivations and intentions of our neighbour.

27. Chanaka B Says:
    September 14th, 2015 at 6:09 am

    Asanga

    I am glad you said “Let’s do trade, I am all for it”. This is exactly what I am saying too

    About CEPA, I also said the following:

    CEPA ඇතුව හෝ නැතුව, වේගයෙන් සංවර්ධනය වන ඉන්දියාවට භාණ්ඩ සහ සේවා සැපයීමෙන් (හොංකොං චීනයට සැපයුවා මෙන්) අපට ‘ඉන්දියාවේ හොංකොං’ බවට පත්විය හැක

    අප CEPA අත්සන් නොකළ යුතුයයි මේ ලිපිකරු කිසිසේත් නොකියයි. ඔහු කියනුයේ CEPA අත්සන් කිරීමට නම් අපට මීට වඩා වෙළඳ වාසි ලබා දිය යුතු යයි කියායි

    CEPA හෝ එවැනි ගිවුසුමක් අත්සන් කිරීමට ප්‍රථම (කලින් කි පරිදි තවම එයට අවසන් අවස්ථාව මේ නොවේ) ශ්‍රී ලංකාව තමන්ට ඉතා වාසි සහගත කොන්දේසි එම ගිවුසුමට අඩංගු කර ගත යුතුය. මේ සඳහා ජාත්‍යන්තර නීති, ජාත්‍යන්තර වෙළඳ නීති පිළිබඳව කෘතහස්ත දැනුම ඇති නිතින්ග්‍යයන්ගෙන් උපදෙස් ලබා ගැනීම අනිවාර්යවේ

    CEPA අත්සන් කිරීමට ප්‍රථම අප රටේ දේශීය නිෂ්පාදන අරක්ෂා කර ගැනීමට බලපාන වගන්ති එහි අඩංගු කර ගත යුතුය. CEPA අත්සන් කිරීමට නම් ඉන්දියාව අපේ මුහුදේ කරන නීති විරෝධී මත්ස්‍ය ඇල්ලීම (මේ මගින් වසරකට ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට වන පාඩුව ඩොලර් බිලියනයකට වැඩිය) සම්පුර්ණයෙන්ම තහනම් කරන වගන්ති CEPAහි අඩංගු කර ගත යුතුය. මේවා අමාරු කාර්යන් වුවත් දක්ෂ නිතින්ග්‍යයයන්ට/ සන්නිවේදකයන්ට අපහසු කාර්යයන් නොවේ

    දැනට, අප දෙරට අතර 1998 දී අත්සන් කල නිදහස් වෙළඳ ගිවුසුමේ (FTA- Free Trade Agreement) හි ඇති අඩුපාඩු, ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට අහිතකරවු වගන්ති (බොහෝ වේ) CEPA හි අඩංගු නොවිමට අපගේ පාර්ශවය පැත්තෙන් අප වග බලා ගත යුතුවේ

    CEPA ඇතුව හෝ නැතුව, වේගයෙන් සංවර්ධනය වන ඉන්දියාවට භාණ්ඩ සහ සේවා සැපයීමෙන් (හොංකොං චීනයට සැපයුවා මෙන්) අපට ‘ඉන්දියාවේ හොංකොං’ බවට පත්විය හැක

    I agree people send their relatives to India for health and education and other purposes and they pay for these services. The question is with the type of India bashing in Sri Lanka (this website is the example) I find it difficult to understand why people still do these things. One person in another article in this website on the same topic stated that India is a ‘vicious, beggar’ and that ‘internationally India is poorer than us’ (but, we are not a member of G20, APEC and BRICS but India). If India is so bad why should we accept and enjoy all the free aid from India ( I outlined them in my article and comments). India has given us things free – I am not sure about the proposed Sampur, China has given us loans, except the Port City; both are now very good friends and import trade partners of Sri Lanka. Let’s move on and make our small, beautiful and beloved country prosperous

28. Chanaka B Says:
    September 14th, 2015 at 6:15 am

    should read as:
    both are now very good friends and important trade partners of Sri Lanka. Let’s move on and make our small, beautiful and beloved country prosperous

29. Christie Says:
    September 14th, 2015 at 7:13 am

    Indian Empire gave us a billion dollar credit facility after Indian colonial parasite from Singapore made billions from Treasury bond scam.
    Indians dump rubbish because our economy is run by Indian colonial parasites. 1840 Trade Registration Ordinance put an end to Sinhala businesses.

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