How much money we need for better life in Sri Lanka?
Different in US and Sri Lanka is, in Sri Lanka everyone is a politician – even ‘Sirisena Mama’ know about politics as much as Mahinda. I too try be like them and think of inexpensive ways to make our daily life better. I know everything in this list is impossible and may not happen sooner - But one lucky day in the future some of them may take place.
Loudspeakers
This is my favorite. Go to city. Someone is tying to sell a lottery or something on Loudspeaker. Nonstop – every direction - Top of that religious propaganda in evening. Some times even at night – specially Poya days.
Then Muslims have to announce prayer time! What is with that? Do you guys really forget most important time of the day? (By the way how come none made a watch/phone with prayer time inbuilt as an alert?)
Next we announce complete biography of dead people. If one doesn’t know I’m live or dead I don’t want that person to come to my funeral anyway. That is most ridicules use of loudspeakers.
Honking
We honk for girls, cars, three wheelers, dogs, cats, and everything. Some drivers use the horn as the primary control device. I try to drive without unnecessary honking – yes it is possible even in Sri Lankan roads. This is the first matter foreigners get scared when they visit Sri Lanka.
No loudspeakers – no hones. We don’t have to wait till the war end for enjoy quietness in our life.
Posters
We don’t have to build a city like London to enjoy city life. We already spend lot of money building nice looking walls around our property until some one come and mess the whole thing up with bright noisy posters. After all we even stick posters on traffic sign posts, color lights, trees, rocks, even on road surface.
Trees
The city can be rich or poor – road can be proper or Sri Lankan, Still if there are trees around the road that is the best dam road in the whole dam world. Best example is front of Petta Railway station and back of the Petta Railway station.
Cleaning
Same method USA use. Your driveway/payment front of your house/business is your responsibility & you have to keep it clean. Think about how clean our payments can be.
Respect for romance and sexual freedom
Average marriage happen in Sri Lanka at age 27 - most of the time it is an arrange-marriage too. Till then almost everyone own confused, sexually frustrated life. Yes. There are very few have luxury of clubbing, meeting other people and keep up active lifestyle. But rest of the people get married with a person who doesn’t know what the sex is and eventually end up hanging up with similar friends getting drunk all night.
Quality Prostitution
Prostitution is nothing clean. So do the society. Just like every city need a sewer system, every society need sewer system too. If not we will have garbage every where stinking everyone.
Grade 5 Scholarship Exam
This bloody exam convert every children’s life a living hell and also the parent’s. Kids have no time to watch Cartoons, play, experiment or anything. If kid fail this exam he have to study in a hall – if pass, he can study in a room – but childhood worth a lot more than that.
Free Education
Education – Every level of education - Should be open for every human. Rich, Poor – Smart, Stupid – young, old– everyone should have right for education up to any level they want. I know we have free education for rich and poor but we don’t have free education for stupid. Anyone who doesn’t have enough score in A/L exam, we officially declare as stupid & not worth of getting in to standard Education system. This is the biggest human right violation in Sri Lanka and it won’t take penny to correct this.
TRC
TRC (telecommunication regulatory commission) damage future generation more than LTTE. Sri Lanka license winMAX, Dial-up, and all other essentials we need to keep up with the world. Our old generation offers us free books – just because they want us to keep up with the rest of the world. Book is all they had those days. There was no internet, there was no computers. But now we have internet and we have computers. So what shall we do – offer free internet to kids or restrict as much as people using it? We don’t need free internet – we will pay for it – but just let me share my connection with others – that is call internet – that is how it supposes to be. (By the way how come TRC active so much and not Bribery Commission?)
Pavement
Payment is nice place to buy and sell - But not on every dam pavement in the country. Let’s utilize that for primary purpose first and then go for other benefits. That doesn’t cost a thing.
Bottom line is we don't have to wait till the war end or the treasury get full to start having quality life in Sri Lanka. The war will never end. The treasury will never fill. The real problems we have everyday far more deferent than what politicians talk about.
Labels: Affairs of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
posted by Sam at
6:28 AM
12 Comments:
that has got to be the biggest load of bollocks i have ever read
Then my work is done!
sexual freedom - yes!! Quality prostitution...huh?
Aha. Look like it needs an explanation.
When I mention ‘Quality prostitution’ I was thinking of two issues.
1. Prostitution exists in every society. No need to pretend like it does not.
May be not you and me – but there is a level of the society benefit form it (look around Anuradapura) – when I thinking of this – I was really thinking of those type of people unable to satisfy basic need one reason or another. Prostitution keeps society free from lot of other crimes also. Singapore is a good example in that.
2. I do not mean legalization of prostitution. Because that is not an economical process and also it can change the very fabrication of the society. Especially legal prostitution can cut down major revenue source for underworld – where the power and money is at.
My idea was just keep the things as it is and improve the lifestyle just like how India do – all we need is more tolerant and use the same health care system we have. Well. You and me wont get effected by it that much – but I know there are people who work all day just to make enough money to get laid with cheap street prostitute or a homeless lady. Those are the type of people eventually makes other issues in the society too. But the reality is majority does not have internet for watch free porn. We like it or they go for old school stuff.
Sex, Food & Security is three main needs of every animal. We offer free food to needy without any question and it make us feel good too. But we are not tolerant about sex at all. It is good changing our attitudes little bit about other people’s underwear – it won’t cost a dime – but it can make lot of people free.
Just bollocks for my blog :-)
I still don't get what you are suggesting.
Better health care for prostitutes? Take a page off India's book on the treatment of prostitutes?
You are far too complex for my feeble mind, monsieur Sam.
Sri Lanka has a great many issues and will continue to have so until the people don't voice their opinions and get them across to the authorities. Also it's the individual's effort and attitude that matters. U can have the life u want, if u just have that will.
Keshi.
"Anonymous".. Don’t worry. Not all the time I know what I’m really thinking or express what is really going in my mind . So I leave enough space for me to be wrong or be confused.
Hey Dramatic..
Good point. I like that.
About religion – not only people respect – people even kill themselves – kill other people - even sacrifice their own children. People do anything for religion. A loudspeaker for religion is really minor thing comparing to what people can do for religion.
In Buddhist point of view I’m not comfortable with Buddhist chanting on loud speakers. Remember the story that villages complain to Buddha about monks walking around the village at rainy season? And Buddha asks monks to stay in the template in the rainy season. Buddha never wants monks to do anything to ‘bother’ other people in any way.
Now how about if I want to sleep late? How about if I want to mediate? How about if I want to talk to my client over the phone? No.. it is not sound right.
Another story ‘Kaludiyi’ invite Buddha expressing how beautiful the city is (Buddha values the nature and loudspeakers are not part of it).
Now crimson glow the trees, dear Lord, and cast
Their ancient foliage in quest of fruit,
Like crests of flame they shine irradiant
And rich in hope, great Hero, is the hour.
Verdure and blossom-time in every tree
Wherever we look delightful to the eye,
And every quarter breathing fragrant airs,
While petals falling, yearning comes fruit:
It is time, O Hero, that we set out hence.
Can anyone invite Buddha to Colombo right now singing the same songs?
Nahhh.. I’m not a real Buddhist. I still like to control other people ;)
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