Our precious little pearl of an Island.......

The Sri Lankan Presidential elections looks like its going to be a interesting battle.
Even if Ranil throws in all the resources available to the UNP behind the campaign.
Gen. Sarath Fonseka, I don't believe has the charisma to pull it off. At least this time around. He is not going to be able to oust the popular incumbant. Mahinda Rajapaksa is a savy politician. Granted he will have to promise to get the inflation under control and get the economy moving again. He will also have to tone down the rhetoric towards the West in order to attract investment back into the country.

The next General Elections will be another matter though. Prediction: The SLFP will be resoundingly ousted.
It will be the Rajapaksa brothers vs. Parliment. Which should be interestiing and will be good for the country. Just like the father of the Republic JR papa wanted it...! They will all have to work together and weed out govt. corruption, only tha will naturally bring in any meaningful foriegn investment the economy needs to have the runaway growth we need for next decade.

Like we hired an Australian coach to bring our cricket team up to speed, we should hire someone like Lee Kwan Yu as a consultant to fix our economy and move the country foward and then only can we will really benefit from India's growth and really be a player in the region....

I am actually considering going back to SL, working for the UNP campaign and help rebuild the country....Our goal should be the financial gateway to India. Like Hong Kong is to China. We are few decades behind because of the LTTE. But better late than never.

It will be a great opportunity for the Tamil people to show their smarts and show the world how good bunch of number crunchers and bean counters they really are. That is their real strength and power!!! It would be great time for them to reconsider what is important to them and if they are to realize their dream of living in peace and being a prosperous people living and thriving in the land of their birth. They will grab this opportunity and bring in all their resources and join in rebuilding the Jaffna peninsuala and bring it into the 'First World" (take a lessorn from Singapore) I believe their supreme leader did show them the way. That armed struggle is not the way but they may wield a bigger stick with working together, developing Jaffna, making it a global powerhouse, with the help of the Muslims, Sinhalese, Burghers, and returning expatriates with Technical, Financial and Management skills.......(like in India)

If all of us, thoes in SL and the rest of us spread accross the world think of ourselves as Sri Lankan first and do our little bit from wherever we are.

We can do it.....Within a couple of decades there will prosperity and self determination for all the in that precious little pearl an island like no other in the world.

Please feel free to comment and keep this discussion going on my blog. Its not about politics, its more about being patriotic to our homeland.