What made me start my own Blog

After the news broke out about the assassination of LTTE political wing leader S.P Thamil Chelvan I changed my MSN status message, Mentioning the breaking news.

"S.P Thamil chelvan Killed"

After few minutes one of my friends nudged me in MSN. Here is the conversation

Friend: Ado
Me: Ya
Friend: Wats dat?
Me: Heard da news??? Mara case eka ne??
Friend: Hmmmm..Mchn who is Thamil Chelvan???
Me: ----------CENSORED----------------

Yes you can laugh. But just think for a moment. This friend of mine is neither a foreigner nor ex-patriot. He is a genuine product of free education of Srilanka who is living in this country.

Some of you might think this is an isolated incident and doesn't represent the ground reality in today’s Srilanka. Well i don’t think so.

If you observe the political and social awareness among our generation you might not find this surprising. I would like to mention 2-3 examples where i have observed this.

1. A very popular phrase among youth "Mchn lets don’t talk about those things, There’s no point of talking about those worthless issues."

2. Whenever two people starts a discussion about political issue "Ado !! don't you have anything to talk about...Ado did u see last night Sirasa Super Star? Patta mchn".

3."What the hell mchn. If this country is not going to develop we can always move to another country!!!”

This is the true feeling among majority of our generation.

Yes a handful number of people are talking about them and they are worrying about the country. They argue, fight about those issues. Whatever there political ideology might be they are worrying about their country. But the majority???

For a moment think about our generation who does not worry about their motherland. Ironically its the same people who don't hesitate to criticize the country, not the government, not the politicians, the country usually after comparing it with some other nation. The fact they are forgetting is that those nations are in this status because of the commitment, love and passion the its people have for their nation.

I would like to end my first post with an excerpt from the book Ravindranath Tagore's famous novel "Gora". In this incident a person criticize India telling that it will never be a developed country. This is the reply which "Gora" the main character gives to that person.

"Well you should be ashamed. Before telling such a thing about my country, tell me what have you done to change this nation. Anything? Why don’t you commit suicide before telling such a thing about your motherland".

It’s easy to criticize, but to change?????

As the name suggests I’m trying to place a beacon!!!!