groundviews » Orwellian leaders and big brothers

Orwellian leaders and big brothers

February 17, 2007 at 8:36 am · Categories: Colombo, English, Peace and Conflict | by foobar

Shot this with my mobile, caught up in a massive traffic jam in Kirulapona. A dangerous & delicious irony here.

Big_Brother

“Partly it was a sort of hymn to the wisdom and majesty of Big Brother, but still more it was an act of self-hypnosis, a deliberate drowning of consciousness…” from 1984.

477 have read this this article so far. You may also find these articles interesting:

Groundviews on your mobile - Citizen Journalism on the go! Groundviews is pleased to announce the immediate availability of its latest content on mobile devices. Go to http://groundviews.mofuse.mobi/ to access our mobile site from Sri Lanka or anywhere in the world. Groundviews mobile works with Blackberry’s, the iPhone and all recent Nokia, Sony Ericsson, LG, Samsung and other mobile phones capable of and set up for... groundviews, January 24, 2008
Mobile Phones Connections Cut In Jaffna Mobile phones are of no use now in Jaffna. The purpose of using mobile phones is to pass on any urgent message, but mobile phone connections are being cut often in Jaffna. Generally for more than half the day, connections are out. More than one lakh mobile phone users are there in Jaffna. addthis_url ... jafrep, May 10, 2007

Permalink | Share this article on Facebook

Che said,

February 17, 2007 @ 2:54 pm

Precisely my sentiments seeing this hoarding as I do on my way to and from work.

JustMal said,

February 18, 2007 @ 6:04 am

I don’t think this government is particularly big brother-esq than any other previous regime in Sri Lanka. It is being tough on terrorist supporters, but it’s not going about it any differently than any other country would.

Ameen said,

February 18, 2007 @ 1:40 pm

JustMal,

Reading you on other blogs I think you are not based in Sri Lanka, which is why you think that this government isn’t paranoid about control and centralisation. Your opinion may change if you were to live in Sri Lanka.

The irony, as I see it, is that we are looking at India as Big Brother, when it is for so many of its neighbours a huge headache and a pain in the nether regions (and known for its own Hindutva extremism and many rights violations). We are also looking at Mahinda as Big Brother - apt I think to describe the Stalinist mentality and regime that’s increasingly evident in Sri Lanka.

adharmishta said,

May 11, 2007 @ 9:26 pm

perceptions of irony aside, isn’t it worrying that our government is looking to India as its big brother? it’s protector and benefactor?
I wish we could hark back to the days when old Sir John scoffed at Nehru’s attempt to muscle him around at the NAM summit.