I am an academic and have been engaged in research on poverty and changing livelihoods of Mahaweli settlers. I have already presented similar findings in some of my publications. Where are we heading? where is the Sri Lankan culture? (I am not talking about Buddhist, Hindu or Muslim cultures) What are our values? What is the outcome of the whole Mahaweli development project? What kind of a future our children hold? Your article raise concerns about the above questions.

Will those who depend on the war and its economy ever want the war to end? Only those who are deaf cannot hear the bell that is tolling for Sri Lanka.

There are big sharks who like war. They live on blood money. But what will happen when the war ends? The girls become prostitutes and the men become pimps?

Every person is trained to use weapons. Soon they will kill each other and anarchy will take over. This is the price we will pay for this ugly war.

Thank you Prasanna. We have heard about this from different sources before. Your story confirms what we heard. I agree that there are big sharks who are reaping a big harvest from the war and that is why they are all out for the war and does not worry about the poor people who are dying in the battle field. The average sinhalese man is driven by the false propaganda to support the evil war.
They don;t stop to think that all this money spent on the war can be utilised for better education, healthcare and job opportunities for the masses instead of going into the pockets of the arms dealers. Who is going to pay for all the destruction caused by the war?