November is the month I was born, yet every year, November brings an impenetrable emotions in me, melancholy, I would say. While toasting a glass of scotch with friends & family on my Birthday, very surreptitiously, I keep a two minute silence, in tribute to a man I admire most, a visionary who lived & died for his fellow country men, a great man, who’s life taken away from us, in a very gloomy day in the very month of November many years ago, Rohana Wijeweera, only man who diagnosed correctly the woes of Sri Lankan society, the man who taught people to stand against unjust, the man who tried to find solutions for many tribulations of masses, working class, more importantly, the man who fought & stood for a common course, sacrificed his precious life for the very common course.
He did not win the revolution, hence did not become a legend like Che’, there were enough so called “Leftists” to crucify Wijeweera & his brain child JVP, nevertheless, like the bird phoenix, JVP rose from ashes, not once, but twice, it has the quality & endurance to fight & survive the current dire situation too, because that quality is embedded in that phenomenal political movement by this great man Rohana Wijeweera, he had walked thousand miles, waited fruitless hours at factory & university precincts, missed many meals, which caused damages to his vital organs…………..to build JVP. Not only a new political movement, he pioneered a whole new political culture, which empowered the middle class & rural peasant families, thus the hatred of the privileged lot directed towards him, eventually taking that great life.
Remember, mistakes happen only if you try to do something, there were many faults, mishaps, yet the essence of his contribution to Sri Lankan society is immense, if recent Sri Lankan history is a book, Rohana Wijeweera deserves a whole chapter there in, no matter what it says, good or bad, love or hate, it will be a whole big chapter!!!!
So long comrade, we are not fortunate enough to have you around in this time of need!!!!
Pilima Nela Nethi – Nanda Malini
Could you be Loved – Bob Marley
Disclaimer:
This is not an open invitation for a debate on political ideologies or for a hatred campaign, this is just the way the author / originator of this thread sees things based on his experience, upbringing, education, ideologies, expectations, visions, kudos, etc, etc, if you have different views, more than welcome to disagree with my opinion!!!!
He did not win the revolution, hence did not become a legend like Che’, there were enough so called “Leftists” to crucify Wijeweera & his brain child JVP, nevertheless, like the bird phoenix, JVP rose from ashes, not once, but twice, it has the quality & endurance to fight & survive the current dire situation too, because that quality is embedded in that phenomenal political movement by this great man Rohana Wijeweera, he had walked thousand miles, waited fruitless hours at factory & university precincts, missed many meals, which caused damages to his vital organs…………..to build JVP. Not only a new political movement, he pioneered a whole new political culture, which empowered the middle class & rural peasant families, thus the hatred of the privileged lot directed towards him, eventually taking that great life.
Remember, mistakes happen only if you try to do something, there were many faults, mishaps, yet the essence of his contribution to Sri Lankan society is immense, if recent Sri Lankan history is a book, Rohana Wijeweera deserves a whole chapter there in, no matter what it says, good or bad, love or hate, it will be a whole big chapter!!!!
So long comrade, we are not fortunate enough to have you around in this time of need!!!!
Pilima Nela Nethi – Nanda Malini
Could you be Loved – Bob Marley
Disclaimer:
This is not an open invitation for a debate on political ideologies or for a hatred campaign, this is just the way the author / originator of this thread sees things based on his experience, upbringing, education, ideologies, expectations, visions, kudos, etc, etc, if you have different views, more than welcome to disagree with my opinion!!!!
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