None of the participants were able to give any convincing answers, instead restored to whipping some other political parties, some other religious establishments and those who represent minorities’ interests up.
One personal experience I quoted was one of my friends was trying to bribe his daughter in to a super grade school in Colombo, when the same person openly says that the corruption is a thing in the past and the new man in the driving seat has already seen to it.
When confronted, why he then needed such an intervention, when everything is fixed already, he meekly said, otherwise she would be left behind (not the very same words).
His house is like a shrine dedicated to his man now on the driving seat, yet privately he has different agendas.
The same phenomenon was much evident, even during some of the heated discussions mentioned earlier.
Some were ready to portray Sri Lankan as one only second to the Heaven (not in religious terms but only figuratively speaking terms) and started whipping up the western and other developed nations blaming all our failures on them.
Yet most of the participants were happy to enjoy all the benefits derived from living in those decadent societies.
Why are they unable to return back to their place of birth and the country that they are so desperately trying to portray as the next best thing to the heaven, and sadly they too like my friend who was trying to bribe someone to get a placement for his daughter have thousand other vague excuses.
They live, work, send their kids to schools and universities there, have a comfortable life, enjoy the benefits of having placements based on merits than anything else, transparency and most importantly the freedom of speech, which most or all of them are non existence in the their so-called heaven.
This is what I see as the modern-day feudalism.
The Apple Polishers do not want their compatriots to know that there is another world far better and much different than theirs, beyond their tiny hamlets.
The moment when others come to know that there is another world beyond their hamlet is much better and open, they too would aspire to be there and or demand the same conditions in their tiny hamlets too.
Once that happened, the status quo would be broken.
The best example is the present Arab spring uprising engulfing most parts of the region.
Once the status quo is broken, many who preach so much rubbish but not put them in to practice know very well that their and their families places in the pecking order of the society would be drastically changed, not because of anything else but all what they enjoy today, have been obtained only thanks to the virulent and rampant corruptions (in one form or the other) in their heaven.
No Merit, No Transparency.
If the placements are based only on merits, many sarong clad children and young men from many tiny hamlets would overtake them like a Ferrari overtaking a Micro on a race track.
The outcome of such a contest is too obvious and needs no further elaborations.
Then why to upset the apple cart but enjoy polishing apples and preach rubbish which none of them have any idea of putting in to practice.
If they are really determined to see the country changes from its present position to a developed nation, then why so reluctant to come back and infuse whatever expertise that you have gained, while staying in those decadent societies.
Speak openly and oppose to corruptions and malpractices.
Demand placements solely based on merit and not on connections, wealth or any other criteria.
Most importantly preach only what you follow than the other way around.
During one such discussion, somebody mentioned that we need farsighted leaders.
I do not think that we need leaders in this century too.
What we only need is some capable people to represent us (Representatives and not Leaders) and to turn aspirations of the people in to realities than megalomaniacs to plunder the wealth of the people on legacy creating ventures and stifling aspirations of the people to ensure the continuity in their places in pecking order of the society for a long time to come.
(This was written a few years back and the man referred in the driving seat is no more as well. But the gist is even applicable to today's society too).
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