A is for Abductions that take place daily, usually blamed on aliens.
B is for Benz Bikkus who live in the lap of luxury.
C is for Censorship of TV programmes showing scenes of alcohol and tobacco.
D is for Doctor Delipihiya patron saint of murder and mayhem.
E is for Elections which are neither free nor fair.
F is for Freedom of abduction, harassment and imprisonment under the Prevention of Tourism Act.
G is for Gullible majority who have been hoodwinked since 1948.
H is for Human rights abuses that occur 465 days of the year.
I is for IndepenDunce also known as the ’63 Year Curse’. (We were better off under the British!)
J is for Jayasuriya, who will probably play until the 2043 World Cup or until he gets his EPF?
K is for Kassipu. (A bottle a day keeps the liver awake.)
L is for Lies, damned lies and statistics that the government media saturates us with each day.
M is for Mahinda Chinthanaya. (Who needs the Bible, Koran and Tripitaka when we have the ‘chinthanaya.’
N is for Nepotism or favoritism to relatives. (Also check R)
O is for the 17 Patriotic Opposition MPs who crossed over to the government to save the country.
P is for Pillayan, who became Chief Minister of the East using the ‘Bullet’ to get the ‘Ballot.’
Q is for Question mark? When will we become the ASS Chariya Rai of the universe? When pigs fly or when hell freezes over?
R is for Rajapaksa Poshanaya of Mahinda, Basil, Goatabaya and Chamal.
T is for Terrorism. Both the LTTE kind and the State sponsored kind.
U is for Underestimate. What the Government always does of the LTTE.
V is for Velupillai Prabahakaran may you rest in pieces.(very very small pieces)
W is for Wickramasinghe (Ranil). The greatest President that never governed Sri Lanka.
X is for Xenophobia or the island mentality. The dislike of all things foreign.
Y is for Yearning for yesterday. The national pastime of living in the past.
Z is for Zero Casualties the tall story that only most Sinhalese believe.
I really like your alphabet if only because we can understand the state of the country in a nutshell. The trouble is people just dont't get in Sri Lanka that they are really under a spell that they should grow out of by just using common sense, which is all your alphabet is about.
ReplyDeleteI thank you for your contribution to the debate for the reasonong, as we are all hardworking patriots of this country who have never taken a bribe, and are proud of what we have been able to achieve despite the humoungous odds, created by the powers that completely stifle industry and hardwork, and use illegal means to fatten their buts at our expense.
The silent majority need a voice and a way of expressing it. I sincerely hope we can come up with a song based on these words that will be catchy and also piercing so the powers that be will know they are on notice!
As a foreigner married to a Sinhalese girl I just don't understand the importance of being a "pure bred" Sinhalese.
ReplyDeleteMost of my wife's family claim to be pure bred Govi Gama ....which when they carry Portuguese names and the Roman Catholic Church doesn't recognise Caste seems somewhat ludicrous to me
This alphabet seems to sum up the Sri Lankan mass mentality......whoever wrote it .........keep it coming
BTW love the site!!