Sri Lanka Watch, News and Discussions

[TopWatcher]

add Mauritius also. the presence and any goodwill gesture by non hindus inhabitant is viewed hostile by the rest of the population. The rise of India has caused concern for many in the region. Imagine if India sustain this course what will be the situation in next 25years

Trend need to look into, as India rising neighbors become more failure state.

Is china playing out this.

 

[ezsasa]

there is a lobby in our neighbourhood which planted themselves deeply during congress rule, who constantly churn out “expert opinion” that any friendly overture towards India is equivalent to becoming vassal state of India. since we don’t invest in strategic messaging, this opinion continues to come up. Modi govt did try to overcome this by spending a lot of money in the neighbourhood, but the “vassal state” sentiment persists.

who is responsible for planting this “vassal state” sentiment is debatable, could be US, china or even Pakistan.

a sample of how this plays out

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High Commission strongly denies blatantly false and completely baseless reports in a section of media that India is dispatching its soldiers to Sri Lanka: Indian Mission in Colombo statement

 

[here2where]

A beggar to our north.
And a beggar to our south.

we are cursed to be surrounded by beggars.

 

[ezsasa]

More fuel supplies delivered by #India to #SriLanka! A consignment of 40,000 MT of diesel under #Indian assistance through Line of Credit of $500 mn was handed over by High Commissioner to Hon'ble Energy Minister Gamini Lokuge in #Colombo today.

 

[ezsasa]

A beggar to our north.
And a beggar to our south.

we are cursed to be surrounded by beggars.

Look up "ship to mouth", it happens to all countries, impact varies depends on robustness of internal policies at that point in time.

 

[JBH22]

Look up "ship to mouth", it happens to all countries, impact varies depends on robustness of internal policies at that point in time.

India has come a long way.
Sri lanka always thought it will play China and India, its elites will live good life and give droplets to its citizen .

 

[Arjun Mk1A]

Countries like Nepal and Srilanka tries to monkey balance with China and India. Now Srilanka got the taste what if they relies too much on China ( Useless Projects and Debt) and Nepal ( Everything stopped when China intrude into them). Nepal silently escaped from one demon(China) to another demon(USA) don't know what new things going to come.

 

[TopWatcher]

More fuel supplies delivered by #India to #SriLanka! A consignment of 40,000 MT of diesel under #Indian assistance through Line of Credit of $500 mn was handed over by High Commissioner to Hon'ble Energy Minister Gamini Lokuge in #Colombo today.

What is line of credit? Will this ever return by lankans

 

[THESIS THORON]

What is line of credit? Will this ever return by lankans

yes, line of credit means they will buy from us only. after sometime they will have to return the money

 

[TopWatcher]

Look up "ship to mouth", it happens to all countries, impact varies depends on robustness of internal policies at that point in time.

Actually china creating beggars around us.

 

[HawkisRight]

Jihadi vultures showing up to destroy the host nation any time there's trouble.

Abe yaar its not simple as that....Tumko kya lagata he jaishankar ko koi kaam nahi Jo kisi bhi bhi aandu paandu se milega...Lanka is going through natural consequences of its past political choices...And our utmost priority is that lanka doesn't end up becoming problem for us in foreseeable future So we'll keep giving enough oxygen to system so it doesn't totally collapse ...baki ye sab protest drama to chalta rahega but Lanka has to go through this painful phase someday or later...Lanka has seen worst than what's happening now..India aur Lanka me raajneeti to 2000 saal se chal rahi he..

 

[ym888]

A beggar to our north.
And a beggar to our south.

we are cursed to be surrounded by beggars.

Sri Lanka's GDP per capita is $4095 and Sri Lanka is more than double India's
Life expectancy in Sri Lanka is 77.9 years, 10% higher than the world average, while in India it is 68 years.

Sri Lanka's infant mortality rate is 0.85%, while India's is 4.4%. Sri Lanka's maternal mortality rate is 0.039 per cent, while India's remains high at 1.37 per cent.

Sri Lanka has a high literacy rate of 92.5% and a youth literacy rate of 98%.

87.3 percent of Sri Lanka's population has access to clean drinking water

 

[ym888]

Countries like Nepal and Srilanka tries to monkey balance with China and India. Now Srilanka got the taste what if they relies too much on China ( Useless Projects and Debt) and Nepal ( Everything stopped when China intrude into them). Nepal silently escaped from one demon(China) to another demon(USA) don't know what new things going to come.

It was a while ago

Sri Lanka has made a new demand of $2.5 billion from China: a $1 billion loan and a $1.5 billion credit line

 

[JBH22]

Sri Lanka's GDP per capita is $4095 and Sri Lanka is more than double India's
Life expectancy in Sri Lanka is 77.9 years, 10% higher than the world average, while in India it is 68 years.

Sri Lanka's infant mortality rate is 0.85%, while India's is 4.4%. Sri Lanka's maternal mortality rate is 0.039 per cent, while India's remains high at 1.37 per cent.

Sri Lanka has a high literacy rate of 92.5% and a youth literacy rate of 98%.

87.3 percent of Sri Lanka's population has access to clean drinking water

All built on shaky foundations, once you are bankrupt all your social security and whatever you built collapse. No money means best mind will flee, your pension etc kaput creating distress and discontent in the society. How are those indicators that you listed maintain or improve with current situation. Either India provides more money or China waives off debt, the latter will not happen.


Which is why the freebies of state and central govr should not go beyond unsustainable level.

 

[Arjun Mk1A]

Sri Lanka's GDP per capita is $4095 and Sri Lanka is more than double India's
Life expectancy in Sri Lanka is 77.9 years, 10% higher than the world average, while in India it is 68 years.

Sri Lanka's infant mortality rate is 0.85%, while India's is 4.4%. Sri Lanka's maternal mortality rate is 0.039 per cent, while India's remains high at 1.37 per cent.

Sri Lanka has a high literacy rate of 92.5% and a youth literacy rate of 98%.

87.3 percent of Sri Lanka's population has access to clean drinking water

Everything reduced to dust.
13+hours power cut.
Completely destroyed agro industries.
Inflation at records high.

What is the use of $4095 income when they can't buy food, fuel and their income becoming useless due to inflation?

Members are pointing out the unsustainable fashion in which Srilanka operates and currently in this situation where none of the above points will not impact them.

 

[ym888]

Everything reduced to dust.
13+hours power cut.
Completely destroyed agro industries.
Inflation at records high.

What is the use of $4095 income when they can't buy food, fuel and their income becoming useless due to inflation?

Members are pointing out the unsustainable fashion in which Srilanka operates and currently in this situation where none of the above points will not impact them.

All built on shaky foundations, once you are bankrupt all your social security and whatever you built collapse. No money means best mind will flee, your pension etc kaput creating distress and discontent in the society. How are those indicators that you listed maintain or improve with current situation. Either India provides more money or China waives off debt, the latter will not happen.


Which is why the freebies of state and central govr should not go beyond unsustainable level.

During the 1997 Asian financial crisis,

Many Southeast Asian countries are in this situation

 

[here2where]

Sri Lanka's GDP per capita is $4095 and Sri Lanka is more than double India's
Life expectancy in Sri Lanka is 77.9 years, 10% higher than the world average, while in India it is 68 years.

Sri Lanka's infant mortality rate is 0.85%, while India's is 4.4%. Sri Lanka's maternal mortality rate is 0.039 per cent, while India's remains high at 1.37 per cent.

Sri Lanka has a high literacy rate of 92.5% and a youth literacy rate of 98%.

87.3 percent of Sri Lanka's population has access to clean drinking water

Reminds me of my childhood summer vacations at my native place in kerala where we all cousins used to get together.

We had a "well off" relative. He and his family of 2 kids used to come always by air from Bombay to Coimbatore and then take an Ambassador taxi to our interior village home. Always made a point of travelling by air only (this is early to mid 80s). Kids well dressed in latest fashion, speaking convent english, wore shiny clothes, eating appam, puttu and stew with fork and spoon. Used to give us rich chocolates as gifts. We kids of other relatives felt envious. They were so much better than us. Sigh.

Years passed. Heard the "uncle" was arrested for some shady business. Spent many years in jail. Wife divorced and took children away. Younger daughter eloped with a muslim. Son became a drug addict and remains to this day without a steady job. He bought shame to our family. My great uncle (head of family) disowned him.

I just remembered this story.

 

[here2where]

Abe yaar its not simple as that....Tumko kya lagata he jaishankar ko koi kaam nahi Jo kisi bhi bhi aandu paandu se milega...Lanka is going through natural consequences of its past political choices...And our utmost priority is that lanka doesn't end up becoming problem for us in foreseeable future So we'll keep giving enough oxygen to system so it doesn't totally collapse ...baki ye sab protest drama to chalta rahega but Lanka has to go through this painful phase someday or later...Lanka has seen worst than what's happening now..India aur Lanka me raajneeti to 2000 saal se chal rahi he..

EAM Manspreading indicates big balls - figuratively ofcourse.

The drunken lankan idiots who elected a street thug must be made to bow low and take a load up their backsides for every $ they get from us.

 

[not so dravidian]

EAM Manspreading indicates big balls - figuratively ofcourse.

The drunken lankan idiots who elected a street thug must be made to bow low and take a load up their backsides for every $ they get from us.

This is a perfect chance for clearing the tamil settlement issue. However must be done a step at a time, with atmost precision and care.

Seems like EAM will do a big push, hopefully.

 

[here2where]

This is a perfect chance for clearing the tamil settlement issue. However must be done a step at a time, with atmost precision and care.

Seems like EAM will do a big push, hopefully.

How does BJP gain by settling the tamil issue today?

That's a fish to be fried when the stars are aligned in our favour.