Return Of Rajapaksas: A Short History Of Nearly Everything
Veluppillai Thangavelu
Isaac Newton third law says for every action there is an equal and opposite re-action. What that means is that for every force there is a reaction force that is equal in size, but opposite in direction.
Isaac Newton law of motion not only applies to the physical world, it equally applies to the spiritual world. In common parlance, the word karma describes the entire chain of moral cause and effect wherein the sum of a person’s actions in this and previous states of existence, viewed as deciding their fate in future existences. This principle of spiritual causation is found in most religions. The principle is also found in Western society embedded in maxims like “what comes around, goes around” and in Biblical scriptures such as “A person reaps what he sows.”
People who are in high and responsible positions, if they go against righteousness, righteousness itself will get transformed into a destroyer. Whoever deviates from righteousness, whether they are individual or states, they are responsible for their own actions.
The Rajapaksa family which strode the political stage like a colossus unchallenged and unquestioned before January 09 have been dethroned and reduced to the status of Alibaba and forty thieves who robbed the treasury at their whims and fancies. No one expected the collapse of Rajapaksa’s empire to fall this soon and in this inglorious fashion. Certainly not Rajapaksa and his astrologer.
Daily we now hear news stories about Rajapaksa family’s unbridled corruption, bribery, nepotism, waste of public funds, selective law enforcement and authoritarianism. Under Mahinda Rajapaksa the white van culture flourished and death squads hunted down and murdered rich businessmen for ransom. Many fled the country to save their lives while others disappeared without a trace. An air of nauseating fear gripped Thamils and Muslims businessmen in Colombo. Even if the accusations against Rajapaksa only half true, it is still an unprecedented disaster for good governance.Read More