It was quite moving to read a story of the Sri Lankan family that was asked to deport from New Zealand, after their working visa was cancelled, it was equally inspiring to see the neighborhood that supported against their deportation. Then again there was another news where a Sri Lankan family living in Canada was deported after having lived there for 5 years, and one of the family member boldly replied 'We were happy there'.
What was the problem, why didn't they want to look at their deportation to Sri Lanka as a fresh opportunity for the family to start a new venture. Why didn't these parents want to show their children that this is the country that has their origins and have some part of their education and upbringing in Sri Lanka.
The ugly Truth is that no Sri Lankan sees Sri Lanka as an opportunity, Sri Lankan food, Sri Lankan Culture, Sri Lankan hospitality will always appreciated (which may be the reason for the existence of Sri Lankan Societies in other countries) but is the country Sri Lanka been appreciated.
To take a step further lets look at the situation here, In several countries migration is a difficult matter to handle, as leaving family is not something that is thrilling but whenever a Sri Lankan gets an opportunity to migrate they call it a 'Chance' as in monopoly.
Who is to be blamed, we Sri Lankan's love this question and love to find scapegoats, at present the scapegoat is 'politician', but what people fail to realize is that politician like anyone else a Sri Lankan citizen, like you and me. He holds the attitude a common Sri Lankan man/woman holds, to expect something extraordinary from a politician is to find an extra special human being among the society.
Sri Lanka lacks leaders, every human is a leader that could lead his skill, profession, family and fate, but we prefer someone outside to lead us while we stay in our comfort zones. This may be the reason why Sri Lankans prefer western Countries and dislike Sri Lanka. We love opportunities but dislike to create opportunities.
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