{"id":190633,"date":"2018-05-18T11:35:07","date_gmt":"2018-05-18T06:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=190633"},"modified":"2018-05-21T06:00:50","modified_gmt":"2018-05-21T00:30:50","slug":"shindig-at-the-shangri-la","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/shindig-at-the-shangri-la\/","title":{"rendered":"Shindig At The Shangri-La"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Sarath de Alwis<\/a> –<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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Sarath De Alwis<\/p><\/div>\n

“I saw the Emperor -this soul of the world- go out from the city to survey his reign; it is a truly a wonderful sensation to see such an individual, who, concentrating on one point while seated on a horse, stretches over the world and dominates it.<\/p>\n

\u201cSuch was the reaction of the great Philosopher Hegel when he contemplated Napoleon Buonaparte astride his white Stallion at Jena.\u00a0<\/span>That was the end of philosophy wrote a 20th<\/sup> century philosopher Alexandre Koj\u00e8ve who wrote a critique on the work of the master.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I saw Gotabaya Rajapaksa<\/a> at the lectern at the Shangri-La. I pray that it is not the end of our democracy.\u00a0<\/span>Men of action are a menace to the human kind.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This is about the Shindig at the Shangri la. This is about that great event, where Gotabaya Rajapakse announced that he is not a politician. That he is the outstanding alternative to the miserable alternatives we are presently saddled with.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>\u201cBy the year 2030, China\u2019s economy would expand and become twice the size of the economy of the US relegating it to second place. India\u2019s economy will become the third largest followed by Japan and Indonesia. We Sri Lankans, cannot seize the opportunity to develop the country if we are not ready by the year 2030.\u201d \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n