{"id":55206,"date":"2020-12-29T06:03:15","date_gmt":"2020-12-29T06:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=55206"},"modified":"2020-12-29T07:27:49","modified_gmt":"2020-12-29T07:27:49","slug":"for-lankas-future-and-serenity-skandas-appeal-from-the-heights-of-haputale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/for-lankas-future-and-serenity-skandas-appeal-from-the-heights-of-haputale\/","title":{"rendered":"For Lanka\u2019s Future and Serenity: Skanda\u2019s Appeal from the Heights of Haputale"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"entry-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For Lanka\u2019s Future and Serenity: Skanda\u2019s Appeal from the Heights of Haputale<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Somasundaram Skandakumar \u2026.<\/strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em><b>\u00a0with highlighting emphasis imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi<\/b><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">A path to prosperity for Sri Lanka will ONLY evolve when the majority community that so passionately talks about Buddhism have it in them to abide by Lord Buddha\u2019s profound teaching, in their hearts, minds\u00a0and in Public.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">It was the Lord who wished for ALL beings to be happy. It was the same Lord who said that when ALL beings are happy, nature will smile on the Country and prosperity will be assured from the ensuing blessings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-55207\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Devotees-at-Anuradhapura.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"586\" height=\"426\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-55208 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/aa-namo-namo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"297\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Source:<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 20px;\" href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2020\/12\/28\/for-lankas-future-and-serenity-skandas-appeal-from-the-heights-of-haputale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thuppahis<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">It\u2019s the people who are sovereign and it\u2019s in their hands to bring that prosperity to themselves. To leave it to the Politicians is to fight for ones rights. To entrust it to the People is to respect each other and their individual rights.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">There lies the crucial difference but is the majority community up to it to provide leadership as Lord Buddha would have wished?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Let me conclude with a message to ALL Sri Lankans by quoting JF Kennedy \u2018s famous line:\u00a0\u201c<strong>Ask not what your Country can do for you , but what you can do for your Country\u201d \u2026\u2026.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">To seek political favours would be to ask what the country can do for you. T<strong>o abide by our national anthem and in particular the profound line \u201ceka mawakega \u00a0daru\u201d and respect the relevance of the four bo leaves on our national flag depicting the Buddhist precepts of Karuna, Metta, Muditha and Upeshka \u00a0would be to do what we can for our Country !\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">To have been born in such a beautiful Island is in itself a blessing. Let us come together to show our \u00a0appreciation. It\u2019s 72 years overdue!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">May the lessons learnt from Covid benefit the World in 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Have a safe and blessed season .<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">God bless Sri Lanka and ALL her people<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-55209 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/aass.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Somasundaram Skandakumar<\/strong>\u00a0<strong><em>in Haputale<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-55232\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/skanda-kumar.png\" alt=\"skanda kumar\" width=\"300\" height=\"267\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Somasundaram Skandakumar<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><strong>NOTA BENE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cricketact.com.au\/news\/cricket-executives-farewell-skanda\/2019-05-09\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.cricketact.com.au\/news\/cricket-executives-farewell-skanda\/2019-05-09&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1609304620994000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEGFx5SR8CFFoKPkQIbAF5ebeGAfA\" data-mt-detrack-inspected=\"true\" data-mt-detrack-attachment-inspected=\"true\">https:\/\/www.cricketact.com.au\/news\/cricket-executives-farewell-skanda\/2019-05-09<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slhcaust.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/CURRICULUM-VITAE-Somasundaram-Skandakumar-updated-September-2016.pdf\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.slhcaust.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/CURRICULUM-VITAE-Somasundaram-Skandakumar-updated-September-2016.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1609304620994000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGifLENCR-YK7X_vj8dSsJ05NKBCw\" data-mt-detrack-inspected=\"true\" data-mt-detrack-attachment-inspected=\"true\">http:\/\/www.slhcaust.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/CURRICULUM-VITAE-Somasundaram-Skandakumar-updated-September-2016.pdf<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2016\/09\/04\/skandakumars-speech-in-sydney-attracts-several-plaudits\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2016\/09\/04\/skandakumars-speech-in-sydney-attracts-several-plaudits\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1609304620994000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHIOk-nLVt436ybOc-s7r5gsfLTtA\" data-mt-detrack-inspected=\"true\" data-mt-detrack-attachment-inspected=\"true\">https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2016\/09\/04\/skandakumars-speech-in-sydney-attracts-several-plaudits\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><strong>A BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE from Michael Roberts<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">I got to know Skanda via my pal Trevor Roosmale-Cocq when both of them were middling\/senior executives at George Steuarts in the late 1960s and onwards. Skanda played cricket for Royal and then the Tamil Union and was up there among the best of our cricketers in the early-mid 1970s, but ill-health at a critical stage undermined his chances of making the SL team for England in 1975.\u00a0 I happened to be in Sri Lanka when the Australians under Kim Hughes played a few matches on their way to England\u00a0 \u2014 occasions where Skanda manned the commentary microphone. The moment when he interviewed Hughes out in the middle of the Oval after Sri Lanka and Kaluperuma had outgunned the Aussies in a Test match(?) is still etched in my mind. Kim Hughes\u2019s efforts to blame pitch and umpires were simply eviscerated in incisive English-speak by Skanda.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Thereafter Somachandra Skandakumar went on to represent the BCCSL in handling cricket business and dealing with the ICC and MCC in the late 1980s t0 1900s and beyond. \u2026. and, needless to say, I interacted with him when he served as the island\u2019s m ambassador in Canberra in later years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-55211 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/John-Miller.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"505\" height=\"379\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #ff00ff;\"><strong><em>Cricket -Executives in tribute to Skanda: John Miller, Ric Smith, David Richards and Somasundaram Skandakumar<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><strong>THAT bio-note and set of plaudits presented, I reserve my comments and critical appraisal of Skanda\u2019s well-meant APPEAL for a more substantial article. Our future does not rest solely on individual goodwill\/action. All of us are directed in part at any moment by systemic imperatives of both a cultural and socio-political kind. Gerald Peiris\u2019s various articles on\u00a0<\/strong><strong>the territorial demarcations of the colonial era<\/strong><strong>\u00a0and their import in the last hundred years marks one dimension of this complex scenario. My emphasis on the manner in which the Colombo metropolitan arena became a hegemonic core from the late 19th century (argued initially in\u00a0<\/strong><em><b>People Inbetween<\/b><\/em><strong>\u00a0in 1989) marks another.\u00a0<\/strong><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The elaboration of these dimensions as vital qualifiers\u00a0 that bear on Skandakumar\u2019s strand of argument demands an essay which will take a little time to complete. B<strong>ut let me end pessimistically by stressing that we cannot hope for a better future if the present electoral structures and political order remain in place.<\/strong><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><strong>A SELECT LIMITED BIBLIOGRAPHY<\/strong><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Peiris, Gerald\u00a0<\/strong>2013 [1991] \u201c<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/thuppahi.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/26\/an-appraisal-of-the-concept-of-a-traditional-tamil-homeland-n-sri-lanka\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/thuppahi.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/26\/an-appraisal-of-the-concept-of-a-traditional-tamil-homeland-n-sri-lanka\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1609304620994000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEMob1bzh3AKUsvEzVcg5erItovIQ\" data-mt-detrack-inspected=\"true\" data-mt-detrack-attachment-inspected=\"true\">An Appraisal of the Concept of a Traditional Tamil Homeland in Sri\u00a0Lanka<\/a>,\u201d\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/thuppahi.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/26\/an-appraisal-of-the-concept-of-a-traditional-tamil-homeland-n-sri-lanka\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/thuppahi.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/26\/an-appraisal-of-the-concept-of-a-traditional-tamil-homeland-n-sri-lanka\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1609304620994000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEMob1bzh3AKUsvEzVcg5erItovIQ\" data-mt-detrack-inspected=\"true\" data-mt-detrack-attachment-inspected=\"true\">https:\/\/thuppahi.<wbr \/>wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/26\/an-<wbr \/>appraisal-of-the-concept-of-a-<wbr \/>traditional-tamil-homeland-n-<wbr \/>sri-lanka\/<\/a>\u00a0\u2026 previously in\u00a0<em>Ethnic Studies Report,\u00a0<\/em>Vol. IX, No.1, January1991<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Michael Roberts 2020\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cThe Demarcation of Provinces in Ceylon under British Rule,\u201d\u00a0 5 September 2020,\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/thuppahi.wordpress.com\/2020\/09\/05\/the-demarcation-of-provinces-in-ceyon-under-british-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/thuppahi.wordpress.com\/2020\/09\/05\/the-demarcation-of-provinces-in-ceyon-under-british-&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1609304620994000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG9ycikBFpXXUjdxAPNqQVMkHcEng\" data-mt-detrack-inspected=\"true\" data-mt-detrack-attachment-inspected=\"true\">https:\/\/thuppahi.<wbr \/>wordpress.com\/2020\/09\/05\/the-<wbr \/>demarcation-of-provinces-in-<wbr \/>ceyon-under-british-<\/a><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Michael\u00a0Roberts\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>2000a\u00a0 \u2018Lanka without Vijaya. Towards the new millennium\u2019,\u00a0<em>Lanka Monthly Digest,\u00a0<\/em>vol 6:6, Jan. 2000, p. 27.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><strong>\u00a0Michael\u00a0Roberts\u00a0<\/strong>2000b \u2018History as dynamite\u2019,\u00a0<em>Island Millennium 2000 Issue<\/em>. Also in\u00a0<em>Prav\u00e2da<\/em>, vol. 6, pp. 11-13.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><strong>\u00a0Michael<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Roberts\u00a0<\/strong>2000e \u2018The burden of history: obstacles to power sharing in Sri Lanka\u2019,\u00a0<em>Contributions to Indian Sociology<\/em>, n. s., May 2001, 35: 65-96.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Roberts, Michael<\/strong>\u00a02014 \u201cHistory-Making in Sri Lanka: Problems,\u201d June 2014,\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.srilankaguardian.org\/2014\/06\/history-making-in-lanka-problems.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.srilankaguardian.org\/2014\/06\/history-making-in-lanka-problems.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1609304620994000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFN19RcQaJohA44L18mt493qJ9sGg\" data-mt-detrack-inspected=\"true\" data-mt-detrack-attachment-inspected=\"true\">http:\/\/www.<wbr \/>srilankaguardian.org\/2014\/06\/<wbr \/>history-making-in-lanka-<wbr \/>problems.html<\/a>\u00a0A reprint of an earlier composition.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><strong>John D.\u00a0Rogers\u00a0<\/strong>1990 \u2018Historical images in the British period\u2019, in J. Spencer (ed)\u00a0<em>Sri Lanka. History and the\u00a0roots of conflict<\/em>, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp. 87-106.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Schalk, Peter<\/strong>\u00a01981 Review of H Bechert, \u201cBuddhismus, Staat und Gesellschaft in den L\u00e4ndern des Theravada-Buddhismus,\u201d\u00a0<em>Lanka<\/em>\u00a0<wbr \/>6, pp. 42-45.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Asanga<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Welikala\u00a0(ed.)\u00a0<\/strong>2012\u00a0<em>The Sri Lankan Republic at 40: Reflections on Constitutional History, Theory and Practice<\/em>, Colombo, Centre for Policy Alternatives.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Lanka\u2019s Future and Serenity: Skanda\u2019s Appeal from the Heights of Haputale Somasundaram Skandakumar \u2026.\u00a0with highlighting emphasis imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi A path to prosperity for Sri Lanka will ONLY evolve when the majority community that so passionately talks about Buddhism have it in them to abide by Lord Buddha\u2019s profound teaching, in their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":55207,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[8153,31689],"class_list":{"0":"post-55206","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-aside","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-articles","8":"tag-asanga-welikala","9":"tag-somachandra-skandakumar","10":"post_format-post-format-aside"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.7.1 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>For Lanka\u2019s Future and Serenity: Skanda\u2019s Appeal from the Heights of Haputale<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It\u2019s the people who are sovereign and it\u2019s in their hands to bring that prosperity to themselves. 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