This out dated mentality of 'oppose to get your point across' has never ever worked. Thus far Sri Lanka has only paid close attention to it's allies. Not those who dictate terms to her.

Someone tell this man that there are 660,000 refugees (displaced persons) in Sri Lanka. Some displaced by the Tsunami, and not all Tamil. Tell him that in a nation where lawless states remained in the control of a terror group, the slaying of journalist could be carried out by any party, and not just the government.

The balance of payments crisis sounds rather dry but it really would have a devastating impact on the economy and on the people [of Sri Lanka], particularly the most vulnerable.

தாவரத்திற்கும், உயிர் உண்டு,
தாவும் இனத்திற்கும், உணர்வு உண்டு;
தான் உண்டு, என இருப்பதை,
நாம் உண்டு வாழ, அழிக்காதே!

One of the outstanding features of Vanni society was the degree of integration of disabled people into the mainstream. They could be seen actively participating in many spheres, carrying out work with grit and amazing agility. People with one arm would ride motorbikes with heavy loads behind them on their motorbikes. You would hardly have known that some people you worked with were missing a leg from below the knee. Disability had been normalized. Serving these people was the only prosthetic-fitting service in Vanni, Venpuraa. This also expanded its service with the introduction of new technology. A common phrase one heard even prior to the Mullivaikaal genocide was about so and so having a piece of shrapnel in some part of their body. Many people lived with such pieces in their body and suffered varying degrees of pain as a result. Visiting medical experts did their best to remove the ones causing the most severe pain.

தடைகளை தாண்டிப்பார்;
இன்னல்களை தளர்த்திப்பார்,
வாய்ப்புகளை பயன்படுத்திப்பார்,
வெற்றி கிடைக்கும், பொறுத்திருந்து பார்,
திரும்பிப்பார்க்கும், பெருத்த இந்த பார்!