These days we always hear the classic blunder of the UK Channel 4’s Big brother celebrity show. They showed the colors of the western majority whites. It shows how the beautiful & intelligent Shilpa Shetty is insulted brutally by 3 UK women. Jade Godwoody who has an awful ugly look, who has always being nasty, got kicked out of the show already. (I know it’s not polite & nice to say somebody is ugly. But we must mention it to say how pathetic & how sad her situation here is). Daniel & Jo who can’t even come closer to Shilpa even in their dreams are still there displaying how poor they are with qualities. It’s not unfair to say these 3 idiotic, uneducated & big headed women portray how racist the British’s are. I have some friends there who are very nice & down to earth, but I have met many whites who talk nicely & let down to the back. When I watch all these, what came to my mind was something else. I do not care what the British’s do. Shilpa is anyway sacred in India & we don’t have to worry about what British’s do in their way. My problem is about the Sri Lankans who worship Brits. Some of the Sri Lankans who are still in the colonial mindset still worship UK & all its rubbish.
When I was working at office, suddenly I heard couples of girls have got really mad & upset. They were laughing at someone. So I also went there thinking it was some gossip. As a journalist, I normally keep an eye on what’s happening around. Then they explained the problem to me. Their complain was simple. They wanted to change the music of that office. As a trend they played English music 4 days & Sinhala music 1 day. These girls hated Sinhala music. (Please don’t misunderstand. They are neither Tamils nor Burgers). They were Singhalese. On this single day of the week they played not “choka baila”, but really good music. It was a good mixture of songs with Classics of Amaradewa maestro, Nanda Malini & same as good songs of new comers. They screamed saying when they hear Sinhala songs they can’t do work, they feel sleepy. I thought may be they listen to Rock music or very fast music. But it wasn’t. If it’s English, they listen to any kind of song. It’s only the language matters, not the music. I don’t have words to explain how I felt. I felt very sad. I felt they were disgusting. Not only music, they hate everything about Sri Lanka. What ever bad thing happens, they usually say “Sri Lankans” na? They must have forgotten they also are Sri Lankans. They lived here, they eat its food, they studied from its free education, and they obtained all the benefits from the land & its innocent nice people. But then they worship English. They hate Sirasa super star. They know nothing about it. Though they have never listened to it, they believe all super star singers can’t sing. They think Amaradewa maestro can’t sing. So no need to talk about Super Star. But they know in & out about American idol. They are madly in love with Mega star singers such as John Denver. I have nothing against him or the Mega star. But my point is Amila & Shihan & them also have the same or rather more capabilities. These people know nothing about Sri Lanka. But know all other gossip around the world. Once in a discussion when someone says Anton Balasingham, one fellow asked whether it’s somebody came to the super star. I know it’s unbelievable. But please don’t think they are frogs in the well. They know everything happens outside from Sri Lanka. They know about Sadam, George Bush & how much money Shakira earns per day & how many shoe pairs Britney has.
I have no much sadness towards these people also. They are never Sri Lankans. They will never be respected within the majority of real Sri Lankans who love the country. Same as they will never ever be respected within the western cultures they worship. They belong no where. But my real worry is something else. These people talk in English. Due to only this simple factor they dominate in everywhere they go in Sri Lanka. Some of the innocent girls & boys who come to work with them think it’s the correct way to the success. They think if they need to be recognized internationally they need to do all these nonsense. They never think why Channa & Upuli dance troop always travel around world. I don’t think any of the Sri Lankan western dance troops has such a demand around the world. Why Bathiya & Santhush always use Sri Lankan rural backgrounds to their clips? Why paddy fields? Because if they need to promote anything out side Sri Lanka, it has to be with a Sri Lankan scent. There need to be a Sri Lankan ideology. When we listen to African fold music we know it’s African. The innocent ordinary lads who join with them rarely understand this. They are not strong enough to stand by them. They do not have strong backbones to have their own policies. So they just follow the popular crowd. They do all wired things they do to be westernize. They go (night) clubbing. Most of their innocent parents wait until they come home. But they say some lie & goes. They get addicted to drinks & sexual life. Their life is gone. Then they become part of that society forever. Never escape. These wicked crowd encourage lot of unethical behavior. They make it a fashion. I feel very sorry for the people who follow. But can we do anything? Can we?