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Book Review
Poetry in politics - ONE AND ONLY ONE
Title: Ek Minisek, Ekama Eka Minisek
Author: Ananda Goonatilleke, Attorney-at-Law.
Publisher: Regina Printers and Publishers, Ja-ela
 What he has written was that if anything had happened to them the
local and international peace vendors will call upon so-called
international inquiries and he narrates the double standards of the
so-called international community. (p.54) Advocating that our problems
should be solved by ourselves, he states that the country can be saved,
tigers can be disarmed only by war and that should be communicated to
the outside forces.(p.54) He predicts that after winning the war, the
government may face severe challenges as in 1948 and the challenges are
more complex than in 1948. The situation is similar to the aftermath of
winning a revolution. Lenin, Mao and Ho Chi Ming were able to meet such
complex challenges. (p. 101)
Building a Sri Lankan nation and ending corruption are herculean
tasks.(p. 102) Accordingly victory over LTTE dwarfs gaining of
independence in 1948 and people’s victory in 1956. (p. 106) It is
commendable how the writer writes about these challenges to a mass
audience hiding his Marxian ideology.
Writing exactly sixteen days (16) after the victory over the
terrorists, he asks whether the problems are over. His words about the
HR lobby describing it as a Trojan horse are prophetic. (p. 123)
As a Marxist, he identifies the major contradiction during the war
time; divides the role players into two camps, as those who are for the
independence of the country and those who are for secession. (p.71) He
regards the present coalition as the biggest and the broadest front ever
made in Sri Lanka.
He explains how to handle correctly the present day contradictions as
expounded by Marxist theoreticians. He suggests putting an end to the
euphoria without belittling the victory. (p.129) Dealing with the hidden
enemy is much more difficult than dealing with those who were armed with
T-56.
To be Continued
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