There are small not-so-important elections scheduled in two insignificant small villages in the Banana Republic and everything goes very well there. There are no major incident except couple of houses, buildings and vehicles being burnt due to bad electricity lines. At least no one got killed though couple of people had minor injuries – not due to violence – but due to reasons like treading on a banana peel. A top minister’s brother is in hospital by cutting his leg – all by himself – with a scythe while harvesting his paddyfields. An actor who cannot dance got injured while trying a difficult dancing step. A retired soldier did not get injured yet but his reputation – if he had any left – was badly damaged by wearing the national dress inside out. He was only comfortable and looked good in his uniform. However, the two old dogs in the two village councils will win by absolute fair play at the end. This will be another triumph of democrazy in the Banana Republic.
The Banana Republic is situated in a small island in a not-so-big ocean and is full of bananas. Main export crop of the republic is not banana but something else which is all green. For the reasons best known to all of you and me I will not talk about the ruler of the Republic. It is not important. Usually rulers here are of the same. It is usually name or sex difference.
People here are mostly stupid or too tolerant. The intelligentsia keep silent because they are broad-minded, or they know that the silence is golden, they say. We all tolerate.
Nowadays there is a small fight going against in the Upper Banana between the government and the militia of a bad guy. But we are told that we (they) are winning and we tolerate everything, including the price of bananas.
Education here is of highest standard so that admission to grade 01 is more competitive than getting into a university. Now the trend is that the US students are also paying high prices to get into Banana schools amidst the resistance from the Reds who have now become pinks.
See you later!
This blog has nothing to do with Sri Lanka or its political landscape. I started this blog because I want to be a columnist. Those who are in power and those who are waiting to storm into power should not go bananas after reading this.
From Wikipedia.
“Banana republic is a pejorative term for a small country that is politically unstable, dependent on limited agriculture (e.g., bananas), and ruled by a small, self-elected, wealthy and corrupt clique.[1]It is most commonly used for countries in Central America such as El Salvador, Belize,Nicaragua, Honduras, and Guatemala.
In some cases, these nations have kept the government structures that were modeled after the colonial Spanish ruling clique, with a small, largely leisure class on the top and a large, poorly educated and poorly paid working class of peons, though it might have the (fake) trappings of modernity (such as styling itself a republic with a president etc.)
Frequently the subject of mockery and humour, and usually presided over by a dictatorial military junta that exaggerates its own power and importance—”the epaulettes of a banana republic generalissimo” are proverbially of considerable size, usually portrayed in satire with a pair of mops—a banana republic also typically has large wealth inequities, poor infrastructure, poor schools, a “backward” economy, low capital spending, a reliance on foreign capital and money printing, budget deficits, and a weakening currency. Banana republics are typically also highly prone to revolutions and coups.”
