I was delighted to see you back, with your pearls of wisdom after a long period of silence.

In the meantime, though we have contacted ‘swine flu’, the good news that the local swine population has been greatly reduced with the demise of Mr. Pirubaharan , I am sure would gladden your heart.

With your latest epistle you have come out with two invaluable pearls of wisdom. Let me quote:

"But none of these, singly or jointly, can account for the intensity of their efforts to crucify Sri Lanka. What is going on now seems much more, for instance, than believing the lies of LTTE propaganda, or nursing vote banks in England and Canada, or enjoying the pay and perks of stooging for the LTTE. Least of all is it due to any genuine feeling for the LTTE or the Tamils, who are mere pawns - along with Sri Lanka - in a bigger game being played by the big powers."

It would have been very useful if you had elaborated this point and come out as to why Sri Lanka has become a pawn in the hands of big powers. I hope you would address your mind to this as we have diplomats (diplo-mutts) of the ex-variety, telling us that Sri Lanka is not of any strategic importance to Western powers!

Your second pearl of wisdom is contained in your advice-

"Above all, we must avoid the mistake of rushing to further devolve power without taking into account the experience of the past thirty years, and, more basically, without even having identified the problem which the Thirteenth amendment plus is intended to solve."

Let this be an eye opener to those who insist on the immediate implementation of the thirteenth amendment presented as an imperative condition and as the only way of establishing good neighborly relations with India. That certainly must be sweet music to RAW ears.