Colombata Kiri Apata Kakiri – By Oscar E V Fernando With sweat of brow, you will eat until you return to ground said He From it you were taken and to it you return-also said HE Tilling land is the greatest of labor-without it we are no more Youth it was that tilled with pride in days of yore Why then on this isle youth drifted to Urban from Rural With collar white behind a desk-tie-tightened to throat-so brutal Compared to breezy dress he wore on the Rural Till Why all this? To earn the epithet-Mahattaya and enjoy the Colomba Kiri So drifted they blindly-eyes opened-to see Colombata Kiri apata Kekiri Kiri was-theatre-dance-gym-seminar-campus pools to swim in country Do all this in style-turning Kekiri to Kiri- Lo and Behold-You will see the reverse sweep back to the country With Modernization replacing the Harnessed Bull and Mechanized Tool ...
Oct 12, 2024
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Articles, Oscar Fernando
Tagged Colombata Kiri Apata Kakiri, Colombo Urbanization and Youth, Impact of Modernization on Farming, Kiri apata Kekiri Metaphor, Oscar E V Fernando, Social Commentary Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan Rural Traditions, Tilling the Land in Sri Lanka, Urban vs Rural Life in Sri Lanka, Youth and Agriculture in Sri Lanka, Youth Migration to Cities in Sri Lanka
