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Clean Sri Lanka-2 – By Oscar E V Fernando What was the societal, political and cultural landscape we saw or were made to see over the past several years in this country? We saw the good bad and the ugly in clear and no uncertain terms-now facing the need of a shake up together with a vigorous clean up. Let us take the ethnic issue now on the top rung awaiting that Great Clean Up to be launched in all seriousness soon; in this our hallowed history there are also some ludicrous passages to be concerned with; it is said-that in ancient times this country was inhabited by creatures called Yakas Nagas and by no stretch of imagination-thalagoyas-a freighting prospect to think of-freighting indeed to think we are their descendants; what about Vijaya and the lot packed into a boat heading to this land of Serendipity; so much for the ...