Peace at Last!

It is difficult to believe that the 30 year war is over and peace has dawned. Families now travel together not concerned about the random acts of violence. They are no longer worried about whether spouse who went to work or the child who went to school in the morning will get home in the evening. National parks and tourist hotels are at capacity, mostly with locals using the new found freedom to fullest.

Grapes, onions and tobacco harvests from Jaffna now reach Colombo after opening of highway artery A9 after a decade. Goods from the South also get to consumers in the North. Farmers and consumers in the whole country are benefited.

What is most surprising is that not one terrorist activity was recorded since the wholesale elimination of the top leadership of the terrorist group in May. This may be a lesson for other countries fighting ruthless terrorist groups!