War games of India and China

This is with reference to the news item in The Sunday Times International Section of December 23, titled ‘India and China launch war games’ (Page 2) which states: “It is aimed at deterring the three ‘evil forces’ – separatists, extremists and terrorists.”

These two countries, though great countries by themselves, will lose out in this game, without the input from Sri Lanka. They would not know that in this game there are three more hidden ‘evil forces’ that they have to contend with. They are: Chauvinists, Peaceniks and Evangelists.

By Don Sirimanne, New York