Queen Victoria may "Rise Again" in Colombo.....

Oh please, a 7-year “curse”????? Suddenly amidst the fact that my original blog brought to light the “end result” of the once beautiful Queen Victoria statue in Gordon Gardens, Colombo, Sri Lanka….might have sparked some to actually try to RESTORE this once elegant statue, see: http://onlinenewsunitedkingdom.com/world/2013/10/03/queen-vic-statue-facelift-in-colombo/ But, now “they” are saying her presence brought 7 years of “bad luck” – no, I’m sure that the 35-PLUS year Sri Lankan “Civil War” had NOTHING AT ALL to do with any of that “bad luck”. I once heard a GROWN college professor from Sri Lanka (who should’ve known better) blame the entire Civil War in Sri Lanka on the British – who “like all Colonial rulers…..set one side of ethnic group (Tamils) against the other (Sinhalese) for their benefit” – oh please!!! Yes, and while you are playing the BLAME GAME be sure to blame the Belgians for the genocide between the Hutu and Tutsi tribes in Rwanda…..but NEVER, NEVER own up to your own immaturity and inadequacy in failing to be “all-inclusive” of all local ethnic tribes – THAT, my friend, would be too responsible, too adult-like, so it is much, much easier to blame all your countries’ woes on the “evil, Colonial power” than to own up to anything YOU might’ve done as a people. And if you are so, so anti-Colonial, then why not burn down all the tea plantations in Sri Lanka. After all, they were started by those EVIL Colonialists (although not one single tea plantation in Sri Lanka today is owned by a British citizen)….so whatever they produced must’ve been evil as well, right?? And now poor ol’ Queen Victoria who never even visited Sri Lanka is being blamed for a 7-year curse??? That is the most childish excuse I’ve ever heard in my life. I am glad to see her being restored (after you let her remain in rubble so long): 2 October 2013 Last updated at 21:17 ET By Charles Haviland BBC News, Colombo The statue of Britain’s longest-reigning monarch will be given more prominence A statue of Queen Victoria in Sri Lanka’s main city, Colombo, has been taken off its plinth for renovation ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) to be held there next month.

The statue was moved from its original location seven years ago and placed in an inconspicuous position (that's ONE way of saying it was DUMPED!). But the authorities say it will now be given more prominence. Continue reading the main story “Start Quote She’s been brought temporarily down to earth – the seven-year curse has ended” End Quote Colombo commentator The statue of Britain’s longest-reigning monarch dates from 1897, the year of her Diamond Jubilee. It was placed in gardens adjoining the residence of the governor-general of what was then the British colony of Ceylon. The building – in Colombo’s Fort district – became the presidential palace in 1972. But the palace has barely been used by Sri Lanka’s presidents. Local reports say one reason is that the statue was widely considered to bring bad luck. There are also structural issues – the one president who did live there reportedly had to move his bed when it rained because of a leaking roof. In 2006 the Queen Victoria statue was relocated to a new site near the back entrance to the National Museum but not facing any public thoroughfare. After the renovation works, it is to be placed near that site but looking across a busy road into the city’s main park – once called Victoria Park but renamed Viharamahadevi Park, after a Sri Lankan queen, in 1958. The Commonwealth gathering will be the first that Queen Elizabeth has not attended. She is sending the Prince of Wales instead, with Buckingham Palace saying she is making fewer overseas trips because of her age. The meeting has attracted controversy because of Sri Lanka’s human rights record, with the Canadian prime minister saying he is unlikely to attend. Those that do attend will have an improved view of Queen Victoria. “She’s been brought temporarily down to earth,” a local political commentator said on condition of anonymity. “The seven-year curse has ended.” Yes, the “7-year” imaginary curse has ended. Read my original blog on this statue: Saturday, February 26, 2011 I will probably get in trouble for this..... http://oldlankagal.blogspot.com/2011_02_01_archive.html There was a time the statue brought grace, elegance and beauty to Colombo