Colombo – the Venice in the Indian Ocean? Our tryst with a glacier

Oh Antarctic .. Why?

- By Prof. Ajith de Alwis

Equating Colombo to Venice is a discourse in that direction. An analogy to get the sense of urgency to sink in and get all Nero’s to come to their senses.

Well, an important part of the emerging Colombo is the Port City, which was reclaimed from the sea to grow and shine. It is bewildering to the mind to think what we were unable to do with 65550 sq km all alone would be outdone by a mere 2.69 sq. km!? The spanner in the work here is the question: did the Indian Ocean only give a temporary lease, only to claim it back with much more interest?!

From Dondrahead (Dewundara Thuduwa) you can look south and sail south as well. The next landmass is Antarctica —the World’s largest desert and the only uninhabited continent. Something is happening there which should be noticed by us. There is also an option for countries like Sri Lanka, where we have the right to set up a research station, as we have the right as a country. The issue, however, is not about setting the research station but the disappearance of the continent.