Srilanka, May 9 -- Sri Lankans have a geographical location which invites foreign invasion or occupation by outside forces. Centuries ago, there were a large number of invasions into this land. But today's little Sri Lankans are basically given lessons in history at school in a way that they remember mostly the occupations of this island by the Portuguese, the Dutch and the English. They were forced occupations.

Now our teachings are focused on geopolitics. We often talk about the interests of India and China in Sri Lanka. Now the scenario has moved away from forced occupation to winning over a country through cooperation. Present Sri Lanka 'believes' it is playing the cooperating game very well.

This is a good time to study some psy...