Sri Lankans will disagree with you, violently, that they are Indians.
Thanks for the clarification. I was only referring to the biological sense, of scientific genetic heritage. Sri Lanka is an ancient land with archeological evidences dating back to 125,000 yrs ago & ruled by many. It is an independent sovereign nation today, dating back since its Dominion status in 1948, into a republic by 1972. The majority of citizens are Sinhalese, & Buddhism (70% of population) is its official religion although it also allow other mainstream religions to freely thrive.
Religion in the hands of mortal men can be a force of good, or bad. To help the Sinhalese People facing national debt crisis, its religion may be of help. There are many Buddhist temples, some dating back to even 250BCE, when Buddhism was introduced to Ceylon (ancient Sri Lanka ) by the son of the Buddhist convert great Emperor Asoka.
There are an est 500 Million Buddhists around the World, and there are many Buddhist festivals celebrated in Sri Lanka, of which April & May can be introduced to the World for Buddhists to make a Pilgrimage to Sri Lanka. It is high time to open up the country fully for Tourism as it vaccination rate is at 77% & can be further improved. With 1 million Buddhist arrivals, each donating US$100 each, it will have US$100Million dollars. Appeals to Buddhists worldwide thru honest & reputable charity agencies for similar amounts of US$100 = est US$50 Billion, matching the seize of its debt.
With such amounts, US$ will be converted into Sri Lankan Rupee, creating a demand for rupee, shoring up its rupee through the exchange rate, helping its exports to earn more & imports lower inflationary costing to its citizens, & preventing the rupee from sliding further which will harm its citizens.
As there are international lenders willing to loan billions now to Sri Lanka, it will need to ensure such funds are corruption free & use such to improve its logistics & infrastructure for tourism to boost its revenue & treasury. Also, it will critically need to end the protests peacefully through innovative compromises & get everyone gainfully employed, & TOGETHER, on a common goal, to end the financial crisis & progress the nation.