by Wijith DeChickera | Jun 29, 2024 | DailyFT
The citizenry vote for politicians in the vain hope that ‘this time there will be change for the better’ – Pic by Shehan Gunasekara Despite the critical engagement of scholars and other writers in the mainstream media attempting to introduce leadership models...
by Wijith DeChickera | Apr 20, 2024 | DailyFT
As April showed this year, Easter – together with Eid and Aluth Avurudu – can be entertained in ecumenical hearts, without breaching the undivided peace that prevailed in the hearts of most people of an island race keen to live in harmony ...
by Wijith DeChickera | Mar 25, 2024 | DailyFT
Beaten, broken and bruised: but carrying on with courage and compassion ‘beyond checkpoints’ In a nation notorious for not remembering many matters of importance beyond the news cycle, remembering right becomes a sacred trust and duty. Sri Lanka has faced many...
by Wijith DeChickera | Feb 13, 2024 | DailyFT
There was evident cause for concern that other demographics in our isle could be subject to the potential At a recent public seminar on the Online Safety Act (OSA), a policy perspective under the title ‘OSA: Why The Rush?’ was presented by the academics and...
by Wijith DeChickera | Feb 3, 2024 | DailyFT
It sings of a stauncher freedom and untrammelled liberty, which we earnestly desire but often find to be out of reach year after year, generation after generation – Pic by Ruwan Walpola As Sri Lanka parades past its 76th milepost on a journey of independence from...