by Wijith DeChickera | Oct 28, 2023 | DailyFT
Let the curtain fall on this unsavoury topic with a last look at one facet that the two stages of theatrics share to the detriment of the national interest Over the years, we have noted old Ceylon go down the drain from being a proudly independent Commonwealth...
by Wijith DeChickera | Oct 13, 2023 | DailyFT
The play is the thing – but in its present form, only a welcome diversion from the state of the nation… Where have all the heavyweights gone? When will ELT take the stage as an influencer? A funny thing happened on the way to the forum. I went to a...
by Wijith DeChickera | Jul 14, 2023 | DailyFT
A year after the events of 9–13 July, there are more questions than answers to the hoary issues of our unprecedented ‘People’s Revolution’. Who – if any single individual or parties with vested interests acting in collusion –...
by Wijith DeChickera | Jun 23, 2023 | DailyFT
Austerity measures imposed and enforced; more moral than fiscal bankruptcy; corruption unaddressed amidst the old guard ensconced in secure, self-serving domains at the expense of the poor… now, truly, is the winter of our discontent! With, unhappily, no ‘Son of...
by Wijith DeChickera | Jun 16, 2023 | DailyFT
There has been a falling of darkness across the publicly-orientated shrine-rooms of Sri Lanka’s sundry faiths of late.On one hand, a clutch of false prophets has brought a guest religion to its knees before angry hosts. On the other, secular critics of a philosophy...
