by Wijith DeChickera | Aug 28, 2021 | DailyFT
LIPID profile – Liberal, Inclusivist, Pluralist, Iconoclast, Democrat; the more likeable side of an ambitious paradox of a politico: realist with a dream, a player of realpolitik who was the joker in the pack The late honourable Mangala Samaraweera was anything...
by Wijith DeChickera | Jul 17, 2021 | DailyFT
HANDS-ON: Conflating public health and safety with carte blanche for punitive police action – while ignoring the present plight of a host of communities in crisis – could lead to a meltdown of law and order If you have seen it once, you’ve...
by Wijith DeChickera | Jul 10, 2021 | DailyFT
UNHOLY TRINITY – Not what you think! But rather: the triad of farming, fisher and fuel-consuming citizenries. And given the inordinate number of them who comprise our society – it’s time to rethink – Pic by Shehan Gunasekara Has civil society lost its spark? In...
by Wijith DeChickera | Jul 3, 2021 | DailyFT
Fresh ideas – or old, borrowed, hat? Who does Dr. Harsha de Silva think he is? A sharp-eyed economist with bright ideas no one in their right mind dreams of? Or a socio-political savant of some sort or the other? Or he is a dullard and a humbug,...
by Wijith DeChickera | Feb 4, 2021 | DailyFT
Sri Lanka was born free – of blood and bigotry – but everywhere is in chains. We found ourselves liberated from the shackles of colonialism some 73 years ago. It is a liberty we have squandered through licence to war on our fellow citizens, growing lawlessness amidst...
