by Wijith DeChickera | Aug 4, 2020 | DailyFT
POWER – people’s – Pic by Shehan GunasekaraTomorrow, you could be able to shape destiny. Not your fated lives alone. But those of your children, loved ones, and unborn generations of Sri Lankans, as well as others whom we blessed islanders may influence… should we get...
by Wijith DeChickera | Jul 31, 2020 | DailyFT
Once more, into the breach! – For better, or worse? In a few days’ time, we as a nation may make choices that will last at least a generation; and likely, your lifetime and mine. On balance or the surface of things, it appears good to be prepared. And best...
by Wijith DeChickera | May 16, 2020 | DailyFT
THE BEST LACK ALL CONVICTION – While the worst are full of passionate intensity. Or insist that others around them maintain a stoic silence at dastardly goings-on in a whispered-about state…– Courtesy: DAILYSIGNAL There is only one thing worse than being talked...
by Wijith DeChickera | May 9, 2020 | DailyFT
PRIME CANDIDATE – While the Constitution formally spells out procedure to be followed in a national emergency, the present PM’s hosting of past MPs at an informal political forum this week may be a move from an anti-democratic power-game playbook ...
by Wijith DeChickera | May 1, 2020 | DailyFT
Incipient setback from a viral enemy – or on the fast track to a political train wreck? – Pic by Shehan Gunasekara The last month or so has had Sri Lanka united and divided on a broad front of pandemic-related issues. Our nation-state both benefited and...
