by Wijith DeChickera | Feb 14, 2020 | DailyFT
I keep trying to detox myself from Facebook. But like other middling addictives – such as sweet food, the cold juice (you know which), Twitter – it often won’t stay flushed. Since the surest way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it sometimes, I logged in like...
by Wijith DeChickera | Feb 4, 2020 | DailyFT
LIBERTY: Taken in vain? – Pic by Lahiru Harshana Don’t look now, but there’s a shadow across the noonday sun. It’s not big or dark enough for bright eyes filled with the beauty of the world to see it on this of all days. But if you stop being...
by Wijith DeChickera | Jan 3, 2020 | DailyFT
Light – dawns I didn’t get a new year’s greeting from the President this year. But I’m not complaining because it’s rather reassuring that our Chief Executive won’t stoop to conquer, unlike many of his presidential predecessors. Since our new Head of...
by Wijith DeChickera | Dec 20, 2019 | DailyFT
LIFE CAN BE A BEACH – but even the balmiest tropical-island-nation can encounter stormy weather at times. Sri Lanka is sitting pretty in the tourism stakes at least, and a short- to medium-term strategic growth spurt at best… maybe if and when it can sort...
by Wijith DeChickera | Dec 13, 2019 | DailyFT
Rapid development under a robust growth-oriented regime is the new mantra resonating with a nation fed up with retarded progress and developmental prospects compromised by rampant crony capitalism. However, maybe the erstwhile champions of systemic reform did...
