by Wijith DeChickera | Mar 1, 2019 | DailyFT
STATE OF THE NATION: grave, when power covers up its crimes, and often even in tandem with its political opposition What’s worse? A. A hit-and-run where the perp flees the scene; only to surrender himself to the cops the next day; after any evidence of...
by Wijith DeChickera | Feb 22, 2019 | DailyFT
QUICK! Someone tell the president, please! – Pic courtesy AFP Admit it. The headline hooked you. Hope you won’t be disappointed. There are no gory scenes featuring dismembered limbs here. However you might read about the long arm of the law being...
by Wijith DeChickera | Feb 18, 2019 | DailyFT
That coach who repeatedly slapped a boy under his care has generated a storm of controversy on social media. On one side are aunties, bleeding hearts, civil rights champions et al who are outraged or at the very least shocked or surprised. On the other are...
by Wijith DeChickera | Feb 18, 2019 | DailyFT
It is true, politicians have an extremely poor reputation – but if you assume that every politician is like this, then sad to say, it is devoid of good sense or judgment. If they were, then whole infrastructure would collapse before you could even say...
by Wijith DeChickera | Feb 15, 2019 | DailyFT
I despair of our politicos and would-be politicians. Not that they are not all honourable men. From the honourable prime minister to the former defence secretary discharging his duty honourably after premature retirement! But that honour often dresses up the nakedness...
