by Wijith DeChickera | Jan 11, 2019 | DailyFT
PRESS: dead? – Pic by Ruwan Walpola Is there a void in journalistic reporting today? Has the culture of impunity which prevailed, to the detriment of the free press, been successfully arrested and imprisoned – in the past four years since...
by Wijith DeChickera | Jan 9, 2019 | DailyFT
LARGER IN THE AFTERLIFE: In his life’s work, the flamboyant journalist cut a swathe through the pretensions of many a political establishment. In death, it may have seemed that his egregious killers cut the carpet from under his feet. If appearances are anything to go...
by Wijith DeChickera | Dec 31, 2018 | DailyFT
NEW: hope – Pic by Shehan Gunasekara I write for many of us. But not as many as one would hope. Since we’re badly divided on community, polity, unity. However, it’s false hope at best or flagrant hypocrisy at worst to think anyone has all the answers – and is actually...
by Wijith DeChickera | Dec 24, 2018 | DailyFT
The appointment of the Hon. Ravi Karunanayake, MP as the Minister of Power and Energy has set the polecat among the pigeons. It has got a knowing glance from the national press. While setting social media ablaze. And one can see why. But one might also be invited to...
by Wijith DeChickera | Dec 19, 2018 | DailyFT
HOW GREEN WAS MY RALLY: As a triumphalist gesture, it was a great excess for the UNP to indulge in. With that said, it probably sent out all the right signals to the watching world. So the GOP and its savvy grandmaster are back at the great game of global...
