by Wijith DeChickera | Dec 3, 2018 | DailyFT
TANGLED WEB: When first they practised to deceive, our elected representatives may have had a lower-level understanding of their own betrayal of the people’s mandate. But in the warp and weft of shifting loyalties and priorities, our politicians may have been...
by Wijith DeChickera | Nov 23, 2018 | DailyFT
TRIAD: Cloud ‘Coup-Coup’ Land – Pic by Shehan Gunasekara Much has been made of Sri Lanka being a sort of ‘anti-Cloud Cuckoo Land’… a nation in a state of absurdly overoptimistic fantasy or unrealistic idealism where...
by Wijith DeChickera | Nov 23, 2018 | DailyFT
The nation expects the three main actors to resolve this crisis in the best interests of the country and for the generations to come The events that unfolded on 26 October have led the country towards an unprecedented chaos. Almost a month later, we are still...
by Wijith DeChickera | Nov 21, 2018 | DailyFT
UNHOLY TRINITY: Not a Mexican standoff between Prez and two Premiers as a trio; nor a troika of brothers from a previous regime. But the triadic playoff between power, corruption, and moral turpitude! And how democracy, republicanism, and good governance (remember...
by Wijith DeChickera | Nov 19, 2018 | DailyFT
I have rarely if ever empathised with the Sri Lanka Police Department. But when I saw those hapless cops ducking chilli bombs in Parliament, my heart went out to those whom I had previously seen as simply being PC Plods or Mr Goons. Sorry to say that the aggressors in...
