by Wijith DeChickera | Jul 26, 2018 | DailyFT
DRUG – barren? Some political leaders would hang ’em, other less militant types would have the police investigate errant MPs thoroughly for sundry misdemeanours; all the people can see is Sri Lanka’s “public secret, hidden shame”: a new,...
by Wijith DeChickera | Jul 20, 2018 | DailyFT
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness; it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity; it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness; it was the spring of hope, it was the...
by Wijith DeChickera | Jun 29, 2018 | DailyFT
THE L BOARD AT LAST – That the wheels of justice grind slowly but surely has been vouchsafed in half-measure of late. There was the long-drawn-out trial and verdict in the case of a venerable monk behaving venially, which can be interpreted as justice done, in...
by Wijith DeChickera | Jun 22, 2018 | DailyFT
Some years ago, when the then President of Sri Lanka came in for calumny for having his son accompany him in a prominent way to a UN summit, a few of us partially sympathised with his plight. I mean to say: if I was head of state of a newly-minted island-nation or...
by Wijith DeChickera | Jun 15, 2018 | DailyFT
J’ACCUSE! In an incendiary editorial, a writer once accused the government of his republic of a cover-up as regards the career of an army general staff officer in a scandal that smacked of crimes against state and humanity. While neither such a case nor a time...
