by Wijith DeChickera | Jan 31, 2017 | DailyFT
The crowd is large. The scenery is packed with stormtroopers. The energy of the rally is tangible. In the street, banners defy the breeze. On stage, speakers define the new world order. On closer inspection, it appears to be the old order of things...
by Wijith DeChickera | Jan 25, 2017 | DailyFT
THE GREAT DIVIDES – While the powers that be plod the ‘Rubber tyres from Marangoni’ route, a more plebeian opposition is still shouting subversive slogans in the ears of folks for whom ‘Rice from the Moon’ is not too far-fetched. When it...
by Wijith DeChickera | Jan 20, 2017 | DailyFT
I was down south a little over a week ago today. At the increasingly misnamed Galle Literary Festival (GLF): which, in its more recent incarnations particularly, is more ‘culinary’ than ‘literary’! But where, be that nasty aside as it may, an interesting talk by...
by Wijith DeChickera | Jan 13, 2017 | DailyFT
The sun rises in the south. While Colombo sleeps peacefully and the rest of Sri Lanka slumbers fitfully. Many times before, the first stirrings of dissent have been felt south of the border between patrician illusion and plebeian reality. In time still not out of...
by Wijith DeChickera | Jan 6, 2017 | DailyFT
THE USUAL SUSPECTS – While those who committed the media crime of the century still skulk about, an unhappy band of pilgrims continues to make an annual commitment to a graveside vigil. When Government will act with true vigour and despatch is anyone’s...
