by Wijith DeChickera | Feb 26, 2016 | DailyFT
THE KING OF LANKA: Far be it from us to be alarmist! But there may be a move on to tap into the latently mythical psyche of the Lankan soul… And the aggro of road-trippers in a remote village of an ancient kingdom might be a hint and a harbinger of this...
by Wijith DeChickera | Feb 19, 2016 | DailyFT
A legendary Aussie PM once said in a speech to the Australian Labour Party: “I do not mind the liberals, still less do I mind the country party, calling me a b*st*rd. In some circumstances, I am only doing my job if they do! But I hope you will not...
by Wijith DeChickera | Feb 8, 2016 | DailyFT
Much ado about nothing? The singing of the national anthem in Tamil on 4 February has generated controversy, constitutional invocations, and no small measure of churlishness, in some quarters of ‘civil’ society. After 68 years of freedom from foreign...
by Wijith DeChickera | Feb 5, 2016 | DailyFT
MEN IN THE MEDIA LIMELIGHT: President Sirisena – slated to be Sri Lanka’s last 1978-style chief executive – looks and sounds somewhat uncomfortable under the glare of the unforgiving spotlight these days, despite the press playing no small part in...
by Wijith DeChickera | Jan 29, 2016 | DailyFT
TAKES ALL TYPES? There are times when the true nature of leaders leaks through. And then the heart speaks out of the mouth’s abundance. (“Join me, my son!” See copy.) Rest assured however that realpolitik will work with even such mask-slip moments to complete the...
