In him we saw what it really means to be human
In Memory of my father – Nihal Jayamanne, President’s Counsel A leader, colleague and friend…. an uncle, brother and son…. A husband and a father Nihal Jayamanne was the perfect example of what it really means to be human: Ecstasy and sadness, pleasure and pain, passion and discipline, love and anger – but never hate, [...]
Cut the cackle and hold an election
Amidst the cacophony of voices on TV, radio and punditry in the print media on the national crisis last week, we witnessed physical jerks —Yoga exercises — of politicians, presumably related to the crisis. It was World Yoga Day and Yoga is projected by a faction of the Indian media supporting Prime Minister Narendra Modi [...]
Observations from Dr. Colvin R de Silva
I have been reading a most interesting book entitled ‘Memories of 33 Years in Parliament’. The memoirs of former Secretary General of Parliament Nihal Seneviratne, the book is entertaining as well as informative – and provides a glimpse of what our legislature and our legislators were like during the last century, when Mr Seneviratne served [...]
World economic crisis: The 1970s revisited?
By Jim O’Neill, Exclusively for the Sunday Times in Sri Lanka There has been much talk lately of a return to 1970s economic conditions. Here in the United Kingdom, year-on-year inflation reached 9.1% in May, and disruptive labour strikes are dominating the headlines. But is a 1970s-style economy really in the offing? Much will depend [...]