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Home » ColumnsUgly scenes witnessed at Thileepan’s memorial ceremony in Nallur
It is a well known secret that almost all Tamil nationalist parties based in the North, including one-man led splinter groups, are trying to capitalise on the otherwise questionable legacy of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The main purpose is to keep its legacy intact and convert whatever goodwill it had into electoral [...]
A real spicy anecdote
My dear Prasanna, I never thought I would be writing to you this week but then I thought I must, when I saw you on the news. I was excited because I thought you were once again trying to uplift our chilli powder industry but I then realised that for once, the news was not [...]
Trust deficit results in public confusion regarding economic issues
Most economists and others who are familiar with the reasons for the current economic crisis attribute it to the gross mismanagement of the past two and a half years. It is also true that corruption has played a significant role in making a bad situation worse. Past sins of economic mismanagement too have added to [...]
Is the President’s strong resolve to undertake economic reforms feasible?
President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s brilliant address to the Annual Sessions of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Manila on September 29, was a strong commitment to undertake economic reforms and an exhortation to the international community to assist Sri Lanka in her quest for economic recovery. He also referred succinctly to the global impacts and geo-political [...]
High security zones as official secrets and other idiocies
The recent declaration of several High Security Zones in Colombo under Sri Lanka’s virtually obsolete Official Secrets Act has continued to raise feverish speculation in regard to the motivations behind the bizarre Presidential act. Have we lost our collective legal wit? Amidst rumours that the contested gazette will be withdrawn, (it still continues), the larger [...]
Bacchus’ feasts of revelry in Lanka’s wonderland by night
Diana’s sizzling plan to boost island as world’s hottest hub where the party never misses a beat and $$$ flow non-stop Forget Lanka’s sun-kissed beaches. Her towering stupas that once rivalled Giza’s famed pyramids. Forget the grandeur that was Anuradhapura or the splendour that was Polonnaruwa’s sculptural wonders. Give a miss to the wild elephants [...]
Political talk on asses, donkeys and foibles of the two-legged
When over-rated politicians of dubious character resurrect the dead to defend their indefensible actions, one can understand why some “Aragalaya” protesters demanded that the ostentatious building at Diyawanna Oya be closed until the country could find a far more worthy lot of free-loaders. A couple of weeks or so ago Urban Development and Housing Minister [...]
President in High-Security Zone muddle, will revoke gazette
Public Security Minister Alles and Defence Secretary Gunaratne prepared the document without consulting the Attorney General UNHRC finalising strongest-ever resolution against Sri Lanka; focus on links between corruption, economic crisis and human rights; final vote on Thursday By Our Political Editor A day before he emplaned to London to attend the funeral of Queen Elizabeth [...]
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