An ‘essential’ lesson in ‘essentiality’
Raving tentacles of writhing hopelessness, nourished by seething curses and boiling rage, undulating as they do, from the tributaries of languid bylanes, through to the torrents of main thoroughfares, Read More »
India strengthens position in Sri Lanka vis-à-vis China
In the 1980s, India was calling the shots in Sri Lanka, cashing in on its mediatory and interventionist role in the ethnic conflict that wracked the island. But New Delhi’s relevance receded after the Read More »
President and PM left with Hobson’s choice as further Indian assistance to take time
With Sri Lanka entering the most difficult period of the economic crisis, with worsening shortages and price hikes, the Government of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesing Read More » Due diligence, way forward
The Prime Minister last week confirmed in Parliament what the majority of people have been suspecting for some time now – the country’s economy is on the verge of “complete collapse”. He went further Read More »
Universal social security: If not now, when?
The humanitarian crisis in Sri Lanka is visible in the daily struggles of people to access basic food and medicines. Read More »
Sri Lanka’s quest for stability
Even as the rule of law continues to be flouted, the appointment of Ranil Wickremesinghe as the Prime Minister could salvage the economic crisis dogging it. As Lanka’s pointsman, it will be an ordeal Read More »
Mineka [Micki] Wickramasingha, an entrepreneur and an artist
I first met Micki over 40 years ago with Esmond Wickremesinghe. They owned a small hotel near the beach in Passikudah which Esmond wickedly named ‘Sun and Fun’. They would travel a long distance over Read More »