Sunanda Deshapriya and Sanjana Hattotuwa[1] Article written for Mail Today. It was a bloody New Year. The high profile assassination of an Opposition MP and a bomb explosion in the heart of Colombo are tragic markers of what 2008 holds for Sri Lanka. To add to the drama, the Government of Sri Lanka on the […]
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What we can expect in Sri Lanka in 2008
It is impossible to prophesise political developments in Sri Lanka with any degree of accuracy. For starters, there is little that is logical about party politics and nothing that is principled. From the pathological condition of politicking for short-term and personal gain to random acts of terrorism and responses that change individual and communal fortunes […]
A language of hate and harm
I find the language of choice in politics today to be utterly disgusting and at the same time fascinating. It’s the first because so much of what is articulated is bitter invective, baseless allegations, wild imaginings or useless polemics. It is essentially nonsense – like conch shells, our politicians and public servants today simply produce […]
