Ranasinghe Premadasa: The people’s president
It is indeed a pleasure for me to write a few lines on the 97th birth anniversary of former President Ranasinghe Premadasa who stayed with his people and party through thick and thin. The writer had the good fortune of meeting former President Premadasa long before he had reached the highest position as Sri Lanka’s executive [...]
Some animals are more equal…
I remember the first time I read George Orwell’s classic Animal Farm. I must have been about ten years old at the time, and I thoroughly enjoyed the story about how the animals, tired of being treated as slaves and exploited by the humans who ran the Manor Farm in which they were kept, staged [...]
Dodampe Mudalali murder case: The beginning of blatant disregard for due process by political establishment
A Sunday Times reader has asked me to write on the Dodampe Mudalali (DM) murder case. He says his generation has only heard that there was a sensational case by that name. This was a sensational case, no doubt, but also controversial, due to the many irregularities. I will only touch on the salient issues, [...]
Japan faces an Olympic-size COVID risk
TOKYO – In 2020, Asia – especially East Asia – was often touted as a model of effective pandemic response. While Western countries endured harsh lockdowns and soaring infection and death rates, Asian countries largely kept the coronavirus under control. But the tables have turned, with East Asia now lagging far behind the United States [...]