A few years ago, the Indian Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah, who also served as the President of the Bharatiya Janatha Party (BJP) from…
In 1996 Sri Lanka won the Cricket World Cup. The internet was in its infancy at the time. ‘Social media’ wasn’t a household term.…
The Geneva Circus is in full swing. Well, we could also call it ‘The Carnival of Vexatious Prosecution,’ but we know that sweetness (or…
If something deserves to be called ‘Event of the Week’ it would be the ‘Pothuvil to Poligandy (P2P) March’ which ended on Sunday, February 7.…
The United Kingdom is set to present a resolution at the 46th Sessions of the UNHRC on (read, ‘against’) Sri Lanka. Ideally the United States…
The Committee on Foreign Relations of the US presented an analysis on Sri Lanka to the Senate on December 7, 2009, i.e. almost seven…
There’s a bill currently at the ‘Committee Stage’ in the UK’s House of Lords which that country’s High Commissioner in Sri Lanka, Sarah Hulton,…
Come January and sometimes even late December, we notice an outpouring of ‘concern’ for Sri Lanka. There are countries which was to help Sri…
We wrote in this column about journeys, leadership and ‘core-beliefs’ following a rare comment or rather a piece of advice offered by Ranjan Madugalle. This…
So. Sri Lanka once again at the embarrassing end of a 2-0 series result. Sure, there were injuries but it was not as much a…
Last week we wrote that it’s time for the Geneva Circus and that it would come with molehills and mountains. Well, now we have…
Circus Pacifica, Apollo Circus and of course the amazing Chinese Circus — readers of an earlier generation will no doubt remember these. The…
The number 13 is thought by some to be unlucky. Some even believe it is associated with evil. The number 13 is associated with Sri…
Whenever predictions are made about repercussions from the international community for things said or left unsaid or else things done or left undone, I am…
This column focuses on local politics. As opposed to global affairs. However, ‘local-global’ is, as sociologists would point out, a false dichotomy. What happens or…
The Indian Foreign Minister arrived in Sri Lanka on Tuesday. His schedule includes discussions with the President, Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister. …
The year 2020 was eminently forgettable and that has very little to do with politics. The obvious need not be stated. As for the…
No. Not THAT elephant nor the one which turned itself into a telephone. Neither are in the room. The compass is not in the room…
Those who worship free markets would say, ‘there is no such thing as a free lunch.’ Nothing comes free. Everything has a price which,…
Way back in the year 1983, probably in mid March, Amitha Abeysekera, who wrote a daily column for ‘The Island’ titled ‘This is my…
Is it absolutely safe to bury those who have died of Covid-19? No one can say with absolute certainty. The World Health Organization (WHO)…
We’ve had a fire at the Supreme Court, the reconstitution of the Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC), moves to reconstitute the Public Utilities Commission…
On December 1, 2020, Secretary to the President P.B. Jayasundera wrote to the Secretary to the Treasury S.R. Attygalle to close down the Public…
Last week we discussed some interesting observations that Ranjan Madugalle made about journeys. A man who has been associated with cricket all his life, as…
THE WEEK THAT WAS The third reading of the Budget 2021 was passed in parliament with amendments on Thursday with a majority of…
The term ‘fake news’ immediately implies there are two kinds of news, what’s false and what’s not. In other words, there’s ‘news’ and there’s…
Ranjan Madugalle doesn’t give interviews. That’s a contractual bind with the ICC he can do nothing about. His work speaks for him, it could…
Fire and brimstone. That’s one way of talking about the week that has passed. Fire, on account of the tragedy that unfolded at the…
On February 19, 2020, i.e. days before Parliament was dissolved and probably in full cognizance of impending General Elections, a report was released by ‘The…
El Pibe de Oro is no more. The Golden Boy was 60 years old when he took his inimitable character to regions unknown,…