Approximately 2456 km from Kuala Lumpur, where I now reside is Colombo, the commercial capital of Sri Lanka, my home country. Something happens in Colombo over three consecutive days in early March that tugs at my heartstrings.
Sri Lanka stands at a crossroads; its political and social fabric woven with threads of uncertainty and resilience.
The JVP Leader, who is also the leader of NPP, Mr Anura Kumara Dissanayake, made a highly controversial statement during one of his political meetings held on 26th February 2024.
The year 1987 was a significant year for Sri Lankan politics – a year that would forever alter the course of the island nation.
India’s cheekiest foreign minister ever, Mr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, meeting with the JVP leader Anura Kumara is what they call a “diplomatic slap”. And that slap is clearly targeted at Mr Ranil Wickremasinghe.
“God has given you one mouth and two ears for a reason. Talk less and listen more Dulinda!”. Though quite a common phrase, for me, this phrase remains very personal as it comes from an individual that I revere beyond many.
After the MAS employee’s hateful video went viral, the IMF seems to have gotten highly agitated by this serious threat coming from none other than the son of the secretary of the NPP itself, who some claim to be the next leader of JVP in the making.
Let me say “arrogance” is a reflection of “ignorance” and “haste” has nothing in common with “efficiency.”
Taking paracetamol when you are having a headache or bandaging your child's scrap when the child got hurt while playing does not feel like a big deal.
