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A Centrist Social Compact
The hullabaloo over sanitary pads has served a salutary purpose. It...
2019-11-02 18:30:00 0
A special hell for principled pundits
In his classic narrative poem ‘Divine Comedy’, Dante Alighieri...
2019-10-26 18:30:00 0
A past haunts a hero
“You are talking about the past. Let’s talk about the future. I am...
2019-10-19 18:30:00 0
A ‘Brobdingnagian’ consensus: The need of the hour
It was a ‘Brobdingnagian’ display of popular solidarity behind...
2019-10-12 18:30:00 0
Mob frenzy in the halls of justice
On Friday, October 4, a three-judge bench of the Court of Appeal...
2019-10-05 18:30:00 0
Death of Truth at Shangri-La
Democracy will not comeToday, this yearNot everThrough compromise and...
2019-09-14 18:30:00 0
Who is most likely to win?
“When there’s no worthwhile banner, you start to march behind...
2019-09-07 18:30:00 0
No bourgeoisies, no democracy
“It was not Marx’s aim to discover the ‘eternal laws’ of economy. He...
2019-08-24 18:30:00 0
Who is afraid of Gota?
Tyrants rule through fraud and force, but once the fraud is exposed,...
2019-08-10 18:30:00 0
A sermon on stoning
It is generally assumed we have passed the stone age, the bronze age...
2019-06-22 18:30:00 0
Fast in Kandy: A Feast for Fools
When a wise man,established well in moralityDevelops consciousness...
2019-06-08 18:30:00 0
Terrorism : The problem and punditry
The term ‘terrorism’ means premeditated, politically motivated...
2019-06-01 18:30:00 0
Appointment in ‘Kattankudy’
This essay is an excavation of the roots of mindless rage that burst...
2019-05-25 18:30:00 0
The aftermath
Why is this age worse than earlier ages?In a stupor of grief and...
2019-05-18 18:30:00 0
A candidate crops a carnage
Nanda Malini’s lyrical lament over the tyranny of injustice is...
2019-05-11 18:30:00 0
Anatomy of a pitiless bloodbath
Terror takes tolerance hostage. The purpose of terror is to undermine...
2019-05-04 18:30:00 0
Ahimsa’s plaint: State sanctioned ‘Hinsa’
What is time?... We surely know what we mean when we speak of it. We...
2019-04-20 18:30:00 0
Perfidious politics of Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe PC
Inject truth to politics. Then you will not have any politics.The...
2019-02-16 18:30:00 0
How Humbug Holds ‘Hope’ Hostage
Clever people often get trapped in their own cleverness. Convinced...
2019-02-02 18:30:00 0
Making Democracy a National Heritage
“The moment would come when both the economic and political systems...
2019-01-19 18:30:00 0
“Unhappy is the land that needs a hero”
“Unhappy is the land that needs a hero” is the heavy-hearted response...
2018-10-20 18:30:00 0
Our Spectator Democracy
Nothing can be said about our politics that has not already been said...
2018-10-13 18:30:00 0
Patriotic truth and plain truth
“The time is out of joint; O cursed spite That ever I was born to set...
2018-09-22 18:30:00 0
Dramatics in Delhi
Truth in the modern world has different shades and different facets....
2018-09-15 18:30:00 0
Smouldering embers of a Fireside Chat
“To the well-fed it seems cowardly to complain of tight boots,...
2018-09-08 18:30:00 1
Politics of Evil
This essay is an exploration of our current political discourse...
2018-09-01 18:30:00 0
Politics of Memory
“I don’t remember Karu Jayasuriya calling me.”I asked them what was...
2018-08-25 18:30:00 0
Understanding Proximate Rivalry
The synchronic rise of China and India has prompted the euphemism- ‘...
2018-08-18 18:30:00 0
Truth, Lies and Mahinda Rajapaksa
The former President Mahinda Rajapaksa has warned buyers of our...
2018-08-04 18:30:00 0
Promise of 2015 and truths thereafter
“When words lose their meaning and their capacity to bind those who...
2018-07-28 18:30:00 0

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