A Reply to Tissa Devendra on Rebuilding Sri Lanka
The venomous response of Devendra in the Island of 16th March does not merit a reply but I need to set the record straight. As I said in my original entry, “The…
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Rebuilding Sri Lanka
A perceptive and sensitive Sri Lankan has noted; “It is reported that the people of the North, especially in the Jaffna district, have developed a feeling of dissatisfaction, disaffection and contempt towards…
Interview with Prof. Kumar David
Prof. Kumar David, an electrical engineer by training, regular columnist in traditional print media and a frequent commentator on , talks about what’s left of leftist politics in Sri Lanka, the end…
Going beyond Sarath Fonseka in achieving democracy for people
A visibly shaken wife in tears, Anoma Fonseka told the media “this is the gift my husband got for finishing a 30 year war”. Gen Sarath Fonseka was arrested, or detained, or…
Challenges of Development: The Next Phase
It is over. We have a winner, and we have a loser. The margin of victory has many messages. In mature democracies, play leading up to the climax is performed in a…
THE RAJAPAKSE REGIME: BRICKBATS, PLAUDITS
[Editors note: This article complements , also by the same author.] This is a disjointed exercise that does not claim comprehensiveness. That is impossible in a short essay, the more so because…
SRI LANKA MAY WANT – AN ECONOMIC VISION 2030
The risks and rewards of a Development Plan for Sri Lanka Sri Lanka today is in the category of a poor country status, listed in the “Institutional Investor”, September 2009 Country Credit…
