The German Embassy in Colombo has sought to clarify Germany’s political situation following news of a surge for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) in the regional state election in Saxony-Anhalt, stressing
“One ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.” ~ JRR Tolkien (The Lord of the Rings) JRR Tolkien’s One Ring was an instrument of power and suppression, forged
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“Israel today is dynamiting the edifice of the global norms built after 1945.” Pankaj Mishra (The Shoah after Gaza – London Review of Books – 21.3.2014) In the second decade of the
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“Wishes come true; Not free.” ~ (Stephen Sondheim – In to the Woods) The Grimm version is known wider but the Turkish one cuts deeper. In both tales, the boy goes in
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“The future is cloth waiting to be cut.”Seamus Heaney (The Burial at Thebes) The point had been made often enough. Without a Gotabaya Rajapaksa presidency, there wouldn’t have been an Anura Kumara
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The Election Commission continues to rock. This week, it halted, for the duration of parliamentary polls, an order by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to increase fertiliser and fuel subsidies to farmers and
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“Have you learned nothing from history?” ~ Freud (The Future of an Illusion) Wrath is the opening word of The Iliad. Wrath is a key driver of the upcoming presidential election.
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“What can be worse than the worst?” Seamus Heaney (The burial at Thebes) In October 2014, the Centre for Policy Analysis published its third survey mapping the thinking of the Lankan people.
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“…who’s the fairest of them all?” ~ Grimm Brothers (Snow White) The most iconic moment at Nelson Mandela’s star-studded memorial service was a handshake. As US President Barack Obama ran up to
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“I like the politicians who tell the truth – so that’s none of them.” ~ A British voter (The Guardian – 19.6.2024) Two years ago, on 20th July 2022, Lankan parliament voted
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“We are accused of terrorism If we dare to write about the remains of a homeland…. About a homeland where birds are not allowed to sing About a homeland where writers must
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