D R Wijewardene - A true patriot
Today is the 114th birth anniversary of the Founder Chairman of The
Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd, D R Wijewardene who was not
merely a newspaper magnate but also a patriot who used the
newspapers to instill the importance of regaining independence in
the minds and to agitate for it strongly
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Observations on the ‘labyrinthing’ of Sarath Fonseka
Leaders sometimes suffer a lot on account of
being lied to by their most trusted loyalists. Loyalists are given
to painting rosy pictures about things. They are deft and slashing
‘i’ and ‘m’ from impossible and then replacing ‘possible’ with
‘probable’. Naive leaders with little experience and unable to lay a
finger on the political pulse of a nation broaden grin, swell chest
and strut around; they start flapping non-existent wings and believe
that they are about to fly. They can only jump. And then they fall.
Hard.
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Legality of Fonseka’s arrest
The UNP, JVP and other combined Opposition
parties that contested the 2010 Presidential Election under the swan
symbol of the common candidate General Sarath Fonseka whose theme
was “Change” ‘Save democracy’ were soundly defeated by the incumbent
President Mahinda Rajapaksa by a majority of 1.8 million votes.
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