Making Lanka ‘Wonder of Asia’
Today is the red letter day in the annals of our
country because it is a historic achievement for a country or a
political party to be able to command a two-third majority in its
national legislature.
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On forgotten, forgettable, unforgettable and ‘forgetted’
Ladies and gentlemen, we all forgot and keep
forgetting do we not that there’s a 9/11 every year and there’s been
9/11s since human beings started carving up time into months, days,
hours, minutes and seconds, screwed the season in the rush and made
it eminently suited to be translated into money a few centuries
later. There are 9/11s then and 9/11s now.
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Motor traffic law vs people’s hardship
So much of despondency has been expressed by
countless number of people time and again in the press and on TV in
this country to highlight the chaotic conditions on our public
highways, road indiscipline, dark streets, lethargy or the
ineffective law enforcing authorities. Despite all such lamenting,
it is apparent that nothing concrete seems to take effect (at least
visually). Metaphorically speaking it has become like Beeri Alinta
Veena Gahanna wage (playing violins to deaf elephants)!
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