Consistency Reigns Supreme: A call for a decisive voter

The Prince of Kandy Maya Angelou once said, “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” This piece of wisdom underscores the urgent appeal of this article: to encourage voters to solidify their decisions about presidential candidates sooner rather than later. As election season unfolds, with candidates’ manifestos publicly available and ... Read More

What’s Sajith stance?

What is Sajith’s position? For those genuinely interested in how Sajith might have managed the crisis differently, there is one main source of information, which is fortunately available on YouTube[i]. To minimize bias in my summary, I used ChatGPT to provide an overview. ChatGPT Summary In his speech, Sajith Premadasa outlines his solution to Sri ... Read More

Learning from Israel

Also published at https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/from-israel-to-sri-lanka-the-political-power-of-the-defense-agenda/ Presidential politics are bad, particularly how it intertwines with the presidential system and the central role of defense and violence in maintaining political power. This examination is not a critique of foreign policy in isolation but a broader analysis of the mechanics of political authority within the presidential framework of the ... Read More

Shall we decide?

The Prince of Kandy Also published at https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/shall-we-decide/ This is being written in two veins. One to point out the massive corporate hypocrisy of our media landscape. Secondly and most importantly to at least maintain the adversarial façade of our political landscape. Rajandram Rajamahendran was not a nice man. His achievements in cricket are mainly ... Read More