By Dr. Sumedha S. Amarasekara I have borrowed the first part of my title from the editorial of The Island, 9.08.2021. This is indeed a timely...
By Lynn Ockersz “You’re blessed with an iron fist, That none at home or in our teeming slums, Would dare resist when you flex your muscles”;...
By Dr Upul Wijayawardhana No doubt, there are many necessary evils in life! Powerful nations, that try to solve other’s problems by force, say that war...
By Chandrasena Maliyadde The government has decided to convert the entire agriculture production from non-organic into organic. The President has declared that Sri Lanka is the...
By Lynn Ockersz Solitary, skeletal and grim-faced, He remains in his car park vigil, Though it’s some time since night set in, But the money...
By Shamindra Ferdinando UNP leader and yahapalana Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was a political devil and the earlier administration in which he served as PM, akin...
By Dr. Dileep Chandralal I have been following the ongoing debate in The Island on university education, Arts graduates and employment. I have also watched a...
by Santhushya Fernando Blossoming somewhere between a Chinaman and a Jam Fruit Tree is a Lotus. An unusual place to bloom, but there it is, anyway,...
by Dr L M K Tillekeratne Former Director of the RRI and UNIDO consultant in Rubber Processing President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s recent address to the nation made...
By Lynn Ockersz Six anxious, awkward teenage girls, Are following their “Madam” close at heel, To the rundown Spa hardly seen in the busy street, But...