UNP’s Defeat – I By Jayantha Somasundaram “… the liberal-cosmopolitan intelligentsia … supported … the UNP. Few, very few, deigned to support the SJB.”  Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka The Election Result and the Intelligentsia (Colombo Telegraph August 7, 2020) According to Karl Marx, history repeats itself, appearing the first time as tragedy and the second time as farce. … Continue reading Class, caste and the politics of destruction