The issue is not whether Mahinda Rajapaksa deserves an official residence or not. The issue is whether retired presidents should be maintained in such princely style – especially in a country where poverty has doubled since 2019 due mainly to the inane go

The issue is not whether Mahinda Rajapaksa deserves an official residence or not. The issue is whether retired presidents should be maintained in such princely style – especially in a country where poverty has doubled since 2019 due mainly to the inane go

By Tisaranee Gunasekara “There’s a world outside your window…” – Band Aid (Do they know it’s Christmas?) Austrian writer and Nobel Laureate Elfriede Jelinek’s magnum opus, ‘The Children of the Dead’, unfolds in the Austrian mountain resort, Alpenrose. Amongst the inn’s guests are three zombies, seeking ways to return to life. A fellow guest recognises ...Continue reading ‘The issue is not whether Mahinda Rajapaksa deserves an official residence …