“To dare is to lose one’s footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself.” ~ Soren Kierkegaard Can I take that Risk? If I take it, what can happen to me, my family and my country? These are the nagging questions, the opposition wants the people to ask themselves about the...
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Information emerging to date is that the NPP is focusing on this aspect of electioneering with adequately staffed experts and general staff. The whole idea is to make the group or number of people that need to be either converted or reassured to vote for the particular party as small as poss...
Yet, NPP has more homework to do if it were to receive an intergenerational mandate to govern on its own. The ageing generation of voters, without whose support NPP cannot win, are the most conservative of the lot who would reject any radical change to the old order but may accept some ...
Yet listening to AKD these days is a therapy. Forget about his delivery and the mastery of the vernacular; the substance is way ahead of any politician who is living today. Bordering on deeply philosophical arguments, AKD has clearly captured the attention of the young, middle-aged and old,...
it will be a monumental step forward in the ongoing and often arduous journey toward a more perfect union. This moment invites the world to admire America for her growing inclusiveness, while America herself may look inward, reflecting on how far she has come and how unimaginable this journey ...
”“He has an unclean spirit.” These are some of the accusations attacking Jesus. Those attacks were meant to discredit him and destroy his popularity. These accusations were at the beginning of his public life. But the attacks became more serious and more vicious later at the tail end of...
(NPP) led byAnura Kumara Dissanayake(AKD) seems to be the only political party that is promising a “system change” or paradigm shift through a “social revolution” and bring about a historic U-turn in the country’s direction towards achieving internal peace, external respect and economic ...
(i.e. people who are capable and willing to participate and contribute to the production process can do so, thereby benefiting the output at the same time) and the agenda of sustainable development goals declared in 2016 by the UN. The Vision of NPP is aimed at a decent life for all ...
The man who watched all this gleefully from the sideline wasRanil Wickremesinghe(RW). Whether he had a premonition or not, fortune knocked on his door twice, offering him first with a premiership and then with the presidency. He was sympathetic to the youth initially and even asked the pol...