India and uncontained cats
A leopard that had made its way into the northern Indian town of Meerut caused
a lot of panic, it is reported. One leopard. A single member of the cat
family. Just imagine if India had to deal with 20,000-30,000 tigers on
the loose. Can you even begin to imagine the havoc?
Who tarnishes country's image?
The President says it is the Opposition. It's hard to say.
These days there is hardly any opposition to talk about. The line
separating government and opposition is smudged because so many have crossed
over. If every highhanded act peels off a bit of colour from the
country's image, then it's not the opposition that's doing the
tarnishing. Sure, the opposition is the happy play-thing of forces intent
on destabilizing Sri Lanka, but that's just one kind of tarnishing. When
it comes to day-to-day tarnishing, ministers and members of parliament from the
ruling party are hard to beat.
India's neighborly love for Sri Lanka
India is reported to have banned Callum McRae's excuse-for-journalism
'No Fire Zone'. The reason? It might offend a friendly neighbouring
country -- that's Sri Lanka. So India says. If India is so
concerned about offending Sri Lanka, then India can adopt a hands-off policy on
Sri Lanka. If not, India should not only un-ban Callum McRae's film
(wrongly called 'documentary') but honour him with the top title reserved for
non-Indians. India can't have it both ways.
Wiggie's impotence
The Northern Chief Minister is upset. C.V. Wiggie is wringing his
hands. He can't do a thing he says. He blames the Government.
He blames inadequacies in the 13th Amendment. He blames everything and
everyone. But had he checked out what people like Udaya Gammanpila has
done given the very same constitutional inadequacies, Wiggie might stop pointing
fingers. Instead of blaming others, he might blame himself for his
impotency.
The cattle have rebelled and how!
While human beings are arguing about the ethics of cattle
slaughter, some saying 'fair game' and others saying 'over our dead bodies', it
seems that the creature at the center of the debate (whose opinions on the
matter have not been sought) has taken matters into its own hands.
They've decided to get infected. Hoof and Mouth. 'Try eating us
now, punk!' they seem to be saying.
Royce Fernando's love
He so loved the people he wanted to serve that he
robbed Rs 20 million so he could spend it on his election campaign. He
wanted to make sure that the people know how much he loves them and convincing,
apparently, is a costly business these days. So he robbed. What's
wrong with that, eh? If he didn't get caught he would have got
elected. What then? Would he carry out more robberies to collect
the funds needed to sort out the people's problems?
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