The Land of the Blind and Dumb View(s):I was reminded this month about that old Sinhala saying ‘In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king’ – and musing about the fact that this observation is so true in our own country today. It is not that we citizens of Sri Lanka are simply blind – we are blind as well as dumb. Our country could ill afford the political mismanagement and gross lack of responsible governance that went by the name of Yahapalanaya. Today, politicians disregard the dignity of us ordinary citizens and show scant respect for the rule of law in this country. Almost all his cabinet ministers were quite affluent – rich enough in their own right to afford to be honest.

Source: Sunday Observer September 26, 2021 00:56 UTC