What will another new year bring – more bloated rhetoric and hocus-pocus? View(s):I suppose it is traditional to wish your relatives and friends a happy and successful New Year. But what concerns me right now is the change in international geopolitics and where Sri Lanka will end up before long, for those changes have had an effect on Sri Lankan policymaking. It seems that even appointments confirmed by other friendly nations, which in times of war had served Sri Lanka well, are pushed into the back burner to accommodate Modi’s envoy, however belated he might be, even in a private jet. Later he was Deputy Chief of Mission in Bangkok and Deputy High Commissioner in London before returning to journalism.)

Source: Sunday Times January 04, 2026 07:01 UTC