A Nation Of Bystanders
| by Tisaranee Gunasekara
“There must be some way out of here….”
( Bob Dylan (All along the Watchtower)February 6, 2014, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) Mel Gunasekera, the accomplished journalist; Lahiru Sandaruwan Rathnayake, the aspiring undergraduate – both died last week. The acclaimed journalist at the Zenith of her profession was murdered, reportedly by a non-professional thief. The unknown student at the threshold of his university life died, when a pre-existing health condition turned lethal during the military-conducted ‘Leadership Training Programme’ all university-entrants are subjected to.