January 13, 2015
This column is not about donkeys. It’s not even about the indigenous Mannar species we have on this once, late lamented, ‘Wonder of Asia’. Neither is it about alcohol. Not even about exotic beverages that were served, until recently, at the highest level – Johnny Walker Blue Label or Chivas Regal – we have heard, of ‘Mathata Thitha’ fame. Nor is it about the more mundane ethanol and the related moonshine a.k.a. the common or garden kassippu, which is the source of many a politician’s unaccountable wealth, busted up on elections to subvert the voter’s democratic choice.
This column is not about donkeys. It’s not even about the indigenous Mannar species we have on this once, late lamented, ‘Wonder of Asia’. Neither is it about alcohol. Not even about exotic beverages that were served, until recently, at the highest level – Johnny Walker Blue Label or Chivas Regal – we have heard, of ‘Mathata Thitha’ fame. Nor is it about the more mundane ethanol and the related moonshine a.k.a. the common or garden kassippu, which is the source of many a politician’s unaccountable wealth, busted up on elections to subvert the voter’s democratic choice.