Sri Lanka’s ruling National People’s Power (NPP) coalition won 265 out of 336 local governing bodies in the May 6 local government elections, reaffirming its popular support, but the transition to democracy is fraught with contradictions, reports Janaka Biyanwila.
Muslim
I caught a taxi this morning. Muslim taxi driver. We listened to the radio silently, side by side all the way, ABC News. Almost all of it, relentlessly, consisted of quotes about the evils of Islam, from lengthy Trump and Clinton quotes to a rationalised discussion about indefinite imprisonment for those with radical views in our own country.
We sat, rigid with embarrassment, with nothing to say. All I could think was that this was 10 minutes out of my day, but it was going to be repeated over and over again for him. And still I had nothing to say.