There was a time when his grandfather was the undisputed monarch of the upcountry estate-kingdom. The political landscape in the estate-kingdom has undergone much change since then and the grandson, the King Rooster who inherited the grandfather’s political mantle no longer reigns supreme there.
There is a deputy purohita well-known as the political power behind the issuance of many permits for mining and transporting sand. Of course, the politico is keeping himself out of the scene as he has a family member as the front man for directly dealing with the permit seekers.
Our country had the occasion to host a very important international conference in Colombo recently. A senior purohita hailing from the central hills too was billed to deliver an address at the inaugural session of this conference and thanks to a good copy done by his aides, he delivered an impressive speech when his turn came to take the floor.
A Christmas party hosted to minor employees of two establishments owned by a multi-billionaire friend of a very high political authority last week went sour when a guest employee hit a female executive with an empty bottle.
There is a deputy purohita who had been consistent over the years in his stand against the practice of grooming family members for high political office resorted to by some powerful politicos and he would often condemn this practice in his public speeches.
This politico is known to be waxing eloquent about the need to protect the environment. However, he has been passively looking on when the wewa in a village is being polluted by the effluent from his close kinsman’s factory located on a village.
A story doing rounds in an establishment conspicuous by its Dharma Chakra emblem says that the head of this establishment had a shocking experience while on an official visit abroad recently when he had occasion to listen verbatim to a hush-hush discussion going on against him back home.
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