My wandering mind!

With Covid-19 forcing me to stay at home my mind roams around what I read in “The Island” and hear on TV. And questions arise frequently, and I am not able to find the answers. Thought of sending those to “The Island” hoping some reader would help me to find the answers.

When President, is mentioned, in Sinhala it is ‘Athi Garu Janaadhipathi Thumaa’, in English he is just ‘President’. For the first time in our history, the Attorney General has become very popular as he has started giving various orders to the Police and other state officials. Earlier, those orders came from Judges. In Sinhala he too comes with the prefix ‘Garu’ and in English he is just ‘Attorney General’.

I see politicians of various colours visiting Maha Naayake Theras with nicely covered “Ata Pirikara” which those Theras never use. Why don’t they say to the Dayakes that offering unwanted things do not gain merits? Today (Oct 15) in the “Opinion” page JFL writes about LRT and criticizes what Dr L Gunaruwan said in the presence of the President. My thinking is that there was nothing wrong with what Dr L G said as a smiling President was very pleased with what he (L G) was saying. Further that is the way everyone should act these days. In the same page, N A de S Amaratunga says that China is a True Friend. If it is TRUE, China should have advised our rulers “Don’t borrow from anybody, my friend, as you would not be able to pay back”.

Covid-19, please help me to become “Old Normal” and stop thinking about these minor things.

A R