Srilanka, Oct. 24 -- On 24 October 1994, my father was assassinated. Thirty-two years later, I do not wish to write another article recounting the Mahaweli Development Programme, Sri Lanka's entry into Test cricket or the offices he held.

Those achievements belong to history. They have been written about often enough.

Instead, I want to ask a question about the Sri Lanka of 2026.

Have we become better at identifying everything that is wrong with our country than at actually putting things right?

It is a question that goes beyond any one government or political party. Indeed, it is a question that every generation of Sri Lankan political leadership, including my own, must confront.

We have become exceptionally skilled at politica...