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Congratulations to two Sri Lankan fiction writers!-by NAN Source:Island In this time of gloom and doom, bequeathed us by capricious and unrelenting Nature and the shortsighted obstinacy of our highest leaders, it is so good and such a relief to the spirits to read and pass on good news. We have failed dismally at the Olympics but that is no matter since the Olympics is designed for playing the game fair, not just to win but to foster fellow feeling among sportspersons and athletes from over 200 countries. So we congratulate our contestants for reaching Olympic entry standards and participating in the 2020 Games. (It looks again from news snippets that others journeying to Tokya, together with MPs and Ministers outnumbered our athletes!!) However, we have two outstanding persons in creative writing, one an outright winner and the other, one among thirteen short listed writers to crow over. Hail the ...