Number Twelve in three of its many contexts Source:Island We in Sri Lanka are going through one of our hardest times since being independent of British rule for more than seven decades. JVP insurrections and the civil war were hard to go through, but barring the pandemic, we need not have come to such straits. The world too suffers, not only from a resurgence of variants of Covid 19 in most countries, but from unusual weather and other man-made travails. A friend in New York said she had not taken down her Christmas tree though January 5 was past. “I wanted the solace of its brightness and glow of lights. The children have just left home and it’s bleak.” A snow storm, much exaggerated in the media, was blowing outside. Like many others I craved respite from mishaps, illnesses and mismanagement. The Christmas song I did not think much of, ...

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