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COVID 19; Flattening the curve has not worked in Australia By Raj Gonsalkorale Despite many measures taken in Australia, the aggregate number of positive cases is rising exponentially and not showing any sign of flattening. The daily number of positive cases is rising by around 25% and the total number as of the 25th morning was 2136. If this rate of increase persists, the number affected will rise to over 10,000 by the 31st March, and very frighteningly, to over 8 million by the 30th of April. This is the cumulative effect of an exponential increase. The graph below shows how this increase is happening now in Australia Containment of the COVID 19 virus is only possible if the rate of daily increase in positive cases can be reduced, and the curve that is reaching for the skies is flattened. This is what the medical experts say, and this ...

Counting & Cracking- A cracker of a play – By Raj Gonsalkorale Counting and Cracking made through ongoing collaboration between Belvoir and Co-Curious, and S. Shakthidharan and Eamon Flack – across writing, producing and direction was indeed a cracker of a play. It was brilliantly acted, tightly and yet meaningfully directed, and above all, the pathos that befell Sri Lanka in July 1983 depicted as the tragedy it was for the entire country. Politically speaking, the greatest tragedy was the active complicity of the then government in that dark episode. Many may not recall that the President and head of the government and head of the cabinet did not appear on TV to appeal for calm for nearly a week after the outbreak of violence, that many within the Police and Armed forces had been given orders to virtually look away when Tamil shops and homes were being burnt and human ...