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The
Junket
The
Big Bandara who metes out justice is not a man to be kept down easily.
The tunics of different hues who lead their groups at the House by the
Diyawanna were all set to go on a junket to Africa, Europe and North
America and the sittings of the House were also postponed by three
weeks. It was one instance where the fire breathing rhetoric by all
sides were buried in furtherance of a common cause.
Then
Satellite played spoil sport and asked the Blues not to go and the
Greens followed suit and the junket was cancelled. The obvious thing
to do then was for the House to have sittings and the tunics gathered
to decide the agenda.
But
our Big Bandara had planned his own private junket to neighbouring
India at the same time and was not about to change his plans due to
Satellite's changing moods.
And
so the man appealed to the rathu sahodarayas and agreement was reached
with the one who speaks for the House not to meet for three weeks so
that Big. Bandara can go on holiday.
All's
well that end's well, eh, for some at least.
Late
arrival
Having
got his way, Big Bandara got about his business in his own inimitable
cool manner and was to fly to Injun land the same day as Ra-kneel who
was southward bound.
And
a man given to punctuality, Ra-Kneel arrived at the airport one hour
early and took his flight but not so our Big Bandara.
The
man was otherwise occupied and arrived 15 minutes after the scheduled
departure time and the Monara was ordered to be kept waiting for the
man and kept it was.
Oh
well, guess these things happen only in paradise, what!
Humbugs
And
talking of goings on in Paradise, the Clown Prince takes the cake. The
Clown who is well known for sponging on his friends and the business
types for all manner of things including free junkets, was breathing
fire at the rathu sahodarayas' rally on Thursday and naming selected
business houses charged them of trying to stop the Blue-Red alliance
for fear their money making will be affected.
It
now transpires, some of those the Clown named have been sponsoring the
man and had him on their pay roll details of which will out soon. Tch!
Tch!
Supreme
irony
Ironies
will never cease in Paradise either, and while the rathu sahodarayas'
march was wending its way to Colombo down the road that is Galle, two
Blue types marched to the bridge that is Wellawatte to greet the red
marchers and cheer them on. One of them was the Clown. The other was
what had the Reds in stitches.
Yup
folks, it was none other than the Chandi Ketha-Arachchi from Kesbewa
way, who is an accused in a murder case. The irony being that it was
this Ketha Arachchi who during the Pee-A days held a photographic ex-hibition
at the hall in the town that is new of the atrocities of the rathu
sahodarayas. Hmm, nothing like a bit of power to bury the dead, truth
and the past, what!
Class
of '60
But
as far as the Clown is con-cerned, all is forgiven by Ra-kneel, who
helped the man sit in the chair that speaks to sort out hic hic
problems sometime back.
The
Pee-em is hosting his buddies from the class of '60 for a true blue
and gold bash at the Araliya Abode on September 14 and insisted the
Clown be invited.
And
another class buddy chipped in to say, given Banda's clowning ways, he
could provide the laughs at the do.
But
a bird whispered the Clown is fighting shy of going not knowing what
reception awaits from his buddies because of his new found friends not
in the purple but red brigade. Sin no!
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