Notes from the apocalypse — Part 4

Suren Ratwatte
Sri Lanka’s Summer of Discontent 2022
6 min readJul 13, 2022

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Drama at the airport, mobs storming TV stations, the turmoil continues in Colombo.

The old parliament building surrounded by protestors. Courtesy News First

The joy of the Aragalaya’s (revolution’s) victory last weekend, reported on here, is fading fast. For a few dramatic hours, as the President’s House and Office plus the Prime Minister’s official residence (known as Temple Trees for gracious avenue of Frangipani trees…

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Suren Ratwatte
Sri Lanka’s Summer of Discontent 2022

I love airplanes and history. Trying to combine both interests in this blog, with stories of the old aircraft and the recollections of those who flew them.