The tough get going View(s):My dear Namal baby,It has been a while since I wrote to you last, but I thought I must do so again after seeing you being summoned to the CID last week, along with your mother who was asked to report to the FCID. They have happened before during the ‘yahapalanaya’ era, when you casually dropped in to their offices wearing a pair of shorts. Is there a better example of going from the sublime to the ridiculous? Yours truly,Punchi PuthaPS – They used to say that ‘when the going gets tough, the tough get going’. In your family though, it seems that when the going gets tough, they have already gone.

Source: Sunday Times February 08, 2026 01:27 UTC