Author: Hassan Ali

Six o’clock comes and footsteps are heard by Vadim Kukin. The footsteps are firm, the wooden floor cracked rhythmically under each step. The streetlights flickered on a fading shadow against the walls. “He is not coming”, said his father, with a sad expression. “He is a ghost. He roams night for night around passing from house to house.” He is the ghost of Bucha who is looking for the souls who snubbed out his life. People in the village speak softly when the Ghost of Bucha is raised. Guys lifted their glasses in respect to the “prizrak”, to the Ghost,…

Just days after news broke that Channel Four’s documentary on the Easter attacks had been dismissed as a hoax by the committee led by Judge Imam – appointed by President Ranil Wickremesinghe – the Ministry of Public Security has bizarrely revived its investigation into the matter, prompted by an enigmatic complaint from an external organisation. The Sri Lanka Police Media Unit issued a statement on November 11 at 7:35 PM – just hours before the official end of campaigning for the parliamentary elections on November 14. This hasty announcement raises eyebrows, not just because of the timing, but also due…