Cleaning the Augean Stables, in Colombo

by Tisaranee Gunasekara-December 12, 2015, 6:44 pm

"The black cells will dry
up and die Or sing with joy and have
their way."
Jorge Luis Borges (Cancer Cells)

Last week Beijing went into shutdown mode. Children were housebound, factories and worksites closed and cars disallowed on roads. The reason for this three day state of emergency was not a terrorist threat but extreme air pollution. A foul smelling and tasting smog enveloped the city rendering the very act of breathing life-threatening. The Beijing Times very appropriately called it ‘Airpocalypse’. China was infamous for a growth model which completely ignored environmental concerns. The payback time has arrived.

Cleaning the Augean Stables, In Colombo by Thavam Ratna