report in The Morning, Apr 18, 2023Despite possessing enviable social indicators at the time of its’ Independence in 1948, Sri Lanka, at 75, is a “failed state”, former two-time President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga claimed on 16 April. “Seventy-five years is a long time for a nation to achieve considerable progress. Even after 450 years of destruction by colonial rulers, at Independence, Sri Lanka possessed some of the best socio economic indicators. Today, at 75, Sri…