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Sunday Essay by Ajith Samaranayake

The commercial exploitation of Vesak is all the more insidious for being subtle. The Aluth Avurudda and Christmas are quite patently a paradise for both supermarkets and pavement hawkers but the commercialisation of Vesak proceeds behind the carapace of a fake piety.
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