Someone had to say it

This week, we’re starting with what should be front-page news every day. Gaza is starving, and the world is still scrolling. Meanwhile, Sri Lanka continues to serve drama with a side of disappointment: millionaire’s kids turned petty thieves, and a surging crisis of elephant deaths that should have us all outraged but somehow doesn’t. Let’s get into it.

Gaza Is Starving. And the World Is Scrolling

The last baby who died in Gaza — at the time of writing — weighed less than she did when she was born. Let that sink in.

Hospitals are barely functioning. Aid trucks are stalled. Parents are watching their children wither, and there’s nothing they can do. Not from lack of love, but from the world’s lack of conscience.
Still wondering how genocide happens? You’re watching it. Slow, deliberate, and globally documented. The difference now is that we have hashtags, satellite imagery, and statements of “deep concern” that do absolutely nothing.

And to anyone who still wonders, How did the Holocaust happen?  Wonder no more. We are watching the blueprint unfold in real time. Now we know better. And yet, nothing.

The international community isn’t “failing” Gaza. It’s ignoring it.

We don’t need more statements. We need stop signs for bombs, for blockades, and for a system that lets one group starve while the rest of us scroll past. We say “never again” while letting it happen in real time. Gaza is starving. And humanity is failing.

This period will be studied with shame. Our silence, our slowness, our selective outrage. All of it. And future generations will ask what we already know: “How did they let the genocide happen?”

Last Word: History isn’t repeating itself. It’s live-streaming. In HD.

Rolexes, Rich Dads & Robberies

Who needs Netflix when Sri Lanka’s true crime scene is serving plot twists like this?

This week, two young men, including the actual son of a millionaire businessman from Panadura and an Australia returnee, were arrested for snatching handbags and phones from women all across Colombo. Over 20 phones, some dismantled, others stashed under the millionaire’s roof, have been recovered. Also found: heroin, fake number plates, and a clear trail of desperation.

Turns out, these men weren’t robbing for Rolexes. They were allegedly spending all of it feeding a heroin addiction, up to 20 packets a day. Police say the duo confessed to a two-month spree across Boralesgamuwa, Mirihana, Athurugiriya, and more, targeting women walking home from work and tossing their empty handbags into rivers once done.

Your dad’s money can buy a lot of things, but apparently, not good decisions.

Last Word: Rich kids playing thug life isn’t rebellion. It’s just embarrassing.

Save Our Elephants. Before It’s Too Late.

Sri Lanka’s elephants are dying, and not of natural causes. The recent surge in elephant killings is as heartbreaking as it is infuriating. After years of hard-won progress in reducing fatalities, we’re now watching it unravel.

These aren’t just animals. They’re part of our cultural fabric, our tourism appeal, and our ecological balance. And yet, they’re being chased off their land, electrocuted, shot, or caught in homemade traps, while authorities look the other way. Some even actively contribute to the destruction.

Human-elephant conflict is real, especially in areas where development pushes further into wildlife territory. But the solution cannot be killing. We need better planning, stricter enforcement, and actual intervention, not silence and shrugs. The more we delay, the more we lose. And once our elephants are gone, no apology will bring them back.

Last Word: When we kill off our elephants, we’re not just losing wildlife. We’re erasing our future.

Until next week, stay alert, stay loud, and remember, some silences will echo through history.
– Rihaab