Sri Lanka, Dec. 4 -- What is truth and who is a true person? Spiritually and philosophically a true person is someone who is sincere, selfless and sacrificial while serving others and giving freely without expecting anything in return. Shakespeare gave a famous description when he said "To thine own self be true and it must follow, as the night the day and you cannot be false to anyone".

In most if not all countries today the leadership and especially the political leadership often if not always falls short of the truth and of being a truthful person. Instead in most instances we see grabbing and not giving by leaders who could be described as hypocrites, whitewashed sepulchers or sanctimonious humbugs. Indeed during the past two years t...