Sri Lanka, Jan. 12 -- A video, just before former State Minister Ranjan Ramanayake's episode of droll self-mockery came out, gripped the country by a wave of despair. Can elders treat children who were entrusted to their care so inhumanely? The answer is yes, and the video depicts just the tip of an ice-berg, just as leaked videos allude to the decadence in body politic.
Though the man who recorded it had a longer clip, the one that was released to the media was short, but captured the stark violence of the incident. It shows a woman tying the hands of a girl, while another kicked her relentlessly. Then both women proceeded to kick the girl as one held her by the hair. The women then use a bat to beat the girl. It is noticeable that the gi...