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July 1, 2005
It's all relative, maaan
Everything is relative. That I know, or am at least beginning to realise. Happiness, poverty, success, beauty. And so the other day I took and excursion on the subject of fame’s relativity. It sounds elementary, but you have to be recognised for your fame to work its powers.
If a famous person walks into a room and no one recognises them, do they still make the social pages?
Having dinner at one of Colombo’s la-di-da restaurants the other night I saw my boss walk in. But when I saw my boss, every other diner saw Sunethra Bandaranaike: the Presidents sister, whose mother was the first female President, whose father was the most loved President and who is part of the most politically powerful families in Sri Lanka. The Bandaranaike’s, the Kennedy’s of Sri Lanka, are recognised, well-connected, powerful and simultaneously loved and hated depending on who you talk to, but had she walked into a similar place in Perth she would have been a face in the crowd. Here she makes the social pages.
Posted by catherine at July 1, 2005 6:31 PM