pushed to the wall

"He was basically pushed to the wall and forced to leave in a huge youth protest that he fumbled in handling. His age will hold against his return," Mr Perera says.

But the book can also be seen as commentary on how those pushed to the wall by poverty and racism will sometimes take matters into their own hands.

"He was basically pushed to the wall and forced to leave in a huge youth protest that he fumbled in handling. His age will hold against his return," Kunal Perera says.

If the 2021 monsoon rains yield more water than last year—the driest year on record—the litter will be pushed to the wall by the flooding and collect there.

“I hope they understand students are pushed to the wall,” said coalition member Pallavi Rao.