JIA. I had never heard that acronym. Offhand, if someone asked, I might have thought it stood for some international airline. Not any longer. I…
About twenty five years ago a young graduate from the University of Peradeniya got a teaching appointment in Dutuwewa, which is close to Galenbindunuwewa in…
A year ago, UN Human Rights Commissioner Michelle Bachelet made the following observation in her report on Sri Lanka (tabled on March 8, 2019): ‘On…
Pic courtesy elakiri.com Mangala Samaraweera is reported to have opined that the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) will secure a two thirds majority at the…
There are shortcuts to success but none that take you to greatness. Success is often taken to be a matter of being name-recognized or face-recognized,…
US TROOPS: An idiot’s choice, absolutely! The United States of America and her agents in Colombo which include but is not restricted to people in…
Mangala Samaraweera is reported to have opined that the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) will secure a two thirds majority at the parliamentary elections which…
A YouTube video going viral on social media has a state official going one-on-one with a politician. Well, not exactly one-on-one because the politician had…
The universe is made of breaks. Broken things and things breaking. That’s one way to think of it. It’s made of making too. Things put…
Beautiful places make memories, inspire poetry. Things familiar also do of course. Very often that which makes places most memorable quite apart from what’s spectacular…
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s Independence Day speech was widely applauded. Presidents usually deliver decent enough speeches on such occasions. In this case, the word resonates with…
UNP parliamentarian Mangala Samaraweera is reported to have said that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa should not let conservative forces mislead him. Mangala got that one right.…
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, during his speech at the Independence Day celebrations, not unlike his predecessors, rolled out what could be called a ‘should-be’ list, implying…
The United National Party (UNP) is in crisis. It is so obvious that not even the need to show a bold front would make anyone…
A few years ago, while presenting the popular radio show ‘Subharathi,’ Indika Jayaratne made a wry observation: sivil samaajaya janasathu kala yuthui. Civil society ought to be…
Death does strange things to people, especially when the deceased is a loved one. It prompts recollection of times gone by, things said and unsaid,…
There’s a nation outside flag and anthem that must be lived in, protected and nurtured There are nationalists and they are vilified. There are people…
They will one day walk among flowers. Botanical gardens with exotic names will beckon. There will be butterflies and bouquets. They will encounter one day…
Rasika Jayakody is one of the finest writers of his generation. His Sinhala prose is exquisite. So too his poetry, both in Sinhala and English.…
About 14 years ago, a young parliamentarian entertained a group of friends by doing excellent impressions of well-known and senior colleagues in Parliament. He had…
Ishanka Malsiri, a young archaeologist, recently published one of the most exhaustive scholarly treatise I’ve read in Sinhala or English from anyone in the social…
Kylian Mbappé Lottin, 21, the best young football players and clearly among the best in the world according to some, already has an excellent reputation…
Is Ranjan Ramanayake a hero or a villain? Depends on who you ask and depends on what you are talking about. If anything he has…
‘Faraway’ is a word that makes one think of the most beautiful places, destinations minimally touched by human beings. Idyllic. In a sense it tickles…
About a week ago, a woman from Gonagalapura, Induruwa, brought her son to the Lady Ridgeway Hospital (LRH). The child who is autistic has to…