Tunisia done, Egypt done and now seems Libya is on the brink.Protests have been continuing for the last few days in Libya and Colonel Muammar Ghaddafi, Libya’s idiosyncratic leader for forty one years is not using in

I have been fairly inactive on this blog for sometime now. Work and many other commitments have kept me away! A lot of things happening have been happening these days and to reiterate what I just

Lesley Hazleton, an agnostic Jew gives this very well understood presentation on TED about the Qur'an as an outsider to the fold of Islam.She highlights sensitive areas of misconception such as the alleged 'killing of non believers' and the idea of the '72 virgins in heaven'.I found this fascinating to listen to as a Muslim, the extent to which non ...

Lauren Booth, Cherie Blair’s sister and Tony Blair’s sister in law converted to Islam a few days ago. Where I am concerned, it’s just one of the many thousands of transitions that take place every year. The significa

I have been rather silent these few days. Well, truth be said there has been a lot happening - some I could do without, but I have seen people undergo so many calamities that make my odd discomfort seem non-existent. Just the other day I heard someone (not so well off Indian student must be) on the tube tell someone ...

Inspite of all this, here’s why Sri Lankans are still a happy lot!Sri Lankans are very very special, ironic it may be to say. But here’s why.Given the political development yesterday where the 18th amendment to the con

As ominous as it may sound, last Friday the 13th was my last day at work. I was working as a part I Architectural assistant at a reputed firm in central London. Regular readers of this blog and my followers on twitter may h

I was born and grew up in Colombo city, in spite of all that it has to offer, in spite of all those places that help make Colombo my home I have always wanted to live in Colombo in the 1940's.A time when we were still under colonial rule, and yet a time when Sri Lankans had a greater sense ...

I read Halik's post and remembered one of my own.When I was still in school in 2004, when having a phone was the ‘in thing’ and the likes of twitter or facebook were unheard of, I toured the UK for two weeks. I met other stud

Today was one of those days. I cycle to work now; I have now been cycling for about two weeks. It’s about 25km a day to and fro in the busy streets of central London; funnily enough I seem to like it. My backside was in protest