Today when we were travelling we had an interesting discussion about the present halal controversy. Ranjan explained the controversy by saying it appears that the main issue that's being sold to people is that non Muslims are being unfairly made to pay for the cost of halal certification.My opinion was pretty simple. I said when you want to feed a ...
Today while I was walking back to office after taking my lunch, there was this crow seated on one of the hand rails on the entrance to the railway station and it was crowing loudly. First I stared at it and the crowing got louder. The old instincts got the better out of me and spontaneously I wriggled my face ...
A few months back I was talking to a friend of mine and he was complaining that his boss has this weird habit of proclaiming others ideas as his own. So he used a classic metaphor to explain how things happen, story goes like this one day he ate at a certain new restaurant and was impressed with the food ...
The only time I remember a results for the big match was during the Murali and Kalpage era, when I was in Junior school, we lost the match before lunch on the second day. Rest of the matches were all draws. During my school days I had come to the conclusion that big match having outright wins were a thing ...
Over the weekend I found some time to watch Theivathirumahal movie. Its a beautiful movie and the little kid's acting was good as Vikram's acting. A phenomenal achievement given that Vikram is probably one of the best Tamil actors! The best part was the climax given above, where the acting of Child and Viram touched a peak! Its a movie ...
There is this old dude probably in his 50's got in to the bus and sat next to me. Suddenly the lady seated in front turned and asked him "where is the computer?" He panicked, searched for it and then got down and tried to chase the three wheeler. After 10 mins totally tired and frustrated. He was blaming his ...
Private university is a taboo term in local universities. Every time when there is a discussion about opening a private tertiary education center in Sri Lanka, the university students' get on to the streets with placards which say that "Education is a right not a commodity" and the government is conspiring to "kill free education". Let me tell you that ...
Have you noticed people who are confident and quiet sure of their own personality, the type of people who would not be scared to do what he believes is right instead of thinking what the others around would think. These are the type of people whom I call as people with intrinsic value. They might not hold titles that would ...
Its ironical that you find out certain details about your own country from foreigners. Yesterday when travelling I picked up the Khaleej Times to kill some time and I found this article about a possible oil crisis in Sri Lanka in the even of US sanctions on Iran. You can read the full article by clicking hereI have no idea ...
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If I don't write about the All Blacks win I am sure I would rot in hell. Anyway its a different story that people say that I already have a reserved room in hell. When I was a kid when looking at all the teams it was quiet natural to become an All black supporter. I am sure like millions ...
I am just thinking how much the world has changed during the past decade or so. Who would have expected to bump into more Chinese than Westerners at famous tourist destinations and air ports. Who would ever thought that the 'Super' power could face a debt crisis. Who would have thought protests which were earlier considered as a disruptive tool ...
I had not been to Kandy for nearly two months and badly wanted to be here. Usually I travel on Friday nights, but this time around since there was no way of passing the house key to me, amma asked me to time my arrival after 5 PM. I prefer to take the train than to take the bus. So ...
Its a nation with a little above 20 million people. The national television's purpose of existence is to dedicate itself to educate people about the feats of its great leader. They describe that on the day of his birth there appeared a double rain bow and a bright star on the sky. He is hailed as a god like figure ...
During the height of the elections there was a proclamation that experts had found oil reserves somewhere close to Mannar. For once I wish and pray that this was also one of the election promises which isn't true. I can hear your screaming voice saying "You traitor!". Peoples usual notion is that oil = prosperity. But if one is to ...
When I watched the movie thasavatharam few years back I was not a fan of the butterfly effect. The movie was good, but the theory was not something that impressed me. The theory speaks about seemingly unrelated events being influential on other future events. The exaggeration used in the movie spoke about weird explanation for the cause of tsunami and ...
One of the authors who had influenced by thinking and perception of the world is Malcolm Gladwell. I would always read with awe the way in which he interprets the delicate behavioral relationships which we fail to recognize in real world.Today this link appeared on my fb news feed. This time I watched with interest, Malcolm Gladwell, the story teller ...
In my last 5 years of industrial work one of the most irritating things that I had come across is the question to "Justify the Return on Investment" or to come up with sales prediction when an certain types of solutions are proposed. I fully understand the importance for a corporate to have an eye on the ROI and the ...
