It’s been ages since I posted up an update!My life has done a total 180 and now as the information tab on my Facebook page will tell you I am in glorious Sydney.While life in the most happening city Down-Under is wonderful and I do recommend it whole-heartedly to anyone looking for new ground to settle in there are a ...
1. You are a diamond in the rough - don't you let anyone (even me) tell you otherwise. In the same breath don't you ever forget the 'in the rough' part. Dream big - but that will only get you halway there. You need to work hard, push your boundries and feel the pressure before you come out shining and ...
24th January 2010, journalist and cartoonist Pradeep Eknaligoda went missing. He was 50 years old, and is one of thousands of missing people in Sri Lanka. In fact, Sri Lanka ranks second in the list of countries after Iraq to record the largest number of disappearances, and enforced or involuntary disappearances are reported to be around 65,000.Yesterday, 29th March 2017 ...
(This piece first appeared for a fortnightly column entitled 'The F Word: Lets Talk Feminism and Gender' that I am writing for The Weekend Express of News Express Ltd)A few weeks ago – bakamoono.lk released a report entitled ‘800 Odd Criminals: Watching Porn in Sri Lanka’. This report displayed the results from a survey they conducted that asked over 800 ...
(This piece first appeared as part of a weekly column for The Sunday Morning) Rush Limbaugh first used the term “feminazi” in his 1992 book “The Way Things Ought to Be”, defining “obnoxious feminists” as feminazis. The Oxford Dictionary defines a feminazi as “a radical feminist”. Feminazi is commonly used in reference to a person that advocates female dominance ...
(This piece first appeared as part of a weekly column for The Sunday Morning) Perhaps one of the hallmarks of the conversations surrounding gender on social media is “#MeToo”. Everyone has heard about it, many have posted using it, people have many opinions on it, and it has even made its way into pop culture and colloquial language in myriad ...
(This piece first appeared as part of a weekly column for The Sunday Morning)As someone who identifies as a feminist, I often find myself in conversations that ask me questions about my own ideals and how I believe them to be feminist. Feminism is often treated like a religion – you can be asked to defend ideals and interpretations of others ...
All my life I have been haunted by the obsession that to desire a thing, or to love a thing intensely, is to place yourself in a vulnerable position, to be a possible, if not a probable, loser of what you most want - Tennessee Williams He had a point. Like they say - the great loves are the crazy ...
More on my girly, dizzying love for shoes. Part I and Part II now meet Part III! This time, we look at the oh so important - black shoes! I own 2 pairs of black heels (let's face it, what girl doesn't?), black Keds (that I love, coz they have a pirate wearing a crown on them - SO COOL) ...
(In my very humble opinion - and after scores of irritating guys who can't take a hint, mixed with in depth conversations with my girlfriends on this topic - I have come to the conclusion that there are a few common things that guys do when chasing a girl that sends them running for the hills.Now previously I have talked ...
(This piece is the first for a fortnightly column entitled 'The F Word: Lets Talk Feminism and Gender' that I am writing for The Weekend Express of News Express Ltd)Earlier this week a former employee of Uber penned an article that generated a great deal of conversation both online and offline. Susan J. Fowler worked as an engineer for Uber ...
(This piece first appeared as part of a weekly column for The Sunday Morning) In 1973, a ruling was passed in the US Supreme Court that changed the face of abortion access. In the now famous Roe vs. Wade case, the court ruled that Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution provides a fundamental “right to ...
(This piece first appeared as part of a weekly column for The Sunday Morning) Hidden ripplesAs the weeks pass by following the devastating Easter Sunday terror attacks, we see a heightened state of security rise in Sri Lanka. As it was pre-2009, checkpoints and members of the forces have sprung up all over the city. This requires people to have ...
Earlier this week I attended a seminar on marketing in the Tourism and Hospitality Industry – hosted by the Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing. The first session was conducted by Mr Dileep Mudadeniya, the onetime Managing Director of the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotions Bureau. This is a summary of tips he gave when discussing how to increase web-visibility of one’s ...
The other day I wrote a piece about this boy. And it was filed away under the list of things that I will not publicly publish anytime soon for many reasons. One is that it is very personal, it contains details that makes the person concerned rather guess-able and also I wrote it for me.Which got me thinking...its occasionally annoying ...
Reflections of the GLF 2012 through the eyes of a Lit Lover20th January 2012When I arrive at the Galle Fort the next morning at 9am the number of people attending the festival seems to have doubled thanks to the fact that its now the weekend. I spot an group outside Amangalla listening to renowned architect Channa Daswatta before heading off ...
(This piece first appeared as part of a weekly column for The Sunday Morning)Since 1953, across the globe, several women have risen in political power to leave their mark on the political histories of their nations and continue to do so.This trend is especially evident in the last few decades, with women including former US Secretaries of State Condoleezza Rice and ...
(This piece first appeared for a fortnightly column entitled 'The F Word: Lets Talk Feminism and Gender' that I am writing for The Weekend Express of News Express Ltd)Two advertisements on shared on social media channels caught my attention this week. They were from two different brands, two different industries and had two different types of messaging. One was a ...
Nothing in life is quite like curling up and watching one of those classics that make your heart beat faster. So below I share some of my all time favorite lines from leading men of movies that I can watch over and over again.“Here’s looking at you kid”“Of the gin joints, in all the town, in all the world – ...
(This piece first appeared as part of a weekly column for The Sunday Morning)Last week, I was browsing through a copy of The Journal of Gender and Sustainable Development published by the Centre for Gender Studies, University of Kelaniya. To my dismay, I came across an article titled “An Overview of Feminism in Philosophy”. The piece in my opinion is ...
