Aiden calls. The last day in Nepal, and I was trying to get some sleep, for a change. But the room service staff had already spoilt it for me, with their enthusiasm to clean my room. I wish they had the same enthusiasm to clear up the room when I was not in it, so that I would not have ...
I was standing behind a friend yesterday when I thought it would be fun to cover his eyes like an immature being, and he responds immediately, “Ah Sri Lanka!.” Since my hands remain covering his eyes, I ask him how he knew it to be me. He replies, “well it was easy, I saw a black woman going past me, ...
First week in office, and first staff meeting with new colleagues, and of course that need to be introducing one’s self which comes without fail. The turn comes to you, and then you go “I am Vositha, working in bla bla bla since three days (smile)”. Then the question that follows, just because your introduction that be too brief, and ...
It was 9th October 2012, and a normal afternoon in the Swat Valley, where children were returning to their homes after school. “Which one of you is Malala? Speak up, otherwise I will shoot you all,” said the gunmen who targeted the bus in which Malala Yousafzai was travelling, a 15 year old girl, a student and an education activist ...
It’s 7 am and Akashiv finally decides it’s time to doze off. Morning dancing with him has become a norm. While waking every other hour in the night till 5 am has become the tradition. No no no! Akashiv will not break the tradition, and mummy should get up when he makes weird noises while pretending to sleep. Life has ...
Life has become a pattern, sleepless nights, sleepy days, and long chats that go pass bed times.. books that wait, UN resolutions to be memorised, and answers that are sought..Life, love and loss, coming together in a monotonous thread, that weaves the same patterns on a tapestry that would never be sold or seen, just to be stuck in a head that has no solace or sleep.
Speaking to a friend who works a few meters away from the protests zone, I was given a few insights as to what was going on in the country. She was citing the outrageousness of the anti-protest laws, and how people were coming into the city to join the protest. I ask her whether she is safe, and whether she ...
I missed him. We never fought. But this time I think we had. Over some man, who had nothing to do with our lives. Completely irrelevant as the other man be, he had successfully opened a new door for us: A fight. A passive one at that. Then again, I am not even sure whether what we had constitutes a ...
Yesterday I was speaking to Yeb Sano, the Commissioner for Climate Change in Philippines and the Chief negotiator for his country at the UNFCCC negotiations, on his work on Save the Arctic campaign. In my not too registered humour by many, I say, “I hope your crusade for climate change is going well!” to which he responds “It is not MY ...
I open my twitter account to find the Syrian Black Hole. I dive into it, to read of those who have been detained, tortured, and then gone missing, never to be heard of, never to be seen by the loved ones, and just disappear without a trace. One cannot help but wonder how humans are capable of inflicting all the ...
As the impacts of climate change increase in severity, and are felt on a daily basis, adapting to climate change has become one of the main aspects of addressing the adverse effects of climate change. Coordinator for the Adaptation Programme at the UNFCCC, Youssef Nassef, shared his views on why adaptation is vital when speaking of solutions to climate change, ...
(C) Creative Commons Following a successful visit to China in November that resulted in the US-China joint statement on climate change, President Obama is India. On Sunday, he achieved further success through bilateral cooperation between India and the US countries that focused on addressing climate change and energy issues. Both countries concluded negotiations on a five-year MoU on energy security, ...
Three things I have learnt in 2013: I love my son, I love him “a lot!” People often ask me how difficult it is to be a single mum. Well the answer depends on the day you ask the question. Then again, one things remains a constant, and that being the fact that having Akashiv has been most amazing experience. ...
W.K Achala Priyadarshani’s left hand was amputated on the 22nd January 2013 at the General Hospital, Colombo. She is currently a final year student at the faculty of law, at the University of Colombo. She was left-handed and it was this hand that was amputated. Cause for Amputation Achala was admitted to the Matara Hospital on 17th January 2013 to ...
“You are crazy!” someone told me. I am sure that person has a lot of knowledge in psychology to make such a worthy comment. Then again, isn’t it always good to be called “crazy” than “boring”? I mean many of those who were considered crazy in their time, are considered quite the opposite today, when the truth be revealed on ...
It was their usual coffee place, usual chill out zone, and he was with her after a long time. It felt good to be there, even with all that was going on in her life. Too many mess ups yet pulling through and holding onto her sanity levels. He did not ask her how things were, knowing very well she ...
I recently came across a LinkedIn profile of a psychologist who claimed that she was providing counselling for youth who have issues regarding their sexual orientation. This came a bit disturbing given the existence of all the religious groups who think they can pray away or preach away homosexuality as well. One more to the list I would say! The ...
It’s funny the people we trust, the people in whom we have faith, and how the very same would break the trust we have in them. May be it is a little too much for them to handle. I have heard one tell me that he felt “inadequate” next to me so he had to be with another woman. I ...
