This Vap poya day of Novermber 05, 2006, I attended the ‘Seela Vyapara’ at my old school with great expectations, but I had to cut short my day and return home in deep distress after hearing a mean monk’s mean sermon, which later turned out to be more than mean. ‘Mavalare Bhaddiya’ Thero, a priest from the Kuppiawatte Temple, Colombo, ...
One good thing about terrorism is that it makes conventional war look stupid. The true weapon of terrorism is collateral damage. When terrorists consider people collateral they don’t become any worse terrorists because they are already at the bottom. When governments consider its own people collateral it is reprehensible. It is of the highest order of reprehensibility when a government ...
There is nothing prettier than a lighted Atapattam lantern against a dark sky. Driving from Rajagiriya to Battaramulla the streets are lighted up by pairs of yellow, orange, green lanterns. There is street lighting along that road but no lights. The contractor is Sumal Perera, I have been told. He lives in the neighborhood on Tickell road. Should drop by ...
Why does anybody want to live in Sri Lanka, if there are other choices? Why deal with corruption, stupidity, headless bodies and bodiless heads, if you have a choice. These are questions that seem to come up more often than I like. What did the great sage of India have to say about location? I turn to the Mangala ...
I was pondering the gender issues in the suicide bombing of the commander of the Sri Lankan army when it came to light that the suicide bomber was indeed pregnant. An editorial in the Divayina, used the news to take a jab at women activists. Where are these so called women activists, the editor asked, when women are used so ...
See “North Country” country today, March 22, at 6p the Russian Cultural Center, 10, Independence Avenue, Colombo 7. This movie is the last in the series celebrating International Women’s Day. Entrance is free. The movie has some heavy hitters with Charlize Theron, Frances McDormand and Sissy Spacek. Should be a treat. Too bad I missed the other three in the ...