“Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them”.- William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night (Act II, Scene V)_______________________________________________Sajith Premadasa fits to none of the Shakespearean categories. He is not great. Little differentiates him from Anura Bandaranaike, Navin Dissanayake and Namal Rajapaksa – the other incompetent sons of competent fathers.Predicting the future ...
Out of the most longest and complex social issues in Sri Lanka,the Sexuality issue takes a prominent place.The mindset of the majority of the current society of Sri Lanka about sexuality makes this issue more complex than ever.The sexuality taboo has rooted deep into the Sri Lankan society,especially to the minds of the older generation.I do not know how and ...
The post-millennium behavior of ‘Sinhalese Buddhists’ is not guided by rationale. Buddhism has nothing against war, they said once, if directed to safeguard Sinhalese and Buddhist interests. Then fighting became an act of merit, as if Jihad – the holy war – was declared by Ayatollah Khomeini. Buddhist monks shredded their robes to take AK-47s and earn more respect. More ...