Big visions are good? In Sri Lanka the presidential Manifestos are out, the visions for the future written and the people informed. And perhaps, some are pleased, some amused and a few are dismayed by these visions and manifestos. A few may continue with another older manifesto hidden in their person, impaled on the contradiction of human purpose in historical ...

Corruption goes but where?  Part II Corruption is a symptom not the disease? A citizenry knows that the growth of material well-being comes at a price, there is a cost to it . Part of the price is visible and a part not so. What we hold dear as principles, our values and morals are in contest with our practices. ...

Corruption must go, but where? Part 1 We need to reduce corruption in Sri Lanka. We need to identify it, examine why it occurs in different spheres of public life and figure out what types of solutions might reduce corrupt practices. There are institutional practices that contribute to corruption and of course there are the perennial human weaknesses, which make ...

I add my humble voice to that of the grieving families of Peshawar, Pakistan. May you be comforted, may your faith sustain you, may compassion guide you. For all of us who will take time to reflect on this, the event is sad beyond words. For parents who send their children to school for learning this event may grant them some ...

Structures of Comfort and Structures of Deceit Systems, institutions and organizations function for many purposes. They form structures that enable them to function but also to safeguard and maintain a sense of order, of continuity, and help to form and realize expectations of well-being. A web of reciprocities binding us to duty and obligation are thus created. We know this. ...

Who gets to say what? So many experts and so little to decide on. Sri Lanka is blest with so many political experts and all rushing to the media to provide their expertise on the future that is unfolding. A few weeks more and the result will be out and then the work begins to sort out who knew and ...

Run Ranil Run! Yes! Run Ranil Run! Ranil, don’t listen to the half-baked, over baked pundits who are scamming you into relinquishing your party. You lead by being at the helm. Of course you don’t have to take “stray fire” and succumb pointlessly. But any fight, however fought, is remembered and revered not only for victory but also for the ...