Bisthan Batcha A common belief, bordering on paranoia, among many Sinhala Buddhists is that some time in the foreseeable future the Sri Lankan Muslims, driven by unfettered population growth, will emerge as the Majority Community in this Island Nation, thereby reducing the Sinhala Buddhists to a minority in what they often describe very emotionally as “the only Country in ...
A review can make or break you. I’ve been in the service industry for the past 5 years. An industry that relies heavily on reviews, either from word of mouth or established review websites such as TripAdvisor or Zomato. A good or bad review is what marketing or after-sales will take back to operations or production. If it’s good, ...
Netflix brings back everyone favourite Hero for Hire, Luke Cage in a well-received second season. Below are a couple of screenshots from the season that I captured. Iron Fist and Luke Cage: Heroes for Hire. Shades. A complex, sinister character. Tilda Dillard. Beautiful and poisonous. The scenes revolving around Bushmaster and his Jamaican heritage were fantastic. Mercedes “Misty” KnightCage and Piranha look downShades ...
Drake’s been on a roll. His hit “God’s Plan” especially has been his longest number 1 track on the billboard. Whilst the good track, warm video and strong message of the song resonated with most people, one part of that song really got to me: She say, “Do you love me?” I tell her, “Only partly” I only love my ...
Mr Robot is easily one of my favourite TV shows of this decade. It take’s a fresh taken on humanity taking control from the corporation. It started off with the star Elliot (played my Rami Malek) taking on the “one percent of the one percent” by erasing all debt from Evil Corp the largest conglomerate in the US, forcing the ...
I’ve always been an advocate against pollution. I’ve written about the impact plastic (something I don’t like) has on the ocean (something I really like) here and it is no surprise that Sri Lanka is on the top 5 list of plastic polluters to the ocean. I took a stance to myself stating that I will reduce my contribution to ...
Roar.lk is an online content platform that I was involved with in its early years. It started off as an idea in the mind of M who with the help of another M brought it to life. It was initially not to be a money making scheme, had we put in the time and energy elsewhere I’m sure we could ...
We’re here again. In the quietest corner of my mind. Every leaf that flutters with the breeze is heard. Every sigh of relief, is welcome. Every beat of heart, echoes. All our problems are far away. Negativeness isn’t here to stay. I want to stay here and play. Tales form from ages past. When things were darker and the toll ...
I’ve been having trouble expressing myself. For example, this post has been in my Draft folder for the past 3 months.Follow through was something I learned in basketball. It’s the motion that completes the shot. Without follow through you end up over shooting or just bouncing off the board. Which is what I feel like is happening. Sometimes I bounce off ...
From the archives. Aman and I decided to drive down to Galle to grab lunch and take in the sights. Stick.No.Bills – It does get better upstairs Stick No Bills is run by a lady named Meg who used to work for British Intelligence. She scours Sri Lanka finding old posters and reselling it to the niche collectors market. Some ...
Last week, 6 convoys of semi automated trucks drove from their bases to the Rotterdam Harbour. The vehicles were from Europe’s DAF, Daimler, Iveco, MAN, Scania and Volvo. This great feat was established by a lead vehicle which was driven by a human who determined the speed and direction of the convoy. His truck was connected to the others via ...
One year ago I received a call from a friend stating that a work friend of mine had killed himself in his apartment in Paris. I was in shock. He never seemed like the person who would do that to himself. He was to stubborn to give up. He was a Sri Lankan boy bred in France, thats a lot of ...
A journey over an year ago, to a favourite vacation spot in the deep south. Whats amazing about the drive to Kirinda is the amount of change I see. From the desolate lagoons that open out to the sea to the abandoned mega highways of Hambantota. The Grass is Greener on the Other Side – An unedited photo of a ...
Whilst watching the news on a lazy weekend afternoon a simple comment was passed. “We should to go the Middle East before that place goes up in flames” What it meant was to visit Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Oman, Qatar etc to experience its history and culture. That comment has now resulted in a plan to go on pilgrimage to the ...
The second week of June got me doing some traveling. From visiting Yala for Ceilao Villas to leaving the very next day to Pasikudah for the Sunrise Sessions Pool Party hosted by the beautiful Anilana Pasikudah, my favourite hotel in that area. The east coast in general is more beautiful than the south. Access is poor, which is probably why it remains beautiful. ...
It’s that time of year again. The time when I fall ill. I’ve been told its good to fall ill. Like restarting your computer once in a while. Lets the immune system get overwhelmed, pushing it to its limits before crashing down. Whilst it falls the system realises, recognises and understands how it was defeated. And it will return a ...
I travelled to Jaffna a while back for the third time. As a post war city it keeps evolving. From the city being shut down at 8PM in 2010 to bazars and movie cinemas closing close to midnight in 2014 Here are a few pictures that i documented from my visit A visitor to the Battle of Elephant Pass memorial ...
“Why so moody?” The Doctor said to the bottle lid. “I feel frustrated, been bottling up my feelings for a while now” the lid replied. “Is it cause your relationship got canned?” inquired the Doctor. “It lead to it, whenever I come home we’d spend the night letting out air from events of our day” reminisced the lid. “Thats healthy” ...
Next month will be the second part of the final season of AMC’s Mad Men which spanned only 7 episodes the previous year and only a few more this year. On air since 2007 it caught my attention in the summer of 2009 where i spent most of it binge watching TV shows and preparing to say goodbye to friends. ...
The Grammy Awards were held on the 8th of February 2015. It is the music industry’s biggest event where everyone glams up to take centre stage and nominees cross fingers hoping for a win. This year was a repeat of a multitude of Grammys before. Sam Smith took the space that Adele left behind, Kanye just could not stay off ...
