English is more than a language in Sri Lanka. It is used as a weapon to attack the enemy. It is a decoration some one can wear. It is a way to show power; like stars and stripes in a general’s uniform. It could be a symbol to represent imperialism, neocolonialism and a proof of […]
October 30, 2008
Place is a leading girls school; a crime normally committed by parents was disclosed by the teacher to the students. “You are born because your father and mother had misbehaved; you know…. they had sex; which is very …..bad; they should be ashamed of producing you by such an act” said the teacher. Students […]
October 29, 2008
Everyone talks about it; but for different reasons. For some it is taken as an encounter that shows how desperate LTTE is, in the face of defeat. For others it shows how strong LTTE is even after successive military defeats. For some it only shows that the LTTE is ruthless. For others […]
October 28, 2008
This happened in a leading school in Colombo. A student was caught red handed for having “kudu” (drugs) in his custody. He was carrying kudu to be distributed inside the school. He had hidden it inside the folded sleeves of his shirt (sleeves of the long sleeve shirt folded as it has been the practice […]
October 27, 2008
Making the first impression is important in a beginning of an encounter. Making a lasting impression is important especially at the end of an encounter. Katunayake Airport is the place for both, especially with respect to the visitors who dares to visit the “Is-land like no other”. I was at this Airport few weeks back […]
October 22, 2008
All were there; educationists, patriots, historians, religious leaders, police officers and even representatives of the cultural ministry. Debate was hot. One said that it is not good to expose growing up children to the nude Sigiriya frescos. The other said not only children but also adults should be restricted; they were of the view that […]
October 21, 2008
Comments Off on Right in Wrong and Wrong in Right!
Ruvini, aged 9 years, attends a Buddhist Sunday School. The teacher one day asked the students who eat meat to raise their hand. Ruvini and few others raised their hands. There followed a lecture of the consequences of eating meat and killing animals for meat. After another week the students were again asked the same question […]
October 20, 2008
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Once upon a time a “Katussa” (a lizard) living in the jungle was “humiliated” and “man-handled” by the King of the Jungle; an Elephant. “Katussa” determined to take revenge went inside the trunk of the Elephant, the King, which made the King sick and furious. After a fierce battle and persuaded by “Veda Ralahami” (the […]
October 19, 2008
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I was listening to a discussion on TV. A Sri Lankan, working in Saudi calling the discussion panel commented that Sri Lanka is a country where everything is imported from other countries; not even a simple bicycle is made here, he lamented. The panel members also took the comment as an important intervention and […]
October 15, 2008
කොස් ගස අපූරු ගසකි. එහි ඵල ඊටත් වඩා අපූරු ය. රසවත් කුස පිරෙන අහරක් ලබා දෙන එය රැුක ගැනීමට ඇති නීති ඒ සියල්ලටමත් වඩා අපූරු ය. කොළඹ පර්චස් 6 ක ඉඩම් කැබැල්ලක් තුළ ඇති කොස් ගහක් ගෙයක් ඉදිකිරීම පිණිස කපා බිඳ හෙලන්නට සිදු ව ඇති විටෙක හා එම හෙලූ කඳන් ඉරා ගැනීමට සිදු වූ […]
October 31, 2008
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