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Weapon to attack, Symbol to show or a Key to Opportunities
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 […]
Sex, Birth of a Child and a Crime
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 […]
LTTE Air Raids: Sign of Strength or Weakness?
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 […]
Clash of Brains over “Kudu”
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 […]
Making the first impression and a lasting impression- Island Like No Other
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 […]
Sigiriya Frescos – if not sexual it is at least indecent
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 […]
Right in Wrong and Wrong in Right!
October 21, 2008
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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 […]
“Katussa” was “Man-handled” by an Elephant
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 […]
Age Old Debate to the Fore:
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 […]
කොස් ගස් රැක්මේ වත්මන් ක‍්‍රමවේදය පිළිබඳ විවරණයක්
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 […]
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- මෙහෙත් හරි වැස්ස එහෙත් හෙම වෙන්න – රට පුරා ව්යාසනයක්වැස්ස නිසා ගංවතුරත් නාය යාමුත් සිදුව කිප දෙනෙකු මියගොස් තවත් අය අතුරුදන්ව තවත් බොහෝ අය අනාථ වී තිබේ. ඒ කණගාටුදායක තත්වය ගැන අපිදු කම්පනයට පත්ව සිටින අතර විපතට පත් අය වෙනුවෙන් කරන හැම කටයුත්තක්මත් මේ වෙලාවේ අපේ අගය කිරිමට ලක් කරනු කැමැත්තෙමු. මේ ස්වභාවික උපද්‍රව සම්බන්ධයෙන් ආන්ඩුව වගකිව යුතු නැත. ධාර්මික රජවරු රට පාලනය කරන […] […]
- මරණය සොයා යන අපේ රජතුමාමරණ ගෙවල්වල යාම රජතුමාගේ විනෝදාංශය වී ඇතැයි අපේ මිතුරෙක් කීවේ ය. ඒ රෝයල් ප්‍රින්සිපල්ගේ මෙන්ම ලංකාදීප කර්තෘගේ ද අම්මලාගේ අවමගුල්වලට රජතුමා සහභාගී වූ බව ඇසීමෙනි. වැදගත් උදවියගේ අම්මලාගේ මරණ ගෙවල්වලට අමතක නොකර යාම වැදගත් උදවියගේ ලක්ෂණයක් ලෙස සළකන්නට බැරි මෙහෙම මිතුරන් ආශ්‍රය කිරීම මා වගේ වැදගත් උදවියට වටී දැයි හිතන්නට පටන් ගත් සැනින් මගේ මිතුරා […] […]
- ගවුමේ මිණුම් හරියට ගන් අම්මණ්ඩියේ!මිනිගවුම් ගැන තීරණයක් ගෙන නැතැයි ආණ්ඩුව කියා තිබුන ද පත් කළ කමිටුව විසිරුවා හැර නැති බැවින් ඒ ගැන ඉදිරියේ දී තීරණයක් ගනු ඇතැයි අපි අපේක්ෂා තබා ගෙන සිටිමු. ආණ්ඩුවට බඩුමිලෙන් අපව බේරගන්නට අමාරු නිසා ගෑණුන්ගේ මායම්වලින් හෝ අපව බේරාගන්නට කරන මේ උත්සහය අප දකින්නේ සාධනීය ඉදිරි පියවරක් ලෙස ය. එහෙත් කමිටුවක් ද පත්ව ඇති මේ […] […]
October 31, 2008
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