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Ranjan Madugalle’s notes on self-belief
We wrote in this column about journeys, leadership and ‘core-beliefs’ following a rare comment or rather a piece of advice offered by Ranjan Madugalle. This would be the fourth in what some might dub...
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Fight, says Ranjan Madugalle
We have, in these pages, written about various aspects of conduct recommended by Ranjan Madugalle in a rare comment for young cricketers. It is a set of thoughts that are applicable across all sports....
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Humility is good, Ranjan says
Ranjan Madugalle has lived long, reflected much and gathered enough knowledge to say a lot about many things. He is by choice reticent outside his work-domain. His words of advice, however brief, are...
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It’s time Tamil Eelamists shed half-truths
In the year 1977, the Tamli United Liberation Front (TULF) contested the General Election on a separatist ticket. The TULF swept the Tamil vote. That result was and is interpreted as an unofficial...
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Cheerio EU, hello EA (and more, hopefully!)
EU. That’s the European Union. EA stands for East Asia. It’s a crude categorization in terms of what’s happening right now in Geneva with regard to Sri Lanka. Russia, after all, is ‘East’ according to...
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UNHRC: ‘When the end justifies the means…’
In Geneva, essentially, it will be a West vs East battle, considering the key players. It is no secret that moves against Sri Lanka are orchestrated principally by Britain and EU countries, operating...
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March 22nd will come and go, Sri Lanka will remain resilient
Tomorrow (that is Monday the 22nd of March, 2021) a vote will be taken in Geneva on a resolution against Sri Lanka to be tabled the same day. The outcome will decide the fate of Sri Lanka or so some...
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Wanted: An International Center on Vexatious Persecution
The vote on the resolution against Sri Lanka was adopted on Tuesdays at the 46th Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. That slant was reflected in the vote as well. The resolution was...
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Prerogatives following the Geneva Kangaroo Court decision
Few countries can boast of anything close to the track record of Britain when it comes to gross human rights violations. Genocide and monumental plunder have marked the history of that country and...
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And Sarath Rupasinghe checkmated his old friends!
The older generation of chess players would remember two individuals with the same name, Sarath. The younger players may have heard or may not. Not their fault. Time passes, things change, those who...
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Unclear. Untold. Unfair. Untenable
Unclear. Untold. Unfair. These are words that one can reasonably expect in any decent conversation or review of the recent UN Human Rights Council resolution on/against Sri Lanka. However, such dismal...
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As the New Old Left turns 50...
Revolutionaries, self-styled or otherwise, are hard to imagine as old people, the exception of course being Fidel Castro. Castro grew old with a Cuban Revolution that has demonstrated surprising...
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A coach must have a magical mirror
Pritvi Shaw has played in just five tests, scoring 339 runs including a century and two fifties at an average of 42.37. The Indian opener has played in three ODIs and his 54 T20 appearances have...
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'Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat'
Regular readers of this column will no doubt have noticed that I draw heavily from cricket and chess. The pieces, I hope, have application-value outside of cricket and chess; but anyway, it’s simply...
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The British will not learn English, let's not kid ourselves
The United Kingdom, it is reported, has rejected Sri Lanka’s request for the disclosure of wartime dispatches from its High Commission in Colombo. Sri Lanka had made the request during the 46th...
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On nation(s), nationalist(s) and nationalism(s)
Around 20 years ago, a young politician with nationalist pretensions made an interesting observation (in Sinhala), the gist of which is as follows: ‘There is no such thing as a “Sinhala Race” but...
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The National Endowment for Vexatious Interference (USA) and its local pawns
Did you just google ‘National Endowment for Vexatious Interference’? If so, you would be disappointed. There’s no such thing. This is not because no one in this world interferes. People interfere....
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PC elections could stump constitutional reform(ers)
There’s talk of provincial council elections. Various parties or rather their leaderships have instructed the respective ranks and files to get ready. A good time, then, to talk of this particular...
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Krishantha Cooray asks: 'Are you Annesley, Lesley, Kingsley or Bruce Lee?'
This is a story related to me by my friend and founder CEO of Rivira Newspapers (Pvt) Ltd, Krishantha Cooray. Apparently he had, a long time ago, figured out that employees or subordinates are of four...
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Move over Teplitz, Seubert's here
Geneva. That’s a city. Heard of it? It was in the news folks. Well, ‘was’ means ‘past tense.’ Make no mistake though, it will make the headlines again, for Geneva is seasonal. For now, in the present,...
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