People who do have-to-do things
Some people are messy by nature or else by acquired habit. Some are neat to a fault. Some have messy desktops but are endowed with exceptional clarity of mind. They may appear disorganized but they...
View ArticleA singular petal decorating the black bough of Havelock Road
Some years ago a reckless act by my reckless friend Buddhike Navaratne, at the time working under me in the Special Media Unit of the Information Department, saw me visiting the Kirulapona Police...
View ArticleThere’s an open can of worms in Ki-moon’s office
[It's 'Geneva Time' again and it is time to re-visit fairy tales crafted, spoon-fed, digested, regurgitated and spat out like so much bad news. It is good to re-read fairy tales because the tellers of...
View ArticleStars of the Geneva Pantomime (Revisited)
[Go through this -- written 3 years ago -- and you will find the guys making noises are the same guys who've always made noises when they batted for the LTTE. The exception is of course Sunila...
View ArticleA note on the leaked-draft resolution on Sri Lanka
This is not THE resolution. Let’s keep that in mind. It is not even a ‘draft’. It is a leaked draft, at best. But in these days of leaks and gushes when the key political issue that bothers the...
View ArticleOf factoids, powerpuff presentations and powerhuff pouting
There's a term being tossed around in Geneva these days: widespread allegations. 'Widespread'? What does that mean? Longtime Tiger-lover Bishop Rayappu Joseph sending a note to Paikiasothy...
View ArticleThe credibility and incredibility of India
Do we know how India will vote on the anti-Sri Lanka Resolution? Manmohan Singh says his experts are studying the document. Yeah right! Here in Sri Lanka there are no prizes for predicting India's...
View ArticleDo you remember your kindergarten teacher?
I got a call around 5.00 pm on November 24, 2010. I was ‘cordially invited’ I was told to the launch of Judge C.G.Weeramantry’s memoirs; well, the first volume, titled ‘Towards One World: The Sri...
View ArticleLooks like you’ve got some problems over there Manmohan Bhaiya*
There’s a sick man in South Asia and it is not Sri Lanka. I checked. Here are some sobering facts. There’s a sick country in South Asia where 10.8% of the labour force is unemployed. In this sick...
View ArticleThe first love is also the last, what do you say Hiran?
Yesterday my friend Hiran Kulatilake sent me a short note. He wanted me to write about ‘first love’, about the pivithuru palamu pema or the pure first love and comment on the bihisuni bindunu pema the...
View ArticleFreedom of expression and walls (regime-made and self-made)
The walls are coming down in the City of Colombo. This is one of the more apparent elements of the improvements that we see in the city’s landscape. It has provoked an interesting response from an...
View ArticleAnarchy is wished on enemy not friend
The anti-Sri Lanka moves in Geneva began in 2009. People have not let up. They are as busy as they always were. Some names have changed; there's Michele Sison now, whereas earlier there was Patricia...
View ArticleThe humbuggery of the United States of America
UNHRC. That’s United Nations Human Rights Commission. Key term, ‘Human Rights’. The UN system has all kinds of organizations mandated to deal with fairly well defined spheres of concern. ‘Human...
View ArticleThe names of the rose(s)
My friend Rusiru Kalpagee Chitrasena invited me to join a Facebook group called ‘Poth Kiyavana Aya’ or ‘Those who read books’, a group launched by someone who goes by the name 'Mage Maranaya' (!)....
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John Kerry learns a new word (‘Pretext’)
Using words without knowing their meanings is not the preserve of US Secretary of State, John Kerry. John Kerry, reflecting on Ukraine and Russia’s military moves, said in the NBC’s ‘Meet the Press’...
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John Kerry's memory loss and other tidbits
John Kerry's memory lossUS Secretary of State John Kerry came up with what would qualify as the biggest foreign policy blooper to date. Referring to developments in Ukraine, Kerry said, 'You just...
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Wijesoma: nation-watcher with the soft brush and acute perception
Human beings are political animals. Therefore, political commentary is second nature to them. I have found that anyone who has a modicum of analytical skills and a reasonable command of language can...
View ArticleWhose narrative would you purchase?
Are there wars without witnesses? Technically, no. Some witnesses die with the knowledge. Some, i.e. those who for whatever reason escape ‘liberation’ from bomb and bullet, napalm and whatnot, live...
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A story of three characters: Arjuna, Muditha and Pulasthi
No one ever got paid to coach chess in my school. It was always old boys who coached the team. The seniors coached the juniors, the juniors helped with the newcomers. The coach handled the seniors. No...
View ArticleReflections on the quality of atthagngnu in the matter of leadership
Elections are about representatives. Leaders. Candidates believe they are leaders or at least that they can be leaders. Maybe they know everything there is to know about leaders. Some, though, may...
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