Rearranging prejudices
William James once said that a great many people think they are thinking when they are really rearranging their prejudices. That’s a quote sent by my quote-provider, the late Errol Alphonso. I think...
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Resurrect the General Practitioner!
If you have a persistent headache you might rub some medicinal oil on your head or take a Paracetamol tablet. If you have aches and pains, there’s peyava, there’s koththamalli with some venivelgetaor...
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Memories of 'Mihira' and days when life was so much sweeter
The cover page of the maiden copy of 'Mihiri'Some years ago someone made a suggestion: ‘write about your first love’. That’s a hard one. It’s not because writing about love or lovers is difficult....
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Who brought the elephant into the room and who will remove it?
Elephants are majestic creatures. They are also beasts of burden. They give stature to pageants. Those who have tusks are especially valuable to the point that they are hunted, killed and divested...
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Washington 'logic' and other tidbits
Washington ‘logic’The USA invaded Iraq on a pretext. The USA messed up that country and then ‘left’. Now the USA is back. The USA has returned because of the ISIS, we are told. ‘Targeted strikes,’...
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‘Don’t frame me!’ pleads a US soldier
Folks, I know that in the end I am dispensable. I know this because I knew that I was dispensable at the very beginning too. The rich don’t fight. The poor do. They must. The children of those who...
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මිහිරිම කාලය හා “මිහිර“ මතකයන්!
'මිහිර'මංගල කලාපයේ මුල් පිටුව අවුරුදු කීපෙකට කලින් යමෙක් මට යෝජනාවක් ගෙන එන ලදි. “ලියන්නකෝ ඔයාගේ ප්රථම ප්රේමය ගැන“. අපොයි ඒක මහ අමාරු වැඩක්. ඒක ආදරය ගැනවත් ආදරවන්තයින් ගැනවත් ලියන්න තියෙන අපහසුවක්...
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Angelo Mathews read Mahela like no one did
Mahela retired. Had to happen someday. He’s been around long enough. He’s done the hard yards. He has the stats to show for it. He has the moments. The accolades. And they will continue to come...
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The miracle of cricket
No Arjuna, Aravinda, Sanath, Murali or Vaas. No problem. It has been an incredible run. The word can be used considering how quickly Sri Lanka became a force to reckon with after achieving test...
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No words for the laughter and tears
ROBIN WILLIAMS ( 1951-2014)Some knew him as an actor. Some as actor and as stand-up comic. Some knew if on and off the set. Looks like few knew him at all. And yet Robin Williams is ‘family’ to...
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The 'un-retiring class' and other tidbits
'The 'un-retiring class'Mahela Jayawardena retired from Test cricket. He said his piece. He talked of being privileged to play alongside great cricketers. He showed class. And someone said 'class...
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Mahela's retirement stumps SLC (for a while)
‘Mahela has retired from Test Cricket,’ the President announced. He might have expected a few seconds of silence as warranted by the gravity of the matter. That’s not because Mahela’s exit might...
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Would you like to be the rain?
Nanda Malini’s ‘Pawana’ was dated. For the most part. It was a period-relevant album. It swept across the smouldering hearts of some sections of the Sri Lankan youth in the late eighties. That...
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Sajith Premadasa's move(s)
The faith of South Asian people in dynastic rule is astounding considering all the braggadocio about democratic traditions. There have been the odd ‘outsider’ of course but by and large the political...
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The party is over
There are parties and there are coalitions. We’ve seen both rise and fall, falter and prosper. There are party candidates and there are common candidates. We’ve seen both types and both have tasted...
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The long road to ‘Gold’ at the Chess Olympiad
It’s a long way from Colombo to Tromso. Indeed, a few years ago none who undertook the journey to the distant fishing ‘village’ in the northern part of Norway would have heard the name. That is, not...
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Lester: A figure of the nation's destiny
Pic courtesy ft.lkI haven’t watched many films with my father. Although he is an ardent consumer of all art forms, he rarely had the time to take us to the cinema, the theatre or for musical recitals....
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Uva is for vandals (and other tidbits)
Uva is for vandals?Party offices in the Uva Province are being attacked by ‘unknown’ thugs. The ‘know’ part of it (which the Police seems to be clueless about) can be figured out when one notes the...
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By way of tribute to Sam Wijesinghe
Pic courtesy Sunday ObserverSam Wijesinghe, former Secretary General of Parliament, passed away last night at the age of 93. I interviewed him about 12 years ago but sadly don't have the transcript....
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We don't need another hero
Yes, that’s from Tina Turner’s song from the 1985 film Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome, written by Terry Britten and Graham Lyle. The line came to me, strangely, after I had just told a set of...
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