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A mango is a book, did you know?
Pic courtesy http://sl-donaldj.blogspot.com/This is the twenty sixth article in a series I am writing for the JEANS section of 'The Nation'. The series is for children. Adults consider yourselves...
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‘Suddek Oba Amathai’: a soliloquy-feast
Udayasiri Wickramaratne has for years entertained us with wit, creativity, philosophy and his understanding of political economy through his columns in the Divaina, especially Aarthika Vihilu (Economic...
View ArticleEnglish as ‘fork and spoon’ or as hiramane
There are ‘academics’ who are heavily over-dosed by the ‘magic’ of deconstruction, subaltern studies, postmodernism and feminism. They tend to be so Anglicised that they not only see ‘West’ as magic,...
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The ‘Mahinda-Resurgence’ dissected
It’s an inauspicious number. That’s ‘13’. The Maithripala-Ranil Regime (or Ranil-Maithripala Regime if you will) is in its 13th week. It’s the worst so far for Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe...
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How about some avurudu in Parliament?
All the fun stuff that's meaningful never happens inside this building....will we be able to celebrate a little something, one wonders...Three years ago, ‘The Nation’ observed the following...
View ArticleThe wrongdoing birthright
Kolombians are a distinct people from Colombo who know much -- so much that they are wont to think that others don't know and can't think. They have things to say. A lot of things to say. The entire...
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The barbed-wire that divides and impoverishes
Gunadasa Kapuge comes to me in strange ways and times. He died in early April 2003 and I did not realize that this is why the Sinhala radio stations were all playing his songs one crazy afternoon. I...
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Pasan Kodikara a poet lost in translation
'අනිත්යය' (Anithyaya or ‘Impermanence’) by Pasan Kodikara, author publication, 2008. Reviewed by Malinda Seneviratne.He was known best as a translator. An excellent translator. His skill with words,...
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Be warned: the first victory is also the first defeat, be warned
Each defeat teacher you at least one thing you should not do. The enemy too learns from defeat. This is the twenty seventh in a series of articles on rebels and rebellion written for the FREE section...
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පසන් කොඩිකාර: පරිවර්තනයේ අතුරුදහන් වූ කවියෙක්
බොහෝ අය ඔහුව හැඳින ගත්තේ දක්ෂ පරිවර්තකයෙකු ලෙසයි. එබැවින් ම ඔහු ගේ වචන හරඹය මැනෙනු ඇත්තේ වෙනත් ලේඛකයින් රචනා කළ වියමන් කෙතරම් සාර්ථකව එම ලේඛකයින්ට නුහුරු බස් හුරුවූ පාඨක සමාජයකට දායාද කලේද යන්නෙනි. ඒ...
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Expressions are interesting to think about
This is the twenty seventh article in a series I am writing for the JEANS section of 'The Nation'. The series is for children. Adults consider yourselves warned...you might re-discover a child within...
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SLC the Miracle of Asia
Navin should have known better‘SLC’ stands for Sri Lanka Cricket. That’s not what the headline refers to. The headline refers to Sri Lanka cricket (note the lower case ‘c’) or cricket in Sri Lanka....
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Mahinda’s post-presidential relevance
'Look at the Tamils and find yourself' or 'Look at yourself and discover Tamil brethren'?Thousands and thousands visiting ex-President Mahinda Rajapaksa is no longer news. He is arguably the most...
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CBK is stabbing us in the back
Why do I feel that she is laughing at us Kolombians?I am disturbed. I am disturbed by all the attention that Mahinda Rajapaksa is getting. Don’t get me wrong, I like the man. In fact you might...
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Captain Elmo’s (Promethean) Fire
When did I first hear about annaasi (pineapple)? When did I first see a kadalagotta (a paper cone filled with kadala)? The answer to both questions would take me to the 1970s. That’s a childhood...
View ArticleHumour: the final frontier in language competency?
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the importance of learning English, not just because it is a useful tool, but it is moreover an important element in recovering self, identity and dignity from the...
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Change or Short-Changed?
The much talked of 100 days of the ‘100 Days Program’ that was part of President Maithripala Sirisena’s election campaign is now completed. The President himself has come out with a statement which...
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Maithripala Sirisena holds the aces
The JRJ Constitution gives the Prez all the acesThe ‘100 days’ are done. Much of the key elements of the ‘program’ part of it remain undone. This should not worry President Maithripala Sirisena. An...
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Presidentiality Restored?
President Maithripala Sirisena has appeared to have preferred a backseat in political affairs since being elected. He informs us that this is not true. Indeed it can be argued that being President is...
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To be a child caught in wonderment
"The most beautiful sea:hasn’t been crossed yet.The most beautiful child:hasn’t grown up yet.Our most beautiful days:we haven’t seen yet.And the most beautiful words I wanted to tell youI haven’t said...
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