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Ranil Wickremesinghe's cutting edge
Ranil Wickremesinghe is a man besieged (see ‘Ranil Besieged’). He has or has allowed himself to be surrounded by a bunch of self-serving politicians who are already as thick as thieves with the very...
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The Quest for Commonality
Pic by Phusathi LiyanaarachchiThe following is the text of the Keynote Address delivered at the SAARC Literary Festival held recently in Bengaluru.In the year 1933 at the Pen Club in the city of Buenos...
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Power and Principles: It's a love-hate relationship
Courtesy www.tribune.com.pkThis is the thirty sixth in a series of articles on rebels and rebellion written for the FREE section of 'The Nation'. Scroll to the end for other articles in this series....
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Will the real Sirisena stand up please?
Nalaka Gunawardena, social media guru, recently tweeted about a monumental gaffe by ‘The Hindu’ which carried a picture of former president Mahinda Rajapaksa in the company of fellow presidential...
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No one is weak
This is the thirty sixth 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 you!...
View ArticleThe 'underworld' was always 'above board'
A little more than 13 years ago, June 2, 2002 to be exact, I wrote a piece for 'The Island' titled 'The Paathaalaya comes to town. 'Paathaalaya'is Sinhala colloquial for 'underworld'. The article,...
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Ranil's anti-COPE eyewash
Ranil Wickremesinghe is a politician. Yes, not a statesman. A politician, let us reiterate. The next election and not the next generation is what fascinates him. Like other politicians from other...
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Cut out the cut-out heroes!
Hail the self-labelled 'Wise Man of Parliament'!!!!!Someone said that Ranil Wickremesinghe had ordered his ‘cut-outs’ to be dismantled. I haven’t seen any RW cut-outs. So if an order had been issued...
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Where are you hiding Mr President?
When a man doesn't know which way to turn (or is embarrassed to state where he stands)....Maithripala Sirisena is the President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. He is also the Leader...
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කැකිරිලන්තයට සරිලන ජනතා නියෝජිතයා මම වෙමි
'මුල්ලෙරියාවෙන් පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට'සටන් පාඨය යටතේ 'සීමාරහිත උම්මත්තකයින් ගේ පක්ෂයෙන්'ඉදිරි මැතිවරණයට තරඟ වැදීමට තීරණය කලේ ජුලි මස 13 දා ප.ව. 1.00 ට පමණය. පසුව ඓතිහාසික වැරැද්දකට සම්මාදම් වුවා යැයි අවබෝධ...
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Quotes can take you far but they can also stop you
Those of you who have read the monthly magazine ‘Readers’ Digest’ will know of a page devoted regularly for quotes. It is called ‘Quotable Quotes’. But that's not the only place to find quotes. There...
View Articleකැකිරිලන්තයේ දේශපාලන පුවත් සාරාංශය (2015.07.15) -- ප.ව. 7.17
අද දින (2015.07.15) දේශපාලන කරලියේ විවිධ කරුණු කාරණා පිලිබඳ කැකිරිලන්තයේ මීළඟ ආණ්ඩුව පිහිටුවීමට නියමිත සීමාරහිත උම්මත්තකයින්ගේ පක්ෂයේ අදහස් පහත දැක්වේ. කැමති නම් බෙදාගන්න. බෙදාගත්තේ නැතත්, සතුටින්...
View ArticleNews updates regarding today's (15.07.2015) political developments in...
The following are official statements issued today (15.07.2015) by 'Lunatics Unlimited', the party that aspires to form the next Government of Kekirilanthaya. Feel free to share. Even if you don't...
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‘Few’ does not mean ‘weak’
This is the thirty seventh in a series of articles on rebels and rebellion written for the FREE section of 'The Nation'. Scroll to the end for other articles in this series. 'FREE' is dedicated to...
View Article'මෛත්‍රිපාල සිරිසේනට සීමාරහිත උම්මත්තකයින්ගේ පැසසුම්!'
කැකිරිලන්තයේ දේශපාලන පුවත් සාරාංශය (2015.07.16) -- ප.ව. 8.35අද දින (2015.07.16) දේශපාලන කරලියේ විවිධ කරුණු කාරණා පිලිබඳ කැකිරිලන්තයේ මීළඟ ආණ්ඩුව පිහිටුවීමට නියමිත සීමාරහිත උම්මත්තකයින්ගේ පක්ෂයේ අදහස්...
View Article"Lunatics Unlimited applauds President Sirisena!"
News updates regarding today's (16.07.2015) political developments in Kekirilanthaya -- 8.42 pm.The following are official statements issued today (15.07.2015) by 'Lunatics Unlimited', the party that...
View Articleමහින්ද-මෛත්‍රී යුග ගායනය: 'මට මගේ නොවන මගේම පක්ෂයක් තිබුනා....'
2015. 07.17 දින දේශපාලන කරලියේ විවිධ කරුණු කාරණා පිලිබඳ කැකිරිලන්තයේ මීළඟ ආණ්ඩුව පිහිටුවීමට නියමිත සීමාරහිත උම්මත්තකයින්ගේ පක්ෂයේ අදහස් පහත දැක්වේ. කැමති නම් බෙදාගන්න. බයියෙක් දිනක් කොන්ඩේ කපාගන්න...
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Maithripala’s True Colors
So finally the President has spoken. That’s good. He was correct when he said that he had been vilified no end during the past few weeks. He added for good measure ‘as no other president before me...
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The voter must affirm the March 12th Declaration
The March 12 Declaration, according to its architects, is the product of island wide multi-stakeholder consultation aimed at transforming the political culture of the country. All political parties...
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2015. 07.18 සහ 2015.07.19 දිනයන් හි දේශපාලන කරලියේ විවිධ කරුණු කාරණා පිලිබඳ කැකිරිලන්තයේ මීළඟ ආණ්ඩුව පිහිටුවීමට නියමිත සීමාරහිත උම්මත්තකයින්ගේ පක්ෂයේ අදහස් පහත දැක්වේ. කැමති නම් බෙදාගන්න. "දුමින්ද...
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