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Mahinda is no one’s baby-sitter
It’s easy to offer advice after the fact. Mahinda Rajapaksa had many exit-options. He could have ruled in a way that he could go out, even in defeat, with head held high. He did not. And yet, he...
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The Pied Piper from Polonnaruwa
Everyone knows the story of the Pied Piper. The one who came to the town of Hamlin, that is. He came to get rid of the rats and he did so by luring them out of every rathole in that unhappy town....
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An icon bids adieu
He pushed himself to the limit and thereby served his team and country to the best he could.Kumar Sangakkara is playing his last Test. He has picked the ongoing Second Test against India as his...
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When you are the last one standing…
This is the forty third 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 youth...
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It's ok if you haven't heard of Nilame Wanigasekera
This was written five years ago and published in the 'Daily News' for which newspaper I wrote a column titled 'The Morning Inspection'. Nilame Wanigasekera died in July 2010. Not many people who read...
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And you can be a rainbow-maker
This is the forty second 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!...
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"මෛත්‍රී-සර්කස්"නොහොත් ජනවරමෙන් පස්ස පිහදාගැනීමේ දේශපාලන සැණකෙළිය නරඹන්න ජනතාවට වරම් නැත. විඳින්නට පමණක් සිදුවනු ඇත. නිකුතුව 'ජනවරම'ලෙස නම් කරනු ඇත. 'විප්ලවයක්'ලෙසද එය අර්ථකථනය කර ගනු ඇත. යහපාලනය,...
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Hey buddy, what's your other-side?
Everyone has another side, an away-from-the-public side, an underside, a dark side or in some cases even a light side, a black side, a secret side, an only-when-I-am-alone side. Some people think that...
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මෛත්‍රිපාල නිශා බිස්වාල් නෝනට ගැයූ ගීතය සහ තවත් පශ්චාත් මැතිවරණ රස කතා
Graphic: Kavinda Vimarshanaමෛත්‍රිපාල නිශා බිස්වාල් නෝනට ගැයූ ගීතය ජාත්‍යාන්තර සෙනෙහස විඳිනටපින් කර ඇතිමුත්පිවිතුරු ඔබේ හදින්ඔබේ දෙපා ළඟ දුහුවිල්ලක්වත්වන්නට නොමැත වරම්එක තැන රැඳුනද මනසින් හැඟුමින්ඔබ මා...
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Prime Ministerial Headaches
This should have been easy. It has been easy all these years. Hold election, release results, count numbers, pick the leader of the party which returned the most candidates to Parliament and appoint...
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The Biswal take-over and other politidbits of the week
Maithri's 'Miracle'More than a week has passed since results were released. Parliament has not been convened. There’s no Speaker. No Leader of the Opposition. No Cabinet. Just three ministers have...
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A note on ocean transcripts
Over 20 years ago, one night in August, my friend Mahendra 'Patta' Silva and I took a walk by the sea. I think it was from Bambalapitiya to Wellawatte, along the railway track. He told me that the sea...
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Let’s get serious about the death penalty
Galle Face Green: An ideal place for the first execution, don't you think?One of these days, the State of Sri Lanka will execute a person currently on death row, as per the current thinking regarding...
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Living without Sanga
He carried his team on his shoulders at times and now that he's retired will the team just roll over and 'die'? When living legends decide to call it a day, there are predictable responses. Here are...
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*ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂයට අවශ්‍ය වන්නේ විපක්ෂ නායකයෙක් ද පක්ෂ නායකයෙක් ද?*කැකිරිලන්තයේ සිට වර්තමාන ශ්‍රී ලංකාව නැත්නම් ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ වර්තමානය පෙනෙන හැටි: ජනතාවට පාර්ලිමේන්තුවක් අවශ්‍යත් නැහැ...
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When the enemy expands, consider inflation
This is the forty fourth 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 youth...
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There's an ant story waiting for you
This is the forty third 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!...
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Coke is a Drug
Illustration by Tilak SamarawickremaCoca-Cola shares an ‘also known as’ with the narcotic cocaine: Coke. It’s not an accident. Coca-Cola once contained cocaine and is still flavored with a...
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Sampath Agalawatte and his Merry Men of '84
Sampath Agalawatte was always a hero to me. I first saw him when I was 11 years old. He was, at the time, the unnamed leader of the cricket team of that class. 'Class' as in the entire 6th grade of...
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Here's to you, Mr Agalawatte!
Sampath Agalawatte [left] still has the moves and most importantly the grace Everyone who knows Sampath Agalawatte, especially Royalists of his time, will associate the name with the incredible run of...
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