Kekirilanthaya Diaries: The Candidate-Debate
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FCID: Farcical and Futile
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School Sports and Parents
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There are games you can play with the rain
Several years ago, I wrote a regular column for the JEANS section of 'The Nation'. The editor of JEANS, Kusumanjalee Thilakarathna now handles the 'Littlestars' tabloid distributed with 'The Sunday...
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Notes for a Manifesto: Health, the most precious gain
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View ArticleKekirilanthaya Diaries: the party is over, apparently
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Time's up, Pujitha
It’s a name that has religious connotations. Pujith. Translatable as ‘[he who has] received [typically an offering of a religious/ritualistic kind]. A past participle form of the verb give/offer. It...
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Out-think the Opposition!
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Shall we try being differently-abled?
Several years ago, I wrote a regular column for the JEANS section of 'The Nation'. The editor of JEANS, Kusumanjalee Thilakarathna now handles the 'Littlestars' tabloid distributed with 'The Sunday...
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Selective tear-shedding in seasons of demagoguery
Regardless its constitutionality or otherwise (which we shall come to presently), what took place on October 26, 2018 was an affront to the fundamental tenets of democracy. It smacks of political...
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From DS to RW: The Decline of the United National Party
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Those nervous nineties
This is the sixth in a series of articles written for THE SUNDAY MORNING under the title 'The Interception'. Scroll down for previous articles.In Hobart (1992) Sangakkara was given out 'caught' (the...
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Who really makes clouds and why do shadows keep moving?
Several years ago, I wrote a regular column for the JEANS section of 'The Nation'. The editor of JEANS, Kusumanjalee Thilakarathna now handles the 'Littlestars' tabloid distributed with 'The Sunday...
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Hypocrisy in the name of Democracy
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Who the *&%# is Maithripala Sirisena, huh?
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Mind-games are part of the sporting story
This is the seventh in a series of articles written for THE SUNDAY MORNING under the title 'The Interception'. Scroll down for previous articles.For the benefit of those who are unfamiliar with this...
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Have you seen a worn-out grandmother?
Several years ago, I wrote a regular column for the JEANS section of 'The Nation'. The editor of JEANS, Kusumanjalee Thilakarathna now handles the 'Littlestars' tabloid distributed with 'The Sunday...
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Sri Lanka’s Democracy Deficit
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Karu Jayasuriya — a man beseiged
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There’s always just one more game left
Focus is what every coach at one time or another will tell those under his or her charge. It’s not something that’s easy to teach. Certain people seem born to be dogged, able to absorb all pressure and...
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