Sriyani and her serendipity-shop
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View ArticleAlice G Wells: sovereignty, shared interests, some laughs and a question
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View ArticleFrom ‘out of order’ to ‘order’ and justice for all
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View ArticleRoutine and pattern can checkmate poetry
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View ArticleWhen we stop, we can begin to learn
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View ArticleWhat is your preference, citizen: pillow talk or public concerns?
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View ArticleRe-placing people in the story of schooldays
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View ArticleIs the party really over?
Truth be told, the better question would be, ‘didn’t the party end a long time ago?’ The ending was scripted in the Second Republican Constitution of 1978 and the proportional representation system...
View ArticleM.D. Daniel’s lessons on integrity
Manikkuvadura Daniel will be 90 years a few months from now. He lives with two daughters and a grandson in Gonagalapura, Induruwa. He sometimes uses glasses, but can still read without them. On the...
View ArticleThere ARE good people!
About a week ago, a woman from Gonagalapura, Induruwa, brought her son to the Lady Ridgeway Hospital (LRH). The child who is autistic has to be shown to a doctor ever month. After the examination, they...
View ArticleCredibility gaps and complicities
Is Ranjan Ramanayake a hero or a villain? Depends on who you ask and depends on what you are talking about. If anything he has done or said causes embarrassment to someone or some political group then...
View ArticleHow far away are the faraway places?
‘Faraway’ is a word that makes one think of the most beautiful places, destinations minimally touched by human beings. Idyllic. In a sense it tickles that part of our beings that is unhappy,...
View ArticleHow about creating some history?
Kylian Mbappé Lottin, 21, the best young football players and clearly among the best in the world according to some, already has an excellent reputation for finishing, dribbling and speed. Mbappé plays...
View ArticleSwiss Embassy Saga: ball in President’s court to end selective prosecution
Ishanka Malsiri, a young archaeologist, recently published one of the most exhaustive scholarly treatise I’ve read in Sinhala or English from anyone in the social sciences in this country. The title...
View ArticleLet’s dissolve parliament and parliamentarians
About 14 years ago, a young parliamentarian entertained a group of friends by doing excellent impressions of well-known and senior colleagues in Parliament. He had everyone in fits of laughter....
View ArticleA dusk song for Rasika Jayakody
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View ArticleA love note to an unknown address in Los Angeles
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View ArticleLooking for the nation in the wrong places and losing ourselves in the process
There's a nation outside flag and anthem that must be lived in, protected and nurturedThere are nationalists and they are vilified. There are people who vilify nationalism and nationalists and they are...
View ArticleThere’s never a ‘right moment’ for love
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