𝑾𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝑾𝒂𝒊𝒍 ( දුක් ගන්නා රාළ )

The rumours are rife that due to external pressure coming from many powerful sources, the government is going to release the War Hero General Sarath Fonseka in January 2012.

http://sasankadesilva.wordpress.com/2011/12/19/leave-your-holy-crap-for-some-other-times/

A Great one & an Ass left here within a span of 24 hours and now everyone is talking about the Ass and not the Great. People hate Asses and admire Great ones openly when they are alive. But the trend is turned around, when it is time to bury them. Asses are in everyone’s minds & lips and the Greats are forgotten. What a world we are living in today.

Thanks Guys & Gals too. This is how I get paid for your patronage !!!

The Triple  B Bonanza!   It is said that the most accurate way to predict someone’s future behaviour is through his or her past behaviour. There is a new craze of fashion engulfing the world at large, and Sri Lanka is no different: jumping into born-again cults. Those who have engaged in many nefarious activities in the past to earn some dirty money have now become patriots, do-gooders, and religious preachers by simply taking on the born-again cloak. This time will be no different than their checkered past. Again, they are in it for the money and the money only, not because of their love for the country or their beliefs and value systems. This time, these wolves in sheep’s clothing are going to do more harm than what they have already done in the past.   Beware of those born-again bullshitters lurking out there and waiting for opportunities to pounce on them. Do not fall for their sugar-laced talks and bonhomie behaviour in public.   This time they would g...

Have a look & you decide what to do; https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions/%21/petition/urge-release-former-commander-sri-lankan-army-and-presidential-candidate-general-ret-sarath-fonseka/Bc5DNPg2#thank-you=p

Someone posted a You Tube link on the Face-book showing a man being whipped in India for converting to Christianity with a disparaging comment suggesting Sri Lanka is no better. My rejoinder was met with even harsher response. Here is my response to those disparaging & harsh remarks and I am sure sooner or later they (Poster & those who liked the posting) will get to read this as I have already given the link to the Blog in my response. I am sure, your forefathers too must have felt like you feel today when the Portuguese destroyed the original Palliyagodella Temple in Moratuwa. How to go about solving such issues is not to go about spewing insults, hatred, and discord in public domains but discuss them earnestly and openly to educate and broaden the horizons of other lesser mortals. Asking “Eye for an Eye” has and will never be part of our culture. Even the Bible says to turn your other cheek. When we are able to answer fully and correctly, why man needs a religion, then all...

It is everyone’s undeniable right to have the freedom to live FREE and Morgan is no different. Those who are living Free live four times longer than the ones’ in captivity is a very well known and another undeniable scientific fact. Animal are here not to entertain humans. They too are here for a purpose just like us. Let Morgan go free. Open seas are dangerous but free and much better than the safety of any pen. 

ඇතොත් රටට ආදරයක් සිතින් සිපා, අතත් පයත් ඔළුවත් වෙන වෙනම කපා, කතත් කමක් නැහැ කැත බිය ගතිය එපා, අයුත්කියට අත් දෙක ඔසවන්න එපා. - ඇස් මහින්ද හිමි -

For your reading pleasure only; http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2011/10/24/on-line-arrival-visa-should-be-given-alternatives-or-scrapped/

Who says unemployment is rife in Sri Lanka. Any one interested ?

Read the article below given in the link and the posting made by others in response; http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2011/09/16/population-trends-paint-a-gloomy-picture-for-sri-lanka-%E2%80%93-includes-excerpts-from-a-un-publication/comment-page-1/#comment-12375

Read some of the postings in this link below, http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2011/09/09/religion-and-survival/comment-page-2/#comment-12252 No wonder why we stayed a Third World country this long !

Interesting link below; http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2011/09/01/world-media-a-tool-of-democratic-dictatorship/

I do not think that I am alone in receiving unsolicited electronic mails and short messages. Despite the best efforts by internet service providers to stop their customers accounts being spammed, some unscrupulous still manage to wriggle in through the obstacles. On this account internet service providers’ efforts taken should be admired. However on the same note, the mobile telephone service providers instead use the facility to rake in more revenue in to their coffers, despite the subscribers’ protestation and dismay. And the authorities’ inaction to stop subscribers receiving unsolicited short messages is puzzling. I am sure; many like me keep their mobiles open 24 X 7 due to their various commitments but not necessarily to receive unsolicited messages at an ungodly hour. Therefore; I believe that the authorities’ need to look at this issue earnestly and find a solution to the issue of mobile telephone service providers from spamming their customers without consent and at the same t...

India should be ashamed of the way it treated "Anna Hazare". Those who were responsible for jailing him for merely planning to start another hunger strike should be forced out of their offices either way, if it wants to keep its so-called “biggest democracy” in the world title. Further India should stop preaching others; how to run their own internal affairs and try to concentrate on how to eradicate many of its pressing issues today, including rampant and endemic corruption. Jailing Anna Hazare will not solve them on their own.

Do supermarkets teach their checkout staffs not to throw a tub of yoghurt down the slop for the bag boy/girl to bag it or how to handle delicate food items at the checkouts? I wonder so because I have witnessed and also experienced many a time that they do not know (or perhaps careless) by throwing it down the slop, the curdled yoghurt inside gets cracked up and then it is unpleasant to eat and a big embarrassment if offered to a visitor. So are Biscuits, cookies, ripened fruits etc too should be handled with care and dropping them on counters and or throwing down the slop can easily cause damages. Even the bag boys do not have the sense to segregate items accordingly to avoid damages and even possible contamination. Today someone put the frozen food along with other non-frozen items and the washing power bag along with edible items. What is lacking is proper training. With proper training, such issues can easily be avoided.  Over to you guys if you are listening.

Both the air crashes involving Air France aircraft which plunged in to Atlantic Ocean and the Polish aircraft which was carrying the President which was plunged on to the ground are now being partly blamed for pilot errors. Sadly none survived in both the crashes. The errors the pilots have alleged to have been made should have been part of their mandatory training and re-training. If they have been excluded in their training, then the governing bodies of both IATA (International Air Transport Association) and ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) should be held directly responsible for failing to unearth and correct weak and faulty links in the pilots’ training during their audits. If such exclusions are merely for monetary advantages, and then the operators too should be held responsible for voluntary man-slaughter and breach of contract. At the moment, the air transportation is the safest mode of transportation but if the corners are cut to save money then who would like ...

Two interesting links below; And go to the comments part. http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2011/07/23/norwegian-massacre-suspect-like-the-tamil-tigers-used-fertilizer-to-make-bombs/comment-page-1/#comment-10736 and http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2011/07/23/norway-gets-a-taste-of-terrorism/comment-page-1/#comment-10737 Thanks.

Someone wrote to one of the newspapers to ask; “Why did Sai Baba never declares his assets for tax?” Many things that we crave for, amass, fight over and called assets are “No Assets” to Swami. His only asset was his ardent followers of his very simple message “Love All, Serve All”. He has touched and uplifted living conditions of over a million of people all over the World. No fee charging Super speciality hospitals, schools, universities and pipe-borne water scheme are a few of things that have appeared in physical forms as the fruits of his love. Transformed hearts have apparently No different physical form, from other hearts and it would only be seen in one’s own deeds. The message “Love All, Serve all” has been translated into many good deeds, taken up voluntarily by many devotees either individually or as groups all over the world and that is what the “Swami’s Asset Declaration” is.

I agree when someone wrote to one of the newspapers here that “ Terror must be fought with counter-terror measures ” in relations to the recent bombing in Mumbai. But at the same time, countries should not be part of protecting and nurturing terrorists and terrorist organizations from other parts of the world in the name of counter-terror measures. Protect one’s boarders well but do not be part of the exporting terrorism to other parts or one day you will reap; in one form or other; what you have sown.

The turtles after travelling thousands of miles return to the same beach where they were born to lay their eggs and so do many migrating birds travel half way across the world for the same. This is everyone’s birth right. Granting dual citizenships for those who have left our shores for another country is under the spotlight again. The reason/s as to why the person/s left the country in the first place, the task of proving how the money was acquired while staying in another land and or even having any criminal records against that person in the adopted land should not be hindrance in obtaining one’s birth right. The onus of finding out whether the money acquired was ill-gotten or not is the responsibility of the authorities of his/her adopted land and spending it legally is the responsibility of the authorities of his/her birth country. This should apply also to any Sri Lankans by descent born overseas who wishes to obtain dual citizenship in Sri Lanka.

Read the link below especially the viewers comments between KingSasanka & Fran Diaz . http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2011/07/06/hats-off-to-sanga-for-the-courageous-speech/ If this is all what we are capable of , then no wonder why we have stayed a Third World country this long. My apologies to non Sinhala speakers (if you are reading) for not getting the right meaning of the Heading. But I am sure you will understand the meaning once you read the whole postings.

The child who cried out loud in the crowd of the " Emperor's New Cloths " story is the patriot and not those who kept mum despite the obvious. This posting is for those " Self-proclaimed Patriots " who we see in thousands today, who are nothing but just like the subjects in the story, still keeping mum despite the obvious happening around them.

Blowing one’s own trumpet was never being part of my armoury and strongly believes and advocates that vital space and time should not be used to for that purpose and to get one’s own ego fatten more. Sure prescription for creating a useful society is every individual to follow “ Preach only what you are ready to follow and earnestly follow what is being preached ” policy. Hypocrisy kills the society .

Interesting link and read the viewers postings (especially KingSasanka 's) below; http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2011/07/06/hats-off-to-sanga-for-the-courageous-speech/

The minister was quick to respond to Sangakkar’s speech and I believe he has all the right to do so. If Sangakkar is guilty of violating the code of conduct then he should be dealt with appropriate punishments too if found guilty after an impartial and transparent inquiry.  At the same time minister is obligatory to look in to the allegation made by Sangakkar with the same speed and determination and act on them. If the former is executed and the latter was swept under the carpet then it is time  to show him the way to the exit too.  Even the Badminton Association of Sri Lanka is plagued with similar issues today, pointed out by Sangakkar and conspicuous absences of any action to correct the situation by the minister reaffirm my belief that he is not interested.  My believe is that the Messenger will be hanged and the offenders will be allowed to plunder more.  As for the issue of importing substandard Petrol and the secretary of the Ministry of Petroleum indust...

Check out the links below (especially Readers' comments below). http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2011/07/05/kumar-sangakkaras-disclosures-about-sri-lanka-cricket-needs-applause-not-reprisals/ and http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2011/07/06/hats-off-to-sanga-for-the-courageous-speech/ Thanks. (www.sasankadesilva.wordpress.com)

People who live thousands of miles away pretend to know better than those who live and struggle here daily. See the link given below; http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2011/06/18/let%E2%80%99s-applaud-this-tremendous-task-without-hypocritical-mind/ Whom are they trying to pleased ( FOOLed) so much?

It is ridiculous decision to put a temporary ban on exporting live stocks from Australia to Indonesia after ABC’s airing of the film made at one of the Indonesian abattoirs. Being a live stock exporting country to many Asian and middle eastern countries for so long that Australia cannot be ignorant of the fact that those animals that are being exported not as Pets but destined to only slaughter houses in those countries. There is no humane way of taking life of an animal. Simply it is killing. A country which has relaxed euthanasia rules must know that those animal unlike humans who flock there to end their lives have no choice either to continue living or die. If someone thinks yes they have then open the pens and see how they would run for their life. 

Knowing that you are a distant relative of one of the greatest teachers ever to tread on this world is an exhilarating experience. Finding your true lineage, for some is another life-line and they are willing to go any distance searching this kind of life-lines to prolong the inevitable. It is neither cheap. Recently I found out that I too is distantly related to one of the Greatest Teachers ever to tread on this World. It was an accidental discovery. But for me, it did not cost a fortune because I know one “Jack-Ass” who is quite capable of this kind of works. When the world history is blatantly re-written to please a few, the so-called guardians of the land and History professors are so conspicuously silent. If the guardians decided to take a stand against it, then they will be called something else (identified only by the distinctive colour of their attire and with the word “Rogue” in front) but as long as they are ready and willing to maintain silence, then they will...

If political forums are the ideal places to gauge the mood and the thinking patterns of any nation, then Lankaweb forum is an ideal micro specimen of the way many of the Sri Lankans think. Every time when something new appears, there are many rejoinders but most of them are not even remotely related to the subject matter of the original articles. Instead of countering or supporting an arguments many jump on to the foray like lice and tried to show off their whipping and divertive skills and inadvertently expose their own inadequateness and nakedness to the whole world. And if you have nothing to say about the subject matter, it is better to maintain silence then say something most inappropriate and exposes one’s shallowness. A fool is a Wiseman until he opens his mouth. Read the link below;   http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2011/06/03/sarath-fonseka-and-the-millions-of-us%E2%80%99s-and-what-was-left-of-it/ Then you will not wonder why we have stayed as a third world country for...

University Students To Army Boot Camps. Posted on May 6th, 2011 Sasanka De Silva, Pannipitiya, The government’s decision to send students who are eligible for university admission in 2011 to Army camps to expose them to leadership techniques, English language and IT training is a flawed decision. Thanks to our old fashion paper-marking systems, first students have to wait for months to get the examination results, followed by a couple of more moths for the re-correction process to end and finally the University admissions results. The students lose almost a year due to the process and unfortunately not many of them avail this free time for any useful activity. Therefore, if the government is so keen on turning the trend for good use then, putting children through a well coordinated National Service Duty programmed after their Advanced Level Examination is not a bad idea. National Service Duty does not mean sending children to boot-camps. Instead, they can be trained a...

Immediately after celebrating the most auspicious days in the Buddhist calendar, the Bars, Taverns, Meat &  Betting shops are in full swing again. Not to mentioned the other vises too. Who patronizes those joints and indulge in other vises too are mostly are the so-called Sinhala Buddhists in Sri Lanka. I think they are happy to live a hypocritical life, blaming others for all their failings. No responsibility, no accountability. The Enlightened one has told that fools look at the tip of the finger when being shown the Moon. The amount of money is wasted on Wesak celebrations is sacrilegious. The modern day investment in the Material or Hospitality offerings (amisa-puja) is thousand folds higher than the Practice offerings (patipatti-puja). If the masses can be educated to curtailed the investments in Amisa-puja and spend that time, effort and investment on something much more useful like sending at least one needy child to school, college and beyond, the dividend of such in...

Internet Services Provider s, from time to time lure new customers to their nets by promising cheaper and faster connections. I have no qualm of such schemes. However, I believe that they should pay more attention and care to their existing customers than to their prospective ones. A person gasping for his last breath on his death bed is not a pretty sight to watch and unfortunately I have seen a couple of them.   Looking at the twinkling lights of my ADSL router reminds me of them again. The promise of ADSL was luring enough to subscribe to but now I think it would have been much better off with my previous Dial-up connection, given the exorbitant amount they charge for an extremely poor service. Sometimes I wonder what the regulating authorities are doing. My experience is not an isolated one and I am confident that many would greatly appreciate if the concerned governing authority would look into such allegations and take corrective measures soon. Please charge us for the ser...

The government’s decision to send students who are eligible for university admission in 2011 to Army camps to expose them to leadership techniques, English language and IT training is a flawed decision. Thanks to our old fashion and outdated paper-marking systems, students have to wait for months to get the examination results first, followed by a couple of more moths for the re-correction process to end and finally the University admissions results. At the end the students lose almost a year due to these lethargic processes and unfortunately not many of them avail this free time available to them for any useful activity. Therefore, if the government is so keen on turning the trend for good use, then putting children through a well coordinated National Service Duty programme immediately after their Advanced Level Examination is over is not a bad idea. However, National Service Duty does not mean sending children to boot-camps. Instead,...

The Royal Wedding was just concluded and it was a spectacle. Watching it I could not help thinking, when people of many faiths usually take their marriage vows and solemnized it at a place of worship (correct me if I am wrong) except the Buddhist. What is the most likely explanation for such a dearth? I think this is an issue the custodians of all Temples in the country have to look in to. Weddings are an expensive affair and many of those who are cornered in to that corner go beyond their means, just to keep up with the Jonas. If the Temple doors can be thrown opened for such ceremonies too, then it would be another step taken in the right direction.

They were here,  They were there  and  They were everywhere, They have woken up me in the mornings  and  Warned me of any visitors arrival, Strewn everything around and spoilt my tidy garden, They were an asset sometimes  and Nuisance too at times, But There are not here, there or anywhere else, When I needed them most. No need to wake me up  or To warn me of any visitors’ arrival, Come back again and even untidy my garden, But just take my humble offerings, At least on Saturday mornings.    

http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2011/04/16/religion-and-its-effects/

Make Buddha Jayanthi an occasion to ask, after 2600 years what have we accomplished as Buddhists ? Posted on April 11th, 2011 By Charles.S.Perera   The Queen Mahamaya Devi while on her way to  her parental home to have her baby  according to ancient custom, gave birth to a baby boy in the Lumbini Park in Kapilawattu .  The father  the Sakyan King Suddhodana  was overjoyed with the birth of a son.   But the king’s joy did not last long as  the Queen Mahamaya Devi died seven days after the birth of the Prince.   The baby was placed in the care of  his step mother Maha Pajapati Gotami, the younger sister of  the late queen.    The Ascetic Asita  Kaladevela  came to  pay respect to the King and to see the new born little Prince.  Having seen the baby the great Ascetic predicted that the Prince will  be enlightened  becoming a Buddha, but regretted that he would not be there on the  bliss...