𝑾𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝑾𝒂𝒊𝒍 ( දුක් ගන්නා රාළ )

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,...