𝑾𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝑾𝒂𝒊𝒍 ( දුක් ගන්නා රාළ )

To whom one should cast his or her vote in the upcoming general election one’s own prerogative and it should not be divulged in public too. ඔබේ චන්දය රහස්ය සහ වැදගත් එකක්. එය කා වෙනුවෙන්ද දිය යුත්තේද කියා තිරණය කිරීම ඔබ සතුයි. එය එලිකිරීමට මැළි වන්න. But there is no harm in discussing it in public to whom one should not cast his or her vote. නමුත් එය නොලැබිය යුත්තේ කවුදැයි කියා කතා කිරීමට මැළි නොවන්න. Here are my red flags and if anyone is red flagged during scrutiny; he or she will not get my vote for sure. මගේ චන්දය පහත ක්රියාවන්යේ නියැලෙන්නන් හට නොලැබේ. • Someone with Blood on his or her hand or having the backing of those who have blood on their hands, o අතේ ලේ ගෑවුන කෙනෙකුට හෝ අතේ ලේ ගෑවුන කංඩායම් නියෝජිතයෙකුට, • Those who are involved in dealing with deadly drugs and or having direct links or financial connections to such persons’ or entities, o සමාජය වනසන කුඩු රකුසා සමග ගනදෙනු කරන හෝ එවැන්නන් ඇසුරු කරන්නන්, • Those who are involved in dealing with arms a...

Today I went to Homagama Tele Shop to pay my telephone bill. A long queue has already formed there and I had to join the queue after going through the cleaning up process. The instructions at the clean up station were all written only in English and graphics too were bit confusing to say the least. Then, I heard someone telling that to pay at the Kiosks, one needs not to queue up. Just go and feed the machine. Those machines were lined up near the entrance in the corridor. The body temperature was checked before I was allowed in to that area. My attempts to pay at the Kiosk were not successful and then the lady who was trying to do the same at the other Kiosk told “these Machines do not accept any notes”. So, I stopped feeding process and decided to join the queue again. At the entrance, the lady security was yelling at everyone to “Remove Footwear” before enter the carpeted office. My first impression was that, it was because of the last rain and the puddles left ...

The whole World cries and moans When a celebrity dies in a speeding frenzy On a busy highway Or a singer dies in a drug-induced coma Drowns in her own bathtub. Thousands die hungry and Without medicine To treat a simple aliment Every second around us But do we cry or moan For those poor souls. What a lop-sided World We are living in today Oh I am ashamed Yes to be part of that Uncaring World Today.

Recently someone invited me to join a Facebook page called Ceylon Then Sri Lanka Now . There were some interesting historical pictures, facts and trivia in it so I decided to join the group. Then I posted a picture of a not so well know heroes of yesteryear. It was approved without much delay and was well received by former fellow members. The second post I made was about the VOC coins issued by the Dutch in the 17th century. That too was approved with not much delay. The third one posted was a picture of the then CBC (now SLBC) and wanted to know the identities of the personalities in the picture, as I knew the identity of only one person. That post got delay to come up and thinking that there was some technical difficulty that it did not reach the right people ( despite having seen the prompt I got on the screen when posting that it has been sent for moderator / Admin for approval ) I repost it once more. Again the same result and I was curious to k...

Immediately after the Easter bombing incident, public announcements were made locally requesting residents to report to some public location for an important Police briefing. Lucky for us it was a nearby temple and that too walking distance. Well before the start-up time, Chief Occupant of most residencies have reported and was given to fill up a form by very junior police officer present there There were no arrangements made to supply writing materials and or a proper place to enable people to fill their forms up. Once that was over, all were asked to wait till the arrival of the police high up who was supposed to be giving the briefing to the public. Many people waited long enough and left the place leaving the already filled up forms with the members of Community Police members of their particular wards. The actual time of the officer’s arrival and the contents of the briefing done to the people who were available at that time are no secrets. Fast-forward to the time of this Corona ...