𝑾𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝑾𝒂𝒊𝒍 ( දුක් ගන්නා රාළ )

After a very long time, I met a person at a funeral house immediately after the recent general elections and knowing that the person is a avid supporter of the present regime, I was determine not to talk any politics. Once the initial greetings and chit chat were over, the person knowing that I was a grower and selling my stuffs, wanted to how the business was running. Because of my previous resolution I was initially a bit reluctant to talk facts but when the person prodded me more, I had no avenue to turn than to disclose that doing business in this country is not as easy as one would thought. I confessed how I failed to register a company, the very first step to be taken if anyone is thinking of doing any business. The failure is partly due to my stubbornness and but mostly due to corrupt officials who instead of helping a business, instead throw more and more obstacles in one’s path with only one intention in their mind. It is no secret that coloured papers with different...

Someone I spoke to regarding these new ministries appointed said, these new ministries are given according to the present needs of the country and he further mentioned the අලි වැට to drive his point home. The need to have an effective control and remedy over human animal conflict is needed but why it can't be dealt by the ministry of Wild life is puzzling. Take the existing ministry under the ministry of Defense and improve that creating a totally new ministry is just a waste of money only.   Now I see more and more people are selling බුළත් විට on roadsides to get a few extra bucks to supplement their ever shrinking and meager household incomes thanks to Corona and this government's foolish monetary policies. I am sure now we can expect a new  ministry called ministry of බුළත් විට , just like the අලි වැට soon . Another need of the hour.   What a disappointment it was.   It proves the fact that Small minds think SMALL right again.

 I was looking at the voting numbers in the recently concluded General Election and I see an anomaly in them. Let’s break them down for easy deciphering. Here is the comparison. In the Presidential Election 2019, GR received 6.9 million votes and SP received 5.5 million votes. In the General Election 2020, the party that had the GR’s blessing received 6.8 million and the decrease in numbers is so minute, which can be attributed to many valid reasons. Surprisingly, SP received on 2.7 million votes in the General Election 2020 and the decrease in numbers is enormous.  It is almost half of what he has received in the Presidential election. No doubt the turnover for this was much lesser than the Presidential elections. It was 85 % in the PE and has come down to 75 % in the GE. Let's say, around 1.4 million less votes in total count due to lesser turnover factor and then this reduction should have to be felt across the board and not only on SP's vote count. Does anyone want to be...

I was not a government servant but seeing their plight in the recent past, I was expecting them to respond differently. Allowances were reduced, overtime payments were not paid and to add injury to insult, part of their meager salary have been taken away even without their proper consent. I am no longer an overseas foreign worker and their plight is similar to the government servants. Their privileges have been drastically reduced and now they want to come back to their own country because most have lost their jobs due to Covid outbreak but the authorities are not allowing them to return instead they are being ridiculed as undesirables with no value to the country. How many have died over there due to Covid and taking one’s own life due to financial worries due to lose of work are everyone’s guess. Sure enough, they have no voice and or voting rights while staying over there but what about their loved ones still in this country. How their relatives and loved ones have expressed their d...