𝑾𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝑾𝒂𝒊𝒍 ( දුක් ගන්නා රාළ )

  හොර පව්ලක් රකින්න ඇයි මේ මුලු රටම දුක් විඳින්නේ? හෙට ( 29 වැනි බදාදා උදේ 10 ට ) වාහන ඇතුව හෝ නැතුව, කලු ඇඳගෙන හෝ නැතුව ඔක්කොම පාරට බහිමු.  සඩ්ඩම්බිරාළලා, කහ ටී ෂර්ට් කාරයොයි විතරක් ගෙදර හිටපුවාවේ.. සිමෙන්ති බංකුවේ නිදන්න කලියෙන් ! Why is this whole country has to suffer to save a rogue family? Tomorrow (Wednesday 29th at 10 am) we will all take to the streets with or without vehicles, dressed in black or not. The only ones left at home will be the Arse lickers of this regime and the mad Yellow T-shirts.

How to pick the right representative in the next election.  Check List 1.       Consideration of age, a.        Age between 30 and 60 is preferred, b.       Anyone beyond the range will be a bane than a boon, 2.        Educational prerequisites, a.        A minimum of a college degree or an equivalent qualification is a must, b.       Under exceptional circumstances only others with proven past track records should be considered, 3.       Current employment, a.        Anyone who is gainfully employed based on his or her educational qualifications and or conducting a legitimate business is worthy of consideration, b.       Anyone who is even rumoured to be involved in or enabling illegal activities such as embezzlement, deforesta...

The Right Honourable Sir Tony Baldry, The Chairman, Hamilton Reserve Bank Limited, Hamilton Reserve Bank Plaza, Jessups Estate, Nevis, St. Kitts & Nevis Dear Sir, This message serves two objectives. The first is to thank you for starting a legal proceeding in the USA to try and recover from Sri Lanka the full amount of the principal and accrued interest on the USD 250 million in international sovereign bonds due in July 2025, which is highly improbable given that the nation has already been declared bankrupt. The second and most significant goal is to beg and ask for the due amounts to be recovered from the personal riches of individuals who brought Sri Lanka to its knees on behalf of the people of the nation. Because of the ruthless robbery of public funds in Sri Lanka, as you have pointed out, the very people who caused this crisis have accumulated wealth beyond anyone's wildest dreams and safely stashed them in other countries, notably the United States...

උදේ ඉඳන් රටේ වෙන අසාධාරණකම් සමාජ මාධ් ‍ යවල දිග අරින සම හරක් ඒවා නැති කරන්න ක් ‍ රමයක් හොයන්නේ නැහැ . හොර රහසේ ඒවට උල්පන්දම් දිදී ඒවා නැති කරන්න කතා කරලා වැඩක් තියෙනවද ? තමන්ට ලැබෙන වේතනයට අමතරව කරන රස්සාවෙන් කීයක් හරි ගසා ගන්න බලන අය අරගලයට ජය වේවා කියලා සමාජ මාධ් ‍ ය ජාලා පිරෙන්න ලොකු කතා දැම්මට අරගලය දිනවන්නත් බැහැ ,  හොරු පන්නන්නත බැහැ . අරහලය තමන්ගෙන්ම පටන් ගම්මු . ඔය අරයා මෙයා ඇවිත් මේක සුරපුරක් කරන්කම් බලන් හිටියා මදිද තාම . රාවණා , දිය සේනලා තාම ගෑස් ගන්න , තෙල් ගහ ගන්න පෝලිම් වල වගේ . ලී ක්වාන් යූ , මහතීර්ලා ගෙන්නලා කර ගත්ත විනාශය මදිද තාමත් . ඔය මොකා ආවත් රට හදන්න බැහැ අපි අපේ අරගලය අපෙන්ම පටන් ගත්තේ නැතනම්. බුධු බනෙත් කියලා තියෙනවනේ  " අත්තාහි අත්ත  නෝ  නාථෝ "  කියලා. සංඛ් ‍ යා ලේකන වල 69% හිටියට බුදු බණ පිලිපදින කීයක් මේ රටේ ඉන්නවද ?‍ ඒකට පිළිතුර ඔබම දන්නවා ඇතිනේ, ලෝකයාට වඩා . අරගලයට කලු ඇඳුම් ඕනෙත් නැහැ , කහ...

Defence gets the biggest budgetary allocation in Sri Lanka and understandably so due to three decades of civil war or whatever one wants to call it. Now there is no war or even a remote possibility of one, but the defence budget keeps rising every year, depriving much-needed funds for others like education and health. Both education and health do not even get a 3% allocation. That is a very sad thing, and recently we became the country in South Asia with the highest number of malnourished children. When calls for defence cuts surface, many blame such calls on either the JVP or the Tamil Diaspora for incitement. I really do not know whether they really originate from one of the sources mentioned above by many. But I agree with their call, not because I am a member or a sympathizer of any of those. Those who have read my blog and other writings for more than two decades are well aware of my position on both entities. Recently in a speech given to a Lawyers Association by Field Marshal S...

Every time politics is discussed in Sri Lanka, one word comes to the fore: education or the level of education. Everyone refers to formal education, but is it a must to be successful? Some are lucky to be able to get a good formal education, but some are not. For various reasons, many fall through the cracks. Yes, good formal education is a stepping stone to success for many, but is it an absolute necessity? Especially in politics. How many very well-educated politicians we have seen in this country so far? They may have served well in their chosen fields, but when it comes to politics, their contribution is very minuscule. I think what we want is people who are able to conceptualize rather than ones with flamboyant formal educational qualifications. If we want to see a positive trend in Sri Lankan politics, we must change our thinking. Otherwise, it's the same old poor outcomes.

The average length of any queue waiting for fuel is more than 2 kilometres and not less than that. Just imagine the number of cars, heavy vehicles, three-wheelers and motorbikes in each queue. Those lines are no longer a rarity, but rather a common occurrence. If there are two sheds in each town, it's the same situation in both locations. ඉන්ධන සඳහා රැඳී සිටින ඕනෑම පෝලිමක සාමාන්ය දිග කිලෝමීටර 2 කට වඩා වැඩි වන අතර ඊට වඩා අඩු නොවේ. නිකමට හිතන්න එක එක පෝලිමේ තියෙන කාර්, බර වාහන, ත්රිරෝද රථ, යතුරුපැදි ගණන. එම රේඛා තවදුරටත් දුර්ලභ දෙයක් නොව සාමාන්ය සිදුවීමකි. සෑම නගරයකම මඩු දෙකක් තිබේ නම්, එය ස්ථාන දෙකෙහිම එකම තත්ත්වයයි. For the sake of calculation purposes, if we assume the value of one manhour is one rupee, one can assess the colossal loss the situation is bringing in. It will be one rupee multiplied by the number of hours in a queue, multiplied again by the number of vehicles. That does not include the cost involved in healthcare needs due to health issues brought on by high stress e...

Late Mr Robert Mugabe hated white people so much that he destroyed most of them and the entire country by staging a useless revolution in Zimbabwe. It was known as Rhodesia before, and tobacco was their main export and income. I remember meeting some Rhodesian delegation at the Katunayake Airport who was in transit on their way to another country. On departure, the flight manager gave me a packet of cigarettes and I refused to accept them. First, it was unethical to accept anything in return for a service, and secondly, I was not a smoker. Then he insisted on keeping it as a memento and I still remember what he said more than four decades ago, echoing in my ears. "We grow tobacco and our packs are the only ones that have 30 cigarettes in each of them." Yes, he was right. It had 30 cigarettes in it. I did not keep it as a memento but gave it to someone addicted to smoking soon after they left the place. Rhodesia became Zimbabwe after a stupid revolution, some whites left the c...

Historical importance This area has historical importance. 40,000 years or so ago, when the first humans stepped onto this land from the east, they settled in and around the area to seek refuge. Years of archaeological excavations done in the area have found many artefacts dating back to that time. People from far-flung places like Morocco have come here as traders and later found safe heaven and a trading base around the seaport. It is said that the famous Omani seafarer Sinbad visited the area during his epic journey to China from Sohar in the Sultanate of Oman. However, in the present context, the area has taken some beatings not because of the year 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami but because of the political-ideological point of view. Some feel the location is the epicentre of the country's current calm and infrastructure developments since the terrorist group's demise in May 2009. Others, however, believe that the area has taken a Pariah status as a result of legacy-creating wh...

Recently, the Ceylon Electricity Board has increased their service charge from Rs 30/= to Rs 540/=. What a monumental increase that was. We live in Kottawa and we are connected to the Pannipitiya substation. These days, in addition to the island-wide power interruptions, we experience at least 2 to 3 power interruptions ranging from a few minutes to hours. It is an obvious fact then that they have no reliable service at the moment, and hence I see no reason why the service charge has to be increased so much. I was told that a simple meter reader is taking home a six-figure salary, despite the fact that the entity is losing money so much and the treasury has to supplement them for their existence. Social media is awash these days with details of some of the bigwigs’ take-home salaries. The interesting question is, why should they be paid so much when they are really not making any profit and are also bleeding the country’s coffers so much? One of the world's leading ...

  පාඩු ලබන ආයතන ප් ‍ රධානීන්ට මෙච්චර ගෙවිය යුතුද? ඔබේ චන්දය

I posted on my Facebook wall,   “විදේශ්ගත ශ්රමිකයිනි, අපි කරපු මෝඩකම් නුඹලාත් නොකිරීමට වග බලා ගන්න.” What I meant by this was, • We paid for half of the protracted war effort by sending money home, and our leaders siphoned off the majority of that money by issuing exaggerated invoices and claims. • In exchange, we received nothing tangible, unlike others claiming to be professionals and politicians and receiving duty-free car permits, etc. • We have been subjected to unnecessary inconveniences, beginning with boarding an aircraft and continuing through customs, immigration, and even taxi stands. • We were treated as if we were worthless even at local banks. That is why I suggest these to you: • Send the smallest amount of money possible home, just enough for the family back home to live comfortably. • Make as many savings as possible. • While working abroad, obtain a trade or technical certificate that will allow you and your immediate family members to legally migrate to a develop...

Air travel has an alluring charm even for a seasoned veteran. We flew back from New Jersey a few days ago, and we were anticipating a pleasant flight on a carrier regarded as one of the best in the region. And, in the end, it was a complete disappointment owing to the encounters we had along the route. In all three sectors, complimentary face masks and hand sanitizers were only given in one aisle, but the other aisle was not. The crew members were carrying meal trays in hand stacked up to their chins, and that was not a very professional way of conducting service. They remind me of head loaders who work at south Indian railway stations, transporting passengers' luggage back and forth. The normal meal service was started 25 to 45 minutes after the delivery of special meals, with the shorter sector registering the shortest time. When we boarded from Athens, we discovered that the bathrooms and seat pockets had been left unattended and that the former had been left in an extremely uns...