𝑾𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝑾𝒂𝒊𝒍 ( දුක් ගන්නා රාළ )

  I have been watching Sirasa Lakshapathi seasons, off and on for some years now. Something I have noticed was that majority of the participants was well prepared when it comes to knowledge within our shores. Be its local history, literature, traditions etc, they were well versed. But throw something beyond our shores at them and the majority of them were very shaky.  Sometimes, some have managed to come up with the correct answer but they were not based on solid knowledge but merely guessing it.   Last week, a very young schoolgirl appeared on the show and she has taken the attention of the country by her mastery of many subjects and charm but as I said, it was sad to see how she fumbled at the question involving Adolf Hitler’s life. She was trying to arrive at the correct answer by intelligently deducting unlikely possibilities out but in real life matters sometimes this method does not work right. I see one possible reason as to why many fail at this stumbling bl...