𝑾𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝑾𝒂𝒊𝒍 ( දුක් ගන්නා රාළ )

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 ...

අලි මිනිස් ගැටුමට විසදුමක් නැද්ද ඇත්තටම? චන්ද්රිකා ඇරපු, වේගා හදපු, කොරෝනා හොයන රෝබෝ හදපු විද්වතුන්ට මේවට පිළිතුරු නැද්ද? තුවාලේ තියෙන කෙනාලු ඒකේ අමාරුව දන්නේ. ඔය නූගත් කියලා හිතෙන, අලි එනකොට දරුවෝ කර පින්නන් කැලා වදින මිනිස්සුන්ගෙනුත් අහල බැලුවොත් නරකද. ඔබේ උගත් කමට එය හානියක්ද? චීවරය කියන්නේ ඇදිරි නීතිය වෙලේ ගංජා කසිප්පු අදින්න දෙන අවසර පත්රය වුනේ කවදා ඉදන්ද? බඩගින්නේ ඉන්න අයට මොනවා හරි දෙන්න ගිගින් අල්ලගත්ත නම් අපිටත් ආඩම්බරයි හාමුදුරුවනේ. 5000 දෙන්නේ අවශ්ය අය බලලද නැත්නම් පාට බලලද? ග්රාම සේවකයි, සමුර්දි නියාමකයි හිටියම මදිද? පොහොට්ටුවේ එකෙකුත් ඔතනට මොකටද? සිල් රෙද්දෙන් මිග් වැහුවත් ලසන්තගේ මරණය වහන්න නම් බැරි වෙයි මේ සසරේදී වත්. කෑදරකම වැඩිවි නැවත ඉල්ලන් කෑමට සූදානම්. පරක්කු වෙලා කරගත්ත හදියම ඉක්මන් වෙලාත් කරගනී වගේ? රෑ වැටුන වලේ දවල් වැටෙන්නේ කව්ද? බාලගිරි දෝසේට කරන කෙම කොරෝනා වලට අවවලංගුද? කරලා බලමු. කොරෝනා රටින් පන්නමු. දෙරණ පෙන්නන බා චාර්ට්ස් හරියට බාර් එකට ගිහින් ඇවිත් ඇදපු චාර්ට්ස් නම් වගේ තමයි. මේවට කියන්නේ බයි චාර්ට්ස් කියලා. හැන්ද ...

J ust like after the Tsunami striking Sri Lanka, foreign aids have started arriving again this time too during this world pandemic situation. The last to hear was the 22 million Euros grant received from the European Commission. Eventually where the large portion it will end up is everyone’s guess but I am sure yours is not that far off from the most others. People in some parts of the country are placed under curfew and lockdown for a couple of weeks now. Despite miserably failed government efforts which were only good during media briefings to send essential food and other items to areas where lockdowns are in place, some entrepreneurs have stepped in to make some fast bucks by providing food and other items by visiting door to door. Despite the government’s assurance that assistance will be given, banks, leasing agencies and other lenders have still not heeded to those promises and are going about doing their business as usual. So far things are working out relatively g...

T his is in no way to endorse and or to condone the proposed and impending health workers work stoppage to force the authorities to give in to their demands in the middle of an epidemic situation not only in the country but all over the world. Their demands may be all legitimate and reasonable but emphatically and unequivocally that it is bad timing, unethical and action not called for at a crisis time like this. This reminds the old English saying that “ The chickens come home to roost ” and it will be a good lesson not only for politicians but all of us. Sometimes, we and mostly politicians restore to use some deceitful ploys to force others to give into our demands or whims. When people of the present government were in the opposition, that was exactly what they did to slow down and or to scuttle the development plans by orchestrating transport services disruptions, medical service disruptions, port disruptions to name a few. Now they are in power with a very serious healt...

Many people debate two things these days. One is the xenophobic suggestion by a Television journalist of having the right to kill one segment of the society and the other is to have the same segment’s rightful burial rites. First thing first I cannot endorse and or approve if anyone advocates killing and or condoning such brutal advocacies. Now to the second issue of whether someone should be able to bury a dead body according to their own believes. Yes, they should not be denied that under normal circumstances and otherwise it will be a case of suppressing someone’s religious freedom. However, having said that let me add that this situation of CORONA  virus causing havoc cannot be considered as a normal situation when the whole world (except China of course and many know the reason why as well) is battling this deadly virus spread. The World Health Organization ( WHO ) is a world body and represented by almost all nations in the world and they have come up with some re...

Looking for a scapegoat is not real forward-thinking. At a time when the rest of the World is looking for answers to deal with the Corona epidemic, looking for a scapegoat is not going to solve the issue. If the person who has returned to the country from Italy a few weeks ago and sought treatments for some other ailment from a government-run medical facility but alleged to have failed to divulge full details is found, he will be lynched by many. Even the authorities are on the same page with those who are calling for his blood but they have gone a step further by suggesting all his immovable properties to be confiscated even. Is this the way forward? I do not think so. If the failures are to be counted, then the number one citizen of the country should be on the top of the list for failing to close all borders immediately when the experienced professionals were asking him to do so but waited for all his family & friends' kith and kin to return from aboard to go a...