𝑾𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝑾𝒂𝒊𝒍 ( දුක් ගන්නා රාළ )

(  This was my rejoinder to a post appeared in another social media forum, advocating the abolition of Free Education in Sri Lanka ). When we ( my wife & I ) attended our daughter’s induction ceremony at the university a few years back, the VC in his speech mentioned that the government was spending more than Seven hundred thousand rupees on every student attending that particular degree programmer. After the speeches, we were served traditional Sri Lankan food ( කිරි බත් , කැවුම් , කෙසෙල් සහ තේ ) by some senior students. That time, I was in much relaxed state of mind and I had an opportunity to observe my other fellow parents. They all were brimming from ear to ear with happiness. Among the crowd there were so many in clean cloths but that have not even being pressed to suit the occasion and their footwear had seen much better days to say the least. While returning home, I told my wife that I am happy, not only because our daughter got admitted to one of the best ...