King Sasanka – Sri Lankan Writer & Retired Aviation Professional.

The Golden Mirage: Why France’s Gold Move Isn’t a Return to the Past   Recent headlines regarding France repatriating its gold reserves from New York have sparked a wave of speculation.  To the casual observer, the Banque de France’s decision to move its final 129 tonnes of gold from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York back to Paris looks like a dramatic pivot toward a "Gold Standard".  However, beneath the "Ga Ga" excitement of social media theorists lies a much more practical—and less revolutionary—reality.   The Reality Behind the "Big Move" While some interpret the return of French gold as a political statement or a precursor to gold-backed currency, the facts tell a story of technical modernization: The Profit Play : Rather than physically shipping heavy bars, France sold its older, non-standard gold in New York and purchased modern, internationally compliant bullion in Europe. This "arbitrage" maneuver generated a...

We are slowly in the Big Match Fever time. And most of those encounters are dubbed as “Battle of the Golds”, battle of many others colours, Blues, Maroons, Greens etc to name a few. Why have they  been dubbed as Battles (සංග්‍රාම​) ? Is it because that after all these events, it is there a very possibility of breaking out flights between two opponents and sometimes ending up in fatalities too? I think it is time to think differently. Getting out of this Slave mentality will be the first step towards true development. Let’s not call them battles anymore. Think of some other words to describe them. Those meetings I believe should be used to renew old ties, meet new friends, breaking walls and making new bridges, but surely not for bloodletting after all. So, what should we call them ?