𝑾𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝑾𝒂𝒊𝒍 ( දුක් ගන්නා රාළ )

My first ever overseas trip was made a couple of decades ago and during that trip I visited a friend of mine in Paris, who was staying just a stone’s throw away from the famous " Arch of the Triumph ". As I entered the building he was staying, something posted at the entrance caught my attention, though my French was no better then, than now. It said “ NO PETS, NO CHILDREN & NO LOUD MUSIC ”. When I asked why such conditions, my friend explained that many staying in that building were professionals who, after busy day at work did not like to be distracted during their private times. It was little confusing for me to grapple this idea and get some sense out of this novel arrangement. Later, I came to know that it was not a novel idea only found in France but something many eagerly have embraced all throughout the Europe and in North America then. The whole building was surprisingly quiet and ideal retreat for meditating monks even, I thought then. After spending a few ye...