𝑾𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝑾𝒂𝒊𝒍 ( දුක් ගන්නා රාළ )

ඊයේ අපිට හිසරදේ ගෙනාපු එවුන් අමතක වෙලා, අද අපි රවියාටයි , බදුර්දීන්ටයි බනිනවා, හෙට අපි බෝට්ටුවල නැගලා අවතැන්වුන් අය හොය හොය යනවා කෑම පාර්සල් බෙදන්න. අපිට විතරද පායන්නේ, අපිට විතරද වැහි වහින්නේ. මේ වැටෙන වතුර කන්දරාවට අපි මොකද කරන්නේ, අවුරුදු සියයක කාලයක් අපි මොනවාද ඉගෙන ගත්තේ. බැරි වෙලාවත් හිම ටිකක් එහෙම මෙහෙට වැටුනොත්, මැද පෙරදිගට වගේ තද රස්ණේයක් ආවොත්, අපි මොකද කරන්න හිතන් ඉන්නේ. රැල්ලට කුණු අදින්න, රැල්ලට ගස් හිටවන්න යන්නේ නැතුව, කුණු කසල පාලනය සහ කළමණාකරනය කරන්න පුළුවන්, ගස් කොළන් වන සිව්පාවන් රැක ගන්න පුළුවන්, රැල්ලක් හදමු . තප්පර 15 වේ ප් ‍ රසිද්දිය පස්සේ නොදුවා, දශක 15 ක් ඉස්සරහට හිතලා, වැඩ කෙරුවොත් නරකද, අපිට.

A printing establishment in Ampara, Tharindu Offset Printers, had gained the attention of many in the country recently as its owner Mettananda Rubasinghe had cut off parts of a very expensive printing machine in order to save the hand of an employee.  However, sadly the insurance company had refused to pay compensation for the machine.  As a result, this printing press owner is facing a very pathetic situation, I spoke to him little while ago and suggested to him that we would like to start a “Fund Him” campaign on social media, for which he politely declined to receive anything as “Donation” but would be delighted if someone or some institute can lend him Rs 1.5 million right now, so he can pay his previous loan areas straightaway and get his name out of the CRIB . His compounded loss due to damage to the machine, loss of business etc run up to Rs 7 million but he was confident that he could make his business flourish again if his initial difficulty of finding Rs 1.5...

After watching the recently concluded Child Genius UK 2019 a couple of times, I think it is reasonable to assume that the conductor was openly favouring one contestant. Every time when William gives a correct answer, the conductor was quick to compliment him by saying “Well done William”. This he did five times to William during the competition and once to the other and that too was very tersely. I think she deserves complimenting openly more because she managed to give the correct answer twice when William failed to do so. How would you describe this behaviour? Was he xenophobic? Should such people be given such opportunities even in this century?

කෙනෙක් අමාරුවේ වැටුනාම මැසිවිලි කියන එක නරක තමා. නමුත් අපේ පොලිසියේ ක්‍රියා කලාපේ ගැන සතුටු වෙන්න පුළුවන්ද? පොඩි එකා දැක්කම එලව එලව ගහන එකා, ලොක්කෙක් දැක්කම කුක්කෙක් වෙන හැටි අපි දැකලා තියෙනවා ඇති තරම්. විජිත රෝහණ විජේමුණිලා ලංකාවේ පොලිසිවලින් කවදා බිහි වේද? එහෙම උන දාට ලොක්කෝ ඉස්සරහා කුක්කෝ වෙන අය ඉස්සරහා ලොක්කෝ කුක්කෝ වෙන හැටි බලන්න පුලුවන්. දැන් පොලිස් ස්වාධිණ කොමිසමකුත් තියෙනවනේ.

It was a bumper harvest for pumpkins this year. The government intervened and bought large sums to ease the situation but many had to be thrown away later due to poor storage. Another wasteful expenditure by the government again. Recently a friend of ours sent an SMS asking those who visit outstations to buy as many pumpkins as possible without bargaining from poor farmers. And it seems a reasonable and timely request. Help another when in need is not a bad thing. Last weekend we visited deep down south of Sri Lanka on a pilgrimage and on our way back bought as many pumpings as our car boot could hold. No bargaining and paid the requested price. We were thinking that we made both the grower and neighbours happy with that gesture as we distributed all the pumpkins among the neighbourhood later. Today we went for our groceries to one of the nearby Supermarket and there I found pumpkins similar or larger than the ones we purchased on our way back on display. Out of curiosity, I picked up ...

Yes, I am changing, After loving my parents, my siblings, my spouse, my children, my friends, now I have started loving myself. Yes, I am changing, I just realised that I am not “Atlas”.  The world does not rest on my shoulders. Yes, I am changing, I now stopped bargaining with vegetables & fruits vendors.  After all, a few Rupees more is not going to burn a hole in my pocket but it might help the poor fellow save for his daughter’s school fees. Yes, I am changing, I pay the taxi driver without waiting for the change.  The extra money might bring a smile on his face.  After all, he is toiling much harder for a living than me. Yes, I am changing, I stopped telling the elderly that they've already narrated that story many times.  After all, the story makes them walk down the memory lane & relive the past. Yes, I am changing, I've learnt not to correct people even when I know they are wrong.  After all, the onus of making every one perfect i...

Every time when I lose faith on humanity, something magical would happen to change my opinion again. I went to the Tuesday fair this morning looking for some " Murunga " leaves to make a medicinal preparation. Asked a few manning stalls with no success and finally the lady usually selling Waraka (Ripened jackfruit) at the end of the fair directed me to someone selling some other fruits at the very end on a makeshift stall. I approached him cautiously as he was preparing his own stall and ask where if I could find some Murunga leaves. He was still busy arranging the stall but asked me as to why I was looking it. “To prepare some medicinal external application” , I blurted out without having not much of hope. He immediately stopped his work and said, “Yes, I have a tree behind my house” and started heading towards his house abandoning his half arranged fruit stall. I started following him not knowing exactly where he was heading. Five minutes later, he arrived at a dilapidated...