King Sasanka – Sri Lankan Writer & Retired Aviation Professional.

එදා පිට කොටුවේ හරස් විදී ගානේ    ඩොලර් වලට වැඩි ගානක් දෙනවා කියලා, කොටි පවත්තන් ගිය සල්ලි මාරු කරන් තැන් හොය හොය රස්තියාදු ගහපු එකාලා අද මහා දේශප් ‍ රේමීණ් වෙලා. දැන් කියනවා උන් දැනගෙන හියියේ නැහැලු  ඒවයි වැඩි මිළට ගත්තේ දකුණේ බැංකු මංකොල්ල කාලා ගත්ත සල්ලි කියලත්. එදා විස්තර හොයන්න කිය කියා ටැමිල් නෙට් එකේ රස්තියාදු ගහපු එකාලා අද හොඳ දේශප් ‍ රේමීණ් වෙලා. ටැමිල් නෙට් එක අර අද  මුන් නිතරම මතක් කර කර බනින දමිල ඩයස්පෝරාවේ තවත් මුදල් උපයන්න කරපු උප්පර වැට්ටියක් කියලත් දන්නේ නැහැලු. ලංකා වෙබ් කියලා එකකුත් තිබුනා කියලත් උන් දන්නේ නැහැලු. . අද මේ අමන රැල මාර ගේමක් දෙනවා ලංකාවේ මෙතෙක් බෝ වෙච්ච ලොකුම හොරු රැළ බේර ගන්න . උන් හොරකම් කරලත් නැහැලු කියලා කියන්න තරම් මුන් දැන් සඩ්ඩම්බිරාළලා තත්වයට පත්වෙලා මෙහෙම අමන්යෝට දැන් මොකද කරන්න වෙන්නේ . ඩෙල්ෆ් දූපතේ ස්තිර පදිංචියට යවනවා මිසක්. පාලුවක් දැනෙන එකකු නැති වෙයි , මොකද ලේ නෑයොත් ඉන්නවා නේ එහේ. මේවට තමයි කියන්නේ අබුස්දස කාළේ ලබුත්...

  A few things people can do when police try to bundle them into police vans.  Do not fight back. Otherwise, the police will try to add one or more charges to the sheet. Disorderly conduct, Resisting arrest, Ask the reason for the arrest. Police are required to provide a reason for their actions rather than simply loading people into buses and jeeps. Obtain the name and staff number of the police officer (preferably on video) trying the arrest. Again, they are duty-bound to part with the information requested. Blunt refusal could lead them to break their internal code of conduct and, most importantly, the constitution. Having credible video evidence can be used later to prove human rights violations, damage claims, and so on. I am not someone with a legal background and use common sense only. I hope someone with a real legal background can shed more light on this issue. Over to you, someone with the necessary background. King Sasa's Exploits  

Watching from afar what is going on in Sri Lanka, I have a very mixed feeling. I was saddened to see the difficulties the people have to endure and was not able to participate in person due to my present circumstances. Furthermore, the inaction by those who have been sent by the people to the legislature to sort out such things so far. For a few reasons, I am happy too. The first one is to see that, finally, many people in the country are feeling the power of collective bargaining. And the hegemony that was created by politicians and those who are in robes for their own benefits is being broken slowly but surely. The third reason is that I was able to predict the trajectory of many things a few years ago and am glad that I have put them in writing here. Being able to be ahead of the curve is something I can’t be very happy about, but not in these circumstances, which is why it was a very mixed feeling overall. In general, if people in Sri Lanka used their brains rather than trying blin...

Final Resting Place  

Politics, whether some people like it or not, will, unfortunately, have an effect on everyone. It won't help if you behave ostrich-like. You either defend what you perceive to be true or deny what you feel to be false. When many people want to play the ostrich roll, others must step in and keep the ball rolling. What's stopping us from doing the same, just like Ostriches? Because, unlike those selfish ostriches, we care. Playing it safe like Ostriches opts to do is the easiest approach to get the benefits in either case. Ostriches observe things in this way. Some interesting animal facts will help shed light on their behaviour as well. The ostrich's eyes are about the size of billiard balls. They take up so much room in the skull that the ostrich's brain is actually smaller than either one of its eyeballs.