𝑾𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝑾𝒂𝒊𝒍 ( දුක් ගන්නා රාළ )

Trustworthy and farsightedness should be the prerequisites for anyone taking up a public office. Not flamboyant educational qualifications and or lack of them. Are we really seeking them when casting our votes? I do not think so. If that was the case, then Sri Lanka would have been a First World Country many decades ago. The problem here is that we do not want to change the status quo. Because then we will lose all our own networks and contacts, ( where we can get almost anything done by using them ), and eventually to lose our higher place in the hierarchy of the society's pecking order. First, we send scoundrels to the legislature and then start lambasting them on social media platforms. What is our share in this mess?

My family was away from the country for two months in the latter part of the 2017 and has realized on the return that the Dialog Tv connection has been disconnected due to non-payment. The due amount was immediately paid and an official request was made to get the connection activated back. After waiting a few more days without getting any positive results from their end, it was decided to call their helpline to get the matter resolved. Again an official complaint was lodged but like in the past, no help came through. After two failed attempts to get the connection activated again, it was finally decided to inform them that we were no longer interested in retaining their connection. The Helpline was given all required details to enable them to finally disconnect us from their listing. We thought that we have put the matter to rest finally but to our utter dismay, we have received another invoice recently billing us over Rs 5000/= of unpaid bills. The Dialog had been known to fleece cus...

A murderer who was serving 25 years behind bars was released on medical grounds because he was the former president of the country. A boy hugged a girl on the stage to show his appreciation in one of the school performances, now both facing suspension for their immoral act on stage. A singer facing death threats now because she said not to drink water from one of the longest rivers in the world because it is highly polluted and full of parasites . A religious leader is going places preaching peace and equal rights, when he rules over one of the most corrupt nations in the world full of money launderers and child rapists , hiding behind walls and cloaks.

Beauty has no universally accepted standard and or definition. And sometimes one can’t help but fall in love with something seemingly has not a single beauty bone in its body. It was monstrous and fierce looking but I could not help falling in love with the moment I saw it for the first time. My feeling towards it was not an isolated one and all my siblings had the same feeling towards it. We had our very special name for it too. During school holiday times, we often visit up the country . Father was in civil service, so he had plenty of Rail passes to go with his position. On most occasions, we take a connecting train to the Fort Railway station to catch the upcountry bound Night mail train. By the time when we get there, the rain is already there and being loaded with stuffs for the departure. First thing first and we go locating the reserved compartment to dump our stuff and then run to the front of the train to see, what would be hauling us tonight through the we...

මොකක්ද මේකේ ඇත්ත කතාව?  මොඩයගේ පාළම! The story goes that while the engineer was away, the workers have fixed the Arches upside down and on his return found, there was very little he could do to correct it. Could this be right? What about the engineering designs? Anyone knows the real truth? Just curious. 

Who are those so-called Whistleblowers and Patriots popping up on many Social Media platforms suddenly? I confronted a few such people with genuine request to show us, where the funding comes from, but all my requests were either met with some වැට උඩ answers or total silence. Then I suddenly realized that some of my postings have been removed from those sites. One such site boasts that it would response to any query within a few hours. I requested the site to explain as to why seemingly innocuous request of mine was not met. It was met with deaf silence. Although, I can see online that they have seen my request. More than 24 hours later, I sent another and it is yet to be answered. That too had been read by someone again. This makes me wonder, who are these people really? Are they real Whistleblowers or they are here with hidden agendas and to blow someone else’s trumpets? Like any sensible person, you should also ask from them, where their funding comes from? Once you get to know the...

AMAZING FROZEN LEMONS ! Place the washed lemon in the freezer. Once frozen, get your grater, & shred the whole lemon (no need to peel it) and sprinkle it on your foods! On vegetables, salad, ice cream, soup, cereals, noodles, spaghetti sauce, rice, sushi, fish dishes, the list is endless. All the foods will get an unexpected wonderful taste! Most likely, you only think of lemon juice as vitamin C? Not anymore! What's the major advantage of using the whole lemon other than preventing waste & adding new taste to your dishes? Lemon peels contain as much as 5 to 10 times more vitamins than the lemon juice itself & that's what you've been wasting! Lemon peels are health rejuvenators in eradicating toxic elements in the body. The surprising benefits of lemon are the miraculous ability to kill cancer cells! It is 10,000 times stronger than chemotherapy!! Why do we not know about that? Because there are laboratories interested in making a synthetic version that will b...