𝑾𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝑾𝒂𝒊𝒍 ( දුක් ගන්නා රාළ )

A video started circulating in many social media platforms immediately after the results of the recently concluded presidential election in Sri Lankan was officially announced, where a group of claiming to be youngsters started beating war drums and openly threatening other communities living in the country. I decided to share the same on my Facebook wall with the title “ Is this what the country needs today ”? The purpose of the posting it is, hoping it would go viral and eventually get the attention of the authorities and put an end to such actions. Immediately after it appeared on my wall, many likeminded people of those war drummers in the said video started engaging me in heated arguments, defending their actions and some were even started hurling insult too at me. 12 hours later I got a message from the Facebook stating that they have removed the video from my wall after receiving many complaints as the video does not meet their set community standards. However, they h...

පෙරේරා "මට හිතෙන විදියට ලගදීම ඔය ඔස්ට්‍රේලියාවේ, ඇමරිකාවේ, මැද පෙරදිග රටවල ලොකු ආර්ථික වල කඩා වැටීමක් තියේවි". සිල්වා "ඇයි එහෙම කියන්නේ මිස්ටර් පෙරේරා". පෙරේරා "නැහැ අයිසේ මේ චන්දේ දාන්න කියලා මෙහේට දැන් එන සම හරක් ආයේ ඒ රටවලට නොගිහින් හිටියොත්?". සිල්වා "මේක සුරපුරක් වේවි කියලා හිතාගෙනද මිස්ටර් පෙරේරා?". පෙරේරා "ඔව් අයිසේ". සිල්වා "එහෙම උනොත් ඉතින් ඒ හරක්ට මෙහේම ඉන්න කියල මේ වයසක තමුසේලා අපිවත් ගිහින් ශපාන් එකේ ඉම්මු එහේ".

For almost three (03) weeks now, the Maharagama Municipal Council Garbage truck did not come to collect the garbage and things have started piling out at various places. It is an eyesore and not forgetting the health risks it poses too. Usually, the truck comes twice a week to collect the segregated garbage. The Council was called this morning and the switchboard was unaware of the situation but was kind enough to give a Public Health Inspector’s ( PHI ) phone number. That number rings eternally but the owner seems to be unaware of its existence and I could not help thinking of the purpose of giving such facilities to public servants if they do not how to put them to good use. The Chairman’s office was tried and after a few rings, it goes to a fax machine. The Vice Chairman’s number is no longer in operation, according to the automated recording being played. The Secretary’s office was called and after many rings, it was picked up by a gentleman called Indrajeeth . After a proper in...

Wije & I were in one group and once a GF flight came pretty late and with big dead loads in & out too To add more misery, the flight was overbooked as well. He & I managed to finish our work ahead of time and sitting on the ledge of the old departure building near the gate. Counters were not closed then and we were waiting for someone from GF to come and get the clearance to board the flight. Usually, KP does this and instead of him, Kamalini M came to the gate and looking at the aircraft which was parked right in front of the gate. Wije asked her what she was looking for and then she said KP had told, " Today I do not have to worry about the Ramp " and she was looking for who was handling the flight, as it was all quiet then no activity under the aircraft. One of the Best Compliments, we ever got. Wije was elated and said " How can I delay my own aircraft ", confusing Kamalini more. To put her at ease, he said to her " Look at th...

Remember when elections come nearer; "Air is full of promises and promises are full of Air" only. The past behaviour of someone is a good yardstick to measure the likely future performance of the same person. Remember as to why we all had to leave the country to earn a decent living and the future of your young kids too. If you think that your action today will ensure a good future for your kids and family tomorrow, then you are free to do whatever you choose to do. But do not forget that you will be held accountable for your kids someday of your action today. Take the right decision, not for your own future because we are almost at the end of the wick now. But kids today do / should not have to endure and experience the same that we all have gone in some form or the other. Let them go out and see/conquer the World in their terms and not on anyone else's terms. It is time to change the " Pecking order " of society today. Will they stay a " Bonded Slave ...

Good old days, every house (should I say almost all) in the villages had a fair amount of front garden as the land was not an issue then and they were spread well in any village. One thing distinctive in the beautiful front lawn was in one corner of it, there were Clothes Lines to put their washed linen to dry under the sun. No Gizmos, like Washers and Dryers then and all were hand washed and dried under the Sun always. This clothesline was used subliminally to showcase one’s possessions and status symbol as well. Fast forward a few decades to the front and things have changed quickly. With the population, explosion gizmos have taken over the world. Houses are so close to each other now that one can hear his or her neighbour snoring in the nights and not many front gardens anymore. With this change of scene, the Front Lawn clotheslines too have gone missing. For a period of time, many were lost not knowing how to expose their stories and wealth, of course subliminally with the missing ...

ක්‍රිකට් ලෝක කුසලානේ වෙලාවෙත් " පර සුද්දෝ " කියලා සුද්දන්ට බනින්න තරම් අපි අමන ජාතියක් වෙලා. සුද්දෝ ආවේ අපේ රටවල් වල තියෙන සම්පත් අරන් ගිහින් පොහොසත් වෙන්න කියන එක රහසක් නෙමෙයි. ඒ උන් ආදරේ උන්ගේ රටට නිසා. අපේ රට හදන්න කියලා ආපු රටට ආදරේ කියලා කියන අපේ කට්ටිය මොකද කලේ? උන් ඉස්සරා දනින් වැටිලා රස්සාවල්, වරප්‍රසාධ ඉල්ලන අය ඇයි "  පර සිංහලයා  " කියලා මුන්ට නොබනින්නේ ඇයි? මේකට උත්තරය හොයා ගත්ත දවසක අපි දිනුම්. නැත්නම් එක්කෝ පර සුද්දෝ කිය කිය දිගටම උන්ටම බැන බැන එහේන්ම කකා බිබී ඉදන්, මැච් එක දවසට විතරක් ලංකා කොඩ් වනමු. නැත්නම් සුද්දා ගෙන් ලැබෙන ආධාර එකෙන් කකා බිබී 2500 ට වැඩි ඉතිහාසය ගැන ලොකු කතා දෙමු. තිරණය තියෙන්නේ පර සුද්දා ගාව නෙමෙයි, අපි ගාව.