𝑾𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝑾𝒂𝒊𝒍 ( දුක් ගන්නා රාළ )

Reserving a parking spot in front of any trading establishment facing a public access road has to be done legally. Not just with a couple of yards of rope, a few polls and a cardboard placard written in horrible-looking handwriting. They do not even deserve to be called handwriting. This happens often, but it is more evident nowadays with vehicles forming lines in front of fuel sheds. Owners of some businesses are now hostile to motorists who have parked in front of their buildings, especially those who have obtained such locations without the required authorization. With no malicious intent, I would like to share with others my personal experience only for educational purposes. I was relieved to see the line of patiently waiting cars begin to move forward after spending the entire night in the car. At first, the line travelled quite slowly with sporadic stops. On this particular occasion, I was compelled to briefly stop in front of a parking space that had been reserved unlawfully. A ...

To get 20 litres of gasoline, I waited in line for 24 hours. Does it make sense? Rs 9000 ÷ 24 Hours = Rs 375. Is it my real worth? I do not think so. Even a worker with no skills is paid more than that for an hour of work today. Imagine the number of loss of useable man hours due to this situation. All that the population demands are to have an uninterrupted supply line and prices are at par with prevailing world market rates. I support a full revamp of the current system for just reasons like this. But I am glad that I changed my mind and decided to stand in line with everyone else for fuel. My mind and body have been trained to handle such an event over the course of four decades of working overnight shifts in a variety of locations with varied weather conditions. When they saw how long the line had already grown, some people arrived and left. Others tried various manoeuvres to fit their vehicles in spaces, clearly kept for reasons they were either not aware of or did not comprehend...

It all came to a head with a liquid petroleum gas cylinder exploding in someone’s kitchen. It was not a rare incident and a few more followed some losing their lives, others ending up with serious burn injuries and losing property as well. Later, it was revealed that the importers were trying to maximize their profits by changing the composition of the mixture. followed by a shortage of cooking gases (LP), and queues started forming in front of places where they dispense cylinders. Those queues became longer, and so did the waiting time to get one cylinder, and it was not because of the length of the queues but because we had no foreign currency to import LP gases from other countries. How many people have lost their lives queuing up for a mere LP gas cylinder?  This was forgotten with the shortage of petrol and diesel at sheds.   The same story of forming queues in front of sheds was repeated just like in the case of LP gas, and some lines were longer than 6 kilos...

A democracy is a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives. Or as Abraham Lincoln put it, "government of the people, by the people, for the people". Yes, it is a real concern, when someone powerful yet does not follow the very principle tells another not so powerful to abide by the principles of it. That doesn't mean we have to abandon our principles and adopt jungle law. Be a hypocrite like many and preach to others what we do not follow.   I do not think so. What do you think? ප් ‍ රජාතන්ත් ‍ රවාදය යනු සාමාන් ‍ යයෙන් තේරී පත් වූ නියෝජිතයන් හරහා සමස්ත ජනගහනය හෝ රාජ් ‍ යයක සියලුම සුදුසුකම් ලත් සාමාජිකයන් විසින් පාලනය කරන පාලන ක් ‍ රමයකි . එසේත් නැතිනම් ඒබ් ‍ රහම් ලින්කන් පැවසූ පරිදි , " ජනතාවගේ , ජනතාව විසින් , ජනතාව වෙනුවෙන් ". ඔව් , තුසිත පෙන්වා දුන් පරිදි , බලවත් කෙනෙකු තවමත් එම ප් ‍ රතිපත්තියම අනුගමනය නොකරන විට , එතරම් බල...

  If RW claims to be an educated person, he should realize by now we have a big problem in this country and it will not go away by threatening the Aragalaya. Even his uncle thought so, and his bold claim, "They have to find an eggshell to hide in," backfired on him. Instead of making stupid threats just like his late uncle JRJ, he should listen to the people and find a solution to the issue rather than hell-bending on protecting looters and murderers only. Otherwise, history will repeat itself and he will be portrayed as a bigger fool than his late uncle JRJ in history. And in the case of SP , he was proven beyond any doubt that he was a total failure. If you have no confidence in facing a challenge, say so openly and relinquish your leadership to someone who can guide the party accordingly to the masses' wishes. I am not a JVP fan, but I like AKD ’s decision to contest, no matter the number of votes he would receive. I think it is time we collectively p...