King Sasanka – Sri Lankan Writer & Retired Aviation Professional.

  The Colonial Paradox: Why We Lambast the West While Mirroring Its Soul There is a peculiar dissonance currently vibrating through the digital landscape of Sri Lanka. If you scroll through local social media threads, you will frequently encounter fervent displays of anti-Western sentiment. Many users readily decry "Western influence," painting those from the West with a broad, antagonistic brush. Yet, step outside into the physical world, and that same society seems to be meticulously curating an existence that mimics Western ideals with remarkable precision. This is the Colonial Paradox : a chasm between the performative nationalism we display online and the Western-centric lifestyle we embrace in reality. The Anatomy of the Double Life The disconnect is stark when we observe our own milestones. Consider the modern Sri Lankan wedding. We have largely discarded the profound symbolism of our indigenous traditions. The National Dress is relegated to a costume for the performe...

This was what I penned when Sri Lanka won another Cricket cup, way back in 2014. Nothing much has changed conditions-wise, except the situation has grown grim, yet some idiots still go Gaga, over a couple of sports wins. What are we celebrating? Can someone tell me, please? Per Capita income is less than the US $ 2000 Not even 3% of the GDP is invested in Neither Education nor health. Spend more than SLR 100 Million a day Just to glorify one person only Corruption is endemic And we are at the bottom end of the list With Sudan and Afghanistan etc. Winning T20 is not worth celebrating I will join the crowds on the streets Only when we beat Sweden and Singapore In the list of least corrupt nations or Invest at least 6% of the GDP in education and health Limit spending to glorify one person And uplift the Per Capita Income At least to the US $ 5000. Those are worth Celebrating and not just a T20 win And who will remember it in a few weeks' time What are we celebrating? Can someone tell...

What are we celebrating? Can someone tell me, please? Per Capita income is less than the US $ 2000 Not even 3% of the GDP is invested in Neither Education nor health. Spend more than SLR 100 Million a day Just to glorify one person only Corruption is endemic And we are at the bottom end of the list With Sudan and Afghanistan etc. Winning T20 is not worth celebrating I will join the crowds on the streets Only when we beat Sweden and Singapore In the list of least corrupt nations or Invest at least 6% of the GDP in education and health Limit spending to glorify one person And uplift the Per Capita Income At least to the US $ 5000. Those are worth Celebrating and not just a T20 win And who will remember it in a few weeks' time What are we celebrating? Can someone tell me, please? (My political ranting).

The Illusion of Ownership: Why AI is the Evolution of Universal Creativity Recently, I took one of my published poems and ran it through an AI-backed music platform.  The result was, frankly, better than I expected.  When I shared it with a professional in the music industry, his response was a backhanded compliment: “The song is good, but the creativity is questionable because of the AI element.” This critique didn't offend me, but it did make me pause.  It forced me to ask a fundamental question: What is creativity, really?   Is it a spark of divine individual genius, or is it simply a new way of rearranging what already exists in the universe? The Myth of the "Original" Creator We often credit individuals for breakthroughs that were already present in the fabric of reality.  Take the Fibonacci sequence, for example.  Leonardo of Pisa is credited with it because he was the first to document it in the West, but he didn't "create" the math.  Th...

Where is ethnic cleansing? Written by a Sri Lankan, but the true author is unknown but the facts given below are 100% accurate. Hence, decided to publish this in my Blog, so the World can stumble on it and get the correct picture . Tamils – How many Tamils are employed in southern Sri Lankan companies? (See the number of high caliber Tamils in Sri Lankan banking sector, see hotel trade, film trade and other industries) Do they experience any hardship professionally due to ethnicity? If so, how come they hold such high positions? See how many Tamil kids are getting educated in International schools? They have outnumbered other ethnicities. Royal college has Tamil medium, DS has Tamil medium. So many Sinhala major government schools have Tamil medium and they share equal opportunities. How many Tamil major schools have Sinhala medium? Private schools like St. Thomas, Trinity etc have quite a large number of Tamil students. Travel to Wellawatte, Dematagoda, Deh...

Make Buddha Jayanthi an occasion to ask, after 2600 years what have we accomplished as Buddhists ? Posted on April 11th, 2011 By Charles.S.Perera   The Queen Mahamaya Devi while on her way to  her parental home to have her baby  according to ancient custom, gave birth to a baby boy in the Lumbini Park in Kapilawattu .  The father  the Sakyan King Suddhodana  was overjoyed with the birth of a son.   But the king’s joy did not last long as  the Queen Mahamaya Devi died seven days after the birth of the Prince.   The baby was placed in the care of  his step mother Maha Pajapati Gotami, the younger sister of  the late queen.    The Ascetic Asita  Kaladevela  came to  pay respect to the King and to see the new born little Prince.  Having seen the baby the great Ascetic predicted that the Prince will  be enlightened  becoming a Buddha, but regretted that he would not be there on the  bliss...

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