An adult is sad but a child smiles -A tribute to Titus Thotawatte
Written by Malinda Seneviratne When Steve Jobs of Apple died a few weeks ago there was an over-pouring of grief. The newspapers were full of the man, his work, his vision and his humanity. A young...
View ArticleEriyagama is not a place or a bend in the road
Written by Malinda Seneviratne Place names fascinate me. Years ago I even made a list of place names ending with deniya. I remember ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”collectingƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ about 75 such villages....
View ArticleSome thugs canƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢t even name themselvesƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬¦
Written by Malinda Seneviratne It has been reported that Rajiv Gandhi, on his way to sign the Indo-Lanka Accord, had told Tamil Nadu politicians that the agreement he was to sign with the then...
View ArticleWho is the Real Mahinda?
Written by Malinda Seneviratne [This article first appeared in the 'Sunday Lakbima News' of November 7, 2010] Mahinda Rajapaksa is a dictator. The Rajapaksas are running the country as a family...
View ArticleThe most tragic thing in the world is a sick doctor
Written by Malinda Seneviratne One day, more than ten years ago, I saw three blind men assaulting a man outside the Fort Railway Station. They were screaming at the victim. Apparently the three men...
View ArticleThe karawala-mallun of addressing citizenship anomalies
Written by Malinda Seneviratne There is a number that scrambles the number 13. That number is 54, and, worse, it is a number that references an increasing trend, leading to further scrambling. Yes, I...
View Article“Get lost” around the corner for the TNA
Written by Malinda Seneviratne The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) is making demands from the Government. Seeking betterment is legitimate in a democracy. ThereƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s nothing wrong in wanting...
View ArticleHuman rights cannot be advocated by crooks
Written by Malinda Seneviratne [Many human rights organizations expressed concern about ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…"vilifyingƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ human rights activists in Sri Lanka such as Paikiasothy...
View ArticleHas Cameron heard of the RAB ?
by Malinda Seneviratne [The grimace referred to here materialized on Peter Hayes' face a little more than three years ago. The article was published 'Sunday Lakbima News' on December 26, 2010. Back...
View ArticleUNHRC resolutions and the politics of discomfiture
By Malinda Seneviratne For Sri Lanka, the only relevant resolution at this year’s UNHRC sessions is the one tabled by the United States of America. It is relevant because it was on (read ‘against’)...
View ArticleCentral Bank Blues (greens?)
BY MALINDA SENEVIRATNE When son-in-law makes a killing on moves made by papa-in-law, it’s fishy. Arjuna Mahendran is on the spot and he cannot pass judgment on himself or his son-in-law. Financial...
View ArticleMaithripala Blue or Green or what?
By Malinda Seneviratne Courtesy The Nation Sometime late last year Maithripala Sirisena effectively left the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP). As predicted, he was installed as the leader of the party...
View ArticleChandrika the Bomb
By Malinda Seneviratne A question was asked from the former president, Mahinda Rajapaksa, during his final breakfast meeting with media heads last year. ‘Who is your real opponent, Maithripala...
View ArticlePrime Ministerial Headaches
BY MALINDA SENEVIRATNE This should have been easy. It has been easy all these years. Hold election, release results, count numbers, pick the leader of the party which returned the most candidates to...
View ArticleTransparency blurred in ‘Integrity’ Awards
BY MALINDA SENEVIRATNE As Vithanage documents, the two women are raped by a judge presiding over cases involving their husbands as accused parties. There’s no one to entertain their grievances. Those...
View Article“මම රාජ කුමාරයෙක් නෙමෙයි…මම ගමේ කොල්ලෙක්!’සහ කැකිරිලන්තයේ වෙනත් රස කතා
“මම රාජ කුමාරයෙක් නෙමෙයි…මම ගමේ කොල්ලෙක්!’ — මෛත්‍රිපාල BY MALINDA SENEVIRATNE ප්‍රශස්ති ගීත සාහිත්‍යයේ “ලැජ්ජාසහගතම” ගණයට වැටෙන “අභිමාන පුලතිසි මහා පැරකුම් විජයබා කුලයේ…බ්ලා බ්ලා බ්ලා” සින්දුව...
View ArticleECTA hush-hush a typical UNP/Ranil preference?
MALINDA SENEVIRATNE “And there’s history. A history of India meddling in the affairs of Sri Lanka. There’s the whole story of supporting terrorism with arms, money and training (before the idea...
View ArticleFarah Mihlar and others tossed cats out of the bag in Geneva
BY MALINDA SENEVIRATNE They say that if you give some people enough rope they will hang themselves with it. On March 19, 2012, in Geneva, no one needed give any rope to several individuals who came to...
View ArticleOn Ekneligoda, in spite of Ekneligoda and his pals
Malinda Seneviratne Six years ago, I wrote about Prageeth Ekneligoda in the state-owned ‘Daily News’. This around the time he was picked up as the poster-boy of NGO racketeers strutting around as...
View Articleසංඛ අමරජිත් වෙනුවට ලක්ෂ්මන් කිරිඇල්ල
BY MALINDA SENEVIRATNE “කැකිරිලන්තයේ මීළඟ පුවත්” ශීර්ෂය යටතේ මූණු පොතේ විටින් විට පළ කරන ලද ‘ප්‍රවෘති’ එකතුවකි මෙලෙස ඉදිරිපත් කරන්නේ “කිරිඇල්ල ගේ දේශපාලන විද්‍යාව” කෘතිය විශ්ව විද්‍යාල සඳහා නිර්දේශ...
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