by Black Lullaby (blacklullaby.wordpress.com) It’s that time of year and once again, as it has been in the years gone by, the black lullaby gives you an independent point of view of Sri Lanka’s Creative Advertising Awards… In The Beginning… Does anyone remember the Bell Awards? At one point it was thought to have been [...]
by mathawaada (mathawaada.blogspot.com) Growing up, I’m sure your parents kept telling you that you have to finish school with good grades, get into a good university and land a good job. Well that is the usual stuff they tell you to define success in life. Education is a basic human right, something that all humans [...]
by Michael Meyler (www.groundviews.org) In the two and a half years since I published my book, A Dictionary of Sri Lankan English, I have followed the ongoing debate on the subject with interest. The good news is that there is a debate, and it seems to have entered the public domain rather than being confined [...]
by Travelling Twosome (travellingtwosome.com) Watching the dolphins in Kalpitiya was on our list of “things to do” even before T came down on holiday. So, you CAN say we planned this trip for months! The inquiry was made online and communication with the owner of Alankuda was carried out via email. Yes, it wasn’t the [...]
by Delilah (delilahsays.wordpress.com) t’s been a long day, long week, and a very long month. Browsing through some W. B. Yeats in an effort to clear my head I found these. How nice it must be to have poetry like this written for you. Sigh. A Drinking Song Wine comes in at the mouth And [...]
by Cerno (cerno.wordpress.com) I avoid reading poetry unless forced to do so at gunpoint. Naturally there are a few acceptations. Bukowski, Du Fu, a few more, and assorted haiku (lets not get academic and call it poetry). A while back I’ve discovered a new addition to these acceptations in the blogosphere: Polka Dots & Pearls [...]
nights like today i wish i was six so i could run to my parents and hide away from monsters not under but in my bed Sleeping Single how very crowded your bed must be with all your insecurities multiple back up plans and the many masks you wear. do they keep you warm? make [...]
greenteadiaries.wordpress.com on potatoes and making love i dont remember what i said to let you down easy but i remember your voice breaking and then my heart. its february again and my mouth runs dry click after click a beautiful wedding. then i finally stop feeling like an intruder, a peeping tom she looks happy [...]
by Ryan (islandcricket.lk/blogs/ryan) In 2009 the International Cricket Council (ICC) raised concerns over the Indian Premier League (IPL) and match fixing. The ICC offered the services of it’s Anti Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU) to police the event, but the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), on the advice of IPL commissioner, Lalit [...]
by Department For International Development (UK) (dfid.gov.uk) It’s only 9am but already it’s over 30 degrees in the ‘Vanni’, the rice-bowl region of northern Sri Lanka. Yet Saila Jan, a 29 year-old mother of two, has already been at work for a couple of hours and is now taking a well earned break from the [...]
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