Two Stroke Penalty The Air Chief better make sure his ejector seat and parachute are in full working order. Cos sooner rather than later the excreta is going to hit the fan. This ole rag is gonna be digging around the Eagles Golf Links (we have been refused membership – boo! Hoo!) to find out [...]
SINCE the inauguration of the inter-club rugby competition back in 1950, the season has kicked-off sometime in May/June and concluded in August/September. But now it is to be slotted into the November-March timeframe. Changing a 62-year habit no doubt will hurt the sensibilities of those with a sense of nostalgia for the past, but, for [...]
It is fashionable-these days to speak of 2600 years after the birth of the Buddha. But is that calculation correct? T. W. Rhys Davids, in his introduction to “The Questions of King Milinda” (Milinda Prashnaya) refers to the year 1877 AD as 2420th year after the birth of the Buddha. Thus the year 2011 woud [...]
I am a medical officer in the government service. A privilege given to us by the government is the “car permit” which enables us to purchase a car for reduced duty. I was eligible for this and purchased a car recently. I had to obtain a loan from some bank to purchase my car. I [...]
The government seems to be toying with the idea of creating a Senate to resolve the issues claimed by the TNA. We apparently are surrendering to the pressure of India and attempting to satisfy their wishes, otherwise the need for a Senate which was earlier abolished would not have been suggested to India. While we [...]
A gem of a bloomer by Minister Dullas Alahaperuma was heard over a private TV Channel bulletin at 8 p.m on January 22, where the Minister said since the World cup win in 1996 by Sanath Jayasuriya, we have failed to win a single World Cup. Either he is clueless or has not followed cricketing [...]
With the new budget the government has shown stores inclination to make the country more business friendly. The vast amount of tax concessions provided together with incentives for exporters make it more attractive for foreign companies to set up factories and BOP services here. But a lot depends on the global situation now and what [...]
I t is so comforting to see various places scraping our coconut for us. Some of them do it for free if you buy the coconut, yet others require a payment of Rs. 5 or Rs. 10 per coconut. Recently I scraped three coconuts from such a place in Wellawatte and found to my horror [...]
For a government vested with enormous powers and no real obstacles ahead – at least domestically – the performance of the Rajapaksa administration, to say the least, has been pathetic. The unchecked constitutional powers vested in President Rajapaksa could be compared to that of a near totalitarian ruler and to give it a shine of [...]
“Buying the army off tends to be a good insurance policy for would-be dictators”. Christian Caryl (Foreign Policy – 24.1.2012) By Tisaranee Gunasekara Some walls should never be built; some should never be breached. Many of Sri Lanka’s most devastating ills emanated from our habit of building unnecessary walls, and demolishing necessary ones. Our school-system, [...]
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