Are you in need of advice? Do you, perhaps, have something that’s bothering you which you can’t share with your friends and family? Write to Aunty Pat and she will answer in her no-nonsense style, just like one of your own aunties. Feel free to write in with a pseudonym if you’d like to remain [...]
National Unity receives the backing of one and all—saints, sinners, racist killers, communal lovers, fanatics, rationalists and of course all types of politicians including those of the UPFA and UNP. During and after the ’War’ every person who climbed a public platform did not fail to call for national unity. But amidst all this cacophony [...]
A European economic revolt is on in all its fury. Since the economic crisis that commenced in 2008, 11European leaders have fallen, the last being Nicholas Sarkozy, the President of the second biggest country in Europe last week. The Economic crisis may lead to a political revolt with countries heavily indebted to Germany and international [...]
I saw this eyebrow raising advertisement the other day trying to sell fairness cream for vaginas or, so corrects my spellchecker, vaginae. What will these ingenious Indians think of next? This led me down a train of thought that I’ve often climbed on before, but rarely sat inside until the last stop. Which was ‘Makeup [...]
By Faraz Shauketaly Many months ago a man who liked to call himself an ‘educationalist’ told me that Sri Lanka has the highest number of chartered accountants anywhere in the English speaking world – pro rata to its population. Well I found that inspiring and surprising at that time. I spoke to many friends who [...]
A Vesak dansala was organized by Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa last week at Bauddhaloka Mawatha in Colombo. First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa was among the guests invited to partake in meals at the dansala. The wives of the Army Commander, Defence Secretary, President’s Secretary as well as former sprint queen Susanthika Jayasinghe were among those present.
As we approach VESAK I am readying myself to witness first hand the hypocrisy of this nation. Led by the government of Sri Lanka and the totally abhorrent laws concerning alcohol its sale and consumption the public led by those with ecclesiastical authority pay scant regard for the laws of Sri Lanka. On the one [...]
Are you in need of advice? Do you, perhaps, have something that’s bothering you which you can’t share with your friends and family? Write to Aunty Pat and she will answer in her no-nonsense style, just like one of your own aunties. Feel free to write in with a pseudonym if you’d like to remain [...]
Are Sri Lanka and Western powers to continue their tussle of locking horns over alleged war crimes and violations of human rights by Sri Lanka? The 18th Session of the UNHRC held in Geneva adopted an American sponsored Resolution against Sri Lanka on the issue and although it is a non-binding Resolution, Sri Lanka while [...]
“….the shadow of a saviour can turn into a fiendish destroyer”. – Jung (Psychology and Literature) By Tisaranee Gunasekara In Sri Lanka, treasure-hunters are becoming as ubiquitous as white-van abductors, and as omnipotent. Last week, as the country prepared to celebrate Vesak, treasure-hunters descended on Villachchiya in Anuradhapura. The residents claim that they heard the [...]
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