Ranasinghe Mahattaya - The Gadfly (99)
Life is about meet and depart, hello and goodbye. And so we meet all kinds of people.
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General Ranatunga
By Krishantha Prasad Cooray
Wilfred Owen, among English poets in the early part of the 20th Century, wrote about war’s futility.
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Sri Lanka needs a head of state like CBK
Former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga's 76th birthday falls on 29 June.
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Countrywide total lockdown demanded by medical experts and GMOA: A total failure - Kusal Perera
Despite all praise for the first countrywide lockdown with curfew imposed from end March to mid May 2020 in controlling the first wave, the COVID-19 virus did spread gradually to create a large second wave in early October from Brandix factory in Minuwangoda and in a week from the Peliyagoda fish market.
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Shortsightedness, where shall it end ? - Victor Ivan
The political and health crisis of Sri Lanka is galloping towards an inevitable catastrophe. Apparently there is no escape from it.
A letter to a girl about the gardens that await
Dear Trinella,
Although I know your name, I have never had the pleasure of meeting you.
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Abandoning the use of chemical fertilizers
The kind of disease that has afflicted Sri Lanka is not one that would cure by itself over time, but one that could only be cured by a complex surgery.
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Ranasinghe Premadasa: He who never slept, and always delivered
As a young man interested in politics, there were people I looked up to. There were people I believed had unique qualities. Ranasinghe Premadasa was not one of them.
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Destiny of the SJB: Krishantha sticks to his guns
When I wrote earlier this week about what is expected from our largest Opposition party, the SJB, I did so hoping that the party would awake and articulate its vision for Sri Lanka, and its stand on the many gnarly policy decisions that face our country.
