Jaffna ; a hope or despair?

From Colombo to Anuradhapura, then Vavuniya passing Madawachchiya and to few iconic towns like Omanthai, Killinochchi, Arali Point and the stunning arid view of Elephant Pass, a moment of beauty that one could never think of. Just wondered “how cruel they were to kill such picturesqueness”. Trees still with bomb scars , “Thal”  standing with much elegance , a true symbol of the north but  leaves burnt and  houses destroyed , yes it was  quite astonishing to these eyes! . These places were just heard in television until that...

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What Darwin never knew

( A Few months back a friend of mine who is studying Biotechnology at a University in Canada arrived to SriLanka. My meetings with him happened to be truly a “science week”. Few of the Zoology books and medical books he carried  made me really curious about Darwin and his theories. What I read , learnt and heard  from him inspired me to write this ) The world’s many treasures are hidden and mysterious. The more it is Delphic the more we are in thirst to find it. The creation of the earth is still a baffling question for many...

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"CROOKED EARTHS" they said hence they cannot dance

SriLanka, a free, sovereign and an independent republic is truly a legend. A legendary that voices rich history that goes deep down to more than 2500 years, consisting of a diverse culture embraced with fine arts. Its recorded history speaks of   a culture founded and established by the South Indians along with the arrival of Prince Vijaya. She reveals a great Buddhist heritage as a result of Sinhalese being under the benevolent influence of Arahat Mahinda. Incidentally being a colony under Portuguese, the Dutch and the British, it...

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A SPOONFUL OF SUGAR HELPS THE MEDICINE GO DOWN

He puts his head down on to the pillow and eyes gently closed , in an attempt to forget the bygones , a moment of rest . He envisions a film strip , rather unmatched scenes. Tick - tock - tick - tock the clock goes and screams out at six in the morning. He springs out from the bed , runs for a wash , get himself dressed and drives fast as possible to office , gulping a big burgher along with. Entrapped in payrolls , collections , counts , direct calls , messages , sort and file records he drives back home annoyed and distressed. This is a very...

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NOTHING ENDURES BUT CHANGE

The scorching sun stood still in the clear blue sky. It was almost noon. People were walking up and down the pavements of either sides of the road. They looked dragged and exhausted - " probably after a long day's work ! " I thought . I got into the bus , on my way to college. This time the things were not the same. Many men and women inside the bus were fastened in their own land of dreams. Some were gazing out from the window at the  vehicles  moving one after the other , keeping to the order with much discipline. Thus a rare array...

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A DEPART UNDISCLOSED

A splendid evening wrapped in heavenly joy served with - the most delicious , the finest dances and delicate music the palace rejoicing for the new son been born . Yet , Siddhartha much dispirited , in reserve whispers , "Rahulan jato - bandhanan jato " the fetter born , a new bondage . That night , the prettiest , most charming the cleverest , the admirable turned oppressive and stiffing . Life's dreaded the most unhappiness - he thought , and quietly stepped out in search of bliss surrendering Rahula untouched , unkissed. Along with Channa Khanthaka...

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AMMA ( Mother)

At the back of the house on top of a tank covered by concrete sheets I stood , singing " konda kirilliye " -the most celebrated of my childhood songs , when you watched me hiding behind the kitchen door. Numberless days and nights back - to - back in hospital beds thine caress warmed running tears of mine , of pain and fragility. Your sense of self mastery the "hi-tech" reason indeed a blessing now once terrified me twice puzzled me. Rays of reverie you bare colored me , yet colors me of solid character , without fail defeats the burning blaze that...

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ඉරයි හඳයි ..

ඉරයි හඳයි - අපේ ලොවේ  දෙවන සෙවන නිරන්තරේ එය නසනා මිනිසාටත් වෙනසක් නෑ වෙනසක් නෑ  මමයි අපියි - අපේ  ලොවේ  ඉරයි හඳයි - ගසුයි වැලුයි  එය නසනා මිනිසාටත්  වෙනසක් නෑ  වෙනසක් නෑ  සත් සිවුපා - අපේ  ලොවේ  කෙතේ නිලයි - ඇළ දොළේ දියයි  එය නසනා මිනිසාටත්  වෙනසක් නෑ  වෙනසක් නෑ  උගත් වියත් - ඔහුත් ඇයත්  මමයි අපියි - අපේ ලොවේ  සතර දෙසින් කියනා ඒ  බහට නැමී - මහ  පොළොව නසන්නේ  ...

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නැගෙයි දිනකර

නැගෙයි දිනකර  ගඟන තලයෙන් වියරු ගජසෙන් විලස කිමිර බිඳ විසල් ලොව පුබුදුවන අටියෙන් දරා ඵල ඇති නේක අතු සැම වැනෙති විජිනි පතෙහි තාලයට නිලඹර රජ කරන සියොතුන් රැව් පිළි රැව් දෙයි  නිතින විකසිත මලක තැවරුණු මුවරද විහිදුවාලයි සුවඳ හැම තැන අරුණලු නැගෙන සොඳුරු  මොහොතක් දකින්නෙමි මෙලෙස...

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