Einstein - " Ape Deiyya"

“Deiyya” or “Dewi” refers to God or Goddess. Our society believes very much in gods.We consider them sacred. They are our guardians ,our protectors during those fractured days in life. Healers at a time. They can even be evil. They will turn on the “yaka” hidden within our souls and make us suffer. Grandmas often make the notion that “its an evil spirit “when some things cannot be healed or cured. Despite their evils we worship them day and night....

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Little less of a soliloquy , a gecko talks

Pic by Hiranya Rahul Ratter – tatter, the drops fall by caressing the red polished dust Giving tingles, Fractionating the roughness From the tender heel Again, again and again. Darkness rise,  he snuggles Clutched to the edge, Of the icy blurred window Startled by the wintry floors Clambers up Un – bedimming the bedim, the streaming waters scratched his petite claws with...

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So the President’s Macaws returned, did anybody hear their stories?

My news feed was full of different stories that day. Some posts on avurudu, then the toy pistols in Hambantota and some political commentaries. Among them were some Macaws which caught my eyes. Never knew that the President was a Macaw lover! However the urge to find them back was quite funny for me. And now the latest is that they’ve been found. It made me laugh more. Just wondered if President was scared that the Macaws will divulge the state...

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Litigation with a little interest

Eppawala mines sound long gone and dead. Did they find Phosphate? Battaramulla was quite famous sometime back. Waters’ Edge was built. Did the fish find their homes? Homes were taken away around Waters’ Edge. Paved streets were turned into water drainage systems. Inevitably land was altered into a wetland. Did the innocent tears bring back the land to the owners? Damages done to the surrounding, commonly known as” pollution” is not new to...

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For seas and skies , a change that counts !

I do not remember who left the book on my palms that day. Four or five years back. It was Romesh Gunasekara’s Reef. It reached me with a few words. They said, “It’s touching and beautiful, you will like it!” There was no name on the book. It rested with me for three years. Soon, I handed it over to someone, who possibly knew the owner of the book. I remember those late nights, when I use to fall on my bed and turn page by page reading the...

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Malinga is a lucky chap

Sunday the 6th of April was a joyous day. There wouldn’t have been a single SriLankan in Dhaka who kept calm. There would have been noisy cheers, screams with overwhelmed happiness. That Sanga- Kohli hug was a moment of harmonization. Kohli after making the 77th score in a losing cause still managed to bear the defeat. It was true sportsmanship. A rare celebration particularly coming from an Indian! Malinga jumps into the crowd. Mahela hugs...

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