Personal page and articles by Gamini Viyangoda
Weerawansa Disrobed or the Birth of a Sinhala Karuna
Image courtesy JVP website Some priests in ascetic orders who indulge in carnal pleasures, though not very often, do get...
Continue reading »Some rudimentary thoughts on Arthur C. Clarke’s funeral
There may have been some two to three hundred mourners at his funeral. Most of them seemed to have been...
Continue reading »The subterfuge called All Parties Representatives Committee
Deception has two extreme poles at each end of the untruth. One end is witty, subtle, astute and artistic. A...
Continue reading »Abrogation of cease-fire, a triumphant moment of a vicious conspiracy
We all know that a Cease-fire between the two contending parties by itself is no solution to our national conflict....
Continue reading »A Fresh Solution to the National Question
A few days back, a big poster published by one called Kosgoda Gnanaseeha Thero (B.A. Honors) of Pahingamuwa Gangarama temple...
Continue reading »Identity in Jaffna and Jewish Badge in Germany
Tamil residents in Jaffna are reportedly being forced to carry a special document of identification issued by security forces, in...
Continue reading »Concerns over Cattle Population
In 1982 the cattle population in Sri Lanka had been 6.7 million, Athuraliye Rathana Thero has said while participating in...
Continue reading »What happened to Karuna, really ?
Today, Karuna Amman is in the police custody of British authorities, charged with entering Britain on a forged passport. As...
Continue reading »Was the Death of Thamil Chelvam a Feast or a Funeral to the South?
Last week Thamil Chelvam’s death was celebrated in the South by lighting firecrackers. About one and a half decade ago,...
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