By Lynn Ockersz There it gawkily stands, First among skyscrapers, Rising over teeming slums, Inspiring not a sense of awe, But speaking volumes, Of the Arrogance...
The Norwegians mollycoddled the LTTE. The way the government in Oslo went out of its way to appease the LTTE during the time it facilitated the...
By Chandre Dharmawardana chandre.dharma@yahoo.ca The Aragalaya came and went. The claim that “we need a system change in Sri Lanka” has become the main legacy of...
By Lynn Ockersz Let all the world bow low, To journalists being targeted, Tragically felled and silenced, By the mighty the world over, In orgies of...
President Maithripala Sirisena dissolved Parliament in late June 2015 to save his Yahapalana partner UNP from the COPE (Committee of Public Enterprises) probe report on the...
by Susantha Hewa For many people in society, universities and academia remain a far-off entity with a certain halo, except when undergrads come to the streets...
By Lynn Ockersz The sapling of great promise, Planted seven decades ago, On a green growth model, Hoping for the land’s denizens, It’d be a protective...
‘Deperamunaka Satan’ dealt with several issues that hadn’t been addressed by ex-military men who shared their experiences before Maj. Gen. Dhammi Hewage launched his controversial memoirs...
by Prof. Janendra De Costa Senior Professor and Chair of Crop Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya Artificial intelligence (AI) seems to be the ‘in-thing’...
By Lynn Ockersz The Sage in pristine white, Sat in sedate Samadhi style, Anchored in Inner Quietude, As the vile mob around him, Spewed words most...