The Killing Joke: Who had the last laugh?

I have been on the fringes of Sri Lankan metal politics for nearly a decade. If I were to say it’ll be a sad day when a musician gives into petty power-politics and forgets his reason for being, then everyday would be a sad day for ‘pure Sri Lankan metal’.
I’m going to tell you my [...]

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D.O.

Inspired after brilliant open mike night, my friend Buddhi’s performance and another on of WDR’s brilliantly worded posts… This is part of a huge initiative by the Times of India’s campaign called India Poised and I wanted to post one of the essential pieces of copy that made it such a huge success. This is [...]

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The Patriot Game

Is a nation truly the sum of its parts or merely the sum of its leaders? You could say that they are both intertwined in a sense. Our leaders, democratically or otherwise, are voted in by us, are they not? And we do so in thinking that they represent our thoughts and ideals. Sometimes even [...]

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At the GAYmes

The first ever Solidarity Gaymes was more than I expected it to be. I said in my previous post that it is probably the most significant thing I was a part of this year. I won’t go into too much detail, but I will say that my heart warmed to see so many people coming [...]

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There’s a lil’ Chinthanaya in all of us

I was just thinking. We spend a lot of time dissing the old boy when he is in fact very much the same as most of us. What was it somebody said of us… “Nava Gilunath Baan Choon” – Lets eat drink and be merry for tomorrow we may not be in power. You get [...]

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Emergency Regulation : Section 23

Have you got the forms yet? I have and I feel like a bloody refugee in Ratmalana. In case you don’t know what I’m talking about, let me enlighten you. Last evening, the government officially revoked the CFA which has officially taken us into a war-torn state in its most extreme sense of the word. I [...]

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