tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56560501018814987052024-03-16T06:42:36.611+05:30Malinda WordsWords didn’t fall from the sky. They were coined. They contain histories. They are the landmark products of thought processes, the rest-signs of journeys. They move on, long after we die. They were something else centuries ago and they will be something else centuries from now as human being twist, turn, defined and redefine as appropriate to moment, place, culture and prerogative(s) at hand.Malinda Wordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17700355635566651088noreply@blogger.comBlogger3008125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5656050101881498705.post-76377233480514455452023-12-23T08:50:00.000+05:302023-12-23T08:50:01.410+05:30Three hundred two-way mirrors<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXa_ZLhz73lk5E_Y0f0dTXd-Hgg3NmsygxZ2hSj1mXvpa4y6oVZdR4IsAxy0EU7TwJANs0vfncyif3wCyGta0azFSOkWQgwHgQaNhwHsnoSgOzXK-ULP4XvGnLK9mL6z9xvYybKOKbWnS4_V3b-5k9iOEptLRjY01bAOpnXYT0UyV3yXVjsDVGY6uSfww/s2048/A4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2031" data-original-width="2048" height="634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXa_ZLhz73lk5E_Y0f0dTXd-Hgg3NmsygxZ2hSj1mXvpa4y6oVZdR4IsAxy0EU7TwJANs0vfncyif3wCyGta0azFSOkWQgwHgQaNhwHsnoSgOzXK-ULP4XvGnLK9mL6z9xvYybKOKbWnS4_V3b-5k9iOEptLRjY01bAOpnXYT0UyV3yXVjsDVGY6uSfww/w640-h634/A4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />I
took a slow road in another lifetime, in another century and a
different continent. When I started, there were things I knew or thought
I did. I carried with me notions of roads. I kept notes. <br /><br />I
knew that roads, however long or short, can be made as slow as I wished.
I had no reason to regret having made roads slow down on account of
whim and fancy and I didn’t envisage regrets in the centuries and
lifetimes to come or in continents I might visit. I knew there would be
stops. <br /><br />I knew there could be ‘stops’ even between two bus stops
and that stop-capture is possible without getting off a vehicle. I knew
there are stops at railway stations and between them too. There is a
stop when a vendor cries out what’s being offered, there’s a stop in the
silence between words, peals of laughter, one tear and the next, and
between drops of rain. These things I knew. <br /><br />I anticipated
these with a certain breathlessness, for I knew that
journey-interruption is made of and for fascinating conversations, with
travel companions and strangers and, even if I was absolutely alone,
with the world around me and with myself.<br /><br />For me, a stop was a
two-way mirror, one face to re-examine self and the other opening to a
world ready for re-definition. Slow roads have many mirrors, I knew this
too. <br /><br />Since I started, yes in another lifetime, in another
century and in a different continent, I’ve stopped and have been
stopped. I’ve stopped in wonderment at the world around me. The world in
turn has stopped me with a command, ‘thus far and no further.’ <br /><br />I
was stopped by words. They poured out of books I came across or which
someone gave me. I was stopped by friends and strangers. Sunshine and
snow flurries, autumn leaves and wind, dismal skies and a sparrow, a
wind chime and dream catcher, they came in and out of sequence; they
made me stop. <br /><br />Family and friends, planned events and chance
gatherings, a daughter’s smile and a young man supplanting her father,
sisterhood and motherhood, household chores and the conspiracy of
flavours; they too stopped me. <br /><br />News from home made me stop.
News from places I’ve never visited shocked me. An encyclopaedia and a
dictionary took turns to keep me company. The manipulation of the word
by manufacturers of news spoke to me. There were wine evenings and
coffee nights, acknowledgement and admonishment. <br /><br />A pen ran out
of ink. The heart said ‘you can write without words.’ A house was filled
with playlists, a young girl playing the piano while singing favourite
songs and a cacophonous kitchen. The animated architectures would
quietly distil from gone-days the better wines of conversation and
bottle them as pages in books with appropriate titles for quiet
consumption in an hour yet unknown. <br /><br />I hadn’t planned to visit
battlegrounds, but I was dragged across the rubble-remnant of
indescribable cruelty. I stopped. It was not that I wanted to flee to
places where flowers exploded with summertime assurances, but there were
moments when I did find myself a few continents and centuries away from
death, destruction, dismemberment, displacement and devastation. I was
frequently airlifted to the land of immeasurable deprivation. The dust,
the stench of horror and the perfumes of resolve wrapped me in sheets
made of the finest gauze. They were bloodstained. I stopped. I wrote. <br /><br />Was
it in another lifetime? Was it on another continent? Did the designs of
the universe cause a fissure in my sense of time and place?<br /><br />I
remember that month of December when I took to the road. It was a
Friday. The 22nd. In the year 2022, apparently. I heard a voice softly
informing me that there are stops and signs and that these have ways of
revealing truths that are desperately sought to be concealed. Something
of the eternal verities could also be obtained, I was told. The allegory
of the slow word would unfold, I concluded. And it came as a stop-sign
and a two-way mirror. <br /><p></p><div>I stopped. A thousand times. I took
notes. Three hundred journal entries there were and I shared each and
every one of them. With love. </div><div><br /></div><div><p><b>['The
Morning Inspection' is the title of a column I wrote for the Daily News
from 2009 to 2011, one article a day, Monday through Saturday. This is the <span style="color: red;">300th</span> article in the new series that began in December 2022. Links to previous articles are given below]</b></p><p></p><p><b>malindadocs@gmail.com</b></p><p><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: red; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Other articles in this series:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-residences-of-refaat-al-areer.html"><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></a></span></b></span></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/12/passwords-to-unimaginable-grace.html">Passwords to unimaginable grace</a> <br /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/12/of-masks-skins-and-best-poetry-in-world.html">Of masks, skins and the best poetry in the world</a> <br /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; 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color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Consolation prizes in competitions no one ever wins</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-day-i-won-pulitzer.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The day I won a Pulitzer</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/ko.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Ko?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/ella-delorias-silences.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Ella Deloria's silences</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/blackness-whiteness-and-black-whiteness.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Blackness, whiteness and black-whiteness</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/inscriptions-stubborn-and-erasable.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Inscriptions: stubborn and erasable </a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/thursday.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Thursday!</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/deveni-one-word-koan-thats-priceless.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Deveni: a priceless one-word koan</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/enlightening-geometries.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Enlightening geometries<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/lets-meet-at-commons.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Let's meet at 'The Commons'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/it-begins-with-dot.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">It all begins with a dot</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/recovering-run-on-lines-and-lost.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Recovering run-on lines and lost punctuation</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/wetness-is-not-preserve-of-wet-zone.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">'Wetness' is not the preserve of the Dry Zone<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/on-sweeping-close-to-ones-feet.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On sweeping close to one's feet</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/kumkum-fernando-installs-sri-lanka-in_28.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Kumkum Fernando installs Sri Lanka in Coachella, California</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-roberts-neighbors-friends-family-by.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">To be an island like the Roberts...</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/debts-that-cannot-be-repaid-in-full.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Debts that can never be repaid in full</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/an-island-which-no-flood-can-overwhelm.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">An island which no flood can overwhelm</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/who-really-wrote-mother.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Who really wrote 'Mother'?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/a-melody-faint-and-yet-not-beyond.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A melody faint and yet not beyond hearing</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/heart-dances-that-cannot-be.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Heart dances that cannot be choreographed</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/remembering-to-forget-and-forgetting-to.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Remembering to forget and forgetting to remember</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/on-loving-always.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On loving, always<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-mortalities-of-authors.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Authors are assassinated, readers are immortal</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/when-you-turn-80.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">When you turn 80...</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/it-is-good-to-be-conscious-of-nudities.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">It is good to be conscious of nudities </a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/saturday-slides-in-after-monday-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Saturday slides in after Monday and Sunday somersaults into Friday</a> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/theres-one-in-million-and-one-in-ten.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">There's a one in a million and a one in ten</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/gunadasa-kapuge-is-calling.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Gunadasa Kapuge is calling</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/kumkum-fernando-installs-sri-lanka-in_28.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Kumkum Fernando installs Sri Lanka in Coachella, California</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/hemantha-gunawardenas-signature.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Hemantha Gunawardena's signature</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/pathways-missed.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Pathways missed</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/architectures-of-demolished.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Architectures of the demolished</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-exotic-lunacy-of-parting-gifts.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The exotic lunacy of parting gifts</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/who-heck-do-you-think-i-am.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Who the heck do you think I am?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/those-fascinating-chitra-katha.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Those fascinating 'Chitra Katha'<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-mangala-sabhava.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The Mangala Sabhava</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/so-how-are-things-in-sri-lanka.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">So how are things in Sri Lanka?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-most-beautiful-father.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The most beautiful father</a><i style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></i></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/palmam-qui-meruit-ferat.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Palmam qui meruit ferat</i></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-sweetest-three-letter-poem.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The sweetest three-letter poem<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/buddhangala-kamatahan.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Buddhangala Kamatahan</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/an-irish-and-sri-lankan-hello.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">An Irish and Sri Lankan Hello</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/teams-team-thinking-team-spirit-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Teams, team-thinking, team-spirit and leadership</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-songs-we-could-sing-in-lifeboats.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The songs we could sing in lifeboats when we are shipwrecked</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/pure-rathna-class-act.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Pure-Rathna, a class act</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/jekhan-aruliah-has-set-ball-rolling-in.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Jekhan Aruliah set a ball rolling in Jaffna</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/awaiting-arrivals-unlike-any-other.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Teachers and students sometimes reverse roles</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/matters-of-honour-and-dignity.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Matters of honor and dignity</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/yet-another-mothers-day.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Yet another Mother's Day<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/a-cockroach-named-dont.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A cockroach named 'Don't'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/colombo-colombo-colombo-and-so-forth.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Colombo, Colombo, Colombo and so forth</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-slowest-road-to-kumarigama-ampara.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The slowest road to Kumarigama, Ampara</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/sweeping-clutter-away.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Sweeping the clutter away</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/some-play-music-others-listen.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Some play music, others listen</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/completing-unfinished-texts.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Completing unfinished texts</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/minds-and-hearts-loquacious-and-taciturn.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Mind and hearts, loquacious and taciturn<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/i-am-at-jaga-food-where-are-you.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">I am at Jaga Food, where are you?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/on-separating-missing-from-disappeared.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On separating the missing from the disappeared</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/moments-without-tenses.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Moments without tenses</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/and-intangible-republics-will-save-day.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">And intangible republics will save the day (as they always have)</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-world-is-made-of-waves.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The world is made of waves</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/sentinelity.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">'Sentinelity'<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-circuitous-logic-of-tony-muller.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The circuitous logic of Tony Muller</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/rohana-kalyanaratne-unforgettable-loku.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Rohana Kalyanaratne, an unforgettable 'Loku Aiya'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/mowgli-greatest-archaeologist.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Mowgli, the Greatest Archaeologist</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/figures-and-disfigurement-rocks-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Figures and disfigurement, rocks and roses</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/sujith-rathnayake-and-incarcerations.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Sujith Rathnayake and incarcerations imposed and embraced</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/some-stories-are-written-on-covers.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Some stories are written on the covers themselves</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/a-poetic-enclave-in-republic-of.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A poetic enclave in the Republic of Literature</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/landscapes-of-gone-time-and-going-time.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Landcapes of gone-time and going-time </a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/best-insurance-against-loud-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The best insurance against the loud and repeated lie</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/so-what-if-best-flutes-will-not-go-to.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Of love and other intangibles</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2022/12/neruda-sekara-and-literary-dimensions.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Neruda, Sekara and literary dimensions<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-universe-of-smallness.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The universe of smallness<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2022/12/paul-christophers-heart-of-many-chambers.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Paul Christopher's heart of many chambers</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2022/12/calmness-gracefully-cascades-in-dumbara.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Calmness gracefully cascades in the Dumbara Hills<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2022/12/serendipitous-amber-owns-world.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Serendipitous amber rules the world</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2022/12/continents-of-heart.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Continents of the heart</a></p><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-allegory-of-slow-road.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The allegory of the slow road</a></div></div><div><br /><br /></div>Malinda Wordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17700355635566651088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5656050101881498705.post-12002528715385109242023-12-23T08:47:00.001+05:302023-12-23T08:47:25.254+05:30Passwords to unimaginable grace<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl23HyszEvBK0fLazsLS3Q-hckpzincSzNirROt5MVPWH409dy57mKONlKfTY0RVB4xcQj17h1bAYbTXVVjqKMrz6ZiGC5qxX7brEnRb59LcJW0OKrHfaItwiV3O65DqtXO_AOxfbDvfVsK-L3E-9OmMJVt0ZM8zkE74iEBLEo0fuzwlKbpxNn6AHYDVM/s4032/A7.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl23HyszEvBK0fLazsLS3Q-hckpzincSzNirROt5MVPWH409dy57mKONlKfTY0RVB4xcQj17h1bAYbTXVVjqKMrz6ZiGC5qxX7brEnRb59LcJW0OKrHfaItwiV3O65DqtXO_AOxfbDvfVsK-L3E-9OmMJVt0ZM8zkE74iEBLEo0fuzwlKbpxNn6AHYDVM/s320/A7.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br />A few months ago I wrote about <i>Colleen Kinder’s Letters to a Stranger: essays to the ones who haunt us</i>.
<a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/07/through-strange-fissures-into-magical.html">This is how I described the book</a>: ‘Letter to a stranger is a book of
fissures where contributors peered into these strangers and through them
enter regions of their own selves long neglected.’ I added, borrowing
from the foreword written by Leslie Jamison, ‘I never had you, I never
knew you; I am to see to it that I do not lose you.’<br /><br />We often
come across individuals, strangers who never share their stories with
us, who we simply cannot forget. They travel with us even though they
could very well be oblivious to our existence. They too may be haunted
by strangers who don’t get discarded when memory fails or priorities and
perhaps wisdom perceived prompt the occasional emptying of the mind.
Indeed there may be specific strangers who hold on to one another in
this way.<br /><br />There is another category of strangers, a community in
fact; those who breathe the divine fragrance of unrequited love. They
are said to be suffering from a virulent form of masochism, but
sometimes I wonder if this is in fact true. <br /><br />Where do they go
when the one place they want to be has been barred? Where do they take
the words they are not allowed to speak? What do they do in the long
years of silence? What strategies do they plot to keep alive their
life-giving insanity, these people who have abandoned reason altogether
and have chosen to worship disbelief? <br /><br />The easy response to all
these questions is itself a question, ‘who knows?’ I have no answer
either, but I have thoughts about such things. <br /><br />I have known
people who do not stop writing although they are fully aware that some
love letters are simply undeliverable because no postal service will
accept them and moreover addresses and intended recipients have long
moved to inaccessible addresses. I know of lyrics written and sung in
secret with the hope that the winds may carry them through gates and
over walls, real, metaphorical or imagined. <br /><br />I like to imagine
that such people who walk like ghosts past and through one another in
the Republic of Anonymity are a resourceful lot. They write even though
no one asked them to put pen to paper, even though what they write goes
unread and even though their words are so many that they fall out of
paper, unscramble themselves from sentences and in happy abandonment
create their own communities of poetry. In fact, I’m convinced that when
love is written, the letters catch fire, warms all hearts and that in
this way unknown and unheralded poets unfreeze the long, solitary winter
years of the planet. <br /><br />Their stories sometimes get told by others
who have heard or read them and had suffered or were spared the same
agonies. Simply because in recounting they draw love out of mirrors and
illuminate the passwords to unimaginable grace.<br /><br />In a world where
people are taught to compare marginal benefits against marginal costs,
where purpose is required to be defined and life ordered in terms of
increasing the possibility of obtaining objective, such people are
called fools and clowns; they are described as insane. <br /><br />I hesitate to concur. <br /><br />I
am thinking of a human so consumed by love that the body has decayed to
skin and bone through sheer neglect. I am imagining that such a
creature, spurred by love, swings across an abyss holding on to a frayed
rope singing verses written in the invincible ink of silence on account
of being forbidden to speak; only, it’s a rope that never was. <br /><br />I cannot think of anything more beautiful at this moment. Such grace defies description. <br /><br /><p></p><div>One
must, instead, offer thanks to strangers whose names are unknown,
wander like ghosts in cities long abandoned and yet inform us in their
own peculiar way that love always has another chance if words are kept
alive because they teach us that even when we do not have those who we
love, we can still belong to them.</div><div><br /><p><b>['The
Morning Inspection' is the title of a column I wrote for the Daily News
from 2009 to 2011, one article a day, Monday through Saturday. This is the <span style="color: #cc0000;">299th</span> article in the new series that began in December 2022. Links to previous articles are given below]</b></p><p></p><p><b>malindadocs@gmail.com</b></p><p><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: red; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Other articles in this series:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-residences-of-refaat-al-areer.html"><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></a></span></b></span></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/12/of-masks-skins-and-best-poetry-in-world.html">Of masks, skins and the best poetry in the world</a> <br /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/12/calling-kapila-bandaranayake-wherever.html">Calling Kapila Bandaranayake, wherever he may be!</a> <br /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; 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margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/what-makes-oxygen-breathable.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">What makes Oxygen breathable? </a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/sorrowing-and-delighting-world.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Sorrowing and delighting the world</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-greatest-fallacy.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/letters-that-cut-and-heal-heart.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Letters that cut and heal the heart</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/vanished-and-vanishing-trails.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Vanished and vanishing trails</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/blue-blueness.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Blue-blueness</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/a-forgotten-dawn-song-from-embilipitiya.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A forgotten dawn song from Embilipitiya</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-soft-rain-of-neighbourliness.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The soft rain of neighbourliness</a> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-gold-medals-of-being.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The Gold Medals of being</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/jaya-sri-ratna-sri.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Jaya Sri Ratna Sri</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/all-those-weve-loved-before.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">All those we've loved before</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/reflections-on-waves-and-markings.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Reflections on waves and markings</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/a-chorus-of-national-anthems.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A chorus of National Anthems</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; 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color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Respond to insults in line with the Akkosa Sutra</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-loves-of-our-lives.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The loves of our lives</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-right-time-right-person.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The right time, the right person</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-silent-equivalent-of-thousand-words.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The silent equivalent of a thousand words<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/crazy-cousins-are-besties-for-life.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Crazy cousins are besties for life</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/unities-freakish-and-endearing.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Unities, free and endearing</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/free-verse-and-return-key.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Free verse and the return key</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/sorry-earth.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">"Sorry, Earth!"</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-lost-lyrics-of-premakeerthi-de-alwis.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The lost lyrics of Premakeerthi de Alwis</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-revolution-is-song.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The revolution is the song</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/consolation-prizes-in-competitions-no.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/ella-delorias-silences.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Ella Deloria's silences</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/blackness-whiteness-and-black-whiteness.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Blackness, whiteness and black-whiteness</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/inscriptions-stubborn-and-erasable.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/enlightening-geometries.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Enlightening geometries<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/lets-meet-at-commons.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Let's meet at 'The Commons'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/it-begins-with-dot.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/on-sweeping-close-to-ones-feet.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On sweeping close to one's feet</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/kumkum-fernando-installs-sri-lanka-in_28.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Kumkum Fernando installs Sri Lanka in Coachella, California</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-roberts-neighbors-friends-family-by.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">To be an island like the Roberts...</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/debts-that-cannot-be-repaid-in-full.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Debts that can never be repaid in full</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/an-island-which-no-flood-can-overwhelm.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">An island which no flood can overwhelm</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/who-really-wrote-mother.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Who really wrote 'Mother'?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/a-melody-faint-and-yet-not-beyond.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A melody faint and yet not beyond hearing</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/heart-dances-that-cannot-be.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Heart dances that cannot be choreographed</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/remembering-to-forget-and-forgetting-to.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Remembering to forget and forgetting to remember</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/on-loving-always.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On loving, always<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-mortalities-of-authors.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Authors are assassinated, readers are immortal</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/when-you-turn-80.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">When you turn 80...</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/it-is-good-to-be-conscious-of-nudities.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">It is good to be conscious of nudities </a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/saturday-slides-in-after-monday-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Saturday slides in after Monday and Sunday somersaults into Friday</a> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/theres-one-in-million-and-one-in-ten.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">There's a one in a million and a one in ten</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/gunadasa-kapuge-is-calling.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Gunadasa Kapuge is calling</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/kumkum-fernando-installs-sri-lanka-in_28.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Kumkum Fernando installs Sri Lanka in Coachella, California</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/hemantha-gunawardenas-signature.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Hemantha Gunawardena's signature</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/pathways-missed.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Pathways missed</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/architectures-of-demolished.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Architectures of the demolished</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-exotic-lunacy-of-parting-gifts.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The exotic lunacy of parting gifts</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/who-heck-do-you-think-i-am.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Who the heck do you think I am?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/those-fascinating-chitra-katha.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Those fascinating 'Chitra Katha'<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-mangala-sabhava.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The Mangala Sabhava</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/so-how-are-things-in-sri-lanka.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">So how are things in Sri Lanka?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-most-beautiful-father.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The most beautiful father</a><i style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></i></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/palmam-qui-meruit-ferat.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Palmam qui meruit ferat</i></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-sweetest-three-letter-poem.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The sweetest three-letter poem<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/buddhangala-kamatahan.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Buddhangala Kamatahan</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/an-irish-and-sri-lankan-hello.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">An Irish and Sri Lankan Hello</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/teams-team-thinking-team-spirit-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Teams, team-thinking, team-spirit and leadership</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-songs-we-could-sing-in-lifeboats.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The songs we could sing in lifeboats when we are shipwrecked</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/pure-rathna-class-act.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Pure-Rathna, a class act</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/jekhan-aruliah-has-set-ball-rolling-in.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Jekhan Aruliah set a ball rolling in Jaffna</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/awaiting-arrivals-unlike-any-other.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Awaiting arrivals unlike any other</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/['The%20Morning%20Inspection'%20is%20the%20title%20of%20a%20column%20I%20wrote%20for%20the%20Daily%20News%20from%202009%20to%202011,%20one%20article%20a%20day,%20Monday%20through%20Saturday.%20This%20is%20a%20new%20series.%20Links%20to%20previous%20articles%20in%20this%20new%20series%20are%20given%20below]%20%20Other%20articles%20in%20this%20series:%20%20Matters%20of%20honor%20and%20dignity%20%20Yet%20another%20Mother's%20Day%20%20A%20cockroach%20named%20'Don't'%20%20Colombo,%20Colombo,%20Colombo%20and%20so%20forth%20%20The%20slowest%20road%20to%20Kumarigama,%20Ampara%20%20Sweeping%20the%20clutter%20away%20%20Some%20play%20music,%20others%20listen%20%20Completing%20unfinished%20texts%20%20Mind%20and%20hearts,%20loquacious%20and%20taciturn%20%20I%20am%20at%20Jaga%20Food,%20where%20are%20you?%20%20On%20separating%20the%20missing%20from%20the%20disappeared%20%20Moments%20without%20tenses%20%20And%20intangible%20republics%20will%20save%20the%20day%20(as%20they%20always%20have)%20%20The%20world%20is%20made%20of%20waves%20%20%27Sentinelity%27%20%20The%20circuitous%20logic%20of%20Tony%20Muller%20%20Rohana%20Kalyanaratne,%20an%20unforgettable%20%27Loku%20Aiya%27%20%20Mowgli,%20the%20Greatest%20Archaeologist%20%20Figures%20and%20disfigurement,%20rocks%20and%20roses%20%20Sujith%20Rathnayake%20and%20incarcerations%20imposed%20and%20embraced%20%20Some%20stories%20are%20written%20on%20the%20covers%20themselves%20%20A%20poetic%20enclave%20in%20the%20Republic%20of%20Literature%20%20Landcapes%20of%20gone-time%20and%20going-time%20%20%20The%20best%20insurance%20against%20the%20loud%20and%20repeated%20lie%20%20So%20what%20if%20the%20best%20flutes%20will%20not%20go%20to%20the%20best%20flautists?%20%20There%27s%20dust%20and%20words%20awaiting%20us%20at%20crossroads%20and%20crosswords%20%20The%20books%20of%20disquiet%20%20A%20song%20of%20terraced%20paddy%20fields%20%20Of%20ants,%20bridges%20and%20possibilities%20%20From%20A%20through%20Aardvark%20to%20Zyzzyva%20%20%20World%27s%20End%20%20Words,%20their%20potency,%20appropriation%20and%20abuse%20%20Street%20corner%20stories%20%20Who%20did%20not%20listen,%20who%27s%20not%20listening%20still?%20%20The%20book%20of%20layering%20%20If%20you%20remember%20Kobe,%20visit%20GOAT%20Mountain%20%20The%20world%20is%20made%20for%20re-colouring%20%20The%20gift%20and%20yoke%20of%20bastardy%20%20The%20%27English%20Smile%27%20%20No%2027,%20Dickman%27s%20Road,%20Colombo%205%20%20Visual%20cartographers%20and%20cartography%20%20Ithaca%20from%20a%20long%20ago%20and%20right%20now%20%20Lessons%20written%20in%20invisible%20ink%20%20The%20amazing%20quality%20of%20%27equal-kindness%27%20%20A%20tea-maker%20story%20seldom%20told%20%20On%20academic%20activism%20%20The%20interchangeability%20of%20light%20and%20darkness%20%20Back%20to%20TRADITIONAL%20rice%20%20Sisterhood:%20moments,%20just%20moments%20%20Chess%20is%20my%20life%20and%20perhaps%20your%20too%20%20Reflections%20on%20ownership%20and%20belonging%20%20The%20integrity%20of%20Nadeesha%20Rajapaksha%20%20Signatures%20in%20the%20seasons%20of%20love%20%20To%20Maceo%20Martinet%20as%20he%20flies%20over%20rainbows%20%20Sirith,%20like%20pirith,%20persist%20%20Fragrances%20that%20will%20not%20be%20bottled%20%20%20Colours%20and%20textures%20of%20living%20heritage%20%20Countries%20of%20the%20past,%20present%20and%20future%20%20A%20degree%20in%20creative%20excuses%20%20Books%20launched%20and%20not-yet-launched%20%20The%20sunrise%20as%20viewed%20from%20sacred%20mountains%20%20The%20ways%20of%20the%20lotus%20%20Isaiah%2058:%2012-16%20and%20the%20true%20meaning%20of%20grace%20%20The%20age%20of%20Frederick%20Algernon%20Trotteville%20%20Live%20and%20tell%20the%20tale%20as%20you%20will%20%20Between%20struggle%20and%20cooperation%20%20Of%20love%20and%20other%20intangibles%20%20Neruda,%20Sekara%20and%20literary%20dimensions%20%20The%20universe%20of%20smallness%20%20Paul%20Christopher%27s%20heart%20of%20many%20chambers%20%20Calmness%20gracefully%20cascades%20in%20the%20Dumbara%20Hills%20%20Serendipitous%20amber%20rules%20the%20world%20Continents%20of%20the%20heart%20%20%20%20The%20allegory%20of%20the%20slow%20road" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Teachers and students sometimes reverse roles</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/matters-of-honour-and-dignity.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Matters of honor and dignity</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/yet-another-mothers-day.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Yet another Mother's Day<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/a-cockroach-named-dont.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A cockroach named 'Don't'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/colombo-colombo-colombo-and-so-forth.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Colombo, Colombo, Colombo and so forth</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-slowest-road-to-kumarigama-ampara.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The slowest road to Kumarigama, Ampara</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/sweeping-clutter-away.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Sweeping the clutter away</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/some-play-music-others-listen.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Some play music, others listen</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/completing-unfinished-texts.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Completing unfinished texts</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/minds-and-hearts-loquacious-and-taciturn.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Mind and hearts, loquacious and taciturn<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/i-am-at-jaga-food-where-are-you.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">I am at Jaga Food, where are you?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/on-separating-missing-from-disappeared.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On separating the missing from the disappeared</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/moments-without-tenses.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Moments without tenses</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/and-intangible-republics-will-save-day.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">And intangible republics will save the day (as they always have)</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-world-is-made-of-waves.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The world is made of waves</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/sentinelity.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Sujith Rathnayake and incarcerations imposed and embraced</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/some-stories-are-written-on-covers.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Some stories are written on the covers themselves</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/a-poetic-enclave-in-republic-of.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A poetic enclave in the Republic of Literature</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/landscapes-of-gone-time-and-going-time.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Landcapes of gone-time and going-time </a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/best-insurance-against-loud-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The best insurance against the loud and repeated lie</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/so-what-if-best-flutes-will-not-go-to.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">So what if the best flutes will not go to the best flautists?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/theres-dust-and-words-awaiting-us-at.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">There's dust and words awaiting us at crossroads and crosswords</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-books-of-disquiet.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The books of disquiet</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/a-song-of-terraced-paddy-fields.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A song of terraced paddy fields</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/of-red-ants-bridges-and-possibilities.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Of ants, bridges and possibilities</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/from-through-aardvark-to-zyzzyva.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/street-corner-stories.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Street corner stories</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/01/who-did-not-listen-whos-not-listening.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Who did not listen, who's not listening still?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/01/the-book-of-layering.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The book of layering</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/01/if-you-remember-kobe-visit-goat-mountain.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">If you remember Kobe, visit GOAT Mountain<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/01/the-world-is-made-for-re-colouring.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The world is made for re-colouring</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/01/the-gift-and-yoke-of-bastardy.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The gift and yoke of bastardy</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/01/that-english-smile.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The 'English Smile'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/01/no-27-dickmans-road-colombo-5.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/01/lessons-written-in-invisible-ink.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Lessons written in invisible ink</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/01/the-amazing-quality-of-equal-kindness.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The amazing quality of 'equal-kindness'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/01/a-tea-maker-story-seldom-told.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_ubNR3Wn6T_zON1KoZrwHTeddwgMvPPnDTVtuMeson-8TZrBw2G6PQVj60yXsgj2VS_1VX1-rwO9IEMjiGXiSiGnOCjbyAKtZX7rH6qjbZ3LYERN0gODB4KckEho8MikE7c4uryyAqfWSeM4aI8lQhgYq_emVuZuTiJgCuJ8etcjYnBo_Y_htLNKhKYU/s1248/7pics.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="702" data-original-width="1248" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_ubNR3Wn6T_zON1KoZrwHTeddwgMvPPnDTVtuMeson-8TZrBw2G6PQVj60yXsgj2VS_1VX1-rwO9IEMjiGXiSiGnOCjbyAKtZX7rH6qjbZ3LYERN0gODB4KckEho8MikE7c4uryyAqfWSeM4aI8lQhgYq_emVuZuTiJgCuJ8etcjYnBo_Y_htLNKhKYU/w640-h360/7pics.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Clockwise from top left: Udayasiri Wickramaratne, Vajira Mahakanumulla, Chaaminda Rathnasuriya, Irvin Weerackody, Harith Gunawardena, Kapila Kumara Kalinga and Athula Kaldemulla</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Almost
twenty years ago, some of the copywriters working at Phoenix O&M
thought it would be good to share their poetry with each other and
anyone else interested. There was an empty space on a wall close to the
entrance of the Creative Department and this was chosen as the Ketapath
Pavura of the agency. <br /><br />There were some well known lyricists, in
particular Kapila Kumara Kalinga, Athula Kaldemulla, Chaaminda
Rathnasuriya and Vajira Mahakanumulle. In addition we had the versatile
Udayasiri Wickramaratne and Harith Gunawardena of King Barnet and Always
Breakdown fame. Boss, i.e. Irvin Weerackody, often quipped, ‘we have
playwrights, film-makers, lyricists and columnists but none of them
writer advertising copy!’ In fact Udayasiri came up with a title for the
book we laughingly planned to publish once we had enough poems: ‘ලෝකයේ
හොඳම කවි (The Best Poems in the World)’! Yes, we laughed a lot and
mostly at ourselves and how ridiculous we could be. <br /><br />I hardly ever write poetry or anything close to verse in Sinhala, but one day I wrote the following: <br /><br />ප්රේමය <br /><br />මොහොතයි <br />සුන්දරයි <br />එපමණයි <br /><br />[Love: a moment, sweet and that’s it].<br /><br />A few minutes later, Chaaminda put up a poem of his own:<br /><br />රාගය <br /><br />මොහොතයි <br />සුන්දරයි <br />එපමණයි <br /><br />[Lust: a moment, sweet and that’s it].<br /><br />At that very moment Boss happened to walk by. I told him, dejectedly, that Chaaminda had wrecked my poem. <br /><br />After
a quick read, Boss, quick of wit and probably one of the best
copywriters in the business, quipped, ‘are you suffering from premature
ejaculation?’ From then onwards, until he left the agency, Boss,
whenever he ran into Chaaminda, would ask ‘haven’t you written any
sensual poetry lately?’<br /><br />It was a good time. Years later,
Chaaminda and I discussed how in certain instances moments can be
stretched to eternities. I told him that the poem could be edited thus:<br /><br />ප්රේමය <br /><br />මොහොතයි <br />සුන්දරයි <br />අමතකයි <br /><br />[Love: a moment, sweet and forgotten].<br /><br /><div>He laughed. We still laugh whenever we talk about these 'working definitions' of love.</div><div><br /></div>I
remember writing another ‘poem’ around that time. I am not sure if I
posted it on our ‘wall.’ The title was ‘මම (I).’ It was a one-liner: මම
ධන මගේ වෙස් මුහුණ (Myself plus my mask). <br /><br />It was this line that
came to mind today and that’s what got me going about the allegedly best
verse on the planet, though we said so ourselves. <br /><br />We have
skins and we have make up. There’s a face we own and a face we wear for
others. There’s an ‘I’ and there’s also the ‘I’ we believe someone or
people in general expect us to be. So faces and masks come into
conflict. And indeed, there could come a moment when our masks replace
our face forever. Tragically, we find it difficult to pin point that
moment, the precipitation factors and the long history that produced
this outcome. Indeed, we walk through life, the world and even by the
side of love ones firmly believing that we never lost our faces, we
could never lose our skins. <br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihhzR43ITBeirwmFg8_SECOwuSrShjVYIz84fZNAHKYj_QJefPPqbnN3R56ktZUv-VsFJ6BahU5V349xq-rKWMR9KsLdZdYesmjWuM0gOrtNrF5_2W1tjYpM5mlyWJGUSc5Rsg6JsALDsEEOsijiv2MJpMiEMISx7ddE9P80Lf-ZSwBflP4NXxlVlM7iA/s1176/Dananjaya.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="1176" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihhzR43ITBeirwmFg8_SECOwuSrShjVYIz84fZNAHKYj_QJefPPqbnN3R56ktZUv-VsFJ6BahU5V349xq-rKWMR9KsLdZdYesmjWuM0gOrtNrF5_2W1tjYpM5mlyWJGUSc5Rsg6JsALDsEEOsijiv2MJpMiEMISx7ddE9P80Lf-ZSwBflP4NXxlVlM7iA/s320/Dananjaya.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Dananjaya Bandara</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br />Dananjaya Bandara, again in a small poem, offers a different perspective. <br /><br />සර්පයෙකු දමා ගිය <br />සුන්දරම පණිවිඩය <br />නව මගක් තිබේ නම් "නුඹ" <br />හැරදමා යා යුතුය හැව<br /><br />The sweetest lesson <br />left behind by a snake <br />if there is a new path, then ‘you’ <br />must your skin shed<br /><br />We
see politicians doing this all the time. They drop one flag and pick up
another, abandon one color and embrace another — they are
skin-changers, almost by definition. What Dananjaya is referring to is
something more profound. I feel it is about reinventing oneself, either
removing the mask and being comfortable in one’s skin or shedding both
and growing a new skin compatible with changed ideology, philosophy,
lifestyle, circumstances, landscapes or the search for better profits. It's called brand repositioning in advertising.<br /><br />Masks are easier, skin
tough. Abandoning both would require one to be absolutely courageous
because it involves abandonment of all ‘truths’ previously held sacred.
One might require a good explanation, but then the
explanation-requirement is also a skin or mask — to serve the need for
validation, often by those who wouldn’t care less if we existed or not. <br /><br />There
are many layers of skin that cloth our hearts and minds. They gather
dust, they cloud judgment, they force us to live lives as defined by
rent-collectors who force us to lose love by ‘loving’ and concede life
by ‘living.’ We end up inhabiting territories as would impoverished
tenants who endlessly toil and are bitten by employer, retailer and
landlord.<br /><br />Danajaya’s elegant poem suggests that there indeed
is a better path, a better way and better countries to inhabit. Not
many get there but there are some who try. Accounts of their journeys,
if collected, could indeed be called ‘ලෝකයේ හොඳම කවි (The Best Poems of the World).’ I’m sure
Udayasiri would agree. As would my old friends from Phoenix O&M
would, Boss too.</p><p><b>['The
Morning Inspection' is the title of a column I wrote for the Daily News
from 2009 to 2011, one article a day, Monday through Saturday. This is the <span style="color: #cc0000;">298th</span> article in the new series that began in December 2022. Links to previous articles are given below]</b></p><p></p><p><b>malindadocs@gmail.com</b></p><p><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: red; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Other articles in this series:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-residences-of-refaat-al-areer.html"><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></a></span></b></span></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/12/calling-kapila-bandaranayake-wherever.html">Calling Kapila Bandaranayake, wherever he may be!</a> <br /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-idf-and-rules-of-engagement.html">The IDF and Rules of Engagement</a> <br /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; 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color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The greatest fallacy</a> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/encounters-with-liyanage-amarakeerthi.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Encounters with Liyanage Amarakeerthi</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/beyond-praise-and-blame.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Beyond praise and blame</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/letters-that-cut-and-heal-heart.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Letters that cut and heal the heart</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/vanished-and-vanishing-trails.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Vanished and vanishing trails</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/blue-blueness.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Blue-blueness</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/a-forgotten-dawn-song-from-embilipitiya.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A forgotten dawn song from Embilipitiya</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-soft-rain-of-neighbourliness.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The soft rain of neighbourliness</a> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-gold-medals-of-being.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The Gold Medals of being</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/jaya-sri-ratna-sri.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Jaya Sri Ratna Sri</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/all-those-weve-loved-before.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">All those we've loved before</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/reflections-on-waves-and-markings.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Reflections on waves and markings</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/a-chorus-of-national-anthems.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A chorus of National Anthems</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/saying-what-and-how.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Saying what and how<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/say-when.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">'Say when'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/respond-to-insults-in-line-with-akkosa.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Respond to insults in line with the Akkosa Sutra</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-loves-of-our-lives.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The loves of our lives</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-right-time-right-person.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The right time, the right person</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-silent-equivalent-of-thousand-words.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The silent equivalent of a thousand words<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/crazy-cousins-are-besties-for-life.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Crazy cousins are besties for life</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/unities-freakish-and-endearing.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Unities, free and endearing</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/free-verse-and-return-key.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Free verse and the return key</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/sorry-earth.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">"Sorry, Earth!"</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-lost-lyrics-of-premakeerthi-de-alwis.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The lost lyrics of Premakeerthi de Alwis</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-revolution-is-song.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The revolution is the song</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/consolation-prizes-in-competitions-no.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Consolation prizes in competitions no one ever wins</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-day-i-won-pulitzer.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The day I won a Pulitzer</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/ko.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Ko?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/ella-delorias-silences.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Ella Deloria's silences</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/blackness-whiteness-and-black-whiteness.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Blackness, whiteness and black-whiteness</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/inscriptions-stubborn-and-erasable.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Inscriptions: stubborn and erasable </a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/thursday.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Thursday!</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/deveni-one-word-koan-thats-priceless.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Deveni: a priceless one-word koan</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/enlightening-geometries.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Enlightening geometries<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/lets-meet-at-commons.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Let's meet at 'The Commons'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/it-begins-with-dot.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">It all begins with a dot</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/recovering-run-on-lines-and-lost.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Recovering run-on lines and lost punctuation</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/wetness-is-not-preserve-of-wet-zone.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">'Wetness' is not the preserve of the Dry Zone<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/on-sweeping-close-to-ones-feet.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On sweeping close to one's feet</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/kumkum-fernando-installs-sri-lanka-in_28.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Kumkum Fernando installs Sri Lanka in Coachella, California</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-roberts-neighbors-friends-family-by.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">To be an island like the Roberts...</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/debts-that-cannot-be-repaid-in-full.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Debts that can never be repaid in full</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/an-island-which-no-flood-can-overwhelm.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">An island which no flood can overwhelm</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/who-really-wrote-mother.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Who really wrote 'Mother'?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/a-melody-faint-and-yet-not-beyond.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A melody faint and yet not beyond hearing</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/heart-dances-that-cannot-be.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Heart dances that cannot be choreographed</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/remembering-to-forget-and-forgetting-to.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Remembering to forget and forgetting to remember</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/on-loving-always.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On loving, always<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-mortalities-of-authors.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Authors are assassinated, readers are immortal</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/when-you-turn-80.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">When you turn 80...</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/it-is-good-to-be-conscious-of-nudities.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">It is good to be conscious of nudities </a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/saturday-slides-in-after-monday-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Saturday slides in after Monday and Sunday somersaults into Friday</a> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/theres-one-in-million-and-one-in-ten.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">There's a one in a million and a one in ten</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/gunadasa-kapuge-is-calling.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Gunadasa Kapuge is calling</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/kumkum-fernando-installs-sri-lanka-in_28.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Kumkum Fernando installs Sri Lanka in Coachella, California</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/hemantha-gunawardenas-signature.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Hemantha Gunawardena's signature</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/pathways-missed.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Pathways missed</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/architectures-of-demolished.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Architectures of the demolished</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-exotic-lunacy-of-parting-gifts.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The exotic lunacy of parting gifts</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/who-heck-do-you-think-i-am.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Who the heck do you think I am?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/those-fascinating-chitra-katha.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Those fascinating 'Chitra Katha'<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-mangala-sabhava.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The Mangala Sabhava</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/so-how-are-things-in-sri-lanka.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">So how are things in Sri Lanka?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-most-beautiful-father.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The most beautiful father</a><i style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></i></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/palmam-qui-meruit-ferat.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Palmam qui meruit ferat</i></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-sweetest-three-letter-poem.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The sweetest three-letter poem<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/buddhangala-kamatahan.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Buddhangala Kamatahan</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/an-irish-and-sri-lankan-hello.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">An Irish and Sri Lankan Hello</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/teams-team-thinking-team-spirit-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Teams, team-thinking, team-spirit and leadership</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-songs-we-could-sing-in-lifeboats.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The songs we could sing in lifeboats when we are shipwrecked</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/pure-rathna-class-act.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Pure-Rathna, a class act</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/jekhan-aruliah-has-set-ball-rolling-in.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Jekhan Aruliah set a ball rolling in Jaffna</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/awaiting-arrivals-unlike-any-other.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Awaiting arrivals unlike any other</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/['The%20Morning%20Inspection'%20is%20the%20title%20of%20a%20column%20I%20wrote%20for%20the%20Daily%20News%20from%202009%20to%202011,%20one%20article%20a%20day,%20Monday%20through%20Saturday.%20This%20is%20a%20new%20series.%20Links%20to%20previous%20articles%20in%20this%20new%20series%20are%20given%20below]%20%20Other%20articles%20in%20this%20series:%20%20Matters%20of%20honor%20and%20dignity%20%20Yet%20another%20Mother's%20Day%20%20A%20cockroach%20named%20'Don't'%20%20Colombo,%20Colombo,%20Colombo%20and%20so%20forth%20%20The%20slowest%20road%20to%20Kumarigama,%20Ampara%20%20Sweeping%20the%20clutter%20away%20%20Some%20play%20music,%20others%20listen%20%20Completing%20unfinished%20texts%20%20Mind%20and%20hearts,%20loquacious%20and%20taciturn%20%20I%20am%20at%20Jaga%20Food,%20where%20are%20you?%20%20On%20separating%20the%20missing%20from%20the%20disappeared%20%20Moments%20without%20tenses%20%20And%20intangible%20republics%20will%20save%20the%20day%20(as%20they%20always%20have)%20%20The%20world%20is%20made%20of%20waves%20%20%27Sentinelity%27%20%20The%20circuitous%20logic%20of%20Tony%20Muller%20%20Rohana%20Kalyanaratne,%20an%20unforgettable%20%27Loku%20Aiya%27%20%20Mowgli,%20the%20Greatest%20Archaeologist%20%20Figures%20and%20disfigurement,%20rocks%20and%20roses%20%20Sujith%20Rathnayake%20and%20incarcerations%20imposed%20and%20embraced%20%20Some%20stories%20are%20written%20on%20the%20covers%20themselves%20%20A%20poetic%20enclave%20in%20the%20Republic%20of%20Literature%20%20Landcapes%20of%20gone-time%20and%20going-time%20%20%20The%20best%20insurance%20against%20the%20loud%20and%20repeated%20lie%20%20So%20what%20if%20the%20best%20flutes%20will%20not%20go%20to%20the%20best%20flautists?%20%20There%27s%20dust%20and%20words%20awaiting%20us%20at%20crossroads%20and%20crosswords%20%20The%20books%20of%20disquiet%20%20A%20song%20of%20terraced%20paddy%20fields%20%20Of%20ants,%20bridges%20and%20possibilities%20%20From%20A%20through%20Aardvark%20to%20Zyzzyva%20%20%20World%27s%20End%20%20Words,%20their%20potency,%20appropriation%20and%20abuse%20%20Street%20corner%20stories%20%20Who%20did%20not%20listen,%20who%27s%20not%20listening%20still?%20%20The%20book%20of%20layering%20%20If%20you%20remember%20Kobe,%20visit%20GOAT%20Mountain%20%20The%20world%20is%20made%20for%20re-colouring%20%20The%20gift%20and%20yoke%20of%20bastardy%20%20The%20%27English%20Smile%27%20%20No%2027,%20Dickman%27s%20Road,%20Colombo%205%20%20Visual%20cartographers%20and%20cartography%20%20Ithaca%20from%20a%20long%20ago%20and%20right%20now%20%20Lessons%20written%20in%20invisible%20ink%20%20The%20amazing%20quality%20of%20%27equal-kindness%27%20%20A%20tea-maker%20story%20seldom%20told%20%20On%20academic%20activism%20%20The%20interchangeability%20of%20light%20and%20darkness%20%20Back%20to%20TRADITIONAL%20rice%20%20Sisterhood:%20moments,%20just%20moments%20%20Chess%20is%20my%20life%20and%20perhaps%20your%20too%20%20Reflections%20on%20ownership%20and%20belonging%20%20The%20integrity%20of%20Nadeesha%20Rajapaksha%20%20Signatures%20in%20the%20seasons%20of%20love%20%20To%20Maceo%20Martinet%20as%20he%20flies%20over%20rainbows%20%20Sirith,%20like%20pirith,%20persist%20%20Fragrances%20that%20will%20not%20be%20bottled%20%20%20Colours%20and%20textures%20of%20living%20heritage%20%20Countries%20of%20the%20past,%20present%20and%20future%20%20A%20degree%20in%20creative%20excuses%20%20Books%20launched%20and%20not-yet-launched%20%20The%20sunrise%20as%20viewed%20from%20sacred%20mountains%20%20The%20ways%20of%20the%20lotus%20%20Isaiah%2058:%2012-16%20and%20the%20true%20meaning%20of%20grace%20%20The%20age%20of%20Frederick%20Algernon%20Trotteville%20%20Live%20and%20tell%20the%20tale%20as%20you%20will%20%20Between%20struggle%20and%20cooperation%20%20Of%20love%20and%20other%20intangibles%20%20Neruda,%20Sekara%20and%20literary%20dimensions%20%20The%20universe%20of%20smallness%20%20Paul%20Christopher%27s%20heart%20of%20many%20chambers%20%20Calmness%20gracefully%20cascades%20in%20the%20Dumbara%20Hills%20%20Serendipitous%20amber%20rules%20the%20world%20Continents%20of%20the%20heart%20%20%20%20The%20allegory%20of%20the%20slow%20road" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Teachers and students sometimes reverse roles</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/matters-of-honour-and-dignity.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Matters of honor and dignity</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/yet-another-mothers-day.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Yet another Mother's Day<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/a-cockroach-named-dont.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A cockroach named 'Don't'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/colombo-colombo-colombo-and-so-forth.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Colombo, Colombo, Colombo and so forth</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-slowest-road-to-kumarigama-ampara.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The slowest road to Kumarigama, Ampara</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/sweeping-clutter-away.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Sweeping the clutter away</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/some-play-music-others-listen.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Some play music, others listen</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/completing-unfinished-texts.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Completing unfinished texts</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/minds-and-hearts-loquacious-and-taciturn.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Mind and hearts, loquacious and taciturn<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/i-am-at-jaga-food-where-are-you.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">I am at Jaga Food, where are you?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/on-separating-missing-from-disappeared.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On separating the missing from the disappeared</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/moments-without-tenses.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Moments without tenses</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/and-intangible-republics-will-save-day.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">And intangible republics will save the day (as they always have)</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-world-is-made-of-waves.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The world is made of waves</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/sentinelity.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Serendipitous amber rules the world</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2022/12/continents-of-heart.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Continents of the heart</a></p><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-allegory-of-slow-road.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The allegory of the slow road</a></div><p> </p>Malinda Wordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17700355635566651088noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5656050101881498705.post-28883320162484489952023-12-20T07:18:00.000+05:302023-12-20T07:18:01.658+05:30Calling Kapila Bandaranayake, wherever he may be!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY9G-6MxB1xpPoMy-ZC2h9Fx1ZZNienl6F5WxD4VMUlgN0TOOhVhteOi_9qr_NcGOZAsmmPtcM_ZHFUnZnwouTV2g5zAjFDkvgk3jqH78cPdBcilxa5Co1BYs6MPsx8sdsegWEz3nJLY75-A2gkUYlpSFWLZBfn6MrM_SE7FtN2WOxtlHw5H5TAFimiF8/s1200/A3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="798" data-original-width="1200" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY9G-6MxB1xpPoMy-ZC2h9Fx1ZZNienl6F5WxD4VMUlgN0TOOhVhteOi_9qr_NcGOZAsmmPtcM_ZHFUnZnwouTV2g5zAjFDkvgk3jqH78cPdBcilxa5Co1BYs6MPsx8sdsegWEz3nJLY75-A2gkUYlpSFWLZBfn6MrM_SE7FtN2WOxtlHw5H5TAFimiF8/w640-h426/A3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Kapila Bandaranayake wowed teachers and fellow students while at Royal College</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Most
students have favourite teachers. Some teachers are liked by many, but
it is hard to think of anyone who was loved by as many as Mrs Shanthi
Herat was during the time she taught Pure Mathematics at Royal College.
Almost everyone in the maths stream has a story about ‘Faluda,’ as she
was affectionately called, or else they’ve heard of one. They all have
to do with someone or many being in love with her. <br /><div><br />She was
brilliant, even those of us who weren’t good students, could tell. The
general consensus was that if Faluda and Uta (Mr Malcolm Eustace) were
given the same math paper, they would both score 100%, except that
whereas the latter would take all three hours, Faluda would finish it in
half the time or less. <br /><br />Mr Eustance, much older and far more
experienced, was to my mind the better teacher. Faluda probably appealed
more to the bright students, i.e. those who could keep up with her
speed. There was one boy at least who was faster than Faluda, according
to Duminda Ariyasinghe. <br /><br />Duminda Ariyasinghe, one batch senior,
former Director General of the Board of Investment, who switched from
mathematics to arts and went on to specialise in economics at Colombo
University, where he played rugby and captained too I believe, all the
while writing for the now defunct Sun newspaper, shared with me
something he had been inspired to write following accolades showered
upon another Royalist, Yasantha Rajakarunanayake by Amazon founder Jeff
Bezos. <br /><br />Duminda, while acknowledging that Yasantha was one of
the most brilliant students at Royal, opined that everyone knew he was a
genius even when he was a schoolboy, spoke about the other genius in
the class, Kapila Bandaranayake. <br /><br />‘There was only one other
student I would place in the same genius class as Yasantha and that’s my
classmate, Kapila Bandaranayake. Not only was Kapila utterly brilliant,
he was also more than eccentric. He would tell the Pure Math teacher,
“madam, there are three shorter ways to solve this problem,” and she
would give him the chalk.’<br /><br />This was confirmed by my brother Arjuna, who was in the same class. Duminda continued: <br /><br />‘Just
like with the Bezos story, students from other classes would come to
him to solve difficult problems. Kapila was not only brilliant but he
was “nuts” and there are so many funny stories about him. We sat next to
each other in class in the double math stream for 2+ years but after I
switched over to the Arts stream before entering university where I
specialized in Economics, I lost contact with him. This was of course
before email and WhatsApp and he didn’t have a land phone. I met him
sometime after, and he told me he had just entered University of
Moratuwa to study Engineering. I asked him if he was mad as he was a
Math genius and should have entered the University of Colombo to study
math. The reason he gave was beyond frivolous. I told him if possible to
get a transfer to Colombo as soon as possible. <br /><br />I met him again
some months later, and he was looking despondent. He had refused to do
some submissions at Moratuwa first year that involved drawings, and he
had failed the subject. He told me he had belatedly taken the advice and
was trying to get a transfer to the Math program at Colombo but the UGC
had been inflexible, saying “another student will lose a chance if we
allow a transfer.” This was absurd as universities worldwide typically
approve transfers and anyone could have seen Kapila’s best grades were
in math. That was the last I saw him. Over the past few decades, I have
asked many of my batchmates and others but he had just vanished without a
trace.'</div><div><br /></div><p>Duminda’s contention is that Sri Lankans are innately ingenious and that's why talk of Yasantha reminded him of Kapila: <br /><br />‘I
had coined the phrase “Island of Ingenuity” for the Sri Lankan
IT/Knowledge Services industry many years ago when another friend and
fellow branding buff Ruchi G had sought my advice. <br />We may be small
in numbers but we more than make up for it by our ingenuity. Yasantha
and Banda are two prime examples but there are so many other gems.’<br /><br />No one knows where Faluda is. No one knows where Banda is. We need people like them. <br /><br />And
so, I appeal, along with my friend Duminda and my brother Arjuna:
‘Kapila Bandaranayake, wherever you may be, please, please contact your
school friends. They need you, and so do we, as a people.’ </p><p><b>['The
Morning Inspection' is the title of a column I wrote for the Daily News
from 2009 to 2011, one article a day, Monday through Saturday. This is the <span style="color: #cc0000;">297th</span> article in the new series that began in December 2022. Links to previous articles are given below]</b></p><p></p><p><b>malindadocs@gmail.com</b></p><p><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: red; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Other articles in this series:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-residences-of-refaat-al-areer.html"><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></a></span></b></span></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-idf-and-rules-of-engagement.html">The IDF and Rules of Engagement</a> <br /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/12/anthony-courseaults-tryst-with-grapes.html">Anthony Courseault's tryst with grapes </a><br /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; 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color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">All those we've loved before</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/reflections-on-waves-and-markings.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Reflections on waves and markings</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/a-chorus-of-national-anthems.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A chorus of National Anthems</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/saying-what-and-how.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Saying what and how<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/say-when.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">'Say when'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/respond-to-insults-in-line-with-akkosa.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Respond to insults in line with the Akkosa Sutra</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-loves-of-our-lives.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The loves of our lives</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-right-time-right-person.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The right time, the right person</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-silent-equivalent-of-thousand-words.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The silent equivalent of a thousand words<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/crazy-cousins-are-besties-for-life.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Crazy cousins are besties for life</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/unities-freakish-and-endearing.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Unities, free and endearing</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/free-verse-and-return-key.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Free verse and the return key</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/sorry-earth.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">"Sorry, Earth!"</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-lost-lyrics-of-premakeerthi-de-alwis.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The lost lyrics of Premakeerthi de Alwis</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-revolution-is-song.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The revolution is the song</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/consolation-prizes-in-competitions-no.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Consolation prizes in competitions no one ever wins</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-day-i-won-pulitzer.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The day I won a Pulitzer</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/ko.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Ko?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/ella-delorias-silences.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Ella Deloria's silences</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/blackness-whiteness-and-black-whiteness.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Blackness, whiteness and black-whiteness</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/inscriptions-stubborn-and-erasable.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Inscriptions: stubborn and erasable </a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/thursday.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Thursday!</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/deveni-one-word-koan-thats-priceless.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Deveni: a priceless one-word koan</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/enlightening-geometries.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Enlightening geometries<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/lets-meet-at-commons.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Let's meet at 'The Commons'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/it-begins-with-dot.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">It all begins with a dot</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/recovering-run-on-lines-and-lost.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Recovering run-on lines and lost punctuation</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/wetness-is-not-preserve-of-wet-zone.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">'Wetness' is not the preserve of the Dry Zone<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/on-sweeping-close-to-ones-feet.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On sweeping close to one's feet</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/kumkum-fernando-installs-sri-lanka-in_28.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Kumkum Fernando installs Sri Lanka in Coachella, California</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-roberts-neighbors-friends-family-by.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">To be an island like the Roberts...</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/debts-that-cannot-be-repaid-in-full.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Debts that can never be repaid in full</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/an-island-which-no-flood-can-overwhelm.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">An island which no flood can overwhelm</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/who-really-wrote-mother.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Who really wrote 'Mother'?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/a-melody-faint-and-yet-not-beyond.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A melody faint and yet not beyond hearing</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/heart-dances-that-cannot-be.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Heart dances that cannot be choreographed</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/remembering-to-forget-and-forgetting-to.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Remembering to forget and forgetting to remember</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/on-loving-always.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On loving, always<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-mortalities-of-authors.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Authors are assassinated, readers are immortal</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/when-you-turn-80.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">When you turn 80...</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/it-is-good-to-be-conscious-of-nudities.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">It is good to be conscious of nudities </a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/saturday-slides-in-after-monday-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Saturday slides in after Monday and Sunday somersaults into Friday</a> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/theres-one-in-million-and-one-in-ten.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">There's a one in a million and a one in ten</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/gunadasa-kapuge-is-calling.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Gunadasa Kapuge is calling</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/kumkum-fernando-installs-sri-lanka-in_28.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Kumkum Fernando installs Sri Lanka in Coachella, California</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/hemantha-gunawardenas-signature.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Hemantha Gunawardena's signature</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/pathways-missed.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Pathways missed</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/architectures-of-demolished.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Architectures of the demolished</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-exotic-lunacy-of-parting-gifts.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The exotic lunacy of parting gifts</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/who-heck-do-you-think-i-am.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Who the heck do you think I am?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/those-fascinating-chitra-katha.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Those fascinating 'Chitra Katha'<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-mangala-sabhava.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The Mangala Sabhava</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/so-how-are-things-in-sri-lanka.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">So how are things in Sri Lanka?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-most-beautiful-father.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The most beautiful father</a><i style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></i></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/palmam-qui-meruit-ferat.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Palmam qui meruit ferat</i></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-sweetest-three-letter-poem.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The sweetest three-letter poem<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/buddhangala-kamatahan.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Buddhangala Kamatahan</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/an-irish-and-sri-lankan-hello.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">An Irish and Sri Lankan Hello</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/teams-team-thinking-team-spirit-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Teams, team-thinking, team-spirit and leadership</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-songs-we-could-sing-in-lifeboats.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The songs we could sing in lifeboats when we are shipwrecked</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/pure-rathna-class-act.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Pure-Rathna, a class act</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/jekhan-aruliah-has-set-ball-rolling-in.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Jekhan Aruliah set a ball rolling in Jaffna</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/awaiting-arrivals-unlike-any-other.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Teachers and students sometimes reverse roles</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/matters-of-honour-and-dignity.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Matters of honor and dignity</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/yet-another-mothers-day.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Yet another Mother's Day<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/a-cockroach-named-dont.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A cockroach named 'Don't'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/colombo-colombo-colombo-and-so-forth.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Colombo, Colombo, Colombo and so forth</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-slowest-road-to-kumarigama-ampara.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The slowest road to Kumarigama, Ampara</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/sweeping-clutter-away.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Sweeping the clutter away</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/some-play-music-others-listen.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Some play music, others listen</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/completing-unfinished-texts.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Completing unfinished texts</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/minds-and-hearts-loquacious-and-taciturn.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Mind and hearts, loquacious and taciturn<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/i-am-at-jaga-food-where-are-you.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">I am at Jaga Food, where are you?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/on-separating-missing-from-disappeared.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On separating the missing from the disappeared</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/moments-without-tenses.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Moments without tenses</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/and-intangible-republics-will-save-day.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">And intangible republics will save the day (as they always have)</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-world-is-made-of-waves.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The world is made of waves</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/sentinelity.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">'Sentinelity'<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-circuitous-logic-of-tony-muller.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The circuitous logic of Tony Muller</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/rohana-kalyanaratne-unforgettable-loku.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Rohana Kalyanaratne, an unforgettable 'Loku Aiya'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx1dANYBCniNTXJPNslTEFyOP_98Gbk5NwFBdJ_DrvKf-L3riPa_U9q7m-PYkfNxdAvR58yOMBP7UNCgmQxJBb9aR-zXVCqbVR_30XWi1hHKVlVJHE-5x8S7NjJ08cbW1P7DzvF93BAkibbQpiODqdtzqcWNZcsX9swjsLR5KAi1PNbJPUzeaKx1iOmO4/s760/A2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="507" data-original-width="760" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx1dANYBCniNTXJPNslTEFyOP_98Gbk5NwFBdJ_DrvKf-L3riPa_U9q7m-PYkfNxdAvR58yOMBP7UNCgmQxJBb9aR-zXVCqbVR_30XWi1hHKVlVJHE-5x8S7NjJ08cbW1P7DzvF93BAkibbQpiODqdtzqcWNZcsX9swjsLR5KAi1PNbJPUzeaKx1iOmO4/w640-h426/A2.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">IDF affirms 'rules of engagement' by killing over 18,000 unarmed Palestinian civilians</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br />More
than 20 years ago, Mutaamba Maasha, then an undergraduate at Cornell
University, contributed a column titled ’10 things that made me say wtf’
for the monthly publication ‘The Cobbler.’ If memory serves me right,
it was the phrase and not its acronymic form that was used. <br /><div><br /></div>It
was political commentary. The internet was, looking back, in its
infancy back then. There was no social media to speak of, again
relatively speaking. There was information and it could be found. There
was misinformation and it was called out. As Mutaamba would. <br /><div><br /></div><div>I
remembered him and wondered what he would call a hypothetical column
for a daily, not monthly, newspaper. I am thinking of the headlines
picked by the major wire services over the past few days.</div><div>“Shooting of three hostages ‘against rules of engagement,’ says IDF head.”</div><div><br /></div><div>The
above or versions of it. IDF of course means ‘Israel Defense Forces.’
Now it is well known that the IDF is claiming to battle Hamas, the
militant Palestinian outfit that carried out a daring and dastardly
attack targeting Israeli civilians, killing over thousands and taking
hostage several hundreds. It is known that for all such self-righteous
claims the IDF is deliberately targeting unarmed Palestinians. They
have, as of December 10, 2023, according to Reuters, killed over 18,000
Palestinians, 40% of the victims being children. They have bombed
hospitals and done everything conceivable to block access to food,
medicine, water and fuel, turning almost the entire population of Gaza
into refugees forced to flee their homes. Now that’s a wtf-story in and
of itself, for Israel has for all intents and purposes held the entire
population of Palestinians hostage for several decades. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Back
to the headline. Against the rules of engagement. Who says it? Lt. Gen.
Herzi Halevi, the IDF Commander, no less. There is of course the rider
below referring to the fact that it was in fact the IDF that had killed
the Israeli hostages who, by the way, were carrying a white flag!
However, the first glance clearly implies that the IDF commander’s
outrage was birthed by Hamas killing hostages. If that were the case, it
would also contravene the rules of engagement. We got to dig deeper
then to find out who killed whom and under what circumstances. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>There
were other headline options, clearly. For example, ‘IDF Commander
admits Israel soldiers violated rules of engagement by killing
hostages.’ That of course would amount to leaving out the identities of
the hostages who were killed. So, how about ‘IDF admits Israel soldiers
violated rules of engagement by killing Israeli hostages.’ You can play
with that for a while. <br /></div><div><br /></div>Let’s get back to the headline: Key phrase: ‘Against the rules of engagement.’ <br /><div><br /></div><div>Halevi
is reported to have noted that the shooting of someone who raises a
white flag and seeks to surrender ‘is forbidden.’ The use of the word
‘surrender’ is interesting. Why should Israeli hostages ‘surrender’ to
the IDF? The use of the white flag is obviously precautionary; it means
‘we are unarmed, we have no ill-intent.’ It’s something like a password.
<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Typically, though, ‘surrender’ is an
option for an enemy, usually an armed entity and/or its members. For
example, a Palestinian civilian need not ‘surrender’ to anyone. Those
who know they are not members of Hamas need not raise a white flag and
thereby plead, ‘do not shoot, do not bomb our homes.’ The painful truth
is that not only do they not need to surrender, even if they wanted to
(because they thought that ‘surrender’ might make the IDF pause) and
even if they held up white flags (again, because they thought ‘white
flag’ might make the IDF pause), they simply cannot. They are being
bombed and are being shot as they flee. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>What
are the rules of engagement for Herzi Halevi? If killing of hostages,
with or without white flags violates the rules of engagement, how about
assassinating captured Palestinians in cold blood? How about designing
and executing plans intended to kill thousands of civilians? How about
bombing hospitals? How about denying civilians food and water? How about
blocking relief and thereby pushing civilian populations to the brink
of starvation? Are all these sanctioned by the rules of engagement that
the IDF’s operations are framed by? Is the fact that Palestinians are
not waving white flags, literally or metaphorically, taken by the IDF as
a green light for slaughter because it means ‘rules of engagement would
not be violated thereby’? <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Herzi Halevi,
by using the term ‘rules of engagement’ invited a barrage of questions
along these lines. Not a single reporter attached to any of the media
outfits that headlined his quote dared to toss those questions at him. <br /></div><p>Mutaamba
would have said, I’m sure, that ‘wtf’ wouldn’t be enough. WTF wouldn’t
be enough either. We need a new vocabulary or need to coin a synonym for
‘preposterous.</p><p><b>['The
Morning Inspection' is the title of a column I wrote for the Daily News
from 2009 to 2011, one article a day, Monday through Saturday. This is the <span style="color: #cc0000;">296th</span> article in the new series that began in December 2022. Links to previous articles are given below]</b></p><p></p><p><b>malindadocs@gmail.com</b></p><p><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: red; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Other articles in this series:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-residences-of-refaat-al-areer.html"><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></a></span></b></span></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/12/anthony-courseaults-tryst-with-grapes.html">Anthony Courseault's tryst with grapes </a><br /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/12/sarath-karunaratne-cant-stop-teaching.html">Sarath Karunaratne can't stop teaching</a> <br /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; 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margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/saying-what-and-how.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Saying what and how<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/say-when.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">'Say when'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/respond-to-insults-in-line-with-akkosa.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Respond to insults in line with the Akkosa Sutra</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-loves-of-our-lives.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The loves of our lives</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-right-time-right-person.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The right time, the right person</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-silent-equivalent-of-thousand-words.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The silent equivalent of a thousand words<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/crazy-cousins-are-besties-for-life.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Crazy cousins are besties for life</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/unities-freakish-and-endearing.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Unities, free and endearing</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/free-verse-and-return-key.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Free verse and the return key</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/sorry-earth.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">"Sorry, Earth!"</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-lost-lyrics-of-premakeerthi-de-alwis.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The lost lyrics of Premakeerthi de Alwis</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-revolution-is-song.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The revolution is the song</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/consolation-prizes-in-competitions-no.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Consolation prizes in competitions no one ever wins</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-day-i-won-pulitzer.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The day I won a Pulitzer</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/ko.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Ko?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/ella-delorias-silences.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Ella Deloria's silences</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/blackness-whiteness-and-black-whiteness.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Blackness, whiteness and black-whiteness</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/inscriptions-stubborn-and-erasable.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Inscriptions: stubborn and erasable </a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/thursday.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Thursday!</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/deveni-one-word-koan-thats-priceless.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Deveni: a priceless one-word koan</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/enlightening-geometries.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Enlightening geometries<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/lets-meet-at-commons.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Let's meet at 'The Commons'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/it-begins-with-dot.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">It all begins with a dot</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/recovering-run-on-lines-and-lost.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Recovering run-on lines and lost punctuation</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/wetness-is-not-preserve-of-wet-zone.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">'Wetness' is not the preserve of the Dry Zone<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/on-sweeping-close-to-ones-feet.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On sweeping close to one's feet</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/kumkum-fernando-installs-sri-lanka-in_28.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Kumkum Fernando installs Sri Lanka in Coachella, California</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-roberts-neighbors-friends-family-by.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">To be an island like the Roberts...</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/debts-that-cannot-be-repaid-in-full.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Debts that can never be repaid in full</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/an-island-which-no-flood-can-overwhelm.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">An island which no flood can overwhelm</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/who-really-wrote-mother.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Who really wrote 'Mother'?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/a-melody-faint-and-yet-not-beyond.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A melody faint and yet not beyond hearing</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/heart-dances-that-cannot-be.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Heart dances that cannot be choreographed</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/remembering-to-forget-and-forgetting-to.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Remembering to forget and forgetting to remember</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/on-loving-always.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On loving, always<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-mortalities-of-authors.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Authors are assassinated, readers are immortal</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/when-you-turn-80.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">When you turn 80...</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/it-is-good-to-be-conscious-of-nudities.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">It is good to be conscious of nudities </a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/saturday-slides-in-after-monday-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Saturday slides in after Monday and Sunday somersaults into Friday</a> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/theres-one-in-million-and-one-in-ten.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">There's a one in a million and a one in ten</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/gunadasa-kapuge-is-calling.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Gunadasa Kapuge is calling</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/kumkum-fernando-installs-sri-lanka-in_28.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Kumkum Fernando installs Sri Lanka in Coachella, California</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/hemantha-gunawardenas-signature.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Hemantha Gunawardena's signature</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/pathways-missed.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Pathways missed</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/architectures-of-demolished.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Architectures of the demolished</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-exotic-lunacy-of-parting-gifts.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The exotic lunacy of parting gifts</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/who-heck-do-you-think-i-am.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Who the heck do you think I am?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/those-fascinating-chitra-katha.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Those fascinating 'Chitra Katha'<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-mangala-sabhava.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The Mangala Sabhava</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/so-how-are-things-in-sri-lanka.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">So how are things in Sri Lanka?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-most-beautiful-father.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The most beautiful father</a><i style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></i></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/palmam-qui-meruit-ferat.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Palmam qui meruit ferat</i></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-sweetest-three-letter-poem.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The sweetest three-letter poem<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/buddhangala-kamatahan.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Buddhangala Kamatahan</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/an-irish-and-sri-lankan-hello.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">An Irish and Sri Lankan Hello</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/teams-team-thinking-team-spirit-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Teams, team-thinking, team-spirit and leadership</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-songs-we-could-sing-in-lifeboats.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The songs we could sing in lifeboats when we are shipwrecked</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/pure-rathna-class-act.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Pure-Rathna, a class act</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/jekhan-aruliah-has-set-ball-rolling-in.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Jekhan Aruliah set a ball rolling in Jaffna</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/awaiting-arrivals-unlike-any-other.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Teachers and students sometimes reverse roles</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/matters-of-honour-and-dignity.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Matters of honor and dignity</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/yet-another-mothers-day.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Yet another Mother's Day<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/a-cockroach-named-dont.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A cockroach named 'Don't'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/colombo-colombo-colombo-and-so-forth.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Colombo, Colombo, Colombo and so forth</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-slowest-road-to-kumarigama-ampara.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The slowest road to Kumarigama, Ampara</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/sweeping-clutter-away.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Sweeping the clutter away</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/some-play-music-others-listen.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Some play music, others listen</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/completing-unfinished-texts.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Completing unfinished texts</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/minds-and-hearts-loquacious-and-taciturn.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Mind and hearts, loquacious and taciturn<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/i-am-at-jaga-food-where-are-you.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">I am at Jaga Food, where are you?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/on-separating-missing-from-disappeared.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On separating the missing from the disappeared</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/moments-without-tenses.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Moments without tenses</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/and-intangible-republics-will-save-day.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">And intangible republics will save the day (as they always have)</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-world-is-made-of-waves.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The world is made of waves</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/sentinelity.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">'Sentinelity'<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-circuitous-logic-of-tony-muller.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The circuitous logic of Tony Muller</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/rohana-kalyanaratne-unforgettable-loku.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Rohana Kalyanaratne, an unforgettable 'Loku Aiya'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/mowgli-greatest-archaeologist.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Mowgli, the Greatest Archaeologist</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/figures-and-disfigurement-rocks-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Figures and disfigurement, rocks and roses</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/sujith-rathnayake-and-incarcerations.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Sujith Rathnayake and incarcerations imposed and embraced</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/some-stories-are-written-on-covers.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Some stories are written on the covers themselves</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/a-poetic-enclave-in-republic-of.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A poetic enclave in the Republic of Literature</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/landscapes-of-gone-time-and-going-time.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Landcapes of gone-time and going-time </a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/best-insurance-against-loud-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The best insurance against the loud and repeated lie</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/so-what-if-best-flutes-will-not-go-to.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">So what if the best flutes will not go to the best flautists?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/theres-dust-and-words-awaiting-us-at.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">There's dust and words awaiting us at crossroads and crosswords</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-books-of-disquiet.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The books of disquiet</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; 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color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">From A through Aardvark to Zyzzyva <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/worlds-end.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">World's End</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/words-their-potency-appropriation-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Words, their potency, appropriation and abuse</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; 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color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Serendipitous amber rules the world</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2022/12/continents-of-heart.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Continents of the heart</a></p><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-allegory-of-slow-road.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The allegory of the slow road</a></div><p> </p>Malinda Wordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17700355635566651088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5656050101881498705.post-87988601631738702942023-12-20T06:58:00.001+05:302023-12-20T06:58:03.386+05:30Anthony Courseault’s tryst with grapes<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDf92O2a0-zz04ISknEj0EfLGBm9JN26serMPq6xIG3Mc-9gaTlghvUlA7OnKtCwkt6m2ssvlYvuboQ0p44NcHj4GqBVI0kgaNwdddeujNqCLCG4UUYg-71ThmmISYk0MGc0XefaePMbm7Ea4H8uPS6h60HpunY7xlf1faWKw-gJ9BBprGP5De9BES6XY/s542/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-12-16%20at%2022.18.55.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="542" data-original-width="338" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDf92O2a0-zz04ISknEj0EfLGBm9JN26serMPq6xIG3Mc-9gaTlghvUlA7OnKtCwkt6m2ssvlYvuboQ0p44NcHj4GqBVI0kgaNwdddeujNqCLCG4UUYg-71ThmmISYk0MGc0XefaePMbm7Ea4H8uPS6h60HpunY7xlf1faWKw-gJ9BBprGP5De9BES6XY/s320/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-12-16%20at%2022.18.55.jpeg" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anthony Courseault (Snr)<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Grapes make me think of Eduardo Galeano’s Book of Embraces which is full of thought provoking reflections on everyday things. <br /><br />This:<br /><br />'On
his deathbed, a man of the vineyards spoke into Marcela’s ear. Before
dying, he revealed his secret: “The grape,” he whispered, “is made of
wine.” Marcela Perez-Silva told me this, and I thought: If the grape is
made of wine, then perhaps we are the words that tell who we are.’<br /><br />Years
later, I too extrapolated: ‘if the grape is made of wine then I am made
of you [‘The Sunday Island' of January 4, 2004].’ Later that year,
watching the mother of a friend from Türkiye prepare dolma, I asked,
‘what is that leaf?’ She struggled a bit to get the English name and
finally said, ‘wine leaves.’ She meant ‘grape leaves.’<br /><br />Our words tell who we are and this is a story about words and grapes. <br /><br />A
few days ago I met an old friend I hadn’t seen in 28 years. Anthony
‘Tony’ Courseault (Jr) and I were students in the same masters program,
way back when. We both dropped out. We both stepped into lives that made
us feel we were alive. We corresponded. And among the many things we
talked about was the politics of the healthcare industry and especially
the lies about food. <br /><br />Tony told me how his mother Vivienne had
been diagnosed with lung cancer in 2017. After her lower right lobe was
surgically removed, her diagnosis had been upgraded from stage two to
stage four. That’s when Tony had placed her on a raw vegan diet
consisting of recipes from just vegetables, fruit, seeds and nuts. She
was cleared of cancer five months later. <br /></p><p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijAsrDhTWJ1UWOoA1ndIyGDpOOxXevIj_r3tlLyn8UHzmYhVfTBPIh3imMNTUJoahsxuKVilu3jsztwv2ReOFyLfEbK66dpj-Gb4unRSazheb-CkoXnledzGaPti58_A9vRWf_814rHse1rJNnNqmRfjDIE0uWTzDxBD2TVThflsGbxQUXOi3-NFGrSRc/s610/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-12-16%20at%2023.36.38.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="610" data-original-width="346" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijAsrDhTWJ1UWOoA1ndIyGDpOOxXevIj_r3tlLyn8UHzmYhVfTBPIh3imMNTUJoahsxuKVilu3jsztwv2ReOFyLfEbK66dpj-Gb4unRSazheb-CkoXnledzGaPti58_A9vRWf_814rHse1rJNnNqmRfjDIE0uWTzDxBD2TVThflsGbxQUXOi3-NFGrSRc/s320/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-12-16%20at%2023.36.38.jpeg" width="182" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Vivienne</span></td></tr></tbody></table>And just a few
days ago, in the midst of amazing conversations, he told me how he had
recommended an all-grape diet to his 79 year old father, Anthony ‘Tony’
Courseault (Sr). <br /><br />‘Ok, I won’t beat a dead horse, but a good
grape fast would go a long way in solving some of the issues we’ve
talked about that you are chronically dealing with. I promise I won’t
bring it up again.’<br /><br />Grape fast. That’s the term. This was on
September 28, 2023. Exactly 80 days ago. He just ate grapes throughout
the day, whenever he was hungry. On a side note, a few years ago,
following Tony Junior’ss advice, I went on an all-fruit diet. I managed
to get through one week. I felt good, but it wasn’t easy. But eighty
days? Unfathomable! <br /><br />And today, Tony (Sr) had written the following to Tony (Jr):<br /><br />‘Finally,
FINALLY!!! I see concrete changes in my body due to my grape fast. No
more headache. My nails are definitely stronger. Usually I am not aware
of my nails, but it was so obvious I could not help but notice! I have
not experienced any pain from my arthritis in weeks! Usually in the
morning and in the evening when I scrape my tongue of mucus (or
whatever) it takes between 7 to 15 scrapes, but now only 2 to 4. I
experienced a sharp pain in my calf and an “ankle like sprain pain” on
the TOP of my foot — I never ever experienced a pain like that in that
location (the pain is gone now). Additionally, the fungus in my toes has
decreased. However, I have been soaking them in baking soda, epsom
salt, vinegar etc.; additionally I apply a deep cleansing pad at night.’<br /><br />Tony
(Sr), who worked as a Store Keeper Master Chief, was in the US Navy and
is now a Josephite Catholic Missionary based in Washington DC is
clearly a determined man. He has essentially abandoned or at least
shelved a lifestyle he’s been used to for more than seven decades. Food
habits are extremely hard to change, but he’s done it. He tells his son
that he’s extremely weak with very little energy, but adds that he knows
this is part of the process. <br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizwCXZNj3GL_S-NJXIHKWN5r_CZ8v8JlrFZhrXBblP8bBvJwmcDH-Oib838uS8ZW8NkIWoZj9wJoJ_WEEr0vDkd8l44hZkHOPROGBqt-pHVjKfiutBp9Hja2Lak7F4IpTgq_-dVeNoUKYqFr4DM_zwaJLxTtgbZmeyPgIp-mU1sbVGB7dBkQA9wCjbZ_E/s1104/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-12-19%20at%2020.16.28.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1104" data-original-width="353" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizwCXZNj3GL_S-NJXIHKWN5r_CZ8v8JlrFZhrXBblP8bBvJwmcDH-Oib838uS8ZW8NkIWoZj9wJoJ_WEEr0vDkd8l44hZkHOPROGBqt-pHVjKfiutBp9Hja2Lak7F4IpTgq_-dVeNoUKYqFr4DM_zwaJLxTtgbZmeyPgIp-mU1sbVGB7dBkQA9wCjbZ_E/s320/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-12-19%20at%2020.16.28.jpeg" width="102" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tony (Jr)<br /></td></tr></tbody></table>The grape is made of wine. There
are words that tell who we are. Words tell who we can become. And grapes
are words that tell the story of a 79 year old man who is clearly
excited about a simple change in diet whose curative properties he has
only begun to discover. <br /><br />Grapes are gifts from a son to a father who turned them into words which he could then gift his son.<br /><br />And that’s the story of grapes I have to tell.</p><div><p><b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b>['The
Morning Inspection' is the title of a column I wrote for the Daily News
from 2009 to 2011, one article a day, Monday through Saturday. This is the <span style="color: #cc0000;">295th</span> article in the new series that began in December 2022. Links to previous articles are given below]</b></p><p></p><p><b>malindadocs@gmail.com</b></p><p><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: red; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Other articles in this series:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-residences-of-refaat-al-areer.html"><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></a></span></b></span></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/12/sarath-karunaratne-cant-stop-teaching.html">Sarath Karunaratne can't stop teaching</a> <br /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/12/in-delirium-of-my-insomnia.html">In the delirium of my insomnia </a><br /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; 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margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/saying-what-and-how.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Saying what and how<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/say-when.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">'Say when'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/respond-to-insults-in-line-with-akkosa.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Respond to insults in line with the Akkosa Sutra</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-loves-of-our-lives.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The loves of our lives</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-right-time-right-person.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The right time, the right person</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-silent-equivalent-of-thousand-words.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The silent equivalent of a thousand words<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/crazy-cousins-are-besties-for-life.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Crazy cousins are besties for life</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/unities-freakish-and-endearing.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Unities, free and endearing</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/free-verse-and-return-key.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Free verse and the return key</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/sorry-earth.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">"Sorry, Earth!"</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-lost-lyrics-of-premakeerthi-de-alwis.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The lost lyrics of Premakeerthi de Alwis</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-revolution-is-song.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The revolution is the song</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/consolation-prizes-in-competitions-no.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Consolation prizes in competitions no one ever wins</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-day-i-won-pulitzer.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The day I won a Pulitzer</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/ko.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Ko?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/ella-delorias-silences.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Ella Deloria's silences</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/blackness-whiteness-and-black-whiteness.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Blackness, whiteness and black-whiteness</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/inscriptions-stubborn-and-erasable.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Inscriptions: stubborn and erasable </a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/thursday.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Thursday!</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/deveni-one-word-koan-thats-priceless.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Deveni: a priceless one-word koan</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/enlightening-geometries.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Enlightening geometries<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/lets-meet-at-commons.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Let's meet at 'The Commons'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/it-begins-with-dot.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">It all begins with a dot</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/recovering-run-on-lines-and-lost.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Recovering run-on lines and lost punctuation</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/wetness-is-not-preserve-of-wet-zone.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">'Wetness' is not the preserve of the Dry Zone<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/on-sweeping-close-to-ones-feet.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On sweeping close to one's feet</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/kumkum-fernando-installs-sri-lanka-in_28.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Kumkum Fernando installs Sri Lanka in Coachella, California</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-roberts-neighbors-friends-family-by.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">To be an island like the Roberts...</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/debts-that-cannot-be-repaid-in-full.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Debts that can never be repaid in full</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/an-island-which-no-flood-can-overwhelm.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">An island which no flood can overwhelm</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/who-really-wrote-mother.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Who really wrote 'Mother'?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/a-melody-faint-and-yet-not-beyond.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A melody faint and yet not beyond hearing</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/heart-dances-that-cannot-be.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Heart dances that cannot be choreographed</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/remembering-to-forget-and-forgetting-to.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Remembering to forget and forgetting to remember</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/on-loving-always.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On loving, always<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-mortalities-of-authors.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Authors are assassinated, readers are immortal</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/when-you-turn-80.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">When you turn 80...</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/it-is-good-to-be-conscious-of-nudities.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">It is good to be conscious of nudities </a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/saturday-slides-in-after-monday-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Saturday slides in after Monday and Sunday somersaults into Friday</a> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/theres-one-in-million-and-one-in-ten.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">There's a one in a million and a one in ten</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/gunadasa-kapuge-is-calling.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Gunadasa Kapuge is calling</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/kumkum-fernando-installs-sri-lanka-in_28.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Kumkum Fernando installs Sri Lanka in Coachella, California</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/hemantha-gunawardenas-signature.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Hemantha Gunawardena's signature</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/pathways-missed.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Pathways missed</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/architectures-of-demolished.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Architectures of the demolished</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-exotic-lunacy-of-parting-gifts.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The exotic lunacy of parting gifts</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/who-heck-do-you-think-i-am.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Who the heck do you think I am?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/those-fascinating-chitra-katha.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Those fascinating 'Chitra Katha'<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-mangala-sabhava.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The Mangala Sabhava</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/so-how-are-things-in-sri-lanka.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">So how are things in Sri Lanka?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-most-beautiful-father.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The most beautiful father</a><i style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></i></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/palmam-qui-meruit-ferat.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Palmam qui meruit ferat</i></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-sweetest-three-letter-poem.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The sweetest three-letter poem<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/buddhangala-kamatahan.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Buddhangala Kamatahan</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/an-irish-and-sri-lankan-hello.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">An Irish and Sri Lankan Hello</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/teams-team-thinking-team-spirit-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Teams, team-thinking, team-spirit and leadership</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-songs-we-could-sing-in-lifeboats.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The songs we could sing in lifeboats when we are shipwrecked</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/pure-rathna-class-act.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Pure-Rathna, a class act</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/jekhan-aruliah-has-set-ball-rolling-in.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Jekhan Aruliah set a ball rolling in Jaffna</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/awaiting-arrivals-unlike-any-other.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Teachers and students sometimes reverse roles</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/matters-of-honour-and-dignity.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Matters of honor and dignity</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/yet-another-mothers-day.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Yet another Mother's Day<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/a-cockroach-named-dont.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A cockroach named 'Don't'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/colombo-colombo-colombo-and-so-forth.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Colombo, Colombo, Colombo and so forth</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-slowest-road-to-kumarigama-ampara.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The slowest road to Kumarigama, Ampara</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/sweeping-clutter-away.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Sweeping the clutter away</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/some-play-music-others-listen.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Some play music, others listen</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/completing-unfinished-texts.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Completing unfinished texts</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/minds-and-hearts-loquacious-and-taciturn.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Mind and hearts, loquacious and taciturn<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/i-am-at-jaga-food-where-are-you.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">I am at Jaga Food, where are you?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/on-separating-missing-from-disappeared.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On separating the missing from the disappeared</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/moments-without-tenses.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Moments without tenses</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/and-intangible-republics-will-save-day.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">And intangible republics will save the day (as they always have)</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-world-is-made-of-waves.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The world is made of waves</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/sentinelity.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">'Sentinelity'<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-circuitous-logic-of-tony-muller.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The circuitous logic of Tony Muller</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/rohana-kalyanaratne-unforgettable-loku.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Rohana Kalyanaratne, an unforgettable 'Loku Aiya'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/mowgli-greatest-archaeologist.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Mowgli, the Greatest Archaeologist</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/figures-and-disfigurement-rocks-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Figures and disfigurement, rocks and roses</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/sujith-rathnayake-and-incarcerations.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Sujith Rathnayake and incarcerations imposed and embraced</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/some-stories-are-written-on-covers.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Some stories are written on the covers themselves</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/a-poetic-enclave-in-republic-of.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A poetic enclave in the Republic of Literature</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/landscapes-of-gone-time-and-going-time.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Landcapes of gone-time and going-time </a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/best-insurance-against-loud-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The best insurance against the loud and repeated lie</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/so-what-if-best-flutes-will-not-go-to.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">So what if the best flutes will not go to the best flautists?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/theres-dust-and-words-awaiting-us-at.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">There's dust and words awaiting us at crossroads and crosswords</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-books-of-disquiet.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The books of disquiet</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; 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color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Serendipitous amber rules the world</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2022/12/continents-of-heart.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Continents of the heart</a></p><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-allegory-of-slow-road.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The allegory of the slow road</a></div></div><p> </p><p> </p>Malinda Wordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17700355635566651088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5656050101881498705.post-79876547052002684962023-12-15T13:16:00.002+05:302023-12-15T13:16:35.043+05:30Sarath Karunaratne can't stop teaching<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVo6U0bAL0r0xNbStHM1xkDMN3JEqp4axvn1qUVCGdmnx0oKEi5DhPEHKz4x3qAXQLcGATg38PLsPWvXpJGsyIPJyfGojyxjOonxAPw6vWG1IqFmfAQGlawWfAbc-LtFGBi13h7MwDRTKF-Ehq6Pu7lORfevaCCTbmbcvCE_f-dU-g2ms7oSvZlYk1LMg/s1280/122.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="883" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVo6U0bAL0r0xNbStHM1xkDMN3JEqp4axvn1qUVCGdmnx0oKEi5DhPEHKz4x3qAXQLcGATg38PLsPWvXpJGsyIPJyfGojyxjOonxAPw6vWG1IqFmfAQGlawWfAbc-LtFGBi13h7MwDRTKF-Ehq6Pu7lORfevaCCTbmbcvCE_f-dU-g2ms7oSvZlYk1LMg/w442-h640/122.jpeg" width="442" /></a></div><br />More
than twenty years ago, around 15 students, all senior scouts, spent
almost a week at the Naval Dockyard. The logbook entry, written by
President’s Scout Kanishka Goonewardena, the designated scribe, replete
with photographs (most of them unfortunately faded) and two very
interesting letters makes very interesting reading. <br /><br />The scouts
were divided into two patrols, Belgrano and Sheffield, the names of two
vessels sunk during the battle over the Falkland Islands between Britain
and Argentina. Those names were also picked, I believe, by Kanishka,
who was among the few 17-18 year olds in school aware of what was
happening around the world. Apt, for we were to be, after all, at a
Naval Base. <br /><br />This is not a story about ships, battles and
scouts. It’s about teachers and teaching. The scouts were accompanied by
two teachers, Lal Perera and Sarath Karunaratne; I don’t think anyone
knew that the latter was an old boy of the school. They were assigned to
accompany the boys because the Senior Scout Master, Mohamed Firdhouse
was otherwise engaged and could only get to Trincomalee a few days
later.<br /><br />The night before ‘Firdy’ arrived, the two teachers, who
had largely observed things from a distance, wanted to speak with the
boys. They said that they felt they should add something small (podi
deyak). They spoke about film music. I have a vague recollection that it
was a fascinating discussion but do remember clearly that the music of
Maurice Jarre in what I still consider my favourite film, Doctor
Zhivago. <br /><br />I never got to learn from either, not in a formal
sense. I didn’t forget and neither did they. In later years I would run
into both these teachers at the Big Match. They were almost always
together. They went from tent to tent looking for their ‘children.’ And
the children would invariably surround them, entertain them and talk
about old times. Sarath Karunaratne, just like Lal Perera and other
teachers, always enriched conversations. They knew things. They seemed
to know just what to say and how to say it. They always taught me
something. <br /><br />In March 2023, Sarath Karunaratne came out with a
book, a memoir of sorts. ‘Veddah Kanda Abiyasa (At the foot of Veddah
Kanda)’ is a collection of recollections of the time he served as the
first Science and Mathematics teacher of Gallaellaegama Rajaye Vidyalaya
from January 4, 1972 to May 2, 1974. <br /><br /><div>It is a fascinating
account of a different time in a different country. Moragoda, a village
in Medawachchiya in the Anuradhapura District is located at the foot of
Veddah Kanda. It was one of those ‘dushkara’ or ‘difficult.’ Sarath
Karunaratne clearly objects to the descriptive, for he adds a qualifier,
‘dushkara yaeyi sammatha’ which means ‘generally considered to be
backward/hard). These are, he claims and indeed proves, memories that
are sweet. The book is about honourable people who were not deceitful,
an open cultural landscape and a time of ease. It was a time when he was
lighthearted and felt fulfilled. He starts his story from the moment he
received the letter of appointment and set out to report to work. It
ends when he leaves his teachers’ quarters and sets off to take up a new
appointment in Colombo. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0zqHTSkrER-1AGsSlD-hI1mcWIK-_ZZ1MjEROt7uF8Gb2V_BuM9Og6Bdkvf4wDsAcQUIJvDV8z86hJ5QisWu5eJicxzyDls5lfEhSVuqfferYMvbW7-x1zycoHnPP3R3h7i2HQE9XS15zrvLgy4Wev9on8_34GBCNZcVv9ZoJ99IC5kWvuEt3zVMTUlw/s1280/123.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="867" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0zqHTSkrER-1AGsSlD-hI1mcWIK-_ZZ1MjEROt7uF8Gb2V_BuM9Og6Bdkvf4wDsAcQUIJvDV8z86hJ5QisWu5eJicxzyDls5lfEhSVuqfferYMvbW7-x1zycoHnPP3R3h7i2HQE9XS15zrvLgy4Wev9on8_34GBCNZcVv9ZoJ99IC5kWvuEt3zVMTUlw/s320/123.jpeg" width="217" /></a></div>It is a
fascinating journey which of course I cannot recount here. The author has illustrated the story and designed the cover as well. But it is essentially with words that he vividly paints the physical and social landscape in and around the
school. </div><div> </div><div> </div><div>In short he transports us to that
place and time and makes us feel we are also witnesses to the encounters
he has faithfully transcribed. I read it as though it was a story he
was relating to a bunch of attentive boy scouts in the year 1992
somewhere within the precincts of the Naval Dockyard in Trincomalee. It
is like a music score of a film that hasn't been made but ought to be.
<br /></div><div><br /></div><div> </div><div> </div><div>Reading it, I realised that he was a
teacher who never stopped being a student. He observed, analysed and
drew conclusions. He found ways of imparting those out-of-curriculum
lessons to their students, wherever they go, whatever they are tasked to
teach and long after they’ve retired. <br /></div><p>There are probably
many teachers like him. Not all of them write memoirs, but they should.
Sarath Karunaratne, through this book, taught me that experience
outside the classroom, especially in areas designated ‘hard,’ qualify
them to teach the deeper lessons about life. </p><p>Sarath
Karunaratne and Lal Perera didn’t have to talk to those boy scouts that
night, but they did. They could have stopped teaching but they didn’t. I
just want to go to Moragoda, Medawachchiya in the Anuradhapura
District. I hope he will join me. </p><div><div><p><b>['The
Morning Inspection' is the title of a column I wrote for the Daily News
from 2009 to 2011, one article a day, Monday through Saturday. This is the <span style="color: #cc0000;">294th</span> article in the new series that began in December 2022. Links to previous articles are given below]</b></p><p></p><p><b>malindadocs@gmail.com</b></p><p><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: red; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Other articles in this series:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-residences-of-refaat-al-areer.html"><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></a></span></b></span></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/12/in-delirium-of-my-insomnia.html">In the delirium of my insomnia </a><br /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/12/herculaneum-of-21st-century.html">Herculaneum of the 21st Century</a> <br /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; 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margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-silent-equivalent-of-thousand-words.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The silent equivalent of a thousand words<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/crazy-cousins-are-besties-for-life.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Crazy cousins are besties for life</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/unities-freakish-and-endearing.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-lost-lyrics-of-premakeerthi-de-alwis.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The lost lyrics of Premakeerthi de Alwis</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-revolution-is-song.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The revolution is the song</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/consolation-prizes-in-competitions-no.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Consolation prizes in competitions no one ever wins</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-day-i-won-pulitzer.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The day I won a Pulitzer</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/ko.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Ko?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/ella-delorias-silences.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Ella Deloria's silences</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/blackness-whiteness-and-black-whiteness.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Blackness, whiteness and black-whiteness</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/inscriptions-stubborn-and-erasable.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Inscriptions: stubborn and erasable </a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/thursday.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Thursday!</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/deveni-one-word-koan-thats-priceless.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Deveni: a priceless one-word koan</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/enlightening-geometries.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Enlightening geometries<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/lets-meet-at-commons.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Let's meet at 'The Commons'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/it-begins-with-dot.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">It all begins with a dot</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/recovering-run-on-lines-and-lost.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Recovering run-on lines and lost punctuation</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/wetness-is-not-preserve-of-wet-zone.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">'Wetness' is not the preserve of the Dry Zone<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/on-sweeping-close-to-ones-feet.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On sweeping close to one's feet</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/kumkum-fernando-installs-sri-lanka-in_28.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Kumkum Fernando installs Sri Lanka in Coachella, California</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-roberts-neighbors-friends-family-by.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">To be an island like the Roberts...</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/debts-that-cannot-be-repaid-in-full.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Debts that can never be repaid in full</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/an-island-which-no-flood-can-overwhelm.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">An island which no flood can overwhelm</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/who-really-wrote-mother.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Who really wrote 'Mother'?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/a-melody-faint-and-yet-not-beyond.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A melody faint and yet not beyond hearing</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/heart-dances-that-cannot-be.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Heart dances that cannot be choreographed</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/remembering-to-forget-and-forgetting-to.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Remembering to forget and forgetting to remember</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/on-loving-always.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On loving, always<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-mortalities-of-authors.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Authors are assassinated, readers are immortal</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/when-you-turn-80.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">When you turn 80...</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/it-is-good-to-be-conscious-of-nudities.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">It is good to be conscious of nudities </a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/saturday-slides-in-after-monday-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Saturday slides in after Monday and Sunday somersaults into Friday</a> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/theres-one-in-million-and-one-in-ten.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">There's a one in a million and a one in ten</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/gunadasa-kapuge-is-calling.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Gunadasa Kapuge is calling</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/kumkum-fernando-installs-sri-lanka-in_28.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Kumkum Fernando installs Sri Lanka in Coachella, California</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/hemantha-gunawardenas-signature.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Hemantha Gunawardena's signature</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/pathways-missed.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Pathways missed</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/architectures-of-demolished.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Architectures of the demolished</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-exotic-lunacy-of-parting-gifts.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The exotic lunacy of parting gifts</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/who-heck-do-you-think-i-am.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Who the heck do you think I am?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/those-fascinating-chitra-katha.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Those fascinating 'Chitra Katha'<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-mangala-sabhava.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The Mangala Sabhava</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/so-how-are-things-in-sri-lanka.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">So how are things in Sri Lanka?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-most-beautiful-father.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The most beautiful father</a><i style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></i></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/palmam-qui-meruit-ferat.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Palmam qui meruit ferat</i></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-sweetest-three-letter-poem.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The sweetest three-letter poem<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/buddhangala-kamatahan.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Buddhangala Kamatahan</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/an-irish-and-sri-lankan-hello.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">An Irish and Sri Lankan Hello</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/teams-team-thinking-team-spirit-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Teams, team-thinking, team-spirit and leadership</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-songs-we-could-sing-in-lifeboats.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The songs we could sing in lifeboats when we are shipwrecked</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; 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color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Teachers and students sometimes reverse roles</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/matters-of-honour-and-dignity.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Matters of honor and dignity</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/yet-another-mothers-day.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Yet another Mother's Day<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/a-cockroach-named-dont.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A cockroach named 'Don't'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/colombo-colombo-colombo-and-so-forth.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Colombo, Colombo, Colombo and so forth</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-slowest-road-to-kumarigama-ampara.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The slowest road to Kumarigama, Ampara</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/sweeping-clutter-away.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Sweeping the clutter away</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/some-play-music-others-listen.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Some play music, others listen</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/completing-unfinished-texts.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Completing unfinished texts</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/minds-and-hearts-loquacious-and-taciturn.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Mind and hearts, loquacious and taciturn<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/i-am-at-jaga-food-where-are-you.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">I am at Jaga Food, where are you?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/on-separating-missing-from-disappeared.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On separating the missing from the disappeared</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/moments-without-tenses.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Moments without tenses</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/and-intangible-republics-will-save-day.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">And intangible republics will save the day (as they always have)</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-world-is-made-of-waves.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The world is made of waves</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/sentinelity.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/mowgli-greatest-archaeologist.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Mowgli, the Greatest Archaeologist</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/figures-and-disfigurement-rocks-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Figures and disfigurement, rocks and roses</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/sujith-rathnayake-and-incarcerations.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Sujith Rathnayake and incarcerations imposed and embraced</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/some-stories-are-written-on-covers.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Some stories are written on the covers themselves</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/a-poetic-enclave-in-republic-of.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A poetic enclave in the Republic of Literature</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; 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color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Serendipitous amber rules the world</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2022/12/continents-of-heart.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Continents of the heart</a></p><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-allegory-of-slow-road.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The allegory of the slow road</a></div></div><br /><br /></div>Malinda Wordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17700355635566651088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5656050101881498705.post-38512515717581692682023-12-14T22:06:00.004+05:302023-12-14T22:06:33.539+05:30In the delirium of my insomnia<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMIwt_UnrsayA9uMLJ6mETuGWEni_TKpmMjjDNyID0o1m-Uf16vAc26f1_LhxwaTZaxIvZTgDs_2XQqGv51UAJh7OzwJLGbsCVOaLKf9CqDaEZ4jaKP7iQ1g92W-b2y7570TxPJyPZmYsfO0y2h0WmBrqfxq1sXVEm1HdbkaWcr03oESNpkPsUysQeeIU/s4032/AAA.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMIwt_UnrsayA9uMLJ6mETuGWEni_TKpmMjjDNyID0o1m-Uf16vAc26f1_LhxwaTZaxIvZTgDs_2XQqGv51UAJh7OzwJLGbsCVOaLKf9CqDaEZ4jaKP7iQ1g92W-b2y7570TxPJyPZmYsfO0y2h0WmBrqfxq1sXVEm1HdbkaWcr03oESNpkPsUysQeeIU/w480-h640/AAA.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br />In <i>The Book of Embraces</i> Eduardo Galeano wrote,<i>
‘I can't sleep. There is a woman stuck between my eyelids. I would tell
her to get out if I could. But there is a woman stuck in my throat.’</i><div><br />Reading it, I smiled. And cried. I’ve known of people afflicted with that immemorial condition. It robs sleep. It silences. <br /><br />I
don’t know the name of the woman who would not let Eduardo sleep. I
don’t know what she looked like, whether she ever uttered a word and if
so whether the words she strung together and the way she spoke them
soothed or corroded Eduardo’s heart. I don’t know if Eduardo got to
sleep thereafter. Well, he’s gone now, leaving words and hearts behind
in different stages of decay and regeneration. All I know is that
Eduardo made me smile because, at that time, when I read Eduardo’s note
on sleeplessness, I could not sleep either. <br /><br />So I wrote to Eduardo.<br /><i><br />She's fragile, Eduardo,<br />like tomorrow.<br />and flawed like the revolution,<br />scarred like the map of my country<br />and yours too, Eduardo.</i><br /><br />Oh
yes, we both knew of imperfection. All kinds of imperfection, in fact.
We knew, as others did and do, that even as we are dazzled by the
corporeal light emanating from countenance, there were moments when we
could move beneath the garment called skin, breathe the air of those
incomparable lungs and touch a heart that palpated just as ours did. <br /><br />And so I continued to write.<br /><br /><i>I walk endlessly in the delirium of my insomnia,<br />I can't forget, for my eyes are a barred gate<br />that refuses amnesia.<br />She's stuck in my throat, Eduardo,<br />and it is not that I want to ask her to leave,<br />need I even say?<br /></i><br />They
leave, sooner or later, those who keep eyelids open and throats
clogged. They leave or they stay. They stay because they can no longer
sleep and they can’t say ‘leave’ because somehow we’ve invaded and
occupied their throats. When this happens, we don’t have to say ‘leave,’
for there’s unspoken agreement: we shall share our wakeful hours and we
shall together embrace slumber.<br /><br />The 8th Century Chinese poet Li Po once wrote,<br /><br /><i>The birds have vanished into the sky<br />and now the last cloud drains away.<br /><br />We sit together, the mountain and me,<br />until only the mountain remains.<br /></i><br />[<i>‘Zazen on Ching-t’ing Mountain,’ </i>translated by Sam Hamill, in <i>Crossing the Yellow River: Three Hundred Poems from the Chinese.</i>]<br /><br />So,
even if there’s togetherness (and sleep), it ends. People leave to
other geographies, they pass through gates that are locked thereafter
forever. We stand at gates that will not open. We sit with mountains and
then mountains sit alone. And it happens the other way too: we are
taken through gates and cannot return to territories of love and
slumber. I do not know what lies beyond and whether insomnia has been
outlawed in that hereafter or, indeed if that is the singular condition
legislated there. <br /><br />Tonight, though, a girl who once glanced at me
through a mirror and took my breath away, floated down from a sky
elegantly decorated with clouds and stood before me holding a jar
containing all the words that had been written and said. <br /><br />She emptied the jar upon a cloth woven with the threads of nostalgia and the words arranged themselves into a poem titled <i>My Absence, </i>with a disclaimer, ‘with apologies to the Spanish poet Pedro Salinas y Serrano.’<br /><br /><i>I am not here. What you see of me,<br />a body, is a shadow, a trick.<br />My soul has gone where I </i></div><div><i>myself will be tomorrow.<br />Still this afternoon offers you<br />false hostage, aimless<br />smiles, idle gestures,<br />a love distracted.<br />I wanted to go and it took me<br />where I wanted to be,<br />far from here, where I<br />am saying to you,<br />‘Here you are, with me, look!’<br />And I point to my absence. </i><br /><br />Eduardo,
I do not know which gates opened to you so you could wander in
dreamscapes or turn into a tree, mountain, manuscript or mirror. I could
say these words and maybe someone will understand, but Eduardo, I’m
convinced that you will be among those who will smile. And cry and smile
and smile and cry, as I did, years ago when I read your words. <br /><br />I can’t sleep, Eduardo. You know why.</div><div> </div><div><div><p><b>['The
Morning Inspection' is the title of a column I wrote for the Daily News
from 2009 to 2011, one article a day, Monday through Saturday. This is the <span style="color: #cc0000;">293rd</span> article in the new series that began in December 2022. Links to previous articles are given below]</b></p><p></p><p><b>malindadocs@gmail.com</b></p><p><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: red; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Other articles in this series:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-residences-of-refaat-al-areer.html"><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></a></span></b></span></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/12/herculaneum-of-21st-century.html">Herculaneum of the 21st Century</a> <br /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/12/gauze-kites-in-intemperate-skies.html">Gauze-kites in intemperate skies</a> <br /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; 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margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/what-makes-oxygen-breathable.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">What makes Oxygen breathable? </a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/sorrowing-and-delighting-world.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Sorrowing and delighting the world</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-greatest-fallacy.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The greatest fallacy</a> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/encounters-with-liyanage-amarakeerthi.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Encounters with Liyanage Amarakeerthi</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/beyond-praise-and-blame.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Beyond praise and blame</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/letters-that-cut-and-heal-heart.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Letters that cut and heal the heart</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/vanished-and-vanishing-trails.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Vanished and vanishing trails</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/blue-blueness.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Blue-blueness</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/a-forgotten-dawn-song-from-embilipitiya.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A forgotten dawn song from Embilipitiya</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-soft-rain-of-neighbourliness.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The soft rain of neighbourliness</a> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-gold-medals-of-being.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The Gold Medals of being</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/jaya-sri-ratna-sri.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Jaya Sri Ratna Sri</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/all-those-weve-loved-before.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">All those we've loved before</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/reflections-on-waves-and-markings.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Reflections on waves and markings</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/a-chorus-of-national-anthems.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A chorus of National Anthems</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/saying-what-and-how.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Saying what and how<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/say-when.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">'Say when'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/respond-to-insults-in-line-with-akkosa.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Respond to insults in line with the Akkosa Sutra</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-loves-of-our-lives.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The loves of our lives</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-right-time-right-person.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The right time, the right person</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-silent-equivalent-of-thousand-words.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The silent equivalent of a thousand words<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/crazy-cousins-are-besties-for-life.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Crazy cousins are besties for life</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/unities-freakish-and-endearing.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Unities, free and endearing</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/free-verse-and-return-key.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Free verse and the return key</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/sorry-earth.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">"Sorry, Earth!"</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-lost-lyrics-of-premakeerthi-de-alwis.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The lost lyrics of Premakeerthi de Alwis</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-revolution-is-song.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The revolution is the song</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/consolation-prizes-in-competitions-no.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Consolation prizes in competitions no one ever wins</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-day-i-won-pulitzer.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The day I won a Pulitzer</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/ko.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Ko?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/ella-delorias-silences.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Ella Deloria's silences</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/blackness-whiteness-and-black-whiteness.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Blackness, whiteness and black-whiteness</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/inscriptions-stubborn-and-erasable.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Inscriptions: stubborn and erasable </a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/thursday.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Thursday!</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/deveni-one-word-koan-thats-priceless.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Deveni: a priceless one-word koan</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/enlightening-geometries.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Enlightening geometries<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/lets-meet-at-commons.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Let's meet at 'The Commons'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/it-begins-with-dot.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">It all begins with a dot</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/recovering-run-on-lines-and-lost.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Recovering run-on lines and lost punctuation</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/wetness-is-not-preserve-of-wet-zone.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">'Wetness' is not the preserve of the Dry Zone<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/on-sweeping-close-to-ones-feet.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On sweeping close to one's feet</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/kumkum-fernando-installs-sri-lanka-in_28.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Kumkum Fernando installs Sri Lanka in Coachella, California</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-roberts-neighbors-friends-family-by.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">To be an island like the Roberts...</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/debts-that-cannot-be-repaid-in-full.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Debts that can never be repaid in full</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/an-island-which-no-flood-can-overwhelm.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">An island which no flood can overwhelm</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/who-really-wrote-mother.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Who really wrote 'Mother'?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/a-melody-faint-and-yet-not-beyond.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A melody faint and yet not beyond hearing</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/heart-dances-that-cannot-be.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Heart dances that cannot be choreographed</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/remembering-to-forget-and-forgetting-to.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Remembering to forget and forgetting to remember</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/on-loving-always.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On loving, always<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-mortalities-of-authors.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Authors are assassinated, readers are immortal</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/when-you-turn-80.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">When you turn 80...</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/it-is-good-to-be-conscious-of-nudities.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">It is good to be conscious of nudities </a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/saturday-slides-in-after-monday-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Saturday slides in after Monday and Sunday somersaults into Friday</a> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/theres-one-in-million-and-one-in-ten.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">There's a one in a million and a one in ten</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/gunadasa-kapuge-is-calling.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Gunadasa Kapuge is calling</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/kumkum-fernando-installs-sri-lanka-in_28.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Kumkum Fernando installs Sri Lanka in Coachella, California</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/hemantha-gunawardenas-signature.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Hemantha Gunawardena's signature</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/pathways-missed.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Pathways missed</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/architectures-of-demolished.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Architectures of the demolished</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-exotic-lunacy-of-parting-gifts.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The exotic lunacy of parting gifts</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/who-heck-do-you-think-i-am.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Who the heck do you think I am?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/those-fascinating-chitra-katha.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Those fascinating 'Chitra Katha'<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-mangala-sabhava.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The Mangala Sabhava</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/so-how-are-things-in-sri-lanka.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">So how are things in Sri Lanka?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-most-beautiful-father.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The most beautiful father</a><i style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></i></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/palmam-qui-meruit-ferat.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Palmam qui meruit ferat</i></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-sweetest-three-letter-poem.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The sweetest three-letter poem<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/buddhangala-kamatahan.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Buddhangala Kamatahan</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/an-irish-and-sri-lankan-hello.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">An Irish and Sri Lankan Hello</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/teams-team-thinking-team-spirit-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Teams, team-thinking, team-spirit and leadership</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-songs-we-could-sing-in-lifeboats.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The songs we could sing in lifeboats when we are shipwrecked</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/pure-rathna-class-act.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Pure-Rathna, a class act</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/jekhan-aruliah-has-set-ball-rolling-in.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Jekhan Aruliah set a ball rolling in Jaffna</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/awaiting-arrivals-unlike-any-other.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Awaiting arrivals unlike any other</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/['The%20Morning%20Inspection'%20is%20the%20title%20of%20a%20column%20I%20wrote%20for%20the%20Daily%20News%20from%202009%20to%202011,%20one%20article%20a%20day,%20Monday%20through%20Saturday.%20This%20is%20a%20new%20series.%20Links%20to%20previous%20articles%20in%20this%20new%20series%20are%20given%20below]%20%20Other%20articles%20in%20this%20series:%20%20Matters%20of%20honor%20and%20dignity%20%20Yet%20another%20Mother's%20Day%20%20A%20cockroach%20named%20'Don't'%20%20Colombo,%20Colombo,%20Colombo%20and%20so%20forth%20%20The%20slowest%20road%20to%20Kumarigama,%20Ampara%20%20Sweeping%20the%20clutter%20away%20%20Some%20play%20music,%20others%20listen%20%20Completing%20unfinished%20texts%20%20Mind%20and%20hearts,%20loquacious%20and%20taciturn%20%20I%20am%20at%20Jaga%20Food,%20where%20are%20you?%20%20On%20separating%20the%20missing%20from%20the%20disappeared%20%20Moments%20without%20tenses%20%20And%20intangible%20republics%20will%20save%20the%20day%20(as%20they%20always%20have)%20%20The%20world%20is%20made%20of%20waves%20%20%27Sentinelity%27%20%20The%20circuitous%20logic%20of%20Tony%20Muller%20%20Rohana%20Kalyanaratne,%20an%20unforgettable%20%27Loku%20Aiya%27%20%20Mowgli,%20the%20Greatest%20Archaeologist%20%20Figures%20and%20disfigurement,%20rocks%20and%20roses%20%20Sujith%20Rathnayake%20and%20incarcerations%20imposed%20and%20embraced%20%20Some%20stories%20are%20written%20on%20the%20covers%20themselves%20%20A%20poetic%20enclave%20in%20the%20Republic%20of%20Literature%20%20Landcapes%20of%20gone-time%20and%20going-time%20%20%20The%20best%20insurance%20against%20the%20loud%20and%20repeated%20lie%20%20So%20what%20if%20the%20best%20flutes%20will%20not%20go%20to%20the%20best%20flautists?%20%20There%27s%20dust%20and%20words%20awaiting%20us%20at%20crossroads%20and%20crosswords%20%20The%20books%20of%20disquiet%20%20A%20song%20of%20terraced%20paddy%20fields%20%20Of%20ants,%20bridges%20and%20possibilities%20%20From%20A%20through%20Aardvark%20to%20Zyzzyva%20%20%20World%27s%20End%20%20Words,%20their%20potency,%20appropriation%20and%20abuse%20%20Street%20corner%20stories%20%20Who%20did%20not%20listen,%20who%27s%20not%20listening%20still?%20%20The%20book%20of%20layering%20%20If%20you%20remember%20Kobe,%20visit%20GOAT%20Mountain%20%20The%20world%20is%20made%20for%20re-colouring%20%20The%20gift%20and%20yoke%20of%20bastardy%20%20The%20%27English%20Smile%27%20%20No%2027,%20Dickman%27s%20Road,%20Colombo%205%20%20Visual%20cartographers%20and%20cartography%20%20Ithaca%20from%20a%20long%20ago%20and%20right%20now%20%20Lessons%20written%20in%20invisible%20ink%20%20The%20amazing%20quality%20of%20%27equal-kindness%27%20%20A%20tea-maker%20story%20seldom%20told%20%20On%20academic%20activism%20%20The%20interchangeability%20of%20light%20and%20darkness%20%20Back%20to%20TRADITIONAL%20rice%20%20Sisterhood:%20moments,%20just%20moments%20%20Chess%20is%20my%20life%20and%20perhaps%20your%20too%20%20Reflections%20on%20ownership%20and%20belonging%20%20The%20integrity%20of%20Nadeesha%20Rajapaksha%20%20Signatures%20in%20the%20seasons%20of%20love%20%20To%20Maceo%20Martinet%20as%20he%20flies%20over%20rainbows%20%20Sirith,%20like%20pirith,%20persist%20%20Fragrances%20that%20will%20not%20be%20bottled%20%20%20Colours%20and%20textures%20of%20living%20heritage%20%20Countries%20of%20the%20past,%20present%20and%20future%20%20A%20degree%20in%20creative%20excuses%20%20Books%20launched%20and%20not-yet-launched%20%20The%20sunrise%20as%20viewed%20from%20sacred%20mountains%20%20The%20ways%20of%20the%20lotus%20%20Isaiah%2058:%2012-16%20and%20the%20true%20meaning%20of%20grace%20%20The%20age%20of%20Frederick%20Algernon%20Trotteville%20%20Live%20and%20tell%20the%20tale%20as%20you%20will%20%20Between%20struggle%20and%20cooperation%20%20Of%20love%20and%20other%20intangibles%20%20Neruda,%20Sekara%20and%20literary%20dimensions%20%20The%20universe%20of%20smallness%20%20Paul%20Christopher%27s%20heart%20of%20many%20chambers%20%20Calmness%20gracefully%20cascades%20in%20the%20Dumbara%20Hills%20%20Serendipitous%20amber%20rules%20the%20world%20Continents%20of%20the%20heart%20%20%20%20The%20allegory%20of%20the%20slow%20road" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Teachers and students sometimes reverse roles</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/matters-of-honour-and-dignity.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Matters of honor and dignity</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/yet-another-mothers-day.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Yet another Mother's Day<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/a-cockroach-named-dont.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A cockroach named 'Don't'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/colombo-colombo-colombo-and-so-forth.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Colombo, Colombo, Colombo and so forth</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-slowest-road-to-kumarigama-ampara.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The slowest road to Kumarigama, Ampara</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/sweeping-clutter-away.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Sweeping the clutter away</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/some-play-music-others-listen.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Some play music, others listen</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; 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color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Serendipitous amber rules the world</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2022/12/continents-of-heart.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Continents of the heart</a></p><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-allegory-of-slow-road.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The allegory of the slow road</a></div></div> </div>Malinda Wordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17700355635566651088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5656050101881498705.post-10114789708213983742023-12-14T22:04:00.003+05:302023-12-14T22:04:32.966+05:30Herculaneum of the 21st Century <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_SqxaAFQTPQZGw9masxOTXwnO4-Zp0i4cyA9qEF7A8hev2CiOVwoOr1fV5o-x2vwyYhoMuZCiCeRBrFV-AY4lDb5R1V0Z30FY_5ZxVkFPU6ps46pgRD7Zs0fFDSxYGQXink1p4oTR8m82ulMylngNv08ynWXKTg2FRwsOTDUo4DYIuWQxQ-RViQ3QWMc/s2048/A1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_SqxaAFQTPQZGw9masxOTXwnO4-Zp0i4cyA9qEF7A8hev2CiOVwoOr1fV5o-x2vwyYhoMuZCiCeRBrFV-AY4lDb5R1V0Z30FY_5ZxVkFPU6ps46pgRD7Zs0fFDSxYGQXink1p4oTR8m82ulMylngNv08ynWXKTg2FRwsOTDUo4DYIuWQxQ-RViQ3QWMc/w640-h480/A1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Herculaneum,
buried under volcanic ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius
in 1973, was discovered in 1709. Pompeii, the better known Vesuvius city
was discovered 39 years later and identified only in 1763. In 1750,
well diggers discovered an impressive Roman villa in Herculaneum.
Subsequent tunnelling operations revealed the villa’s layout and
treasures, among them a library and within it charred paper scrolls. It
was only then that the diggers figured out that many of the ‘rocks’ they
had removed were actually carbonised books. <div><br />Technology
has helped decipher much of what was written in the approximately 1,800
scrolls found in this impressive building, since named Villa of the
Papyri. They contain Roman poetry and records and half the works of the
Greek philosopher Epicurus. <br /><br />Buried cities are being discovered
all the time. Civilizations rise. They fall. They are laid to rest by
eruptions, some natural and some not. They can also be footnoted and
erased, by design or accident. Abandonment gives license to the elements
which, unimpeded, will inter all things that carry a human signature.
People move or are evicted. They get tangled in their respective
diurnals. They forget. Memory dims. Elemental shrouds eventually cover
the rubble of cities that have crumbled. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Now,
in Herculaneum, a rocking chair has been found. Carbonised of course.
There may be literary references to rocking chairs more ancient, but I
have heard of none. Until this discovery, it was assumed that chairs
that could rock were first made only in the 18th century. We don’t know
who used the Herculaneum rocking chair. Whoever it was must have
surveyed the universe of his or her concerns at relative leisure. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The
rocker, if one may use the term, may have fled house and village, with
or without family and friends, perhaps carrying a few precious personal
items. Perhaps the rocker was one among many unfortunate individuals who
just could not get away. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Today there are
chairs of all kinds. People can rock, they can swivel. They can
reflect on work already done and the work yet undone in the comforts
afforded by such furniture. They could also be buried by calamities
unexpected for there can always be landslides, earthquakes, tsunamis and
of course aerial bombing which the world doesn’t seem to tire of. Until
then, however, the only calamities they can swivel around their minds
are those that happen to other people. Far away. </div><div><br />Far
away, buildings are made to collapse. Poisonous gases fill the air.
Libraries and universities are burned to the ground. People are made to
talk of hospitals, schools, homes, lives, loved ones, hopes, dreams and
imagined tomorrows in the past tense. They don’t have rocking chairs and
even if they did, cannot rock the years away, for their life expectancy
has to be talked of in hours, minutes and seconds; yes, not even in
‘days.’ <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Cities are buying buried as we
rock away our lives in the relative comforts of being able to convince
ourselves, ‘no, death will not arrive at this moment and probably won’t
for quite some time.’ History is being buried in an avalanche of deceit.
Bombardment is being trivialised as passing showers. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I
do not know who in that unhappy city called Herculaneum cried during
that terrible moment when Vesuvius erupted. I do not know who sobbed and
if anyone could hear the sobs or see faces contorted in horror on
account of the furies unleashed and the ash that rained and rained and
rained. But I wonder if there were others in cities spared by the
eruption and close enough to witness the horrific spectacle of the earth
vomiting out its corrosive insides who, in rocking chairs, told
themselves, ‘not my volcano, not my fate,’ and called for some heady
brew that could stimulate philosophical reflection.<br /><br />I do not
blame them. The Vesuvius eruption was not the work of human beings and
there was anyway very little that anyone could do apart from trying to
bury out those trapped and yet still alive. In fact there’s evidence
that such rescue attempts were attempted. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>It
is different when calamities have a human signature. It is different
when genocidal processes can be stopped but are not and indeed all means
are deployed to ensure that it continues. <br />I am not sitting in a
rocking chair but there are no bombs falling from the skies above,
there’s no indiscriminate gunfire directed towards me; I am not
surrounded by rubble, my face and those of people around me are not
covered in dust and blood. I know that no one could have stopped the
eruption of Vesuvius. </div><div><br /></div><div>But I know of a
Herculaneum where people are dying and that they could all be saved,
only those who can are swivelling or rocking in their preferred chairs,
either ordering genocide or nodding in approval. I know of a Herculaneum
where books and scrolls are being burnt; manuscripts that include
poetry and records, the histories and stories of a people. I know a
Herculaneum where laughter and tears are in the process of being
petrified, despite which people still sing, still smile and will not
stop loving, just as people in that Vesuvian town may have, 944 years
ago.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I know of a 21st Century Herculaneum. Gaza. </div><div> </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUdNoZEYNtbEf-rdBePNhw_SsVU4YfwMeg5cNjdXy-Y9prqLNjJoaRvQIS2BEnV0JCGgJEUBAV6Qkbtz0Mc0-36XV4BtlYnri2iZWUC8O1FCS-rrA2Udu_5kGBazoAtgD3K4NDJ1k3dwSL2_XcfUfyVt6goXbm4AkZxrhNSjtdS0VVbz6gSC3gXjqgy0Q/s1800/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUdNoZEYNtbEf-rdBePNhw_SsVU4YfwMeg5cNjdXy-Y9prqLNjJoaRvQIS2BEnV0JCGgJEUBAV6Qkbtz0Mc0-36XV4BtlYnri2iZWUC8O1FCS-rrA2Udu_5kGBazoAtgD3K4NDJ1k3dwSL2_XcfUfyVt6goXbm4AkZxrhNSjtdS0VVbz6gSC3gXjqgy0Q/w640-h426/1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div><div><p><b>['The
Morning Inspection' is the title of a column I wrote for the Daily News
from 2009 to 2011, one article a day, Monday through Saturday. This is the <span style="color: #cc0000;">292nd</span> article in the new series that began in December 2022. Links to previous articles are given below]</b></p><p></p><p><b>malindadocs@gmail.com</b></p><p><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: red; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Other articles in this series:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-residences-of-refaat-al-areer.html"><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></a></span></b></span></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/12/gauze-kites-in-intemperate-skies.html">Gauze-kites in intemperate skies</a> <br /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/12/semitism-unadulterated-unclothed-and.html">Semitism: unclothed, unadulterated and unvarnished</a> <br /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; 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color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Blue-blueness</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/a-forgotten-dawn-song-from-embilipitiya.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A forgotten dawn song from Embilipitiya</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-soft-rain-of-neighbourliness.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The soft rain of neighbourliness</a> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-gold-medals-of-being.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The Gold Medals of being</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/jaya-sri-ratna-sri.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Jaya Sri Ratna Sri</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/all-those-weve-loved-before.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">All those we've loved before</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/reflections-on-waves-and-markings.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Reflections on waves and markings</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/a-chorus-of-national-anthems.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A chorus of National Anthems</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/saying-what-and-how.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Saying what and how<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/say-when.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">'Say when'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/respond-to-insults-in-line-with-akkosa.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Respond to insults in line with the Akkosa Sutra</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-loves-of-our-lives.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The loves of our lives</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-right-time-right-person.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The right time, the right person</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-silent-equivalent-of-thousand-words.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The silent equivalent of a thousand words<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/crazy-cousins-are-besties-for-life.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Crazy cousins are besties for life</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/unities-freakish-and-endearing.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Unities, free and endearing</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/free-verse-and-return-key.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Free verse and the return key</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/sorry-earth.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">"Sorry, Earth!"</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-lost-lyrics-of-premakeerthi-de-alwis.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The lost lyrics of Premakeerthi de Alwis</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-revolution-is-song.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The revolution is the song</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/consolation-prizes-in-competitions-no.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Consolation prizes in competitions no one ever wins</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-day-i-won-pulitzer.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The day I won a Pulitzer</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/ko.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Ko?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/ella-delorias-silences.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Ella Deloria's silences</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/blackness-whiteness-and-black-whiteness.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Blackness, whiteness and black-whiteness</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/inscriptions-stubborn-and-erasable.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Inscriptions: stubborn and erasable </a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/thursday.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Thursday!</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/deveni-one-word-koan-thats-priceless.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Deveni: a priceless one-word koan</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/enlightening-geometries.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Enlightening geometries<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/lets-meet-at-commons.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Let's meet at 'The Commons'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/it-begins-with-dot.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">It all begins with a dot</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/recovering-run-on-lines-and-lost.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Recovering run-on lines and lost punctuation</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/wetness-is-not-preserve-of-wet-zone.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">'Wetness' is not the preserve of the Dry Zone<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/on-sweeping-close-to-ones-feet.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On sweeping close to one's feet</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/kumkum-fernando-installs-sri-lanka-in_28.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Kumkum Fernando installs Sri Lanka in Coachella, California</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-roberts-neighbors-friends-family-by.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">To be an island like the Roberts...</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/debts-that-cannot-be-repaid-in-full.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Debts that can never be repaid in full</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/an-island-which-no-flood-can-overwhelm.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">An island which no flood can overwhelm</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/who-really-wrote-mother.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Who really wrote 'Mother'?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/a-melody-faint-and-yet-not-beyond.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A melody faint and yet not beyond hearing</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/heart-dances-that-cannot-be.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Heart dances that cannot be choreographed</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/remembering-to-forget-and-forgetting-to.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Remembering to forget and forgetting to remember</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/on-loving-always.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On loving, always<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-mortalities-of-authors.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Authors are assassinated, readers are immortal</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/when-you-turn-80.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">When you turn 80...</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/it-is-good-to-be-conscious-of-nudities.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">It is good to be conscious of nudities </a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/saturday-slides-in-after-monday-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Saturday slides in after Monday and Sunday somersaults into Friday</a> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/theres-one-in-million-and-one-in-ten.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">There's a one in a million and a one in ten</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/gunadasa-kapuge-is-calling.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Gunadasa Kapuge is calling</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/kumkum-fernando-installs-sri-lanka-in_28.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Kumkum Fernando installs Sri Lanka in Coachella, California</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/hemantha-gunawardenas-signature.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Hemantha Gunawardena's signature</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/pathways-missed.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Pathways missed</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/architectures-of-demolished.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Architectures of the demolished</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-exotic-lunacy-of-parting-gifts.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The exotic lunacy of parting gifts</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/who-heck-do-you-think-i-am.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Who the heck do you think I am?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/those-fascinating-chitra-katha.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Those fascinating 'Chitra Katha'<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-mangala-sabhava.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The Mangala Sabhava</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/so-how-are-things-in-sri-lanka.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">So how are things in Sri Lanka?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-most-beautiful-father.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The most beautiful father</a><i style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></i></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/palmam-qui-meruit-ferat.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Palmam qui meruit ferat</i></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-sweetest-three-letter-poem.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The sweetest three-letter poem<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/buddhangala-kamatahan.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Buddhangala Kamatahan</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/an-irish-and-sri-lankan-hello.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">An Irish and Sri Lankan Hello</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/teams-team-thinking-team-spirit-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Teams, team-thinking, team-spirit and leadership</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-songs-we-could-sing-in-lifeboats.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The songs we could sing in lifeboats when we are shipwrecked</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/pure-rathna-class-act.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Pure-Rathna, a class act</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/jekhan-aruliah-has-set-ball-rolling-in.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Jekhan Aruliah set a ball rolling in Jaffna</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/awaiting-arrivals-unlike-any-other.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Awaiting arrivals unlike any other</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/['The%20Morning%20Inspection'%20is%20the%20title%20of%20a%20column%20I%20wrote%20for%20the%20Daily%20News%20from%202009%20to%202011,%20one%20article%20a%20day,%20Monday%20through%20Saturday.%20This%20is%20a%20new%20series.%20Links%20to%20previous%20articles%20in%20this%20new%20series%20are%20given%20below]%20%20Other%20articles%20in%20this%20series:%20%20Matters%20of%20honor%20and%20dignity%20%20Yet%20another%20Mother's%20Day%20%20A%20cockroach%20named%20'Don't'%20%20Colombo,%20Colombo,%20Colombo%20and%20so%20forth%20%20The%20slowest%20road%20to%20Kumarigama,%20Ampara%20%20Sweeping%20the%20clutter%20away%20%20Some%20play%20music,%20others%20listen%20%20Completing%20unfinished%20texts%20%20Mind%20and%20hearts,%20loquacious%20and%20taciturn%20%20I%20am%20at%20Jaga%20Food,%20where%20are%20you?%20%20On%20separating%20the%20missing%20from%20the%20disappeared%20%20Moments%20without%20tenses%20%20And%20intangible%20republics%20will%20save%20the%20day%20(as%20they%20always%20have)%20%20The%20world%20is%20made%20of%20waves%20%20%27Sentinelity%27%20%20The%20circuitous%20logic%20of%20Tony%20Muller%20%20Rohana%20Kalyanaratne,%20an%20unforgettable%20%27Loku%20Aiya%27%20%20Mowgli,%20the%20Greatest%20Archaeologist%20%20Figures%20and%20disfigurement,%20rocks%20and%20roses%20%20Sujith%20Rathnayake%20and%20incarcerations%20imposed%20and%20embraced%20%20Some%20stories%20are%20written%20on%20the%20covers%20themselves%20%20A%20poetic%20enclave%20in%20the%20Republic%20of%20Literature%20%20Landcapes%20of%20gone-time%20and%20going-time%20%20%20The%20best%20insurance%20against%20the%20loud%20and%20repeated%20lie%20%20So%20what%20if%20the%20best%20flutes%20will%20not%20go%20to%20the%20best%20flautists?%20%20There%27s%20dust%20and%20words%20awaiting%20us%20at%20crossroads%20and%20crosswords%20%20The%20books%20of%20disquiet%20%20A%20song%20of%20terraced%20paddy%20fields%20%20Of%20ants,%20bridges%20and%20possibilities%20%20From%20A%20through%20Aardvark%20to%20Zyzzyva%20%20%20World%27s%20End%20%20Words,%20their%20potency,%20appropriation%20and%20abuse%20%20Street%20corner%20stories%20%20Who%20did%20not%20listen,%20who%27s%20not%20listening%20still?%20%20The%20book%20of%20layering%20%20If%20you%20remember%20Kobe,%20visit%20GOAT%20Mountain%20%20The%20world%20is%20made%20for%20re-colouring%20%20The%20gift%20and%20yoke%20of%20bastardy%20%20The%20%27English%20Smile%27%20%20No%2027,%20Dickman%27s%20Road,%20Colombo%205%20%20Visual%20cartographers%20and%20cartography%20%20Ithaca%20from%20a%20long%20ago%20and%20right%20now%20%20Lessons%20written%20in%20invisible%20ink%20%20The%20amazing%20quality%20of%20%27equal-kindness%27%20%20A%20tea-maker%20story%20seldom%20told%20%20On%20academic%20activism%20%20The%20interchangeability%20of%20light%20and%20darkness%20%20Back%20to%20TRADITIONAL%20rice%20%20Sisterhood:%20moments,%20just%20moments%20%20Chess%20is%20my%20life%20and%20perhaps%20your%20too%20%20Reflections%20on%20ownership%20and%20belonging%20%20The%20integrity%20of%20Nadeesha%20Rajapaksha%20%20Signatures%20in%20the%20seasons%20of%20love%20%20To%20Maceo%20Martinet%20as%20he%20flies%20over%20rainbows%20%20Sirith,%20like%20pirith,%20persist%20%20Fragrances%20that%20will%20not%20be%20bottled%20%20%20Colours%20and%20textures%20of%20living%20heritage%20%20Countries%20of%20the%20past,%20present%20and%20future%20%20A%20degree%20in%20creative%20excuses%20%20Books%20launched%20and%20not-yet-launched%20%20The%20sunrise%20as%20viewed%20from%20sacred%20mountains%20%20The%20ways%20of%20the%20lotus%20%20Isaiah%2058:%2012-16%20and%20the%20true%20meaning%20of%20grace%20%20The%20age%20of%20Frederick%20Algernon%20Trotteville%20%20Live%20and%20tell%20the%20tale%20as%20you%20will%20%20Between%20struggle%20and%20cooperation%20%20Of%20love%20and%20other%20intangibles%20%20Neruda,%20Sekara%20and%20literary%20dimensions%20%20The%20universe%20of%20smallness%20%20Paul%20Christopher%27s%20heart%20of%20many%20chambers%20%20Calmness%20gracefully%20cascades%20in%20the%20Dumbara%20Hills%20%20Serendipitous%20amber%20rules%20the%20world%20Continents%20of%20the%20heart%20%20%20%20The%20allegory%20of%20the%20slow%20road" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Teachers and students sometimes reverse roles</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/matters-of-honour-and-dignity.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Matters of honor and dignity</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/yet-another-mothers-day.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Yet another Mother's Day<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/a-cockroach-named-dont.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A cockroach named 'Don't'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/colombo-colombo-colombo-and-so-forth.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Colombo, Colombo, Colombo and so forth</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-slowest-road-to-kumarigama-ampara.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The slowest road to Kumarigama, Ampara</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/sweeping-clutter-away.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Sweeping the clutter away</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/some-play-music-others-listen.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Some play music, others listen</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/completing-unfinished-texts.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Completing unfinished texts</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/minds-and-hearts-loquacious-and-taciturn.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Mind and hearts, loquacious and taciturn<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/i-am-at-jaga-food-where-are-you.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">I am at Jaga Food, where are you?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/on-separating-missing-from-disappeared.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On separating the missing from the disappeared</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/moments-without-tenses.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Moments without tenses</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/and-intangible-republics-will-save-day.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">And intangible republics will save the day (as they always have)</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-world-is-made-of-waves.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The world is made of waves</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/sentinelity.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Serendipitous amber rules the world</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2022/12/continents-of-heart.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Continents of the heart</a></p><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-allegory-of-slow-road.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The allegory of the slow road</a></div></div><br /><br /></div>Malinda Wordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17700355635566651088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5656050101881498705.post-37650678984598726322023-12-13T02:05:00.003+05:302023-12-21T11:09:19.498+05:30Gauze-kites in intemperate skies<p><img alt="Iran and Egypt Urge Immediate End to Attacks on Palestinians | News | teleSUR English" aria-hidden="false" class="sFlh5c pT0Scc iPVvYb" height="363" src="https://www.telesurenglish.net/__export/1698066508805/sites/telesur/img/2023/10/23/gaza2.jpeg_1718483346.jpeg" style="height: 340px; margin: 0px; max-width: 600px; width: 600px;" width="640" /> </p><p>A
single kite way above the tree-line seemingly adrift against
rain-threatening clouds is a sight to behold. If there is lightning and
thunder promising a torrential downpour it is even more spectacular. <br /></p><p>You
could watch from a distance, perhaps from a window or some other place
where you know perfectly well that you are safe, that lighting will not
strike you and will not get wet regardless of the precision of the best
plans hatched by rain and wind. <br /><br />A kite can be buffeted by wind.
Indeed, the wind can wrench it from the hand that holds the string,
however strong it may be. Rain can drench it. Gravity will do the rest.
The spectacle is overpowering nevertheless. A kite being brought down
thus leaves a mark harder to remove than a tree being felled. Sometimes.
A kite in a storm tells more about elemental power than a storm that
goes about its business without having to deal with trivialities made of
paper, string and some firm material used to make the frame. <br /><br />There
are no threatening skies above the lands I inhabit these days. Dismal
skies, yes, on certain days. Some rain. Snow too, just flurries.
Temperatures aren’t threatening either. The evening skies are pretty as
they yield gold, crimson, pink and other shades, especially when seen
through the branches of trees bereft of leaves and forming a lace-like
filter. I haven’t seen any kites.<br /><br />I know the ways of kites and
skies. I know something of elemental conspiracy. I know about gravity
too. And yet, never have I been accorded the privilege of seeing the
spectacle of kites in bloodshot skies, challenged by forces other than
wind, lightening and rain, ordered to surrender and yet dancing with
abandon as though convinced that skies will clear, the wind will abate,
lightning will cease and forces that consider such innocuous impediments
as an affront retire to contemplate sins to the end of time. <br /><br />There
are kites made of gauze, that flimsy material made of cotton, wool,
sink or synthetic fibres with a loose, open weave. That material which
we know is used to dress wounds and is probably the oldest dressing
known to us, dating back to the ancient Egyptians who used it to wrap
bodies prior to burial. Yes, that kind of gauze. Kites made of that kind
of gauze.<br /><br />As of December 9, 2023, a total of 17,487 have
ascended to the skies over a particularly tragic territory. That’s since
October 8, 2023. So, in 62 days , on average, 287 kites have entered
these skies every day. <br /><br />The sky does not care for the lines that
human beings believe can be drawn on the earth. They may, as
collectives, agree and claim the sky above such lands demarcated on
paper to belong to one race or another, but kites heed not such
ridiculous trivialities. They soar. They do not carry travel documents,
they will not be stopped by immigration-emigration functionaries of any
persuasion or identity. <br /><br />And so, these 17,487 kites, all made of
gauze, weave and wave, rise, swoop down and rise again, in strange
solidarities that will not harm even one but instead move like an
exquisitely choreographed dance ensemble. And each day, on average,
they are joined by 287 new kites. All made of gauze. <br /></p><p><span style="color: red;">[read what gauze means to millions under siege:<a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/11/gauze-blood-stained-and-torn.html"> gauze blood-stained and torn</a>]</span></p><p>This sky is
unlike any sky I have ever seen. It is probably unlike the skies seen
by the vast majority of people on this planet. This sky is malevolent.
It is barbaric. It’s blues and whites are like flags chosen by the
captains of genocide. Its reds are like gauze that cannot stop
blood-letting of the coldest and cruelest kind. Its gold is the gleam of
profits gathered by the only true and faithful lovers of war, the
weapons industry. <br /><br />Terrible birds of prey roam in these skies.
They spread wings and open fire and drop bombs. They are kite makers and
are quite industrious, for it is not an easy task to make 287 kites per
day on average. Gauze, after all, is not an easy material to work with,
at least not when you use it to make kites. These vultures are not
satisfied by kite-making. They are strange inventors for they are as
determined to destroy the kites they themselves made and made airborne. <br /><br />The
gauze kites are not bested by wind, though. Lightning somehow bypasses
them. Rain falls around them but not one drop soaks the flimsy material.
Bullets and bombs cannot touch them for they seem to have acquired the
strange attribute of untouchability. <br /><br />It must be in the material.
Gauze. That’s a name derived from the region where the earliest weavers
of the fabric called home, Gazz. The gauze kites are actually stories.
Memories, hopes, histories, fears and joys, determination that
consistency wages war against helplessness and prevails again and again —
these are written upon the flimsy and yet amazingly resilient fabric of
these kites. It’s the spirit of those who will not let themselves,
their histories, their loves and their obstinacy be buried. <br /><br />Gauze
kites, tens of thousands of them, have occupied the skies. They deflect
sunlight into fields that carry seeds named ‘Tomorrow,’ they look
tyrant and tyranny in the eye resolutely and they laugh and laugh and
laugh.They sing and sing and sing. They dance and dance and dance. <br /><br /></p><div>They are magical kites. Too strong to be torn by the most powerful missiles as yet manufactured. They are made of gauze. <br /></div><div></div><div><div><p><b>['The
Morning Inspection' is the title of a column I wrote for the Daily News
from 2009 to 2011, one article a day, Monday through Saturday. This is the <span style="color: #cc0000;">291st</span> article in the new series that began in December 2022. Links to previous articles are given below]</b></p><p></p><p><b>malindadocs@gmail.com</b></p><p><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: red; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Other articles in this series:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-residences-of-refaat-al-areer.html"><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></a></span></b></span></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/12/semitism-unadulterated-unclothed-and.html">Semitism: unclothed, unadulterated and unvarnished</a> <br /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-residences-of-refaat-al-areer.html">The residences of Refaat Al Areer</a> <br /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; 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margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/saying-what-and-how.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Saying what and how<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/say-when.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">'Say when'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/respond-to-insults-in-line-with-akkosa.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Respond to insults in line with the Akkosa Sutra</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-loves-of-our-lives.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The loves of our lives</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-right-time-right-person.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The right time, the right person</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-silent-equivalent-of-thousand-words.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The silent equivalent of a thousand words<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/crazy-cousins-are-besties-for-life.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Crazy cousins are besties for life</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/unities-freakish-and-endearing.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Unities, free and endearing</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/free-verse-and-return-key.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Free verse and the return key</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/sorry-earth.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">"Sorry, Earth!"</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-lost-lyrics-of-premakeerthi-de-alwis.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The lost lyrics of Premakeerthi de Alwis</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-revolution-is-song.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The revolution is the song</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/consolation-prizes-in-competitions-no.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Consolation prizes in competitions no one ever wins</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-day-i-won-pulitzer.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The day I won a Pulitzer</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/ko.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Ko?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/ella-delorias-silences.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Ella Deloria's silences</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/blackness-whiteness-and-black-whiteness.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Blackness, whiteness and black-whiteness</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/inscriptions-stubborn-and-erasable.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Inscriptions: stubborn and erasable </a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/thursday.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Thursday!</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/deveni-one-word-koan-thats-priceless.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Deveni: a priceless one-word koan</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/enlightening-geometries.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Enlightening geometries<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/lets-meet-at-commons.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Let's meet at 'The Commons'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/it-begins-with-dot.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">It all begins with a dot</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/recovering-run-on-lines-and-lost.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Recovering run-on lines and lost punctuation</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/wetness-is-not-preserve-of-wet-zone.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">'Wetness' is not the preserve of the Dry Zone<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/on-sweeping-close-to-ones-feet.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On sweeping close to one's feet</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/kumkum-fernando-installs-sri-lanka-in_28.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Kumkum Fernando installs Sri Lanka in Coachella, California</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-roberts-neighbors-friends-family-by.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">To be an island like the Roberts...</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/debts-that-cannot-be-repaid-in-full.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Debts that can never be repaid in full</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/an-island-which-no-flood-can-overwhelm.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">An island which no flood can overwhelm</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/who-really-wrote-mother.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Who really wrote 'Mother'?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/a-melody-faint-and-yet-not-beyond.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A melody faint and yet not beyond hearing</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/heart-dances-that-cannot-be.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Heart dances that cannot be choreographed</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/remembering-to-forget-and-forgetting-to.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Remembering to forget and forgetting to remember</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/on-loving-always.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On loving, always<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-mortalities-of-authors.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Authors are assassinated, readers are immortal</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/when-you-turn-80.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">When you turn 80...</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/it-is-good-to-be-conscious-of-nudities.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">It is good to be conscious of nudities </a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/saturday-slides-in-after-monday-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Saturday slides in after Monday and Sunday somersaults into Friday</a> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/theres-one-in-million-and-one-in-ten.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">There's a one in a million and a one in ten</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/gunadasa-kapuge-is-calling.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Gunadasa Kapuge is calling</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/kumkum-fernando-installs-sri-lanka-in_28.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Kumkum Fernando installs Sri Lanka in Coachella, California</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/hemantha-gunawardenas-signature.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Hemantha Gunawardena's signature</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/pathways-missed.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Pathways missed</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/architectures-of-demolished.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Architectures of the demolished</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-exotic-lunacy-of-parting-gifts.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The exotic lunacy of parting gifts</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/who-heck-do-you-think-i-am.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Who the heck do you think I am?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/those-fascinating-chitra-katha.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Those fascinating 'Chitra Katha'<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-mangala-sabhava.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The Mangala Sabhava</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/so-how-are-things-in-sri-lanka.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">So how are things in Sri Lanka?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-most-beautiful-father.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The most beautiful father</a><i style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></i></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/palmam-qui-meruit-ferat.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Palmam qui meruit ferat</i></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-sweetest-three-letter-poem.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The sweetest three-letter poem<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/buddhangala-kamatahan.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Buddhangala Kamatahan</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/an-irish-and-sri-lankan-hello.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">An Irish and Sri Lankan Hello</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/teams-team-thinking-team-spirit-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Teams, team-thinking, team-spirit and leadership</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-songs-we-could-sing-in-lifeboats.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The songs we could sing in lifeboats when we are shipwrecked</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/pure-rathna-class-act.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Pure-Rathna, a class act</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/jekhan-aruliah-has-set-ball-rolling-in.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Jekhan Aruliah set a ball rolling in Jaffna</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/awaiting-arrivals-unlike-any-other.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Teachers and students sometimes reverse roles</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/matters-of-honour-and-dignity.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Matters of honor and dignity</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/yet-another-mothers-day.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Yet another Mother's Day<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/a-cockroach-named-dont.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A cockroach named 'Don't'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/colombo-colombo-colombo-and-so-forth.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Colombo, Colombo, Colombo and so forth</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-slowest-road-to-kumarigama-ampara.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The slowest road to Kumarigama, Ampara</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/sweeping-clutter-away.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Sweeping the clutter away</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/some-play-music-others-listen.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Some play music, others listen</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/completing-unfinished-texts.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Completing unfinished texts</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/minds-and-hearts-loquacious-and-taciturn.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Mind and hearts, loquacious and taciturn<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/i-am-at-jaga-food-where-are-you.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">I am at Jaga Food, where are you?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/on-separating-missing-from-disappeared.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On separating the missing from the disappeared</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/moments-without-tenses.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Moments without tenses</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/and-intangible-republics-will-save-day.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">And intangible republics will save the day (as they always have)</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-world-is-made-of-waves.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The world is made of waves</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/sentinelity.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">'Sentinelity'<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-circuitous-logic-of-tony-muller.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The circuitous logic of Tony Muller</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/rohana-kalyanaratne-unforgettable-loku.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Rohana Kalyanaratne, an unforgettable 'Loku Aiya'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/mowgli-greatest-archaeologist.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Mowgli, the Greatest Archaeologist</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/figures-and-disfigurement-rocks-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Figures and disfigurement, rocks and roses</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/sujith-rathnayake-and-incarcerations.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Sujith Rathnayake and incarcerations imposed and embraced</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/some-stories-are-written-on-covers.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Some stories are written on the covers themselves</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/a-poetic-enclave-in-republic-of.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A poetic enclave in the Republic of Literature</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/landscapes-of-gone-time-and-going-time.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Landcapes of gone-time and going-time </a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/best-insurance-against-loud-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The best insurance against the loud and repeated lie</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/so-what-if-best-flutes-will-not-go-to.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">So what if the best flutes will not go to the best flautists?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/theres-dust-and-words-awaiting-us-at.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">There's dust and words awaiting us at crossroads and crosswords</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-books-of-disquiet.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The books of disquiet</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; 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color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">From A through Aardvark to Zyzzyva <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/worlds-end.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">World's End</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/words-their-potency-appropriation-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Words, their potency, appropriation and abuse</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/street-corner-stories.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Street corner stories</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/01/who-did-not-listen-whos-not-listening.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Who did not listen, who's not listening still?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/01/the-book-of-layering.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/01/the-gift-and-yoke-of-bastardy.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The gift and yoke of bastardy</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/01/that-english-smile.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The 'English Smile'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/01/no-27-dickmans-road-colombo-5.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Serendipitous amber rules the world</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2022/12/continents-of-heart.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Continents of the heart</a></p><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-allegory-of-slow-road.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The allegory of the slow road</a></div></div><br /><br /></div>Malinda Wordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17700355635566651088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5656050101881498705.post-51754243719823236152023-12-13T01:55:00.002+05:302023-12-13T01:55:28.411+05:30Semitism: unadulterated, unclothed and unvarnished <p><img alt="Reporter vertelt tijdens live-verslag dat volledige familie gestorven is bij Israëlische aanval: “Mijn moeder zei nog dat ze me miste” | Conflict Israël-Palestina | hln.be" aria-hidden="false" class="sFlh5c pT0Scc iPVvYb" src="https://images0.persgroep.net/rcs/9zaHYlMTVB3Lmu6zhT-LoTLxd60/diocontent/238365272/_fitwidth/694/?appId=21791a8992982cd8da851550a453bd7f&quality=0.8" style="height: 383px; margin: 0px; max-width: 694px; width: 574px;" /> </p><p>Words
have meanings. Names have meanings too. Words and names have values.
Words have definitions. Not always is there agreement on what they mean.
String words together and you get sentences. Sentences are read. They
can be read in multiple ways. Some definitions and interpretations are
privileged. They are valued more. Indeed they are taken to be the most
logical and accurate. One thing has to be kept in mind. Those who have
the power to thrust definition and interpretation down the throat of
others are not necessarily grammarians. Typically their power is
obtained from wealth (typically ill-gotten) and control over coercive
apparatuses. </p><div>Let’s consider some nouns, improperly understood though they are and used unabashedly for the most pernicious of purposes. <br /><br />One.
Semite. a member of any of a number of peoples of ancient southwestern
Asia including the Akkadians, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs. Underline
the obvious that is consciously ignored: NOT ONLY HEBREWS. In other
words, Jews don’t have a preserve on this noun. <br /><br />And yet, the
world is told repeatedly that not only are Jews Semites, they are the
only Semites. This is done by ignoring the fact that ‘Semite’ also
refers to Akkadians, Phoenicians and Arabs. Thereby by this deliberate
erasure and with reference to the politically-restricted definition of
the term if you object to anything that any jew does or anything done in
the name of Jewry would be ‘anti-semitic.’ <br /><br />It makes sense. If
you went along with the true definition, Arabs targeting Israel and
Israelis could be described as Semites being Anti-Semitic. The brutal
attack carried out by Hamas on October 7, 2023 in which 1,200 Israelis
were killed, including 40 children, and 240 were taken hostage could,
technically, be described as such. <br /><br />In just two months since
then, Israel's military operations have resulted in over 17,000
Palestinians being killed, including 4,237 children. Yes, we need to
add, ‘and counting.’ This too would be Semites being Anti-Semitic. Given
this definition, the innumerable crimes against humanity that Israel
has perpetrated against Palestinians during 75 years of occupation would
also be Semites being Anti-Semitic. <br /><br />So shall we drop it there
and go with the definition preferred by the USA and Israel and of course
others, especially European nations, that have offered silent consent
to this name-twisting game? Shall we say, ‘yes, Jews and only Jews are
Semites’?<br /><br />Hold on to that. Let’s talk about semitic and semitism.<br /><br />Semitic:
Se· mit· ic. sə-ˈmit-ik: of or relating to the Semites. Yes, yes, since
we are going with ‘Jew=Semite’ or rather ‘Semite=Jew,’ we could define
semitic as follows: of, relating to, or characteristic of the Jews. Hold
on to that too.<br /><br />Semitim. Policy or predisposition favorable to Semites. Yes, yes, ‘favourable to Jews.’ <br /><br />Now
‘favourable’ is pretty subjective. There are, for example, many Jews
who consider the actions of the State of Israel against Palestinians
over the past 75 years and in particular the last two months to be
extremely unfavourable to Jews. They would claim, then, that the State
of Israel, which brands itself as a Jewish State and in word and deed
insist that it represents Semites (as per the politically restricted
definition), has in fact been atrociously Anti-Semitic.<br /><br />Benjamin
Netanyahu and his staunch approvers, especially Joe Biden and Rishi
Sunak, however would insist that the State of Israel has done nothing
else apart from unequivocally combating anti-Semitism. In other words
what the State of Israel has ‘accomplished’ over the past two months
(killing over 17,000 civilians, reducing hospitals and universities to
mounds of rubble, doing everything possible to make it impossible for
the sick to be treated, children to be fed and the most basic relief
reaching a population held hostage) is in fact the affirmation of
Semitism, i.e. designing and executing policies favourable to Semites. <br /><br />Nouns.
Names. Here’s one. Momen Al-Sharafi, resident of Gaza and a journalist
working for Al Jazeera. Al-Sharafi has been reporting on the situation
in Gaza where Israeli forces have from the air and on the ground
executed the clearly expressed genocidal policies of the State of
Israel. <br /><br />No journalist would wish upon anyone in their tribe the
task thrust upon Al-Sharafi a few days ago. He had to break to the
entire world the news that had broken his heart into a thousand pieces:
the ‘news’ that his entire family of 21 members had just been killed in
an Israeli airstrike in Gaza.<br /><br /><i>‘Last night my family
evacuated to this area. A few hours later the Israeli Air Force,
eyewitnesses from the area said, dropped a barrel bomb on the building
that my family was in which led to the killing of the entire family. And
everyone in the home, 21 people were there, have been killed. My father
Mahmoud and my mom Amina and my brother Ayman, his wife Khetam, their
son Mohamed, a medical student, their daughter Amina, a medical student,
Maria, all three children, and Fathima and Hanin and my brother Amar’s
wife and her children, his children, my auntie Asthma and her husband
Naji, an engineer, my nephew Ahman, an engineer, my youngest auntie,
Sabah, and her husband, Hussein’s father.<br /><br />‘My mom sent me a voice
memo a few days ago. She said she missed me and that she was praying
for me to be safe and the safety of my colleagues. She said she misses
me a lot because it has been two months of war and I have not seen her
for over a month. I also didn't hear her voice. It is the single message
that I got over WhatsApp. I am even denied a dignified burial because
of the Israeli siege prohibiting residents of the south and those who
were forced to be in the south, all prohibited from going to the north
to bury their loved ones, their wives, mothers, aunts, loved ones.’<br /></i><br />This
is just one story. One of a million or more. Each a manifestation of
unadulterated, unclothed, unvarnished, unimaginable and yet absolutely
true…what? Semitism. It horrifies me. I cannot condone it. I will not
applaud it. I object, vehemently. How could anyone not?</div><div><br /><div><p><b>['The
Morning Inspection' is the title of a column I wrote for the Daily News
from 2009 to 2011, one article a day, Monday through Saturday. This is the <span style="color: #cc0000;">290th</span> article in the new series that began in December 2022. Links to previous articles are given below]</b></p><p></p><p><b>malindadocs@gmail.com</b></p><p><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: red; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Other articles in this series:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-residences-of-refaat-al-areer.html"><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></a></span></b></span></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-residences-of-refaat-al-areer.html">The residences of Refaat Al Areer</a> <br /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/12/pity-all-knowing-and-naive-as-they.html">Pity the all-knowing and naive as they stutter grandiose alibis!</a> <br /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; 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color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Consolation prizes in competitions no one ever wins</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-day-i-won-pulitzer.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The day I won a Pulitzer</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/ko.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Ko?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/ella-delorias-silences.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Ella Deloria's silences</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/blackness-whiteness-and-black-whiteness.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Blackness, whiteness and black-whiteness</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/inscriptions-stubborn-and-erasable.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Inscriptions: stubborn and erasable </a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/thursday.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Thursday!</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/deveni-one-word-koan-thats-priceless.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Deveni: a priceless one-word koan</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/enlightening-geometries.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Enlightening geometries<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/lets-meet-at-commons.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Let's meet at 'The Commons'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/it-begins-with-dot.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">It all begins with a dot</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/recovering-run-on-lines-and-lost.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Recovering run-on lines and lost punctuation</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/wetness-is-not-preserve-of-wet-zone.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">'Wetness' is not the preserve of the Dry Zone<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/on-sweeping-close-to-ones-feet.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On sweeping close to one's feet</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/kumkum-fernando-installs-sri-lanka-in_28.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Kumkum Fernando installs Sri Lanka in Coachella, California</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-roberts-neighbors-friends-family-by.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">To be an island like the Roberts...</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/debts-that-cannot-be-repaid-in-full.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Debts that can never be repaid in full</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/an-island-which-no-flood-can-overwhelm.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">An island which no flood can overwhelm</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/who-really-wrote-mother.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Who really wrote 'Mother'?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/a-melody-faint-and-yet-not-beyond.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A melody faint and yet not beyond hearing</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/heart-dances-that-cannot-be.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Heart dances that cannot be choreographed</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/remembering-to-forget-and-forgetting-to.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Remembering to forget and forgetting to remember</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/on-loving-always.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On loving, always<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-mortalities-of-authors.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Authors are assassinated, readers are immortal</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/when-you-turn-80.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">When you turn 80...</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/it-is-good-to-be-conscious-of-nudities.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">It is good to be conscious of nudities </a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/saturday-slides-in-after-monday-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Saturday slides in after Monday and Sunday somersaults into Friday</a> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/theres-one-in-million-and-one-in-ten.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">There's a one in a million and a one in ten</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/gunadasa-kapuge-is-calling.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Gunadasa Kapuge is calling</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/kumkum-fernando-installs-sri-lanka-in_28.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Kumkum Fernando installs Sri Lanka in Coachella, California</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/hemantha-gunawardenas-signature.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Hemantha Gunawardena's signature</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/pathways-missed.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Pathways missed</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/architectures-of-demolished.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Architectures of the demolished</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-exotic-lunacy-of-parting-gifts.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The exotic lunacy of parting gifts</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/who-heck-do-you-think-i-am.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Who the heck do you think I am?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/those-fascinating-chitra-katha.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Those fascinating 'Chitra Katha'<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-mangala-sabhava.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The Mangala Sabhava</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/so-how-are-things-in-sri-lanka.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">So how are things in Sri Lanka?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-most-beautiful-father.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The most beautiful father</a><i style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></i></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/palmam-qui-meruit-ferat.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Palmam qui meruit ferat</i></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-sweetest-three-letter-poem.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The sweetest three-letter poem<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/buddhangala-kamatahan.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Buddhangala Kamatahan</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/an-irish-and-sri-lankan-hello.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">An Irish and Sri Lankan Hello</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/teams-team-thinking-team-spirit-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Teams, team-thinking, team-spirit and leadership</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-songs-we-could-sing-in-lifeboats.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The songs we could sing in lifeboats when we are shipwrecked</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/pure-rathna-class-act.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Pure-Rathna, a class act</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/jekhan-aruliah-has-set-ball-rolling-in.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Jekhan Aruliah set a ball rolling in Jaffna</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/awaiting-arrivals-unlike-any-other.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Teachers and students sometimes reverse roles</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/matters-of-honour-and-dignity.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Matters of honor and dignity</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/yet-another-mothers-day.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Yet another Mother's Day<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/a-cockroach-named-dont.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A cockroach named 'Don't'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/colombo-colombo-colombo-and-so-forth.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Colombo, Colombo, Colombo and so forth</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-slowest-road-to-kumarigama-ampara.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The slowest road to Kumarigama, Ampara</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/sweeping-clutter-away.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Sweeping the clutter away</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/some-play-music-others-listen.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Some play music, others listen</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/completing-unfinished-texts.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Completing unfinished texts</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/minds-and-hearts-loquacious-and-taciturn.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Mind and hearts, loquacious and taciturn<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/i-am-at-jaga-food-where-are-you.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">I am at Jaga Food, where are you?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/on-separating-missing-from-disappeared.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On separating the missing from the disappeared</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/moments-without-tenses.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Moments without tenses</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/and-intangible-republics-will-save-day.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">And intangible republics will save the day (as they always have)</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-world-is-made-of-waves.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The world is made of waves</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/sentinelity.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">'Sentinelity'<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-circuitous-logic-of-tony-muller.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The circuitous logic of Tony Muller</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/rohana-kalyanaratne-unforgettable-loku.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Rohana Kalyanaratne, an unforgettable 'Loku Aiya'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/mowgli-greatest-archaeologist.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Mowgli, the Greatest Archaeologist</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/figures-and-disfigurement-rocks-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Figures and disfigurement, rocks and roses</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/sujith-rathnayake-and-incarcerations.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Sujith Rathnayake and incarcerations imposed and embraced</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/some-stories-are-written-on-covers.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Some stories are written on the covers themselves</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/a-poetic-enclave-in-republic-of.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A poetic enclave in the Republic of Literature</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/landscapes-of-gone-time-and-going-time.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Landcapes of gone-time and going-time </a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/best-insurance-against-loud-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The best insurance against the loud and repeated lie</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/so-what-if-best-flutes-will-not-go-to.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Serendipitous amber rules the world</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2022/12/continents-of-heart.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Continents of the heart</a></p><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-allegory-of-slow-road.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The allegory of the slow road</a></div></div></div>Malinda Wordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17700355635566651088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5656050101881498705.post-70008588094625654752023-12-11T03:48:00.005+05:302023-12-11T03:48:42.868+05:30The residences of Refaat Al Areer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEhngB5cqtk5Ui3BGqgtD1GllsTT6V1SyQC0TUnrLF6O0erI5UdwgXVdn6o-KEXSoAsjAwP9x0J0ErgFJVTwDgTtJciQtW0mob3Iq3tFDH1WnzqWmUfXESuDyVk3q-CpQ5pqwN-pBANJ9JWFGHyb69-n0YpSdSFeDThrkDxrOlNECp1lgEKNQR3tFgxLY/s4032/Refaat(1).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEhngB5cqtk5Ui3BGqgtD1GllsTT6V1SyQC0TUnrLF6O0erI5UdwgXVdn6o-KEXSoAsjAwP9x0J0ErgFJVTwDgTtJciQtW0mob3Iq3tFDH1WnzqWmUfXESuDyVk3q-CpQ5pqwN-pBANJ9JWFGHyb69-n0YpSdSFeDThrkDxrOlNECp1lgEKNQR3tFgxLY/w300-h400/Refaat(1).JPG" width="300" /></a></div><p><br />Where
is Refaat Al Areer, do you know? It’s quite alright to say ‘no,’ for no
one is holding a gun at your head demanding that you answer ‘yes,’ only
to insist, again at gunpoint, that you show the way to where he is. You
may not know and neither do I. <br /><br />You may know, however, where he
was and I do too. Refaart Al Areer, poet, teacher, objector and
citizen, lived in Gaza. A refugee in his homeland, a hostage in his
home, the Refaat Al Areer, refused to be shackled by circumstances,
refused to be subdued by the subjugation that had become the de facto
birthright of his people. <br /><br />The body of Refaat Al Areer, like
those of his fellow Palestinians, had been chained by a tyranny that had
illegally occupied their homeland. They forgot to blindfold Refaat Al
Areer; he was a witness to the occupation which was accompanied by all
manner of harassment, brutality and humiliation for 75 years. And yet
the tyrant and the tyranny which often spoke through the weapons of
armed settlers and soldiers could not gag Refaat Al Areer,. So he wrote.
<br /><br />Refaart Al Areer learned words. He dug through the rubble that
is the inevitable product of war. He gathered history and memory, and
these he turned into words so that they could be read and recited over
and over again.<br /><br />He used words. He taught others to read and
write. And in this way did he write of the inhumanity which was the
daily bread he and his fellow citizens were forced to consume. And with
words did he fertilise courage, that incredibly resilient soil which
yields harvests of hope. <br /><br />Refaart Al Areer was singled out for
censure when he described the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023 as
‘legitimate and moral.’ Legitimacy and morality are variously defined
and the definitions are never objective. The Hamas attack resulted in
around 1,200 people being killed. Two hundred and forty people were
kidnapped. They were held hostage. Since then over 17,000 Palestinians
have been killed even as millions continued to be held hostage. <br /><br />It
is easy to compare numbers and assign different values to acts of
horror. Those who grieve or pray for the safety of loved ones would find
that silly and even an insult. History is not or should not be a a
game of assessing relative demerits, unless there’s cruelty of
proportions that force us to talk the language of equivalency.<br /><br />Killed.
Hostage. Two words that the Palestinians have known for 75 years. There
are no reports of Refaat Al Areer asking his detractors if they had
even once expressed outrage at those other killings and the most heinous
hostage-holding operation that world has known in recent memory. No
reports either of Refaat Al Areer asking those who were horrified by the
Hamas attacks how they defined horror, whether or not numbers count,
whether or not sequence matter, whether the only requirement was to
censure one particular act of horror and treat it as some anomaly that
is not a product of history, not retaliatory in essence, whether it
warranted the slaughter of civilians, bombing of hospitals and such. <br /><br />Refaart
Al Areer was killed on Friday the 8th of December. People gathered the
following evening in Clark Park, South Philadelphia, by a memorial to
Palestinians. None of them knew where he was. They knew where he was
not. He was no longer in Gaza. He was no longer teaching in a
university. He was no longer writing poetry seated somewhere, in a
broken building, upon a charred leaf or a cloud aching with the weight
of cruelty. He had wandered into his words and there he would remain as
long as people love poetry and until the world is hurled to orbits that
erase events, history and personality in and out of metaphor.<br /><br />Those
who ordered that particular attacked which felled Refaart Al Areer and
those who shouted out their complicity in genocide by refusing to
censure and instead cheering the butchers on do not know where Refaart
Al Areer is or where he may have gone. They know he lived. They know he
wrote. <br /><br />And he wrote:<br /><br /><i>If I must die,<br />you must live<br />to tell my story<br />to sell my things<br />to buy a piece of cloth<br />and some strings<br />(Make it white with a long tail)<br />so that a child, somewhere in Gaza<br />while looking heaven in the eye<br />awaiting his dad who left in a blaze —<br />and bid no one farewell<br />not even to his flesh<br />not even to himself —<br />sees the kite, my kite you made, flying up above<br />and thinks for a moment an angel is there<br />bringing back love.<br />If I must die<br />let it bring hope<br />let it be a tale. </i><br /><br />No
one knows where Refaat Al Areer is. Many know where he was. We are left
holding his words. We carry them as we carry in heart, mind and
conscience the blood of the dead who are so many and whose numbers grow
by so many hundred every day.<br /><br />I don’t know where Refaat Al Areer
could be. His words — their residences are known. Soon they will be
turned into kites. They will delight a child. For now, they must do
battle with the tyrant. I don’t know where Refaat Al Areer is, exactly,
but this I know: he hasn’t stopped fighting. </p><div><p><b>['The
Morning Inspection' is the title of a column I wrote for the Daily News
from 2009 to 2011, one article a day, Monday through Saturday. This is the <span style="color: #cc0000;">289th</span> article in the new series that began in December 2022. Links to previous articles are given below]</b></p><p></p><p><b>malindadocs@gmail.com</b></p><p><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: red; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Other articles in this series:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span></b></span></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/12/pity-all-knowing-and-naive-as-they.html">Pity the all-knowing and naive as they stutter grandiose alibis!</a> <br /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/12/no-shortcuts-to-direct-hits.html">No shortcuts to direct hits</a> <br /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; 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color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The greatest fallacy</a> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/encounters-with-liyanage-amarakeerthi.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Encounters with Liyanage Amarakeerthi</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/beyond-praise-and-blame.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Beyond praise and blame</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/letters-that-cut-and-heal-heart.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Letters that cut and heal the heart</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/vanished-and-vanishing-trails.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Vanished and vanishing trails</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/blue-blueness.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Blue-blueness</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/a-forgotten-dawn-song-from-embilipitiya.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A forgotten dawn song from Embilipitiya</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-soft-rain-of-neighbourliness.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The soft rain of neighbourliness</a> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-gold-medals-of-being.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The Gold Medals of being</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/jaya-sri-ratna-sri.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Jaya Sri Ratna Sri</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/all-those-weve-loved-before.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">All those we've loved before</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/reflections-on-waves-and-markings.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Reflections on waves and markings</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/a-chorus-of-national-anthems.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A chorus of National Anthems</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/saying-what-and-how.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Saying what and how<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/say-when.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">'Say when'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/respond-to-insults-in-line-with-akkosa.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Respond to insults in line with the Akkosa Sutra</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-loves-of-our-lives.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The loves of our lives</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-right-time-right-person.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The right time, the right person</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-silent-equivalent-of-thousand-words.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The silent equivalent of a thousand words<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/crazy-cousins-are-besties-for-life.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Crazy cousins are besties for life</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/unities-freakish-and-endearing.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Unities, free and endearing</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/free-verse-and-return-key.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Free verse and the return key</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/sorry-earth.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">"Sorry, Earth!"</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-lost-lyrics-of-premakeerthi-de-alwis.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The lost lyrics of Premakeerthi de Alwis</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-revolution-is-song.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The revolution is the song</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/consolation-prizes-in-competitions-no.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Consolation prizes in competitions no one ever wins</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-day-i-won-pulitzer.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The day I won a Pulitzer</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/ko.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Ko?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/ella-delorias-silences.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Ella Deloria's silences</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/blackness-whiteness-and-black-whiteness.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Blackness, whiteness and black-whiteness</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/inscriptions-stubborn-and-erasable.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Inscriptions: stubborn and erasable </a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/thursday.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Thursday!</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/deveni-one-word-koan-thats-priceless.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Deveni: a priceless one-word koan</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/enlightening-geometries.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Enlightening geometries<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/lets-meet-at-commons.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Let's meet at 'The Commons'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/it-begins-with-dot.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">It all begins with a dot</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/recovering-run-on-lines-and-lost.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Recovering run-on lines and lost punctuation</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/wetness-is-not-preserve-of-wet-zone.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">'Wetness' is not the preserve of the Dry Zone<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/on-sweeping-close-to-ones-feet.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On sweeping close to one's feet</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/kumkum-fernando-installs-sri-lanka-in_28.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Kumkum Fernando installs Sri Lanka in Coachella, California</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-roberts-neighbors-friends-family-by.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">To be an island like the Roberts...</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/debts-that-cannot-be-repaid-in-full.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Debts that can never be repaid in full</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/an-island-which-no-flood-can-overwhelm.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">An island which no flood can overwhelm</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/who-really-wrote-mother.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Who really wrote 'Mother'?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/a-melody-faint-and-yet-not-beyond.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A melody faint and yet not beyond hearing</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/heart-dances-that-cannot-be.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Heart dances that cannot be choreographed</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/remembering-to-forget-and-forgetting-to.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Remembering to forget and forgetting to remember</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/on-loving-always.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On loving, always<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-mortalities-of-authors.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Authors are assassinated, readers are immortal</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/when-you-turn-80.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">When you turn 80...</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/it-is-good-to-be-conscious-of-nudities.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">It is good to be conscious of nudities </a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/saturday-slides-in-after-monday-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Saturday slides in after Monday and Sunday somersaults into Friday</a> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/theres-one-in-million-and-one-in-ten.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">There's a one in a million and a one in ten</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/gunadasa-kapuge-is-calling.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Gunadasa Kapuge is calling</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/kumkum-fernando-installs-sri-lanka-in_28.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Kumkum Fernando installs Sri Lanka in Coachella, California</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/hemantha-gunawardenas-signature.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Hemantha Gunawardena's signature</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/pathways-missed.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Pathways missed</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/architectures-of-demolished.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Architectures of the demolished</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-exotic-lunacy-of-parting-gifts.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The exotic lunacy of parting gifts</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/who-heck-do-you-think-i-am.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Who the heck do you think I am?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/those-fascinating-chitra-katha.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Those fascinating 'Chitra Katha'<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-mangala-sabhava.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The Mangala Sabhava</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/so-how-are-things-in-sri-lanka.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">So how are things in Sri Lanka?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-most-beautiful-father.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The most beautiful father</a><i style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></i></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/palmam-qui-meruit-ferat.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Palmam qui meruit ferat</i></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-sweetest-three-letter-poem.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The sweetest three-letter poem<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/buddhangala-kamatahan.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Buddhangala Kamatahan</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/an-irish-and-sri-lankan-hello.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">An Irish and Sri Lankan Hello</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/teams-team-thinking-team-spirit-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Teams, team-thinking, team-spirit and leadership</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-songs-we-could-sing-in-lifeboats.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The songs we could sing in lifeboats when we are shipwrecked</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/pure-rathna-class-act.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Pure-Rathna, a class act</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/jekhan-aruliah-has-set-ball-rolling-in.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Jekhan Aruliah set a ball rolling in Jaffna</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/awaiting-arrivals-unlike-any-other.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Awaiting arrivals unlike any other</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/['The%20Morning%20Inspection'%20is%20the%20title%20of%20a%20column%20I%20wrote%20for%20the%20Daily%20News%20from%202009%20to%202011,%20one%20article%20a%20day,%20Monday%20through%20Saturday.%20This%20is%20a%20new%20series.%20Links%20to%20previous%20articles%20in%20this%20new%20series%20are%20given%20below]%20%20Other%20articles%20in%20this%20series:%20%20Matters%20of%20honor%20and%20dignity%20%20Yet%20another%20Mother's%20Day%20%20A%20cockroach%20named%20'Don't'%20%20Colombo,%20Colombo,%20Colombo%20and%20so%20forth%20%20The%20slowest%20road%20to%20Kumarigama,%20Ampara%20%20Sweeping%20the%20clutter%20away%20%20Some%20play%20music,%20others%20listen%20%20Completing%20unfinished%20texts%20%20Mind%20and%20hearts,%20loquacious%20and%20taciturn%20%20I%20am%20at%20Jaga%20Food,%20where%20are%20you?%20%20On%20separating%20the%20missing%20from%20the%20disappeared%20%20Moments%20without%20tenses%20%20And%20intangible%20republics%20will%20save%20the%20day%20(as%20they%20always%20have)%20%20The%20world%20is%20made%20of%20waves%20%20%27Sentinelity%27%20%20The%20circuitous%20logic%20of%20Tony%20Muller%20%20Rohana%20Kalyanaratne,%20an%20unforgettable%20%27Loku%20Aiya%27%20%20Mowgli,%20the%20Greatest%20Archaeologist%20%20Figures%20and%20disfigurement,%20rocks%20and%20roses%20%20Sujith%20Rathnayake%20and%20incarcerations%20imposed%20and%20embraced%20%20Some%20stories%20are%20written%20on%20the%20covers%20themselves%20%20A%20poetic%20enclave%20in%20the%20Republic%20of%20Literature%20%20Landcapes%20of%20gone-time%20and%20going-time%20%20%20The%20best%20insurance%20against%20the%20loud%20and%20repeated%20lie%20%20So%20what%20if%20the%20best%20flutes%20will%20not%20go%20to%20the%20best%20flautists?%20%20There%27s%20dust%20and%20words%20awaiting%20us%20at%20crossroads%20and%20crosswords%20%20The%20books%20of%20disquiet%20%20A%20song%20of%20terraced%20paddy%20fields%20%20Of%20ants,%20bridges%20and%20possibilities%20%20From%20A%20through%20Aardvark%20to%20Zyzzyva%20%20%20World%27s%20End%20%20Words,%20their%20potency,%20appropriation%20and%20abuse%20%20Street%20corner%20stories%20%20Who%20did%20not%20listen,%20who%27s%20not%20listening%20still?%20%20The%20book%20of%20layering%20%20If%20you%20remember%20Kobe,%20visit%20GOAT%20Mountain%20%20The%20world%20is%20made%20for%20re-colouring%20%20The%20gift%20and%20yoke%20of%20bastardy%20%20The%20%27English%20Smile%27%20%20No%2027,%20Dickman%27s%20Road,%20Colombo%205%20%20Visual%20cartographers%20and%20cartography%20%20Ithaca%20from%20a%20long%20ago%20and%20right%20now%20%20Lessons%20written%20in%20invisible%20ink%20%20The%20amazing%20quality%20of%20%27equal-kindness%27%20%20A%20tea-maker%20story%20seldom%20told%20%20On%20academic%20activism%20%20The%20interchangeability%20of%20light%20and%20darkness%20%20Back%20to%20TRADITIONAL%20rice%20%20Sisterhood:%20moments,%20just%20moments%20%20Chess%20is%20my%20life%20and%20perhaps%20your%20too%20%20Reflections%20on%20ownership%20and%20belonging%20%20The%20integrity%20of%20Nadeesha%20Rajapaksha%20%20Signatures%20in%20the%20seasons%20of%20love%20%20To%20Maceo%20Martinet%20as%20he%20flies%20over%20rainbows%20%20Sirith,%20like%20pirith,%20persist%20%20Fragrances%20that%20will%20not%20be%20bottled%20%20%20Colours%20and%20textures%20of%20living%20heritage%20%20Countries%20of%20the%20past,%20present%20and%20future%20%20A%20degree%20in%20creative%20excuses%20%20Books%20launched%20and%20not-yet-launched%20%20The%20sunrise%20as%20viewed%20from%20sacred%20mountains%20%20The%20ways%20of%20the%20lotus%20%20Isaiah%2058:%2012-16%20and%20the%20true%20meaning%20of%20grace%20%20The%20age%20of%20Frederick%20Algernon%20Trotteville%20%20Live%20and%20tell%20the%20tale%20as%20you%20will%20%20Between%20struggle%20and%20cooperation%20%20Of%20love%20and%20other%20intangibles%20%20Neruda,%20Sekara%20and%20literary%20dimensions%20%20The%20universe%20of%20smallness%20%20Paul%20Christopher%27s%20heart%20of%20many%20chambers%20%20Calmness%20gracefully%20cascades%20in%20the%20Dumbara%20Hills%20%20Serendipitous%20amber%20rules%20the%20world%20Continents%20of%20the%20heart%20%20%20%20The%20allegory%20of%20the%20slow%20road" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Teachers and students sometimes reverse roles</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/matters-of-honour-and-dignity.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Matters of honor and dignity</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/yet-another-mothers-day.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Yet another Mother's Day<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/a-cockroach-named-dont.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A cockroach named 'Don't'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/colombo-colombo-colombo-and-so-forth.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Colombo, Colombo, Colombo and so forth</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-slowest-road-to-kumarigama-ampara.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The slowest road to Kumarigama, Ampara</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/sweeping-clutter-away.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Sweeping the clutter away</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/some-play-music-others-listen.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Some play music, others listen</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/completing-unfinished-texts.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Completing unfinished texts</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/minds-and-hearts-loquacious-and-taciturn.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Mind and hearts, loquacious and taciturn<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/i-am-at-jaga-food-where-are-you.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">I am at Jaga Food, where are you?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/on-separating-missing-from-disappeared.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On separating the missing from the disappeared</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/moments-without-tenses.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Moments without tenses</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/and-intangible-republics-will-save-day.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">And intangible republics will save the day (as they always have)</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-world-is-made-of-waves.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The world is made of waves</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/sentinelity.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Serendipitous amber rules the world</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2022/12/continents-of-heart.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Continents of the heart</a></p><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-allegory-of-slow-road.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The allegory of the slow road</a></div></div><p> </p>Malinda Wordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17700355635566651088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5656050101881498705.post-31147426811794825202023-12-08T23:17:00.002+05:302023-12-09T20:24:18.925+05:30Pity the all-knowing and naïve as they stutter grandiose alibis!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOsflmTLOCuasRbDnubkp9FgZNbr9zVA7DJUTF3sI7F-9boIkDznJCZlIDGXZ6mT0CPIFeqUJsGnKsQKdmMjHIHWCV-Qddz41SuKPobu6rMLBY3K0-jpOPwEfV8mpTFRuU4XAbCO_TDoXICY7NX2c1sh241GP-BEnUOZUFxWu0pyzdTKODR5uTPtnL-UU/s650/Aime%20Cesaire.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="429" data-original-width="650" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOsflmTLOCuasRbDnubkp9FgZNbr9zVA7DJUTF3sI7F-9boIkDznJCZlIDGXZ6mT0CPIFeqUJsGnKsQKdmMjHIHWCV-Qddz41SuKPobu6rMLBY3K0-jpOPwEfV8mpTFRuU4XAbCO_TDoXICY7NX2c1sh241GP-BEnUOZUFxWu0pyzdTKODR5uTPtnL-UU/w640-h422/Aime%20Cesaire.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Aimé Césaire </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />I
first came across the Francophone Martinician poet, author and
politician Aimé Césaire (1913 to 2008) while reading Frantz Fanon’s
Wretched of the Earth. Since then I’ve always looked for his books
whenever visiting bookstores, especially in the USA. ‘Return to my
native land’ is new to me, although it was written 84 years ago, in
1939.<div class="ii gt" id=":1nr"><div class="a3s aiL" id=":1o5"><div dir="ltr"><div><br />What is the ‘native land’ that Césaire returned to or
advocated returning? Gamal Abdel-Shehid and Zahir Kolia in an article
published in the CLR James Journal in 2017 titled ‘Re-reading Césaire
and Fanon,’ gives a clue. They argue, ’<i>[Césaire’s anti-colonial
philosophy can be understood as an “ethics of acceptance” that seeks to
journey to the inward of human consciousness in order to<br />transcend the black’s negative self-concept under colonialism.’</i><br /><br />Colonialism
didn’t end. Its victims still suffer from a negative sense of self.
Césaire it seems insists on the importance of erasing whiteness, the
worship of whiteness, the belief that whiteness can be acquired and the
blackness that is reviled by the victims of whiteness who look to
whiteness to shed black skin. The native land is a place of the mind, I
feel, that recognises but is not fixated by colour. <br /><br />There are
interesting extrapolations. White-Black can be a metaphor for
powerful-powerless, tyrants-subjugated, capitalist-worker,
monarch-subject, mainstream-marginal etc. Seeking the native land, then,
is a radical proposition that encourages a re-examination of ‘self’ or
one’s location in a power structure. <br /><br />The native land of
consciousness is without boundary. It is not contained in time. The
conditions of subjugation and resistance that he dissects to reveal
their mechanics and signatures are not trapped in the year 1939; they
did not perish in 2008 with the poet. They are today’s stories. <br /><br />‘Return
to my native land’ has been hailed as ‘an anthem for the African
diaspora’ and is described as being ‘at once a cry of rebellion and a
celebration of black identity.’ I am yet to read it cover to cover, but
as with all books of poetry, even those that take the form of a long
poetic narrative such as this, I turned to a random page. <br /><br /><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTyhUcUPt-Dgiy4Zq7GmtRA-rIAGpGUZL_VaMhpPN04hbhWJc2Sp5lOHjNrHjwbRMD0JIrOXGqapEtAMfF6ihWHNr1fjbiMqn3kSxWxzO2OQgywjocxx484C_sKMNEncbVFBFuzb1dcR2PixDm_OTAqbQisqSUgNOxD0KIBX5wF4E4vsTOHqF3v-GNB4A/s1000/Native%20Land.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="846" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTyhUcUPt-Dgiy4Zq7GmtRA-rIAGpGUZL_VaMhpPN04hbhWJc2Sp5lOHjNrHjwbRMD0JIrOXGqapEtAMfF6ihWHNr1fjbiMqn3kSxWxzO2OQgywjocxx484C_sKMNEncbVFBFuzb1dcR2PixDm_OTAqbQisqSUgNOxD0KIBX5wF4E4vsTOHqF3v-GNB4A/s320/Native%20Land.jpg" width="271" /></a></div><br />Listen to the white world<br />appallingly weary from its immense effort<br />the crack of its joints rebelling under the hardness of the stars<br />listen to the proclaimed victories which trumpet their defeats<br />listen to their grandiose alibis (stumbling so lamely)</i><br /><br />That’s
today, people. That’s the today of the West bending over backwards to
draping their moral collapse in what they believe are flags of
righteousness, stumbling over words they’ve made sure have lost all
meaning, and fervently believing that it is possible to legislate lie as
truth, plunder as gift, war cry as lullaby and genocide as liberation. <br /><br />Yes,
the death-hungry grandmasters turning children into orphans and orphans
into corpses, have been egged on by the white world so consumed by its
daily bread of ignorance, racism and brutality that it cannot spit out
the corrosive bile that is burning its insides. <br /><br />As I watch this
white world whose flags of genocide, racism, deceit and delusion twist
in agony in what has to be its last hurrah, as its children knowing
better walk away from the true homes of tyranny, as their Genocidal Joes
and Julies struggle to string together grandiose alibis, I am compelled
to concur with Aimé Césaire:<br /><br /><i>Pity for our conquerors, all-knowing and naïve!</i><br /><br />I
wish I had the power to set up confessionals draped with the flags each
and every murderer and apologist waved and that I had the authority to
ordain as many priests as necessary to listen to their confessions. <br /><br />None of them need any of that, though for they can repent.<br /><br /><div>Penitence!
Penitence! Penitence! Penitence from now until death, moment to moment,
with or without rosary, with or without the lip-power to utter the
prayers of the lords, gods or angels they worship, within or without
preferred church. It just might provide succor. <br /></div><div> </div><div>And thus find a way to return to a native land they've left far behind, if they ever lived there at all. <br /></div></div></div><div class="yj6qo"></div><div class="adL">
</div></div></div><div class="hi"></div><div class="WhmR8e" data-hash="0"></div><br /><div><p><b>['The
Morning Inspection' is the title of a column I wrote for the Daily News
from 2009 to 2011, one article a day, Monday through Saturday. This is the <span style="color: #cc0000;">288th</span> article in the new series that began in December 2022. Links to previous articles are given below]</b></p><p></p><p><b>malindadocs@gmail.com</b></p><p><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: red; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Other articles in this series:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span></b></span></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/12/no-shortcuts-to-direct-hits.html">No shortcuts to direct hits</a> <br /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/12/love-residue-on-benches-that-have.html">Love-residue on park benches that have disappeared</a> <br /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; 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margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/saying-what-and-how.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Saying what and how<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/say-when.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">'Say when'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/respond-to-insults-in-line-with-akkosa.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Respond to insults in line with the Akkosa Sutra</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-loves-of-our-lives.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The loves of our lives</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-right-time-right-person.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The right time, the right person</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-silent-equivalent-of-thousand-words.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The silent equivalent of a thousand words<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/crazy-cousins-are-besties-for-life.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Crazy cousins are besties for life</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/unities-freakish-and-endearing.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Unities, free and endearing</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/free-verse-and-return-key.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Free verse and the return key</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/sorry-earth.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">"Sorry, Earth!"</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-lost-lyrics-of-premakeerthi-de-alwis.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The lost lyrics of Premakeerthi de Alwis</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-revolution-is-song.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The revolution is the song</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/consolation-prizes-in-competitions-no.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Consolation prizes in competitions no one ever wins</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-day-i-won-pulitzer.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The day I won a Pulitzer</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/ko.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Ko?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/ella-delorias-silences.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Ella Deloria's silences</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/blackness-whiteness-and-black-whiteness.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Blackness, whiteness and black-whiteness</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/inscriptions-stubborn-and-erasable.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Inscriptions: stubborn and erasable </a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/thursday.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Thursday!</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/deveni-one-word-koan-thats-priceless.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Deveni: a priceless one-word koan</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/enlightening-geometries.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Enlightening geometries<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/lets-meet-at-commons.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Let's meet at 'The Commons'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/it-begins-with-dot.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">It all begins with a dot</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/recovering-run-on-lines-and-lost.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Recovering run-on lines and lost punctuation</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/wetness-is-not-preserve-of-wet-zone.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">'Wetness' is not the preserve of the Dry Zone<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/on-sweeping-close-to-ones-feet.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On sweeping close to one's feet</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/kumkum-fernando-installs-sri-lanka-in_28.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Kumkum Fernando installs Sri Lanka in Coachella, California</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-roberts-neighbors-friends-family-by.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">To be an island like the Roberts...</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/debts-that-cannot-be-repaid-in-full.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Debts that can never be repaid in full</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/an-island-which-no-flood-can-overwhelm.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">An island which no flood can overwhelm</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/who-really-wrote-mother.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Who really wrote 'Mother'?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/a-melody-faint-and-yet-not-beyond.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A melody faint and yet not beyond hearing</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/heart-dances-that-cannot-be.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Heart dances that cannot be choreographed</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/remembering-to-forget-and-forgetting-to.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Remembering to forget and forgetting to remember</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/on-loving-always.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On loving, always<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-mortalities-of-authors.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Authors are assassinated, readers are immortal</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/when-you-turn-80.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">When you turn 80...</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/it-is-good-to-be-conscious-of-nudities.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">It is good to be conscious of nudities </a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/saturday-slides-in-after-monday-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Saturday slides in after Monday and Sunday somersaults into Friday</a> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/theres-one-in-million-and-one-in-ten.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">There's a one in a million and a one in ten</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/gunadasa-kapuge-is-calling.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Gunadasa Kapuge is calling</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/kumkum-fernando-installs-sri-lanka-in_28.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Kumkum Fernando installs Sri Lanka in Coachella, California</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/hemantha-gunawardenas-signature.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Hemantha Gunawardena's signature</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/pathways-missed.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Pathways missed</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/architectures-of-demolished.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Architectures of the demolished</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-exotic-lunacy-of-parting-gifts.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The exotic lunacy of parting gifts</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/who-heck-do-you-think-i-am.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Who the heck do you think I am?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/those-fascinating-chitra-katha.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Those fascinating 'Chitra Katha'<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-mangala-sabhava.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The Mangala Sabhava</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/so-how-are-things-in-sri-lanka.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">So how are things in Sri Lanka?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-most-beautiful-father.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The most beautiful father</a><i style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></i></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/palmam-qui-meruit-ferat.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Palmam qui meruit ferat</i></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-sweetest-three-letter-poem.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The sweetest three-letter poem<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/buddhangala-kamatahan.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Buddhangala Kamatahan</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/an-irish-and-sri-lankan-hello.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">An Irish and Sri Lankan Hello</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/teams-team-thinking-team-spirit-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Teams, team-thinking, team-spirit and leadership</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-songs-we-could-sing-in-lifeboats.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The songs we could sing in lifeboats when we are shipwrecked</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/pure-rathna-class-act.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Pure-Rathna, a class act</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/jekhan-aruliah-has-set-ball-rolling-in.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Jekhan Aruliah set a ball rolling in Jaffna</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/awaiting-arrivals-unlike-any-other.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Teachers and students sometimes reverse roles</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/matters-of-honour-and-dignity.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Matters of honor and dignity</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/yet-another-mothers-day.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Yet another Mother's Day<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/a-cockroach-named-dont.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A cockroach named 'Don't'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/colombo-colombo-colombo-and-so-forth.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Colombo, Colombo, Colombo and so forth</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-slowest-road-to-kumarigama-ampara.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The slowest road to Kumarigama, Ampara</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/sweeping-clutter-away.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Sweeping the clutter away</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/some-play-music-others-listen.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Some play music, others listen</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/completing-unfinished-texts.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Completing unfinished texts</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/minds-and-hearts-loquacious-and-taciturn.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Mind and hearts, loquacious and taciturn<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/i-am-at-jaga-food-where-are-you.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">I am at Jaga Food, where are you?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/on-separating-missing-from-disappeared.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On separating the missing from the disappeared</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/moments-without-tenses.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Moments without tenses</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/and-intangible-republics-will-save-day.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">And intangible republics will save the day (as they always have)</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-world-is-made-of-waves.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The world is made of waves</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/sentinelity.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">'Sentinelity'<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-circuitous-logic-of-tony-muller.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The circuitous logic of Tony Muller</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/rohana-kalyanaratne-unforgettable-loku.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Rohana Kalyanaratne, an unforgettable 'Loku Aiya'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; 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margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2022/12/paul-christophers-heart-of-many-chambers.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Paul Christopher's heart of many chambers</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2022/12/calmness-gracefully-cascades-in-dumbara.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Calmness gracefully cascades in the Dumbara Hills<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2022/12/serendipitous-amber-owns-world.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Serendipitous amber rules the world</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2022/12/continents-of-heart.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Continents of the heart</a></p><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-allegory-of-slow-road.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The allegory of the slow road</a></div></div>Malinda Wordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17700355635566651088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5656050101881498705.post-48130279495602189492023-12-07T21:57:00.001+05:302023-12-07T21:57:09.341+05:30No shortcuts to direct hits <p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmymCkuzZwAkWkAsNb7BbFJOxOTZqcF8JLNiX3EeUA2XlZs12waZOjdOEOi7jiGyE8NxEZ5GINEXhc9ofGcRrGadO_y1v0M9MNNERc-RbNBWNo-w80mJfc1kVs5OWCNOgmfL2Qtqtyi68S0kk8i8gRjD83e7Kqol0CBmVFlvJOdHWVf8Qsb8sE-QVbvEk/s2000/dilshan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="2000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmymCkuzZwAkWkAsNb7BbFJOxOTZqcF8JLNiX3EeUA2XlZs12waZOjdOEOi7jiGyE8NxEZ5GINEXhc9ofGcRrGadO_y1v0M9MNNERc-RbNBWNo-w80mJfc1kVs5OWCNOgmfL2Qtqtyi68S0kk8i8gRjD83e7Kqol0CBmVFlvJOdHWVf8Qsb8sE-QVbvEk/w640-h426/dilshan.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Kusal
Janith Perera was right-handed. Is right-handed could also be correct. I
have not read anything that indicates he is ambidextrous. And yet, he
bats left-handed. Most cricket fans would know why. <br /><br />Kusal was
determined to emulate his cricketing hero, Sanath Jayasuriya, one of the
most explosive left-hand batters of his time. So he decided he would
bat left-handed. He hasn’t exactly matched the Master Blaster in terms
of runs, fours, sixers, average and strike rate across all formats, but
Kusal has had splendid days out there in the middle in all formats. <br /><br />It
takes a lot of effort. I can’t begin to fathom the amount of work he
would have had to put in. I am right-handed and I find it tedious to use
my left hand with a spanner, part of scissors or pen, or even to turn a
key on a lock. <br /><br />Kusal Janith Perera is one of a kind, I feel.
It is quite possible that his numbers would have been pretty much the
same or even better had he tried to be a right-handed Jayasuriya. We
will never know now. <br /><br />We do know that hard work pays. It is an
exceptional work ethic that turns talented into consistent and brilliant
into legendary. That’s what is common in stories of those whose names
come into the frame when ‘the greatest’ of any sport is debated. <br /><br />You
don’t have to read all the biographies of the greats to figure this
out. It is something we know intuitively. That’s ‘theory’. The proof or
rather the delivery has to be in practice. Tillakaratne Dilshan’s
explanation of developing fielding skills puts things in perspective.
This is what he said during an interview aired on Sirasa TV:<br /><br /><i>‘Back
in the day, I was determined to do well with the bat and if I failed
then somehow save 10 to 20 runs in the field. I worked hard on my
fielding, all by myself. I had a daily personal plan. I would not go
home until I had ten direct hits [at the wickets]. Initially it took me
an hour or two. After about six hours of this regimen, I could achieve
the target in approximately five minutes.’</i><br /><br />Dilshan is
considered one of the best fielders who ever wore the Sri Lankan cap.
Now we know how it happened. Not just talent, but relentless practice. <br /><br />There
are no shortcuts to greatness. Moreover, as Dilshan’s story shows, the
task set is not ‘greatness’ but, let’s say, ‘betterness;’ consistently
seeking improvement. What started as an exercise that required a couple
of hours to complete would have gradually taken 100 minutes, 80 minutes,
half an hour, 15 minutes and so on until just five minutes would
suffice. <br /><br />Booker Prize winner Shehan Karunatilleka once told me
that at one point in his life he had decided he would write a novel and
to this end he designed a strict regimen that included wake-up and
go-to-bed times and a specific writing-time in his wakeful hours. It
must have been difficult at first. Of course such discipline can be seen
as a necessary but not sufficient condition to achieve greatness as a
writer, but then again if you don’t write, you just won’t get your novel
done, forget the Booker, a Pulitzer or a Nobel Prize. </p><p>We have
all seen Dilshan’s amazing athleticism on the field. Sanka Vidanagama's photograph captures it really well. Dilshan has drawn oohs and
aahs from crowds all over the world. That’s the end point. In most
cases, that’s what is evident. We have seen direct hits but that’s not
all that made people gasp. Spectacular catches and incredible stops are
part of Dilshan’s fielding highlights reel. He saved runs and he helped
make the bowling figures of his teammates pretty. <br /><br />In 497
international Dilshan has figured in 57 run outs. His ‘run out rate’ is
marginally better than Sanath Jayasuriya’s (63 in 587 internationals).
Ricky Ponting (86/543) has been more lethal but not by much. The
inimitable Jonty Rhodes (68/297) stands apart, of course.<br /><br />Jack Clayton, writing for <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.stumps.com&source=gmail&ust=1702022615942000&usg=AOvVaw2pH-KVr1VEC7W8JPWzoh1g" href="http://www.stumps.com" target="_blank">www.stumps.com</a>,
says that Jonty had a ‘don’t stop me now’ approach to practicing:
‘Stories of him delaying the team bus to get in one more round of reflex
catching on the training pitch sum up the man's mythology.’ Dilshan was
no different. <br /><br />The lesson is clearly applicable to all sports. I
am thinking of Dennis Rodman, arguably the best rebounder in basketball
history. He found ways of being at the right place and jumping or
moving at the right time and pace respectively to put up amazing
rebounding numbers. Practice, that’s how he did it. He would get balls
thrown at the basket from all angles in quick succession and then try to
grab them all off the rim or the glass. This is how the relevant
physics becomes second nature. <br /><br />That’s how archers hit bullseyes consistently. That’s how Dilshan ran people out. No shortcuts. Just. Hard. Work.</p><div><p><b>['The
Morning Inspection' is the title of a column I wrote for the Daily News
from 2009 to 2011, one article a day, Monday through Saturday. This is the <span style="color: #cc0000;">287th</span> article in the new series that began in December 2022. Links to previous articles are given below]</b></p><p></p><p><b>malindadocs@gmail.com</b></p><p><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: red; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Other articles in this series:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span></b></span></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/12/love-residue-on-benches-that-have.html">Love-residue on park benches that have disappeared</a> <br /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/12/reflections-on-things-left-unfinished.html">Reflections on things left unfinished</a> <br /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; 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box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/ella-delorias-silences.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Ella Deloria's silences</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/blackness-whiteness-and-black-whiteness.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Blackness, whiteness and black-whiteness</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/inscriptions-stubborn-and-erasable.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Inscriptions: stubborn and erasable </a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/thursday.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Thursday!</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/deveni-one-word-koan-thats-priceless.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Deveni: a priceless one-word koan</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/enlightening-geometries.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Enlightening geometries<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/lets-meet-at-commons.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Let's meet at 'The Commons'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/it-begins-with-dot.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">It all begins with a dot</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/recovering-run-on-lines-and-lost.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Recovering run-on lines and lost punctuation</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/wetness-is-not-preserve-of-wet-zone.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">'Wetness' is not the preserve of the Dry Zone<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/on-sweeping-close-to-ones-feet.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On sweeping close to one's feet</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/kumkum-fernando-installs-sri-lanka-in_28.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Kumkum Fernando installs Sri Lanka in Coachella, California</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-roberts-neighbors-friends-family-by.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">To be an island like the Roberts...</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/debts-that-cannot-be-repaid-in-full.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Debts that can never be repaid in full</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/an-island-which-no-flood-can-overwhelm.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">An island which no flood can overwhelm</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/who-really-wrote-mother.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Who really wrote 'Mother'?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/a-melody-faint-and-yet-not-beyond.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A melody faint and yet not beyond hearing</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/heart-dances-that-cannot-be.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Heart dances that cannot be choreographed</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/remembering-to-forget-and-forgetting-to.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Remembering to forget and forgetting to remember</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/on-loving-always.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On loving, always<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-mortalities-of-authors.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Authors are assassinated, readers are immortal</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/when-you-turn-80.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">When you turn 80...</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/it-is-good-to-be-conscious-of-nudities.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">It is good to be conscious of nudities </a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/saturday-slides-in-after-monday-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Saturday slides in after Monday and Sunday somersaults into Friday</a> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/theres-one-in-million-and-one-in-ten.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">There's a one in a million and a one in ten</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/gunadasa-kapuge-is-calling.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Gunadasa Kapuge is calling</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/kumkum-fernando-installs-sri-lanka-in_28.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Kumkum Fernando installs Sri Lanka in Coachella, California</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/hemantha-gunawardenas-signature.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Hemantha Gunawardena's signature</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/pathways-missed.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Pathways missed</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/architectures-of-demolished.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Architectures of the demolished</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-exotic-lunacy-of-parting-gifts.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The exotic lunacy of parting gifts</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/who-heck-do-you-think-i-am.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Who the heck do you think I am?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/those-fascinating-chitra-katha.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Those fascinating 'Chitra Katha'<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-mangala-sabhava.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The Mangala Sabhava</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/so-how-are-things-in-sri-lanka.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">So how are things in Sri Lanka?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-most-beautiful-father.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The most beautiful father</a><i style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></i></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/palmam-qui-meruit-ferat.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Palmam qui meruit ferat</i></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-sweetest-three-letter-poem.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The sweetest three-letter poem<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/buddhangala-kamatahan.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Buddhangala Kamatahan</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/an-irish-and-sri-lankan-hello.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">An Irish and Sri Lankan Hello</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/teams-team-thinking-team-spirit-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Teams, team-thinking, team-spirit and leadership</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-songs-we-could-sing-in-lifeboats.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The songs we could sing in lifeboats when we are shipwrecked</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/pure-rathna-class-act.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Pure-Rathna, a class act</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/jekhan-aruliah-has-set-ball-rolling-in.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Jekhan Aruliah set a ball rolling in Jaffna</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/awaiting-arrivals-unlike-any-other.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Teachers and students sometimes reverse roles</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/matters-of-honour-and-dignity.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Matters of honor and dignity</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/yet-another-mothers-day.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Yet another Mother's Day<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/a-cockroach-named-dont.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A cockroach named 'Don't'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/colombo-colombo-colombo-and-so-forth.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Colombo, Colombo, Colombo and so forth</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-slowest-road-to-kumarigama-ampara.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The slowest road to Kumarigama, Ampara</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/sweeping-clutter-away.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Sweeping the clutter away</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/some-play-music-others-listen.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Some play music, others listen</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/completing-unfinished-texts.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Completing unfinished texts</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/minds-and-hearts-loquacious-and-taciturn.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Mind and hearts, loquacious and taciturn<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/i-am-at-jaga-food-where-are-you.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">I am at Jaga Food, where are you?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/on-separating-missing-from-disappeared.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On separating the missing from the disappeared</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/moments-without-tenses.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Moments without tenses</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/and-intangible-republics-will-save-day.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">And intangible republics will save the day (as they always have)</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-world-is-made-of-waves.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The world is made of waves</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/sentinelity.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">'Sentinelity'<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-circuitous-logic-of-tony-muller.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The circuitous logic of Tony Muller</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/rohana-kalyanaratne-unforgettable-loku.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Rohana Kalyanaratne, an unforgettable 'Loku Aiya'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/mowgli-greatest-archaeologist.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Mowgli, the Greatest Archaeologist</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/figures-and-disfigurement-rocks-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Figures and disfigurement, rocks and roses</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/sujith-rathnayake-and-incarcerations.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Sujith Rathnayake and incarcerations imposed and embraced</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/some-stories-are-written-on-covers.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Some stories are written on the covers themselves</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/a-poetic-enclave-in-republic-of.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A poetic enclave in the Republic of Literature</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/landscapes-of-gone-time-and-going-time.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Landcapes of gone-time and going-time </a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/best-insurance-against-loud-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The best insurance against the loud and repeated lie</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/so-what-if-best-flutes-will-not-go-to.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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am fascinated by seats of any kind including parapet walls and steps on
which you can sit and watch the world age and regenerate. <br /><br />It’s
the same with roads, especially byroads, un-tarred and uneven including
tank-bunds. They make me think of absences, people who have been there,
have walked, conversed, reminisced, planned, were distraught or elated.
They make me wonder about who would come later and whether their
thoughts would be, in essence, similar to that which has crossed other
minds in another time.<br /><br />Benches are special though. They can’t
hold many people. Two, best. Three’s a crowd for the architecture makes
conversation awkward. Two, best. Especially if for those seated the
world is made of and made for love. <br /><br />It is not always a happy
place of course, for the course of love is seldom smooth. Love is a
poem, after all, that is inked with a smile and a tear. Benches know of
such things, I am sure. They may not know the names of those who sat,
spoke and were silent, but they know the language of words, of love and
the more eloquent tongue, silence. <br /><br />Just the other day I got to
know about a singular bench. Singular because it refers to a particular
love story; singular also because Ruwan Bandujeewa wrote about it. And
singular because it held some tears which, along with the bench, were
invisible to all and, in fact, is no longer there. <br /><br />This is not
the first poem that Bandujeewa has written about love and the pain of
love using the ‘lake’ as witness and ally, but this, written a few years
ago I believe, is sad beyond description.<br />.<br />නුවර වැව ළඟ බංකුවක් මත<br />තුනී කළ කඳුළක් දෙකක් ඇත<br />නුවරු මේ බැව් දන්නෙනම් නැත<br />එතැන දැන් ඒ බංකුවත් නැත.<br /><br />It is not easy to translate:<br /><br /><i>Upon a bench by the Kandy Lake<br />a tear or two thinned out reside <br />citizens know not of these, indeed<br />even the bench is no longer there.</i><br /><br />Bandujeewa plays with the ‘<i>nuwara</i>’ of Nuwara Wewa (Kandy Lake). '<i>Nuwara</i>'
is also 'city,' and ‘nuwaru’ refers to citizens but could also be ‘The
people of Kandy.’ I can’t capture the rhyme in translation. Someone
else, I hope, will. But all that is incidental. <br /><br />Benches are
nondescript things. We see them but do not wonder about who may have sat
there, what kind of conversations they had. Not everyone leaves a tear
behind and not all tears that are in fact the residue of love get etched
into the wood or cement of the benches upon which love was declared or
withdrawn. Benches go unnoticed and benches, noticed and unnoticed are
sometimes removed. Where are they taken? Are they turned into firewood?
At what point does the signature of tears become unreadable?<br /><br />Years
ago, a well-meaning friend decided that I had lost my mind. He said,
‘You are going zig-zag on the 138 bus route!’ Those who know the route,
i.e. from Pettah to Maharagama and sometimes Kottawa or Homagama or
else, turning at Kottawa towards Mattegoda or Rukmalgama, would
understand. There’s a lot of traffic and many irresponsible drivers. <br /><br />He insisted that I would get knocked down. <br /><br />‘There are no buses on this route,’ I laughed.<br /><br />He laughed too.<br /><br />And then I said, ‘there’s no such road either!’<br /><br />And we couldn’t stop laughing for a long time. <br /><br />There
are benches and roads that are sat upon and along which people walk,
respectively; lovers included. They own those benches. They own those
roads. The bench and the road do not become less private although others
use them. Like the sky, as my father once said. <br /><br />But who erases
them from the landscape? Why? And where are they thereafter stored?
Memories are for lovers or rather those who loved but were not loved in
return or else were loved in return but only for a while. <br /><br />People
don’t see. They don’t have to. Sometimes people will not suffer love
and lovers. They are written out of narratives, along with bench, road
and tear. And lovers, those who had words and spoke them softly and
thereby enabled them to write upon the walls of hearts, are not only
banished but are gagged as well. And yet it is possible to argue that
the greatest tyranny is that of the beloved who will not love or claims
heart-ink has indeed dried out. When it comes to that point, poetry gets
written on benches with tears and benches themselves are spirited away.<br /><br /><i>There was a time when they came easy<br />but words came slow and slower still<br />not because hearts ran out of love-ink<br />but unnamed tyrannies shut the valves,<br />and yet, in impoverished times<br />heartbeat is word enough<br />and memory a notebook that will not burn.</i><br /><br /><div>The
worlds we inhabit are so easily erased. Poetry lingers, even long after
the beloved has evicted poet from the heart, tears have dried and
benches that transcribed the most magical and tragic love stories are
turned into firewood and ash. Thus are the seeds of love scattered
across the earth. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>And yet...</div><div><br /></div><div><i>We write even when we don’t<br />and read splendid stories<br />on pages decreed to remain blank.</i></div><div> </div><p>On benches too. Even if they no longer exist. </p><div><p><b>['The
Morning Inspection' is the title of a column I wrote for the Daily News
from 2009 to 2011, one article a day, Monday through Saturday. This is the <span style="color: #cc0000;">285th</span> article in the new series that began in December 2022. Links to previous articles are given below]</b></p><p></p><p><b>malindadocs@gmail.com</b></p><p><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: red; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Other articles in this series:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span></b></span></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/12/reflections-on-things-left-unfinished.html">Reflections on things left unfinished</a> <br /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-virtues-of-empty-canvas.html">The virtues of an empty canvas</a> <br /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; 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margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/what-makes-oxygen-breathable.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">What makes Oxygen breathable? </a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/sorrowing-and-delighting-world.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Sorrowing and delighting the world</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-greatest-fallacy.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The greatest fallacy</a> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/encounters-with-liyanage-amarakeerthi.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Encounters with Liyanage Amarakeerthi</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/beyond-praise-and-blame.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Beyond praise and blame</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/letters-that-cut-and-heal-heart.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Letters that cut and heal the heart</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/vanished-and-vanishing-trails.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Vanished and vanishing trails</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/blue-blueness.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Blue-blueness</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/a-forgotten-dawn-song-from-embilipitiya.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A forgotten dawn song from Embilipitiya</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-soft-rain-of-neighbourliness.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The soft rain of neighbourliness</a> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-gold-medals-of-being.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The Gold Medals of being</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/jaya-sri-ratna-sri.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Jaya Sri Ratna Sri</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/all-those-weve-loved-before.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">All those we've loved before</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/reflections-on-waves-and-markings.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Reflections on waves and markings</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/a-chorus-of-national-anthems.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A chorus of National Anthems</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/saying-what-and-how.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Saying what and how<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/say-when.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">'Say when'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/respond-to-insults-in-line-with-akkosa.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Respond to insults in line with the Akkosa Sutra</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-loves-of-our-lives.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The loves of our lives</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-right-time-right-person.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The right time, the right person</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-silent-equivalent-of-thousand-words.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The silent equivalent of a thousand words<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/crazy-cousins-are-besties-for-life.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Crazy cousins are besties for life</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/unities-freakish-and-endearing.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Unities, free and endearing</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/free-verse-and-return-key.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Free verse and the return key</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/sorry-earth.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">"Sorry, Earth!"</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-lost-lyrics-of-premakeerthi-de-alwis.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The lost lyrics of Premakeerthi de Alwis</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-revolution-is-song.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The revolution is the song</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/consolation-prizes-in-competitions-no.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Consolation prizes in competitions no one ever wins</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-day-i-won-pulitzer.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The day I won a Pulitzer</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/ko.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Ko?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/ella-delorias-silences.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Ella Deloria's silences</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/blackness-whiteness-and-black-whiteness.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Blackness, whiteness and black-whiteness</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/inscriptions-stubborn-and-erasable.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Inscriptions: stubborn and erasable </a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/thursday.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Thursday!</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/deveni-one-word-koan-thats-priceless.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Deveni: a priceless one-word koan</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/enlightening-geometries.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Enlightening geometries<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/lets-meet-at-commons.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Let's meet at 'The Commons'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/it-begins-with-dot.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">It all begins with a dot</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/recovering-run-on-lines-and-lost.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Recovering run-on lines and lost punctuation</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/wetness-is-not-preserve-of-wet-zone.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">'Wetness' is not the preserve of the Dry Zone<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/on-sweeping-close-to-ones-feet.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On sweeping close to one's feet</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/kumkum-fernando-installs-sri-lanka-in_28.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Kumkum Fernando installs Sri Lanka in Coachella, California</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-roberts-neighbors-friends-family-by.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">To be an island like the Roberts...</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/debts-that-cannot-be-repaid-in-full.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Debts that can never be repaid in full</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/an-island-which-no-flood-can-overwhelm.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">An island which no flood can overwhelm</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/who-really-wrote-mother.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Who really wrote 'Mother'?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/a-melody-faint-and-yet-not-beyond.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A melody faint and yet not beyond hearing</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/heart-dances-that-cannot-be.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Heart dances that cannot be choreographed</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/remembering-to-forget-and-forgetting-to.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Remembering to forget and forgetting to remember</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/on-loving-always.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On loving, always<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-mortalities-of-authors.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Authors are assassinated, readers are immortal</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/when-you-turn-80.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">When you turn 80...</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/it-is-good-to-be-conscious-of-nudities.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">It is good to be conscious of nudities </a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/saturday-slides-in-after-monday-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Saturday slides in after Monday and Sunday somersaults into Friday</a> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/theres-one-in-million-and-one-in-ten.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">There's a one in a million and a one in ten</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/gunadasa-kapuge-is-calling.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Gunadasa Kapuge is calling</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/kumkum-fernando-installs-sri-lanka-in_28.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Kumkum Fernando installs Sri Lanka in Coachella, California</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/hemantha-gunawardenas-signature.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Hemantha Gunawardena's signature</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/pathways-missed.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Pathways missed</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/architectures-of-demolished.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Architectures of the demolished</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-exotic-lunacy-of-parting-gifts.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The exotic lunacy of parting gifts</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/who-heck-do-you-think-i-am.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Who the heck do you think I am?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/those-fascinating-chitra-katha.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Those fascinating 'Chitra Katha'<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-mangala-sabhava.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The Mangala Sabhava</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/so-how-are-things-in-sri-lanka.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">So how are things in Sri Lanka?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-most-beautiful-father.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The most beautiful father</a><i style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></i></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/palmam-qui-meruit-ferat.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Palmam qui meruit ferat</i></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-sweetest-three-letter-poem.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The sweetest three-letter poem<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/buddhangala-kamatahan.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Buddhangala Kamatahan</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/an-irish-and-sri-lankan-hello.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">An Irish and Sri Lankan Hello</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/teams-team-thinking-team-spirit-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Teams, team-thinking, team-spirit and leadership</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-songs-we-could-sing-in-lifeboats.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The songs we could sing in lifeboats when we are shipwrecked</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/pure-rathna-class-act.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Pure-Rathna, a class act</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/jekhan-aruliah-has-set-ball-rolling-in.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Jekhan Aruliah set a ball rolling in Jaffna</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/awaiting-arrivals-unlike-any-other.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Awaiting arrivals unlike any other</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/['The%20Morning%20Inspection'%20is%20the%20title%20of%20a%20column%20I%20wrote%20for%20the%20Daily%20News%20from%202009%20to%202011,%20one%20article%20a%20day,%20Monday%20through%20Saturday.%20This%20is%20a%20new%20series.%20Links%20to%20previous%20articles%20in%20this%20new%20series%20are%20given%20below]%20%20Other%20articles%20in%20this%20series:%20%20Matters%20of%20honor%20and%20dignity%20%20Yet%20another%20Mother's%20Day%20%20A%20cockroach%20named%20'Don't'%20%20Colombo,%20Colombo,%20Colombo%20and%20so%20forth%20%20The%20slowest%20road%20to%20Kumarigama,%20Ampara%20%20Sweeping%20the%20clutter%20away%20%20Some%20play%20music,%20others%20listen%20%20Completing%20unfinished%20texts%20%20Mind%20and%20hearts,%20loquacious%20and%20taciturn%20%20I%20am%20at%20Jaga%20Food,%20where%20are%20you?%20%20On%20separating%20the%20missing%20from%20the%20disappeared%20%20Moments%20without%20tenses%20%20And%20intangible%20republics%20will%20save%20the%20day%20(as%20they%20always%20have)%20%20The%20world%20is%20made%20of%20waves%20%20%27Sentinelity%27%20%20The%20circuitous%20logic%20of%20Tony%20Muller%20%20Rohana%20Kalyanaratne,%20an%20unforgettable%20%27Loku%20Aiya%27%20%20Mowgli,%20the%20Greatest%20Archaeologist%20%20Figures%20and%20disfigurement,%20rocks%20and%20roses%20%20Sujith%20Rathnayake%20and%20incarcerations%20imposed%20and%20embraced%20%20Some%20stories%20are%20written%20on%20the%20covers%20themselves%20%20A%20poetic%20enclave%20in%20the%20Republic%20of%20Literature%20%20Landcapes%20of%20gone-time%20and%20going-time%20%20%20The%20best%20insurance%20against%20the%20loud%20and%20repeated%20lie%20%20So%20what%20if%20the%20best%20flutes%20will%20not%20go%20to%20the%20best%20flautists?%20%20There%27s%20dust%20and%20words%20awaiting%20us%20at%20crossroads%20and%20crosswords%20%20The%20books%20of%20disquiet%20%20A%20song%20of%20terraced%20paddy%20fields%20%20Of%20ants,%20bridges%20and%20possibilities%20%20From%20A%20through%20Aardvark%20to%20Zyzzyva%20%20%20World%27s%20End%20%20Words,%20their%20potency,%20appropriation%20and%20abuse%20%20Street%20corner%20stories%20%20Who%20did%20not%20listen,%20who%27s%20not%20listening%20still?%20%20The%20book%20of%20layering%20%20If%20you%20remember%20Kobe,%20visit%20GOAT%20Mountain%20%20The%20world%20is%20made%20for%20re-colouring%20%20The%20gift%20and%20yoke%20of%20bastardy%20%20The%20%27English%20Smile%27%20%20No%2027,%20Dickman%27s%20Road,%20Colombo%205%20%20Visual%20cartographers%20and%20cartography%20%20Ithaca%20from%20a%20long%20ago%20and%20right%20now%20%20Lessons%20written%20in%20invisible%20ink%20%20The%20amazing%20quality%20of%20%27equal-kindness%27%20%20A%20tea-maker%20story%20seldom%20told%20%20On%20academic%20activism%20%20The%20interchangeability%20of%20light%20and%20darkness%20%20Back%20to%20TRADITIONAL%20rice%20%20Sisterhood:%20moments,%20just%20moments%20%20Chess%20is%20my%20life%20and%20perhaps%20your%20too%20%20Reflections%20on%20ownership%20and%20belonging%20%20The%20integrity%20of%20Nadeesha%20Rajapaksha%20%20Signatures%20in%20the%20seasons%20of%20love%20%20To%20Maceo%20Martinet%20as%20he%20flies%20over%20rainbows%20%20Sirith,%20like%20pirith,%20persist%20%20Fragrances%20that%20will%20not%20be%20bottled%20%20%20Colours%20and%20textures%20of%20living%20heritage%20%20Countries%20of%20the%20past,%20present%20and%20future%20%20A%20degree%20in%20creative%20excuses%20%20Books%20launched%20and%20not-yet-launched%20%20The%20sunrise%20as%20viewed%20from%20sacred%20mountains%20%20The%20ways%20of%20the%20lotus%20%20Isaiah%2058:%2012-16%20and%20the%20true%20meaning%20of%20grace%20%20The%20age%20of%20Frederick%20Algernon%20Trotteville%20%20Live%20and%20tell%20the%20tale%20as%20you%20will%20%20Between%20struggle%20and%20cooperation%20%20Of%20love%20and%20other%20intangibles%20%20Neruda,%20Sekara%20and%20literary%20dimensions%20%20The%20universe%20of%20smallness%20%20Paul%20Christopher%27s%20heart%20of%20many%20chambers%20%20Calmness%20gracefully%20cascades%20in%20the%20Dumbara%20Hills%20%20Serendipitous%20amber%20rules%20the%20world%20Continents%20of%20the%20heart%20%20%20%20The%20allegory%20of%20the%20slow%20road" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Teachers and students sometimes reverse roles</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/matters-of-honour-and-dignity.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Matters of honor and dignity</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/yet-another-mothers-day.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Yet another Mother's Day<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/a-cockroach-named-dont.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A cockroach named 'Don't'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/colombo-colombo-colombo-and-so-forth.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Colombo, Colombo, Colombo and so forth</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-slowest-road-to-kumarigama-ampara.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The slowest road to Kumarigama, Ampara</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/sweeping-clutter-away.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Sweeping the clutter away</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/some-play-music-others-listen.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Some play music, others listen</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; 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margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2022/12/paul-christophers-heart-of-many-chambers.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Paul Christopher's heart of many chambers</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2022/12/calmness-gracefully-cascades-in-dumbara.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Calmness gracefully cascades in the Dumbara Hills<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2022/12/serendipitous-amber-owns-world.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Serendipitous amber rules the world</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2022/12/continents-of-heart.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Continents of the heart</a></p><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-allegory-of-slow-road.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The allegory of the slow road</a></div></div><p> </p>Malinda Wordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17700355635566651088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5656050101881498705.post-32643587892382479502023-12-04T23:02:00.004+05:302023-12-04T23:02:40.149+05:30The virtues of an empty canvas<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKSVLf-0N5qLTR4Z3LjxiOuyBguliOu2TQ6Xi1vCvKudbaqpbWL4wlqx7XgNXTTc6kQU0k4LL-ZLGNVo3WZT5A95cuHesjNSSDISaE37eoAekO6KTZzNPVrfvg59IH_0fTL5wFTJCtbCQhIZCJm4QOvoTRfIJroAkv0nPyuwuzUTgcfgDLfM88HE88CCY/s4032/IMG_1753.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKSVLf-0N5qLTR4Z3LjxiOuyBguliOu2TQ6Xi1vCvKudbaqpbWL4wlqx7XgNXTTc6kQU0k4LL-ZLGNVo3WZT5A95cuHesjNSSDISaE37eoAekO6KTZzNPVrfvg59IH_0fTL5wFTJCtbCQhIZCJm4QOvoTRfIJroAkv0nPyuwuzUTgcfgDLfM88HE88CCY/w640-h480/IMG_1753.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />What are the essential ‘carry-ons’ when it comes to traveling? Many
answers to that question. ‘Nothing,’ is one. ‘The bare minimum’ is
another. It could be responded to with demand for a qualifier: depends
on where you are going, for what and how long. A legitimate response. <br /><br />Let’s
narrow it down. It’s a holiday, let’s say. Even then we need to know
where to and for how long. If you want to travel abroad and plan to stay
away for a week, a month or longer, what you need to take with you
could be very different from what could be called essential if it was a
one-day or two-night trip to the Knuckles. The mode of transportation
makes a difference. The kind of place you plan to spend the night at
makes a difference. <br /><br />And the kind of person you are makes a difference. <br /><br />So
far we are thinking of material things; clothes, toothbrush and other
toiletries, a laptop, mobile phone, a camera perhaps, books, files and
other stationary, food, water etc. We take such things in lesser or
greater amounts. Some travel light. Some do not, even if it is a
day-trip and doesn’t involve traveling a great distance. <br /><br />I’m
thinking of non-material things that we carry when we travel. For
example, expectations. It can take the form of a list of things to do or
places to visit. Sometimes it is more like a must-do list. Some travel
but take with them the baggage of all the worries they have, even if the
intention is to get away from them. Some pick up anxieties along the
way. <br /><br />Some leave the clutter behind. They travel light. It is as
though they have opted to carry a blank piece of paper, an empty canvas.
<br /><br />The truth is that everyone carries a canvas when traveling.
Some of these canvases have maps drawn on them. Some have lists. Then
there are canvases that are already painted with images of things
anticipated — not the sensations, but the places or the ‘things-to-do.’
When this happens, the space available for colouring diminishes. The
journey, if at all, will only get imprinted in the spaces remaining on
the canvas or its colours will merge with those that are already there. <br /><br />It
is a color problem in a way, or rather a problem of carrying and using
colouring instruments. When you have them, you feel compelled to use
them. If you don’t, and that’s perhaps the ideal situation, then that
which is seen, heard, tasted, touched and breathed has the opportunity
to combine in delightful ways to narrate upon canvas the most remarkable
elements of the journey. <br /><br />Journeys are often anticipated with
relish and one might say this is inevitable or that it’s not necessarily
a bad thing. It is not easy to discard the mind’s clutter. And so we
travel from A to B, be in 10 miles or a 100, blind to the magic that may
await gaze and therefore pause and delight along the way. The canvas
just doesn’t have space because the A and the B are gigantic icons
painted with bold strokes using a broad brush. <br /><br />Of course this
does not mean that the journey will not be memorable. A and B could
arguably have their own charm and stamp this over whatever one paints on
the canvas or whatever overcomes impediments of color and line to
occupy some space on it, marginal perhaps, unconnected in all
probability, but evident enough to fuel nostalgia. And yet, it seems a
poor harvest in relation to what was anticipated or, more correctly,
what fertile soils, adequate moisture and abundant sunlight promised. <br /><br />There’s
color waiting to be gathered — wind, sunlight, random conversation,
byroads and other uncharted things. There are invisible brushes that dip
of their own accord into this amazing palette and make play on a canvas
in ways we have not imagined were possible. They can pick one color and
write down a story that had never been written. They can mix and match.
They know that white is also a color that gives breathing space to the
story and leaves the reader breathless. An empty canvas is easily turned
into a chest which can be filled with unimaginable treasures. <p></p><p>It
is good to travel light. It is good not to carry anything at all. An
empty canvas has no weight but upon it perspectives can get transcribed.
When this happens, we return home with rich metaphors elegantly
arranged, but however voluminous the harvest of the journey we carry not
one extra ounce. Indeed our burdens are somehow made to feel lighter. </p><div><p><b>['The
Morning Inspection' is the title of a column I wrote for the Daily News
from 2009 to 2011, one article a day, Monday through Saturday. This is the <span style="color: #cc0000;">282th</span> article in the new series that began in December 2022. Links to previous articles are given below]</b></p><p></p><p><b>malindadocs@gmail.com</b></p><p><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: red; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Other articles in this series:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span></b></span></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/12/reflections-on-things-left-unfinished.html">Reflections on things unfinished</a> <br /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/12/rukshan-does-not-age.html">Rukshan does not age</a> <br /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; 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margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/saying-what-and-how.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Saying what and how<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/say-when.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">'Say when'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/respond-to-insults-in-line-with-akkosa.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Respond to insults in line with the Akkosa Sutra</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-loves-of-our-lives.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The loves of our lives</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-right-time-right-person.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The right time, the right person</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-silent-equivalent-of-thousand-words.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The silent equivalent of a thousand words<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/crazy-cousins-are-besties-for-life.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Crazy cousins are besties for life</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/unities-freakish-and-endearing.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Unities, free and endearing</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/free-verse-and-return-key.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Free verse and the return key</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/sorry-earth.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">"Sorry, Earth!"</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-lost-lyrics-of-premakeerthi-de-alwis.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The lost lyrics of Premakeerthi de Alwis</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-revolution-is-song.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The revolution is the song</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/consolation-prizes-in-competitions-no.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Consolation prizes in competitions no one ever wins</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-day-i-won-pulitzer.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The day I won a Pulitzer</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/ko.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Ko?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/ella-delorias-silences.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Ella Deloria's silences</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/blackness-whiteness-and-black-whiteness.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Blackness, whiteness and black-whiteness</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/inscriptions-stubborn-and-erasable.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Inscriptions: stubborn and erasable </a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/thursday.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Thursday!</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/deveni-one-word-koan-thats-priceless.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Deveni: a priceless one-word koan</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/enlightening-geometries.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Enlightening geometries<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/lets-meet-at-commons.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Let's meet at 'The Commons'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/it-begins-with-dot.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">It all begins with a dot</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/recovering-run-on-lines-and-lost.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Recovering run-on lines and lost punctuation</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/wetness-is-not-preserve-of-wet-zone.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">'Wetness' is not the preserve of the Dry Zone<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/on-sweeping-close-to-ones-feet.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On sweeping close to one's feet</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/kumkum-fernando-installs-sri-lanka-in_28.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Kumkum Fernando installs Sri Lanka in Coachella, California</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-roberts-neighbors-friends-family-by.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">To be an island like the Roberts...</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/debts-that-cannot-be-repaid-in-full.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Debts that can never be repaid in full</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/an-island-which-no-flood-can-overwhelm.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">An island which no flood can overwhelm</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/who-really-wrote-mother.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Who really wrote 'Mother'?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/a-melody-faint-and-yet-not-beyond.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A melody faint and yet not beyond hearing</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/heart-dances-that-cannot-be.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Heart dances that cannot be choreographed</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/remembering-to-forget-and-forgetting-to.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Remembering to forget and forgetting to remember</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/on-loving-always.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On loving, always<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-mortalities-of-authors.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Authors are assassinated, readers are immortal</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/when-you-turn-80.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">When you turn 80...</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/it-is-good-to-be-conscious-of-nudities.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">It is good to be conscious of nudities </a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/saturday-slides-in-after-monday-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Saturday slides in after Monday and Sunday somersaults into Friday</a> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/theres-one-in-million-and-one-in-ten.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">There's a one in a million and a one in ten</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/gunadasa-kapuge-is-calling.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Gunadasa Kapuge is calling</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/kumkum-fernando-installs-sri-lanka-in_28.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Kumkum Fernando installs Sri Lanka in Coachella, California</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/hemantha-gunawardenas-signature.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Hemantha Gunawardena's signature</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/pathways-missed.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Pathways missed</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/architectures-of-demolished.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Architectures of the demolished</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-exotic-lunacy-of-parting-gifts.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The exotic lunacy of parting gifts</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/who-heck-do-you-think-i-am.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Who the heck do you think I am?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/those-fascinating-chitra-katha.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Those fascinating 'Chitra Katha'<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-mangala-sabhava.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The Mangala Sabhava</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/so-how-are-things-in-sri-lanka.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">So how are things in Sri Lanka?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-most-beautiful-father.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The most beautiful father</a><i style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></i></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/palmam-qui-meruit-ferat.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Palmam qui meruit ferat</i></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-sweetest-three-letter-poem.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The sweetest three-letter poem<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/buddhangala-kamatahan.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Buddhangala Kamatahan</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/an-irish-and-sri-lankan-hello.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">An Irish and Sri Lankan Hello</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/teams-team-thinking-team-spirit-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Teams, team-thinking, team-spirit and leadership</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-songs-we-could-sing-in-lifeboats.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The songs we could sing in lifeboats when we are shipwrecked</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/pure-rathna-class-act.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Pure-Rathna, a class act</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/jekhan-aruliah-has-set-ball-rolling-in.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Jekhan Aruliah set a ball rolling in Jaffna</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/awaiting-arrivals-unlike-any-other.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Teachers and students sometimes reverse roles</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/matters-of-honour-and-dignity.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Matters of honor and dignity</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/yet-another-mothers-day.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Yet another Mother's Day<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/a-cockroach-named-dont.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A cockroach named 'Don't'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/colombo-colombo-colombo-and-so-forth.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Colombo, Colombo, Colombo and so forth</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-slowest-road-to-kumarigama-ampara.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The slowest road to Kumarigama, Ampara</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/sweeping-clutter-away.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Sweeping the clutter away</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/some-play-music-others-listen.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Some play music, others listen</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/completing-unfinished-texts.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Completing unfinished texts</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/minds-and-hearts-loquacious-and-taciturn.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Mind and hearts, loquacious and taciturn<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/i-am-at-jaga-food-where-are-you.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">I am at Jaga Food, where are you?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/on-separating-missing-from-disappeared.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On separating the missing from the disappeared</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/moments-without-tenses.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Moments without tenses</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/and-intangible-republics-will-save-day.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">And intangible republics will save the day (as they always have)</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-world-is-made-of-waves.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The world is made of waves</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/sentinelity.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">'Sentinelity'<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-circuitous-logic-of-tony-muller.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The circuitous logic of Tony Muller</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/rohana-kalyanaratne-unforgettable-loku.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Rohana Kalyanaratne, an unforgettable 'Loku Aiya'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; 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color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Serendipitous amber rules the world</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2022/12/continents-of-heart.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Continents of the heart</a></p><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-allegory-of-slow-road.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The allegory of the slow road</a></div></div><p></p><div><br /><br /></div>Malinda Wordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17700355635566651088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5656050101881498705.post-86457253775293066762023-12-04T12:24:00.005+05:302023-12-04T23:01:03.468+05:30Reflections on things left unfinished<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8S3plYFW1vEIvItAtUEDenSeCbA8W0NCGbIVK-KTxETBuIK-PZEDptbaJqROoCpSa4LfAsH7ZK1nXaroyf4l9lv48T8cEVV3ZF9ZNLhGUgDcqzO3BQp2YS-u5WmF4u4h9Fn543wn5SXHHZqDe-y7v3vta5jmpDAZMM9q34G1nzroHUJ-qQks0Xech-jU/s1000/sripada.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="650" data-original-width="1000" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8S3plYFW1vEIvItAtUEDenSeCbA8W0NCGbIVK-KTxETBuIK-PZEDptbaJqROoCpSa4LfAsH7ZK1nXaroyf4l9lv48T8cEVV3ZF9ZNLhGUgDcqzO3BQp2YS-u5WmF4u4h9Fn543wn5SXHHZqDe-y7v3vta5jmpDAZMM9q34G1nzroHUJ-qQks0Xech-jU/w640-h416/sripada.webp" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">[pic by Ruwan Balasooriya]<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br />My
sweetest childhood memories are of Kurunegala. ‘Kurunegala’ was not the
capital of Wayamba for me. It was not a bustling township, not for me.
Kurunegala, to me, was the home of my maternal grandparents. It was
where we spent all our school holidays. It is a place of magical
memories. <br /><br />Among them, one which is indelibly etched in my mind
is early morning pirith. It was customary for my grandfather to wake up
early, his head covered with a shawl for it could be quite cold at that
time and sit by the radio listening to the recitation of the thun sutra.
<br /><br />He didn’t turn up the volume. It didn’t make me jump out of
bed. It just blended with the birdsong that indicated night was done. I
didn’t know the meaning. I didn’t ask and he didn’t venture to explain.
We didn’t mind.<br /><br />When I was older, there were days when he would
get us; that’s my sister, brother and myself; to read from the Maha
Pirith Potha which contained the Mangala, Rathana and Karaniya Metta
sutras. He knew these by heart. He recited along with us, pausing
whenever we stumbled over a word that was particularly difficult to
pronounce. We didn’t know what it meant. He didn’t tell us. We didn’t
mind.<br /><br />Years later, I did learn the meaning of the Pali stanzas.
The music lingered though because what wafted out of that ancient radio
was pleasing. And therefore from time to time some lines would pop up in
my mind. <br /><br />Sometimes it’s a line from the Ratana Sutra (Jewel
Discourse) which is found in the Sutta Nipata and is usually chanted to
bless those who face any form of evil, negativity, sickness and fear of
death. I ‘hear’ the Karaniya Metta Sutra (Discourse on Loving Kindness).
Today it was the Mangala Sutra (Discourse on Blessings) and I can’t
really figure out why. Two verses came to me.<br /><br />The first: <br /><br /><i>Pa.tiruupa-desa-vaaso ca<br />pubbe ca kata-puññataa<br />Atta-sammaa-pa.nidhi ca<br />etam-ma"ngalam-uttama"m.</i><br /><br />Living in a civilized country, having made merit in the past,<br />Directing oneself rightly:<br />This is the highest good fortune<br /><br />‘Pa.tiruupa-desa’
could be translated as ‘ideal land’ or ideal country/nation. A place,
then, of wholesome social order. It’s easy to conclude, ‘we are not
blessed.’ So we can ask two questions. First, is there a <i>pa.tiruupa-desaya</i>
and if so where is it, what is its name? If there isn’t such a land, we
can ask, ‘how do we create such a land?’ We could also abandon the
search for a <i>pa.tiruupa-desaya</i> and the creation of one. The
Mangala Sutra is not prescriptive after all. It simply says, if such and
such things are evident, then it is a blessing. <br /><br />This side of
the pursuit of enlightenment, the lay person does imagine ideal
communities, ideal social systems. So it is essentially a political
project. In such a land, perhaps, it is easier for people to reflect on
the elements of the doctrine that could lead to ultimate emancipation.
It is good to think of creating such a community and system, as
advocated by the Buddha in the Chavalata Sutta (Firebrand Discourse)
where four types of people are discussed: those who practices to benefit
neither themselves nor others; those who practices to benefit others,
but not themselves; those who practices to benefit themselves, but not
others; and those who practices to benefit both themselves and others.<br /><br />So, on to the second stanza that came to mind:<br /> <br /><i>Maataa-pitu-upa.t.thaana"m<br />putta-daarassa sa"ngaho<br />Anaakulaa ca kammantaa<br />etam-ma”ngalam-uttama"m.<br /></i><br />Support for one's parents, assistance to one's wife & children,<br />Jobs that are not left unfinished:<br />This is the highest good fortune.<br /><br />This line in particular: <i>anaakulaa ca kammantaa </i>or jobs that are left unfinished. In relation to the first one referred to above, the unfinished job is that of creating the <i>pa.tiruupa-desaya</i>.
The ‘how’ of it is a challenging task. If people knew, we would not be
inhabiting this nation that is so far removed from ‘wholesome,’ and is
almost the polar opposite of a <i>pa.tiruupa-desaya. </i><br /><br />Of
course one might say that such a ‘pure land’ is an impossible
proposition. And yet, we do have reference to such an abode in some
Mahayana discourses where two elements are privileged, wisdom and
compassion. <br /><br />The fourth type of person described in the Chavalata Sutra is best prepared to undertake the task of creating the <i>pa.tiruupa-desaya</i>.
Such a person would want to engage in practices that benefit that
person as well as others. And such a person needs to be empowered with
wisdom and compassion. Thus, we can conclude that the cultivation of
these is the pathway to finish the unfinished job(s) related to the <i>pa.tiruupa-desaya.</i><br /><br />Today,
thirty one years after he passed away, I feel my grandfather’s presence
and I offer him what merit has accrued to me for a swift journey to the
end of samsara and for the compassion and wisdom necessary to play his
part in delivering the <i>pa.tiruupa-desaya</i>, be it in some
well-defined territory or in the more elusive land that is his mind as
he listens, contemplates and acts upon conclusions reached.<br /><br />While
wisdom is being acquired, compassion can be wished and that could very
well be what my grandfather probably wanted for himself and others.</p><div><p><b>['The
Morning Inspection' is the title of a column I wrote for the Daily News
from 2009 to 2011, one article a day, Monday through Saturday. This is the <span style="color: #cc0000;">281st</span> article in the new series that began in December 2022. Links to previous articles are given below]</b></p><p></p><p><b>malindadocs@gmail.com</b></p><p><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: red; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Other articles in this series:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span></b></span></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/12/rukshan-does-not-age.html">Rukshan does not age</a> <br /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/12/autumn-days-and-nights-thirteen.html">Autumn days and nights thirteen centuries apart</a> <br /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; 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box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/ella-delorias-silences.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Ella Deloria's silences</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/blackness-whiteness-and-black-whiteness.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Blackness, whiteness and black-whiteness</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/inscriptions-stubborn-and-erasable.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Inscriptions: stubborn and erasable </a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/thursday.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Thursday!</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/deveni-one-word-koan-thats-priceless.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Deveni: a priceless one-word koan</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/enlightening-geometries.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Enlightening geometries<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/lets-meet-at-commons.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Let's meet at 'The Commons'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/it-begins-with-dot.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">It all begins with a dot</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/recovering-run-on-lines-and-lost.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Recovering run-on lines and lost punctuation</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/wetness-is-not-preserve-of-wet-zone.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">'Wetness' is not the preserve of the Dry Zone<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/on-sweeping-close-to-ones-feet.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On sweeping close to one's feet</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/kumkum-fernando-installs-sri-lanka-in_28.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Kumkum Fernando installs Sri Lanka in Coachella, California</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-roberts-neighbors-friends-family-by.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">To be an island like the Roberts...</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/debts-that-cannot-be-repaid-in-full.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Debts that can never be repaid in full</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/an-island-which-no-flood-can-overwhelm.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">An island which no flood can overwhelm</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/who-really-wrote-mother.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Who really wrote 'Mother'?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/a-melody-faint-and-yet-not-beyond.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A melody faint and yet not beyond hearing</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/heart-dances-that-cannot-be.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Heart dances that cannot be choreographed</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/remembering-to-forget-and-forgetting-to.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Remembering to forget and forgetting to remember</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/on-loving-always.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On loving, always<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-mortalities-of-authors.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Authors are assassinated, readers are immortal</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/when-you-turn-80.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">When you turn 80...</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/it-is-good-to-be-conscious-of-nudities.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">It is good to be conscious of nudities </a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/saturday-slides-in-after-monday-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Saturday slides in after Monday and Sunday somersaults into Friday</a> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/theres-one-in-million-and-one-in-ten.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">There's a one in a million and a one in ten</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/gunadasa-kapuge-is-calling.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Gunadasa Kapuge is calling</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/kumkum-fernando-installs-sri-lanka-in_28.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Kumkum Fernando installs Sri Lanka in Coachella, California</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/hemantha-gunawardenas-signature.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Hemantha Gunawardena's signature</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/pathways-missed.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Pathways missed</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/architectures-of-demolished.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Architectures of the demolished</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-exotic-lunacy-of-parting-gifts.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The exotic lunacy of parting gifts</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/who-heck-do-you-think-i-am.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Who the heck do you think I am?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/those-fascinating-chitra-katha.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Those fascinating 'Chitra Katha'<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-mangala-sabhava.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The Mangala Sabhava</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/so-how-are-things-in-sri-lanka.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">So how are things in Sri Lanka?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-most-beautiful-father.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The most beautiful father</a><i style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></i></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/palmam-qui-meruit-ferat.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Palmam qui meruit ferat</i></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-sweetest-three-letter-poem.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The sweetest three-letter poem<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/buddhangala-kamatahan.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Buddhangala Kamatahan</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/an-irish-and-sri-lankan-hello.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">An Irish and Sri Lankan Hello</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/teams-team-thinking-team-spirit-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Teams, team-thinking, team-spirit and leadership</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-songs-we-could-sing-in-lifeboats.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The songs we could sing in lifeboats when we are shipwrecked</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/pure-rathna-class-act.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Pure-Rathna, a class act</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/jekhan-aruliah-has-set-ball-rolling-in.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Jekhan Aruliah set a ball rolling in Jaffna</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/awaiting-arrivals-unlike-any-other.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Teachers and students sometimes reverse roles</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/matters-of-honour-and-dignity.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Matters of honor and dignity</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/yet-another-mothers-day.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Yet another Mother's Day<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/a-cockroach-named-dont.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A cockroach named 'Don't'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/colombo-colombo-colombo-and-so-forth.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Colombo, Colombo, Colombo and so forth</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-slowest-road-to-kumarigama-ampara.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The slowest road to Kumarigama, Ampara</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/sweeping-clutter-away.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Sweeping the clutter away</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/some-play-music-others-listen.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Some play music, others listen</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/completing-unfinished-texts.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Completing unfinished texts</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/minds-and-hearts-loquacious-and-taciturn.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Mind and hearts, loquacious and taciturn<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/i-am-at-jaga-food-where-are-you.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">I am at Jaga Food, where are you?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/on-separating-missing-from-disappeared.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On separating the missing from the disappeared</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/moments-without-tenses.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Moments without tenses</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/and-intangible-republics-will-save-day.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">And intangible republics will save the day (as they always have)</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-world-is-made-of-waves.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The world is made of waves</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/sentinelity.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">'Sentinelity'<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-circuitous-logic-of-tony-muller.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The circuitous logic of Tony Muller</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/rohana-kalyanaratne-unforgettable-loku.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Rohana Kalyanaratne, an unforgettable 'Loku Aiya'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/mowgli-greatest-archaeologist.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Mowgli, the Greatest Archaeologist</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/figures-and-disfigurement-rocks-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Figures and disfigurement, rocks and roses</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/sujith-rathnayake-and-incarcerations.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Sujith Rathnayake and incarcerations imposed and embraced</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/some-stories-are-written-on-covers.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Some stories are written on the covers themselves</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/a-poetic-enclave-in-republic-of.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A poetic enclave in the Republic of Literature</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/landscapes-of-gone-time-and-going-time.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Landcapes of gone-time and going-time </a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/best-insurance-against-loud-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The best insurance against the loud and repeated lie</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/so-what-if-best-flutes-will-not-go-to.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Serendipitous amber rules the world</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2022/12/continents-of-heart.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Continents of the heart</a></p><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-allegory-of-slow-road.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The allegory of the slow road</a></div></div><p></p>Malinda Wordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17700355635566651088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5656050101881498705.post-61175715047886683162023-12-02T19:32:00.000+05:302023-12-02T19:32:01.407+05:30Rukshan does not age<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitD_Qswgr8dgCchNw5qs36J7zCzxnzOsxLVQu1NLetlf2-vtk6bqGh49ay7YdxzJdiE8O2Ue8aFtFlbNbq74IbwAcZoauiYG0Eiw5R1wgJuRjAUWZvbGBYeYSrR8is7gHZoAI2QIvsw3B-CRjuCVoVelkC-sdFfZ2pvgifMd00hXVdtzNzDhU8a292_lQ/s459/Ruk3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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30th of November, 2014 was a Sunday I wish never came. The 29th of
November, Saturday, was a long day but not atypical as those who work
for Sunday newspaper know. Sunday was therefore a day to sleep late into
the morning. Slow recharge of batteries. It was not to be.<br /><br />Around
5.45 am I received a call. There was only one reason for anyone in the
editorial staff of ‘The Nation’ to call me at that hour. So I picked up
the phone.<br /><br />Pushpika, graphic designer, wanted to know where I was. <br /><br />‘Office,’ I said. Yes, those were days when I spent many nights in my office. Typically Saturdays. <br /><br />‘Api dan ohata enava (we are coming there now).’<br /><br />We. So I knew she wasn’t alone. And I knew she was in a three-wheeler. <br /><br />‘<i>Api Ragamata yanna ona</i> (we need to go to Ragama)’ she continued.<br /><br />‘Rukshan?’ I asked.<br /><br />‘Ow (yes).’ <br /><br />By this time I knew she was in a three-wheeler and I figured out she was not alone.<br /><br />‘<i>Rukshan nathi vunada </i>(has Rukshan passed away)?’ I sensed it. <br /><br />‘Ow.’<br /><br />He
had died the previous night, maybe a short while after we put the paper
to bed, so to speak. I wasn’t shocked but that’s not because it was
something expected. I was exhausted and not because of a long and
tedious Saturday. I was tired and so were we all, i.e. Rukshan
Abeywanhsa’s friends at ‘The Nation.’ <br /><br />Five months earlier
Rukshan met with a tragic accident which left him paralyzed neck
downwards. We were devastated. We would have been as upset had it been
anyone else and would have certainly expended the same efforts to make
sure that the best treatment was obtained, I am sure. At the same time I
cannot think of anyone who was more loved by one and all not just at
‘The Nation,’ but the entire Rivira Media Corporation (Pvt) Ltd. <br /><br />Rukshan
was the best photojournalist we had. He was adjudged Photojournalist of
the Year 2013 while he was in hostpital; his wife Sharm had to collect
the award on his behalf and we His photographs lifted the newspaper. He
was indefatigable. Never once complained. Always, always smiled. <br /><br />The
hospital bills continued to mount during those long months at Asiri
Central Hospital. Almost at the same speed contributions towards meeting
these expenses poured in. The entire newspaper fraternity chipped in
for Rukshan was known by fellow photojournalists in other newspapers. He
was known by others too. Friends asked other friends. Unknown people
responded to requests. Kumar De Silva contributed all proceeds from his
exhibition ‘Nostalgie.’ In fact he continued to help Rukshan’s family
even after Rukshan passed away channelling whatever was earned from
subsequent editions of ‘Nostalgia.’ <br /><br />I remember the then
President, Mahinda Rajapaksa calling me one morning over something. As
was his way he asked me how I was. I told him, in Sinhala, ‘I am ok, but
something has happened and I feel absolutely helpless.’ And I told him
about Rukshan.<br /><br />‘Oh my god,’ he said and told me to send him all
the details. He released Rs 1.4 million from the President’s Fund. Dian
Gomes, a friend, responded to an email almost immediately, asking for
the account numbers. He made a substantial contribution.<br /><br />It may
have eased the minds of Rukshan’s family, but then again, we had told
them, especially his mother, ‘all you can give and should think about
giving is love; we will take care of all other matters.’ <br /><br />Rukshan
melted people’s hearts during those months when he was rendered
helpless and immobile. When we rushed to the Accident Ward, he wanted to
know if Kavinda Vimarshana, who was riding the motorcycle that fateful
morning, was alright. Then he asked if he had lost his legs because he
had lost all feeling. Then he smiled at me and asked <i>‘thaaththata kohomada?’ </i>He knew my father hadn’t been too well. He was like that. <br /><br />About two years before the accident, Rukshan came to my office and said ‘<i>boss, mama vena rassaavak hoyagannada</i>
(is it ok if I look for another job)?’ I told him to wait, because we
were understaffed and were in the process of putting together a good
team of journalists. He smiled and said ‘ok, boss.’ A few months before
the accident I called him to my office and told him that it is time he
thought of developing his career somewhere else. He smiled and said ‘ok,
boss.’<br /><br />The last time I saw him, he told me that all he wanted
was to recover some control over his fingers so that he could use a
touchpad and select photographs for an exhibition. He knew that chances
of recovery were close to non-existent. He was resigned to this and yet
had lost none of his zest for life. <br /><br />‘Such courage,’ I told myself. As always, I spoke a few words which I felt would offer some comfort and left. <br /><br />And
then came that Sunday. Rukshan, who had been transferred to a
rehabilitation facility in Ragama, had passed away. A few days earlier
when a friend, who happened to be single, visited him, Rukshan had told
him that there are lots of pretty young nurses there. He always found
ways to make people smile during those terrible days. And they all cried
after leaving his bedside. <br /><br />And then we tried to find
consolation, each in his or her own way. I thought back on all the
prayers murmured in all places of religious worship — Buddhist temples,
Hindu temples, churches — the blessings, the bodhi poojas etc. We had
prayed individually and collectively for Rukshan. We wanted him to heal.
He did. Nine years ago I wrote a note:<br /><div><br /></div><div><i>'He
brought into this world a karmic life expectancy. He paid for ancient
sins. He paid all his dues, I am convinced. When the final payment was
made, however, the physical body was beyond repair. There was no reason
for him to suffer. He left. It was not the ‘escape’ or the ‘healing’
we wanted, but it was freedom nevertheless. Rukshan went well.'</i> <br /></div><div><br /></div><p>Sunday
the 30th of November, 2014. I remember that day clearly, although nine
years have passed. Our Nation lost its heartbeat that day. We were left
diminished. And since then, almost every single day, I think of Rukshan
and hope he is making more tender the regions he travels now,
unencumbered by paralysis of any kind. </p><div><div><p><b>['The
Morning Inspection' is the title of a column I wrote for the Daily News
from 2009 to 2011, one article a day, Monday through Saturday. This is the <span style="color: #cc0000;">280th</span> article in the new series that began in December 2022. Links to previous articles are given below]</b></p><p></p><p><b>malindadocs@gmail.com</b></p><p><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: red; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Other articles in this series:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span></b></span></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/12/autumn-days-and-nights-thirteen.html">Autumn days and nights thirteen centuries apart</a> <br /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/11/texts-are-ancient-transcription-error.html">Texts are ancient, transcription error-ridden</a> <br /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; 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color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The greatest fallacy</a> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/encounters-with-liyanage-amarakeerthi.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Encounters with Liyanage Amarakeerthi</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/beyond-praise-and-blame.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Beyond praise and blame</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/letters-that-cut-and-heal-heart.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Letters that cut and heal the heart</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/vanished-and-vanishing-trails.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Vanished and vanishing trails</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/blue-blueness.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Blue-blueness</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/a-forgotten-dawn-song-from-embilipitiya.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A forgotten dawn song from Embilipitiya</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-soft-rain-of-neighbourliness.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The soft rain of neighbourliness</a> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-gold-medals-of-being.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The Gold Medals of being</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/jaya-sri-ratna-sri.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Jaya Sri Ratna Sri</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/all-those-weve-loved-before.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">All those we've loved before</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/reflections-on-waves-and-markings.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Reflections on waves and markings</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/a-chorus-of-national-anthems.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A chorus of National Anthems</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/saying-what-and-how.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Saying what and how<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/say-when.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">'Say when'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/respond-to-insults-in-line-with-akkosa.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Respond to insults in line with the Akkosa Sutra</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-loves-of-our-lives.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The loves of our lives</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-right-time-right-person.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The right time, the right person</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-silent-equivalent-of-thousand-words.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The silent equivalent of a thousand words<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/crazy-cousins-are-besties-for-life.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Crazy cousins are besties for life</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/unities-freakish-and-endearing.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Unities, free and endearing</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/free-verse-and-return-key.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Free verse and the return key</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/sorry-earth.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">"Sorry, Earth!"</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-lost-lyrics-of-premakeerthi-de-alwis.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The lost lyrics of Premakeerthi de Alwis</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-revolution-is-song.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The revolution is the song</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/consolation-prizes-in-competitions-no.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Consolation prizes in competitions no one ever wins</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-day-i-won-pulitzer.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The day I won a Pulitzer</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/ko.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Ko?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/ella-delorias-silences.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Ella Deloria's silences</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/blackness-whiteness-and-black-whiteness.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Blackness, whiteness and black-whiteness</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/inscriptions-stubborn-and-erasable.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Inscriptions: stubborn and erasable </a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/thursday.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Thursday!</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/deveni-one-word-koan-thats-priceless.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Deveni: a priceless one-word koan</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/enlightening-geometries.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Enlightening geometries<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/lets-meet-at-commons.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Let's meet at 'The Commons'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/it-begins-with-dot.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">It all begins with a dot</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/recovering-run-on-lines-and-lost.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Recovering run-on lines and lost punctuation</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/wetness-is-not-preserve-of-wet-zone.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">'Wetness' is not the preserve of the Dry Zone<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/on-sweeping-close-to-ones-feet.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On sweeping close to one's feet</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/kumkum-fernando-installs-sri-lanka-in_28.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Kumkum Fernando installs Sri Lanka in Coachella, California</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-roberts-neighbors-friends-family-by.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">To be an island like the Roberts...</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/debts-that-cannot-be-repaid-in-full.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Debts that can never be repaid in full</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/an-island-which-no-flood-can-overwhelm.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">An island which no flood can overwhelm</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/who-really-wrote-mother.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Who really wrote 'Mother'?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/a-melody-faint-and-yet-not-beyond.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A melody faint and yet not beyond hearing</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/heart-dances-that-cannot-be.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Heart dances that cannot be choreographed</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/remembering-to-forget-and-forgetting-to.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Remembering to forget and forgetting to remember</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/on-loving-always.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On loving, always<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-mortalities-of-authors.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Authors are assassinated, readers are immortal</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/when-you-turn-80.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">When you turn 80...</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/it-is-good-to-be-conscious-of-nudities.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">It is good to be conscious of nudities </a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/saturday-slides-in-after-monday-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Saturday slides in after Monday and Sunday somersaults into Friday</a> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/theres-one-in-million-and-one-in-ten.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">There's a one in a million and a one in ten</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/gunadasa-kapuge-is-calling.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Gunadasa Kapuge is calling</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/kumkum-fernando-installs-sri-lanka-in_28.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Kumkum Fernando installs Sri Lanka in Coachella, California</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/hemantha-gunawardenas-signature.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Hemantha Gunawardena's signature</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/pathways-missed.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Pathways missed</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/architectures-of-demolished.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Architectures of the demolished</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-exotic-lunacy-of-parting-gifts.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The exotic lunacy of parting gifts</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/who-heck-do-you-think-i-am.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Who the heck do you think I am?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/those-fascinating-chitra-katha.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Those fascinating 'Chitra Katha'<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-mangala-sabhava.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The Mangala Sabhava</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/so-how-are-things-in-sri-lanka.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">So how are things in Sri Lanka?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-most-beautiful-father.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The most beautiful father</a><i style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></i></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/palmam-qui-meruit-ferat.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Palmam qui meruit ferat</i></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-sweetest-three-letter-poem.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The sweetest three-letter poem<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/buddhangala-kamatahan.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Buddhangala Kamatahan</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/an-irish-and-sri-lankan-hello.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">An Irish and Sri Lankan Hello</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/teams-team-thinking-team-spirit-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Teams, team-thinking, team-spirit and leadership</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-songs-we-could-sing-in-lifeboats.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The songs we could sing in lifeboats when we are shipwrecked</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/pure-rathna-class-act.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Pure-Rathna, a class act</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/jekhan-aruliah-has-set-ball-rolling-in.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Jekhan Aruliah set a ball rolling in Jaffna</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/awaiting-arrivals-unlike-any-other.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Awaiting arrivals unlike any other</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/['The%20Morning%20Inspection'%20is%20the%20title%20of%20a%20column%20I%20wrote%20for%20the%20Daily%20News%20from%202009%20to%202011,%20one%20article%20a%20day,%20Monday%20through%20Saturday.%20This%20is%20a%20new%20series.%20Links%20to%20previous%20articles%20in%20this%20new%20series%20are%20given%20below]%20%20Other%20articles%20in%20this%20series:%20%20Matters%20of%20honor%20and%20dignity%20%20Yet%20another%20Mother's%20Day%20%20A%20cockroach%20named%20'Don't'%20%20Colombo,%20Colombo,%20Colombo%20and%20so%20forth%20%20The%20slowest%20road%20to%20Kumarigama,%20Ampara%20%20Sweeping%20the%20clutter%20away%20%20Some%20play%20music,%20others%20listen%20%20Completing%20unfinished%20texts%20%20Mind%20and%20hearts,%20loquacious%20and%20taciturn%20%20I%20am%20at%20Jaga%20Food,%20where%20are%20you?%20%20On%20separating%20the%20missing%20from%20the%20disappeared%20%20Moments%20without%20tenses%20%20And%20intangible%20republics%20will%20save%20the%20day%20(as%20they%20always%20have)%20%20The%20world%20is%20made%20of%20waves%20%20%27Sentinelity%27%20%20The%20circuitous%20logic%20of%20Tony%20Muller%20%20Rohana%20Kalyanaratne,%20an%20unforgettable%20%27Loku%20Aiya%27%20%20Mowgli,%20the%20Greatest%20Archaeologist%20%20Figures%20and%20disfigurement,%20rocks%20and%20roses%20%20Sujith%20Rathnayake%20and%20incarcerations%20imposed%20and%20embraced%20%20Some%20stories%20are%20written%20on%20the%20covers%20themselves%20%20A%20poetic%20enclave%20in%20the%20Republic%20of%20Literature%20%20Landcapes%20of%20gone-time%20and%20going-time%20%20%20The%20best%20insurance%20against%20the%20loud%20and%20repeated%20lie%20%20So%20what%20if%20the%20best%20flutes%20will%20not%20go%20to%20the%20best%20flautists?%20%20There%27s%20dust%20and%20words%20awaiting%20us%20at%20crossroads%20and%20crosswords%20%20The%20books%20of%20disquiet%20%20A%20song%20of%20terraced%20paddy%20fields%20%20Of%20ants,%20bridges%20and%20possibilities%20%20From%20A%20through%20Aardvark%20to%20Zyzzyva%20%20%20World%27s%20End%20%20Words,%20their%20potency,%20appropriation%20and%20abuse%20%20Street%20corner%20stories%20%20Who%20did%20not%20listen,%20who%27s%20not%20listening%20still?%20%20The%20book%20of%20layering%20%20If%20you%20remember%20Kobe,%20visit%20GOAT%20Mountain%20%20The%20world%20is%20made%20for%20re-colouring%20%20The%20gift%20and%20yoke%20of%20bastardy%20%20The%20%27English%20Smile%27%20%20No%2027,%20Dickman%27s%20Road,%20Colombo%205%20%20Visual%20cartographers%20and%20cartography%20%20Ithaca%20from%20a%20long%20ago%20and%20right%20now%20%20Lessons%20written%20in%20invisible%20ink%20%20The%20amazing%20quality%20of%20%27equal-kindness%27%20%20A%20tea-maker%20story%20seldom%20told%20%20On%20academic%20activism%20%20The%20interchangeability%20of%20light%20and%20darkness%20%20Back%20to%20TRADITIONAL%20rice%20%20Sisterhood:%20moments,%20just%20moments%20%20Chess%20is%20my%20life%20and%20perhaps%20your%20too%20%20Reflections%20on%20ownership%20and%20belonging%20%20The%20integrity%20of%20Nadeesha%20Rajapaksha%20%20Signatures%20in%20the%20seasons%20of%20love%20%20To%20Maceo%20Martinet%20as%20he%20flies%20over%20rainbows%20%20Sirith,%20like%20pirith,%20persist%20%20Fragrances%20that%20will%20not%20be%20bottled%20%20%20Colours%20and%20textures%20of%20living%20heritage%20%20Countries%20of%20the%20past,%20present%20and%20future%20%20A%20degree%20in%20creative%20excuses%20%20Books%20launched%20and%20not-yet-launched%20%20The%20sunrise%20as%20viewed%20from%20sacred%20mountains%20%20The%20ways%20of%20the%20lotus%20%20Isaiah%2058:%2012-16%20and%20the%20true%20meaning%20of%20grace%20%20The%20age%20of%20Frederick%20Algernon%20Trotteville%20%20Live%20and%20tell%20the%20tale%20as%20you%20will%20%20Between%20struggle%20and%20cooperation%20%20Of%20love%20and%20other%20intangibles%20%20Neruda,%20Sekara%20and%20literary%20dimensions%20%20The%20universe%20of%20smallness%20%20Paul%20Christopher%27s%20heart%20of%20many%20chambers%20%20Calmness%20gracefully%20cascades%20in%20the%20Dumbara%20Hills%20%20Serendipitous%20amber%20rules%20the%20world%20Continents%20of%20the%20heart%20%20%20%20The%20allegory%20of%20the%20slow%20road" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Teachers and students sometimes reverse roles</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/matters-of-honour-and-dignity.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Matters of honor and dignity</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/yet-another-mothers-day.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Yet another Mother's Day<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/a-cockroach-named-dont.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A cockroach named 'Don't'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/colombo-colombo-colombo-and-so-forth.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Colombo, Colombo, Colombo and so forth</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-slowest-road-to-kumarigama-ampara.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The slowest road to Kumarigama, Ampara</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/sweeping-clutter-away.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Sweeping the clutter away</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/some-play-music-others-listen.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Some play music, others listen</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/completing-unfinished-texts.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Completing unfinished texts</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/minds-and-hearts-loquacious-and-taciturn.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Mind and hearts, loquacious and taciturn<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/i-am-at-jaga-food-where-are-you.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">I am at Jaga Food, where are you?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/on-separating-missing-from-disappeared.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On separating the missing from the disappeared</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/moments-without-tenses.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Moments without tenses</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/and-intangible-republics-will-save-day.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">And intangible republics will save the day (as they always have)</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-world-is-made-of-waves.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The world is made of waves</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/sentinelity.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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<a class="goog-inline-block share-button sb-email" href="https://www.blogger.com/share-post.g?blogID=5656050101881498705&postID=3072820548642031597&target=email" target="_blank" title="Email This"><span class="share-button-link-text"></span></a><p> </p>Malinda Wordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17700355635566651088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5656050101881498705.post-73505288802269705912023-12-01T00:55:00.006+05:302023-12-01T00:55:59.303+05:30Autumn days and nights thirteen centuries apart<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCvRkPJ5Tuds_BAqk4mTUAzpM_yTe6dMQPq0_rKlaOl80Zybt2mQ2OnJW9ZgCQpkEbEbIPwUoTeSBbMZEFdL_jAyTqkKkTNCAMvBlCv0Mth_lodqDPsVHbmPDHd5JVabnRELw3QkqF9gRb7QHXpmq_E9Xi-iMeHtzdEuCbK8kzZIn9M5GTG7TJKviFcVM/s1600/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-11-27%20at%2017.07.13.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCvRkPJ5Tuds_BAqk4mTUAzpM_yTe6dMQPq0_rKlaOl80Zybt2mQ2OnJW9ZgCQpkEbEbIPwUoTeSBbMZEFdL_jAyTqkKkTNCAMvBlCv0Mth_lodqDPsVHbmPDHd5JVabnRELw3QkqF9gRb7QHXpmq_E9Xi-iMeHtzdEuCbK8kzZIn9M5GTG7TJKviFcVM/w640-h480/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-11-27%20at%2017.07.13.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Somewhere,
on a day like today or maybe even a morning, afternoon or night that is
decked in very different colours, someone must have coined a name for
that threshold, neither-here-nor-there moment, that unmanned checkpoint
that separates light and darkness.<br /><br />Perhaps this very person or,
who knows, someone else wondered if that was entirely true. Someone may
have thought, ‘it’s not that the day yields the earth to night, but in
fact it is just day and night traveling to an ephemeral rendezvous where
they skin one another, re-clothe and exchange notes.<br /><br /><div>So,
day and night rendezvous at dusk, let’s assume. What if we twisted the
question a bit. What if we asked, ‘where does night at day rendezvous?’
Would dusk be the correct answer? Dawn is as correct, an answer, is it
not?</div><div><br /></div><p>It’s as though night and day, unbeknownst to
one and all, spend their hours traveling from one point to another. They
move from dawn but along two different routes, meeting only at dusk,
only to trace their steps back to dawn, again along two different
routes. <br /><br />These were my dusk thoughts a few hours ago in this late
Autumn in Philadelphia with a stiff wind issuing warning after warning —
the days will get even shorter and my breath upon your cheek will
sting. Day and night converged and as though this momentous and yet
surreptitious encounter ought to be acknowledged, a light or two had
been switched on. I knew it was late evening, but my thoughts strayed to
some other planet-point where at that very moment, day and night in
other avatars had proceeded in the opposite direction to meet at dawn. <br /><br />How
many encounters, altogether, I wondered, and not just of things related
to light and shadow. Who was meeting whom and where? Was someone late
and did it matter to the person who had to wait? <br /><br />So much
distance, so much fracture. So many embraces in togethernesses
anticipated, realised and remembered. I walked indoors from a twilight
which could have even been a dawn, only to be offered a book of poetry,
‘Selected Translations’ by W S Merwin, Poet Laureate of the US from
2010-11 and twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. <br /><br />I
don’t know what kind of machinations were engaged in by what kind of
forces, but a random page offered me a poem by 8th century poet Tu Fu,
also known as Du Fu, and considered with Li Po as one of China’s
greatest poets of the Tang dynasty — Autumn Night. <br /><br /><i>The dew falls, the sky is a long way up, the brimming waters are quiet.<br />On the empty mountain in the companionless night doubtless the<br /> wandering spirits are stirring.<br />Alone in the distance the ship’s lantern lights up one motionless sail.<br />The new moon is moored to the sky, the sound of the beetles comes to an end.<br />The chrysanthemums have flowered, men are lulling their sorrows to sleep.<br />Step by step along the veranda, propped on my stick, I keep my eyes on the Great Bear.<br />In the distance the celestial river leads to the town.</i><br /><br />Someone,
somewhere must be, I was convinced, writing a poem about a
companionless morning, of restless spirits retiring to beds rarely
visited by rest, of the light of a ship that will be extinguished soon,
of sails motionless in an ocean of dead winds, of moon and starts ready
to be unmoored from the sky, of men and women and children and other
residents of our terribly scarred and yet forgiving planet finding their
sorrows suffer from interminable insomnia, of skies that went unnoticed
and rivers fleeing from the town. <br /><br />Fifteen centuries have
passed. One thousand and five hundred autumns. Thirty times as many
dusks and thirty times as many dawns — the love of night and day
outlives the immeasurable sorrows and unutterable bliss of lovers from
that time to this. <br /><br />There’s so much poetry that could have
been written but was not on Earth, the Planet of Insomnia. This too came
to mind as I read the words of the poet Tu Fu, nodded to W.S. Merwin,
who I learned was a practicing Buddhist, and saluted ships that
deliberately and carefully navigated around dusk and dawn so that lovers
will not be denied the right to inhabit the poetry that their
togetherness composed. </p><div><div><p><b>['The
Morning Inspection' is the title of a column I wrote for the Daily News
from 2009 to 2011, one article a day, Monday through Saturday. This is the <span style="color: #cc0000;">279th</span> article in the new series that began in December 2022. Links to previous articles are given below]</b></p><p></p><p><b>malindadocs@gmail.com</b></p><p><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: red; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Other articles in this series:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span></b></span></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/11/texts-are-ancient-transcription-error.html">Texts are ancient, transcription error-ridden</a> <br /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/11/the-naked-truth.html">The naked truth</a> <br /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; 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margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/saying-what-and-how.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Saying what and how<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/say-when.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">'Say when'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/respond-to-insults-in-line-with-akkosa.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Respond to insults in line with the Akkosa Sutra</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-loves-of-our-lives.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The loves of our lives</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-right-time-right-person.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The right time, the right person</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-silent-equivalent-of-thousand-words.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The silent equivalent of a thousand words<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/crazy-cousins-are-besties-for-life.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Crazy cousins are besties for life</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/unities-freakish-and-endearing.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Unities, free and endearing</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/free-verse-and-return-key.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Free verse and the return key</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/sorry-earth.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">"Sorry, Earth!"</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-lost-lyrics-of-premakeerthi-de-alwis.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The lost lyrics of Premakeerthi de Alwis</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-revolution-is-song.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The revolution is the song</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/consolation-prizes-in-competitions-no.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Consolation prizes in competitions no one ever wins</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-day-i-won-pulitzer.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The day I won a Pulitzer</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/ko.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Ko?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/ella-delorias-silences.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Ella Deloria's silences</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/blackness-whiteness-and-black-whiteness.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Blackness, whiteness and black-whiteness</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/inscriptions-stubborn-and-erasable.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Inscriptions: stubborn and erasable </a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/thursday.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Thursday!</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/deveni-one-word-koan-thats-priceless.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Deveni: a priceless one-word koan</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/enlightening-geometries.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Enlightening geometries<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/lets-meet-at-commons.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Let's meet at 'The Commons'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/it-begins-with-dot.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">It all begins with a dot</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/recovering-run-on-lines-and-lost.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Recovering run-on lines and lost punctuation</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/wetness-is-not-preserve-of-wet-zone.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">'Wetness' is not the preserve of the Dry Zone<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/on-sweeping-close-to-ones-feet.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On sweeping close to one's feet</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/kumkum-fernando-installs-sri-lanka-in_28.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Kumkum Fernando installs Sri Lanka in Coachella, California</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-roberts-neighbors-friends-family-by.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">To be an island like the Roberts...</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/debts-that-cannot-be-repaid-in-full.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Debts that can never be repaid in full</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/an-island-which-no-flood-can-overwhelm.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">An island which no flood can overwhelm</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/who-really-wrote-mother.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Who really wrote 'Mother'?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/a-melody-faint-and-yet-not-beyond.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A melody faint and yet not beyond hearing</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/heart-dances-that-cannot-be.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Heart dances that cannot be choreographed</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/remembering-to-forget-and-forgetting-to.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Remembering to forget and forgetting to remember</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/on-loving-always.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On loving, always<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-mortalities-of-authors.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Authors are assassinated, readers are immortal</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/when-you-turn-80.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">When you turn 80...</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/it-is-good-to-be-conscious-of-nudities.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">It is good to be conscious of nudities </a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/saturday-slides-in-after-monday-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Saturday slides in after Monday and Sunday somersaults into Friday</a> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/theres-one-in-million-and-one-in-ten.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">There's a one in a million and a one in ten</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/gunadasa-kapuge-is-calling.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Gunadasa Kapuge is calling</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/kumkum-fernando-installs-sri-lanka-in_28.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Kumkum Fernando installs Sri Lanka in Coachella, California</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/hemantha-gunawardenas-signature.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Hemantha Gunawardena's signature</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/pathways-missed.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Pathways missed</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/architectures-of-demolished.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Architectures of the demolished</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-exotic-lunacy-of-parting-gifts.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The exotic lunacy of parting gifts</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/who-heck-do-you-think-i-am.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Who the heck do you think I am?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/those-fascinating-chitra-katha.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Those fascinating 'Chitra Katha'<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-mangala-sabhava.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The Mangala Sabhava</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/so-how-are-things-in-sri-lanka.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">So how are things in Sri Lanka?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-most-beautiful-father.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The most beautiful father</a><i style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></i></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/palmam-qui-meruit-ferat.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Palmam qui meruit ferat</i></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-sweetest-three-letter-poem.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The sweetest three-letter poem<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/buddhangala-kamatahan.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Buddhangala Kamatahan</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/an-irish-and-sri-lankan-hello.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">An Irish and Sri Lankan Hello</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/teams-team-thinking-team-spirit-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Teams, team-thinking, team-spirit and leadership</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-songs-we-could-sing-in-lifeboats.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The songs we could sing in lifeboats when we are shipwrecked</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/pure-rathna-class-act.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Pure-Rathna, a class act</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/jekhan-aruliah-has-set-ball-rolling-in.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Jekhan Aruliah set a ball rolling in Jaffna</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/awaiting-arrivals-unlike-any-other.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Teachers and students sometimes reverse roles</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/matters-of-honour-and-dignity.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Matters of honor and dignity</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/yet-another-mothers-day.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Yet another Mother's Day<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/a-cockroach-named-dont.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A cockroach named 'Don't'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/colombo-colombo-colombo-and-so-forth.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Colombo, Colombo, Colombo and so forth</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-slowest-road-to-kumarigama-ampara.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The slowest road to Kumarigama, Ampara</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/sweeping-clutter-away.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Sweeping the clutter away</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/some-play-music-others-listen.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Some play music, others listen</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/completing-unfinished-texts.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Completing unfinished texts</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/minds-and-hearts-loquacious-and-taciturn.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Mind and hearts, loquacious and taciturn<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/i-am-at-jaga-food-where-are-you.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">I am at Jaga Food, where are you?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/on-separating-missing-from-disappeared.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On separating the missing from the disappeared</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/moments-without-tenses.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Moments without tenses</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/and-intangible-republics-will-save-day.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">And intangible republics will save the day (as they always have)</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-world-is-made-of-waves.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The world is made of waves</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/sentinelity.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">'Sentinelity'<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-circuitous-logic-of-tony-muller.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The circuitous logic of Tony Muller</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/rohana-kalyanaratne-unforgettable-loku.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Rohana Kalyanaratne, an unforgettable 'Loku Aiya'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/mowgli-greatest-archaeologist.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Mowgli, the Greatest Archaeologist</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/figures-and-disfigurement-rocks-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Figures and disfigurement, rocks and roses</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/sujith-rathnayake-and-incarcerations.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Sujith Rathnayake and incarcerations imposed and embraced</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/some-stories-are-written-on-covers.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Some stories are written on the covers themselves</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/a-poetic-enclave-in-republic-of.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A poetic enclave in the Republic of Literature</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; 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color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">So what if the best flutes will not go to the best flautists?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/theres-dust-and-words-awaiting-us-at.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">There's dust and words awaiting us at crossroads and crosswords</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-books-of-disquiet.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The books of disquiet</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; 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</div><p> </p>Malinda Wordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17700355635566651088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5656050101881498705.post-30728205486420315972023-11-29T09:23:00.000+05:302023-11-29T09:23:11.571+05:30Texts are ancient, transcription error-ridden<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtaUxH9AbEAxj-8atN-Q36E3ThF6UPkOQnhwFgoSupfhnDdtQgARoccR4yMQacLqIRQS-C4p69LeIGOGg6bSSCO9bzw_H-CGlfxSkf3SRJQaznJoTj7JVfqz7dRgMbDiovA8KhCPFIMviPXxy6c3nNH4BF-ZsXncV0n9DKEiF7tYXo9yxAo-opci3tdDI/s800/rivera.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtaUxH9AbEAxj-8atN-Q36E3ThF6UPkOQnhwFgoSupfhnDdtQgARoccR4yMQacLqIRQS-C4p69LeIGOGg6bSSCO9bzw_H-CGlfxSkf3SRJQaznJoTj7JVfqz7dRgMbDiovA8KhCPFIMviPXxy6c3nNH4BF-ZsXncV0n9DKEiF7tYXo9yxAo-opci3tdDI/w640-h320/rivera.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />About
fifteen years ago, when I was a visiting lecturer at the Mass
Communication Department, Kelaniya University, I gave the students a
simple exercise. They were required to write down all the advertisements
from the main gate to the classroom. Not many did it and even those
who made an effort missed much more than they noticed. <br /><br />Several
years before that, wandering around Times Square in New York City, it
occurred to me that this was a place that was made of advertisements.
Where there is space, it seems to me, there’s bound to be an
advertisement. People selling something, encouraging others to buy some
product or service or support some cause. Ads in all colors, all sizes
and shapes, and in all kinds of places. You just can’t escape them. City
spaces, trains, buses, taxis, other vehicles, television sets, radios
and, as of now, electronic devices are ad-ridden. <br /><br />But it’s not advertising that I want to write about. It’s about what we capture in our writing and how we capture it. <br /><br />Years
ago, I felt that the world is full of metaphors. Just like ads. And
that led me to conclude that the world is made of stories and poetry.
It’s all there but not neatly arranged. There are verses but they are
scattered. Indeed the lines of a single poem are not necessarily
organised as one finds them in the pages of an anthology of poetry.
There are innumerable scores of music, only it’s as if someone has
jumbled the sheets. There are incredible sculptures but they are still
frozen in all kinds of material. <br /><br />I told this to the poet Saumya
Sandaruwan Liyanage; just the part about metaphors and poetry. He
agreed and proceeded to write a poem about it which I believe is in his
latest book of poems, ‘<i>Ithin Kaviyani Hondata Ninda Yanavada Reta</i> (So
tell me, poets, do you sleep well at night)?’ <br /><br />So what writers
and other kinds of artists do is essentially ‘transcribing.’ They know
how to put things together. They gather scattered words and rearrange
them. They extract a statue from a rock. They know which arrangement of
notes go with other arrangements of notes. They know that color, line
and space have been scrambled, so they decode it all. They see movement
and draw from it dance. <br /> <br />And so we get literature, art,
sculpture, music and dance. Transcribed from the world around the
creative artist. And it is always incomplete. We always have to console
ourselves with a slice, beautifully expressed no doubt, but still just a
part-transcription. There’s text that is readable, photographs that
speak a thousand words as they say, music that makes us weep but it is
never more than shedding light on some place that’s hidden on account of
shade. <br /><br />There are limitations. Gabriel Garcia Marquez, in an
wonderfully crafted essay titled ‘Something else on literature and
reality’ in ‘The Scandal of the Century and Other Writings’ expressed a
truth that is rarely if ever acknowledged: ‘A very serious problem that
our disproportionate reality poses for literature is the insufficiency
of words.’ <br /><br />In short, exhaustive transcription is not possible.
He puts it this way, ‘Just in Mexico many volumes would have to be
written to express its incredible reality. After almost twenty years
there, I could still spend entire hours, as I have so many times,
contemplating a bowl of Mexican jumping beans.’ <br /><br />He goes on, this
great writer who was first a journalist and at the end wanted to be
remembered for what he wrote to newspapers, and offers this stunning
sobering and humbling conclusion: <br />‘writers have to admit, hands on
hearts, that reality is a better writer than we are. Our destiny, maybe
our glory, is to try to imitate it with humility, and as best we can.’<br /><br />Arrogance
interferes with imitation. It makes us erroneously believe that we have
done reality justice and by that very fact we do much injustice to
reality and of course the readers who may trust us to have ‘done our
best’ and ‘in all humility’ too. <br /><br />My students probably did not
understand the full meaning of the word ‘advertisement.’ I tried to
explain later; some may have figured it out. Had I decided to undertake
the same exercise, I probably would have fallen short too. We don’t see
all the signs. We don’t hear all the music. We miss some words and the
lyrics don’t say what the lyricist intended us to read/hear. The artist
transliterates the reality-text and some of the transliteration gets
lost in reading, which is also an error-ridden exercise even if the
reader is determined to read the text closely. <br /><p></p><div>We can be
better transcribers of ancient and all-containing texts than we are and
that’s good enough since perfect transcription is impossible. Let’s flag
the caveat: provided we try to imitate reality with humility, and as
best we can. </div><div><br /></div><div><div><p><b>['The
Morning Inspection' is the title of a column I wrote for the Daily News
from 2009 to 2011, one article a day, Monday through Saturday. This is the <span style="color: #cc0000;">278th</span> article in the new series that began in December 2022. Links to previous articles are given below]</b></p><p></p><p><b>malindadocs@gmail.com</b></p><p><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: red; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Other articles in this series:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span></b></span></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/11/the-naked-truth.html">The naked truth</a> <br /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/11/the-poetry-of-resistance.html">The poetry of resistance </a> <br /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; 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margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/what-makes-oxygen-breathable.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">What makes Oxygen breathable? </a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/sorrowing-and-delighting-world.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Sorrowing and delighting the world</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-greatest-fallacy.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/letters-that-cut-and-heal-heart.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Letters that cut and heal the heart</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/vanished-and-vanishing-trails.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Vanished and vanishing trails</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/blue-blueness.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Blue-blueness</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/a-forgotten-dawn-song-from-embilipitiya.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A forgotten dawn song from Embilipitiya</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-soft-rain-of-neighbourliness.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The soft rain of neighbourliness</a> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-gold-medals-of-being.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The Gold Medals of being</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/jaya-sri-ratna-sri.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Jaya Sri Ratna Sri</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/all-those-weve-loved-before.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">All those we've loved before</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/reflections-on-waves-and-markings.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Reflections on waves and markings</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/a-chorus-of-national-anthems.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A chorus of National Anthems</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; 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color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Respond to insults in line with the Akkosa Sutra</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-loves-of-our-lives.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The loves of our lives</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-right-time-right-person.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The right time, the right person</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-silent-equivalent-of-thousand-words.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The silent equivalent of a thousand words<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/crazy-cousins-are-besties-for-life.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Crazy cousins are besties for life</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/unities-freakish-and-endearing.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Unities, free and endearing</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/free-verse-and-return-key.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Free verse and the return key</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/sorry-earth.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">"Sorry, Earth!"</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-lost-lyrics-of-premakeerthi-de-alwis.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The lost lyrics of Premakeerthi de Alwis</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-revolution-is-song.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The revolution is the song</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/consolation-prizes-in-competitions-no.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/ella-delorias-silences.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Ella Deloria's silences</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/blackness-whiteness-and-black-whiteness.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Blackness, whiteness and black-whiteness</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/inscriptions-stubborn-and-erasable.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/enlightening-geometries.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Enlightening geometries<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/lets-meet-at-commons.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Let's meet at 'The Commons'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/it-begins-with-dot.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/on-sweeping-close-to-ones-feet.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On sweeping close to one's feet</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/kumkum-fernando-installs-sri-lanka-in_28.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Kumkum Fernando installs Sri Lanka in Coachella, California</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-roberts-neighbors-friends-family-by.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">To be an island like the Roberts...</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/debts-that-cannot-be-repaid-in-full.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Debts that can never be repaid in full</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/an-island-which-no-flood-can-overwhelm.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">An island which no flood can overwhelm</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/who-really-wrote-mother.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Who really wrote 'Mother'?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/a-melody-faint-and-yet-not-beyond.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A melody faint and yet not beyond hearing</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/heart-dances-that-cannot-be.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Heart dances that cannot be choreographed</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/remembering-to-forget-and-forgetting-to.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Remembering to forget and forgetting to remember</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/on-loving-always.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On loving, always<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-mortalities-of-authors.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Authors are assassinated, readers are immortal</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/when-you-turn-80.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">When you turn 80...</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/it-is-good-to-be-conscious-of-nudities.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">It is good to be conscious of nudities </a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/saturday-slides-in-after-monday-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Saturday slides in after Monday and Sunday somersaults into Friday</a> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/theres-one-in-million-and-one-in-ten.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">There's a one in a million and a one in ten</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/gunadasa-kapuge-is-calling.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Gunadasa Kapuge is calling</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/kumkum-fernando-installs-sri-lanka-in_28.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Kumkum Fernando installs Sri Lanka in Coachella, California</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/hemantha-gunawardenas-signature.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Hemantha Gunawardena's signature</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/pathways-missed.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Pathways missed</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/architectures-of-demolished.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Architectures of the demolished</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-exotic-lunacy-of-parting-gifts.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The exotic lunacy of parting gifts</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/who-heck-do-you-think-i-am.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Who the heck do you think I am?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/those-fascinating-chitra-katha.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Those fascinating 'Chitra Katha'<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-mangala-sabhava.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The Mangala Sabhava</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/so-how-are-things-in-sri-lanka.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">So how are things in Sri Lanka?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-most-beautiful-father.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The most beautiful father</a><i style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></i></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/palmam-qui-meruit-ferat.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Palmam qui meruit ferat</i></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-sweetest-three-letter-poem.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The sweetest three-letter poem<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/buddhangala-kamatahan.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Buddhangala Kamatahan</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/an-irish-and-sri-lankan-hello.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">An Irish and Sri Lankan Hello</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/teams-team-thinking-team-spirit-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Teams, team-thinking, team-spirit and leadership</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-songs-we-could-sing-in-lifeboats.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The songs we could sing in lifeboats when we are shipwrecked</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/pure-rathna-class-act.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Pure-Rathna, a class act</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/jekhan-aruliah-has-set-ball-rolling-in.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Jekhan Aruliah set a ball rolling in Jaffna</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/awaiting-arrivals-unlike-any-other.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Awaiting arrivals unlike any other</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/['The%20Morning%20Inspection'%20is%20the%20title%20of%20a%20column%20I%20wrote%20for%20the%20Daily%20News%20from%202009%20to%202011,%20one%20article%20a%20day,%20Monday%20through%20Saturday.%20This%20is%20a%20new%20series.%20Links%20to%20previous%20articles%20in%20this%20new%20series%20are%20given%20below]%20%20Other%20articles%20in%20this%20series:%20%20Matters%20of%20honor%20and%20dignity%20%20Yet%20another%20Mother's%20Day%20%20A%20cockroach%20named%20'Don't'%20%20Colombo,%20Colombo,%20Colombo%20and%20so%20forth%20%20The%20slowest%20road%20to%20Kumarigama,%20Ampara%20%20Sweeping%20the%20clutter%20away%20%20Some%20play%20music,%20others%20listen%20%20Completing%20unfinished%20texts%20%20Mind%20and%20hearts,%20loquacious%20and%20taciturn%20%20I%20am%20at%20Jaga%20Food,%20where%20are%20you?%20%20On%20separating%20the%20missing%20from%20the%20disappeared%20%20Moments%20without%20tenses%20%20And%20intangible%20republics%20will%20save%20the%20day%20(as%20they%20always%20have)%20%20The%20world%20is%20made%20of%20waves%20%20%27Sentinelity%27%20%20The%20circuitous%20logic%20of%20Tony%20Muller%20%20Rohana%20Kalyanaratne,%20an%20unforgettable%20%27Loku%20Aiya%27%20%20Mowgli,%20the%20Greatest%20Archaeologist%20%20Figures%20and%20disfigurement,%20rocks%20and%20roses%20%20Sujith%20Rathnayake%20and%20incarcerations%20imposed%20and%20embraced%20%20Some%20stories%20are%20written%20on%20the%20covers%20themselves%20%20A%20poetic%20enclave%20in%20the%20Republic%20of%20Literature%20%20Landcapes%20of%20gone-time%20and%20going-time%20%20%20The%20best%20insurance%20against%20the%20loud%20and%20repeated%20lie%20%20So%20what%20if%20the%20best%20flutes%20will%20not%20go%20to%20the%20best%20flautists?%20%20There%27s%20dust%20and%20words%20awaiting%20us%20at%20crossroads%20and%20crosswords%20%20The%20books%20of%20disquiet%20%20A%20song%20of%20terraced%20paddy%20fields%20%20Of%20ants,%20bridges%20and%20possibilities%20%20From%20A%20through%20Aardvark%20to%20Zyzzyva%20%20%20World%27s%20End%20%20Words,%20their%20potency,%20appropriation%20and%20abuse%20%20Street%20corner%20stories%20%20Who%20did%20not%20listen,%20who%27s%20not%20listening%20still?%20%20The%20book%20of%20layering%20%20If%20you%20remember%20Kobe,%20visit%20GOAT%20Mountain%20%20The%20world%20is%20made%20for%20re-colouring%20%20The%20gift%20and%20yoke%20of%20bastardy%20%20The%20%27English%20Smile%27%20%20No%2027,%20Dickman%27s%20Road,%20Colombo%205%20%20Visual%20cartographers%20and%20cartography%20%20Ithaca%20from%20a%20long%20ago%20and%20right%20now%20%20Lessons%20written%20in%20invisible%20ink%20%20The%20amazing%20quality%20of%20%27equal-kindness%27%20%20A%20tea-maker%20story%20seldom%20told%20%20On%20academic%20activism%20%20The%20interchangeability%20of%20light%20and%20darkness%20%20Back%20to%20TRADITIONAL%20rice%20%20Sisterhood:%20moments,%20just%20moments%20%20Chess%20is%20my%20life%20and%20perhaps%20your%20too%20%20Reflections%20on%20ownership%20and%20belonging%20%20The%20integrity%20of%20Nadeesha%20Rajapaksha%20%20Signatures%20in%20the%20seasons%20of%20love%20%20To%20Maceo%20Martinet%20as%20he%20flies%20over%20rainbows%20%20Sirith,%20like%20pirith,%20persist%20%20Fragrances%20that%20will%20not%20be%20bottled%20%20%20Colours%20and%20textures%20of%20living%20heritage%20%20Countries%20of%20the%20past,%20present%20and%20future%20%20A%20degree%20in%20creative%20excuses%20%20Books%20launched%20and%20not-yet-launched%20%20The%20sunrise%20as%20viewed%20from%20sacred%20mountains%20%20The%20ways%20of%20the%20lotus%20%20Isaiah%2058:%2012-16%20and%20the%20true%20meaning%20of%20grace%20%20The%20age%20of%20Frederick%20Algernon%20Trotteville%20%20Live%20and%20tell%20the%20tale%20as%20you%20will%20%20Between%20struggle%20and%20cooperation%20%20Of%20love%20and%20other%20intangibles%20%20Neruda,%20Sekara%20and%20literary%20dimensions%20%20The%20universe%20of%20smallness%20%20Paul%20Christopher%27s%20heart%20of%20many%20chambers%20%20Calmness%20gracefully%20cascades%20in%20the%20Dumbara%20Hills%20%20Serendipitous%20amber%20rules%20the%20world%20Continents%20of%20the%20heart%20%20%20%20The%20allegory%20of%20the%20slow%20road" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Teachers and students sometimes reverse roles</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/matters-of-honour-and-dignity.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Matters of honor and dignity</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/yet-another-mothers-day.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Yet another Mother's Day<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/a-cockroach-named-dont.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A cockroach named 'Don't'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/colombo-colombo-colombo-and-so-forth.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Colombo, Colombo, Colombo and so forth</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-slowest-road-to-kumarigama-ampara.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The slowest road to Kumarigama, Ampara</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/sweeping-clutter-away.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Sweeping the clutter away</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/some-play-music-others-listen.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Some play music, others listen</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/completing-unfinished-texts.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Completing unfinished texts</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/minds-and-hearts-loquacious-and-taciturn.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Mind and hearts, loquacious and taciturn<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/i-am-at-jaga-food-where-are-you.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">I am at Jaga Food, where are you?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/on-separating-missing-from-disappeared.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On separating the missing from the disappeared</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/moments-without-tenses.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Moments without tenses</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/and-intangible-republics-will-save-day.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">And intangible republics will save the day (as they always have)</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-world-is-made-of-waves.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The world is made of waves</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/sentinelity.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Sujith Rathnayake and incarcerations imposed and embraced</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/some-stories-are-written-on-covers.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Some stories are written on the covers themselves</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/a-poetic-enclave-in-republic-of.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A poetic enclave in the Republic of Literature</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/landscapes-of-gone-time-and-going-time.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Landcapes of gone-time and going-time </a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/best-insurance-against-loud-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The best insurance against the loud and repeated lie</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/so-what-if-best-flutes-will-not-go-to.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">So what if the best flutes will not go to the best flautists?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/theres-dust-and-words-awaiting-us-at.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">There's dust and words awaiting us at crossroads and crosswords</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-books-of-disquiet.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The books of disquiet</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/a-song-of-terraced-paddy-fields.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A song of terraced paddy fields</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/of-red-ants-bridges-and-possibilities.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Of ants, bridges and possibilities</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/from-through-aardvark-to-zyzzyva.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/street-corner-stories.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Street corner stories</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/01/who-did-not-listen-whos-not-listening.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Who did not listen, who's not listening still?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/01/the-book-of-layering.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The book of layering</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/01/if-you-remember-kobe-visit-goat-mountain.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">If you remember Kobe, visit GOAT Mountain<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/01/the-world-is-made-for-re-colouring.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The world is made for re-colouring</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/01/the-gift-and-yoke-of-bastardy.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The gift and yoke of bastardy</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/01/that-english-smile.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The 'English Smile'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/01/no-27-dickmans-road-colombo-5.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/01/lessons-written-in-invisible-ink.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Lessons written in invisible ink</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/01/the-amazing-quality-of-equal-kindness.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The amazing quality of 'equal-kindness'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/01/a-tea-maker-story-seldom-told.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioF-z8_A8EEL3HzdYOfk4bpeDE9LIzCDbj7vBT-O-43Lc_hP9a2ZOxv_3WGEyeEqYYerig9julhtT1xqrYsUYxo_a6sAH3RepYi5S8ZVCimzBWf7WlOdlEjAuYlgnNLnhpp61i7xVz1YGnjD08cA-UumkugArbn7L8UWn_53IYVZEVTs8mdmuxq3wYh3k/w480-h640/Aukana3.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br />Whenever
I visit the Aukana Buddha Statue, look at a photograph of what an
exceptional sculptor extracted from a rock face or even think about it I
remember Mr Ilyas.<br /><br />Mr Ilyas was my scout master. Years later he
agreed to teach me Tamil. We also discussed things of common interest. I
remember discussing with him the issue of religious icons. We talked
about the Hindu and Islamic views on the subject. Later, reviewing
Gunadasa Amarasekera’s ‘<i>Pilima lovai, piyavi lovai</i> (‘The world of images and the real world’ or ‘Reality and its representation’), I referred to Mr Illyas.<br /><br /><i>I
argued for the Islamic position because I felt that images detract from
comprehension. "But it can be argued this way too," he said, "If you
see the image, you do not see God, but if you see God, you do not see
the image". The Buddhist elaboration on impermanence and illusion would
then resolve the issue. Still the fact that images are consciously
employed to deceive is something that one needs to be vigilant abou</i>t. <br /><br />Today
there’s a discussion on the Aukana Buddha Statue or, to be more
precise, the ‘dressing’ of the statue with a robe. Much of the
discussion in social media on this can be captured in a single word.
Preposterous! <br /><br />Anuruddha Pradeep Karnasuriya explains it well:
‘ශිෂ්ටාචාරයක් තිබුණ යුගයක නෙලපු පූර්ණ පිලිමයක්, මෙච්චර කල් නිරුවතින්
තිබුණේ කියලා හිතෙනවා කියන්නේ ශිෂ්ටාචාර අර්බුදයක් (To think that a
statue perfectly crafted at a time when there was a civilization is
naked, is itself a civilizational crisis).’ Liyanage Amarakeerthi’s
comment on the above Facebook post probably resonates with many, myself
included: ‘මමත් අවුකන ප්රතිමාව දෙස නොයෙක් වර පැය ගණන් බලා සිට තියෙනවා.
විශේෂයෙන් බලල තියෙන්නේ සිවුරේ රැළි නෙලා ඇති සැටි (I too have gazed upon
the Aukana statue for hours, especially the way the folds of the robe
have been sculpted).’<br /><br />Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.
Those with authority can and often do impose their notions of beauty on
others. A crude example would be the king who commissioned the unknown
sculptor to wrest image from rock. Someone could argue that it was
beautiful as it was in the natural state and that the carving of an
image disrupted aesthetics. <br /><br />Then again, art is typically followed by critic. The artist and the artist’s intent be it <i>buddhalambana preethiya</i> (the joy of ‘beholding the Buddha’) or something else can and does get obliterated by the gazer and the gazer’s predilections. <br /><br />It
does get complicated with ‘art’ that has taken on the kind of cultural
significance that is associated with the Aukana. There were objections
raised when a canopy of constructed ‘to protect the Aukana from the
vagaries of the weather’ several decades ago. No one disputed the
intention; the criticism stemmed from notions of propriety. People
argued on the basis of ‘as is’ or the natural state which, as pointed
out was essentially a reordering of a previous ‘natural state.’ Others
lamented that the majesty diminished because of this canopy. It was
removed. <br /><br />Part of it has to be about familiarity. Part of it has
to do with something that has nothing to do with the doctrine, namely
archaeology. The Aukana is an archaeological artifact even as it is a
cultural icon, in particular one that is clearly valued by Buddhists. It
is living heritage, though, since the devout do engage in a religious
manner at Aukana, offering flowers, chanting gathas etc. <br /><br />The
first thing that came to mind is ‘why a second robe?’ I concur with
Anurudda and Amarakeerthi. However I do acknowledge that the aesthetic
element lends itself to any number of opinions on what exactly is
beautiful. What exactly makes for buddhalambana preethiya I do not know.
It’s subjective. It is, to me, unfamiliar. I am drawn to vote in favour
of aesthetic valuation closer to what I find more familiar. Therefore
I, being a <i>prthagjana</i>, am rather disturbed by the Aukana being draped with a robe. <br /><br />There
is nothing to indicate that either sculpture or king planned to re-robe
the Aukana or in fact did so. For me, therefore, the act is not one of
robing, but disrobing. It is an insult to that unknown sculpture who
made Amarakeerthi, Anuruddha, myself and countless others stop in
wonderment and perhaps nudged us to reflect on some element of the
doctrine. <br /><br />The Aukana is sculpted from rock. Robes have far
shorter life spans. The Aukana stands not because of the robe. The robe
has value because of the Aukana. Whether re-robed or not, I will always
see the Aukana, replete with the sculpted robe. The cloth won’t hide it.
Perhaps those who see the robe will not see the Aukana. Perhaps those
who see and have seen the Aukana have not and will not see the rock.
Perhaps in these transformations, interventions and debates over what
Aukana is and how it should be, we could comprehend the eternal verities
of <i>jati</i> (birth), <i>jaraa</i> (decay) and <i>marana</i> (death). <br /><br />My reflections on the Aukana (before re-robing) were as follows:<br /><br /><i>I
have imagined the rock without the statue. I have imagined images
trapped in rocks and therefore releasable. And reflecting on the
reflection, I have obtained a sense of what upadanas (fixations) are,
how they are created and how, perhaps, they could be avoided. All this
from an image released from a rock. All this from working back from
release to entrapment and all the traps that distract and stop the
exercise of grasping the eternal verities.</i><br /><br />The Aukana can
direct people to the doctrine. It doesn’t mean that everyone who gazes
upon it will necessarily peruse the philosophical canon. The Aukana,
robed, mis-robed or disrobed, does not necessarily impede such
exploration either. <br /><p></p><div>This re-robing or rather disrobing
puzzles me. In another time I might have been appalled. I am not. I have
to thank Mr Illyas for it. </div><div><br /></div><div><p><b>['The
Morning Inspection' is the title of a column I wrote for the Daily News
from 2009 to 2011, one article a day, Monday through Saturday. This is the <span style="color: #cc0000;">277th</span> article in the new series that began in December 2022. Links to previous articles are given below]</b></p><p></p><p><b>malindadocs@gmail.com</b></p><p><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: red; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Other articles in this series:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span></b></span></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/11/the-poetry-of-resistance.html">The poetry of resistance </a> <br /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/11/dung-lies-and-flower-truths.html">Dung-lies and flower-truths </a><br /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; 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margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-gold-medals-of-being.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The Gold Medals of being</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/jaya-sri-ratna-sri.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Jaya Sri Ratna Sri</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/all-those-weve-loved-before.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">All those we've loved before</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/reflections-on-waves-and-markings.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Reflections on waves and markings</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/a-chorus-of-national-anthems.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A chorus of National Anthems</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/saying-what-and-how.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Saying what and how<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/say-when.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">'Say when'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/respond-to-insults-in-line-with-akkosa.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Respond to insults in line with the Akkosa Sutra</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-loves-of-our-lives.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The loves of our lives</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-right-time-right-person.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The right time, the right person</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-silent-equivalent-of-thousand-words.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The silent equivalent of a thousand words<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/crazy-cousins-are-besties-for-life.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Crazy cousins are besties for life</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/unities-freakish-and-endearing.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Unities, free and endearing</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/free-verse-and-return-key.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Free verse and the return key</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/sorry-earth.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">"Sorry, Earth!"</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-lost-lyrics-of-premakeerthi-de-alwis.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The lost lyrics of Premakeerthi de Alwis</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-revolution-is-song.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The revolution is the song</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/consolation-prizes-in-competitions-no.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Consolation prizes in competitions no one ever wins</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-day-i-won-pulitzer.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The day I won a Pulitzer</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/ko.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Ko?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/ella-delorias-silences.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Ella Deloria's silences</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/blackness-whiteness-and-black-whiteness.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Blackness, whiteness and black-whiteness</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/inscriptions-stubborn-and-erasable.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Inscriptions: stubborn and erasable </a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/thursday.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Thursday!</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/deveni-one-word-koan-thats-priceless.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Deveni: a priceless one-word koan</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/enlightening-geometries.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Enlightening geometries<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/lets-meet-at-commons.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Let's meet at 'The Commons'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/it-begins-with-dot.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">It all begins with a dot</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/recovering-run-on-lines-and-lost.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Recovering run-on lines and lost punctuation</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/wetness-is-not-preserve-of-wet-zone.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">'Wetness' is not the preserve of the Dry Zone<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/on-sweeping-close-to-ones-feet.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On sweeping close to one's feet</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/kumkum-fernando-installs-sri-lanka-in_28.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Kumkum Fernando installs Sri Lanka in Coachella, California</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-roberts-neighbors-friends-family-by.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">To be an island like the Roberts...</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/debts-that-cannot-be-repaid-in-full.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Debts that can never be repaid in full</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/an-island-which-no-flood-can-overwhelm.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">An island which no flood can overwhelm</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/who-really-wrote-mother.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Who really wrote 'Mother'?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/a-melody-faint-and-yet-not-beyond.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A melody faint and yet not beyond hearing</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/heart-dances-that-cannot-be.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Heart dances that cannot be choreographed</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/remembering-to-forget-and-forgetting-to.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Remembering to forget and forgetting to remember</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/on-loving-always.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On loving, always<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-mortalities-of-authors.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Authors are assassinated, readers are immortal</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/when-you-turn-80.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">When you turn 80...</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/it-is-good-to-be-conscious-of-nudities.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">It is good to be conscious of nudities </a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/saturday-slides-in-after-monday-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Saturday slides in after Monday and Sunday somersaults into Friday</a> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/theres-one-in-million-and-one-in-ten.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">There's a one in a million and a one in ten</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/gunadasa-kapuge-is-calling.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Gunadasa Kapuge is calling</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/kumkum-fernando-installs-sri-lanka-in_28.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Kumkum Fernando installs Sri Lanka in Coachella, California</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/hemantha-gunawardenas-signature.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Hemantha Gunawardena's signature</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/pathways-missed.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Pathways missed</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/architectures-of-demolished.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Architectures of the demolished</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-exotic-lunacy-of-parting-gifts.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The exotic lunacy of parting gifts</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/who-heck-do-you-think-i-am.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Who the heck do you think I am?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/those-fascinating-chitra-katha.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Those fascinating 'Chitra Katha'<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-mangala-sabhava.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The Mangala Sabhava</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/so-how-are-things-in-sri-lanka.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">So how are things in Sri Lanka?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-most-beautiful-father.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The most beautiful father</a><i style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></i></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/palmam-qui-meruit-ferat.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Palmam qui meruit ferat</i></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-sweetest-three-letter-poem.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The sweetest three-letter poem<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/buddhangala-kamatahan.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Buddhangala Kamatahan</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/an-irish-and-sri-lankan-hello.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">An Irish and Sri Lankan Hello</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/teams-team-thinking-team-spirit-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Teams, team-thinking, team-spirit and leadership</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-songs-we-could-sing-in-lifeboats.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The songs we could sing in lifeboats when we are shipwrecked</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/pure-rathna-class-act.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Pure-Rathna, a class act</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/jekhan-aruliah-has-set-ball-rolling-in.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Jekhan Aruliah set a ball rolling in Jaffna</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/awaiting-arrivals-unlike-any-other.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Awaiting arrivals unlike any other</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/['The%20Morning%20Inspection'%20is%20the%20title%20of%20a%20column%20I%20wrote%20for%20the%20Daily%20News%20from%202009%20to%202011,%20one%20article%20a%20day,%20Monday%20through%20Saturday.%20This%20is%20a%20new%20series.%20Links%20to%20previous%20articles%20in%20this%20new%20series%20are%20given%20below]%20%20Other%20articles%20in%20this%20series:%20%20Matters%20of%20honor%20and%20dignity%20%20Yet%20another%20Mother's%20Day%20%20A%20cockroach%20named%20'Don't'%20%20Colombo,%20Colombo,%20Colombo%20and%20so%20forth%20%20The%20slowest%20road%20to%20Kumarigama,%20Ampara%20%20Sweeping%20the%20clutter%20away%20%20Some%20play%20music,%20others%20listen%20%20Completing%20unfinished%20texts%20%20Mind%20and%20hearts,%20loquacious%20and%20taciturn%20%20I%20am%20at%20Jaga%20Food,%20where%20are%20you?%20%20On%20separating%20the%20missing%20from%20the%20disappeared%20%20Moments%20without%20tenses%20%20And%20intangible%20republics%20will%20save%20the%20day%20(as%20they%20always%20have)%20%20The%20world%20is%20made%20of%20waves%20%20%27Sentinelity%27%20%20The%20circuitous%20logic%20of%20Tony%20Muller%20%20Rohana%20Kalyanaratne,%20an%20unforgettable%20%27Loku%20Aiya%27%20%20Mowgli,%20the%20Greatest%20Archaeologist%20%20Figures%20and%20disfigurement,%20rocks%20and%20roses%20%20Sujith%20Rathnayake%20and%20incarcerations%20imposed%20and%20embraced%20%20Some%20stories%20are%20written%20on%20the%20covers%20themselves%20%20A%20poetic%20enclave%20in%20the%20Republic%20of%20Literature%20%20Landcapes%20of%20gone-time%20and%20going-time%20%20%20The%20best%20insurance%20against%20the%20loud%20and%20repeated%20lie%20%20So%20what%20if%20the%20best%20flutes%20will%20not%20go%20to%20the%20best%20flautists?%20%20There%27s%20dust%20and%20words%20awaiting%20us%20at%20crossroads%20and%20crosswords%20%20The%20books%20of%20disquiet%20%20A%20song%20of%20terraced%20paddy%20fields%20%20Of%20ants,%20bridges%20and%20possibilities%20%20From%20A%20through%20Aardvark%20to%20Zyzzyva%20%20%20World%27s%20End%20%20Words,%20their%20potency,%20appropriation%20and%20abuse%20%20Street%20corner%20stories%20%20Who%20did%20not%20listen,%20who%27s%20not%20listening%20still?%20%20The%20book%20of%20layering%20%20If%20you%20remember%20Kobe,%20visit%20GOAT%20Mountain%20%20The%20world%20is%20made%20for%20re-colouring%20%20The%20gift%20and%20yoke%20of%20bastardy%20%20The%20%27English%20Smile%27%20%20No%2027,%20Dickman%27s%20Road,%20Colombo%205%20%20Visual%20cartographers%20and%20cartography%20%20Ithaca%20from%20a%20long%20ago%20and%20right%20now%20%20Lessons%20written%20in%20invisible%20ink%20%20The%20amazing%20quality%20of%20%27equal-kindness%27%20%20A%20tea-maker%20story%20seldom%20told%20%20On%20academic%20activism%20%20The%20interchangeability%20of%20light%20and%20darkness%20%20Back%20to%20TRADITIONAL%20rice%20%20Sisterhood:%20moments,%20just%20moments%20%20Chess%20is%20my%20life%20and%20perhaps%20your%20too%20%20Reflections%20on%20ownership%20and%20belonging%20%20The%20integrity%20of%20Nadeesha%20Rajapaksha%20%20Signatures%20in%20the%20seasons%20of%20love%20%20To%20Maceo%20Martinet%20as%20he%20flies%20over%20rainbows%20%20Sirith,%20like%20pirith,%20persist%20%20Fragrances%20that%20will%20not%20be%20bottled%20%20%20Colours%20and%20textures%20of%20living%20heritage%20%20Countries%20of%20the%20past,%20present%20and%20future%20%20A%20degree%20in%20creative%20excuses%20%20Books%20launched%20and%20not-yet-launched%20%20The%20sunrise%20as%20viewed%20from%20sacred%20mountains%20%20The%20ways%20of%20the%20lotus%20%20Isaiah%2058:%2012-16%20and%20the%20true%20meaning%20of%20grace%20%20The%20age%20of%20Frederick%20Algernon%20Trotteville%20%20Live%20and%20tell%20the%20tale%20as%20you%20will%20%20Between%20struggle%20and%20cooperation%20%20Of%20love%20and%20other%20intangibles%20%20Neruda,%20Sekara%20and%20literary%20dimensions%20%20The%20universe%20of%20smallness%20%20Paul%20Christopher%27s%20heart%20of%20many%20chambers%20%20Calmness%20gracefully%20cascades%20in%20the%20Dumbara%20Hills%20%20Serendipitous%20amber%20rules%20the%20world%20Continents%20of%20the%20heart%20%20%20%20The%20allegory%20of%20the%20slow%20road" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Teachers and students sometimes reverse roles</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/matters-of-honour-and-dignity.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Matters of honor and dignity</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/yet-another-mothers-day.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Yet another Mother's Day<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/a-cockroach-named-dont.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A cockroach named 'Don't'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/colombo-colombo-colombo-and-so-forth.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Colombo, Colombo, Colombo and so forth</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-slowest-road-to-kumarigama-ampara.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The slowest road to Kumarigama, Ampara</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/sweeping-clutter-away.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Sweeping the clutter away</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/some-play-music-others-listen.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Some play music, others listen</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/completing-unfinished-texts.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Completing unfinished texts</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/minds-and-hearts-loquacious-and-taciturn.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Mind and hearts, loquacious and taciturn<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/i-am-at-jaga-food-where-are-you.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">I am at Jaga Food, where are you?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/on-separating-missing-from-disappeared.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On separating the missing from the disappeared</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/moments-without-tenses.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Moments without tenses</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/and-intangible-republics-will-save-day.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">And intangible republics will save the day (as they always have)</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-world-is-made-of-waves.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The world is made of waves</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/sentinelity.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">'Sentinelity'<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-circuitous-logic-of-tony-muller.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The circuitous logic of Tony Muller</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/rohana-kalyanaratne-unforgettable-loku.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Rohana Kalyanaratne, an unforgettable 'Loku Aiya'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; 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color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Serendipitous amber rules the world</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2022/12/continents-of-heart.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Continents of the heart</a></p><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-allegory-of-slow-road.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The allegory of the slow road</a></div></div><div><br /><br /></div>Malinda Wordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17700355635566651088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5656050101881498705.post-32672613284519624322023-11-26T21:33:00.003+05:302023-11-27T07:40:16.339+05:30The poetry of resistance<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhH_K7vUQcGPTaPxEr1mDdr-iY5ef3-e6G8q1CLXhlmzQ70rz53QLX9puurR59I0fjNBSbSx6uwi0wcREJtW1UnJ-Af4XJ40P3mQInTi4BS9oIMQunaafyNd8VLeqKHWWjpBuiujwwgYqG3084NwpXPa2IAV4l_UMG1iYxTrADVtjVcpdoIm1OMMnGeCQ/s328/resistance.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="328" data-original-width="300" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhH_K7vUQcGPTaPxEr1mDdr-iY5ef3-e6G8q1CLXhlmzQ70rz53QLX9puurR59I0fjNBSbSx6uwi0wcREJtW1UnJ-Af4XJ40P3mQInTi4BS9oIMQunaafyNd8VLeqKHWWjpBuiujwwgYqG3084NwpXPa2IAV4l_UMG1iYxTrADVtjVcpdoIm1OMMnGeCQ/w586-h640/resistance.jpg" width="586" /></a></div><br />The
tenses are inhabited by one and all, one way or another. There are
things in the past that we visit and which visit us. We travel to
futures with hope and trepidation. We inhabit a present that is
unutterably magical or unbearably sad. Most times it’s somewhere between
those extremities. <br /><br />It is the same with collectives when they
are compelled by circumstances to walk together along the time-spectrum.
Sometimes it is about things historic when directions were changed or
different tomorrows envisaged with both informing the parameters of
today’s engagement. <br /><br />An hour ago my friend and indefatigable
activist for peace in the world and especially South Asia, Beena Sarwar,
sent me a request: ‘Do you have any poem you can read for the
#PoetryOfResistance series? Can be your own or someone else’s.’ <br /><br />Beena
had earlier written to me asking if my sister, Ru Freeman, could read a
poem she had recently written titled ‘Life Line to Gaza’ published in
Literary Hub. She agreed.<br /><br />It is a ‘say it all’ poem and for a
moment I thought to myself ‘what more can I say?’ one might say but then
again the world resists full stops and that’s a good thing. There’s
always more to say. There’s always a reason to recite something someone
said in some other time, on some other continent where resistance was
demanded or had become a way of life. Sometimes that’s the only way one
can breathe. And so I said ‘I’ll look for one.’ <br /><br />What could I
offer the ‘Poetry of Resistance’ campaign launched by ‘Joy of Urdu,’
which Beena informed me is a bilingual, nonprofit organization of which
she is a founding advisor for and is now run by [her] ‘dear young(er)
friend Zarminae Ansari’? <br /><br />Every epoch, every country, industry,
university, workplace has known poets who resisted tyranny, oppression,
injustice and other objectionable things with words. They sometimes
stood up and say ‘No!’ Sometimes they sat down and wrote. They were
soldiers who stood with people who fought battles they believed were
worth fighting or they simply had to fight or die. So there are
place-specific and moment-specific verses which console and empower.
There’s also poetry that is forged in the irreducible commonality of
struggle. Such words are timeless. They slip out from the languages they
are originally written in, from the battlegrounds where they first
stood tall and tender. <br /><br />In short, it’s not too hard to find a
poem written by someone else. Like ‘Spain,’ written by W H Auden in 1939
which I have referred to in an article titled ‘The world shall not be
emptied of poetry.’ I remembered this poem because when I tried to think
of something I had written, my mind went all the way back to 2007 when I
wrote a rather long poem titled ‘An Ode to Today.’<br /><br />It was
written when there were moves by powerful nations as well as spoilers
within Sri Lanka to turn back the offensive against the world's most
ruthless terrorist outfit, the LTTE, and at a moment when these forces
sought to oust the then government by defeating the budget. I used the
structure of Auden's poem.<br /><br />Here’s some lines from the master: <br /><i><br />Yesterday the installation of dynamos and turbines,<br />The construction of railways in the colonial desert;<br />Yesterday the classic lecture<br />On the origin of Mankind. But to-day, the struggle.</i><br /><br />Here’s mine, words of the unwashed mendicant:<br /><br /><i>Yesterday the unthinkable embrace of leader and led<br />The wild humour of illusion and the waiver of colonial debts<br />The return of monarch in tie and coat and Old Spiced tongue <br />The manufacture of skies and winds for spider-web kites.</i><br /><br />And the master again about the future: <br /><br /><i>To-morrow, perhaps the future. The research on fatigue<br />And the movements of packers; the gradual exploring of all the<br />Octaves of radiation;<br />To-morrow the enlarging of consciousness by diet and breathing.</i><br /><br />Mendicant:<br /><br /><i>Tomorrow perhaps a different time, a landscape differently contoured,<br />The support for the necessary impeachment, the dethroning of tyrants,<br />The investigation of pilferage, the evicting of clowns,<br />The restoration of law and order, and the beatification of the saintly.</i><br /><br />‘Today, the struggle,’ Auden narrows it down. And I, in 2007, concurred thus:<br /><br /><i>Tomorrow, a time for the political joke and the odd cartoon,<br />The scoring of debating points, the parry and thrust of nation-making,<br />Tomorrow the time to change faces, the showering votes of no-confidence,<br />Today, the hour of the resolute heart that fights the intruder.<br /></i><br />Valid
in 2007, I am still convinced. Valid during the ‘Aragalaya,’ in 2022,
one could argue. Valid today in Sri Lanka. Valid in Palestine, occupied
and devastated by Israel. Auden still writes. And we still read. And we
commit our hearts and strength to resistance that will not be brought
down by place names or languages but in fact eminently made for
transliteration, embrace and empowerment. <p></p><p><b>['The
Morning Inspection' is the title of a column I wrote for the Daily News
from 2009 to 2011, one article a day, Monday through Saturday. This is the <span style="color: #cc0000;">276th</span> article in the new series that began in December 2022. Links to previous articles are given below]</b></p><p></p><p><b>malindadocs@gmail.com</b></p><p><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: red; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Other articles in this series:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span></b></span></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/11/dung-lies-and-flower-truths.html">Dung-lies and flower-truths </a><br /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/11/the-word-as-sword-held-to-throat-of.html">The word as a sword held to the throat of truth</a> <br /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; 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box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/ella-delorias-silences.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Ella Deloria's silences</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/blackness-whiteness-and-black-whiteness.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Blackness, whiteness and black-whiteness</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/inscriptions-stubborn-and-erasable.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Inscriptions: stubborn and erasable </a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/thursday.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Thursday!</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/deveni-one-word-koan-thats-priceless.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Deveni: a priceless one-word koan</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/enlightening-geometries.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Enlightening geometries<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/lets-meet-at-commons.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Let's meet at 'The Commons'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/it-begins-with-dot.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">It all begins with a dot</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/recovering-run-on-lines-and-lost.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Recovering run-on lines and lost punctuation</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/wetness-is-not-preserve-of-wet-zone.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">'Wetness' is not the preserve of the Dry Zone<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/on-sweeping-close-to-ones-feet.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On sweeping close to one's feet</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/kumkum-fernando-installs-sri-lanka-in_28.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Kumkum Fernando installs Sri Lanka in Coachella, California</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-roberts-neighbors-friends-family-by.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">To be an island like the Roberts...</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/debts-that-cannot-be-repaid-in-full.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Debts that can never be repaid in full</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/an-island-which-no-flood-can-overwhelm.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">An island which no flood can overwhelm</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/who-really-wrote-mother.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Who really wrote 'Mother'?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/a-melody-faint-and-yet-not-beyond.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A melody faint and yet not beyond hearing</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/heart-dances-that-cannot-be.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Heart dances that cannot be choreographed</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/remembering-to-forget-and-forgetting-to.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Remembering to forget and forgetting to remember</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/on-loving-always.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On loving, always<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-mortalities-of-authors.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Authors are assassinated, readers are immortal</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/when-you-turn-80.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">When you turn 80...</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/it-is-good-to-be-conscious-of-nudities.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">It is good to be conscious of nudities </a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/saturday-slides-in-after-monday-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Saturday slides in after Monday and Sunday somersaults into Friday</a> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/theres-one-in-million-and-one-in-ten.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">There's a one in a million and a one in ten</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/gunadasa-kapuge-is-calling.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Gunadasa Kapuge is calling</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/kumkum-fernando-installs-sri-lanka-in_28.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Kumkum Fernando installs Sri Lanka in Coachella, California</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/hemantha-gunawardenas-signature.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Hemantha Gunawardena's signature</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/pathways-missed.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Pathways missed</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/architectures-of-demolished.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Architectures of the demolished</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-exotic-lunacy-of-parting-gifts.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The exotic lunacy of parting gifts</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/who-heck-do-you-think-i-am.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Who the heck do you think I am?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/those-fascinating-chitra-katha.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Those fascinating 'Chitra Katha'<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-mangala-sabhava.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The Mangala Sabhava</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/so-how-are-things-in-sri-lanka.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">So how are things in Sri Lanka?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-most-beautiful-father.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The most beautiful father</a><i style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></i></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/palmam-qui-meruit-ferat.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Palmam qui meruit ferat</i></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-sweetest-three-letter-poem.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The sweetest three-letter poem<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/buddhangala-kamatahan.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Buddhangala Kamatahan</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/an-irish-and-sri-lankan-hello.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">An Irish and Sri Lankan Hello</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/teams-team-thinking-team-spirit-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Teams, team-thinking, team-spirit and leadership</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-songs-we-could-sing-in-lifeboats.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The songs we could sing in lifeboats when we are shipwrecked</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/pure-rathna-class-act.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Pure-Rathna, a class act</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/jekhan-aruliah-has-set-ball-rolling-in.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Jekhan Aruliah set a ball rolling in Jaffna</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/awaiting-arrivals-unlike-any-other.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Teachers and students sometimes reverse roles</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/matters-of-honour-and-dignity.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Matters of honor and dignity</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/yet-another-mothers-day.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Yet another Mother's Day<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/a-cockroach-named-dont.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A cockroach named 'Don't'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/colombo-colombo-colombo-and-so-forth.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Colombo, Colombo, Colombo and so forth</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-slowest-road-to-kumarigama-ampara.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The slowest road to Kumarigama, Ampara</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/sweeping-clutter-away.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Sweeping the clutter away</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/some-play-music-others-listen.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Some play music, others listen</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/completing-unfinished-texts.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Completing unfinished texts</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/minds-and-hearts-loquacious-and-taciturn.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Mind and hearts, loquacious and taciturn<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/i-am-at-jaga-food-where-are-you.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">I am at Jaga Food, where are you?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/on-separating-missing-from-disappeared.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On separating the missing from the disappeared</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/moments-without-tenses.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Moments without tenses</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/and-intangible-republics-will-save-day.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">And intangible republics will save the day (as they always have)</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-world-is-made-of-waves.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The world is made of waves</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/sentinelity.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">'Sentinelity'<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-circuitous-logic-of-tony-muller.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The circuitous logic of Tony Muller</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/rohana-kalyanaratne-unforgettable-loku.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Rohana Kalyanaratne, an unforgettable 'Loku Aiya'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/mowgli-greatest-archaeologist.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Mowgli, the Greatest Archaeologist</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/figures-and-disfigurement-rocks-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Figures and disfigurement, rocks and roses</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/sujith-rathnayake-and-incarcerations.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Sujith Rathnayake and incarcerations imposed and embraced</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/some-stories-are-written-on-covers.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Some stories are written on the covers themselves</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/a-poetic-enclave-in-republic-of.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A poetic enclave in the Republic of Literature</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/landscapes-of-gone-time-and-going-time.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Landcapes of gone-time and going-time </a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/best-insurance-against-loud-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The best insurance against the loud and repeated lie</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/so-what-if-best-flutes-will-not-go-to.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Serendipitous amber rules the world</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2022/12/continents-of-heart.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Continents of the heart</a></p><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-allegory-of-slow-road.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The allegory of the slow road</a></div><p> </p>Malinda Wordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17700355635566651088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5656050101881498705.post-68517835437419623862023-11-25T05:29:00.002+05:302023-11-25T05:29:34.284+05:30Dung-lies and flower-truths <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmqCjgJ-s0v8DUlBF9r5iEOfz-izrFAONc_uEfp6Qrp56DSBNxd_8AHud1LfbL49YwEPF1bLQsSFcJlB1r2S-PHLmEXhv8zUc5V0Oh876S1pqh6FABgwyjtseXE82VY5MVNatShQ5JSsf62lGAP9miP93yLJtifk_-BMnc8rQJ1SOC7Ygw-86D3SZupGw/s3264/IMG_4686.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmqCjgJ-s0v8DUlBF9r5iEOfz-izrFAONc_uEfp6Qrp56DSBNxd_8AHud1LfbL49YwEPF1bLQsSFcJlB1r2S-PHLmEXhv8zUc5V0Oh876S1pqh6FABgwyjtseXE82VY5MVNatShQ5JSsf62lGAP9miP93yLJtifk_-BMnc8rQJ1SOC7Ygw-86D3SZupGw/w480-h640/IMG_4686.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br />Witness
stands are court-appendages. That’s where we are questioned about
whether or not we witnessed and, if we did, we are called upon to
describe what we saw. Not all witnesses have to testify in court, before
a judge and a jury. We see things all the time. We try to make sense of
what we see. We form opinions. We come to conclusions. And not always
are we questioned about these things. <br /><p></p>What if we were, though?
What if we were called upon to bear witness? Would we always speak the
truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth of what we saw, heard
and felt? <br /><br />We don’t have to. No one deserves to be questioned at
each and every turn. Indeed, few are tormented thus. However, there are
times when we can’t shrug shoulders and move away. There are times when
‘not now’ or ‘too busy’ are simply unacceptable. There are times when
summoned to a forum of one kind or another, we cannot excuse ourselves. <br /><br />When such occasions arise, people can respond in two broad ways.<br /><br />There
are those who are evasive when asked ‘what do you know?’ When they know
they say ‘I do not know’ and when they don’t they still insist ‘I
know.’ They say ‘I saw’ when they haven’t seen and ‘I saw not’ when in
fact they have. Their responses are informed by self-interest. They
assess marginal costs against marginal benefits. They seek profit and
desist from uttering anything that could result in a loss, in terms of
their understanding of such things. <br /><br />They do not speak the truth,
the whole truth and nothing but the truth. They bear false witness.
They subvert truth and justice. They speak or are silent; either way
they foul the air. In the <i>Gūthabhāṇīsutta</i>, the Buddha observes that such speech is dung-like.<br /><br />Then
there are others who will not waver when it comes to bearing witness.
They will say ‘this I saw’ and ‘this I heard.’ And if they did not, they
would say ‘no, I did not see’ and ‘no, I did not hear.’ Their responses
are coloured by self-interest. Such speech, the Buddha says, is like
flowers. <br /><br />The Buddha also speaks of a third type, speech that is like hone. <br /><br />‘And
who has speech like honey? It’s someone who gives up harsh speech. They
speak in a way that’s mellow, pleasing to the ear, lovely, going to the
heart, polite, likeable and agreeable to the people. This is called a
person with speech like honey.’<br /><br />It follows then that there can be
a fourth kind of speech. It is harsh. It displeases the ear. It is
impolite. It does not come from the heart. It is not agreeable to
anyone. It is certainly not like honey. <br /><br />Can there be liars who
speak like honey? Yes, that’s not only possible, we see it all the time.
One could lie using a mellow tone and in ways that please the ear, with
utmost politeness. Such voices can provide a lie with a truth-like
varnish. Such liars can be even held in high regard as people of
impeccable integrity. <br /><br />The problem is the dung. Sooner or later the bad odours escape. When this happens the lie and the liar are exposed. <br /> <br />The
second problem is that a lie is essentially a plugging of a hole in a
story. One lie has to be protected with another lie and another and
another. Maintaining falsehood is tedious. Truth-water seeps in and
after a while it comes faster than you can throw it out. Sooner or later
and the odious vessel sinks. <br /><br />There’s a smell of dung these days
that is traceable to the offices of the most powerful individuals,
groups, classes and countries in this world. There's flower-fragrance
too. It is a timeless battle. The liars use honeyed tones but words have
a way of rebelling and of tripping the lie-masters. <br /><br /><div>Infinitely easier and wholesome to speak the truth, regardless of consequences, don’t you think?</div><div> </div><div><p><b>['The
Morning Inspection' is the title of a column I wrote for the Daily News
from 2009 to 2011, one article a day, Monday through Saturday. This is the <span style="color: #cc0000;">275th</span> article in the new series that began in December 2022. Links to previous articles are given below]</b></p><p></p><p><b>malindadocs@gmail.com</b></p><p><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: red; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Other articles in this series:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span></b></span></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/11/the-word-as-sword-held-to-throat-of.html">The word as a sword held to the throat of truth</a> <br /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/11/residents-and-residency-of-heart-and.html">Residents of and residency in heart and mind</a></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; 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margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/letters-that-cut-and-heal-heart.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Letters that cut and heal the heart</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/vanished-and-vanishing-trails.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Vanished and vanishing trails</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/blue-blueness.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Blue-blueness</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/a-forgotten-dawn-song-from-embilipitiya.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A forgotten dawn song from Embilipitiya</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-soft-rain-of-neighbourliness.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The soft rain of neighbourliness</a> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-gold-medals-of-being.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The Gold Medals of being</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/jaya-sri-ratna-sri.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Jaya Sri Ratna Sri</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/all-those-weve-loved-before.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">All those we've loved before</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/reflections-on-waves-and-markings.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Reflections on waves and markings</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/a-chorus-of-national-anthems.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A chorus of National Anthems</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/saying-what-and-how.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Saying what and how<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/say-when.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">'Say when'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/respond-to-insults-in-line-with-akkosa.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Respond to insults in line with the Akkosa Sutra</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-loves-of-our-lives.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The loves of our lives</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-right-time-right-person.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The right time, the right person</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-silent-equivalent-of-thousand-words.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The silent equivalent of a thousand words<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/crazy-cousins-are-besties-for-life.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Crazy cousins are besties for life</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/unities-freakish-and-endearing.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Unities, free and endearing</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/free-verse-and-return-key.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Free verse and the return key</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/sorry-earth.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">"Sorry, Earth!"</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-lost-lyrics-of-premakeerthi-de-alwis.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The lost lyrics of Premakeerthi de Alwis</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-revolution-is-song.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The revolution is the song</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/consolation-prizes-in-competitions-no.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Consolation prizes in competitions no one ever wins</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-day-i-won-pulitzer.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The day I won a Pulitzer</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/ko.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Ko?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/ella-delorias-silences.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Ella Deloria's silences</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/blackness-whiteness-and-black-whiteness.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Blackness, whiteness and black-whiteness</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/inscriptions-stubborn-and-erasable.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Inscriptions: stubborn and erasable </a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/thursday.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Thursday!</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/deveni-one-word-koan-thats-priceless.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Deveni: a priceless one-word koan</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/enlightening-geometries.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Enlightening geometries<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/lets-meet-at-commons.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Let's meet at 'The Commons'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/it-begins-with-dot.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">It all begins with a dot</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/recovering-run-on-lines-and-lost.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Recovering run-on lines and lost punctuation</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/wetness-is-not-preserve-of-wet-zone.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">'Wetness' is not the preserve of the Dry Zone<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/on-sweeping-close-to-ones-feet.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On sweeping close to one's feet</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/kumkum-fernando-installs-sri-lanka-in_28.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Kumkum Fernando installs Sri Lanka in Coachella, California</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-roberts-neighbors-friends-family-by.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">To be an island like the Roberts...</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/debts-that-cannot-be-repaid-in-full.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Debts that can never be repaid in full</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/an-island-which-no-flood-can-overwhelm.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">An island which no flood can overwhelm</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/who-really-wrote-mother.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Who really wrote 'Mother'?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/a-melody-faint-and-yet-not-beyond.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A melody faint and yet not beyond hearing</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/heart-dances-that-cannot-be.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Heart dances that cannot be choreographed</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/remembering-to-forget-and-forgetting-to.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Remembering to forget and forgetting to remember</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/on-loving-always.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On loving, always<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-mortalities-of-authors.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Authors are assassinated, readers are immortal</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/when-you-turn-80.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">When you turn 80...</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/it-is-good-to-be-conscious-of-nudities.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">It is good to be conscious of nudities </a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/saturday-slides-in-after-monday-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Saturday slides in after Monday and Sunday somersaults into Friday</a> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/theres-one-in-million-and-one-in-ten.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">There's a one in a million and a one in ten</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/gunadasa-kapuge-is-calling.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Gunadasa Kapuge is calling</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/kumkum-fernando-installs-sri-lanka-in_28.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Kumkum Fernando installs Sri Lanka in Coachella, California</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/hemantha-gunawardenas-signature.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Hemantha Gunawardena's signature</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/pathways-missed.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Pathways missed</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/architectures-of-demolished.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Architectures of the demolished</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-exotic-lunacy-of-parting-gifts.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The exotic lunacy of parting gifts</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/who-heck-do-you-think-i-am.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Who the heck do you think I am?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/those-fascinating-chitra-katha.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Those fascinating 'Chitra Katha'<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-mangala-sabhava.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The Mangala Sabhava</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/so-how-are-things-in-sri-lanka.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">So how are things in Sri Lanka?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-most-beautiful-father.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The most beautiful father</a><i style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></i></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/palmam-qui-meruit-ferat.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Palmam qui meruit ferat</i></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-sweetest-three-letter-poem.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The sweetest three-letter poem<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/buddhangala-kamatahan.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Buddhangala Kamatahan</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/an-irish-and-sri-lankan-hello.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">An Irish and Sri Lankan Hello</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/teams-team-thinking-team-spirit-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Teams, team-thinking, team-spirit and leadership</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-songs-we-could-sing-in-lifeboats.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The songs we could sing in lifeboats when we are shipwrecked</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/pure-rathna-class-act.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Pure-Rathna, a class act</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/jekhan-aruliah-has-set-ball-rolling-in.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Jekhan Aruliah set a ball rolling in Jaffna</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/awaiting-arrivals-unlike-any-other.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Awaiting arrivals unlike any other</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/['The%20Morning%20Inspection'%20is%20the%20title%20of%20a%20column%20I%20wrote%20for%20the%20Daily%20News%20from%202009%20to%202011,%20one%20article%20a%20day,%20Monday%20through%20Saturday.%20This%20is%20a%20new%20series.%20Links%20to%20previous%20articles%20in%20this%20new%20series%20are%20given%20below]%20%20Other%20articles%20in%20this%20series:%20%20Matters%20of%20honor%20and%20dignity%20%20Yet%20another%20Mother's%20Day%20%20A%20cockroach%20named%20'Don't'%20%20Colombo,%20Colombo,%20Colombo%20and%20so%20forth%20%20The%20slowest%20road%20to%20Kumarigama,%20Ampara%20%20Sweeping%20the%20clutter%20away%20%20Some%20play%20music,%20others%20listen%20%20Completing%20unfinished%20texts%20%20Mind%20and%20hearts,%20loquacious%20and%20taciturn%20%20I%20am%20at%20Jaga%20Food,%20where%20are%20you?%20%20On%20separating%20the%20missing%20from%20the%20disappeared%20%20Moments%20without%20tenses%20%20And%20intangible%20republics%20will%20save%20the%20day%20(as%20they%20always%20have)%20%20The%20world%20is%20made%20of%20waves%20%20%27Sentinelity%27%20%20The%20circuitous%20logic%20of%20Tony%20Muller%20%20Rohana%20Kalyanaratne,%20an%20unforgettable%20%27Loku%20Aiya%27%20%20Mowgli,%20the%20Greatest%20Archaeologist%20%20Figures%20and%20disfigurement,%20rocks%20and%20roses%20%20Sujith%20Rathnayake%20and%20incarcerations%20imposed%20and%20embraced%20%20Some%20stories%20are%20written%20on%20the%20covers%20themselves%20%20A%20poetic%20enclave%20in%20the%20Republic%20of%20Literature%20%20Landcapes%20of%20gone-time%20and%20going-time%20%20%20The%20best%20insurance%20against%20the%20loud%20and%20repeated%20lie%20%20So%20what%20if%20the%20best%20flutes%20will%20not%20go%20to%20the%20best%20flautists?%20%20There%27s%20dust%20and%20words%20awaiting%20us%20at%20crossroads%20and%20crosswords%20%20The%20books%20of%20disquiet%20%20A%20song%20of%20terraced%20paddy%20fields%20%20Of%20ants,%20bridges%20and%20possibilities%20%20From%20A%20through%20Aardvark%20to%20Zyzzyva%20%20%20World%27s%20End%20%20Words,%20their%20potency,%20appropriation%20and%20abuse%20%20Street%20corner%20stories%20%20Who%20did%20not%20listen,%20who%27s%20not%20listening%20still?%20%20The%20book%20of%20layering%20%20If%20you%20remember%20Kobe,%20visit%20GOAT%20Mountain%20%20The%20world%20is%20made%20for%20re-colouring%20%20The%20gift%20and%20yoke%20of%20bastardy%20%20The%20%27English%20Smile%27%20%20No%2027,%20Dickman%27s%20Road,%20Colombo%205%20%20Visual%20cartographers%20and%20cartography%20%20Ithaca%20from%20a%20long%20ago%20and%20right%20now%20%20Lessons%20written%20in%20invisible%20ink%20%20The%20amazing%20quality%20of%20%27equal-kindness%27%20%20A%20tea-maker%20story%20seldom%20told%20%20On%20academic%20activism%20%20The%20interchangeability%20of%20light%20and%20darkness%20%20Back%20to%20TRADITIONAL%20rice%20%20Sisterhood:%20moments,%20just%20moments%20%20Chess%20is%20my%20life%20and%20perhaps%20your%20too%20%20Reflections%20on%20ownership%20and%20belonging%20%20The%20integrity%20of%20Nadeesha%20Rajapaksha%20%20Signatures%20in%20the%20seasons%20of%20love%20%20To%20Maceo%20Martinet%20as%20he%20flies%20over%20rainbows%20%20Sirith,%20like%20pirith,%20persist%20%20Fragrances%20that%20will%20not%20be%20bottled%20%20%20Colours%20and%20textures%20of%20living%20heritage%20%20Countries%20of%20the%20past,%20present%20and%20future%20%20A%20degree%20in%20creative%20excuses%20%20Books%20launched%20and%20not-yet-launched%20%20The%20sunrise%20as%20viewed%20from%20sacred%20mountains%20%20The%20ways%20of%20the%20lotus%20%20Isaiah%2058:%2012-16%20and%20the%20true%20meaning%20of%20grace%20%20The%20age%20of%20Frederick%20Algernon%20Trotteville%20%20Live%20and%20tell%20the%20tale%20as%20you%20will%20%20Between%20struggle%20and%20cooperation%20%20Of%20love%20and%20other%20intangibles%20%20Neruda,%20Sekara%20and%20literary%20dimensions%20%20The%20universe%20of%20smallness%20%20Paul%20Christopher%27s%20heart%20of%20many%20chambers%20%20Calmness%20gracefully%20cascades%20in%20the%20Dumbara%20Hills%20%20Serendipitous%20amber%20rules%20the%20world%20Continents%20of%20the%20heart%20%20%20%20The%20allegory%20of%20the%20slow%20road" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Teachers and students sometimes reverse roles</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/matters-of-honour-and-dignity.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Matters of honor and dignity</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/yet-another-mothers-day.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Yet another Mother's Day<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/a-cockroach-named-dont.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A cockroach named 'Don't'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/colombo-colombo-colombo-and-so-forth.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Colombo, Colombo, Colombo and so forth</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-slowest-road-to-kumarigama-ampara.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The slowest road to Kumarigama, Ampara</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/sweeping-clutter-away.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Sweeping the clutter away</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/some-play-music-others-listen.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Some play music, others listen</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/completing-unfinished-texts.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Completing unfinished texts</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/minds-and-hearts-loquacious-and-taciturn.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Mind and hearts, loquacious and taciturn<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/i-am-at-jaga-food-where-are-you.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">I am at Jaga Food, where are you?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/on-separating-missing-from-disappeared.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On separating the missing from the disappeared</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/moments-without-tenses.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Moments without tenses</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuAlqgiwFvXiHy2lduoM5P01SpzaYA-5NklsALfsvMiEXB0Moj_ZmxtTcJprzOUgH96gmaHXLYLXGE2eR7JcZWfA4ds0hC7qHdPneA3gLxv_UVY3S9fCngOLX_DhTLexYWmbhglb9JGcbCuF1YWOJAS8nBvcL2_so9ZDMNxDjTdDsc_8fbdWlSgWOs_2c/w640-h360/swords.jpeg" width="640" /></a></i></div><i> </i><p></p><p><i>Kaduwa</i>.
That’s the Sinhala word for sword. Kaduwa in certain contexts is a
reference to English. Whoever came up with the idea was truly inspired.
English is a weapon. Cuts. Divides. Puts down. Differentiates. It is an
instrument conferred by the British to those who willingly submitted
themselves to serve the colonial rulers and be their adjuncts in the
exercise of control, theft and bloodletting. The British left. English
didn’t. Those who continued to look after the interests of the colonial
masters found it quite useful. For years the sword of coercion and that
of domination worked hand in hand. Still does. <br /><br />Swords are
unionised, I sometimes feel. One cuts and the other approves. For a long
time it was guns-in-booty-out with invaders finding a useful ally in
the priest. ‘The gun and bible’ is a colonial story. Language was and is
the unnamed third in the triumvirate. Indeed, one could argue that in
non-colonial context too, language is a sword; it approves, mis-narrates
and silences. <br /><br />This is not a Sri Lankan story though. It is not
a long-ago story either. It’s today. All over the world. Let’s take a
look at some choice cuts. <br /><br />The BBC, having played cagey over the
unprecedented violence unleashed by Israel against Palestinian
civilians and civilian targets, reluctantly started covering ‘the other
side’ only after massive protests broke out in London and in fact all
parts of the world. Then again, it had the word and therefore the twist.
<br /><br />Right now, the hot story is about an agreement over the release
of hostages taken by Hamas. Hasn’t happened yet, so it is a story that
is unfolding. The story is being frequently updated.<br /><br />Here’s how
the BBC headlined it: Israel and Hamas agree to pause fighting for
release of 50 hostages. Here’s the ‘afterthought’ in considerably
smaller font: ‘As part of the deal, Israel will release 150 Palestinian
women and teenagers held in Israeli detention.’ <br /></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi48VzcZkrHlLaJsaeJFsmb-kq0p88mnTA_XSjCuKsU6mZHfIBwXL0xRL9bOxVqjgd6MYJj3DH30jn9r6UBDc-I_oAUDkigWFktyVzgbMVv-CRZeAiGUD4Wq2izCe5xFZpIIDu5zAHdVnypflQVEy3PuLObohScySehLMTr65wercFSTSpS2p6UoEX2VXk/s1496/Screenshot%202023-11-22%20at%2004.06.33.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="1496" height="361" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi48VzcZkrHlLaJsaeJFsmb-kq0p88mnTA_XSjCuKsU6mZHfIBwXL0xRL9bOxVqjgd6MYJj3DH30jn9r6UBDc-I_oAUDkigWFktyVzgbMVv-CRZeAiGUD4Wq2izCe5xFZpIIDu5zAHdVnypflQVEy3PuLObohScySehLMTr65wercFSTSpS2p6UoEX2VXk/w400-h361/Screenshot%202023-11-22%20at%2004.06.33.png" width="400" /></a></div><br />Two
categories: hostages and detainees. The Israel citizens captured by
Hamas are hostages, yes. They were captured. They were not arrested.
Hamas does not have any legal authority to arrest anyone in Israel. When
Israel authorities capture Palestinians in Gaza or the West Bank, it is
also illegal simply because Israel is an occupying force. In any event,
to say these 150 women and teenagers are detainees and not hostages is
just crass wordplay. If someone lists all the restrictions imposed on
Palestinians without naming the community and asked reporters working
for such media houses to name the condition, I have no doubt that terms
such as detention, imprisonment and hostage would be uttered. Not if the
name 'Palestine' is slipped into that narrative. Oh no! The BBC, the
New York Times and other such media houses will never acknowledge the
undeniable truth that Israel has held all Palestinians hostage for
years.</div><div><br /></div>The BBC, like most mainstream Western media
outfits, knows the language. English, that is. As I write, over 14,000
Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since Israeli forces executed the
genocidal intent articulated by her political leaders. To the letter.
And yet, that’s not the way Western media reports it. <br /><br />There’s a
big difference between ’14,000 dead’ and ’14,000 killed.’ The tendency
is to insert a quote about killing (for example, ‘Hamas-run health
ministry says more than 14,000 people — including more than 5,000
children — have been killed in Israel’s campaign.’). So it sounds like a
claim. Unverified. The numbers related to the Hamas attack are
mentioned as fact. No quotes. No ‘someone said’ or ‘someone claimed.’ <br /><br />But
it’s not about the numbers only. It’s about the difference between
‘killed’ and ‘dead.’ Hamas killed. Israel, technically, has not killed
anyone. People just ‘died.’ <br /><br />So this is why I have been dwelling
on the ways in which language can inflict harm or cause damage. Whoever
said that the pen is mightier than the sword probably believed that the
written word could best instruments that can cause physical injury. In
certain instances, this may be true. In general though the pen is as
pernicious an instrument as a sword or gun or bomb or bayonet. It cuts,
it incapacities, it diminishes victims. <br /><br />When reporters of
outfits like the BBC or New York Times hammer out their news stories
about the deliberate targeting of civilians in Gaza and the West Bank by
the occupying forces of Isreal, blood does not ooze out of keyboards.
It’s a cut nevertheless, each and every one of them. <br /><div><br /></div><div>The
word is a sword held to the throat of truth. That's the gist of what
the mainstream Western media is doing with regard to Palestine. There's a lot of<i> 'kaduwa' </i>in it.</div><div> </div><div><p><b>['The
Morning Inspection' is the title of a column I wrote for the Daily News
from 2009 to 2011, one article a day, Monday through Saturday. This is the <span style="color: #cc0000;">275th</span> article in the new series that began in December 2022. Links to previous articles are given below]</b></p><p></p><p><b>malindadocs@gmail.com</b></p><p><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: red; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Other articles in this series:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span></b></span></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/11/residents-and-residency-of-heart-and.html">Residents of and residency in heart and mind</a></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/11/merit-integrity-and-seniority-in.html">Merit, integrity and seniority in the superior courts</a> <br /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; 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margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-silent-equivalent-of-thousand-words.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The silent equivalent of a thousand words<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/crazy-cousins-are-besties-for-life.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Crazy cousins are besties for life</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/unities-freakish-and-endearing.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-lost-lyrics-of-premakeerthi-de-alwis.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The lost lyrics of Premakeerthi de Alwis</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-revolution-is-song.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The revolution is the song</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/consolation-prizes-in-competitions-no.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Consolation prizes in competitions no one ever wins</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-day-i-won-pulitzer.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The day I won a Pulitzer</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/ko.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Ko?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/ella-delorias-silences.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Ella Deloria's silences</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/blackness-whiteness-and-black-whiteness.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Blackness, whiteness and black-whiteness</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/inscriptions-stubborn-and-erasable.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Inscriptions: stubborn and erasable </a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/thursday.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Thursday!</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/deveni-one-word-koan-thats-priceless.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Deveni: a priceless one-word koan</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/enlightening-geometries.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Enlightening geometries<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/lets-meet-at-commons.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Let's meet at 'The Commons'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/it-begins-with-dot.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">It all begins with a dot</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/recovering-run-on-lines-and-lost.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Recovering run-on lines and lost punctuation</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/wetness-is-not-preserve-of-wet-zone.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">'Wetness' is not the preserve of the Dry Zone<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/on-sweeping-close-to-ones-feet.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On sweeping close to one's feet</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/kumkum-fernando-installs-sri-lanka-in_28.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Kumkum Fernando installs Sri Lanka in Coachella, California</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-roberts-neighbors-friends-family-by.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">To be an island like the Roberts...</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/debts-that-cannot-be-repaid-in-full.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Debts that can never be repaid in full</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/an-island-which-no-flood-can-overwhelm.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">An island which no flood can overwhelm</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/who-really-wrote-mother.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Who really wrote 'Mother'?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/a-melody-faint-and-yet-not-beyond.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A melody faint and yet not beyond hearing</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/heart-dances-that-cannot-be.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Heart dances that cannot be choreographed</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/remembering-to-forget-and-forgetting-to.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Remembering to forget and forgetting to remember</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/on-loving-always.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On loving, always<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-mortalities-of-authors.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Authors are assassinated, readers are immortal</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/when-you-turn-80.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">When you turn 80...</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/it-is-good-to-be-conscious-of-nudities.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">It is good to be conscious of nudities </a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/saturday-slides-in-after-monday-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Saturday slides in after Monday and Sunday somersaults into Friday</a> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/theres-one-in-million-and-one-in-ten.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">There's a one in a million and a one in ten</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/gunadasa-kapuge-is-calling.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Gunadasa Kapuge is calling</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/kumkum-fernando-installs-sri-lanka-in_28.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Kumkum Fernando installs Sri Lanka in Coachella, California</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/hemantha-gunawardenas-signature.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Hemantha Gunawardena's signature</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/pathways-missed.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Pathways missed</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/architectures-of-demolished.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Architectures of the demolished</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-exotic-lunacy-of-parting-gifts.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The exotic lunacy of parting gifts</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/who-heck-do-you-think-i-am.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Who the heck do you think I am?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/those-fascinating-chitra-katha.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Those fascinating 'Chitra Katha'<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-mangala-sabhava.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The Mangala Sabhava</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/so-how-are-things-in-sri-lanka.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">So how are things in Sri Lanka?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-most-beautiful-father.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The most beautiful father</a><i style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></i></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/palmam-qui-meruit-ferat.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Palmam qui meruit ferat</i></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-sweetest-three-letter-poem.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The sweetest three-letter poem<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/buddhangala-kamatahan.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Buddhangala Kamatahan</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/an-irish-and-sri-lankan-hello.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">An Irish and Sri Lankan Hello</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/teams-team-thinking-team-spirit-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Teams, team-thinking, team-spirit and leadership</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-songs-we-could-sing-in-lifeboats.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The songs we could sing in lifeboats when we are shipwrecked</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; 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color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Teachers and students sometimes reverse roles</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/matters-of-honour-and-dignity.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Matters of honor and dignity</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/yet-another-mothers-day.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Yet another Mother's Day<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/a-cockroach-named-dont.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A cockroach named 'Don't'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/colombo-colombo-colombo-and-so-forth.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Colombo, Colombo, Colombo and so forth</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-slowest-road-to-kumarigama-ampara.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The slowest road to Kumarigama, Ampara</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/sweeping-clutter-away.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Sweeping the clutter away</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/some-play-music-others-listen.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Some play music, others listen</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/completing-unfinished-texts.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Completing unfinished texts</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/minds-and-hearts-loquacious-and-taciturn.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Mind and hearts, loquacious and taciturn<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/i-am-at-jaga-food-where-are-you.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">I am at Jaga Food, where are you?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/on-separating-missing-from-disappeared.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On separating the missing from the disappeared</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/moments-without-tenses.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Moments without tenses</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/and-intangible-republics-will-save-day.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">And intangible republics will save the day (as they always have)</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-world-is-made-of-waves.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The world is made of waves</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/sentinelity.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/mowgli-greatest-archaeologist.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Mowgli, the Greatest Archaeologist</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/figures-and-disfigurement-rocks-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Figures and disfigurement, rocks and roses</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/sujith-rathnayake-and-incarcerations.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Sujith Rathnayake and incarcerations imposed and embraced</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/some-stories-are-written-on-covers.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Some stories are written on the covers themselves</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/a-poetic-enclave-in-republic-of.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A poetic enclave in the Republic of Literature</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; 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Amarakeerthi in <i>Nava Kavi Salakuna</i>, a theoretical survey of
contemporary poetry, mentions that the poem is not anyone’s birthright
but a territory visited by all kinds of people, some of whom take up
residence and remain if they had to pay with their lives. <p></p><p>I
haven’t read the book. I have, however, listened to Amarakeerthi speak
at book launches and other literary forums. His observations are rich
with insights that are the inevitable yield of extensive and close
reading of literature, poetry in particular. What he has said above is
of course now new; he is essentially interjecting an old discussion over
the ownership of poetry and indeed all art: does it belong to the poet
or the reader? <br /><br />That academic debate never seems to end; I just
think ‘both’ and leave it at that. I am more interested in residency in
terms of the dimensions of ownership and the parameters of tenurialty in
a broader, in-and-out-of-poetry sense. <br /><br />The notion of the heart,
as metaphor of course, is a site that lends itself to endless
contestation over territory. Who owns it and for how long? Who has the
title? Can it be leased? Can it be parcelled and leased to many tenants?
Are tenants doomed to quarrel, claiming legality and accusing one
another of illegal squatting? <br /><br />It is a place where the ‘owner’
willingly allows occupation. No rent is charged. It is a strange
residence and the residency is no less peculiar. For example, residents
may not even have the slightest idea of the spaces they occupy. It is a
strange place where owners, in the event ‘tenants’ choose not to
reciprocate residency, have to pay, often a high price and endlessly
too. Month after month and sometimes year after year with only death and
the inevitable demise of residence ending this unparalleled servitude.
They too pay with their lives, like those who inhabit poetry as
described by Amarakeerthi, except that it is for residence yielded and
not occupied. Prisoners of poetry they never wrote, ‘poets’ who are
resident elsewhere, if at all. <br /><br />But what of the mind? Is it also a
heart-like territory? People and things, ideas wholesome as well as
vile take up residence. It is a place where things come without saying
and urge us to stack them in a shelf called ‘goes without saying.’ Only,
the going is tough. That which enters, can break through defences
simply by frequency of bombardment and slip in courtesy innumerable
Trojan Horses; advertisements of one kind of another. Not all of it is
subliminal. Most, in fact, are in one’s face. Familiarity breeds
respect. We can learn to sprinkle the most odious of smells all over
ourselves convinced that they are in fact divine fragrances. We’ve been
told so, after all. In so many ways. <br /><br />That’s how ideology works.
Its most trustworthy lieutenant is a gnome that resides in our minds,
susceptible to all manner of manipulation. Its success is discernible by
the fact that we become the articulators of the half-truth or lie,
convinced moreover that it was something we ourselves, in our wisdom,
formulated. It is not only an idle mind that’s the devil’s workshop. The
mind actively functions as the devil’s adjunct. <br /><br />All of this takes me to the Buddha’s Charter on Free Inquiry as expounded in the Kalama Sutta:<br /><br /><i>“Come,
Kālāmas, do not go by oral tradition, by lineage of teaching, by
hearsay, by a collection of scriptures, by logical reasoning, by
inferential reasoning, by reasoned cogitation, by the acceptance of a
view after pondering it, by the seeming competence of a speaker, or
because you think: ‘The ascetic is our guru.’ But when you know for
yourselves: ‘These things are wholesome; these things are blameless;
these things are praised by the wise; these things, if accepted and
undertaken, lead to welfare and happiness,’ then you should live in
accordance with them.”</i><br /><br />An inquiring mind or a mind that
inquires along these lines will not be easily persuaded to think that
things which go without saying did not in fact come without saying. Such
a mind will understand that trees have roots, rivers have sources. Such
a mind will not build walls and sequester itself but instead will have
all doors open but will decide who and what deserve welcome. <br /><br />Residences
have doors and therefore reflecting on Amarakeerthi’s observation, I
remembered doors that are open and some that are closed and the choices
that make sense to me. The title of the poem, written more than 15 years
ago, is ‘Doors.’ I’ll share a few lines:<br /><i><br />Doors are special to me<br />because histories and hopes are special<br />and they have to walk through them.<br />or choose not to;<br />doors are special to me<br />because they are splendid places<br />to wait and wait and wait.</i><br /><br />Splendid
conversations await us all. Unbelievable silences too. That’s the way
of open spaces. People can come and go. Some will stay. Some will not be
allowed to leave. We die for all kinds of things in all kinds of ways
and in all kinds of places. A poem is not a bad final resting place, all
things considered. </p><p><b>['The
Morning Inspection' is the title of a column I wrote for the Daily News
from 2009 to 2011, one article a day, Monday through Saturday. This is the <span style="color: #cc0000;">274th</span> article in the new series that began in December 2022. Links to previous articles are given below]</b></p><p></p><p><b>malindadocs@gmail.com</b></p><p><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: red; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Other articles in this series:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span></b></span></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/11/merit-integrity-and-seniority-in.html">Merit, integrity and seniority in the superior courts</a> <br /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/11/hunters-and-victims-of-immemorial-light.html">Hunters and 'victims' of immemorial light</a> <br /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; 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margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/letters-that-cut-and-heal-heart.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Letters that cut and heal the heart</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/vanished-and-vanishing-trails.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Vanished and vanishing trails</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/blue-blueness.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Blue-blueness</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/a-forgotten-dawn-song-from-embilipitiya.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A forgotten dawn song from Embilipitiya</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-soft-rain-of-neighbourliness.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The soft rain of neighbourliness</a> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-gold-medals-of-being.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The Gold Medals of being</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/jaya-sri-ratna-sri.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Jaya Sri Ratna Sri</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/all-those-weve-loved-before.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">All those we've loved before</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/reflections-on-waves-and-markings.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Reflections on waves and markings</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/a-chorus-of-national-anthems.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A chorus of National Anthems</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/saying-what-and-how.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Saying what and how<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/say-when.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">'Say when'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/respond-to-insults-in-line-with-akkosa.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Respond to insults in line with the Akkosa Sutra</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-loves-of-our-lives.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The loves of our lives</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-right-time-right-person.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The right time, the right person</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-silent-equivalent-of-thousand-words.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The silent equivalent of a thousand words<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/06/crazy-cousins-are-besties-for-life.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Crazy cousins are besties for life</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/unities-freakish-and-endearing.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Unities, free and endearing</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/free-verse-and-return-key.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Free verse and the return key</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/sorry-earth.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">"Sorry, Earth!"</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-lost-lyrics-of-premakeerthi-de-alwis.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The lost lyrics of Premakeerthi de Alwis</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-revolution-is-song.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The revolution is the song</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/consolation-prizes-in-competitions-no.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Consolation prizes in competitions no one ever wins</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-day-i-won-pulitzer.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The day I won a Pulitzer</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/ko.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Ko?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/ella-delorias-silences.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Ella Deloria's silences</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/blackness-whiteness-and-black-whiteness.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Blackness, whiteness and black-whiteness</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/inscriptions-stubborn-and-erasable.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Inscriptions: stubborn and erasable </a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/thursday.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Thursday!</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/deveni-one-word-koan-thats-priceless.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Deveni: a priceless one-word koan</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/enlightening-geometries.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Enlightening geometries<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/lets-meet-at-commons.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Let's meet at 'The Commons'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/it-begins-with-dot.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">It all begins with a dot</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/05/recovering-run-on-lines-and-lost.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Recovering run-on lines and lost punctuation</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/wetness-is-not-preserve-of-wet-zone.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">'Wetness' is not the preserve of the Dry Zone<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/on-sweeping-close-to-ones-feet.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On sweeping close to one's feet</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/kumkum-fernando-installs-sri-lanka-in_28.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Kumkum Fernando installs Sri Lanka in Coachella, California</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-roberts-neighbors-friends-family-by.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">To be an island like the Roberts...</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/debts-that-cannot-be-repaid-in-full.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Debts that can never be repaid in full</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/an-island-which-no-flood-can-overwhelm.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">An island which no flood can overwhelm</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/who-really-wrote-mother.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Who really wrote 'Mother'?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/a-melody-faint-and-yet-not-beyond.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A melody faint and yet not beyond hearing</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/heart-dances-that-cannot-be.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Heart dances that cannot be choreographed</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/remembering-to-forget-and-forgetting-to.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Remembering to forget and forgetting to remember</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/on-loving-always.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On loving, always<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-mortalities-of-authors.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Authors are assassinated, readers are immortal</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/when-you-turn-80.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">When you turn 80...</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/it-is-good-to-be-conscious-of-nudities.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">It is good to be conscious of nudities </a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/saturday-slides-in-after-monday-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Saturday slides in after Monday and Sunday somersaults into Friday</a> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/theres-one-in-million-and-one-in-ten.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">There's a one in a million and a one in ten</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/gunadasa-kapuge-is-calling.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Gunadasa Kapuge is calling</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/kumkum-fernando-installs-sri-lanka-in_28.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Kumkum Fernando installs Sri Lanka in Coachella, California</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/hemantha-gunawardenas-signature.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Hemantha Gunawardena's signature</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/pathways-missed.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Pathways missed</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/architectures-of-demolished.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Architectures of the demolished</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-exotic-lunacy-of-parting-gifts.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The exotic lunacy of parting gifts</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/who-heck-do-you-think-i-am.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Who the heck do you think I am?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/those-fascinating-chitra-katha.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Those fascinating 'Chitra Katha'<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-mangala-sabhava.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The Mangala Sabhava</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/so-how-are-things-in-sri-lanka.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">So how are things in Sri Lanka?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-most-beautiful-father.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The most beautiful father</a><i style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></i></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/palmam-qui-meruit-ferat.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Palmam qui meruit ferat</i></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-sweetest-three-letter-poem.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The sweetest three-letter poem<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/buddhangala-kamatahan.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Buddhangala Kamatahan</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/an-irish-and-sri-lankan-hello.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">An Irish and Sri Lankan Hello</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/teams-team-thinking-team-spirit-and.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Teams, team-thinking, team-spirit and leadership</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-songs-we-could-sing-in-lifeboats.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The songs we could sing in lifeboats when we are shipwrecked</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/pure-rathna-class-act.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Pure-Rathna, a class act</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/jekhan-aruliah-has-set-ball-rolling-in.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Jekhan Aruliah set a ball rolling in Jaffna</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/awaiting-arrivals-unlike-any-other.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Awaiting arrivals unlike any other</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/['The%20Morning%20Inspection'%20is%20the%20title%20of%20a%20column%20I%20wrote%20for%20the%20Daily%20News%20from%202009%20to%202011,%20one%20article%20a%20day,%20Monday%20through%20Saturday.%20This%20is%20a%20new%20series.%20Links%20to%20previous%20articles%20in%20this%20new%20series%20are%20given%20below]%20%20Other%20articles%20in%20this%20series:%20%20Matters%20of%20honor%20and%20dignity%20%20Yet%20another%20Mother's%20Day%20%20A%20cockroach%20named%20'Don't'%20%20Colombo,%20Colombo,%20Colombo%20and%20so%20forth%20%20The%20slowest%20road%20to%20Kumarigama,%20Ampara%20%20Sweeping%20the%20clutter%20away%20%20Some%20play%20music,%20others%20listen%20%20Completing%20unfinished%20texts%20%20Mind%20and%20hearts,%20loquacious%20and%20taciturn%20%20I%20am%20at%20Jaga%20Food,%20where%20are%20you?%20%20On%20separating%20the%20missing%20from%20the%20disappeared%20%20Moments%20without%20tenses%20%20And%20intangible%20republics%20will%20save%20the%20day%20(as%20they%20always%20have)%20%20The%20world%20is%20made%20of%20waves%20%20%27Sentinelity%27%20%20The%20circuitous%20logic%20of%20Tony%20Muller%20%20Rohana%20Kalyanaratne,%20an%20unforgettable%20%27Loku%20Aiya%27%20%20Mowgli,%20the%20Greatest%20Archaeologist%20%20Figures%20and%20disfigurement,%20rocks%20and%20roses%20%20Sujith%20Rathnayake%20and%20incarcerations%20imposed%20and%20embraced%20%20Some%20stories%20are%20written%20on%20the%20covers%20themselves%20%20A%20poetic%20enclave%20in%20the%20Republic%20of%20Literature%20%20Landcapes%20of%20gone-time%20and%20going-time%20%20%20The%20best%20insurance%20against%20the%20loud%20and%20repeated%20lie%20%20So%20what%20if%20the%20best%20flutes%20will%20not%20go%20to%20the%20best%20flautists?%20%20There%27s%20dust%20and%20words%20awaiting%20us%20at%20crossroads%20and%20crosswords%20%20The%20books%20of%20disquiet%20%20A%20song%20of%20terraced%20paddy%20fields%20%20Of%20ants,%20bridges%20and%20possibilities%20%20From%20A%20through%20Aardvark%20to%20Zyzzyva%20%20%20World%27s%20End%20%20Words,%20their%20potency,%20appropriation%20and%20abuse%20%20Street%20corner%20stories%20%20Who%20did%20not%20listen,%20who%27s%20not%20listening%20still?%20%20The%20book%20of%20layering%20%20If%20you%20remember%20Kobe,%20visit%20GOAT%20Mountain%20%20The%20world%20is%20made%20for%20re-colouring%20%20The%20gift%20and%20yoke%20of%20bastardy%20%20The%20%27English%20Smile%27%20%20No%2027,%20Dickman%27s%20Road,%20Colombo%205%20%20Visual%20cartographers%20and%20cartography%20%20Ithaca%20from%20a%20long%20ago%20and%20right%20now%20%20Lessons%20written%20in%20invisible%20ink%20%20The%20amazing%20quality%20of%20%27equal-kindness%27%20%20A%20tea-maker%20story%20seldom%20told%20%20On%20academic%20activism%20%20The%20interchangeability%20of%20light%20and%20darkness%20%20Back%20to%20TRADITIONAL%20rice%20%20Sisterhood:%20moments,%20just%20moments%20%20Chess%20is%20my%20life%20and%20perhaps%20your%20too%20%20Reflections%20on%20ownership%20and%20belonging%20%20The%20integrity%20of%20Nadeesha%20Rajapaksha%20%20Signatures%20in%20the%20seasons%20of%20love%20%20To%20Maceo%20Martinet%20as%20he%20flies%20over%20rainbows%20%20Sirith,%20like%20pirith,%20persist%20%20Fragrances%20that%20will%20not%20be%20bottled%20%20%20Colours%20and%20textures%20of%20living%20heritage%20%20Countries%20of%20the%20past,%20present%20and%20future%20%20A%20degree%20in%20creative%20excuses%20%20Books%20launched%20and%20not-yet-launched%20%20The%20sunrise%20as%20viewed%20from%20sacred%20mountains%20%20The%20ways%20of%20the%20lotus%20%20Isaiah%2058:%2012-16%20and%20the%20true%20meaning%20of%20grace%20%20The%20age%20of%20Frederick%20Algernon%20Trotteville%20%20Live%20and%20tell%20the%20tale%20as%20you%20will%20%20Between%20struggle%20and%20cooperation%20%20Of%20love%20and%20other%20intangibles%20%20Neruda,%20Sekara%20and%20literary%20dimensions%20%20The%20universe%20of%20smallness%20%20Paul%20Christopher%27s%20heart%20of%20many%20chambers%20%20Calmness%20gracefully%20cascades%20in%20the%20Dumbara%20Hills%20%20Serendipitous%20amber%20rules%20the%20world%20Continents%20of%20the%20heart%20%20%20%20The%20allegory%20of%20the%20slow%20road" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Teachers and students sometimes reverse roles</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/matters-of-honour-and-dignity.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Matters of honor and dignity</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/yet-another-mothers-day.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Yet another Mother's Day<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/a-cockroach-named-dont.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">A cockroach named 'Don't'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/colombo-colombo-colombo-and-so-forth.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Colombo, Colombo, Colombo and so forth</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-slowest-road-to-kumarigama-ampara.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The slowest road to Kumarigama, Ampara</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/sweeping-clutter-away.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Sweeping the clutter away</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/some-play-music-others-listen.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Some play music, others listen</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/completing-unfinished-texts.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Completing unfinished texts</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/minds-and-hearts-loquacious-and-taciturn.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Mind and hearts, loquacious and taciturn<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/03/i-am-at-jaga-food-where-are-you.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">I am at Jaga Food, where are you?</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/on-separating-missing-from-disappeared.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On separating the missing from the disappeared</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><p style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://malindawords.blogspot.com/2023/02/moments-without-tenses.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d77b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Moments without tenses</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; 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