Malinda Words

Words 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.

14 June 2026

That Scoundrel Krishantha Cooray

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  There’s a social media post doing the rounds about Krishantha Cooray. Posted by some individual named Sachin Rathwatte, it is indeed a c...
12 June 2026

වගකීම යනු බෝම්බයකි, මහා සාගරයකි

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  අභාවප්‍රාප්ත ලක්දාස වික්‍රමසිංහයන්ට අනුව කවියා යනු නගරයට බෝම්බයක් දමා, පසුව ඒ පිළිබඳ සටහන් තබාගන්නා අයෙකි. ඔහුගේ ‘ද පෝයට්’ (The Poet) නැමැ...
10 June 2026

When falconers lose their voices

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  Chinua Achabe attributed the title of his celebrated novel, ‘Things fall apart’ to a line from W B Yeats’ ‘The Second Coming.’   Turning a...
31 May 2026

දියුණුවේ plus, minus සහ equal ලක්ෂණ

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  "ඔබට දියුණු වීමට අවශ්‍යද? පුද්ගලයන් තිදෙනෙකු සොයා ගන්න. 1) PLUS - ඔබට ඉගෙන ගත හැකි, ඔබට වඩා දැනුම සහ අත්දැකීම් ඇති අයෙක්. 2)  MINUS -...
29 May 2026

Honourable Peeker

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[Review of Udayasiri Wickramaratne’s ‘Garu Kataanaayakathumani’ by Malinda Seneviratne] The Sinhala equivalent of ‘Honourable Speaker’ is ‘ ...
27 May 2026

Sacred facts and free commentary

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A tribute to D B S Jeyaraj    More than twenty years ago, I had the opportunity to speak a few words with the late Prof Carlo Fonseka. He ...
21 May 2026

True credentials

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  Back in the day, when there was no paper or there was but it was used primarily for literary purposes, authority was recognised in other w...
17 May 2026

My grandfather’s clock is yet to stop

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]     'My grandfather’s clock’ is a well-known folk song written by Henry Clay Work way back in 1876. It traces the landmark moments of ...

Ivana Wijedasa's 'podium finish' at the Boston Marathon

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Sharon Lokedi, the Kenya-born long distance runner won the 2026 edition of the Boston Marathon, completing the race in 2 hours, 18 minutes a...

The noise in the channel will be silenced by song

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  It is unlikely that I would have ever heard of the band ‘Dire Straits’ if not for my brother who, rather late in life, decided to learn to...
22 April 2026

Translators and Translations

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  My first attempt at translation was in the last 1990s while I was taking a class titled ‘Marx, Nietzsche and Freud,’ taught by  Professo...
08 April 2026

American civilisation and its discontents

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A bit of civilization might do them good I can’t help but think that anyone who wishes to end a civilisation has to be uncivilised and inc...
01 April 2026

No spectators at chasm’s door

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Carl August Sandburg, the American (of the United States) poet, biographer, journalist and winner of three Pulitzer Prizes (two for his po...
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