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.

21 January 2026

Anjana Ariyarathna's time-travel machine

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  It is quite likely that there are people, even millions of them, who have never made paper boats. Or paper airplanes for that matter. No...
16 January 2026

Mahagama Sekera: the book of verse and the [glass of] wine

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  [published in the Daily News, January 15, 2025]  The late Pundit Amaradeva would frequently refer to his friend and collaborator, Mahagama...
15 January 2026

Rajitha Dissanayake and houses that are marked for burning

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Review of Rajitha Dissanayake's 'Ape Gedara Gini Thiyaida (Will they burn our house down)'     Rajitha Dissanayake’s plays are ...

'You are right, I may be wrong!’

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‘I may be wrong’ is a rule of thumb that’s probably among the least used rules of thumb. Indeed it is probably not even considered to be a...
13 January 2026

Cpl H.R. Ratnayake saw way ahead than most of us

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He is known.  To family, friends and comrades-at-arms. And fellow inmates at Ranaviru Sevana.  Corporal H.R. Ratnayake hails from Da...
11 January 2026

Sama Dharmaratne’s loves

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  I knew Sama Dharmaratne, who was also known as Sama De Silva, first as the mother of a trio of young Nalandian chess players. She was al...
08 January 2026

Sanjaya Epa Senevirathna’s word-ink brush strokes

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The unit of time was transformed from hours to litres. The long hand is now at the edge of an Asoka glass. The first pouring began when th...
06 January 2026

Gananath Obeysekere’s ‘foolishness’ and the liberation from complicities

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One of the most fascinating lectures I’ve attended is the one delivered by Gananath Obeysekere at the Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka on ...
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02 January 2026

Nandani Warusavithana’s sorrow

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[ Disclaimer: neither I nor Ruwan Bandujeewa know of a Nandani Warusavithana. If such a person does exist, please note that none of what f...
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