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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.

Showing posts with label Yahapalanaya. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Yahapalanaya. Show all posts
25 November 2019

Gotabaya Rajapaksa can go for ‘Yahapalanaya PLUS’

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The term  Yahapalanaya  came into currency in the run up to the 2015 Presidential Election. It is the Sinhala version of ‘Good Gover...
28 January 2019

Can these politicians make us say ‘thank you for small mercies’?

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Major (Rtd) Ajith Niranjan Perera has seen war. He was in the first batch of the Special Forces, set up in 1985 led by Major G...
16 December 2018

The before and after of the Supreme Court decision

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The Supreme Court has ruled. The decision has been announced. Accordingly, the surreptitiously inserted clause allowing the Presid...
11 November 2018

Who the *&%# is Maithripala Sirisena, huh?

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Maithripala. Maithripala Sirisena. Pallewatte Gamaralalage Maithripala Yapa Sirisena. President. Executive President. A man who ha...
08 November 2018

Hypocrisy in the name of Democracy

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‘I’M NOT HERE FOR RANIL, I’M HERE FOR DEMOCRACY AND GOOD GOVERNANCE.’ This was a poster or rather sentiments that appeared to be popul...
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30 September 2018

On the Yahapalana Economists, lightly

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Dr Harsha De Silva, Economic Affairs State Minister, has always been in awe of Ranil Wickremesinghe, the leader of his party and the P...
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