Debunking “ලෝකේ තියෙනවා අකුරු සහිත…”

2 Apr 2024

The post I am talking about here has been going around the Internet since 2020 or so. And it is mostly ... untrue. I wrote a long explanation of this on…

To keep or break promises…

24 Oct 2019

“In dealing with people, a prince must break his promises when they put him at a disadvantage and when the reasons for which he made the promises no longer exist.…

Forgiven … because forgotten

7 Mar 20187 Mar 2018

Following is my answer for the question "Show of hands those willing to drop racial labels and wiling to go as 'Sri Lankan' instead of Sinhalese, Tamil, Muslim, Burgher etc?"…

Introduction of a New Order of Things…

23 Dec 201729 Jul 2017

“It ought to be remembered that there is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead…

On the matter of intellectual status…

28 Jun 201728 Jun 2017

My physics tutor, Mr. Ranchagoda, had the following wisdom to impart: නොදන්නේද නොදන්නා බව නොදන්නේද මෝඩයෙකි පරිහාස කරව නොදන්නේද නොදන්නා බව දන්නේද බුද්ධිමතෙකි උගන්වව දන්නේද දන්නා බව නොදන්නේද නිදන්නෙකි අවදි කරව…

How many holes does the t-shirt have (a.k.a. Why one should not trust brain teasers on the Internet)

21 May 201715 Jun 2017

The above is a brain teaser posted by a website [1]. I am pretty sure that you have seen this question before and taken by heart the answer that they give;…

Food fads…

16 May 20172 Aug 2023

See, I for one am happy about all these fads like organic, gluten free, etc. In free market capitalism, there is always at least two levels of same product. An…

Salted earth policy in an argument…

14 Mar 201715 Jun 2017

Salted earth is an actual war tactic. When you defeat a country, you literally put salt in their fertile land and sow. Then the land become barren. They cannot grow…

In defense of Shah Jahan…

8 Mar 201715 Jun 2017

I believe that most of you have seen the following image on your social media feeds one way or the other. It is so full of lies and deceit that…

Sri Lankan national anthem…

8 Mar 201715 Jun 2017

"The Sri Lankan national anthem, 'Namo Namo Matha' was written in 1940. It was made the national anthem by the 1951 constitution. In 1961, it was changed to 'Sri Lanka…