June 29, 2005

Cruelty to animals and Buying a journalist

A media minister once said buy a journalist a bottle and he will write anything you ask him to. Those who have ever read the business pages of the Sri Lankan newspaper can readily agree to that. They carry nothing...
Posted by raditha at 3:35 AM

June 27, 2005

The JM Smoke Screen,

More than enough as been said about the so called joint mechanism or the P-TOMS before and after the event by numerours pundits. What has not been said is that the P-TOMS is a smoke screen to divert the public...
Posted by raditha at 3:04 AM

June 21, 2005

Bo Trees, Mango Trees and Other Trees

Lord Buddha attained enlightenment while seated under a Bo tree. Sri Lanka being buddhist country, Bo trees are held in the highest esteem. All other trees are cut down for any reason and for no reason. Vesak is the day...
Posted by raditha at 9:55 AM

June 19, 2005

Great Western - Malla Thotta

The Tamil name for the Great Western Estate is Malla Thotta, roughly translated that means the estate where it rains. It sure is raining all the time a stark contrast from Colombo. In Colombo the monsoon has been a damp...
Posted by raditha at 2:35 PM

June 17, 2005

The Testament

Just finished reading the Testament by John Grisham. It's so hard to find a good book nowadays. The testament certainly starts of well but the rest of it is a big let down. I haven't read the Holy Testament but...
Posted by raditha at 9:42 AM

June 16, 2005

The dawn of a new era

So the JVP has quit the government possibly signaling the dawn of a new era; a time when the two major polictical parties will work together for the first time in history. We have come perilously close to that state...
Posted by raditha at 9:35 AM

June 15, 2005

Painting Into Corners

At the time this entry is being written there is still a few hours to go for the JVP to execute their threat of pulling out of the government. As any chess player will tell you the threat it mightier...
Posted by raditha at 1:57 PM

June 13, 2005

The jam fruit tree sheds it's leaves

By a strange coincidence, just as I finished reading Spit and Polish by Carl Muller a burger friend of mine called. I have precious few friends left in Sri Lanka through no fault of my own. They have all migrated....
Posted by raditha at 3:47 PM

June 12, 2005

One farce ends another begins

The 'farce unto death' by a monk at Kandy has finally ended thanks to the life line thrown to him by the chief priests and the president. At the same time another farce by another monk has begun in Colombo....
Posted by raditha at 1:30 AM

June 11, 2005

Monk ends Farce

There are two political parties always looking to fish in trouble waters. Unfortunatley for Sri Lanka they are no averse to troubling the water when the fish do not bite. So it came to pass that a monk from the...
Posted by raditha at 7:57 AM

June 10, 2005

more spit and less polish

Finished reading Spit and Polish by Carl Muller a couple of days ago. This book is certainly more spit and less polish but it certainly was readable. Not so the White House Connection by Jack Higgins which I just finished....
Posted by raditha at 8:16 AM

June 9, 2005

Another resignation

We may just may see another resignation following the resignation of the minister in charge of the media. Speculation is ripe that the chief minister of the western province may step down. It's time that he did. More than a...
Posted by raditha at 10:28 AM

June 8, 2005

Resignations Sri Lanka Style

Well finally we have seen a minister resign but it is yet another phony resignation. The minister who used to control the state media mafia has tendered his resignation. The reason given is that he is opposed to the proposed...
Posted by raditha at 3:48 AM

June 7, 2005

Fuel Prices up again.

So the prices of petrol and diesel have been raised again. That is no longer news in many countries but here the story is different. Sometime ago, the minister of power and energy categorically stated that the price of petrol...
Posted by raditha at 3:13 AM

June 6, 2005

Railway Department Kils Couple

There is a news report about a couple on their way to pick up their son from school being killed by a train. In other countries that minister of transport and the head of the railway department would have immidiately...
Posted by raditha at 3:38 AM

June 5, 2005

World Environment day

Today is World Environment day and the newspapers carry a story of how four elephants have been killed. That is the death of four elephants have been reported, many others go unreported. Sri Lankans hate Elephants, the fact that we...
Posted by raditha at 2:48 PM

June 4, 2005

Spit and Polish

Been reading Spit and Polish by Carl Muller, this is the third time this year that I am reading a book by Carl Muller and it just confirms my belief that he is someone who blows hot and cold. Take...
Posted by raditha at 6:07 PM

June 1, 2005

Military Intelligence Head Slain

Since the day the ceasefire was signed the LTTE has been killing informants and millitary intelligence officers. Last evening they have brutally killed the head of military intelligence. The LTTE propaganda machine is clinically efficient when it comes to highlighting...
Posted by raditha at 2:20 AM

 

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