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Rajapaksa regime- patriotism is their flag, corruption the badge, nepotism the vehicle

“Many a man’s strength is in opposition, and when he faileth, he grows out of use.”
~Francis Bacon
Wrapped in the National Flag to cover all the sins that they commit without a break, the present regime and its chief ‘comrades-in-arms’ are not stopping their outlandish pillaging of the county’s coffers. Corruption has become a second nature […]

By Vishnuguptha | Published on July 1, 2013 at 3:31 am

The gap between the Sinhalese and Tamils seems unbridgeable, and sadly so…

“Collective”- Bauddha Jathika Balavegaya (BJB) reborn!
“I know that my unity with all people cannot be destroyed by national boundaries and government orders.” — Leo Tolstoy
Ghosts from fifty five-years ago
The ghosts of the past, not from very distant one but from an era of exactly fifty five years ago, are invading our confused and troubled […]

By Vishnuguptha | Published on June 15, 2013 at 8:50 pm

Those in the Opposition:stop dreaming and go back to the drawing board…

“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.”
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
The pillar of success?
With the total flop of the one-day Island-wide strike of May 21, 2013, organized by the so-called joint-Opposition, the air went out of the balloon,
deflating the huge imaginary bubble that the Opposition had been blowing. […]

By Vishnuguptha | Published on June 9, 2013 at 9:10 pm

Stung by the Scandal will Obama survive?

“Scandal is an importunate wasp, against which we must make no movement unless we are quite sure that we can kill it; otherwise it will return to the attack more furious than ever.”
~Nicolas Chamfort
The first Constitutional Professor-President of the United States of America has been stung, as almost all US Presidents in the last five […]

By Vishnuguptha | Published on June 8, 2013 at 2:11 am

UNP Constitutional Reforms: The message is right, is the messenger credible?

Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe and President Rajapakse (R)

“No matter what message you are about to deliver somewhere, whether it is holding out a hand of friendship, or making clear that you disapprove of something, is the fact that the person sitting across the table is a human being, so the goal is to always establish common ground.” ~ Madeleine Albright
Finally the UNP addresses […]

By Vishnuguptha | Published on June 2, 2013 at 9:23 pm

Chances of the Thirteenth Amendment survival down to slim and none

“We win justice quickest by rendering justice to the other party.”
~Mahatma Gandhi
The Thirteenth Amendment which saw passage in Parliament in August 1987 amidst civil chaos and political turmoil, once again has gained unusual attention from political quarters, both international and local. What is even more bewildering is, after accomplishing a military victory of unprecedented scale […]

By Vishnuguptha | Published on May 31, 2013 at 12:34 pm

From provocateurs to healers: What BBS should do

Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa, a staunch supporter of the venomous Bodhu Bala Sena cuts the ribbon at an opening ceremony connected with the extremist group

“I never will, by any word or act, bow to the shrine of intolerance or admit a right of inquiry into the religious opinions of others.”
~ Thomas Jefferson
The intentions, methodologies and strategies of the Bodhu Bala Sena (Army of Buddhist Power) have so far been most unBuddhistic and
bordering on the pagan and archaic.
The crude and […]

By Vishnuguptha | Published on May 4, 2013 at 10:11 pm

Daya Master to the rescue of the Rajapaksas

“It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world.” ~ Aristotle quotes
The Government in general and the ruling family in particular, do not show any signs of learning any lesson from history. The local government elections concluded more than two and half years ago on […]

By Vishnuguptha | Published on May 4, 2013 at 12:17 pm

Is Bodhu Bala Sena Sri Lanka’s Taliban?

“Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbor.” ~Arnold J. Toynbee
Base instincts
Fundamentalism, whether it’s Christianity, Islam or any other religion has been the order of the day in modern society. Its attraction to the elements that dwell on the fringes of any religion is beyond doubt. Its perverse focus on […]

By Vishnuguptha | Published on April 15, 2013 at 4:21 am

Are we a worthy people?

“An innocent Ploughman is more worthy than a vicious Prince.” - Benjamin Franklin
We never learn from history that is why we are condemned to relive it
History’s greatest lesson is that we never ever learn from it. That is why, as George Santayana’s famous quote says, we are condemned to relive it. Great Emperors of the past […]

By Vishnuguptha | Published on January 17, 2013 at 9:28 am