War Against Innocence or For Peace

Sri Lanka is undergoing a major situation as the Military is involved in heavy fighting in the Northern part of the Island. It is after so many years of agony that now we see a ray of hope of a united Sri Lanka with all religions, races and people of all kins.

Many media and non governmental organizations have come forward at this time to comment on what is happening in our country and some neighbouring countries have taken defensive steps to even threaten the Government to go for a ceasefire.

From the point of view of a normal civilian in this country who has been born with the war and now waiting to see an end to war, I believe that it is time that everybody realize that Sri Lanka has suffered enough from other parties who are trying to gain their own benefits out of our problems. People of our country has suffered enough. Even now they are suffering more than ever. North people with a terrible war right in their faces and southern people with an inflation high as the sky. But everybody is waiting. With long hope of Onions of Jaffna in market again. There will be many costs for this war like what is described in BBC yesterday, Wounded Sri Lankan Civilians Rescued but one day or the other this terrible war must end. And for that People of Sri Lanka are willing to pay its price!

Violin..

Faces faces everywhere
Eyes are protruding with dismay
People walk by stop and stare
What the speciality at bay
A lovely hand discoloured from Sun
Burnt with a harsh skin
Ragged cloths not washed for months
moving to and fro
A music so soft sweet and clear
flows the surroundings
A violin played with an ease
by a beggar sat on the pouch.
Life is at its bitter worse
Cursing an unknown
A loneliness has covered that face
A cry for a desperate call
Who can end this misery
Who can light these lives
Bring hope and happiness
To those who lying aside...

Hail President Obama!

Yesterday was a historical day for USA as the 44th President was sworn in with a crowd of over 2 Million people.
The first ever african origin President has created much hope in the hearts of all citizens of USA and the whole world is watching what his international relations are going to be. As the American economy is having difficulties recovering its position and many a people left without jobs, the newly sworn in President has much responsibility to do greater effort to bring back all what has been in total crisis during last 12 - 24 months.
"We gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord," those were the words of the President. And he asked all Americans to "Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off and begin again the work of remaking America". He gave the new hope for his people, created the courage and urgency to act together to build a nation.
I think that our Sri Lankan politicians including the head of state have lot to learn out of the speech made by this new President. The courage he's creating, the hope and understanding to act on the need to build back a nation, should ring sirens on our politicians. Rather than pointing finger to eachother on things that'll never benefit the country or its people, our members of parliament should learn to work in hand in hand.
I heard that President Obama has a family of brothers. If President Obama was a politician and elected as president in "our country" would he create a cabinet of ministers with all his brothers?

Energy, scarce in origin

Energy, today's one of the most spoken words in day to day life. Every human being is unknowingly affected by this crisis all their lives.
Energy sources have become type of a luxury item during the recent past as the main natural resource, the crude oil started gambling with peoples' lives. Due to many economical and political reasons the price of crude oil increased itself by more than 250% of its original price. This affected to almost every aspect of daily lives of all as transportation cost rose sky high. This gave way to price hike in all commodities which paved way to increased living costs all over the world. Most economies started suffering as many business entities started drowning in the high operating costs.
After most of the trades collapsed the oil price finally came back to normal dropping itself to its earlier stages in price. And the citizens expected with relief that all the prices will come down as the most essential cost came down. But alas. None showed happy faces!
Amazingly not a single thing in the market moved down. Not even OIL.
Every trader, manufacturer started to take opportunity. They keep the commodity prices at hike blaming the oil price and try to make the lost profit during the recent past.
Who is to blame? The government? Or God?

I found love my way

I was just loafing around
Life's corners up and down
I moved around... peeped..
fell aside... but got up again
walked along the tides
Stumbled upon many a place.

Faces everywhere
Unknown and some forgotten
time was passing by... tick.. tick..
weather changed from cold to warm
Sun started shining its blissful rays
warmth filled the air, ice melted away
frowning at the smiling Sun.

Silence packed his bags to leave
as no welcome he received
Birds started signing happy songs
with the pine trees swaying in breeze

I sat down at my window-seat
looking around the wonderful things
world of cold melting away
a warmth of love had risen its way

why the sudden change I wondered
a pair of brown eyes
were looking through its way
had halted at my window-seat.

I didn't realize the change
the warmth out of coldness I felt
too sudden to believe
Love has come my way...

Matrimonial Bondage.

Its always nice to meet your old friends atleast once in a way. One most common place is at their own weddings. I happened to get such a chance yesterday as two of my friends got married to each other. The specialty in this is that both the bride and the bride-groom are my friends. It became a lovely day as most of my friends got together to wish the couple their best wishes to the new life.

Meeting some of these friends felt like seeing a long distant relation. Everyone was smiling and chatting with cheer as all had so much to share! It was a bustle when all got together. It was fun!

Anyway, Dear Buddhi & Amila, thank you for inviting us all for your wedding as we had such a good time together. May your new life be full of joy and merriment so that whatever hardships that comes on your way will not harm your happiness!

Missing daily smile

It has been a dull day today. I'm home alone! I feel the scale of my room today. Too dark already.

I've been married for 18 months now and I have always found difficult to stay away from my husband. Especially when he goes abroad its dull and dark and lonely.

I was even wondering what I should be blogging about today but nothing struck my mind. Only that I got to wait alone at home.

Anyway, in Sri Lankan culture (i should say Asian) , when a girl gets married she becomes solely dependant on her husband for not only physical but morale support. At least to tell her that she looks good in her Saree today!!

Well I will miss that then... But I know I have his attention always and forever even though he's not around. Thats the bond that is created in marriage; an everlasting binding to each other.

Festivity in the Middle of the Road!

The brave warriors of Sri Lanka Army, navy and Air force are fighting a battle against terrorism in the northern part of our country these days and all Sri Lankans are waiting cautiously to know what is happening in war zone.

There were victories on its way to liberate the North and our brave soldiers have advanced further toward their target in success. Hail the victories!!

Our His Excellency the President takes these victories as means of public speech to give away the "happy news" to all Sri Lankans himself. I don't see anything wrong in this. H.E. the President should inform the people of this country what is really going on in the North, as its the only means of knowing what is happening in the North (whether true or false).

And I agree our people who love freedom from terrorists should get opportunities to celebrate these victories. But these celebrations should be not in ways of lighting crackers in the middle of so called highways in Sri Lanka! All towns were covered with smoke and white paper dust these evening proving the amount of fireworks that have been lit to celebrate these victories.

Dear Sri Lankans, have you already forgotten that behind these victories how many innocent families have lost their loved ones? Have you already forgotten how many soldiers sacrificed their lives for you to be safe in South? Have you forgotten how many are lying in their death beds at this moment?

Its time to think. The money you waste by lighting fireworks can help those people, families who are suffering from this war.

Yes we should celebrate! But in a meaningful way...

Freedom Media

Today became another day with terrible attack against a media personnel which resulted death in the end. An unknown gun man has shot dead an Editor of one of leading English news papers in the mid day.

This journalist had a voice for almost everything. He captured people's attention to various types of fields and one was the political arena which was creating a mess in the society. He had a voice for what he believed as wrong and made everybody understand his views.

He may be wrong in his aspects of judgment. BUT no body had the right to silence him this way as what happened to him today.

Today should be a day where the Sri Lankans should understand that every individual in a democratic society has a right to voice his/her ideas. If somebody doesn't approve of it, let that person shut his ears and wait!

Political Mess...

In our country it is breaking news that a media station being under attack by some unknown masked ninjas. Everybody has turned their attention as to what is going on without any clue on things that are happening. Many has a say in this. As a country where almost every individual is operated by the hands of politics, the real picture and the earthly truth is mislead.

Our country has been governed by two political parties in the last six decades after we gained "Independence" from British in 1948. These two political parties have created massive changes in all aspects of culture, economic policies and thinking of the people lived during these times. Some from the point of view of making a better society and some are for their own well being as politicians. These acts of the past only created a devastating impact on the people and their beliefs rather any betterment in lives.

Today Sri Lankans are covered with masks of rivalry over each other. Their political misconceptions have created havoc by influencing their decision making. People fight each other for a colour/party to please their political leaders.

When will the Sri Lankans realize that they should come out of this dungeon and see light? When will they realize that its time to build this nation they have so desperately destroyed?

Let me start this conversation by wish this whole world a peaceful New Year!

It has been a long time since I appeared on this blog. That had quite a reasons for me to wait without putting a post. But I must say that I enjoy putting a post more than just roaming around the darkness not knowing where to go.

A year ended and a new one dawned bringing hope for peace and end for violence to this whole world. Thats everybody's wish. To live and die in peace. Even though my country, Sri Lanka is in the middle of an "ethnic crisis" as the whole world declares it, we the common citizens wait eagerly until this war at North ends and for the day that the peace will arrive at our door step. We believe that all Sinhala, Tamil, Muslims and Burghers can live as one family in this country. So why fight for some piece of earth we will never own?