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The One With The Saucer

April 5, 2011

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  There’s this joke I heard the other day where this Sri Lankan chap at a little ‘teh kadey’ was found drinking his hot beverage from a saucer. When asked why he wouldn’t just use the correct crockery, he replied rather dejectedly: “Can’t machang. The Indians took the cup.” Okay. So it came out lame… [Read more…]

The Gentleman’s Game?

August 27, 2008

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In Sri Lanka, cricket is a passion that borders on religion. And I don’t just mean that as a comparison. The day of a match, productivity at workplaces hits a slump, and school kids smuggle in little radio’s to keep up with the scores. That cup-wielding beggar on the street pavement can serve as a… [Read more…]

"I would hurl words into this darkness and wait for an echo, and if an echo sounded, no matter how faintly, I would send other words to tell, to march, to fight, to create a sense of hunger for life that gnaws in us all." -Richard Wright (American Hunger, 1977)

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