King's Council or Raja Sabava 2003

It looks like N.P.P. is taking talented comedians also into their fold.

N.P.P is a party which lacks humour.

Political satire is an art by itself.

It is rare to find a character like Arthur (Ark) Buchward.

His political satire was spontaneous.

In addition he was a writer.


Mahinda  Pathirage was the "Pothe Gura" in Raja Sabhava was a kind of political satire. He is free to take up a political stance but it would have been much better, if somebody (writer with talent) helped him to forge another branch of satire outside of politics.

Gunadasa Madurasinghe filled the character of the unpopular king.

Both of them were hugely talented and outside political satire they did not have any room to branch off.

Politics is a dead end.
Look at what happened to Nanda Malanie and Jackson Anthony.

Politics ruined their careers.

Christmas Countdown

It is Christmas countdown.

Let us forget cricket and get on with our day to day life.

There are lot who cannot celebrate Christmas, either due to sickness, lost of loved ones or alcohol or substance abuse.

Spare a thought for them.

Christmas is for give and take.

We are just recovering from a global pandemic and spare a thought for the ones who left us long before the due date.

Equally, be vigilant since another virus variant may spring up due to our own lapses and excesses.

Happy Christmas 2023 and New Year, 2024!

I am out of commission and no blog pieces for at least 6 weeks.