Category Archives: My two cents worth/Commentaries
Nobel Peace Prize: recognizing the struggles of women?
This year’s Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to three women: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Ghowee and Tawakkul Karman. It’s not often that this happens. It’s also significant. Not like Obama winning it. These women come from troubled regions. Sirleaf is the President of Liberia. The first female head of state in Africa. Ghowee, also from Liberia, [...]
Harry Potter – the end and a few other thoughts
I finally got down to watching Harry Potter 7 part 2. It was sad, very sad. The saddest part of the whole movie to me (and I don’t know why this part was the saddest) was where McGonagall cast all those protective spells around Hogwarts. It was sort of… like… final. Like ‘do or die’, [...]
Gone for a six?
Saturday’s match wasn’t the best of matches to be at. It was more like being a spectator to a scene where a talented, but helpless group of people were ripped, demolished and made a mockery of by the “more powerful people” – or seeing the extent to which they have. Ok, maybe that was too [...]
Vaas
Chaminda Vass… oh boy. When I was little, I had a crush on him. He was kinda good looking, don’t you think? He was hot, at least I thought so, when I was little. I would always watch him play then, on TV and at that time when we didn’t have access to internet like [...]
Stars in politics
There’s something about sports stars and artistes entering politics. They’ve got the traits, so why not eh? Celebrities such as sports stars and artistes who have entered politics have done well enough to at least be remembered for their stint in government – Imran Khan, the terminator and President Ronald Reagan just to name a [...]
“Me and Mr. Darcy”, the book – horribly sad!
Utterly and seriously, horrid. Well, the end was okay really, at least, the woman turned out to be somewhat sensible. Oh, but it’s a wee bit eerie. The book, in my opinion, simply destroys the great Mr. Darcy and how anyone (especially a fan of Jane Austen) could do that, is beyond me. The story [...]
A hero…
(Just a few thoughts on last night’s arrest) Fonseka could have lived a hero. He still is very much a hero in my eyes and he will always be. But, to some people he’s become nothing more than a traitor, and this label sucks. There are different opinions on his arrest. At least, that’s what I [...]
Some thoughts on the ‘duo’
I’ve always thought them both somewhat evil, Mahinda Rajapaksa and Sarath Fonseka that is. Neither really cares much about the common man, or shows much respect for their rights. Both sides have been accused of corruption in whatever form or manner. They’ve got their ambitions and goals and are committed to achieving that. However, they [...]
You cannot strike us
“You speak of freedom of expression, you speak of human rights. But, what of the common man? We are screaming in pain. Can you hear us? Do you care? No. All you care about is yourselves. You want us to keep quiet, not fight. Why? Because that way, you can sit on that seat, feeding off [...]
How lucky is she?
I’ve read and listened to stories of women who have been abused by their husbands. Their stories are heartbreaking and also inspiring. I know women who suffer not in the same way, but just as much. They are not beaten, physically, by their husbands. Yet, they are humiliated, discarded and dismissed. They are shown no care. [...]