My Karapincha

L - Bhathiya Jayakody -  R - Santhush Weeraman Not definitely with a quest to build an entire 'Entertainment Empire', these two youngsters embarked on a journey, something catchy but dubbed with actions that attracted a lot of criticism from many corners in the society. They were singing/communicating to them Sri Lankans who were 'sandwiched' in the society, between those elite groups & hard- line extremists (in every aspect).  Their products were unique & different, the impact was slow but steady, mesmerized some of the industry giants who believed the duo has a future ahead. A lot of sweat, tears and hard work went in, hours and hours wasted waiting to meet the big guns in media stations and record labels, to present their case.. one thing was obvious, with a bit of luck in their hands of course, they had a unique product on offer, backed by undying passion coupled with creativity, which meant "the future" for potential investors.  As...

Arvind Gupta, head of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s IT division / IT Cell, a key figure in installing the former Gujarat Chief Minister Narenda Modi as India's 15th (Current) Prime Minister, has been hired by the Sri Lankan Government, in steering & strengthening President Mahinda Rajapakse's social media strategy.  The nerve centre: Arvind Gupta inspecting his team in BJP's digital war room, located within the party's headquarters at Ashoka Road in Delhi. A team of 40 people, mostly professionals from IITs and IIMs, keeps a vigil on the latest voting trends and the mood of voters Arvind Gupta was a master-mind behind the PM Modi's Election machinery, especially its Social Media strategy and campaign execution. According to Indian media "If you see a shot of a pensive Modi in Varanasi — with a maze of buildings behind him — or looking natty in a blue linen kurta while leading foreign dignitaries, you probably have to thank Gupta for it." ...

F or the food, especially for Burger lovers, this has been the most amazing news besides all the somewhat great dining deals that are offered by Pubs, star-graded establishments, restaurants, tea lounges to coffee shops and other fast food joints, during this Christmas season.  Burger King; which was teasing the Sri Lankans' taste buds for a pretty long time with their announcements of opening its Sri Lankan Franchise was made possible via Softlogic Holdings PLC's new business unit which was set up as 'Softlogic Restaurants (Pvt) Ltd'. The official announcement was released in September 2, 2013, highlighting Softlogic Restaurants (Pvt) Ltd as the master franchisee, which entered into a Master Franchise and Development Agreement with BK AsiaPac Pte Ltd - a subsidiary of Burger King Worldwide, Inc (NYSE: BKW), and the master franchisor for the Burger King® System in the Asia Pacific Region. Accordingly,  Softlogic Restaurants (Pvt) Ltd would be developing, oper...

IIHE's team of ICT students: Club ICT have made arrangements to celebrate The Software Freedom Day, on Saturday the 17th, at the university premises.  According to the organizers, the event will comprise of four major lecture sessions. The lectures are to cover the following areas: Why Free and Open Source software and Why people should care about it Install GNU / Linux with a demonstration done via Hanthana Linux Making use of Linux in a productive way These lectures are to be delivered by well-regarded personalities in the industry such as Mr. Buddhika Siddhisena, Mr. Suchetha Wijenayake and Mr. Gaveen Prabhasara.  The organizers will also be opening up an on location Open Source Game Zone on Saturday coupled with many more interesting stuff to be discussed, shared and learnt.  The Software Freedom Day (SFD) is a worldwide event organized by the Software Freedom International (SFI). SFD Wiki has already registered three organizers in Sri L...

A ride in a “Langama” bus is always a thrilling, unmatched fun. I have reasons to count on the above statement as the 55 year old uncle who is living by my house recalls his memories as a school boy where they were given an old, red TATA bus as their school bus. However, a problem arises as to what extent this elated moments are being experienced by the present generations. We need to understand the broader perspective of the word ‘fun’ & badly need to appreciate the fact that the higher majority in our similar age groups fail to enjoy in public transportation. Enough preaching: Needed to tell what I felt over the parental population in this country. Especially who are travelling with their kids in public carriages! The mother was in her 30s. Her small boy was around seven/eight years old. These judgements were made by looking at the way they behaved, their appearances, etc. Both were dark. The mother’s hair implied of a low income family. The brownish, damaged hair with some grey ...

I hardly go through my Reading list which appears at the bottom of my dashboard. As the number of blogs I follow falls less than the number of fingers in both hands, without much effort I could track certain stuff posted in those blogs. Interestingly, when I scrolled down on my dashboard today, this particular blog post which carried an interesting title appeared and it was strong enough to catch my eyes and redirect me to the blog site! It was ‘Boondi’, a collective effort of a group of young troublemakers, who eventually holds a different insight in their work. One of the contributors had come across this strange guy who had been standing in the Dehiwala junction on the day the parliament’s inaugural session took place (April 22). This lonely attempt of yet another single Sri Lankan, evidently proves the perception of the countrymen towards its politicians. Ask yourself: What have they done since 1948? So, is there a better way to address them? Read the original article here: h...

Yesterday, I got a chance to browse the web since the 6th of February. It was pretty irritating to stay away from the cyber network, BUT the exams and several subjects kept me out of the network. So, yesterday, I started browsing several news websites (as usual), to learn about the issues that had broken out within the past couple of days. I had four of my friends around me, using their computers in the computer lab. Suddenly, the guy who was sitting on my right hand side grabbed my right shoulder and dragged me into his monitor. It was this picture on the right (Pic. 1) that appears along with this post. In the next second, the other two surrounded us and comments were flowing despite their political view point. There was this one girl, who gave her insights about this picture. He said, "I think those are red colour dye on that man's neck"! Well I just turned to her, thinking she would tell something more, adding to her first comment. At that point I understood how the ...

The posters do spread a message! Well, that's the whole idea behind pasting those papers and covering every possible inch of others' walls. Before the 26th of last month, the goats, the cows and others who loved to taste the ink of the print were having a great time. They were not worried of 'eating a candidate' appearing on any wall. No police guy was interested in removing the animal from doing that 'deshadrohi' activity. Now that the things have come to light. In fact, the things are getting darker and darker. Not only because of today's attack that took place in front of the Aluthkade Magistrate court, injuring around six people. Following are three major incidents that took place since 26th of January 2010 up to date. HE the president left to Russia soon after attending the opening ceremony of the 'Deyata Kirula' exhibition in Pallekale, Kandy. He was awarded by a Honoris Causa Doctorate by the Peoples’ Friendship University (PFU), formally know...

PUBLIC SECURITY: The Sri Lanka Army celebrated its 60th anniversary on the 2nd of October. The victory of defeating the world's deadliest terrorist organisation was then being celebrated on par with an exhibition and a display of armory at the BMICH. I was driving down the Bauddaloka Mawatha to drop my little cousin brother to school. We were suddenly stopped by a posh policeman who was wearing shades at 7 a.m, facing the opposite direction where sun was shinning from. It was a temporary check point that had been set up by police to check the civilians who were to enter the vicinity of the BMICH. The exhibition had the fullest protection. As I stopped the vehicle one policeman came infront of the car having his AK47 on his hands while one came to check my ID card. Two other policemen were on the otherside of the car and when i was about to hand over the ID to the above policeman, one of the two of the side where my bro was sitting told us to move on as there is a school child. Out ...