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...

Following an interview with PM  Ranil Wickremasinghe, India's NDTV had tweeted (mis)quoting the PM "In principle, we have agreed to full autonomy to Tamil areas, Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe tells NDTV". Interestingly such statement has neither been recorded in the video clip nor mentioned in the article published in their website. Amidst the continuous requests on NDTV to clarify the tweet, some did a simple look back on the things.  Sri Lanka's 'The Republic Square' had transcribed the full interview (with SL's PM) as appeared on NDTV's 18+ minute documentary "Truth vs Hype: Sri Lanka - Hope or Illusion?" and there remains a clear blunder as NDTV tweeted something extra-ordinary as opposed to what's been told by Ranil Wickremasinghe.  courtesy -  @ mhmhisham courtesy -  @ mhmhisham While many, by now have concluded that NDTV has "sensationalized" the interview with PM Ranil Wickremasinghe...

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...

According to O'Leary; Short of committing murder, negative publicity sells more seats than positive publicity. Charging for toilets contin ues to be the number one story that resurfaces in the press and it’s the gift that keeps on giving. Although this radical CEO + Marketing Director claims that they’d never done it, he claims it keeps coming up on social networks every three or four months, the media picks up on it and then someone writes a story on it. Negative publicity generates so much more free publicity that it sells more tickets.  Ryanair had 12 of its cabin crew, posing in bikinis to a calendar that is intended to raise up to £100,000 for Polish charity TVN; known as 2013 Ryanair girls charity calendar!

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...

Emmanuel Kelly auditioning at X  Factor  Pic Courtesy: Channel 7  Supplied TGIF! Yeah.. and I'm more than happy that I didn't worry myself too much, even I was told to come home via the most hectic bus routes. Simply, I managed to catch the bus :) and that "Langama" bus was awesome which made me to tweet couple of times, with the hashtag #langamarox.  As soon as I got home, I had this article to put up about the SSC Open Badminton C'ships. As usual, I opened my word doc, parallely signing into my gmail and FB. Saw a link on one of my friend's wall, with no thumbnail, but something triggered me to click on that. I was redirected to a Facebook video, one of those uploaded by an artist based in the Middle East. An 'X-Factor' video clip, showing a guy named Emmanuel Kelly, who's just another victim of these bloody wars, specifically at Iraqi blood sheds.