Portrait of an Immortal : Sri Lanka’s eternal elite

His cologne takes your attention before you see him. Forcing your instincts to turn and notice. That his Versace, Patek Phillipe and the rest are real. That you are in the presence of a higher power. A power that does business with men who toy with the fate of nations. Over food, wine and single …

9 Essential Contacts You Need in Sri Lanka

The Sri Lankan New Year is a time of renewal. A good time to look your extended network and ensure its links are strong. In a feudal society like ours, formal laws and norms are merely barriers of entry. To survive, let alone thrive, we need the right network of relationships. Even lesser beings like …

Sri Lanka’s big vegetable from Google Earth

Vegetables are of enormous importance to plant eaters such as Cerno. Below is a Google Earth view of the Dambulla Economic Centre which sends out most of the vegetables sold in Colombo (hence the name). The closer the vegetables get to the city, the more battered and expensive they become. The Sunday Time on 5th …

Whoever wins this election, we will be OK

Whoever wins this election, we Sri Lankans will be fine — or the very least manage OK. There will be no apocalypse. Life will go on. Sri Lankans will try to make life better with or without the government and NGOs. Not having a war will help. This is a naive sounding feather ruffling U …

Drinking rituals to establish Insider connections

As I elaborated in the part 1, the rituals of third world business drinks is a form of witchcraft. The goal is to create an insider connection from which some very serious money will flow. The aim is to appease the dangerous spirits with promises of a share in the rewards if they do your …