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Lanka Rising

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Critical analysis of Sri Lankan society and politics.

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  • Coca Cola - The flavor of capitalism

    Posted on Saturday December 19th, 2009 at 01:15 in business, Economy

    The multi-national giant Coca Cola Company, its brands, manufacturing and marketing strategies mirror the reality of capitalism. This post is an attempt of fact finding mission of Coca Cola and its background with some insight on its sister brand Fan...

  • Hath Pole Gagath Sarath !

    Posted on Thursday December 17th, 2009 at 10:27 in politics, unp

    There is an old Sinhala saying that “Hath Pole Gagannawa”. This is exactly what has happened to retired General Sarath Fonseka. When the government successfully won over terrorism he came up and claimed to be the sole father of the military win....

  • Sarath Fonseka – The Traitor of Sri Lankan Nation revealed

    Posted on Sunday December 13th, 2009 at 10:34 in politics, terrorism, defence

    Sarath Fonseka has disclosed that Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa instructed a key ground commander in the north that all LTTE leaders must be killed and not allowed to surrender. With this disclosure, month’s long uncertainty and debate of ...

  • Rag and Stag - the breeding grounds for extremists

    Posted on Saturday December 12th, 2009 at 10:10 in politics, education

    The people’s conscious of fear and shyness (giri-othap in Pali) for wrong doings (formally called as sin) is a great hindrance for spread of any extreme political ideologies. Therefore it is a necessary condition for these extreme movements to find...

  • Why Bandula and Kehelia became the key victims of comprodor media?

    Posted on Saturday December 12th, 2009 at 02:53 in politics

    Mass media plays key role in manipulation of cognizant of the nation. The comprador ancestral media continue to play a role in their futile attempt of retaining colonial political and economical grip in the country. The ‘Lake House’ which was fou...

  • The reality behind ‘News’ of Vikalpa media

    Posted on Saturday December 12th, 2009 at 02:41 in politics, media

    News is a consumer item of selling for businessmen in the mass media industry. For bankrupt politicians ‘News’ is a mode of generating surges to effect the thinking patterns of the people. Unlike the people of the West, ‘News mongering’ is ...

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