Mr.Rajapakse, Go ahead and etch your name in Golden Letters in not only Sri Lankan History but also World History. You cannot do it by Obliterating, LTTE, rather you can achieve it by making a simple announcement.

There is no need to call for a Ceasefire, you can rather end this whole war by making one simple announcement. Go ahead and Announce that Tamil Immigrants in Sri Lanka will be treated in the same way as the Sinhalese are treated. You can make the LTTE totally Irrelevant, get the Appreciation of International Community and save thousands of lives and put Sri Lanka on the growth path.

If one were to look at this issue closely all this, it started because the Tamil People who came to work in Sri Lanka were not even treated as Humans, let alone being treated on par with the Sinhalese. And if I were to delve a bit more deeply into this, it arises from Ignorance. Yes Ignorance of the fact that all Humans are Equal and you do not become superior or Inferior because of the fact that you are born in a particular country, or you speak a particular language or because of your color.

This is one Issue that should have not become such a big one and consumed so many lives, but Past is Past. Sir, you now have the opportunity to bring an end to all this. So go ahead,announce and etch Ur name in History forever.

Watching Movies on Festival Days can be a real torture due to the ridiculously high number of advertisements that are aired. But I endured all this and many more dampeners to watch a movie yesterday, courtesy the Director of the Movie, Myshkin.

I am not going to write a Review on Anjadey(Tamil),a movie that was released a year ago, rather I am going to write about some aspects , which made me to come to the conclusion that he is one for the Future.

The first thing was the keen attention to detail and belief on the Script,it is very rare to find directors paying attention to detail, on the other hand it is very common to have directors gloss over the finer points focusing more on Style and Star Power.

The Second thing that impressed me was the fact all he sketched all the characters as Intelligent Ones.Readers might be surprised over the fact that I have mentioned this aspect,but such is the low level that films have got into, particularly Tamil and Telugu. You will hardly find the Lead antagonist as an Intelligent one,in fact he will be portrayed as so Dumb, that you will start to wonder about the Intelligence of the Director.

The third thing is his stress on Background Score or Re-Recording as it is known in some circles. A good background score enhances the value of a scene immeasurably and makes the performance of the artists look better.It also allows the artist to underplay the role.

Finally to the Grey areas, Film making has got a set of formula e which are Language Specific and Myshkin too falls into the formula trap at some places. Hope he does not fall into it again.

Final Word: Here is a director who can go places and make a name for himself. I wish him all the very Best.

Yeah that is the word that comes immediately to my Mind, when I think of all the Election based programs that are being televised, a small Consolation though is that these programs at least are entertaining unlike the Stupid Soaps and the Dumb Reality Shows.

Well on a Serious Note, if one were to dissect the Contents of these shows, one would observe that, Like Indian Cinema which has pretty much remained Unchanged in terms of Content, these shows too have remained Unchanged over the decades. All that has changed is the Packaging. Leaders still promise food, shelter and basic facilities for the weaker sections (Huh, it is indeed a sad state of affairs that we have this situation even after 6 decades of Independence), Leaders still speak of Free * ( Fill the (*)wild character with whatever u want to) to people.

The climax of this entertainment is the Election Manifesto and the discussions over it. I seriously would like to know how much of that Manifesto has changed over the past decades, and how seriously do these parties value this Manifesto?All they seem to value and treasure is their Money bank and Muscle Bank. They seem to have clearly understood that there exists a significant section of the Voting population who are very loyal ( read as Stupid) when it comes to Voting, and hence they confidently keep repeating the rhetoric, without caring a damn about the Implementation.

Well, Let us all enjoy this Time Pass, as this provides us all some relief from the usual Nonsense, But let us not make fools out of ourselves by continuing to Vote for these parties. Let us keep all our love for a family or for an organization at the doorstep and vote for a better future for all us. Let us Vote for 49-O.