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Letting Go and Moving On
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Letting Go and Moving On

Dec 5, 202076 Views
Many of us spend our lives assuming we follow the perennial fairy tale of ‘once upon a time’ ending up in ‘happily ever after’....
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The ‘Wangedi’ complex and Sri Lankan English Writing
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The ‘Wangedi’ complex and Sri Lankan English Writing

Dec 5, 2020101 Views
If you have lived in Sri Lanka and read Sri Lankan English writing over the years, you would have happened upon many words from...
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What a Multi-religious Upbringing Taught Me
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What a Multi-religious Upbringing Taught Me

Nov 17, 2020119 Views
I grew up in a household that did not practice one faith. And I am glad. Probably the best thing that happened to me....
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Where You Work Matters
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Where You Work Matters

Nov 17, 2020111 Views
A few years ago, I was applying for a job at Nestle when a family friend asked me whether I am ok with the...
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What Kind of Boss Are You?
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What Kind of Boss Are You?

Oct 25, 2020236 Views
There are bosses of all types. The good, bad, ugly, those who you curse daily and those who you revere. A good boss can...
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Why Do We Hate Constructive Criticism and Adverse Opinions?
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Why Do We Hate Constructive Criticism and Adverse Opinions?

Sep 20, 2020208 Views
Sri Lankans are used to banding together to support someone, to trash someone or to stand on the side of the majority feeling smug...
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You Need to Leave Your First Job
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You Need to Leave Your First Job

Aug 2, 2020273 Views
In a fast moving world, where many skip from job to job in 6 months or less, there is still a notion that staying...
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The Great Expectations of ‘Quickies’ and its Folly
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The Great Expectations of ‘Quickies’ and its Folly

Aug 2, 2020208 Views
Quickies are what we refer to as a quick encounter of sex or a ‘fuck’ rather, with someone known or unknown and though it...
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Male Virility, Patriarchy and Election Frenzy
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Male Virility, Patriarchy and Election Frenzy

Jul 27, 2020215 Views
As we battle Covid 19 on one side, we are also in the throes of another typical Sri Lankan election complete with the overtones...
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Friend or Sycophant? Know the Difference
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Friend or Sycophant? Know the Difference

Jul 18, 2020239 Views
Most of us would say that we know who are ‘real’ friends are and that they are there for us no matter what. When...
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'Letting Go & Moving On' - Link in bio. "There is 'Letting Go & Moving On' - Link in bio.

"There is no rule saying you need to stick to the place you founded. In actuality, your success would be your ability to pass it on to the next generation to carry through. That would be a real achievement. Yet many of us cling on in fear that we may lose the sense of identity that place gives us."

#lettinggo #movingon #lifelessons #butterfly #metaphor #phasesinlife #writerscommunity #writinginsrilanka #southasia #bloglife #blog #owlmuses #srilankanwriters #metamorphosis #becomingyou #letitgo #yesyoucan #pushthebar #breakaway #comfortzone #getout
"the principals of all religions I would dare say "the principals of all religions I would dare say are the same. So what are we bickering over? Rituals? What we call God? How we pray? Where we pray?

Where did this us vs. them divide start? And this condescending superiority complex?"

'What a Multireligious Upbringing Taught Me' - Link in bio.

#owlmuses #religion #faith #interfaith #multireligious
#writing #writerscommunity #instawriters #bloglife
#blog #southasia #southasianliterature #god #religiousbeliefs #mygodvsyours #coexist #coexistence #writtenword #compassion #kindness #tolerance #lifelessons
Ibbankatuwa Megalithic Burials "The Megalithic pe Ibbankatuwa Megalithic Burials

"The Megalithic people used iron tools but not to fashion the burials. The iron tools are found in the burials. The burials included clay urns, Black & Red ware pottery, gold beads, terra cotta beads as well as Carnelian beads."

#megalithic #archaeology #historyofsl #ibbankatuwa #mortuary #archaeologyofsrilanka #archaeologylife #archaeologicalsite #historicalplace #burials #protohistoric #prehistory #ironage #southasia #owlmuses #blog #archaeologia #beautifulsl #clanbased
The People's Lech - short story on sexual harassme The People's Lech - short story on sexual harassment in the workplace.

#shortstory #sexualharassment #workplace #srilankanwriters #writinginsrilanka #owlmuses #metoo #pervertboss #womenoftoday #corporate #harassment #inuendo #vulgar #fuckthesystem #systemicviolence #writerscommunity #blog #standup
First time published in print form 😊 My short s First time published in print form 😊
My short story 'The Daane and the Tiger Prawn Curry' was selected to be published in Channels - Journal of the English Writers Collective of Sri Lanka.

This is the first time that a work of mine has been published in print form with due credit to me 😊

To read my story visit my blog www.owlmuses.com under Poetry & Prose 😊

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"Your inability to want to commit to a relationshi "Your inability to want to commit to a relationship is something that stems from your own childhood. From your relationship with your mother. It must be a mess for you to call your own mother a bitch. Yet you don’t seek help. Coz you’re a man right?"

#lettertoanasshole #letters #writerscommunity #owlmuses #lifelessons #reflections #bloglife #blogginglife #wordsneverspoken #communication #writinginsrilanka #srilankanwriters #southasia #meninsouthasia #relationships #whentoletgo #strongerthanyesterday #girlwiththeowltattoo #movingon #lettinggo #menoftoday #childhoodtrauma
An excerpt from 'Living not Existing.' Featured in An excerpt from 'Living not Existing.' Featured in 'Owl Poetry & Prose' on my blog www.owlmuses.com. Do check it out.

#poemsporn #poetry #poetryinmotion #owlmuses #lifestory #overcome #liveinthemoment #overcoming #livinglifetothefullest #livingnotexisting
"Me I shall learn to be Happy, content, who I wan "Me I shall learn to be

Happy, content, who I want to be

Broken, a bit, yet healed and dealing

Responding not reacting,

Living not existing"

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Why Do We Hate Constructive Criticism and Adverse Why Do We Hate Constructive Criticism and Adverse Opinions?
"A healthy environment encourages questioning and dealing with diversity. A herd will only go as far as it follows its leader – to hell even. Hence we should not blindly follow and take offense when someone tells us something we don’t like to hear."

Link in bio.

#criticism #herdmentality #adverseopinions #alternatehistory #tolerance #balance #opposites #opposingviews #diversity #political #writinginsrilanka #writerscommunity #blog #bloglife #opinions #writtenword #southasianliterature #outliers #manystories #owlmuses #usvsthem #yinyang
“So I wrestled with myself with the decision of “So I wrestled with myself with the decision of whether to stay or leave and I told myself that I will stay till Arjun was old enough to go to college. I did not want him living with the stigma of a broken family”.

The Son of a Modaya - link in bio.

#shortstory #bloglife #writinginsrilanka #southasianliterature #southasia #toxicrelationships #dysfunctionalfamily #writerscommunity #writersofinstagram #owlmuses #writing #basedonatruestory #writer #blogger #fatherandson #parenting #parenthood #toxichomes #lifelessons
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