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Seasoned words from another century to herald a New Year…
“Another year grew old and weary And gave way to one new and young. Another orbit we’ve completed Around our local star, the Sun. We’ve been here before, And return here we shall. Dare I say it, among...
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Long Live Siribiris – and his creator Camillus Perera!
In January 2009, writing a tearful farewell to the slain newspaper editor and investigative journalist Lasantha Wickrematunga, I invoked the memory of Siribiris. I wrote: Goodbye, Lasantha – and long...
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Cartooning on climate change: Young artists rise to the challenge
Man-made climate change is a complex planetary phenomenon. It has multiple causes and effects – not all of it immediately evident. Different areas of the world are going to be impacted differently and...
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Where are all the women cartoonists hiding?
“So how many women cartoonists are working in our newspapers?” My daughter Dhara, 13, asked me this simple question earlier this month when I was involved in judging Sri Lanka’s first contest of...
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No Pressure, Just Plain Stupidity: UK climate film scores ‘own goal’ for...
Shock therapy is known to work, when handled carefully. We can sometimes shock people out of apathy or indifference, for sure — but the same shock, if overdone, can also numb people or turn them off...
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Political Satire: When making fun is no laughing matter
My regular readers know my deep interest in political satire, and fascination with cartoons of all kinds including those political. On this blog, we’ve also discussed the worldwide decline in...
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Rap News on WikiLeaks: The truth is out there, huh?
On this blog, we take political satire very seriously and talk about it every now and then. It started with a blog post I wrote in July 2009 titled News wrapped up in laughter: Is this the future of...
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When the Twerms Came: Arthur C Clarke’s easy guide for aliens to invade Earth?
It’s time to come clean: I have a fascination with alien invasions of our planet. As a kid, I was an avid listener of radio (my only electronic medium, as I grew up in a land without television, and in...
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When the Twerms Came: The PLAYBOY Comic Strip is found!
Wow, isn’t the Facebook a great place to connect people, ideas and creativity? I never thought much about it, but maybe I ought to spend more time there… Yesterday, I published a semi-serious essay...
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සිවුමංසල කොලූගැටයා #112: අදීන හා අභීත පුවත්පත් කතුවරයා –ටාසි විට්ටච්චි
My weekend column in Ravaya newspaper (in Sinhala) is devoted this week to remember the illustrious Lankan journalist, editor and development communicator, Tarzie Vitachi (1921 – 1993). See also:...
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