Janins' between Colombo and wherever blog

Oh the O-Cult

janindra — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 18:20:39 +0000

Something a bit more topical with the release of the Omen a remake of the 1976 horror classic in about five days. Even the Buffalo seemed worked up about it, well at least his blogging alter ego do’s. Just imagine if the buffalo had a blog about his thoughts, would anybody read it I wonder [...]

The History of English 1970 to 1997

janindra — Sun, 28 May 2006 17:50:55 +0000

To pick up on my previous post. Here is an account of how the English language was administered in Sri Lanka from its removal to its reinstatement and then removal yet again.We take up the story in 1971:1971 - Youth InsurrectionA rebellion by the non English speaking youth of Sri Lanka.Including a plan to burn [...]

Something not so dry……

janindra — Tue, 23 May 2006 19:17:38 +0000

Well it appears that I am not alone in believing that what is on ICT for …. is rather long winded. The sages who run Kottu appear to feel the same way as this image shows : It’s lovely to see a sense of humour……. The real solutions to this countries problems [...]

The History of English from 1700 - 1960’s

janindra — Mon, 22 May 2006 21:29:09 +0000

From my observations of living here in Sri Lanka, a lot of the problems which keep reappearing on the heavyweight Mojo and ICT for whatever blog s. Where you need something akin to a doctorate to fully understand what is being discussed are related to the change in this islands national language. So here [...]

Something lazy for the armchair pundits

janindra — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 14:02:03 +0000

Here is a recipe for all the lazy armchair pundits. To me, an expert is as good as a pundit but considerably inferior to a soldier belonging to either side of the struggle. I thought a dish of Lazy Rice would be appropriate. Lazy Rice is the euphemism used for Sri lankan fried [...]