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Dark clouds and silver linings

Today I heard about a grand wedding of an Indian tycoon (Ambani's son) from a friend of mine, and he showed me some videos of it too. He said famous and powerful people from around the world have been invited to it, and the cost of the event was going to be several Billions (of Indian Rupees or USD, I don't know). If you think about it, India is a country with a higher population of substandard living conditions. There are innocent and miserable children who are forced to work for a mere subsistence, being deprived of education, health facilities, and food and water. I remember a movie based on a true story in which Akshey Kumar was playing the leading role where he makes sanitary towels (pads) for poor women who could not afford it. In such a country, a single wedding event spends billions of money. What a crappy world we are living! You could imagine how much wealth this family has amassed. On the other, this "mental disease" of exorbitant spending must be highly we

පන්සිළු සිළ සිඳ යා...

Maestro Nimal Mendis... You will forever be in our hearts as one of my land's best musicians (and as a sensational lyricist as well).
"When did I meet you my love
Was it yesterday today or tomorrow
When did I kiss you my love
Was it yesterday today or tomorrow
Only in time eternal I'll know
This love is it real or is it true
Was it yesterday today or tomorrow
That we met my love me and you
When did I miss you my love
Was it yesterday today or tomorrow
I'll say au revoir my love
For yesterday today or tomorrow"

(lyrics by the late Nimal Mendis)

සත්සර සොමි නද සඳ යටින් සෝ සරතැස් සැඬ ඕඝ මතින් සිඳී ගිය පන්සිළු පහන් සිළුව ඔබයි සහෘදයාණෙනි...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_i30w72JnY