This is a response I wrote to an article on the implications on the anti tobacco policies of the government. Subject: Implications of the proposed ban of the sale of loose cigarettes in Sri Lanka. From: [email protected] To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Date: Tuesday, April 17, 2018, 2:09:25 PM GMT+5:30 Dear Ms Tishani Sripathi, I write ... Read More

While going through Kottu.org I stumbled across a blog aligned to the Bakamoono movement. Within the use of conflation, emotional manipulation, and exaggeration I found this line that I found to be quite worrisome. This line worried me because it was more than just unionized rhetoric but rather socially divisive. “Patriarchy has done its job ... Read More

I write this after having bad service at a premier tea center. This was easily preventable and was due to the staff. I refrain from naming the place as they are the sorts to infer this article as a testament to their exclusivity. They took a long time to serve me and didn’t give me ... Read More

This is an open letter I wrote after a vehicle parade for the Battle of the Saints prevented me from riding my bicycle on a Saturday. Dear Colombo, Your expensive children are sitting on door ledges of powerful sports vehicles that are being driven by maniacs! A parade in most nations is a procession of ... Read More

Below is the response I sent to Daily Mirror Life following an article by a well known socialite by the name of Kollu. I doubt my message ever reached the actual author. Subject:The Loathsome Socialite From:[email protected] To:[email protected] Date:Friday, February 16, 2018, 4:00:57 PM GMT+5:30 Dear Mirror Life, Please be so kind as to forward this ... Read More

Subject:Report from the Reserve Bank of India From:[email protected] To:[email protected]; [email protected] Cc:[email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Date:Thursday, March 15, 2018, 9:46:20 AM GMT+5:30 Dear Mr Vajira Gunawardene, I write to you in your role as the Director General of the SEC. The framework and regulation which you create will make or break the ... Read More

This is a letter I wrote in response to a unusual trading activity enquiry which had made no allowance for the scale of my market activity. The SEC and CSE are religiously opposed to a world of small stakeholders in large corporations. They show disdain for shareholder voting, rights, and participation within the exchange. From: ... Read More

7th March 2018 On Banking Concentration Under Indrajit Commaraswamy we are to see a major consolidation of the non-banking financial institutions in the country. We are currently also seeing a huge recapitalization of the banking industry. I have many issues with the current Central Banker but feel that on an overall balance he is doing ... Read More

This was the final email I sent to Mrs Nilupa Perera, Head of Trading,Market Surveillance & Corporate Affairs, on this matter. I would have held more shares in order to benefit from the consolidation but sadly I had not read the corporate disclosure. Her response was to reiterate the corporate disclosure. From: Dinesh Perera [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, ... Read More