LEAFBLOGAZINE: Brain Candy For The Senses – Discussing politics, people and events. Going on to food, health, the arts, travel, sport and creative writing.
By Sharmini Jayawardena I’m not referring to the antithesis as in Communism which has been, ever since its’ emergence and later, become nothing but a fascist nightmare. I’m talking of what organized religion has done to demoralize and subjugate the modern day human and left him/her oppressed and suppressed. He …
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By Sumiitra Yiohan Sooriaarratchi One year ago on 8th November 2016 the American people sent a clear message to the sick establishment in America. A stunning backlash in spite of the mainstream media propaganda machine and all the pundits who thought themselves superior to the American public. It was a …
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By Sharmini Jayawardena I usually celebrate Halloween starting 31st October ending 5th November. Why this is, is because 31st being the Day of all things death, the underworld-ly, witches and goblings and also pumpkins 🎃 has something common with 5th November which is Guy Fawkes day. The Fifth of November Remember, …
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By Sumiitra Yiohan Sooriaarratchi Saw these great videos on marriage, love and relationships by Alain De Botton. 🙂 He talks about the anger most people have at the state of their relationships and how many people are sad at how their lives are less than perfect. He advises to diminish …
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By Sumiitra Yiohan Sooriaarratchi I’ve been against the harassment of sex workers for many years now (harassment by both the government and the mafia). Getting to know the inside story through girls who work in the sex industry has proven to me that the farce of so-called police or government …
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By Sharmini Jayawardena The Little Voices… ‘Because of people like you, people like me must have therapy’ Insanity is literally and simply put, the feeling of utter restlessness experienced in your mind. You are so restless in your head that you are unable to be comfortable being with yourself. Like, …
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By Sharmini Jayawardena Street life is life of that of the “homeless”; the beggars, the hobos, the bums, and the tramps. It is also the life of the street kids, the petty thieves, the gypsies, the prostitutes, the transvestites and the flamboyant gays. And, it is the domain of …
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By Sumiitra Yiohan Sooriaarratchi A few days ago I happened to be browsing through YouTube and stumbled upon a documentary about the battle of Gaugamela where Alexander the Great defeated King Darius of Persia. In a strange coincidence the date on which I watched the video was the anniversary of …
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Piglets Are Cute – lets stop eating them … or at least less of them. By Sumiitra Yiohan Sooriaarratchi A few weeks ago I happened to be at a food court in Pudu (I.C.C Pudu) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; I was with my mother who is a vegetarian. As I scanned …
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By Sharmini Jayawardena Monogamous marriages as we know them today didn’t really exist as the norm in the past. By monogamous …
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