On the back of a tuk-tuk: “ගොඩ එන්න කටු කද්දි තමයි, අපිව ගොඩදාන්න තාත්තා කාපු කට්ට තේරෙන්නේ.” [“It is only when we try to find a living that we realize the kinds of hardships that our father has gone through to make us somebody in life.”]
At a house where a Buddhist sermon to commemorate those family members who had passed away is about to be held; the daughter of the family, while making tea, asks her mother who else would be there to make tea for the guests, and the mother replies, in a rather jovial note, “ඉතින් ගෙදර ගෑණු ළමයනෙ තේ හදන්න ඕනේ” [“It’s the girls child of the family who should make tea”].
A post shared by a friend of mine on Facebook: “ගැහැණුන් තමන් ගැන නිතරම හොයලා බලලා කරදර කරන සහකරුවෙකුට කැමති අතර පිරිමින් තමන්ට කරදර නොදී නිදහසේ ඉන්න දෙන සහකාරියකට කැමති වෙයි.” [“While women prefer those men (as partners) who care for them to an extent that that caring becomes a burden to them, men prefer those women (as partners) who let them be, without troubling them.”]
A news item on a private radio channel: “රොහින්ග්යා සරණාගතයින්ට පහරදීමේ සිද්ධිය සම්බන්ධයෙන් කාන්තාවක් ඇතුළු ව සැකකරුවන් පස්දෙනෙක් අත් අඩංගුවට අරගෙන තියෙනවා.” [“Five suspects, including a woman, have been arrested in connection with the attack on the Rohingya refugees.”]
At a house where a Buddhist sermon to commemorate those family members who had passed away is about to be held; the daughter of the family, while making tea, asks her mother who else would be there to make tea for the guests, and the mother replies, in a rather jovial note, “ඉතින් ගෙදර ගෑණු ළමයනෙ තේ හදන්න ඕනේ” [“It’s the girls child of the family who should make tea”].
A post shared by a friend of mine on Facebook: “ගැහැණුන් තමන් ගැන නිතරම හොයලා බලලා කරදර කරන සහකරුවෙකුට කැමති අතර පිරිමින් තමන්ට කරදර නොදී නිදහසේ ඉන්න දෙන සහකාරියකට කැමති වෙයි.” [“While women prefer those men (as partners) who care for them to an extent that that caring becomes a burden to them, men prefer those women (as partners) who let them be, without troubling them.”]
A news item on a private radio channel: “රොහින්ග්යා සරණාගතයින්ට පහරදීමේ සිද්ධිය සම්බන්ධයෙන් කාන්තාවක් ඇතුළු ව සැකකරුවන් පස්දෙනෙක් අත් අඩංගුවට අරගෙන තියෙනවා.” [“Five suspects, including a woman, have been arrested in connection with the attack on the Rohingya refugees.”]