Thamara Kandabada
Thamara Kandabada
I’m Thamara, furniture-peddler by day and wearer-of-many-hats by night. I like to watch films, enjoy live music, tinker with this website, play guitar, and run in my free time. I'm currently based in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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So many things to consume, so little timeThe other day I spent 20 minutes on Netflix trying to find something to watch. Couldn’t decide on anything, so I tried my luck on Amazon Prime. Another 20 minutes went by. All this while I had been browsing without actually watching anything. I could’ve watched half a movie...
AP On TV debatesSomeone on Twitter suggested, indirectly, that we in Sri Lanka should host a Presidential Debate in the like of which is ostentatiously done by the Americans. I could convince myself to be amused by the novelty of this in a local context, but these debates are merely media stunts. Not much else is...
Putting the blogging back in microbloggingTwitter is a great platform to practice writing. I’m only just realizing this. Think about it: Character limitation forces you to edit/summarize better. If you want people to pay attention to what you write, you have to learn to make things interesting. (It’s a learnable...
My journey into unbeliefI have identified as an atheist for many years. There have been times I’ve rejected the label because of all the baggage that comes with it, but I’m comfortable introducing myself as such for now. What follows is a concise account of my journey into the realms of unbelief. I have broken this...
My thoughts on the candidacy of Anura Kumara DissanayakeFor those looking to break free from the seemingly inescapable tribal mess of the two main camps, the JVP boss Anura Kumara Dissanayake is the perfect protest vote, and nothing more. Erstwhile critics of the JVP may overlook their past flaws, and it will be...
A few thoughts following the announcement of the SLPP candidateI wrote this on Twitter last week after the former President Mahinda Rajapaksa put to rest the rumours about his brother competing for the country’s highest office. It was partly a message to the new candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa, and partly an appeal to...
On favouritesIt is becoming clear to me that certain things become near impossible as I grow older. (I’m 24, but I’ve been told, repeatedly and with great conviction, by people close to me that I have the mind of a 40-year-old.) One of those things is picking favourites. I remember how simple things used to be 15...
23 days in IndonesiaLast November, I took a 3-week break from work and flew to Indonesia. I had 23 days, but Indonesia is an enormous country, so I decided I should explore the Islands of Java and Bali this time. (Yes, I say “this time” because I plan to go back!) I flew in to Jakarta on the 31st October. I spent 2...
On angerYesterday, while ordering food, I had an epiphany. At the risk of sounding uncomfortably pseudo-profound, I’m sharing it now, for my own benefit if not yours, hoping I could come back to this piece in the future when I need a reminder. The food was late. I had ordered it 20 minutes ago. I could see from the...
What weddings are, and notI was at a wedding the other day. A cousin was getting married. We drove over to this nice hotel in the morning. Banquet tables were laid out in the customary 10-seat arrangement in a well-lit, sparsely ventilated reception hall. A traditional Poruwa stood in one end of the hall, ready to...
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