'Cause Pigs can Fly

Published in The Nation on July 5 Last week, the US legalized gay marriage. This means that soon enough, when people refer to marriage, they will refrain from classifying it by the sexes of the parties getting married and the nature of their relationship. After all, no one says a country finds straight marriage legal. While this was one step forward for humanity, the decision of US courts also resulted in a mass change of profile pictures. A lot of people changed their profile pictures to a rainbow edition which consisted of the colors of the LGBT flag. While certain posts suggested that profile pictures were changed by some without knowledge or understanding of the reason, many people seemed to understand what they were standing up for. It was well and good that people, even in Sri Lanka, were fighting for equality. However, it also made one question what lay at the end of the rainbow. The stories say that a pot of gold can be found if you travel right to the end. A ...

I don’t like a lot of things. I don’t like vegetables. I don’t like animals. I don’t like people. I don’t like physical contact. So yes, I don’t like a lot of things. I’m also afraid of many things. I’m scared of commitment. I’m scared of animals, especially dogs. I’m scared of babies. I’m scared of kids. I’m scared of millipedes. Dogs, I dislike/hate and also fear. I was brought up in a house where dogs weren’t really allowed indoors. I feel icky when people let their pets live indoors and I feel repulsed when the pets are allowed in the kitchen and around food. Our cat, Johnny, sometimes walks in to the kitchen and we are quick to chase him away. He’s not given food indoors. I also grew up in a house where whoever cooks makes sure the kitchen is clean and no strands of hair fall into the food. So with all these, it’s extremely difficult to eat food 1. With a pet breathing into my food and 2. In a house where the pets are allowed into the kitchen or where the food...

Premaya Nam . Is it possible to love someone so much that you would have buckets of your own piss thrown at you? Would you let the very things you fear touch your skin so you would overcome your fears and thus have the person you love back in your life? Yes, maybe love IS the prescription. But what happens when love also happens to be the very thing you fear? What happens when your fear of love is so intense it cripples you? Is love enough to rid you of yours fears if love is the very thing you are most afraid of? Is love the prescription when love is also the illness?

Yesterday’s ruling that made gay marriage legal in the entire US was a special and important moment for everyone. Profile pictures are being changed and beliefs are being adjusted. And yet, there are still just too many people who don’t see why homosexuality should be accepted and gay marriage legalized. It happened in the US. Why are Sri Lankans so excited? Here’s why. US legalizing gay marriage isn't a country's achievement. It's a right won by people and a hope to many that their day isn't far behind. When the earthquake in Nepal happened, did you keep your mouth shut because it didn’t happen in Sri Lanka and didn’t directly affect people living in Sri Lanka? I’m guessing you did want to help those people, not because they were Nepalese but because they were human. When US legalizes gay marriage, it means that the world is one country closer to being a world that respects and accepts people without discriminating based on factors, especially those humans ha...