Archive - Varuni Fernando

A Breather from Comfort

"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately..."

Jun 26 •

Varuni Fernando

January 2023

Texting has become more complex than a Shakespearian sonnet - 14 lines, divided into three quatrains and a concluding couplet, "Good night! Good night…

Jan 28, 2023 •

Varuni Fernando

December 2022

Remembering the ashrams

Of Gurus, devotees and ashrams. A morsel of memories.

Dec 29, 2022 •

Varuni Fernando

Marijuana Middle Ground

Between the moral panic and glamorization.

Dec 3, 2022 •

Varuni Fernando

November 2022

'Sorry' doesn't cut it.

Instead of trying to appear genuine by apologizing poorly, it's preferable to learn not to be nasty.

Nov 29, 2022 •

Varuni Fernando

Ehiyeh Asher Ehiyeh

If only we see scriptures of the world as writings of highly intelligent humans with insight to understand and foresight to predict our journey, we…

Nov 23, 2022 •

Varuni Fernando

Goals, Going, Gone

Both east and west, are now committed, culturally as well as economically, to the gospel of self-fulfillment - Fellow Teachers, Philip Reiff

Nov 17, 2022 •

Varuni Fernando

Plague of Plagiarism in Sri Lanka

Lack of proficiency in the English language and lack of knowledge about the seriousness of plagiarism are the driving forces of this disaster.

Nov 11, 2022 •

Varuni Fernando

Parenting Myths

We are catering to societal expectations and holding on to memories of our own upbringing.

Nov 10, 2022 •

Varuni Fernando

Sexual Predation

Sri Lanka's sexual predators - What is the cause? What are the remedies?

Nov 8, 2022 •

Varuni Fernando

September 2022

Let the Blue Sky grab your Imagination

Are you reading in order to avoid writing?

Sep 17, 2022 •

Varuni Fernando

Write! But clean up your act.

Blue Sky writing series continues...

Sep 15, 2022 •

Varuni Fernando

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