Himal KotelawalaSri Lanka on the brinkThe following is a longer version of a piece I wrote for The New Statesman published on April 27.7 min read·Apr 28, 2022--1--1
Himal KotelawalaSpoiler alertIn 2012, when the BBC’s Sherlock was all the rage and people were freaking out about the new season, a Sri Lankan Twitter mutual committed…·7 min read·Jan 29, 2022----
Himal KotelawalaOn superlatHyperbole is the internet’s default setting. Almost always, we react to new books, movies, music and TV shows in superlatives. Everything…·2 min read·Oct 3, 2021----
Himal KotelawalaSex is never just sex, is it?It comes with expectations. Even the absence of expectations is an expectation.·1 min read·Sep 25, 2021----
Himal KotelawalaBetter not kill the grooveI’ve been trying my hand at flash fiction. Rather clumsily, if I’m being honest. The following is part of a writing exercise that only said…·1 min read·Sep 16, 2021----
Himal KotelawalaBlack Widow: what might’ve beenIf there’s one thing Black Widow (2021) proved beyond a doubt, it’s that the fewer superpowers the protagonists in these movies have, the…·2 min read·Aug 18, 2021----
Himal KotelawalaInnocent hateSome people like to defend homophobia in Sri Lanka as a kind of “benign” bigotry, claiming it largely comes from a place of “innocent”…·1 min read·Aug 2, 2021----
Himal Kotelawala‘Paangshu’ — some very late thoughtsThis is something I wrote as a college assignment some months ago. Reproduced here with permission from the lecturer.3 min read·Jun 6, 2021----
Himal KotelawalaWhere did the weekend go?Have you ever noticed how time seems to move faster the older you get?·8 min read·Jan 30, 2021----
Himal KotelawalaConfessions of a hackThis screenshot was doing the rounds on Twitter the other day.·5 min read·Dec 14, 2020--4--4