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@gazala .bsky.social Postcolonial studies - University of Sydney | Budding Novelist (title: Imperial). Currently writing Book 2.

Joined September 2015

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@GazalaAnver

Gazala Anver

2 years

Look, folks—I need a small push (or a kick) so I'm pasting the opening lines of my book (WIP) below: "There were days the Ve Ostyrs deemed the birth of a girl child fortuitous—and proof the family curse was a myth. And then there were days they did not. These..." 1/

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11 months

It's coming together...

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1 year

This is getting out of hand...

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11 months

Is this...is this the stuff dreams are made of?

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@MicahSVernon As a WOC from the third world, I rarely ever came across protagonists who were "relatable" but that never stopped me from reading. This seems to be like a uniquely first world take that's as stupid as it gets. You don't have to "relate" to every book you read.

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3 months

Mine!

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1 month

Does anyone else have an upstairs book and a downstairs book or a bedroom book and a living room book?

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6 months

At the local secondhand bookstore and I wish to god I understood how they categorise books lol. There's even books behind the books on the floor and you risk in avalanche trying to get to anything, but god bless.

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3 months

Plan is to add a second extension up to the ceiling because we've already run out of space (the dining table is hiding one quarter of unshelved the books), and, of course, more lighting, but I'll probably end up turning the whole house into a library at some point 🤷🏽‍♀️

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Dr. Tiffany Wayne

3 months

It show me your IKEA Billy bookcases appreciation day. 📚 (These were only ready-made bookcases I could find that were over 6’ tall for high ceilings! Love my little corner unit, too.)

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5 years

I want @MaithripalaS to resign. From Earth.

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10 months

Back to piles on the floor, bb! The contents of two suitcases and an IKEA bag, courtesy Sydney Uni book fair. Tempted to go back tomorrow...

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11 months

Was pushed into a bookshop against my will and forced at gunpoint to pick up some books

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1 year

Taking a small break after a hard day of bookshopping. Pictured: the second-hand Berkelouw haul. Not pictured: two bags of bargain books from Vinnie's.

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10 months

Lots of things I love about Sydney. This book fair is one them.

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Gazala Anver

2 years

When your entire personality is horny for politicians. Yes, this is a sub-tweet.

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Gazala Anver

2 years

Good morning, Sri Lanka. Will the president be a Rajapaksa crony or a Rajapaksa crony?

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Gazala Anver

5 years

Things I hate more than Sri Lankans spreading bile and misinformation? #Indians spreading bile and misinformation about what's happening in Sri Lanka. 😡

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11 months

The birthday feast is finally here! Sri Lankan food isn't the prettiest, but it's up there when it comes to flavour. Top L - creamy cashew curry, pickled beef curry, tempered potatoes, eggplant fried and pickled, fried onions, caramelized black coconut pineapple, yellow rice.

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Gazala Anver

7 months

I've been very good for far too long and so, naturally, when set free, I repented and binge bought books like nobody's business.

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Gazala Anver

5 years

This is my favourite thing on the internet right now.

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4 years

And I cannot believe it is over. 150,015 words in total. I finished it. I actually did it. And now for the small-big reveal. The title of the book I have been working on is: Imperial.

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@GazalaAnver

Gazala Anver

3 years

Hey Sri Lanka, there are some 5,500+ active cases of COVID-19 and y'all still partying? Or do you really believe the government has it under control and has your back?

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Gazala Anver

1 year

Developed a new love for these Penguin Modern Classics covers.

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1 year

Walked into a bookshop because we had time and husband assured me they weren't that great but then this happened? I can't explain it.

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Gazala Anver

1 year

What happens when you're stuck at home sick.

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Gazala Anver

3 months

I have decided that I am going to treat my nieces with the same disdain they reserve for me when I don't get their references. Oh, so you don't know who Derrida is? Ugh, what a loser! *insert eye roll*

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Gazala Anver

4 months

The sweetest thing happened: my dad, who always complains that I have too many books and that I am book mad, called me from a bookshop where there was a sale and took me on a tour of the books 🥰

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Gazala Anver

3 years

DiSciPlinE. Because all of Sri Lanka's problems were caused by a bunch of naughty girls and boys.

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@GazalaAnver

Gazala Anver

4 years

Remember those quaint days when your parents would tell you that good grades would get you to places? And then you got the good grades and found that no one gave a fuck and there were no places worth getting to get to anyway.

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Gazala Anver

1 year

The categorised floor pile is growing...

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11 months

The mans and I hauled yesterday.

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10 months

Oops we did it again 🫠

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3 months

I keep forgetting to take book haul pictures. From today.

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2 years

Never been a Bollywood person but the logistics of filming this will continue to blow my mind.

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@GazalaAnver

Gazala Anver

5 years

Shall we play a game? Tell me which words best describe our esteemed leader Maithripala Sirisena. Let me begin with: nitwit, feckless, uncouth, incompetent, imbecile, narcissist, dastard.

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@GazalaAnver

Gazala Anver

2 years

Being an adult involves looking at your parents, realising why you are the way you are, and trying for the rest of your life to unlearn your upbringing and cope with the trauma.

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Gazala Anver

5 years

On this tweet alone, I will discard my scepticism of the man and his party and vote for him. I'm falling for this. Clearly I am the demographic.

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Sajith Premadasa

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5 years

I will not shy away from this conversation. If we are serious about women's empowerment, this is a basic place to begin. Until sustainable cost effective alternatives are found, I stand by my promise to provide sanitary hygiene products free of charge. 2/3

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Gazala Anver

2 years

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8 months

This cinnamon is from the man's parent's garden in Sri Lanka. It's not the neatest peeling job (it's a bit of an art, I hear) but it smells better than any cinnamon I've bought to date, with floral notes of vanilla and even sandalwood, and, of course, cinnamon.

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Gazala Anver

5 years

So Ranil was left out of security council meetings. Can someone explain to me why he just sat there and stomached it? Why wasn't he more proactive about this? The conclusion I draw from this is: Ranil does give a damn about the country's security either.

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Gazala Anver

3 years

@nuwnjay So basically Royalists and Thomians have been using it as a proxy for personality since the beginning of time?

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3 years

Easily bamboozled kitties (empty bookshelves 'coz we're in the middle of a move).

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Gazala Anver

3 years

@wheelswordsmith As a Sri Lankan, I can authoritatively say that this is how we eat on a daily basis. We don't do a single curry with rice. Fuck that. We do four, five, six, seven accompaniments because we're extra like that. Anything less than four feels like a funeral in my mouth.

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6 months

Woke up to this and some bad news this morning. Proust is going to have to do a lot of heavy lifting.

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Gazala Anver

5 years

Hey @hasanminhaj , wanna work with me on that Sri Lanka episode you promised us last year? I solemnly swear you'll be banned from entering the country afterwards.

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Gazala Anver

2 years

I think it's strange that amidst everything going on rn in Sri Lanka, Ms. Kabir appears to be rabidly obsessed with one journalist's (I must add brave and excellent) coverage, going the extra mile to use this as an opportunity to settle whatever petty personal grievance she has.

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Sarah Kabir

2 years

Aiyo no one is pinning this on u or the gen public. Since the violence at #mainagogama though, u know the choices u made in how u spoke to ur followers. All we are asking is to be the respected journalist you once were, instead of a social media influencer just out for the likes.

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2 years

Genuinely interested in understanding the logic behind the seemingly well meaning takes that "poor people are too busy starving to bother with principles in politics". Am I to understand that only privileged folks like you and I are inclined to be principled because privileged?

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Gazala Anver

2 years

@tamarindmilly Everyday I think humanity cannot sink lower, and then I sign on to Twitter to see stuff like this.

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Gazala Anver

5 years

Inspiring. Good to know we're governed by a bunch of uncles who treat security matters with the same levity as Roy-Tho.

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Gazala Anver

1 year

We've embarked on a wee project: a database of all the books we own + grouping books by author, in anticipation of shelves we have yet to buy. We've only gotten to a 100 books so far, and I can't guarantee this is all we have by these writers 😵‍💫

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Gazala Anver

2 years

Is my cleaner/driver's kid got good O/L results Colombo's new "who knew, the poors can be intelligent too/the resilient poors"?

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@GazalaAnver

Gazala Anver

5 years

As a result of raging against Indian media on Sunday, I received a few message requests from Indian boys. I expected vitriol, but Indian boys stayed on brand and tried to chat me up instead. 🤷

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@GazalaAnver

Gazala Anver

2 years

Gazala Christmas is here!

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Gazala Anver

5 years

Have I ever mentioned how much I hate smokers? I don't care about what anyone has to say about addiction: if you smoke in public, you're a c*nt, as they say so eloquently in Australia. You're free to subject yourself to a slow death, but I didn't sign up to inhale your shit.

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@GazalaAnver

Gazala Anver

4 years

I want to understand the psychology of WhatsApp forwards. What's the incentive for spreading misinformation on WhatsApp? You don't get any revenue, no ads, no clicks, not even notoriety. Most of these forwards are anonymous boomer bait. Who types that shit out? Why?

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@GazalaAnver

Gazala Anver

2 years

Sri Lankan kids: don't listen to your parents and become doctors, engineers, lawyers. Become wedding planners/do something under the wedding umbrella, because that's the only paying game in town.

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@GazalaAnver

Gazala Anver

3 years

No pongal or wattalapam for racists should be a policy.

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@GazalaAnver

Gazala Anver

1 year

Found a new book warren with some really good used books. I think I'm going to make finding new used bookstores in Sydney my mission.

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@GazalaAnver

Gazala Anver

2 years

Hope the universe gives me as many chances as Sri Lanka has given Ranil 🙏

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@GazalaAnver

Gazala Anver

2 years

My parents have similar rattan armchairs, a set of four, and...uh, I think $4,000+ dollars is a bit much for chairs every family living in the tropics probably owns.

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@GazalaAnver

Gazala Anver

1 year

It's finally happening, folks! Shelf 1 of 7 (temporarily housing uncategorised books).

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Gazala Anver

2 years

No one told me marriage was fun. Glad I signed up! Happy fourth wedding anniversary @AstroPjs !

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5 years

Cutie in the hood.

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Gazala Anver

4 years

(This is going to turn ugly but here goes): I think the argument that Tolkien was super-Catholic and therefore the work is sacrosanct and should not be interpreted outside this boundary is...well...I do not agree. That said, gratuitous sex GOT style is🤮Keep it classy, folks.

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TheOneRing

4 years

SEX & SENSIBILITY: Amazon’s Nude Take On #Tolkien “Prepare for a newly-sexualized version of your favorite fantasy story.” An editorial by our TORn Tuesday host Clifford Broadway @Quickbeam2000 Let’s tell @LOTRonPrime what we want and don’t want to see!

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@GazalaAnver

Gazala Anver

6 months

Old and new, but not complete. There's more in some book pile somewhere.

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@nonsuchbook

Frances Evangelista

6 months

Drop your Prousts. (Or at least the ones close at hand. The Penguins and some other stuff are two floors up.)

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Gazala Anver

1 year

As Damian would say, I have plans. (Sri Lankan sour fish {ambul thiyal} baked in banana leaves. We used bonito, which was the freshest fish in the market. It's usually made with yellow fin tuna.)

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@GazalaAnver

Gazala Anver

2 years

When I joined journalism, some twelve years ago before MR was re-elected, protests were a hushed affair. They certainly took place, but one never expected much from them (except police violence and a swift crackdown). It still boggles my 2010 mind that #Aragalaya exists.

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Gazala Anver

1 year

@xica25 10/10 for aesthetics, but how do you find books? 🥲😅

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Gazala Anver

3 months

My favourite childhood memory is the jasmine trellis in my childhood home at least half the width of the house. I'd sit in the verandah, reading until the mosquitoes came out, jasmine wafting through the grill gate, walking under the trellis with jasmine falling on my hair...

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Alina Stefanescu

3 months

Best scent on the planet.

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Gazala Anver

5 years

It's not funny to say "enjoy your last Gota-free days", right?

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@GazalaAnver

Gazala Anver

5 years

@SketchesbyBoze Everyone crapping on Turkish Delight clearly hasn't had the good stuff. Incidentally, I have three siblings, and I'm just waiting for the moment where I can betray them in exchange for some *authentic, good* Turkish Delight.

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@GazalaAnver

Gazala Anver

2 years

@ummlater @e_pissed @MuslimTom_

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@GazalaAnver

Gazala Anver

6 years

Ladies, if he is: - a grama sevaka - eats appa - switches political allegiances to save democracy - and then murders said democracy in cold blood... ...he is not your man. He is @MaithripalaS

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Gazala Anver

2 years

Read this in Neil Young's nasal singsong.

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Gazala Anver

3 years

Perhaps one day it will be a good time to be a woman. We are not there yet.

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Gazala Anver

5 years

My haul. Why can't all mornings be like this?

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Gazala Anver

3 years

Am I the only red-blooded woman who was not even remotely attracted to the Duke of Hastings? Sorry to flay the dead Bridgerton corpse, but I suspect it may have been the raising-my-eyebrows-is-my-only-personality-trait factor.

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@GazalaAnver

Gazala Anver

4 years

When husband gets new PC and you have to fight a machine for his attention.

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4 months

Feeling spicy today 🔥

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Gazala Anver

7 months

I may have stared at this picture too longingly and the mans may have placed an order for this boxed set. I blame Luis, of course.

@TheLuisPanini

Luis Panini

7 months

I knew this brick would arrive one day. It was inevitable. Today is that day. Let’s see how long it takes me to gather enough courage to pick it up so I can put an end to my most embarrassing reading gap.

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Gazala Anver

5 years

I've come to the bitter, numbing realisation that both Sri Lanka and the world are beyond saving. We're all burning y'all, and there's no voguing in sight.

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@GazalaAnver

Gazala Anver

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Idk who shared the first page of Rachel Cusk's Outline, but I am so glad I am a book hoarder and that I could read it immediately. This is why you have libraries and why you hoard books. You never know when the urge to read something will seize you. You need to be ready, always.

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Gazala Anver

3 years

Gambol and Sambol left for their new homes today, where they will promptly forget all about us and live their best lives with their new six year old (twins!) besties. We met the new owners (masked ofc) and they are just as cute as G&S. I may also have ugly cried.

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Gazala Anver

7 months

Y'all I made my best batch of baguettes (for now) and didn't fuck up anything for once hoooo 😎

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Gazala Anver

5 years

Can we please move past the "we eat your food therefore we believe in cultural diversity" narrative?

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@GazalaAnver

Gazala Anver

6 years

If ever SL has a #Metoo movement, where will it begin, what could its focus be given the abuse women face at every fucking level? Walk the road, get abused. Take public transport, get abused. Go to work, get abused. Mind your own fucking business, get abused.

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Gazala Anver

1 year

Do you know what I love more than book mail? Book boxes! 🥰

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Gazala Anver

5 years

SF's speech only stands out because our "leaders" failed to do anything but bleat excuses. From the excerpts I read, it was still very me-me-me, and that was far from encouraging.

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Gazala Anver

2 years

Book fair 2022 pics thread, starting with the Viragos. Very pleased to have found a Wharton I haven't read yet! I also have no idea about any of the other writers, but couldn't pass on them.

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2 years

How good is this!!?!

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1 year

Books spilling of a van kind of day.

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1 year

I'm doing something incredibly brave and stupid next Thursday (18 May) at The Great Club, Marrickville. I'll be reading an extract from my debut novel Imperial to a room full of strangers. Sydney folks, if you're free, details and tickets here:

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@GazalaAnver

Gazala Anver

5 years

I think the only way to fix Sri Lanka is by inconveniencing its politicians, resulting in immediate action. I propose a ministerial housing complex at the doorstep of the Meethotamulla dump, an SLTB bus to ferry them to and from parliament and a tea plucker's wage.

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Ranga Sirilal

5 years

Parliament to fix 10 new elevators with the cost of about Rs. 100 mln after several MPs stuck in the elevator due to a faulty micro switch

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Gazala Anver

2 years

Sri Lankans love burning shit: leaves from their gardens, garbage, my lungs and eyes, the entire fucking country etc. Half tempted to visit every neighbour's house and burn that down, too, Sri Lankan style.

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@GazalaAnver

Gazala Anver

7 months

Foodmas for two, enough for four. Lamb chops with pilpelchuma butter, couscous, tahini yoghurt, cucumber, peach and herb salad. Tarte tatin in the oven.

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Gazala Anver

1 year

Took me two months, but I finally finished reading Vol 1 of In Search of Lost Time. What a ride, what a ride!

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Gazala Anver

1 year

Has Sri Lanka Twitter just discovered that people borrow/wear other people's sarees? Am I the only one whose mother's sarees were in high demand or did everyone grow up rich and never have to borrow a saree from that one Indian lady who had a fondness for and excess of them?

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Gazala Anver

6 years

Where's my fucking money @RW_UNP ???

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Namal Rajapaksa

@RajapaksaNamal

6 years

Seems like all those self proclaimed worriers for democracy & against corruption who sprung back to life since @PresRajapaksa became PM, have been receiving corrupt funds through State Institutions under @RW_UNP ’s Govt. Question now is whether their cause back then was genuine?

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Gazala Anver

7 months

@DepartureJay Derrida was a young person???

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8 months

Chilling at the beach (by imagining all the things I should have added to my submission).

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