This is my personal blog. There is nothing official about it. I’m a private individual. While I hold some honorary positions, the views expressed here are entirely mine.
More about myself: Nalaka Gunawardene profile
This blog collates my columns and op-ed essays published in public media (newspapers, magazines, websites) as well as online videos of my broadcast output and documentary productions over the years. It also has occasional reflections not published anywhere else.
The blog, started in early 2007, has evolved — as have I. From a focus on moving images, the blog has become a repository for my musings on science, development, information society and media. The original name is became a misnomer, so I changed it to Open Minds!
Most blog posts are in English, which has been my primary working language for 30+ years. I started writing also in my local language (Sinhala) in 2011, so posts from then onwards include some that are not in English (but always with a brief English annotation).
For those who might be confused by some content here, I can only quote a favourite poet in my defence:
“Do I contradict myself?
Very well, then I contradict myself.
I am large, I contain multitudes.”
– Walt Whitman, in Song of Myself
Open Minds! 
ඔබේ සටහන් සියල්ල ඉමහත් වටිනාකමකින් යුක්තයි. ඔබේ මේ වෑයමට ඉතසිතින් සුබපතන්නෙමි.