Farhan Wahab

Farhan is a Blogger and Human Right Activist. His ambition was to become a filmmaker. After realising the fact that he was a bad storyteller, he writes articles. His articles mostly focus on current affairs related to politics and culture. Farhan is a lover of art and literature, and he admires the works of Milan Kundera, Charles Bukowski, Noam Chomsky and Tariq Ali. In spite of his hedonistic convictions, he politically identifies himself as a lefty.

Death

I was at my funeral. My body was wrapped in a white sheet, some of my friends and relatives were standing there and silently looking at my face, of course, they had tied my mouth around my head with a piece of
January 25, 2021

When Conservative Fantasies Run Into Reality.

“Conservatism is the blind and fear-filled worship of dead radicals”. Mark Twain In order to reform the Muslim society in Sri Lanka, all the madrasas which endlessly produce lame-brained Moulavis should be reformed. This is one of the epidemics which rigorously
January 25, 2019

Whores of MadTown

Days are tricky as dogs, you don’t know what they will offer you on the next day even if you had been running on your own routine. I was really tired of handling everything on my own. I had been so
July 25, 2018

Are Muslims in debt to the Buddhist nation ?

The Racists in Sri Lanka always get gala premiers to stage their sickening racism; sometimes back, a minister in parliament asks Muslims to leave the country if they want to enjoy particular cultural customs or practices based on Sharia laws. In
July 25, 2018

The Illusion Of Corporatised Knowledge

In a corporate-dominated world, every belief has been substituted and replaced by cynical notions. Human morality is no longer in existence: human imperfections are considered to be weaknesses. We go to school just to become part of the workforce of a corporation. We
April 30, 2018

A Note on Laïcité ( French secularism ) -My Thoughts

Classical anti-Semitism rooted in nationalist notions viewed Jews as a distinct cultural entity functioning outside the national collective, particularly within the Germanic majoritarian context. This perspective considered Jews not as a demand for a separate polity but as a religious-cultural group that
April 30, 2018