Memes

September 21, 2026 – September 27, 2026

This week’s memes:

(The memes published by MPA are presented as objects of analysis and documentation. Their inclusion does not imply endorsement of the views or positions expressed within them, but serves to examine how such narratives circulate in the public sphere.)

Meme 1:

Are you all saying that these ones are pointing upwards and smiling while going to jail for 220 years because they tried to make a Sinhala Buddhist person the president? 

Meme 2:

Spoke in English and got the five-year sentence turned into a death sentence 

Context: During a speech in English about Sri Lanka’s plans to request GSP+ again, Minister Vijitha Herath was heard to pronounce “anti-narcotic” as “antic-narcotic”, which met with ridicule on social media.

Meme 3:

“The prison sentence imposed on Anojan was turned into a death sentence when our embassy appealed against it..” – Minister of Foreign Affairs Vijitha Herath 

The surgery was successful! But, the patient died 

Meme 4:

Row 1: Isn’t there a test match ground in Jaffna?
Row 2: Did you receive the money for the Ditwah Cyclone?
Row 3: Can you tell us how you got stuck in Saudi?

Meme 5:

Row 1: Your world is different—you came out to the streets to protest because there was no rice.

Row 2: Our world is different—we protested for our rights without drinking even a single drop of water.

Context: The meme refers to the fast unto death undertaken by Rasaiah Parthipan (nom de guerre Thileepan) in September 1987, following the signing of the Indo-Lanka Accord. He presented five demands to the Indian government.