Memes

September 15, 2025 – September 21, 2025

This week’s memes

Meme 1:

Businessperson Wasantha’s assets 

Top left: Commercial buildings 

Top centre: Gold and cash 

Top right: Shares and cryptocurrency 

Bottom (NPP supporters): Herds of cattle 

(Context: In Sinhala, the word “haraka”, meaning cows or bullocks, is used colloquially to refer to those perceived as foolish.) 

Meme 2:

Caption: If they ended up like this in spite of the curse of 75 years, how well might have they done if it had not been there…? This is business…! 

Top: Then, non- élites 

Today: Now, new élites 

Meme 3:

The “coming-of-age” entrepreneur 

Context: When questioned about his bank balance, Deputy Minister Nalin Hewage claimed that it was money received from guests invited for his daughter’s coming-of-age ceremony in January (කොටහළු/kotahalu in Sinhala means a girl’s coming-of-age ceremony or puberty ritual).  

Meme 4:

Meme 5:

Saved the country from suffering the same fate as Nepal