(Daily News – by Renton De Alwis) I like to think that I do dare to question conventional wisdom. That was a lesson my late father taught me. Not directly, but through a book he gave me for a birthday present for my fourteenth. He never gave me anything else but a [...]
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(Daily Mirror – By Dr. Lakshman Marasinghe,Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada.) With reference to my Article which The Daily Mirror published yesterday ( 14th July) under the caption “ Some Random thoughts about the U.N. Advisory Panel”, my colleagues have asked me to explain how an Advisory opinion could [...] (Daily News – by Malinda Senevirathne) What do you make of the number 29,321,302 and what of 6,538,367 and 5,838,381? Does 22.30 percent and 19.91 percent mean anything to you. Here’s the story. The first figure refers to the annual global Carbon Dioxide emissions, in terms of ‘thousands of metric tons’. The next two refer [...] July 21st, 2010 | Category: Social | Comments are closed
(Daily Mirror – By Bernie Wijesekera) Nelson Mandela, (Madiba) the most charming political genius in history, who brought South Africa together, celebrated his 92nd birthday on July 18 (Sunday). Born in 1918, the eldest son Khosa speaking, Tempu chief. Mandela had his education in a Methodist Missionary School. He was the first [...] (Daily News – by Prof Sisira Pinnawala) Children when they play create a world that is make-believe. The parents who know that it is not the real thing pretend it is real so that the feelings of their children are not hurt. For the children it is not pretending for they really believe in it. Their’s [...] (Daily Mirror – by D.B.S.Jayaraj) The South Indian state of Tamil Nadu has a robust Film industry. From it’s nascent stages, film- making in the state has been inclusive in nature. Artistes and technicians from various parts of India have worked and continue to work in Tamil films. Many non –Tamils employed [...] (The Island – By Col R Hariharan)
Though Sri Lanka finished the Eelam War in triumph a year back, its battle with the international community does not appear to be over. It was joined in right earnest last week when the maverick Sri Lankan minister and ‘revolutionary’ turned politician [...] (Daily Mirror – by Malinda Senevirathne) Somewhere in the middle of the year 1987, I was present when a conversation took place between two friends, Kanishka Gunawardena (now the Director of the Programme in Planning, University of Toronto) and Asoka Hewage (presently the Principal, D.S. Senanayake College). Kanishka and I, quite [...] (Daily News – by Eng. Duleep Goonewardene) The Capital of a country is the seat of Government. The place where its elected members meet. It takes a little while to remember that our Capital is not Colombo City, but Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte, purported to be the capital with the longest [...] July 20th, 2010 | Category: Social | Comments are closed
(Daily News – by Third eye) President Mahinda Rajapaksa speaking at the Royal College 175th anniversary wished Ranil Wickremesinghe a ‘happy Royalty for the rest of his life’. The President does not avail public platforms to air his political views and therefore it is only the President who would [...] “You are not getting my point. I ask, what happens if he dies? There are thousands in the Third World who die of starvation each day. Millions, each year — because they have nothing to eat.” ( Sri Lanka Guardian – by Gamini Weerakoon) Seated in his plush suite atop the glass [...] (Daily Mirror – by Manel Abeyrathne) It is a few of us who yet remember a time when a premeditated murder made headline news and a shocked society wondered as to whether criminal tendencies were formulated by social conditions or by hereditary genes. Today seldom does a day pass by when one [...] July 20th, 2010 | Category: Social | Comments are closed
(Daily News – by Malinda Senevirathne) Human beings are made of braggadocio, self-righteousness and bravado. Peel away the public skin of an individual or take a peek when he or she washes make-up off face in the privacy of family or room, and that demon within is revealed. We get [...] July 20th, 2010 | Category: Social | Comments are closed
( Sri Lanka Guardian – by Jagath Asoka) It is un-Buddhist thing to accept even the teachings of the Buddha out of devotion. An argy-bargy of Buddhism that I have with my trusted friends around a dinner table is not an eristic argument; all disputants attain their objective in an [...] (The Island – By Gwynne Dyer) Monkey see, monkey do. Soon after France’s National Assembly passed a law making it illegal to wear a full-face veil in public, British MP Philip Hollobone announced a private member’s bill last weekend that would make it illegal for people to cover their [...] (Daily Mirror – By Sandun A. Jayasekera after a tour in Kilinochchi) Several historical and strategic factors contributed in the decision to hold the first ever cabinet meeting which was held outside Colombo at the Security Forces Headquarters at Kilinochchci situated near the Iranamadu tank, a senior armed forces officer said. The holding of [...] (Sunday Island – by Kumar David)
UN General Secretary Ban Ki Moon has called the bluff of the Rajapakse-Weerawansa mad-hatter’s road show by recalling UN ambassador Neil Buhne and closing down a UN Regional Coordination Centre in Colombo. Good; its time the international community showed some guts and stood [...] (Sunday Times – By Kishali Pinto Jayawardene) The ugly spectacle that Sri Lanka presented to the world last week in the siege on Colombo’s United Nations compound by a constituent party of this government and with unequivocal blessings from the Rajapaksa administration, will not be easily forgotten. Unplumbed depths of insanity For Sri Lanka’s [...] (TC – by Tisaranee Gunasekara) DELUSION, n. The father of a most respectable family, comprising Enthusiasm, Affection, Self-denial, Faith, Hope, Charity and many other goodly sons and daughters.” — Ambrose Bierce (The Devil’s Dictionary) The prime target of Minister Wimal Weerawansa’s delusive fast was neither the UN nor its Secretary General, but the [...] (Lakbima – by Malinda Seneviratne) Rajpal Abeynayake has sought some help in deconstructing what he calls a taking-place ‘cultural revolution’. Rajpal has flagged some important issues in the current political, social and cultural milieu that various people have commented on from time to time, for example the issue of lovers (and [...] |
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