Yearly Archive: 2018

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Darusman Report –Garnett – Genuis2

2066 Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario . K1J 6G1   1 January 2018   Garnett Genuis, MP Conservative MP for Sherwood Park-Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta   Cc. Matt DeCourcey, Liberal MP Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs   Dear Garnett Genuis: May the year ahead be filled...

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Kandyan freedom fighter – Keppetipola Disava

By Randima Attygalle   November 26 marked the Moneravila Keppetipola Disava commemoration day The faded frescoes in the shrine room of Veluwanaramaya The Chief continued to repeat some Pali verses and while he was so employed, the executioners struck him on the back of his neck with a short sword....

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British envoy’s lesson about truth

By Neville De Silva In ancient Greece there was this fussy old philosopher who went around the market place in broad daylight with a lantern in hand looking for an honest man. Diogenes was either a cynic or just crazy. Who would ever go to the market place in search...

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Wilpattu: missing the ecological wood for the communalist trees

  “‘Wilpattu’ in the sense the term is used here is not a forest reserve located in the North Western Province.  Wilpattu is every forest under threat of encroachment; Wilpattu is every tree that is marked for felling; Wilpattu is every creature whose habitat has been threatened by deforestation, development and...