The pen is mightier than the gun
The international funding of the LTTE must be
totally weakened by proper dissemination of information on the
internet and through our embassies abroad. Our Tamil brethren should
realise the manner in which a 12-year-old Tamil boy was shot by the
LTTE a few days ago for refusing to be a child soldier.
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In plain English: Making it official
Canada, of course, had no choice about
bilingualism. It is a country created of two nations at its birth,
and has ever since been trying to cope with that inherently divisive
fact. The U.S., by contrast blessed with a single common language
for two centuries, seems blithely gratuitously to be ready to import
bilingualism with all its attendant divisiveness and antagonisms.
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Gandhi proclaimed himself a Buddhist
Mahatma Gandhi: In the 1920s, Mahatma Gandhi
proclaimed himself a Buddhist, saying that Buddhism was rooted in
Hinduism and represented its essence. During his visit to Sri Lanka
in 1927, Gandhi had no hesitation in declaring that he was a
"Buddhist" because he saw Buddhism as cleansed Hinduism.
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Professionals' service to the country
The best of professionals' seeking greener
pastures abroad especially those sent on State funds are turning
their back and getting domiciled in the foreign countries. This has
to be viewed as a lamentable national loss.
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