Will the 2006 Wage Agreement uplift the living standard of the
workers?
THE Hill Country Tamils are anxiously waiting to
see when the new wage agreement will come into force. The workers
today face severe hardships due to the rapid increase in the cost of
living and also through the depreciation of the rupee has had an
impact on food items imported to the country.
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Ludowyk, English and the Sri Lankan University
THE temptation is immense, given the
impressiveness of Professor Ludowyk's personality and teaching, to
make this occasion purely celebratory. One might memorialise his
brilliant readings and commentaries, or illustrate the subtle
awareness of connotation in his published explications of texts, or
even simply recall the telling phrase,
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Exquisite Havana without the Capitalist varnish
It is good to return to the pages of the Daily
News after a break of some months. Needless to say the time was well
spent travelling around in the country and abroad. The most
memorable trip was to Havana, where I had gone as part of the media
team that accompanied Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during
his recent trip to Brazil and Cuba.
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