A Great Son of Lanka

It is called Right Livelihood Award. But the press, as usual, makes it up for their readers under a name like the Alternate Nobel Prize Award. The two, however, are quite different. The Nobel Award focuses attention on scientific achievements and industrial successes, two areas which have surprisingly contributed to our present dilemma of how to control pollution.

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The truth about Sethu Samudram

One can believe that the vanars did indeed build a ‘bridge’- though not in the usual meaning of the term. If this line of thinking is accepted - and why shouldn’t it not? - then everything falls in its place. One can accept both the scientific findings as well as the so-called mythology surrounding the Ram Sethu.

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Thoughtful glimpses by Reformist

Do we know what poverty is?

Opportunities to be employed come with the level of education also. Today, whether it is in the public sector or in the private sector, even for unskilled labour, education up to GCE O/L is necessary. As discussed in this column over and over again, one cannot ignore the fact that the quality of our education needs to be improved.

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