Looking beyond February 4

Finally, the Government is now getting ready to place the resolution to the crisis before the nation celebrates its 60 years of Independence. It is time all political parties give up their rivalry as deadly enemies. The sixtieth Independence calls for unity among all sections and, an Administration of Unity and National Reconciliation is the need of the hour. Fighting as bitter enemies calling for polls to gain power is a futile exercise at this critical juncture.

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Lanka's first Sandesa poem and Ruhuna

It is often found in the language used by the Sinhala poets who, when comparing the beauty of their inamoratas, use a florid imagery - swanlike breasts, hips as broad as cartwheels, a waist that can be grasped by a single fist and thighs as smooth as ramba kan 'as smooth as the trunk of a banana tree.' The Ramba Vihara holds the record, not too well known though, of having been the place from where the first Sandesa poem was composed. It was sent by an inmate of the vihare, Thera Nagasena, to a Burmese monk by the name of Kassapa in Arimaddanapura in Burma.

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Thai Pongal Festival - onset of happiness and prosperity

Pongal is an ancient festival of the Tamils living in South India and Sri Lanka. It is not known exactly when Tamils began celebrating the festival, but some historians identify it with the Thai Niradal, believed to have been celebrated during the Sangam Age (200 B.C. to 300 A.D).

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Fr. Marcelline Jayakody- a legend in his own lifetime

10th death anniversary falls today:

Fr. Marcelline Jayakody lived long till the ripe old age of 96. A household name in our country, he had an eventful career. He had the Midas touch and everything he handled turned into gold. He lived a life full of achievement.

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