IT revolution on three wheels

Up in the hilly region of Kothmale in central Sri Lanka, this humble vehicle has evolved into something much more than just a mode of cheap transport. It has become a full-fledged mobile telecenter, literally taking the concept of Community Multimedia Centre to community doorsteps and empowering its people to bring about change and improvements.

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Robert Knox, then and now

The first European to have put on paper impressions of the prevailing social and economic life from first hand experience of the beleaguered kingdom of Kandy, Knox's "An Historical Relation of Ceylon" is essential reading for a student of our pre-colonial society. Knox wrote the book after escaping from the island and therefore was free of any need to please his former captors.

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