My vision for Sri Lanka in 2048
A guest must be careful about what he says of the
host: contrary to popular perception, I am not a Sri Lankan citizen
— only a resident guest. Yet, having lived here for 41 of my 80
years, I now regard this alone as home, and have visions and hopes
for my adopted land.
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Of Nukes and ‘Impotent Nations’
Years ago, Clarke had coined the slogan ‘Guns
are the crutches of the impotent’. In later years, he added a
corollary: “High tech weapons are the crutches of impotent nations;
nukes are just the decorative chromium plating.”
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Climate Change deepening world water crisis
World Water Day falls today:
When U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
addressed the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland last
January, his primary focus was not on the impending global economic
recession but on the world’s growing water crisis.
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