The art of osculation

All went well until the stotras were chanted by the priests and at that point the couple decided, true to their custom, to hug and kiss. The Hindu priests were offended by this hugging and kissing and as a result the couple had to appear in Court on a charge of public misbehaviour.

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G 8 Summit - unimpressive, ineffectual and disappointing

The 34th Summit of the Group of Eight (G 8) comprising the United States, Japan, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Canada and Russia, held last week in Toyako, Hokkaido, Japan was unimpressive despite the pre-summit hype.

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Jaffna academics expose the desperation of dying Ee(vi)laam

One of the authors of UTHR, the intrepid Dr. Rajan Hoole, in a previous article, openly expressed his horror at the crimes that came out of the womb of Jaffna. Warning the Tamils to “Wake Up!” he sounded pessimistic about the outcome of the violence perpetuated by the Tamil Tiger leadership criminalising politics.

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