Courageous President

One of the defects of my character is timidity. That must be why I have inordinate admiration for leaders with so much courage. Even as well-informed and intellectually sophisticated commentators on international affairs have been warning us,

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The Morning Inspection

The ‘inability’ and ‘ability’ elements of sharing

Twenty years ago, while a student in Cambridge, Massachusetts, I received a letter from a friend in Ampara. He wanted to buy a ‘Landmaster’, a hand-tractor. He had some money but was short of some Rs 20,000.

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Thinking CAP

National anthem should be the ‘National anthem’

National anthem of a country should represent its nationality, its originality and the characteristics that make it so special, apart and unique from other nations warranting it to be recognized and symbolized as a nation.

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