Shake up we had to have

Higher education sector in Sri Lanka is suggested to be in a crisis. This view comes mainly from some sectors of the student community - in particular from the politically affiliated student organizations.

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Time and what we make of it

Close to 25 years ago, my brother Arjuna and I paid a visit to our father at his office. He was at the time a Deputy Director at the Sri Lanka Institute of Development Administration. We had gone there to obtain permission to go on a camping trip to Horton Plains. He later reported to our sister that we had been hovering outside his office like two union leaders.

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In the Old Parliament by the sea:

Decorum was hallmark of old legislature

Highly disciplined democrats debated national issues:

It stood like a giant sentinel brooding in lionhood fashion overlooking the Indian Ocean. The brilliant and resplendent seashore was kissed incessantly by thousands of waves lapping it as if paying homage to the supreme,

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