Great African freedom fighter

Death anniversary on January 17:

The African patriot, Patrice Lumumba of Congo was brutally assassinated 50 years ago on January 17, 1961 in an Army camp in Katanga, Congo. Patrice Hewer Lumumba was his full name. He was born on July 2, 1925 in a remote village called Manaluwa in Kasai Province.

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Rejoice! You and I will die today along without friends and family

Last night (that is the night of January 18, 2011) I saw a middle-aged man weep. It was not at the death of a close relative. It was not on account of being confronted by a monumental tragedy defying prediction and comprehension such as the tsunami or the breaching of a dam. It was at the three-months pinkama of a friend he’d known for a quarter of a century.

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Schools take over, attempted 1962 coup

After the July 1960 General Election, Sirimavo Bandaranaike, the leader of the SLFP was appointed to the Senate and was made the Prime Minister. Thereby she became the first woman Prime Minister in the world and brought glory to Sri Lanka. Although she was a novice to politics, she picked up and soon became a versatile leader. Besides the image she created as a real Sinhala Kula Kanthava (noble lady) clad in Osariya made her a popular personality all over.

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