Language learning and social integration

People’s aspiration:

Language is the soul of a people. It cannot be imposed on a people. The world is replete with examples of failure when governments attempted to impose a language on a people against their will. Before any kind of Language Planning is attempted therefore, it is always necessary to carefully assess the wishes of the people so that the Language Plan will be a response to and not an imposition on the people’s wishes and aspirations. Hence the importance of the very comprehensive Socio-Linguistic Survey of Sri Lanka (August 2010).

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I was graced by the spirit of

She was just an infant when her father ran a race that became one of the most memorable Olympic moments. She was nine when he died under tragic and mysterious circumstances. She was literally on the street thereafter when her distraught mother lost her mind.

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Solution to Colombo floods

According to the findings of recent substantial study carried out for the Greater Colombo Basin by Nippon Koei Co Ltd together with SLLRDC, 380 ha of retention areas should be reserved together with Madiwela South Diversion and New Mutwal tunnel in order to maintain a safety flood level of 1.75m MSL corresponding to 50-year return period rainfall event.

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