Marine fishery contribution to economy vital

Sri Lanka has traditionally fished Tuna since medieval times and continues to depend on Tuna and related species as the backbone of our marine fishery. Around 30 years ago, the Indian Ocean fisheries were subjected to a rapid transformation. Previously unknown exploitation of our fish stocks principally Tuna were taken in enormous quantities through the use of large scale fishing vessels of high capacity and using very efficient catching gear in the form of purse’ seine nets with an increase of nearly 600 percent.

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An ode to dimensionality

The Morning Inspection - Malinda

Christina Glaves, friend, photographer and a healer who had that rare gift of absorbing the pain around her and thereby delivering relief and peace, once told me that people don’t look at the sky enough. This was said in a small cafe frequented by out-of-the-mainstream sorts in Ithaca, New York.

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Col Henry Steele Olcott:

Great name in Buddhist history

World history finds its greatness and attraction through the services rendered by philanthropists. A person whoever he is achieves greatness through ideologies borne in his mind and to the extent of effectiveness and favourable consequences resulting therefrom.

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