How Darusman Panel found excuses for the LTTE taking hostages
One of the most astonishing factors about the
determination of the LTTE to keep the people of the Vanni hostage
was how little opposition it encountered. I am not talking here of a
lack of opposition from the people who were victimized. If the price
of trying to get away is death, then obviously you would be inclined
to give in and stay. In such a context indeed it is remarkable that
so many people had the courage to try to get away, and that some at
least succeeded without the assistance of the Sri Lankan forces.
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If all Brown Sahibs unite would they finally lose their
skin-tone?
A man called William married a woman called Kate
recently. I was at Phoenix Advertising around that time. The TV was
on. My daughters were with me. Some were watching the ceremony and
my girls wanted to watch it too. The older girl explained,
‘tomorrow, all my friends will be talking about it, so I want to see
it’. The younger was worried that this might be the last ‘Royal
Wedding’ and didn’t want to miss it. I told them that we had to pay
for many centuries so they could marry as they did.
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Reviving Lanka’s ancient glory
Repairing tanks brings new life to Trinco :
The sun over the Thambalagamuwa Secretariat
Division in the Trincomalee district appears brighter than before.
The hitherto drab-looking village of Galmitiyawa South seems to have
got a new lease of life after steps were taken to repair the
Kudagalmitiyawa tank. During the course of this year, 25 tanks in
the Trincomalee district have been selected for repairs at a cost of
Rs 200 million. Twenty-seven more tanks will be repaired under the
second stage of this project in 2012. The ceremony inaugurating the
project to repair a total of 52 tanks was held near the
Kudagalmitiyawa tank on April 22.
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