Accusations based on strange hopes
A startling example of the manner in which
prejudice trumps decency was apparent in the footnote to Para 98 of
the report, which is all about the manner in which the LTTE
tormented civilians during the last days. It records that the LTTE
‘continued to prevent civilians from leaving the area, ensuring
their continued presence as a human buffer,
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The Morning Inspection
Amma!
Lakshman belongs to my generation. I realized,
as I listened to him, that ‘Mother’s Day’ was not about generation,
and that it did not necessarily speak of an either-or reality. Even
those who get caught up in the crass commercialism of such ‘days’,
do recognize the centrality of ‘mother’ in their universe even if
they do not articulate this fact in the uttering of this gatha and,
when possible, the physical act of touching feet in veneration, i.e.
if the particular person is not a Buddhist,
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Sri Lanka Malay: unique contact language
The gratitude of the Malay community should go
to Dr. B. A. Husseinmiya and B. D. K. Saldin for their numerous
books on Sri Lankan Malays, Dr. Lisa Lim and B.D.K. Saldin for
compiling the SLM Kamus (Dictionary), Dr. Umberto Ansaldo and Dr.
Lisa Lim for their related research, and, recently, Dr Sebastian
Nordhoff for his book of three volumes on ‘A grammar of Upcountry
Sri Lanka Malay’,
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