‘Geography and economy link the destinies of India and Sri
Lanka’
Mr. Deputy Speaker, this is basically a debate on
Indo-Sri Lanka relations. That was the manner in which the Motion
was presented to this House by MP Vijitha Herath. I would like to
say that the first requirement at this time is rationality. We must
be cerebral. We must not be ruled by the emotions or by the heart.
We owe it to our country at this critical juncture in our
contemporary history to think dispassionately and calmly. That is
the first requirement.
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Has Barack Obama heard of Pelican Bay, I wonder
On June 30, 2011, I wrote about hell and heaven,
of prisons hellish and heavenly (‘On prisons and death-escape’,
Daily News). I wrote about a hell that had a name and acronym:
Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP), a ‘Supermax’ state prison run by
the California Department for Corrections and Rehabilitation,
located in Crescent City in Del Norte County’. Inmates of PBSP are
incarcerated in long-term solitary confinement under conditions of
extreme sensory deprivation, I learned and reported. I wrote also
that the law was a creature that has been denied visiting rights to
PBSP.
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A tale from the past
It is prudent to take a page from the past. It
is important for the politicians as well as for the country. Ample
examples could be found from the 17 year United National Party rule
on the arrogant and abnormal behaviour of governments in power. It
is good for everyone if these examples were utilized appropriately
when it becomes necessary.
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