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Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing - Mother Teresa

 

Reconciliation, Sri Lanka and the world

Text of a presentation on January 10th at the Observatory Research Foundation, Delhi

The report of the Commission of Inquiry on Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation is now public. It has been generally welcomed, and the exceptions that prove the rule sadly confirm the distinction between those who seek reconciliation and those who have other motives in the extraordinary campaign that has been conducted against Sri Lanka over the last two years.

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Dr. Lester James Peries - close up of a Cinema Great

Walking down Lester James Peries Mawatha last week, I arrived at a modest suburban house where I encountered Dr. Lester James Peries. At the age of 93, Dr. Peries was extremely frail and an aura of gentleness emanated from him. However, his mind was sharp and its contents were engrossing. An active film maker since 1949 he has been involved in almost 28 films, such as, Rekava, Nidhanaya, Gamperaliya, Golu Hadawatha and Kaliyugaya. It is not possible to compress 93 years into an article which can do justice to Dr. Lester James Peries, so this article is one that is done with the greatest degree of humility.

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Liberal Party, 25 years later

There is no doubt that early liberals had been influenced by the Liberal Party of the United Kingdom (UK) but in the 1930's the Liberal Party of UK was diminishing as a major political contender as a result of a major split and two major groups of liberals joined the Conservative Party and newly formed Labour Party and thus ending the dominance of the Liberal Party. Only in 2010 British Liberals were able to enter the government almost after 80 years.

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Arctic sea ice hits second-lowest level - NASA

The extent of sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean in September declined to the second-lowest extent on record, according to satellite data released recently from NASA and the NASA-supported National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC). The Arctic ice cap grows each winter as the sun sets for several months and shrinks each summer as the sun rises higher in the northern sky. Each year the Arctic sea ice reaches its annual minimum extent in September. It hit a record low in 2007. The near- record ice-melt followed higher-than-average summer temperatures, but without the unusual weather conditions that contributed to the extreme melting of 2007.

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