TNA, PSC and the danger of wrong turnings
The TNA has now expressed its interest in a
foreign facilitator. Firstly, in so doing, it is being precipitate.
Following the Norwegian facilitation, the majority of Sri Lankans
are averse to excessive externalisation. Furthermore, the call for
third party external facilitation is warranted only if there is an
impasse of long duration in negotiations and not when the government
is eager that the TNA participate in a multi-party process of
deliberation in the country’s legislature,
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Political Revery
The choice before the TNA
Arthur Koestler, the Hungarian Jewish Communist,
published ‘The Gladiators’ in 1939. It was his first (and arguably
his best) novel. It dealt with the Roman slave revolt led by
Spartacus in 73 BC, and -similarly to the book on the same subject
written by the American Communist Howard Fast a decade later - it
really addressed the problems of the current world.
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Prophet Muhammad, a mercy to all mankind
Today, the world finds itself in the grip of
evil, injustice and ignorance on a vastly more macroscopic scale
than it did in the small Arabian community where the prophet was
born. In his time, Prophet Muhammad stood forth as the
representative of good over evil. In our time, there is the greatest
need for a reaffirmation again of this good over the evil forces
pervading the world, and it is in this that the profound
significance lies of remembering the birthday of the holy Prophet
Muhammad,
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Where is our English education heading for?
Teachers who are interested in enhancing their
language ability, proficiency and professionalism find their own way
in improving their skills in teaching. Such blessed teachers should
be encouraged since it is an investment for both the teachers and
the students. They are the noble teachers who are rewarded and their
own children are also blessed. Such teachers are the symbol of real
teachers who are very much rare today,
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