Resolution against Sri Lanka at UNHRC: did the US
go too far? - Part II:
Critical info going unexamined by world community
One of its outrageous claims was when it produced
a photo of its leader Prabhakaran reading a copy of the newspaper
which carried the news of his demise, two days after his death,
claiming he was alive and well.
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May Day and reconciliation
The celebration of May Day as a labour festival
originated in the United States of America. Ironically, the USA is
one of a handful of countries which does not observe the
international day of workers.
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Buddhagaya: part of Sri Lankan heritage
Sri Lankan Buddhist monks and lay disciples went
on pilgrimage to Buddhagaya from very ancient times. One of the
inscriptions at Buddhagaya datable to the second century B.C. refers
to a donation made to the shrine there, by a Buddhist pilgrim from
Tambapanni. Sihalavatthupakarana, a Pali text written during the
late Anuradhapura era mentions three occasions in which Sri Lankan
Buddhist monks visited the place by landing at Kaveripattana in
South India and taking the overland route,
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