‘Words ought to be a little wild, for they are the assault of thoughts on the unthinking.’ – John Maynard Keynes By Usvatte-aratchi (The writer has...
By Lynn Ockersz The 10 year old is thrown out of his wee hour dream, He thought he heard his school van, Screetch outside his...
Sri Lanka facing its own bullets? Actual independence for the dominion of Ceylon came on February 4, 1948, when the constitution of 1947 went into effect. The constitution...
Prof. Peiris, flanked by Justice Minister Ali Sabry, PC (left) and State Minister Ajith Nivard Cabraal addresses the media at the Information department on May 29...
By Prof.Kirthi Tennakone, National Institute of Fundamental Studies (ktenna@yahoo.co.uk) In the late 1850s Louis Pasteur discovered organisms seen only through a microscope cause putrefaction of dead...
by Anton Peiris, B.Sc. ( Ceylon ), PGCE ( Kenya ), M.Sc. ( London), DAES ( York ) and Emeritus Coordinator , International Baccalaureate, Switzerland. (‘Reduce O/Level...
by Sasanka Perera South Asian University New Delhi Panduka Karunanayake, Ruptures in Sri Lanka’s Education: Genesis, Present Status and Reflections. Nugegoda: Sarasavi Publishers, 2021 Pages; 280; ISBN...
By Lynn Ockersz The delivery man on wheels, Breaks the stillness of the night, As he crunches to a halt, At secure high-rise palace...
By Susantha Hewa Most people’s gut reaction to the word “extremism” is suspicion and fear. An extremist is said to be a person who is guided...
By Prof. Charles Sarvan The following is an abridged version of a longer essay: “essay” in the earlier meaning of “to attempt”. Argument generates the...