In the nineties with the emergence of the Newly Industrialised Economies (NIEs) or so-called Asian Giants or Asian Miracle, theorists all over the world began to...
“One short sleep past, we wake eternally And death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die.” – – John Donne A cynic may say that...
‘Connexion’ is an Indian Tamil-language celebrity game show on Star Vijay. The game is played by three teams – each team has one celebrity and the...
President’s address to the nation, scheduled for today March 16, maybe the seventh (?) one by him. The very first one had some substance in it...
Is writing in Spanish, French, English, Arabic, Chinese or Japanese a sign of a colonised mind? Is reading in any of those languages a sign of...
I read an interesting letter in The Island, by one SAK, in reply to my letter on the withdrawal of automatic renewal of special fixed deposits...
Sinhalese Buddhists in Sri Lanka are denounced for various misdeeds going on in the country. Is there such an organised group? Definitely NO. This is only...
by Andrew Sheng The Ukraine war is a tragedy of tragedies, catastrophic for the Ukrainian people, a disaster for the global economy and a real setback...
By Dr Upul Wijayawardhana Not how many Buddhas but some authorities have even questioned, in the past, whether the Buddha was an actual person. Of course,...
Two major events happened during the past few days with regard to possible changes in the country’s macro-economic fundamentals in the near future. (1) Market based...