By Michael Hardy in Bangalore My Lonely Planet guidebook told me that Bangalore is the Silicon Valley of India, a 21 century IT hub that inspired Thomas Friedman to declare the world to be flat. Friedman became a flat-earther after visiting the Bangalore campus of Infosys, the wildly-successful Indian software giant. Infosys’s carefully-manicured campus, with [...]
By Mandana Ismail Abeywickrema The race for the top slot has not yet taken the final bend. It is abundantly clear that President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his team has once again strung their entire campaign on one issue — the victory over the LTTE, which was sufficient to win handsomely at the provincial council elections. [...]
Sri Lanka’s Candidates Will “Consider” Debates By Faraz Shauketaly Britain’s mainstream political parties have all agreed that they will have live TV debates. Despite many moves over the years, the British have held back on the Live TV Debate syndrome. British Prime Ministers have — in resisting the notion — always argued that they have [...]
An Array Of Presidential Candidates And A Divided Minority… By Satarupa Bhattacharya The Tamil Factor The community constitutes 12 per cent of Sri Lanka’s population; its support could make a difference be tween winning and losing A bigger factor this time round as the race between the two principal presidential candidates, Rajapaksa and Fonseka, is [...]
I try to categorise top players of yore by the decade. This makes it a more realistic assessment. The game itself is evolving so rapidly that to compare two cricketers from different and a too distant era would be very unfair. Conditions were not the same. Unless of course those who have been so far ahead of their time. [...]
By Raisa Wickrematunge and Cassie Mascarenhas One thing can be said for 2009 — it was certainly action-packed. The decisive defeat of the LTTE is only the tip of the iceberg. Looking back, it can be said that it was a roller-coaster ride of events. As a presidential election looms on the horizon and former [...]
You’re the Star,” avers Mount Lavinia Hotel (M.L.H.) General Manager Anura Dewapura, when asked what the theme will be for many of the festive events and indeed 31st celebrations. “A variety that is unbeatable, definite value for money,” says a guest who booked a table for 12 for 31st night celebrations at the Terrace. M.L.H. [...]
R. Wijewardene The Kelaniya right bank water treatment plant is yet another of the government’s mega projects. Costing a staggering Rs. 8 billion and funded by Danish aid, the enormous water tank complex being erected at Pitiwela will eventually treat and supply water to the densely populated residential areas north of Colombo. The project is [...]
By Risidra Mendis As a school boy he loved to go to the jungles. His visits to the jungles at the time were not particularly to capture wild animals on film. Apart from taking photographs, it was his love for nature and the sheer enjoyment of spending time in a jungle that made him go [...]
Six countries around the Bay of Bengal recently signed on to a Spanish grant of US$19.5 million aimed at improving livelihoods and the future of millions of small-scale fishers. There are an estimated seven million fishers in Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippines,Sri Lanka, Timor-Leste and Viet Nam, of which 80% are small-scale fishers. The total number of [...]
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