10th August,  2003  Volume 10, Issue 4

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Changing the lives of the untouchables

By Dilrukshi Handunnetti

Without doubt, the scene which nauseates foreign visitors travelling by rail is the sight of bare bottoms defecating along the tacks," wrote celebrated Indian author Khushwant Singh in 1997.

He further wrote: " What is most shameful is that in the estimated 7.5 million homes having lavatories,  cleaning is done manually by Bhangis - our brethren."

It is the indignity and suffering of this 'brethren' that made Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak, fondly referred to as " Bhangi Raja," to challenge the strict stigmatisation of a class.....

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Open your hearts and minds to
the people of Angoda  

By Ranee Mohamed

The girl in jeans, her face fresh and young, was carrying plastic shopping bags, glistening and new. "I just returned from duty free shopping," she told......

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Black death meets Nana of Galle Face Green

By Shezna Shums and Hemamala Wickramage

The life of Abdul Cader Mohideen Sulaiman Farook or moreaffectionately known as "Nana" - food outlet owner at Galle Face Green, came to a tragic end during the early hours of last Tuesday (12). Cader was in the food business for more than 30 years. .....

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Negombo's crooked bridge

By Risidra Mendis

The beautiful Negombo beach stretching for miles and the hundreds of fishing boats lined up on the shore is a breathtaking sight. But as the.........

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Strong responses for Sunday Leader articles

Two articles by Ranee Mohamed, published in The Sunday Leader of July 6 and 13 have generated strong responses from people here and .....

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Reaching out to the children of Sri Lanka

A civil war in any country with time takes its toll on the entire generation. However those most affected by a civil war anywhere in most cases are the .....

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The suspect - a former employee

Speaking to The Sunday Leader, OIC Crimes, Slave Island Police, IP J. M. K. Banduthilake said the police found Cader's body with stab wounds in the left part of his neck, lying in a pool of blood at his two storied house down Java Lane in......

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