Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thy frequent infirmities. -Bible First Epistle of Paul to Timothy. This column dedicated to the notion of making Sri Lanka the Wonder of Asia turns its spotlight today on the prevention or reduction of the distillation of illicit liquor and their sale in our [...]
‘Tis not the drinking that is to be blamed, but the excess. – John Seldon Table Talk This column dedicated to the notion on the recent spate of fatal accidents and methods of their prevention as Sri Lankan society would aspire to rid our country from such accidents. It was reported in the media recently [...]
We think our fathers fools, so wise we grow; Our wiser sons, no doubt, will think us so. -Alexander Pope-An Essay on Criticism This column dedicated to the notion of making Sri Lanka the Wonder of Asia turns its spotlight today on the presently prevailing youth unrest in Sri Lanka as the Sri Lankan society [...]
The man of life upright Whose guiltless heart is free From all dishonest deeds Or thought of vanity -Thomas Campion 1620 A Book of Airs This column dedicated to the notion of making Sri Lanka the Wonder of Asia turns its spotlight today on another malaise affecting Sri Lankan society: the ever increasing occurrences of [...]
By Lakshman Indranath Keerthisinghe – Attorney-at-Law Knowledge has outstripped character development, and the young today are given an education rather than an upbringing. -Ilya Ehrenberg 1891-1967 What I have Learned This column dedicated to the notion of making Sri Lanka the wonder of Asia turns its spotlight today on the prevention of cyber crime in Sri [...]
You may give your children your love but not your thoughts, for they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, for their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams- Kahlil Gibran The Prophet. This column dedicated to the notion of making [...]
We feel and weigh soon enough what we suffer from others but how much others suffer from us, of this we take no heed. – Thomas Kempis The Imitation of Christ This column dedicated to the notion of making Sri Lanka the Wonder of Asia turns its spotlight today on the aspiration of Sri Lankan [...]
My object all sublime, I shall achieve in time-To let the punishment fit the crime-The punishment fit the crime -Sir William Schwenck Gilbert-The Mikado This column dedicated to the notion of making Sri Lanka the ‘Wonder of Asia’, turns its spotlight today on the prevention of the desecration of archaeological heritage sites in our land [...]
We have left undone those things that we ought to have done; And we have done things we ought not to have done; And there is no health in us. -The Book of Common Prayer (Health) This column dedicated to the notion of making Sri Lanka the Wonder of Asia turns its spotlight today on [...]
‘O cursed lust of gold, to what canst thou not compel the heart of man!’ -Virgil Aenid (Greed) This column dedicated to the notion of making Sri Lanka the Wonder of Asia turns its spotlight today on the dreadful suffering of Sri Lankans due to the fraudulent activities of persons masquerading as great philanthropists thereby building public [...]
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